Year: 1888

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 relates to that class of dinner pails which consist of a series of
independent superposed pans or vessels which are made tapering from their upper
toward their lower ends, so that they can be nested when empty.
The object of my invention is to provide the pail with a simple and inexpensive
fastening for securing together the several vessels of the pail both in position for use
and when nested, and also to provide the pail with a removable receptacle for holding
coffee or other drink.
The invention consists of the improvements which will be hereinafter fully set forth
and pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawing :—
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved pail with the several pans or vessels
superposed in position for containing victuals.
Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the parts thereof nested.
Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal section of the pail showing the
manner of securing the cover when the parts are nested.

page_text: Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof showing the pans secured together
in position for use.
Figure 5 is a similar view with the pans separated.
Figure 6 is a vertical longitudinal section of the pail with its pans nested.
Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.
A A A A represent the pans or vessels constituting the pail, each of which is
provided with a closed bottom and an open top, excepting the lowermost vessel A³which
serves as a liquid receptacle, and is provided with a closed top laving an opening b
which is closed by a drinking cup B. The latter is formed at its bottom with a
Anngo 6 which rusts against the top of the liquid vessel A and is provided with
a pivoted ring or handle for withdrawing the cup from said opening. The soveral
pans are made tapering downwardly so that the bottom of one pan will fit into the
top of the pan next below and form a cover for the same, and so that the pans can be
nested or placed one within the other when empty so as to form a small and compact
package. Each vessel is provided near its upper end with a square shoulder for
supporting the pan above the same, and for forming a tight joint between the parts.
represents the removable cover applied to the top of the uppermost vessel A, and
1) is a hamlle pivoted to the top of the cover, so that it can be folded against the
cover. The outer ends of the handle D are provided with hooks or enlargements d
which project beyond the ends of the cover.
EE represent hails or loops pivoted at their lower end to opposite ond walls of
the lowermost or liquid vessel A* and adapted to engage with the hooks or
enlargements & of the handle so as to secure the several vessels together. The loops
or bails E are made of such a length that their upper cross-bars e will fit over the
outer onds of the handle D when the latter is folded against the cover, and its hooks d
are parallel with the cross-hars e. Upon turning the handle in a position at right
angles to the cover, the looks d will be turned upwardly at right angles to the upper
cross-bars of the loops E, as represented in figures 1 and 4, and thereby retain the
loops upon the ends of the handle and securely lock the pans together. Upon folding
the handle ngainst the cover, the hooks d will oloar the cross bars e of the loops when
the latter can be stripped from the ends of the handle and the vessels be separated.
The outer portions of the handle nadjacent to the hooks d are proferably flattened
and made oblong in cross section, and the loops E are made to fit snugly over the ends
of the handle when the wide portions of the handle rest against the cover, so that upon
turning said wide portions at an angle to the cover, the upper onds of the loops will
be tightly drawn against the ends of the handle.
represent short loops pivoted to opposite ends of the uppermost and largest
vessel A and which are adapted to be engaged with the hooks d of the handle for
socuring the cover (to said vessel when the vessels A' A' A' are nested within the
vessel A. The loops are connected with and disconnected from the hooks d in a
manner similar to the loops EE.
The outer portions of the handle D are preferably provided on the inner sides of
the hooks with notches g in which the upper cross hars g¹ of the loops ƒ engage
when the handle is folded against the cover. This enables the collapsed pail to he
carried in the pocket, while at the same time preventing the loops ƒ from becoming
disengaged from the hooks, except by slightly springing the loops to draw their cross
bars out of said notches. When the parts are nosted, the loops aro folded inwardly
so as to rest upon the top plate of the liquid vessel A, as represented in Figure 6.
The upper edges of the ond walls of the liquid vessel A³ aro recessed as shown in
figure 1, to permit the bails or loops E to fold inwardly.
My improved fastoning is very simple in construction and forins a reliable connection
botwoon the parts of the pail both wlion extended and when collapsed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to mo by my
foreign Correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. In a dinner pail, the combination with a sorios of superposed pans or vessels,

page_text: of a cover applied to the uppermost vessel and provided with a handle having hooks
or enlargements at its outer ends, and fastening bails or loops pivoted to the lowermost
vessel and engaging with the hooks or enlargements of the handle, substantially as
set forth.
Second. In a dinner pail, the combination with a series of tapering superposed pans
or vessels, of a cover C applied to the uppermost vessel and provided with a pivoted
handle D having hooks or enlargements d at its outer ends, loops or bails E pivoted to
the lowermost vessel and engaging with the hooks d, and loops fpivoted to the
uppermost or largest of said vessels and adapted to engage with the hooks d when the
vessels are nested, substantially as set forth.
Third. The combination with the series of tapering superposed vessels, and the
cover C supplied to the uppermost vessel, of a handle pivoted to said cover and provided
with hooks d and notches and loops pivoted to said uppermost vessel and adapted
to engage with the hooks a when the handle stands at an angle to the cover, and in
said notches when the handle is folded against the cover, substantially as set forth.
Date : 074L
T
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.