Improvements in Containers or Receptacles for Margarine and. the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan. 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Containers or Receptacles for Margarine and.
the like.
We, THE HOME AND COLONIAL STORES LIMITED, Provision Merchants, and
ARCHIBALD MACALPINE GILFILLAN, Secretary, of 114 Paul Street, Finsbury,
London, E.C., 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 improvements in containers or receptacles for margarine
and the like, the same being especially applicable for use in retail shops and other
establishments where a ready access to the contents of such containers or
receptacles is requisite, and where it is necessary to keep the said contents in
small quantities separate and apart from each other. Besides attaining these
objects the containers or receptacles constructed in accordance with this invention,
ensure the utmost coolness to the contents, and are readily and easily kept in
a state of perfect cleanliness, and from their construction these our containers or
receptacles afford effectual means of prominently advertising the nature, quality, and
price, of the article or articles contained therein.
And in order that this our invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will now proceed to describe same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of
the figures.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container or receptacle for margarine and the
like which container or receptacle we preferably form of glazed carthenware, but
other suitable material such as china, porcelain, or marble, or enamelled metal or
slate, may be employed in the manufacture of the article if desired.
Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, are front elevational views, partly in section, shewing
various arrangements and dispositions of the substance or metal forming the sides
and ends of the containers or receptacles, either, or any combination, of which may
be used or employed as desired; and Fig. 7 is a view of a container shewing
shelves arranged therein for the purpose of keeping the contents in small quantities
separate and apart.
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Now, in accordance with this invention, we make our containers or receptacles
for margarine and the like of a rectangular, square, or other desired shape or
configuration, and as aforesaid of glazed earthenware, porcelain, china, marble,
slate, or enamelled metal. a. a. represent the sides of the receptacle, and b and c
respectively the top and bottom ends of same. The front and back of the containers
or receptacles are open and thus permit of easy access to the contents. Upon the
front edges of the sides and ends of the container we may engrave, print, or
otherwise mark or advertise the nature of the contents. As shewn in the
accompanying drawings, the word "margarine" as indicative of the nature of the
contents of the receptacle may conveniently be displayed upon the front of the top
or upper end b; though the sides or lower end of the receptacle may be utilized for
the purpose if desired, as well as for bearing inscriptions as to the quality, or other
particulars, of the goods or articles contained.
In the upper end 6 we prefer to form the hole or aperture d in which may be
inserted when desired a rod, wire, or other stay, support, or carrier, for a price card
or ticket

page_text: For the purposes of this invention, the substance or metal of which the sides and
ends of the container or receptacle are composed may be variously disposed and
arranged, as shewn particularly in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, of the drawings.
In the first of these figures the bottom c is shewn as of a hollow shape
underneath, its surrounding flange forming a base upon which it rests. As in Figs. 4
and 5 however the substance or metal of the bottom end c may be flush and the
receptacle stand thereon. Similarly as shewn in Figs. 2 and 5 the upper end b may be
flush at top, or as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 it may be formed hollow. And, again,
as shewn in Fig. 6, the sides a. a. may be formed hollow, or as shewn in the other
figures be flush with the outside of the device. When the sides or ends are
hollowed out, convenient receptacles are formed in which ice for cooling the
temperature may be deposited, and as shewn particularly in Fig. 6 where a series
of containers are ranged side by side, or above one another, the spaces e allow of
the contents being entirely surrounded with ice, and thus the utmost coolness may
be ensured.
To subdivide the containers for the purpose of keeping the contents separate and
apart in small quantities, we form the sides a. a. of same with grooves or slots a¹ a¹
therein from front to back, in which slots or grooves may be placed the removable
shelves or plates f (see Fig. 7). These shelves or plates may be of any suitable
material, preferably enamelled or glazed, and by being removable render the
operation of washing same simple and easy, thereby enabling the whole device to
be readily kept in a state of perfect cleanliness. Though in the drawing the
shelves are shewn as sliding in slots or grooves a¹ formed in the sides, it will
readily be understood that other means of supporting, suspending, or carrying, said
shelves may be employed if desired.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim, is:-
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The improvements in containers or receptacles for margarine and the like,
substantially as, and for the purposes, herein before described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of June 1894.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.