IMPROVED BUTTER DISH AND PACKAGE
Year: 1885

page_text: I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the county of Middlesex,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention for
" IMPROVED BUTTER
DISH AND PACKAGE" (a communication from Alfred Edwards, of New Haven,
Connecticut, United States of America) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
and
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of this improved butter package.
Figure 2 is a similar view, showing a slightly modified construction of the same;
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the one half part of the package.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
This invention contemplates certain improvements in air-tight butter packages,
by which means are provided for tasting or sampling the butter without breaking
open the package or otherwise marring its appearance; and the package is also
constructed that when broken by the purchaser or consumer, it will, if desired,
form two separate neat and convenient butter dishes or receptacles adapted to be
placed upon the table, or substantially as will be herein after more fully described.
It is preferred to construct this improved butter package of glass or earthenware,
but it may be of wood, metal, paper, or any other suitable material adapted to the
purpose. Or one of its parts may be made of one material, such as glass, and the
other part of a different material, such as wood or paper. In the accompanying
Drawing, the letters A and A¹ indicate the two parts of the package, which may be
of any suitable shape, although by preference, they are made of a cylindrical shape.
One or both parts should be made of such a size that they will contain, when filled
to the rim, a given quantity of butter properly packed-say half a pound, one
pound, or any other given quantity.
When this improved butter package is constructed as shown in Figure 1, both
its parts A and A¹ are made of the same size or capacity, say, for instance, capable
of holding one pound of butter each, which would make the entire package a
two-pound package when filled. Both the parts having been properly filled with
butter the top is smoothed off properly and covered with a piece of paper, muslin
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page_text: or any other suitable material, cut to the exact size so as to fit the top of the
receptacle, as shown at a. If desired a layer of salt may be spread over the surface
of the butter before placing the paper or muslin over it. The two parts A and A¹
are then placed together, as shown in the Drawing and a piece of paper or other
suitable material, shown at B, is wound around the middle part of the package,
with its ends securely sealed or cemented together, so as to form a tight band
around the middle part of the double package. In order to make room for this
band, and unite the two parts A and A¹ firmly together without any possibility of
their becoming accidentally separated, each of the parts A and A¹, are constructed
'with a rabbet or annular recess, C around the upper rim, and it is also preferable
to construct the band B, of paper or other suitable material, which will shrink
during the process of drying it, so that the band, by wetting or dampening it before
its application to the package, will shrink as it gradually dries in such a manner,
as to bind the two parts of the package firmly together. If desired an ornamental
label may be pasted around the entire package, so as to conceal the band or
uniting-strip B, from view.
If it is desired to use the butter, all that is necessary is to cut or remove the
band B, when the two parts A and A¹, will come apart and either one of them may
be placed upon the table, ready for use. It is obvious that one or both parts may
be suitably ornamented, as shown in Figure 3, so as to present a neat and attractive
appearance.
If it is not desired to use both parts as a butter dish, the top part may be made
shallow to form simply a cover, as shown in Figure 2; or it may be made of such
a size as to contain a smaller quantity of butter than is contained in the bottom
part.
In order to enable the consumer to test or sample the quality of the butter, one
or both of the parts are provided with an aperture in the bottom, as shown at E,
which is closed by a suitable stopper. By removing this stopper, the contents of
the package may be readily examined without injuring its appearance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner. the same is to be performed [as communicated to
my foreign correspondent] I declare that what I claim is
.
1. A package for butter consisting of two parts, each adapted to contain a given
quantity of butter, the package having a groove or recess around its middle part
formed by reduced flanges at the meeting edges of each part, and united by a
band cemented into said groove or recess around the package, substantially as
described.
2. A package for butter consisting of a bottom part having an annular top flange,
and a top or cover having a similar flange, in combination with a band cemented
into the groove or recess formed by the flanges of the package proper and its cover
substantially as set forth..
3. A package for butter consisting of one or two parts, having an aperture in
.the bottom for testing the contents of the package, which said aperture is closed
by a removeable plug or stopper; substantially as set forth.
ALFRED J. BOULT.