Improvements in Storage Packages or Receptacles.
Year: 1898

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Storage Packages or Receptacles.
I, MOSES FALK, Tobacconist, of No. 114, East 122nd Street, City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, County and State of New York, United States of America,
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 storage packages or receptacles, such as sealed cans
containing perishable goods, food products, or other goods, where the end or
head of the receptacle has to be cut open to remove the contents.
A tool or
knife for this purpose is not always conveniently at hand, and where attached
to the receptacle, as may be the case, is not usually effective.
The receptacle also, when once opened, is rendered worthless for further use.
The object of this invention is to provide a sealed receptacle with an effective
device for cutting open the sealed end of the can, and also to enable the receptacle
to be of further use after having been opened.
Referring to the accompanying drawing-
Fig. 1, is a view in perspective of a sealed can or receptacle and an outside
cover removed, shown as provided with a cutting tool.
Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section of the top of the receptacle with outside
cover applied and showing the manner of using the invention.
Fig. 3 is a detail view of the sealed end of the receptacle, the outside cover
applied, and the cutting tool in operative position.
Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the cutting tool secured to the removable cover.
In carrying out this invention a receptacle or can 1, having a sealed end 2,
and containing some perishable substance 3, is provided with an outside or
auxiliary cover 4, and adapted to fit over the sealed end of the can 1. The
cover 4 is provided with a suitable cutting tool, suitably mounted on the outside
of said cover, and as here shown preferably so arranged, as to be pushed through
an opening in the cover and so bear and be pressed upon the sealed end 2 of the
receptacle 1, that by either turning the cover or receptacle with one hand and
holding the other with the other hand the sealed end 2 will be cut open. Any
suitable construction and arrangement of cutting tool may be employed. As
shown the cutting tool consists of a thin strip of steel 5, suitably secured at one
end to the cover.
At a suitable distance adjacent to its periphery the cover 4 is provided with a
number of slits 6. The strip of steel 5 is formed with its forward portion at an
angle with its rear portion and the cutting tool is removably secured to the
cover 4, by pushing its rear portion through the slits 6, so that it will be inter-
voven with the cover 4 and held securely in place. In this position the forward
portion of the strip 5 will extend from the slit 6, nearest the periphery of the
over 4, at an angle to the latter as shown in Fig. 4 and will be sufficiently
lastic to have a spring action in being pressed downwards. In this movement
f the forward part of the strip 5, the fulcrum will be at the point 6¹. or on

page_text: the side of the slit 6 nearest the periphery of the cover, and the interwoven
connection of the rear end of the strip 5 with the cover 4, will, in the spring
movement of its forward portion, serve to hold the rear end of strip 5 in place.
The outer or free end of the strip 5 is slightly bent up from the cover 4 so as
to act as a spring and is bent downwards at its end forming the knife or cutting
portion 7, as shown in Fig. 3. The knife 7 slightly projects through a slit or
opening 8 in the cover 4, and is shown as made with two tapering knife edges
so that it can operate in either direction, though one cutting edge may be
employed if preferred, moving in the direction of the arrow, as shown in Fig. 3.
The invention is operated as follows:
When it is desired to open the receptacle 1, the strip 5 is pressed and held
down by the finger of one hand, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the top of
the cover being held by the same hand whilst the body of the receptacle is grasped
in the other hand. As the cutting tool 8 is pressed down and held against the
end 2 of can 1, and the cover 4 is turned whilst the receptacle is held stationary
the knife 8 will cut a slit in the end 2, and sever it from the can. By means
of this invention a ready and effective means is provided for cutting open sealed
receptacles, and after the receptacle 1 is opened it can be used further by employ-
ing the auxiliary cover. To guard against the knife 8 being pressed against
the sealed end by other receptacles in storage, or other substances resting in
the receptacle, the cover 4 may be formed with the bead 9, which will protect
the strip of steel 5 from undue pressure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A storage package or receptacle, having a sealed end, and a removable
cover, the latter being provided with an aperture and slits, and a removable
cutting tool, consisting of a strip of metal, having its forward end bent at a
right angle, and serving as the cutter, and adapted to play through the said
aperture, and its forward portion extending at an angle to its rear end and to the
cover, and having a spring movement, and its rear portion extending through
said slits, and forming an interwoven connection with the cover, as set forth.
2. In a storage package, a removable cover, having an aperture and slits adjacent
to its periphery, and a removable cutting tool, consisting of a strip of metal,
having its forward portion elastic, and extending at an angle to its rear portion
and to the cover, and its forward end bent at an angle and forming the cutter,
and adapted to play through said aperture, and its rear portion extending through
said slits and forming an interwoven connection with the cover as set forth.
Dated this 21st day of December 1898.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
Chartered Patent Agents, 321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.