US2881955A - Dispensing receptacles - Google Patents

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April 14, 1959 J. 'r. LAMBERT 2,881,955

' DISPENSING RECEPTACLES Filed May 4, 1956 H DISPENSING RECEPTACLES CJohn T. Lambert, Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada 1 Application May 4, 1956, Serial No. 582,689

1 Claim. 01. 222-181 This invention relates to improvements in dispensing receptacles for cartons containing dry flaked, granulated, powdered or the like materials.

particular object of this invention is to provide a receptacle which can be readily mounted adjacent or over asink, basin or tub in anovel manner for ready access. at all times to the contents of a carton of the character described without resortingto adjustment of the carton upon each occasion ofuse. I

Another object is to provide a novel securing arrangement of the receptacle to ensure dispensing of the entire contents of the receptacle. I v

1 Still another object is to provide a mounting for the receptacle which permits removal of the receptacle, whenever it is desired to change the carton received therein, andsubsequent replacement of the receptacle and a new carton with ease. v

"A', still further object is to provide a receptacle for dispensingmaterials from a carton in which the "component parts are separable so as to enable a compact packaging of the parts for distribution.

The conventional rectangular type of carton which is provided with top or side openings have, heretofore, presented a problem in providing suitable dispensing devices for same which can be mounted in a fixed position. The main problem has been to arrange such cartons in a receptacle so that a flow of the contents can be initiated without subjecting the carton to repeated tilting motions on every occasion of use. Then, too, due to the shape of the carton fixed receptacles could not dispense all of the contents without resorting to manipulation of the carton. For this reason portable receptacles have been resorted to which are readily tiltable upon each occasion of use to initiate the flow of the contents. However, the portable receptacle has certain disadvantages, the main one being that the person using the same must have a convenient place for setting it down between uses and unless a shelf or counter is provided for this purpose, it becomes a problem for storage when not in use, particularly if the counter space is required for other uses.

The present invention proposes to overcome all of these disadvantages by providing a dispensing receptacle in combination with a bracket and wall fixture which can be attached to a wall surface adjacent or over a sink or the like so as to be readily available for instant use when desired and, at the same time, to simplify the storage problem.

The invention also proposes to mount the receptacle in such a way that a rectangular carton can repose therein so as to have its entire contents available for dispensing without further manipulation of the carton. As pre viously stated these cartons normally have their openings in the top or side wall and, as is well known, such openings are usually adjacent one end wall. Therefore, by mounting the receptacle with its base inclined towards one I end wall the placement of a carton within the receptacle so that its opening is adjacent the lowermost point of the receptacle and by providing a dispensing opening n t d Sees P en in the receptacle at this point, the entire contents of the carton will be enabled to flow from the carton without further manipulation of the same.

In the designing of the receptacle consideration was also given to the desirability of displaying the carton so as to give a maximum of advertisement of the product. For this reason, the front of the receptacle has been substantially removed to display the illustrations on one side wall of the carton. In this connection it is recommended that the cartons be apertured in their bottom wall adjacent one end so that, when mounted in the receptacle, the display will be in a generally upright position.

The above and other objects and characteristic fea tures of my invention will be understood more readily from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a receptacle embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the receptacle shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the lines 3--3 I of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end view.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a modification of my receptacle.

Fig." 6 is a sectional view through the receptacle shown L inFigL s.

i Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in section taken along the lines 77 of Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 generally indicates a dispensing receptacle for a carton, indicated at 6, 7 indicates bracket and 8 a wall fixture.

'Receptacle 5 is shaped to provide a rear side wall 10, end walls 11 and 12 and a bottom wall 14, the end wall 12 being of substantially greater length than the opposite end wall 11 and the upper edge 15 of the rear wall being inclined with reference to the plane of the bottom wall 14 so as to extend between the upper edges of end walls 11 and 12.

