Container in particular a paint bucket

Abstract: Container, in particular a paint bucket, consisting of a bottom (1) and a substantially cylindrical wall (2) which near its upper edge (3) is provided with means (4) which may cooperate with a lid for closing the bucket, said bucket being provided with an auxiliary wall (5) near the upper rim (3) of said bucket and spaced from this and extending around the wall (2) of the bucket, said auxiliary wall (5) together with the wall (2) of the bucket forming a space (11) open at its upper end and closed at its lower end, in which space (11) paint can be received which has run over the upper rim (3) of the bucket.

Description: The invention relates to a container as described in the preamble of claim 1. Such a container is known by FR-A-2 212 273. This patent in particular concerns a paint bucket with a diameter of 115 mm or more. To obtain a good sealing of the lid the auxiliary wall is connected to the upper rim of the cylindrical wall at its lower end and to the means cooperating with the lid at its upper end. The connection between the cylindrical and the auxiliary wall is executed such that an open space is obtained which may serve for receiving paint running over the means cooperating with the lid although this is not indicated in said patent publication. A disadvantage of this kown bucket is that the auxiliary wall forms part of the bucket wall as such so that high demands are made upon the connection between the cylindrical and the auxiliary wall. Now the object of the invention is to remove this disadvantage and to provide said auxiliary wall in such a way that it only serves for forming said open space in which paint running over the means cooperating with the lid is received. According to the invention this is obtained by applying the features indicated in the characterizing portion of the main claim. To prevent that when wiping off the paint-brush this is touching the auxiliary wall, it is preferred that the plane in which the upper rim of the auxiliary wall is present, is positioned at some distance below the plane in which the upper rim of the bucket is lying. Generally speaking this distance will be at least 10 mm. A simple embodiment is obtained when the auxiliary wall is cylindrical and extends itself till the bottom of the bucket, a number of supporting ribs being provided between the auxiliary wall and the wall of the bucket. In this way also it can be obtained that the auxiliary wall can be executed thin and nevertheless remains in the right position in respect of the wall of the bucket so that the bucket can be picked up by means of the auxiliary wall. It is possible that the supporting ribs are formed by strips running in the axial direction of the bucket. It is, however, also possible to bend the upper rim of the auxiliary wall inwardly and to provide this bent portion with recesses, the remaining lips being connected to the wall of the bucket. A disadvantage of such an embodiment, however, it that at a given desired contents of the bucket the diameter of this will have to be made larger and so such a bucket will require more space during transport. To remove this disadvantage according to another embodiment of the invention, the upper wall portion of the bucket, which upper portion is provided with the upper edge and with the means which may cooperate with a lid, will have a smaller diameter than the lower wall portion of the bucket, a transition portion being present between the upper and the lower wall portion, said auxiliary wall extending upwardly and around this transition portion to form the space in which paint can be received. According to the invention it can be provided that the auxiliary wall together with the wall portion present at its lower side and being directed towards the wall of the bucket is executed as a separate portion and can be sealingly clamped onto the wall, of the bucket. A device which can be sealingly clamped onto a container is known by US-A-4 020 968. This device, however, extends over the means which can cooperate with the lid of the bucket. So when the bucket has to be closed by the lid the device has to be removed and one will get dirty hands when doing this because said device will be polluted by paint. The invention is further described by means of embodiments, shown in the drawing, in which: Fig. 1 schematically shows a longitudinal section of a first embodiment of a paint bucket according to the invention; Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the paint bucket of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows a detail on an enlarged scale of a paint bucket being somewhat modified in respect of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 schematically shows a further embodiment of a paint bucket according to the invention. The paint bucket shown in the Figs. 1 and 2 comprises the bottom 1, a substantially cylindrical wall 2 connected to said bottom 1 and being provided with means 4 near its upper rim 3 such that the bucket can be closed by means of a not shown lid. A substantially cylindrical auxiliary wall 5 is provided around said cylindrical wall 2 and also is connected to said bottom 1, a number of ribs 6 being provided between the walls 2 and 5. The ribs 6 substantially are running in axial direction. The upper rim 7 of the ribs 6 ends at some distance below the plane 8 in which the upper rim 9 of the auxiliary wall 5 is positioned. By this it is prevented that when a drop of paint is falling on the upper rim 7 of a rib 6 this might run over the upper rim 9 of the auxiliary wall 5 and soil the outer surface of the auxiliary wall 5. The distance between the plane 8 in which the upper rim of the auxiliary wall 5 is present and the plane 10 in which the upper rim 3 of the bucket is present, is indicated by a . The distance a generally speaking will not be smaller than 10 mm, so that it is prevented that when wiping off a paint-brush this is touching the upper rim 9 of the auxiliary wall 5. The distance b between the cylindrical wall 2 and the auxiliary wall 5 will be from 2 up to 5 mm. On the one hand the distance has to be large enough to prevent that a drop of paint lands on the outer surface of the auxiliary wall 5 but on the other hand has to be made as small as possible because a bucket provided with a an auxiliary wall 5 will comprise more space than a standard bucket, the use of material also being higher in case of a large diameter of the auxiliary wall 5. It will be obvious that between the cylindrical wall 2 of the bucket and the auxiliary wall 5 a space 11 is shaped in which drops of paint, running over the upper rim 3 of the bucket, are received and so cannot run along the outer surface of the auxiliary wall 5. The possibility exists to execute the auxiliary wall 5 together with the ribs 6 and with a separate bottom as one part so that a suchlike part can be marketed as a separate part. Then also the possibility exists to make the auxiliary wall 5 less high and to provide it with an inwardly bent portion which e.g. joints a cylindrical portion which can be slid over the wall 2. By means of a clamping bracket said last mentioned portion can be clamped onto the wall 2 of the bucket so that a space is obtained which is closed at its lower end. Fig. 3 shows the possibility that the auxiliary wall 5 is bent downwardly along the upper rim 9 to form a wall portion 12. The free rim of this wall portion 12 is connected to the wall 2 of the bucket and in said wall portion 12 recesses 13 are provided through which drops of paints, if any, may be received in the space 11 between the wall 2 and the auxiliary wall 5. Generally speaking the recesses 13 will extend till the rim of the wall portion 12, so that applying the recesses is easy and also the bending of the wall portion 12. In case of the embodiment according to Fig. 4 the wall 2 consists of a lower portion 14 and an upper portion 15, the upper rim 3 of which is provided with the means 4 for cooperating with a lid. The diameter of the upper portion 15 is smaller than that of the lower portion 14 and the wall portion 14 is passing smoothly into the wall portion 15 by means of the transition portion 17. The auxiliary wall 5 is positioned around this portion 17 and is joining the wall portion 14 so that again a space 11 is formed for receiving drops of paint. It will be obvious that only some possible embodiments of a paint bucket according to the invention are shown in the drawing and are described above and that many modifications can be applied without leaving the inventive concept as defined in the claims.

