US1202582A - Collapsible container. - Google Patents

Description

C. C. PLING.

COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2o. 1914.

lm, r Patented im. 24,1916.

CLOYD C. POLING, OF PTTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (1ct. 24, 1916.

Application led November 20, 1914. Serial No. 873,173.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, CLoYD C. POLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Collapsible Container, of which the following is a specification.

The device herein disclosed is a collapsible container, in the present instance shown in the form of a barrel or keg, although the novel features of the device herein disclosed are adapted to be employed upon a container other than a keg or barrel.

@ne object of the present invention is to provide novel means whereby when the container is elongated, relative movements of the constituent elements of the container in opposite directions longitudinally of the container will be prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling the head of the container with the end section thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for holding the panel assembled with the head and for holding the head assembled with the end section of the container.

1t is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

lWith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation, elongated and in the condition which it will assume when in use; Fig. 2 is a cross section showing` the structure collapsed; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail showing one end section of the container, the head and the panel in coacting relation; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the cooperating rib and bead upon the constituent parts of the container; Fig. 5 is a top plan of the container.

The container herein disclosed preferably is fashioned throughout from metal, saving as hereinafter specifically modified, and the constituent metal out of which the container is made, is more or less resilient.

The container comprises av central bilge section 1 which tapers toward its ends, a pair of tapered intermediate sections 2, and a pair of end sections 3. rlhe container as above described comprises live parts, but any desired number of sections may be employed. y

Adjacent its ends, the bilge section 1 is pressed inwardly to form circumscribing ribs 4. At the ends of the bilge section 1, rings 5 or like reinforcing elements are placed, and about the rings 5, the extremities of the bilge section 1 are rolled, to form beads G. Similar beads 7 are formed upon the adjacent ends of the intermediate sections 2, the beads 7 containing reinforcing rings 8. Upon the remote ends of the intermediate sections 2, beads 9 are fashioned, the same containing rings 10. The beads 7 and 9 project in opposite directions. lntermediate the beads 7 and 9 and relatively near to the beads 9, the intermediate sections 2 are struck inwardly to form circumscribing ribs 11. Upon the adjacent ends of the end sections 3, beads 12 are formed, the same containing rings 14 as before.

Referring to Fig. 4 it will be observed that the ribs 4 cooperate with the beads 6 on the bilge section 1 to define recesses 29, and the same construction is carried out with respect to the ribs 11 and the beads 9 on the intermediate sections 2.

rlhe extremity of'one end section 3 is rolled around a ring 16 or other reinforcing element to form a bead 15, the rolled portion of the section being carried laterally to form a web 17 which bears as shown at 1S in Fig. 3 against the side wall of the end section 3. The web 17 is carried inwardly to form a flange 19 and the inner edge of the flange is rolled outwardly to form a reinforcing lip 20.

The flange 19 supports a head 21 comprising a marginal flange 22 and an upright band 23 extended between the body portion of the head and the iiange 22 so that there is formed adjacent the center of the head 21, a recess or depression 24, the inner face of the band portion 23 of the head defining a shoulder 25. Located in the recess 24 and engaged in its periphery by the shoulder 25 is a panel 2G. The panel 26 may be made of fiber, although another material may be employed if considered expedient. The

panel 26 isadapted to receive the address of the manufacturer, the address of the person to whom thebarrel is shipped, or any other information or advertising matter, as shown at 30 in Fig. 5. ther, acts as a reinforcement for the head 21.

Locking devices are provided whereby, at once, the panel 2G may be held upon the head 21 and the head 21 be held assembled with the endrsection V3. These locking devices may be of various forms. In the present embodiment of the invention, pivot elements 27 are mounted upon the flange 22 of the head 21, the pivot elements 2T supporting for swinging movement, parallel to the head 21, latches 28. The other ends of the latches 28 are engaged beneath the bead 15 and the inner ends of the latches overlap the panel 26 and hold the same in the recess 24 of the head 21.

In the case of the lower end section 3, the constituent metalthereof is pressed around a ring 100 and formed into an integral head 101.

In order to change the container from the collapsedcondition of Fig. 2 to the extended or elongated condition of Fig. 1, the end sections 3V are drawn in opposite directions. The beads 12 on the end section 3 spring past the ribs 11 on the intermediate sections 2 and abut against the beads 9. In a similar manner, the beads 7 on the intermediate sections 2 spring past the ribs 4L on the bilge section 1 and abut against the beads 6. Thus, the container is maintained in the extended condition shown in Fig. 1. f

The head 21 is placed upon the flange 19, the panel 26 is introduced into the recess 24, and the latches 28 are swung on the pivot elements 27 until the outer ends of the latches engage beneath the bead 15, the nner ends of the latches 28 overlapping the panel 26, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Thus,

r.he panel 26,' fur-- by a single operation, and through the medium of a single locking means, the head 21 of the container is assembled with the end section Sand the panel 26 is held upon the head 21.

The device herein disclosed is adapted primarily to contain nails, horseshoes, vegetables, and other dry objects which do not call for water tight oints in the container.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- A collapsible container comprising a bilge section; upper and lower intermediate sections having their inner ends disposed within the ends of the bilge section; and upper and lower end sections having their inner ends disposed within the outer ends of the respective intermediate sections; the bilge section being provided at its ends with beads which project toward the axis of the container and being provided with ribs spaced inwardly from the beads and projecting toward the axis of the container, the intermediate sections being provided at their inner ends with beads projecting away from the aXis of the container and engaged removably between the ribs and the beads of the bilge section, the intermediate sections being provided at their outer ends with beads and with ribs which project toward the axis oi the container, the end sections being provided at their inner ends with beads which project away from the axis of the container,

the last specied beads being engaged removably between the ribs and the beads of the intermediate sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLOYD C. POLING.

Witnesses:

GRACE REEVE, N. L. HOLMES.

Copies of this patent mav be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatentl.

` Washington, D. C.

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