US742900A - Sanitary delivery and display package. - Google Patents

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PATENTED Nov. s, `1903.

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SANITARY DELIVERY AND DISPLAY PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 7, 1902.

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IVILLIAM B. PAGE, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PAGE MODEL BUT- TER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SANITARY DELIVERY AND DISPLAY PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 742,900, dated November 3, 1903.

Application iiled March 7, 1902. Serial No. 97.149. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dixon, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iu Sanitary Delivery and Display Packages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sanitary delivery and display packages, and more particularly to a package designed for delivery of butter or the like.

The invention is an improvement of my prior invention delivery-packages, patent for which issued on the 5th day of November, 1901, No. 685,938.

The object of the invention is t-o provide a construction adapted to lessen the liability to breakage and to provide a lock for the cover adapted to be quickly released when desired.

The invention consists in the matter hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure lis a longitudinal vertical section of a device embodying my invention, showing the handle and fastening means elevated. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section similar to that shown in Fig. 2, showing the handle turned down and fastening means in holding position. Fig. Il is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the top of the insulating-base.

As shown in said drawings, A indicates an insulating-base, of wood, paper, strawboard, or other poor conductor of heat. 'Around the top of said insulating-base A is provided a groove of sucient depth to receivethe bottom margin of a cover B and to hold the same from lateral or longitudinal movement thereon. Said cover or top is approximately rectangular in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 4, and is of a size and vertical height sufficient to receive or contain a pound cake of butter, or larger. In size said plate B' is smaller than the bottom of the cover, which fits loosely around the same and is held out of contact therewith by the grooves in the insulatingbase. As shown also, a packing of rubber or other suitable material is provided on the sides of the plate B', which acts to prevent 55 contact thereof with the cover when the package is empty, thereby preventing breakage in transportation.

Secured to the insulating-base A by-means of staples a or the like are the wires C C', 6o each of which forms aloop adapted to extend to a point above the cover. The loop of the wire C is slightly narrower than that of the wire C and is adapted to project through the y same, as shown in Fig. 1. Secured on the transverse portion c of the wire C is the handle c', comprising a piece of wire bent at its ends to engage around the transverse portion c of the loop C. A loop c2, similar to the loop c', but smaller, engages the transverse 7o portion c between the ends ot the handle c. The ends of the wire (indicated by c3) are'carried over the part c, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, and directed laterally of the package on the side thereof to which is secured the wires C. When said loop is in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, said ends are directed slightly upwardly and laterally beyond the loop c2.

The operation is as follows: The cover and 8o base B' are sterilized before the butter' or other material is placed therein. Usually a sterilized sheet of waxed paper or the like is laid over the -plate B', covering the same and projecting outwardly at the sides and ends, as shown in Fig. 1, and the butter or other article placed thereon. When the cover is forced downwardly over the same and engages on insulating-base, said paper provides a packing to prevent contamination from 9o without. The cover is then secured in position by means of the wires, of which the loop of the wire C is carried upwardly over the loops c c2, forming the handle and lock, respectivel y, secured on the looped wire C', and 95 rests on the projecting ends c3 of the loop c2, which is then pushed downwardly to the position indicated in Fig. 3, in which position, as clearly shown, the .loop of the wire C falls below the point of attachment of the loop of Icc the-wire C', whereby strain on the wire C acts to more eifectively hold the lock in po- IVO sition. Should it be desired to open the receptacle, it is only necessary to engage the locking-loop c2, pulling the same upwardly to the position shown in Figs. l and 2. The projecting ends of c8 act as a catch, lifting the loop of the Wire C upwardly from the loop C', with the effect of separating ordissociating loops and permitting the cover to be lifted from the receptacle.

Obviously the handle operates entirely independent ofthe lock, and it is also obvious that by the operation of the said lock the cover is bound much more rmly to the insulating-base than Would be the case were said lock not used.

Many details of construction may be varied Without departing from the principleof my invention.

I claim as my inventionm l. The combination with an insulating-base of a dome-shaped cover thereon, a bottom or base plate fitting loosely Within said cover and held from contact therewith, a packing abutting strip on said base-plate and means for locking said cover on the insulating-base.

2. The combination with a thermally-insulating base of a non-absorbent base-plate removably secured and held from movement thereon, a cover forming a dome-shaped receptacle engaging on said insulating-base, out of contact with the base-plate, reinforcing means on said cover, and means carried on said insulating-base adapted to locksaid cover thereto.

3. In a device of the class described a lock adapted to firmly grip the cover to the base comprising upwardly-extending looped parts secured on the base, one of the parts adapted to pass through the other, means thereon adapted to engage a part on the other and force said loops in opposite directions, and a handle carried on one of said parts.

4. In a delivery-package a thermally-insulating base Wires secured thereon and extending upwardly therefrom, a receptacle-cover adapted to fit closely on the base and above which the said Wires extend, means carried on one of the Wires adapted to engage the other and force them in opposite directions across the cover, said Wires cooperating to strain cover against the insulating-base and a permanent handle carried on one of the Wires.

5. The combination with an insulating-base provided With marginal grooves and recesses in its top of a non-absorbent base-plate hav- /ing an upwardly-extending marginal ange adapted to engage in said recesses, a domeshapedk receptacle-cover adapted to inclose said base-plate and to engage in the grooves of the insulating-base a resilient packing on the sides and ends of the base-plate, a packing covering the base-plate and extending between t-he same and the cover and between the cover and the insulating-base and means for locking the cover in position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' WILLIAM B. PAGE.

ALFRED C. ODELL.

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