A New or Improved Canister or Box for Containing and Distributing Powdered or Granulated Material, Chiefly for Deodorizing and Disinfecting Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: A New or Improved Canister or Box for Containing
and
Distributing Powdered or Granulated Material, Chiefly for
Deodorizing and Disinfecting Purposes.
I, GEORGE JAMES FREDERICK TATE, of 219 Brixton road, London, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for A NEW OR IMPROVED CANISTER OR
BOX FOR CONTAINING AND DISTRIBUTING POWDERED OR GRANULATED MATERIAL,
CHIEFLY FOR DEODORIZING AND DISINFECTING PURPOSES, to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide, in the most simple and inexpensive
form, a box or canister which shall serve the double purpose of packing and storing
powdered or granulated material, and of dusting or distributing the same into any
receptacle or upon any matters or places as may be required.
To effect these objects I take a cylindrical box or canister of the ordinary shape
and by piercing holes at the top of the canister and in the edges of the cover, in
the nianner herein after described, I accomplish the objects above specified.
The mode of carrying out my invention is as follows:-I perforate or make a
series of holes, either partially or wholly, round the canister, near the top edge,
having even spaces between them. I then make a similar and corresponding number
of holes in the edge of the cover. I further cut a notch or recess in the bottom edge
of the cover, and I place a pin or stop in the side of the canister near the top.
The mode of use is as follows. When the material is simply to be stored, the
cover is put into its place with the blank spaces of the cover opposite the holes in
the canister, and when the material is to be shaken or dusted out, the cover is
partially turned round until the holes are brought opposite to each other. The notch
and stop act as guides to fix these two positions: that is to say, when one side of
the notch touches the stop, the apertures are closed, and when at the other end,
the appertures are opened. To secure the cover from dropping off in use, I cut a
recess or channel in the top side of the notch at each end to receive the stop.
The chief design of this method is for storing and distributing carbon or other
deodorizing and disinfecting material, but it may also be applied to coffee canisters
and the like.

page_text: I am aware that deodorizing and disinfecting powders and materials are now
stored in canisters with apertures or holes in the top, and, when sent out, the
perforations are covered with gummed paper, which has to be removed before the
contents can be distributed. But this method is attended with the disadvantage
that after its first use the canister is permanently unsealed, and the contents are
liable to waste and to deterioration by exposure to the air and damp. According
to my system the contents of the canister can be practically re-sealed after each
time of using; thereby protecting the contents from waste and damage.
In the case of coffee its aromatic property is materially preserved by this
method, as the cover need not be removed, with the liability of its not being
immediately re-placed.

page_text: A New or Improved Canister or Box for Containing and
Distributing Powdered or Granulated Material, Chiefly for
Deodorizing and Disinfecting Purposes.
I GEORGE JAMES FREDERICK TATE, of 219, Brixton Road in the county of
Surrey Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide in a simple and inexpensive form, a
box or canister which shall serve the double purpose of packing and storing
powdered or granulated material, seed or the like and of dusting or distributing
the same into any receptacle or upon any matters or places, as may be required.
To effect these objects I take a cylindrical box or canister of the ordinary shape
and by piercing a hole or holes at the top of the canister and in the rim of the
cover, in the manner hereinafter described, I accomplish the objects above
specified.
The mode of carrying out my invention is as follows: I perforate or make a hole
or a series of holes, either partially or wholly round the canister, near the top edge
thereof the holes, when more than one is employed, being placed at equal distances
apart. I then make a similar and corresponding number of holes in the rim of
the cover.
I further cut a T-shaped slot or recess from the bottom of the rim of
the cover and I place a pin or stop in the side of the canister near the top.
In the accompanying drawing figure 1 represents an elevation of a canister or
box constructed according to my invention and suitable for containing and
distributing powdered or granulated material, such for example as that used for
deodorizing and disinfecting purposes; figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same
on line A, B, of figure 1; figure 3, is an elevation of a canister or box suitable for
containing coffee, seeds or other similar substances and for withdrawing a supply of
or distributing the same therefrom; figure 4 is an elevation of the canister or box
shewn in figure 3 with the cover removed; figure 5 is a horizontal section on
line C, D, of figure 4; figure 6 is an elevation of the cover; figure 7 is a horizontal
section on line E, F, of figure 6; figures 8 and 9, are an elevation of the upper
part of the box or canister with the cover removed and an elevation of the cover
respectively, these views being diametrically opposite to those shewn at figures 4
and 6; figure 10 is an elevation of the upper part of a canister or box with the
cover (which is shewn in elevation at figure 11) removed, the said views shewing
a rectangular shaped hole instead of a circular hole as in the other figures. Similar
letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
a, a, represent the holes or perforations which I make in the body A of the canister
or box near the top edge thereof a series of such holes a, being provided as shewn
in figures 1 and 2 when the canister is intended for such purposes as for containing
and distributing material for deodorizing and disinfecting purposes; when however
the canister is intended to contain, coffee, seeds or the like only one of such holes a,
is necessary as shewn in figures 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10; b, 6, are the intervening portions
between the holes a, when a series of holes is employed as in figures 1 and 2 ;
c, c, are the holes in the rim of the cover B of the canister corresponding in number
.

page_text: and shape with the holes a, in the body A; d, d, are the intervening portions
between the holes c; e is the T shaped slot or recess in the rim of the cover of the
canister and f, is the pin or stop in the side A of the canister near the top engaging
in the T shaped slot or recess e; the holes a and c, may be of any convenient shape
such as circular as shewn in figures 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 or oblong or rectangular as
shewn in figures-10 and 11.
The mode of using my improved canister is as follows
When the powder or other material is simply to be stored in the canister the
cover B is put into its place with the parts d, of the cover, opposite the holes a, in
the body A of the canister, and when the material is to be shaken or dusted out,
the cover B is partially rotated until the holes a and c, are brought opposite to
each other.
The T-shaped slot or recess e, and pin or stop f, act as guides to automatically
fix these two positions, that is to say, when one end of the slot or recess e, touches
the pin or stop f, the apertures are closed, and when the pin or stop is at the other
end of the slot or recess the apertures are opened.-By this slot or recess e, the
cover B is secured from dropping off in use.
The chief design of this method is for storing and distributing carbon or other
deodorizing and disinfecting material, but it may also be applied to coffee canisters
and the like.
I am aware that deodorizing and disinfecting powders and material are now
stored in canisters with apertures or holes in the top, and, when sent out by the
vendors, the perforations are covered with gummed paper which has to be removed
before the contents can be distributed. But this method is attended with the
disadvantage that after its first use the canister is permanently unsealed, and
the contents are liable to waste and to deterioration by exposure to the air and
damp.
According to my system the contents of the canisters can be practically resealed
after each time of using, thereby protecting the contents from waste and damage.-
In the case of coffee its aromatic property will be materially preserved by the use
of my improved canisters, as the cover need not be removed, with the liability of
its not being immediately replaced.
In describing and illustrating my invention I have referred to the canisters as
being provided with stops as in practice I have found this arrangement to give
excellent results, but it will be obvious that the stops may be dispensed with in
which case it would be necessary to adjust the position of the holes instead of the
adjustment being automatic as when stops are employed.
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:
The manufacture and use of the improved canister or box for containing and
distributing powdered granulated material, seed and the like substantially as
hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying drawing.