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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN FRANCIS TINER, OF UVALDE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SOL WEST, 2D,
OF UVALDE, TEXAS.
BAIL FOR CANS, BUCKETS, &o.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 23, 1920.
Application filed March 10, 1920. Serial No. 364,847.To all 'whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN F. TINER, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Uvalde,
in the county of Uvalde and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Bail for
Cans, Buckets, &c., of which the following
is a specification.
This invention relates to bails for cans,
buckets or other receptacles.
10 The object is to provide a bail for this
purpose which, by a special arrangement
of the eyes or sockets formed in the body
of the receptacle, may be readily engaged
therewith, which operation is followed by a
15 certain manipulation of the bail to perman-
ently pivot the latter in position in the
usual manner and to prevent the accidental
separation thereof, and which, by a, reverse
manipulation of the bail, may be readily
20 disconnected from the receptacle when de-
sired.
Another object is to provide a detachable
bail for cans, buckets, etc., which may be
bundled and shipped separately from the re-
25 ceptacle, thus rendering the latter capable
of being packed in cases to occupy a mini-
mum amount of space, there being no pro-
jecting ears, or sockets carried by the same,
as is the case with ordinary receptacles of
30 this class.
A full and complete understanding of the
invention may be obtained from a consider-
ation of the following detailed description
taken in connection with the accompanying
35 drawing* forming part of this specification,
with the understanding, however, that the
invention is not confined to any strict con-
formity with the showing of the drawing,
but may be changed and modified so long as
40 such changes and modifications mark no ma-
terial departure from the salient features
of the invention as expressed in the ap-
pended claims.
In the drawing, in which similar refer-
45 ence characters designate corresponding
parts throughout the several figures:
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken
away, of the upper portion of a can or
bucket, showing the improved bail applied
50 thereto;
Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the bail
in lowered position and indicating in dottedlines the position of the latter for disengag-
ing it from the receptacle;
Fig. 3 is a diametric vertical sectional 55
view;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view,
looking from the inside and showing more
clearly the interlocking of the bail with the
can; 60
Fig. 5 -is a horizontal sectional view
through the connection of the bail with the
receptacle.
In cans and sheet metal buckets of the
ordinary form of construction in connection 65
with which a wire handle or bail is used,
it is the customary practice to form the
sockets or ears for connection with said bail-
in such manner as to project from the sides
of the receptacle, thus taking up consider- 70
able room when the same are packed in
cases for shipment; or else they are projected
up from the sides to extend beyond the top
of the receptacle, thus causing considerable
lost space at the top of the shipping case; 75
and in addition to these two disadvantages,
the permanently attached bails themselves
materially interfere with the close packing
of the cans in the case.
In order to eliminate these defects in cans 80
or buckets of this class for shipping pur-
poses, it has been found most advantageous
to provide a bail which may be shipped sep-
arately or packed separately in a shipping
case along with the cans, which should be 85
so formed as to be placed in position in
touching relation and without interference
by any projecting parts, the said bail being
so constructed as to be readily applied to the
can by any person and manipulated or bent 90
in such manner as to cause certain coacting
locking means, carried respectively by the
bail and the can, to be pivotally connected
together, and at the same time be impossible
of separation through accident. 95
Having these objects in view, the inven-
tion consists first in providing the can body
1 at diametrically opposite points and ad-
jacent to the top 2 thereof, with bail sockets
or eyes formed in the following manner. 100
The metal composing the can body 1 is
pressed inwardly at diametrically opposite
points a slight distance to form round, con-
cavo-convex sockets or depressions 3, which1,360,056.
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Tiner, John Frances. Bail for Cans, Buckets, &c., patent, November 23, 1920; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258834/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.