Improvements in Air Tight Packages.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13tn Nov., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Air Tight Packages.
1, MOSES FALK, of No. 114 East 122nd Street, New York, County and State
of New York, United States of America, Tobacconist, do hereby declare the
nature of my said 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 has for its object to provide an improved storage package or
receptacle by means of which the interior thereof will be kept air-tight and its
contents preserved from being affected by the outside air, and also by means of
which the package may be readily sealed or opened without injuring or destroying
the package.
The invention consists of a package constructed and arranged as hereinafter
set forth and claimed.
Referring to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters of reference
indicate like parts,
Figure 1 iliustrates the inner cover of the package.
Figure 2 is an illustration partly broken away, of the invention, showing the
inner and outer covers.
Figures 3 and 4 are illustrations of modified forms of the cover.
In carrying out this invention a package or receptacle D is provided of sheet
metal, or other suitable material and of any desired shape. The receptacle D is
provided with two covers, an inner cover C, and an outer cover E.
The inner
cover C is formed with an upwardly turned flange A and has a suitable handle, as
for example the ring B, which folds flat against the cover C. The cover C is
adapted to fit snugly against the inner wall of the receptacle D, and to rest upou
a ledge or shoulder D', or other formed suitable means, in, or upon the inner wall
of the receptacle by crimping in or any other suitable manner.
The outer cover E is formed with the depending flange E¹ and fits snugly over
the top of the receptacle D.
The use and operation of this device just described will be readily understood.
It is well known that trouble and annoyance is occasioned in opening the air-tight
packages now in use, owing to the fact that the covering is soldered on the
package in such a manner that it is necessary to cut or break the package in order
to open the same, and thereby the package and its contents are often destroyed
and the hands injured. By means of this package, its contents and the hands are
not subject to these dangers, and the delay and inconvenience in opening the
package is done away with. To open the box or package take off the cover E,
then take hold of the ring B, and draw the cover C upwards, and then we have
the package open, without any inconvenience or delay, and leaving the package
and its contents in good condition and without being destroyed or mutilated.
The cover C can be made in various shapes to fit the form of the box or package,
and can be made of any suitable metal. The object of having the rim or edge
turned upwards is that the cover can be pressed tightly against the contents of the
package without cutting or destroying it.
This invention is particularly useful and important in packing tobacco. It is
well known that the manner in which tobacco is ordinarily packed, does not
prevent it from becoming dry and in the course of time unfit for use. By means
of this improved package, the contents are kept air-tight and the tobacco moist,
and the evaporation which takes place in other packages does not occur.

page_text: Having now particularly described and 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. A storage package or receptacle consisting of a receptacle provided on its
inner walls with a support for an internal cover, said inner wall being vertical
upwards from said internal support, in combination with an internal cover having
a vertical flange extending upwards from said cover and a handle on its top, said
vertical flange fitting snugly against the inner wall of said receptacle and sid
cover being adapted to be pushed into place against said internal support with
a piston-like movement, and an exterior cover with a depending flange adapted
to slide down and fit snugly over the top of the receptacle, as herein set forth.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a storage package or receptacle, consisting
of a receptacle of sheet metal formed with an internal bead on its inner wall
adjacent to the top of the 'receptacle, serving as a support for an internal cover,
said inner wall being vertical upward from said internal bead, in combination with
an internal cover formed with an upturned vertical flange and a handle on its top,
said vertical flange fitting snugly against the inner wall of said receptacle and said
cover being adapted to be pushed into the receptacle against said bead, and a cover
having a depending flange adapted to fit snugly over the top of the receptacle and
with the internal corer form an air chamber as herein set forth:
3. A. storage package or receptacle, consisting of a receptacle having a straight,
open, vertical end or top, in combination with an internal cover having an upturned
vertical flange fitting snugly against the internal wall of the receptacle, and a
handle on its top, said cover being adapted to be pushed into the receptacle with
a piston-like movement, and an external cover formed with a depending flange and
fitting snugly over the top of the receptacle and forming with the internal cover,
an air chamber, as herein set forth.
MOSES FALK.
Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents for the Applicant.