US2031162A - Ice cream service container - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 1s, 1936. E, HOOVER 2,031,162

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ICE CREAM SERVICE CONTAINER Cecil E. Hoover, Scandinavia, Wis. Application August 31, 1932, Serial No. 631,231

. 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-133) The present invention relatesto a service container for keeping ice cream specialties and the like that require freezing and at the same time having a convenient place to store them so that 5 they are immediately accessible for service.

The object of thev invention resides in the provision of a device of this nature which is exceedingly simple yin its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, handy, thoroughly efficient and reliable in use and other 'ise well adapted for the purpose for which itl is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the features of my invention showing the same in the compartment of a cabinet.

Figure 2 is a vertical section therethrough.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially through the line 3-3 of Figure-2.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 4--4 of Figure 2. Y

Figure 5 is a plan view of one of theA shelf plates. l

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the straps.

Figure '7 is a, fragmentary detail view of a modied form of the wall.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a cylinder formed of perforated material such as the wire'mesh shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive or a perforated sheet metal such as shown in Figure 7. One side of the cylinder is open as indicated at 6 beginning from the bottom thereof and terminating a distance spaced below the topthereof.

A tray 1 is nxed on the bottom of the cylinder. A plurality of straps 8' are arranged vertically on the outside of .the cylinder, being xed thereto and formed with a plurality of transverse slots 9. Numerals I denote shelves having tongues Il radiating from the edges thereof to engage in the slots 9.

These shelves maybe locatedat different distances apart as may be desired. The top shelf is preferably located as indicated to advantage in Figures 1 and 2 so as to form a bottom for the top compartment, the wall of which is closed all around, Figures 2 and 3. A bail or handlel I2 is-provided at the top of the container, being preferably attached to the upper ends of two of the straps 8.

The upper compartment, ofcourse, is accessi- Y ble through the top of the cylinder, while the othel` compartments are accessible through the opening 6 in the side wall. Obviously, the device may be easily raised up and down. in the compartment of a cabinet and thus the contents may `be preserved in good condition and yet be readily accessible.

It is thought the construction, utilityand aclvantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more 10 detailed description thereof.

' The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplication since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention yand the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangementV of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacricing any of I its advantages.

I claim:

1. A container comprising a vertical cylinder with an apertured upright wall and having its bottom closed and its upper end open, and said upright cylinder -wall also having an opening in one side thereof extending from its bottom to an Aintermediate point in its height and spaced from its upper end, whereby the cylinder from said point to its upper end is closed at its side, a shelf supported in the cylinder at the upper end of the opening in the side of the cylinder and constituting a bottom for the upper portion of. the cylinder, and other shelves spaced apart and supported in the cylinder opposite the opening in the side wall of the cylinder whereby articles may be placed on and removed from the latter shelves through the opening in the side wall of the cyl- 40 inder.

2. A container comprising an upright wall and having its bottom closed and its upper end. open, and said upright wall also having an opening in one side thereof extending from its .bottom to an intermediate point in its height and spaced from its upper end, whereby the container from said point to its upper end is closed at its side, a shelf supported in the container at the upper end of the opening in said upright wall and constituting a bottom for the upper portion of the container, and other shelves spaced apart and sup'- ported in the container opposite'to the opening in the upright wall of the container, whereby articles may be placed on and removed from the latter shelves through the opening in the upright wall of the container.

' CECIL E. HOOVER.

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