Improvements in or appertaining to Receptacles for Packing Solid or Liquid Substances.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Receptacles for Packing Solid
or Liquid Substances.
I, ALBERT HEINEMANN, of 23, Spenerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Ger-
many, Merchant, 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 has for its object a packing box, tin, or other vessel, more
particularly intended for packing such substances as liquids and the like in
which a solid fastening, for instance by means of soldering and the like, is
inadmissible or inadvisable in view of the contents of the tin or box. The
packing tin or box which forms the object of the present invention is suitable
for containing substances or liquids of any kind and intended more particularly
for packing preserves and the like. The tin or box is advantageously charac-
terised by its contents being closed hermetically against the outer air, and by
the lid being fixed and supported in a simple manner when the box or tin is
opened; so that the lid is not in the way during the filling, or the partial or
entire emptying of the vessel.
The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 being a
vertical section of the whole packing box or tin and Figure 2 a detail.
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The box or tin a is provided at the top with an outwardly tapering neck b
and has two projections c and d situated diametrically opposite one another. The
projection c is perforated and receives in its perforation a spring bent arm
which is attached to the lid f. The projection chas on each side two grooves g g¹
at right angles to one another, in one of which grooves g the bent arm e rests
when the lid f is closed, but when the lid is open, the ends of the arm e are
pressed over the thicker part h and thereby forced apart, and drop into the
groove when the lid is in an upright position, so that the said lid is fixed in
its open position. The projection d is perforated, and has in its perforation a
bent arm i, on the upper end of which a double armed lever kis pivotally
mounted. The lid f is provided with a lip f¹ over which, when the lid is closed,
the upper end of the arm i with the lever k engages (see the position shown in
dotted lines) after which the lever k is bent down so that with its shorter arm, it
presses down the lid. The lower part of the lid has a tapering prolongation m
provided with a groove receiving an indiarubber ring 7. On the lid being pressed
down the indiarubber ring is pressed firmly against the inner side of the tapering
neck, so that a perfectly tight joint is formed.
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:
1. A packing tin or box having a lid capable of being pressed down thereon,
characterised by projections being formed on two opposite sides of the box, one
of which projections serves for receiving the devices securing the lid, whilst the

page_text: said lid is mounted by means of a spring metal bent arm on or in the opposite
projection, substantially as herein before described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
2. A packing box or tin such as described, in which the projection (c), which
receives the arm (e) of the lid, is provided with grooves (g g¹) into which the said
arm (e) of the lid slips with a spring action when the said lid is in a suitable
position, with the object of holding the lid fixed in the said position, substantially
as herein before set forth.
3. A packing tin or box of the kind described, in which the lid is provided
with a tapering prolongation, or is of a conical form, and has a washer ring of
indiarubber or the like on its tapering part, which ring is pressed against the
upper part of the box or tin which is formed to taper outwardly, substantially
as set forth.
4. A packing box or tin of the kind described in which the lid is provided
with a lip, behind which the fastening lever engages with the object of pressing
down the lid, substantially as shown.
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.