| Size | Thick and Wide Inches | High Inches | Contents Cubic Ins. |
| 1 lb. | 25⁄8 by 41⁄2 | 61⁄4 | 73.83 |
| 1⁄2 lb. | 21⁄4 by 31⁄8 | 51⁄4 | 36.91 |
| 1⁄4 lb. | 19⁄16 by 25⁄8 | 41⁄2 | 18.46 |
VARIOUS TYPES OF COFFEE CONTAINERS
This Group of Leading Trade-Marked Coffees Illustrates the Wide Variance in Styles of Containers Used by Coffee-Roasters. The Packages Shown Are as Follows:
1—Double carton. 2, 3—Cartons. 4—Fiber sides, tin top and bottom, friction cover. 5—Vacuum tin can. 6—Fancy paper bag. 7—Machine-wrapped paper package. 8—Fancy paper bag. 9—Carton with patented opening and closing device. 10—Wrapped paper package. 11—Tin can with slip cover. 12—All-fiber can with slip cover. 13—Tin can with slip cover. 14—Lithographed tin can with friction cover. 15, 16—Tin cans with slip covers. 17—Squat tin can. 18—Napa-can. 19, 20, 21—Vacuum tin cans.
The advantages claimed for these packages are that each is well proportioned and makes a good selling appearance; each bears a direct relation to the other two; and all may be handled with uniformly good results on the same set of standardized packaging machinery. One size of shipping case, instead of three, may be used to hold exactly the same number of pounds of coffee, regardless of whether shipped in one-pound, half-pound, or quarter-pound cartons. For smaller dealer assortments, any two, or all three sizes also exactly fit the following standard shipping cases:
For 36 lbs., 137⁄8" by 161⁄2" by 123⁄4" high
For 54 lbs., 137⁄8" by 161⁄2" by 191⁄8" high
This standardization of packages and shipping containers results in a lower cost of containers and a smaller stock to carry, with attendant reductions in details in purchasing and billing departments, in inventories, and in many other overhead expense factors.