Improvements in Butter Packages.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1892-Accepted. 28th Jan., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Butter Packages.
I GEORGE BARKER of 77 Colmore Row Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Consulting Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
as communicated to me from abroad by Charles L. Kneeland of 200 Lorch
Street Lansing in the County of Ingham Michigan Inventor and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to butter packages.
My object is to produce an improved butter package: cheap, durable in
construction and of great utility.
My invention consists first, of a butter-holder constructed from glass or other
vitreous material, which will not and cannot impart any taint to the butter:
second, in constructing a casing adapted to receive the glass-holder, and in which
the latter is suspended in a position, detached from the sides or bottom of the
casing, the supports being sufficiently elastic to take up the greater part of the
concussion against the casing, thereby preventing the breakage of the glass-holder,
the holder being also readily removable from the casing, for the inspection of the
contents through the transparent walls thereof, such detach and suspension also
creating an air chamber between said holder and the casing; third, in providing
means for securely holding the cover thereon, at the same time so arranged as to be
readily removed; thereby rendering the package capable of being inverted so that
the jacket may be readily raised from the glass, the cover remaining in position to
catch the drippings, if any there be and in the several other novel features of
construction and operation hereinafter described, and which are specifically set
forth in the claims hereunto annexed.
It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1, is a vertical transverse section of the package, complete.
Fig. 2, is a top plan of the outer casing, with the cover and butter holder
removed.
Fig. 3, is a prospective view of the butter-holder, detached.
Fig. 4, is a transverse section of the upper portion of the package, complete,
showing means for holding the cover thereon.
Fig. 5, is a view of the ears to which the balls are attached.
A, is the butter holder, consisting of a jar of glass, vitreous or other material,
preferably open on top.
B, is the casing, shown in the drawings as substantially the form of a pail, having
a bail b and a cover c.
Within the casing I secure the jar supports d, each consisting of a bar of metal,
so that its vertical arms are substantially parallel with the sides of the casing, and
its bottom parallel with the bottom of the casing and also cross each other at the
bottom of the pail, having their upper ends secured to the sides of the vessel,
adjacent to its top, and of such form that the jar will fit closely within the vertical
arms and rest upon the bottom, and will, thereby, he supported in a position
detached from the sides and bottom of the vessel, but, free to swing laterally more
or less, in case of concussion against the casing.
Around the top of the casing and within it, I secure the bow springs e by their
upper ends, substantially equi-distant from each other, and projecting inwardly far
enough to bear with yielding spring contact against the upper part of the jar, and
operating to take up any lateral concussion against the upper part of the casing,
while permitting the jar to swing laterally.

page_text: It will thus be seen that the jar is protected against lateral concussion; that it has
an air chamber around its vertical walls and under its bottom, the joint and several
advantages of which construction will be readily seen.
.
c, is the cover provided with an edge flange to fit over the top of the casing, and
also serves as a cover to the jar.
1 and 2 are ears secured upon the opposite sides of the casing, the ear 1 being
provided with an inwardly extending notch 5 and the ear 2 being provided with
an eye 6.
3, is a lever having arms 4, and their ends upturned, as at 7, adapted to engage
with the eye 6, and notch 5, respectively.
The lever 3 is provided centrally at 8 with a bend upon the sides, upon which
the arms are located for the purpose of producing a tension upon the cover, when
the lever 3 is in engagement with the eye and notch in the ears, and thus hold the
package tightly in the casing.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. In a butter package, the combination with the jar, of the outer casing and
supports consisting of metal bars having their ends secured to the casing and
extending down the sides thereof and across its bottom and supporting said jar in
a position detached from the sides and bottom of the casing.
2. In a butter package, the combination with the jar, of the outer casing and
supports therein, consisting of metal bars having their ends secured to the casing
and extending down the sides thereof, and across its bottom, and supporting the jar
in a position detached from the casing, bowed springs secured within said casing at
its top, and bearing inwardly against said jar.
3. In a butter package, the combination with the jar, of the outer casing provided
with ears 1 and 2, the lever 3 adapted to engage therewith, said lever being bent
centrally, as set forth.
GEORGE BAKKEK.