Claims: Container, in particular a paint bucket, said bucket consisting of a bottom (1) and a substantially cylindrical wall (2) which near its upper edge (3) is provided with means (4) for cooperating with a lid by which the bucket can be closed, an auxiliary wall (5) being present which together with the bucket wall (2) forms a space open at its upper end and closed at its lower end which is suitable for receiving paint running over said means (4) which can cooperate with the lid of the bucket, characterized in that said means (4) cooperating with the lid is connected to the upper rim (3) of the bucket wall (2), said auxiliary wall (5) extending around said bucket wall over at least a part of the height of this so that said space for receiving paint is formed between the bucket wall (2) and the auxiliary wall (5), the upper rim (9) of said auxiliary wall (5) being not or only locally connected to the bucket wall (2), the plane (8) in which the upper rim (9) of the auxiliary wall (5) is present being positioned at some distance (a) below the plane (10) in which the upper rim of the bucket is lying. Bucket according to claim 1, characterized in that the distance (a) between the plane (8) in which the upper rim (9) of the auxiliary wall (5) is present and the plane (10) in which the upper rim of the bucket is lying, is at least 10 mm. Bucket according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the auxiliary wall (5) is cylindrical and extends itself till the bottom (1) of the bucket, a number of supporting ribs (6) being provided between the auxiliary wall (5) and the wall (2) of the bucket. Bucket according to claim 3, characterized in that the supporting ribs are formed by strips (6) running in the axial direction of the bucket. Bucket according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper rim (9) of the auxiliary wall (5) is bent inwardly, said bent portion (12) being provided with recesses (13) and the remaining lips being connected to the wall (2) of the bucket. Bucket according to one of the claims 1 - 2, characterized in that the upper wall portion (15) of the bucket, which upper portion is provided with the upper edge (3) and with the means (4) which may cooperate with a lid, is having a smaller diameter than the lower wall portion (14) of said bucket, a transition portion (17) being present between the upper and the lower wall portion (15,14 resp.), said auxiliary wall (5) extending upwardly and around this transition portion (17) to form the space (11) in which paint can be received. Bucket according to one of the claims 1 - 6, characterized in that the auxiliary wall (5) together with the wall portion present at its lower side and being directed towards the wall (2) of the bucket is executed as a separate portion and can be sealingly clamped onto the wall (2) of the bucket.

Inventors: DEKKER EVERT, DEKKER, EVERT
Applicants: DEKKER EVERT, DEKKER, EVERT
Application year: 1990
Main classification: B44D3
IPC codes: B44D3