US105572A - Improvement in frott-cans - Google Patents

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GU TAV E. HEINIG, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent No. 105,572, dated July 19, 1870. l

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gosmv E. Hnlnre, of Louisville, in the county of J efierson and State of Kentucky,

have invented a new parts.

My fruit-can is an im h'ovement over that patented to Jacob Pfau, J nne 2, 1868.

I n his case, the crease or groove formed around the top of the can is so madethat a top-or cover applied thereto mustliavea flaring edge, and hence the parts cannot hold tightly together.

In my improved can, the inner side or wall of the groove is made nearly or quite vertical, and the rim of the cover has a corresponding angle, so that the same will fit to its place so tightly as to scarcely require the aid of wax to produce a perfectly air-tight fruit-receptacle. In any eventthe amount of wax required will be very small.

I also design to make the outer edge of-t-he groove der, whereon the cover rests, so that a large, amount of wax can in no case be used.

Again, the rim of the cover being vertical or nearly so, its edge has sucha local relation to the inner wall of about the same height as the inner-edge or shoul-v of the groove, that a knife or other suitable implement may be conveniently employed to pry; up the cover.

A is the body of the can, which may be cylindrical or tapering in form, and to which the bottom of the can is seamed andrsoldere'd in the ordinary manner.

I then stretch or flare the upper portion or edge of can in a machine suitable for the purpose, and form a groove, B, therein by means of a die.

O is the'eov'er, the edge of which is struck up, so as to be nearly or quite vertical, and thus fit into the groove B, and groove B, as shown in fig. 1, to give space for sullicient wax to seal the cover securely.

The entire can is thus formed of only three pieces of tin, and the bottom and side seams are the only one requiring to be soldered.

By this construction the cover will fit or hold. so tightlyin place that little wax will be required, and will ot'itself exclude the air to such an extent that a large number of cans may be'filled in succession without necessity of stoppingto apply wax.

Having'thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Leters Pat cut The improved fruit-cau herein described, its body A having the groove B, whose inneuwall is made vertical or nearly so, and its cover 0 having a rim or flange of corresponding angle, so as to fit said inner wall of the groove, as and for the purpose described.

' GUSTAV E. HEINIG. Witnesses:

B. H. ALLEN, G. A. ULRICH.

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