US1295425A - Can receiving and piercing device. - Google Patents

Description

N. C. & C. S. BROWN.

CAN RECEIVING AND PIERCING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. I917.

1,295,4IQ5 Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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Applieationflled November 27. 1917. Serial No. 204,154.

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Be it known that we, Nrcnoms C. BROWN and CAROLINE. S. BROWN, citizens of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, n the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can lteceiv n and Piercing Devices; and we do.hereby eclare the following wine a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom any ng drawings, and to. characters of re erence marked thereon, which form a part of this speclfication. y

This invention has reference, generally, to

a novel construction of receptacle adapted to serve primarily as a container for the usual can containing milk or other l1qu1d, the cover or lid of the receptacle being provided with piercing elements serving to provide the closed head or .end of the can with suitable openings which will permlt of the contents of the can to be readily poured from the canheld within the receptacle,'th e latter serving as an ornamental table-utensil which hides the unsightly can, and also preserves the contents of the can in a fresh and non-contaminated condition.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal objects to provide a useful as well as an ornamental and simple table-uten- .sil for-the purposes above stated, with a view of providing a device wh ch can be readily employed for piercing the end or head of the can; and, furthermore, to provide in addition to the can-piercing means an efiectively constructed pouring means or spout which is brought into perfect registration with one ofthe openings produced in the end or head of the can, and is ofsuch novel construction, thatthe contents of the.

can can be poured from the can and will freely flow into and through the said pouring ()ther objects of the present inventlon not at" this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detaileddescription of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel table-utensil hereinafter set forth; and, the said invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arfollowing rangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, all of which will be more fully described in the specification andthen finally embodied in the Lclauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 2- Figure l is a side elevation of the tableutensil, with its cover or lid shown raised,

- and the said device illustrating one embodiment of the tion. 7

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional representation of the body of the receptacle, the cover or lid of the same being represented in eleprinciples of the present invenvation and closed, said view illustrating in connection therewith, partly in elevation and partly in .section, a can placed within the receptacle, and the end or head of which h s been pierced, so as to hold the can-in place within the receptacle and at the same time permit of pouring from the can into and from the spout of the receptacle.

Fig. 3 is a to view of the receptacle; and Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the cover.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section of the said cover, said section being taken on line 55 in said Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrow w; and Fig. 6 is a similar section of the cover, said section being taken on line 6-6 in said Fig. 4, said Figs. 5 and 6, however, scale.

' Similar characters of reference are employed the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts. I

being drawn on an enlarged Referring now to the several figuresof the drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates the can-receiving receptacle, which may be of any suitable material and size, as well as of any desired ornamentation.

This receptacle usually comprises a cylindrical body, as 2, formed with a suitable base or bottom 3 which is preferably pro-f vided with an opening 4. As here shown, the said body 2 may also be providedlvith a handle 5, and an oppositely disposed marginal open ortion 6 over a portion of which is suzitabl. disposed a spout-shaped mem- The said body 2 is alse provided upon its upper edge with a hinge or pintle-receiving member 8 to which is hinged a suitably shaped cover orlid 9 adapted to' close the upper open portion of the said body 2. This cover or lid which is usually hollow, as shown, is closed by means of a bottom-plate or disk 10, to the bottom or lower surface of which are secured, in any suitable manner, a pair of piercing members, as 11 and 12.

Thesaid piercing member 11 cons sts, essentially, of a pair of angularly disposed cutters or blades 13 arranged in the form of the letter V, the outer edges of said blades tapering, as at 14, and terminating in a piercing point 15. Extending rearwardly from the vertically disposed meeting edge of thelsaid cutters orblades 13, is a third and rearwardly extending cutter or blade 16, also provided with a tapering cutting edge 17, terminating at a point directlyabove the piercing point 15.

The piercing device 12 consists, essentially, of a block-shaped body-member, as 18, having aforwardly extendin nozzle or spout-shaped member 19. Exten ing downwardly and rearwardly from the said bodymember 18 is a tapering piercing element 20, terminating in a piercing point 21, and

the arc- shaped cutting edges 22 and 23, sub- I tion 25 of the nozzle or spout-shaped member 19 is a pouring duct 26.

stantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings.

Extending fromthe open portion 24: of the said piercing element 20, to the open por- Having in the foregoing, in a general manner, described a. construction of can-receiving and piercing receptacle, illustrating one embodiment of the principles of the present invention, the manner of using the device as-a protecting receptacle for the reception of a can containing milk or other liquid, and also. the manner of using the cover or lid of the receptacle for the purpose of doubly piercing or perforatin the head or end 27 of the can 28, and providing in addition an efficiently operating pouring means or spout for pouring or discharging.

the contents of the can 26, will be clearly understood from the foregoing specification and from an inspection especially of Fig. 2 of the drawings.

It will be clearly understood, that by means of the novel table-utensil herein de: scribed, we have devised a simple, useful, as well as an ornamental device, for perforating the sealed gend of a can, so as to permit the contents of the can to be poured from the spout of the receptacle, the closed cover or lid also serving as a means for keeping the contents of the can in a clean and sanitary condition.

Weare also aware, that changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts,

as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, without departing from the mamas scope of the present invention as set forth 1 in the foregoing specification and as defined in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of said specification. Hence, we do not limit our present invention to the exact arran ements and combinations of the several evices as described in the said specification, nor do we confine ourselves to the exact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

ing from said lid, one of said piercing devlces consistingv of a block-shaped bodymember having a forwardly extending spoutshaped member, a downwardly and rearwardlyextending piercing element having" arc-shaped cuttmgedges terminating in a piercing point, said piercingpoint and cutting edges providing an open portion, and the said block-shaped body-member being provided with a pourin duct extending from the open portion 0 .the piercing element to the open portion of saidspoutshaped member. I

2. A can-receiving and piercing device comprising a main body in which the can is adapted to be disposed, a handle extendmg from said body, and a spout-shaped member also extending from said body, a 11d connected with said body, and a pair of piercing devices depending from said lid, one of said piercing devices consisting of a block-shaped body-member having. a for- 3. A can-receiving and piercing device vice having a downwardly and rearwardly extending piercing element terminating in a piercing point, said piercing element having an open portion, and the said block-shaped member being provided with apouring duct extending from the open portion of the piercing element to the open portion of the spout-shaped member of said piercing devlce and said other piercing device consisting of a pair of angularly disposed blades,

said blades having tapering edges terminating in a piercing point and a rearwardly extending cutter-blade, said last-mentioned blade having a tapered edge terminating at a polnt above said piercing point.

In testimony that We claim the invention set forth above. we have hereunto set our hands this 22nd day of November, 1917.

NICHOLAS 0. BROWN. CAROLINE s. BROWN.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE FOUNTAIN, MILDRED F. BROWN.

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