US1845981A - Sugar dispensing container - Google Patents

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Feb. 16, 1932. s. R. LAND 1,845,981

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' SUGAR DISPENSING CONTQNER Filed Dec. 3, 1930 s SheetsShe'et s Inventor S. RLand BQQMMWL A tlomeu Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES SIDNEY 3. LAND, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON SUGAR DISPENSING CONTAINER Application filed December 3, 1930. Serial No. 499,800.

The present invention relates to a sugar dispensing container and an important object of the invention is to provide a container for dispensing sugar or similar products in measured quantities.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a container of this class for dispensing its contents in substantially uniform spoonfuls or other fixed units of 1c measure.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a container of this nature by which the product contained therein is adapted to be drawn or discharged from or near the bottom of the container and which product is not retarded in its flow or discharge or otherwise materialiy affected by the crust usually formed on the top of sugar and other similar product which has been standing for some time.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a container of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly eliicient and reliable in use, and otherwise Well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the com bination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the container embodying the features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof,

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view thereof,

Figure 5 is a vertical section therethrough taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 2,

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the container with the top removed,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the vertical shoe fixed in the disk, and

Figure 8 is a bottom plan view of the top.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a container with a top or cap 6 threadedl engaged on the upper portion thereof. umeral 7 denotes the bottom of the container 5 which is formedwith a depression 8; A disk 9 has an annular peripheral externally threaded flange 10 depending therefrom to threadedly engage in the upper portion of the depres sion 8. Numeral 11 denotes an elongated vertical tube which passes through a central opening in the disk 9 and then is curved upwardly and as is indicated at 12 to pass through an off center opening in the disk 9 and terminates slightly above the upper surface of said disk 9. This tube 11 is suitably secured in the openings of the disk.

w The tube 11 terminates at the top of the container and is receivablein a vertical extension 14 at the end of a tube 15 which inclines upwardly and outwardly from the ex tension 14 and extends through an opening in the side of the top or cap 6. On the outer end of the tube 15 there is hingedly mounted a flap 16. The tube 15 is braced with respect to the cap 6 as is indicated at 17.

WVhen the cap 6 is removed and sugar or the like is poured into the container 5 a certain amount collects in the curved end 12. After the cap has been threaded on the container, the container may be tipped over and thus the sugar which was collected in the curved end 12 will slide through the tube 11 and through the tube 15 to be dispensed in a cup of coffee or where desired. The size of the curved end 12 will determine the quantity of sugar dispensed.

It will be seen that I have devised an exceedingly simple construction, the parts of which may be assembled and disassembled with ease and the entire structure may be manufactured at a relatively low cost yet possess the desired durability to stand the use for which it is intended.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the l details of construction, and in the combina tion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A dispensing device of the class described including a container open at the top and formed with a bottom having a central depression, a disk-threaded inthe depression, an upright tube within the container terminating at the top, near the top of the container, and at the bottomextending through an opening in the center of the disk and then curved upwardly over uponitself to extend through an opening ofi center in the disk, a cap for said container, tube in the cap at an angle to the first mentioned tube and having an inner extension adapted to fit over the upper end of the first mentioned tube. 2.7A dispensing device of the class described comprising a container, a tube located in the container and havingits lower end curved upwardly with said lower end open whereby some of the contents of the containers will enter the curved part of the tube, the upper end of the tube being located at the top part of the container and means for leading the material passing through the tube, when the container is tilted, to a point exterioriof the container.

In testimony whereofI aflix my signature.

' SIDNEY R. LAND.

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