US1828695A - Sugar dispensing container - Google Patents

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20, 1931- M. J. WOLFERMAN SUGAR DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed Mardh 7, 1951 INVENTOR a. ATTORNEYS 5 Z w M,

mm M Patented Oct. 20, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICEX mmo'n .T'. wot mam, or mew YORK, 11'. Y., assrenon TO conrmmn'ansrnvna comm, or Bnooxmm, NEW Yonm'n coaroaarron or- NEW YORK,

SUGAR DISPENSING CONTAINER Apfilication ma ma 7, 193i.- Serial in. 526,803.

My present invention relates particularly to dispensing containers of the-specific type known as sugar spills which are used in restaurants in place of sugar for the sanitary service of granulated sugar for individual use.

It is an object of the invention to provide adispensing container of the above type of I simple and inexpensive construction, attrac- 1o tive in appearance, easy to handle and readily maintainedclean and readily refilled. Another object is to provide a device of the above type devoid ofrubber or other fabric buffer parts yet not apt to be injured or brokan even in rough use, andnot apt to scratch or abrade the table, I a

I Another object is to provide a dispensing container of the above type, which may be wholly devoid of measuring mechanism or other movable. parts, and which yet serves automatically to break up sugar that has "become lumpy through moisture. Another object is to provide-a container of the above type which while a fording a relatively large opening not apt to become clogged, yet in use effects inherent retardationso that the rate of feed will normally be sufliciently slow to avoid vwaste 'orover-su ar'mg.

Other 0 jects will bein part hereinafter pointed out. T v

- In the accompanying drawings in which-is shown one of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention,

tion ofa preferred form 0 I sugar spill,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional. view taken 5b able thickness as at 13 and the lower face dispensin Fig. 1 is a view in lon 'tudinal cross-sec thereof is preferably concave as at 14 afi'ording a ppo m- Integral with the bottom of the jar is a protruding unitary bead 15 preferably semicircular in cross-section, at which the vertices of the prism construction terminate. The

head is encircled by a pewter, white metal or other soft metal ring 16 preferably spun as shown over the upper edge of the bead and table and thus protects a glass, marble composition or wooden table top from becoming scratched or abraded by the hard glass.

vided with a single turn of thread 18 for the removable spill cover 19, said thread having therebelow aunitary peri heral stop head 20.

. The spillfcover is pre erably stamped or spun from a unitary sheet of metal and affords a cylindrical flange 21 into which is At the rim, the container is preferably profrictionally held a threaded sleeve '22, for

coaction with thethreads'of the 'jar, said sleeve having aunitary, out-turned, reinforcing, protective head 23 encircling the mm of flange 21 and which when the. cover is a lied to the container comes into contact with the glass head 20. The. cover has a generally u standing conical end face 24: with an opening 25 preferably at its apex, of diameter preferab through which the sugar may be spilled.

y in the order of Y The metal immediately about the opening.

is preferabl turned inward in an ornamental crater-like ormation 26 whichv affords an an- I nular groove 27 immediately about the opening,-the inner rim of which groove constitutes the free edge cut away whenv the central openin '25 is stamped out. L

referably the rim of the opening 25 is left unfinished and in fact preferably roughened as shown at 28 for a purpose which will appear more apparent in setting forth the operation below. It is noted here howeverthat the free edge though rough and sharp is in such inaccessible and protected position that the user cannot touch the same and injury togthe fingers or hands is avoided.

The heavy bottom of the device enhances its stability and its strength. The protective ring 16 as previously set forth guards against mju to the sugar spill in handling the same an against abrasion of the table. The prism efiect of the glass also afiords a design of ornamental appearance and provides a convenient non-slipping handle Even when the container is completely filled,

the sugar must drop at. least through'the height of the conical cover when the spill is inverted for use. In such action, any large I lumps of sugar are broken up by falling past I wise derangled the rough or sharp cutting ,edge 28 of. the spill opening. In general the sugar slides along the surface and is retarded in moving over the groove 27 and the shar edge so that uncontrolled feed is obviate It is easy accordingly to fill a teaspoon by spill frgomi the device, without loss.

The device consists only of the two sepa-.

rate parts, the glass container Y10 and the removable metal cover 19.- There are no ket or rubber parts subject to decay an no measuring mechanism or other movable parts subject to jamming or apt to become other- It will t us be seen that there is herein a'soft metal ring spiin over the rim of said of said cover being inturned in crater formation about said spill opening to dispose the free edge of said opening in inaccessible position on said cover, the edge of the opening being left unfinished. 1

6. A sugar spill comprising a cylindrical glass container having a thick side wall and a thick bottom, a unitary bead about the bottom, a soft metal ring spun about said bead,

a threaded construction at the mouth, a unitary bead immediately below said threaded construction and a removable sheet metal cover adapted to be threaded over said mouth and having a central spill opening.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 5th day of March A. D. 1931.

MILTON J. WOLFERMAN.

described a device in which the several features of this invention are embodied, and wh1ch device in its-action attains the various objects of the invention and is well suited to meet the requirements of practical use. As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently v widely difierent embodiments of this inven tion could -be made without departin from the scope thereof, it is intended that a matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative .and not in a limiting sense. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sugar splll comprising a transparent jar having a'spill cover, a unitary outstanding bead at the bottom of the jar and a soft Q metal protective ring-about the bead.

2. A sugar spill comprising a glass jar having a the]: bottom provided with a unitary outstanding bead and a metal ring spun around said bead'for protective purposes, said jar having a spill' cover.

3. A sugar spill comprising" a unitary heavy glass generally cylindrical container having a thick bottom witha concave undersurface and a unitary outstanding beadand

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