An Improved Case for Packing Butter and other Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1889-Accepted, 22nd June, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Case for Packing Butter and other Articles.
I, JOSEPH FOWLER RUSLING, Manufacturer, a Citizen of the United States, and a
resident of Lawrenceville, Tioga County, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of
America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This Invention consists of an improvement in cases adapted for the packing and
transporting of butter, lard, and analogous articles, and it consists in the novel.
structure hereinafter fully set forth.
To clearly illustrate the nature of my invention reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a case formed of two parts, each adapted to hold
a quantity of butter or the like, and provided with this invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of one part of the case, the false bottom and securing
devices being separated and shown in elevation.
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line y, y, of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a detached sectional elevation of a modified form of the device for securing
the false bottom in place and sealing the opening in the bottom of the case.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a crate containing a number of such cases illustrating
a mode of shipping a quantity thereof.
The case A consists essentially of two parts a, b, substantially alike in construction,
and each adapted to constitute the cover or cap for the other. For the sake of
cheapness and cleanliness these two parts will preferably be formed of glass or other
vitreous material, but may obviously be made of other suitable material moulded to
the desired form. The two parts are united mouth to mouth by a securing ring D
that is screw threaded and adapted to engage with the like threads provided on the
exterior surface of the parts a and b.
Each part is preferably conical in shape, the larger diameter at its mouth 12, and
the smaller diameter terminating in a bottom 10, having an opening 11 therein. The
parts of the case are each provided with a removable false bottom-B, adapted to fit
snugly within the interior of the case against its bottom 10 and which is provided with
an extension 13 of sufficient length to extend through the opening 11 and a suitable
distance beyond so that it may be engaged by a securing cap C. The opening is
preferably angular in shape and the extension is provided with a hub 20 to fit therein
and to prevent the follower turning when the screw cap is tightened.
In order to effect the complete sealing of the case and prevent the air from entering
therein through the opening 11, the cap C, is designed to effectually close said
opening, and to this end the extension 13 and said cap may be screw threaded so that
the latter can be firmly abutted against the bottom 10 and around its opening. A
tighter joint will be best insured by interposing a rubber packing ring E between the
and the bottom of the case. From this it will be seen that when the butter is to
be removed from one of the parts the cap C may be unscrewed from the extension of
the false bottom B, and when the two parts of the case are detached from each other,
the false bottom may be employed to aid the discharge of the butter from its part of
the case.
cap
In some cases it may be found desirable to extend the cap Cand provide an extended
base c, so that the case may be better adapted for standing, as shown in the lower end
of Fig. 1, and the detached view Fig. 4. In some cases the extended base of the cap
may be provided with flanges 14 adapted to conform with the size of the end of the
case, and the edges of these flanges abutting against the bottom of the case may
provide additional sealing means for excluding the air from the interior of the case;

page_text: and of course a rubber packing ring may be employed that is large enough to extend
between these flanges and the case.
It is, of course, obvious that the connection between the two parts of the case will
be similarly sealed to exclude air therefrom, and the preferred mode of doing so is to
employ a sheet, 15, of paper, tin or other material, stretched over the contents in
contact therewith, and between the abutting edges of the two parts of the case, as
shown in Fig. 1.
The inner face of the false bottom may have imparted to it any suitable emblem or
device that will, upon the removal of the butter, have imparted thereto an imprint of
such emblem or device. The sides of each of the parts may likewise have imparted to
them any desired configuration, such as the flutes shown in Fig. 3, which will leave
their imprint upon the butter removed from the case.
Each part of the case may be of any suitable size adapted for instance, to hold a
quarter, half, or a pound of butter, and from their oval or tapered shape are readily
adapted to be packed in crates as shown in Fig. 5, in a manner similar to that
employed in the packing of eggs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
:-
1. The herein described case for packing butter, etc., provided with a bottom and a
hole therein, a removable false bottom having an extension adapted to project through
the hole in the bottom, and a sealing cap C, substantially as described.
2. The herein described case for packing butter, etc., composed of two parts
connected together by a securing ring, and each provided with a bottom having a hole
therein, removable false bottoms having extensions adapted to the holes in the bottoms,
and a sealing cap adapted to said projections and clamping the false bottoms against
the bottoms of the case, substantially as described.
3. The herein described case for packing butter, etc., provided with a bottom and a
hole therein, a removable false bottom having an extension adapted to project through
the hole in the bottom, and a sealing cap provided with an extended base, substantially
as described.
Dated this 21st day of May 1880
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Associate Agent.