US1388804A - Shipping-package - Google Patents

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R. 1. DECY. v

SHIPPING PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1920.

1,388,804. Patented Aug. 23, 192 1.

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UNITED STATES RICHARD J. DECY, OFJERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

smrrme-racimen Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,288.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD J. DECY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Jersey City, New. Jersey, have mvented a new and useful Shipping-Package, of which the following is a specification.

y invention relates particularly to a package or container intended for shlpplng ice cream.

The main object is to provide a construction which can be made at a reasonable cost, which will have a maximum of strength with a minimum weight, and be capable of maintaining the contents at a low temperature for a considerable period of time.

reat quantities of ice cream are shipped from the manufacturer to dealers, and 1t is necessary to maintain this cream in a solid,

frozencondition for many hours. It has been customary to pack the ice cream cans The exthis way pense of preparing the package in the brine 1s considerable, and, furthermore,

,- leaking from these containers frequently tact.

damages articles with which it comes in con- Furthermore, the weight of the ice and salt materially adds to the shipping charges. The method at present employed in shipping ice cream produces a bulky package, usually heaped up with ice and salt. and covered with burlap, so that it Is difficult, if not impossible, to stack the packages one on top ofthe other.

To overcome these disadvantages I have designed a container which will be hereinafter described in its preferred form.

The drawing shows a side view and partial vertical section of a construction embodying the improvements of my invention.

Preferably the outer part of the container or tub has a wooden bottom 1 and side wall 2, preferably formed of wooden staves, bound together with hoops, such as 3.

Inside is an auxiliary bottom 4, preferably of wood, supported above the bottom 1, and the space between the two bottoms is filled with some suitable insulating material, such as cork 5.

Inside is another wall 6, preferably of metal, supported on the bottom 4 and spaced apart from the outer wall. The space between the two vertical walls is preferably filled with insulating material, such as cork The wall 6 may be fastened by a cleat 6.

The upper end of the wall 6 is preferably flanged over onto a collar 8, which may be to be sanitary formed of wood and inserted between the walls 6 and 2. The bottom 4 and the collar 8 are preferably of material which has a low coefiicient of conductivity, and they are suitably held in place, for instance, by nails or screws such as 9 and 10.

A gasket 11 is preferably provided in a groove in the upper surface of the collar 8. This gasket is preferably in the form of a yielding tube of rubber. The inner portion of the container is provided with a cover 12, which fits into the mouth of the wall 6 and has a flange which rests on the gasket 11 so as to provide an air-tight joint.

The ice cream is preferably contained in a can 13 of the usual type, having a cover 14.

The shipping containeris provided with a cover having an outer wall 15 and an inner wall 16 with a space between, which is preferably filled with insulating material, such as 17. The inner part of the cover fits inside the upper edge of the tub, and an outer flange 18 fits outside the upper edge. To hold the cover in place I may provide a plurality of fastening devices, each of which has a hinged or swinging member 19,

slotted at its lower end to receive an eyebolt that the fastening member 19 may be released.

For additional insulating purposes a layer or disk 21 of insulating material, such as felt or hair, may be interposed between the inner and outer covers of the shipping container. If desired, one or more spring clips, such as 22, may be interposed between the ice cream can 13 and the inner wall of the container, to prevent the can from shifting. Ordinarily, however, the ice cream can will fit rathersnugly inside of the inner wall of the container.

The shipping container is preferably vided with one ormore handles, such as 23, for convenience in moving the container.

This invention has been tested and found and to maintain the contents 111 good condition for many hours without the use of ice or salt. The structure is sufficiently rugged to withstand hard usage in transportation for a long time. As the package is flat on the top as well as on the bottom, it is possible to stack such packages and thus. take up a minimum of space.

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The insulating material in this construction is much lighter than the amount of ice and salt which would be necessary in an ordinary package, so that my package may be shipped much more cheaply than the usual construction.

I claim:

1. A shipping package for ice cream, et'c., comprising a tub having inner and outer walls with insulating material between said walls, an inner cover and gasket for hermetically sealing the inner wall, and an insulating cover fitting the upper edge of the outer wall.

2. A shipping container for ice cream, etc., comprising a tub formed of wood and having bottom and a side wall, an interior bottom, insulating materialbetween the said inner bottom and the bottom of the tub, an inner wall, insulating material between the inner wall and the side wall of the tub, an insulating collar, a cover fitting said collar and the inner wall, and an outer cover fit- 3. A shipping container comprising an outer Wooden tub, an inner metallic lining rigidly secured therein, insulating material between said tub and said lining, a tight cover for said lining, a flat cover'for said. tub, and insulating material between said covers.

4. A shipping container comprising an outer tub, an inner lining, an insulating bottom for supporting said lining, an insulating collar supporting the upper end of said lining, insulating material between said lining and said tub, a cover for said lining, and a cover for said tub including insulate ing material.

5. An iceless container comprising a tub, a lining, a wooden collar supporting the up per edge of the lining, insulating material between said tub and said lining, and an air-tight insulating cover for said tub.

RICHARD J. DEGY.

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