A New or Improved Receptacle or Holder for Condensed Milk and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Receptacle or Holder for Condensed Milk
and the like.
We, GEORGE ABRAHAM CHRISTENSEN, of 9, Salisbury Cottages, Canal Head,
Peckham, London, S.E., Decorator, and REBECCA TERESA WICHMANN, of 66, Water
Lane, Brixton, London, SW, Married Lady, 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 receptacles for containing condensed
milk, and has for its object to provide collapsible tubes capable of containing
suitable quantities of condensed milk, whereby the contents of such tubes will
be preserved in a better condition than formerly, while at the same time, it will
be an easier matter to obtain access to such contents than where the commodity is
contained in a rigid tin or its equivalent. By the use of our invention, factory
hands and others who use condensed milk in small quantities at a time, are
enabled to expel sufficient of the contents of the tubes which is required for
immediate use, and then hermetically seal the tubes again, thereby preventing the
contents deteriorating in flavour or quality and the admission of dust, dirt, and
other foreign or noxious matter thereto.
In order that this invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will now describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings
wherein:
Fig. 1, is a side view of the tube filled and closed, and, Fig. 2, is a perspective
view of the tube with the filling end open.
In carrying the invention into effect, we provide a tube a formed of lead foil or
other suitable material possessed of the necessary flexibility, which tube is enlarged
at one end b and closed by folding the two opposing edges one over the other.
The other end, which is given a thicker and more rigid form, is provided with
a screw-threaded nozzle, upon which fits a screw-cap c having a milled periphery c¹
for convenience in turning such cap with the finger and thumb.
The enlarged end of the tube is the filling inlet, and is of such a size as to
receive the funnel of a suitable filling apparatus, the lower or opposing edges
of such enlarged end being caused to overlap and compress one another, when the
tube has received its contents, to form an air-tight joint
It will thus be seen that when a portion of the condensed milk contained in
the tube a is required for use, the cap c is removed and the tube compressed until
a sufficient quantity of the contents has been caused to exude from the nozzle,
whereupon the cap c is again replaced, and the tube thereby hermetically sealed,
by this means ensuring the perfect preservation of the condensed milk for any
reasonable length of time.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim
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CLAIMS.
1. The improvements in receptacles for containing condensed milk, consisting
in a flexible tube having at one end an outlet in a screw-threaded nozzle, closed
by a cap, and at the other an enlargement for filling purposes, said enlarged end
being closed when the tube is filled, by overlapping and compressing the opposing
edges together, substantially as described and shewn.
2. The application of a flexible tube to the purpose of containing condensed
milk, substantially as speciñed
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1000
HUGHES & YOUNG.
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicants