Improvements in or relating to Holders for Caramels or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Holders for Caramels or the like.
A communication by W. F. PARKER AND COMPANY; of Oxford, in the County
of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Manu-
facturers of Candy.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6 Bank Street, Manchester
both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
The present invention will be understood from the following description, reference
being had to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a section of the caramel holder;
Figure 2 is a partial plan of a receptacle containing a flange of four holders;
Figure 3 is a section of a holder, a caramel therein being indicated by broken
lines;
Figure 4 is a plan ;
Figure 5 is a partial plan of a group of holders made according to the form
shown in Figure 3 before the individual holders are separated; and
Figure 6 is a section of a modified form.
Numeral denotes a shallow metal box to receive the individual caramel
holders 4 which are, by preference, provided with flanges 5. These are of such
form (indicated in Figures 1 and 2) as to be stamped out of sheet metal without
waste. When the flanges are suitably formed in manner represented, they
separate the holders arranged in groups so that the caramels will not run
together.
In some cases the flanges are produced by cutting the upper edges of the
holder and bending them down as indicated in Figures 3, 4 and 5. Such con-
struction requires less material in holders of the same depth. In some cases the
sides of the holder may be formed with a rounded upper edge as shown in Figure 6.
If such sides be bent outwardly to a small extent they operate to separate the
caramels of a group to prevent their contact if softened or packed down by
accident. They will be thus bent in practice as indicated by broken lines in
Figure 6 if the caramel fits them tightly.
In Figure 5 are shown two holders of the form represented in Figures 3 and 4
as they would appear if formed from a sheet and their sides and flanges bent before
separation. In practice the blanks for the several holders would be entirely
separated before the sides and flanges were formed by bending. As the flanges
are no longer than the sides of the holder, a space 2 is provided between them
when arranged in groups (see Figure 2) in which space a flange or other object
can be inserted to lift the holders out of the receptacle 1 and this can be effected
if the form illustrated in Figure 6 be employed, the lifting device being inserted
under and between the outwardly inclined sides.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :
The herein described caramel holder consisting of a shallow metal box 4 with
open joints and constructed. when arranged in groups to hold caramels apart and

page_text: in manner to be easily removed from a common receptacle, substantially as
set forth.
Dated thie 9th dox of Ton 1902
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.