Bracket 7 has an arm extension 17 at one end which projects downwardly into retaining loops 18 extending out from wall fixture 8 so as to position the bracket in a horizontal plane with a second arm extension 19 at the opposite end of the bracket projecting vertically upward. The rear wall 10 of receptacle 5 has integrally formed retaining loops 20 projecting from the rear surface of said wall 10 and arranged to receive the arm extension 19 of bracket 7 so that the upper edge 15 of rear wall 10 will be disposed horizontally and the bottom wall 14 will be inclined downwardly towards the end wall 12. The surfaces of arm extensions 17 and 19 which engage the surfaces of wall fixture 8 and rear wall 10 respectively, are flattened or otherwise suitably contoured to prevent rotation of the bracket either in the loops 18 or 20. Thus the receptacle is held in a suitably spaced relation to the wall which carries the same.

The forward marginal portions of end and bottom walls 11, 12 and 14 are provided with inwardly directed flanges 22, 23 and 24, defining an open face front wall which serves to retain the carton 6 while exposing any illustration appearing on the carton to view.

As will be seen the bracket 7 supports the receptacle 5 so that the contents of the carton tend to flow towards the lower corner adjacent end wall 12. In Figs. 2 to 4 I have illustrated a dispensing opening 25, which may be substantially triangular, in the bottom wall 14 adjacent end wall 12. A cover 26, which is pivoted at 27 to the under side of bottom wall 14, is swingable to positions away from and directly across the opening 25. In Figs. 5 to 7 I have illustrated a modification in which the dispensing opening 30 is substantially rectangular and is closed by a dispenser comprising radial blades 31 extend- A 2,881,955 Patented Apr. 14,

ing from a central axle 32 between laterally spaced discs 33. The discs 33 abut the inner surfaces of rear wall 10 and a front flange section 34 between flanges 22 and 23. The axle 32 projects. at one end through an opening in rear wall 10 and is connected at its opposite end to a crank 35 which is disposed outwardly of flange section 34. Blades 31 are radially arranged so that two adjacent blades will extend with their terminal portions spanning the opening 30. As will be seen any two adjacent blades form a trough which will contain a predetermined quantity of the commodity in the carton. Rotation of the dispenser through a segment of a circle causes the said predetermined quantity of the commodity to be carried through the dispensing opening 30. When the blades defining the trough span the opening again further dispensing will be prevented until the dispenser is rotated through the next segment of the circle.

When it is desired to load the receptacle 5 it is first removed from the bracket 8. A carton having an opening, I

in the bottom wall is positioned with its bottom wall uppermost and the receptacle 5 placed about the carton with the bottom wall 14 against the bottom of the carton so that the dispensing opening or covers the opening in the carton. The assembled carton and receptacle are then reversed and the receptacle is replaced on bracket 8 in the inclined position shown in Fig. 1 or 5 so that the openings in the bottom walls of the carton and receptacle will be adjacent the lowest point.

With this arrangement the illustrations on the carton are readily viewed and the entire contents of the carton are available for dispensing without further manipulation of carton or receptacle to cause a flow of the con tents towards the dispensing openings.

While emphasis has heretofore been given on the use of my dispensing receptacle for packaged detergents and soap flakes, it is also contemplated to use it for packaged 4 cereals, rice, sugar or any other flaked or granulated material in cartons. 'It will be obvious that the method of assembly and dispensing will be the same or similar to that above described.

What I claim is:

An open top dispensing receptacle adapted to receive a carton having a delivery opening in its bottom wall adjacent one side wall, said receptacle comprising front, rear, bottom and end walls, said bottom wall having a dispensing opening adjacent oneend wall corresponding with the opening in said carton, means mounting said receptacle so that its bottom wall extends along an inclined plane with the dispensing opening lowermost, means for controlling said dispensing opening including a plurality of radially extending blades arranged about a central axis, said axis extending between the front and rear walls for rotation at right angles to said walls, said blades projecting into said receptacle so that, by rotation, any two adjacent blades may be positioned with their marginal edges at opposite defining edges of the dispensing opening with the remainder of the said adjacent blades spanning the gap therebetween and means connected to said axis and located exteriorly of said receptacle for rotating said control means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNI-TED STATES PATENTS 2,025,821 Nordmarken Dec. 31, 1935 2,350,836 Sonnenborn et al. Tune 6, 1944 2,527,246 DeVincenzi et al Oct.24, 1950 2,571,705 Goodman et al Oct. 16, 1951 2,575,967 May Nov. 20, 1951 2,622,772 Tamminga Dec. 23, 1952 2,751,117 Packwood June 19, 1956

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