CA1063555A - Cassette for the keeping and packing of different kinds of cards, sheets, etc - Google Patents

Cassette for the keeping and packing of different kinds of cards, sheets, etc

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Publication number
CA1063555A
CA1063555A CA254,721A CA254721A CA1063555A CA 1063555 A CA1063555 A CA 1063555A CA 254721 A CA254721 A CA 254721A CA 1063555 A CA1063555 A CA 1063555A
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cassette
bottom portion
end wall
opening
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Nils Rege
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Esselte Obergs AB
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42FSHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F7/00Filing appliances without fastening means
    • B42F7/14Boxes

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  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Sheet Holders (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A cassette for holding a stack of cards, paper or the like sheets to protect the stack and to enable removal of one more sheets or of the entire stack. The cassette is of an extremely simple and thus inexpensive, unitary, flat struc-ture having a bottom wall, peripheral walls for protecting the edges of structural sheets and a spring tongue on top, the spring tongue being unitary with the rest of the structure.
The spring resiliently urges the stack against the bottom wall.
The bottom wall has an opening for pressing the stack within the cassette against the spring when removing one or several of the sheets. The advance over prior art is not only in an inexpensive structure but also in convenient handling of the sheets, whether in re-filling or in removal of the entire stack or of only few sheets, as the spring tongue is maintained in contact with the stack during the removal of the sheets thus preventing accidental spilling of the cards or the like.

Description

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The present invention relates to a cassette of the type used in containing and dispensing a stack of sheet-like items such as different cards, papers, promotional literature or the like.
The u efulness of stacking sheet-like material into a cassette for a convenient removal of individual items has long been known. Thus, Canadian patent 202,516 issued to William Henry Williams on August 3, 1920 and entitled "Box or Container fox Razor Blades" shows a box-shaped container with a hinged tongue adapted for resiliently urging the stack of razor blades against the bottom wall of the container. The end wall of the box opposite to the hinge of the tongue is partl~ exposed to facilitate removal of razor blades from the container. While this box may be suitable for relatively rigid items such as razor blades, its useful-ness for relatively soft, easily bendable material such as paper or the like would be questionable. Also, the ront of the container is open which is disadvantageous if a stack of paper-like material is to be stored, as the front side of the stack is exposed to potential damage. U.S. Patent 1,669,421 issued to E.C.G. Oberg on May 15, 1928 describes another cassette-like container for razor blades which presents improvement over the previously mentioned Canadian patent in that the bottom of the container is provided with an opening for insertion of a finger for an easy removal of the top blade. This box is completely enclosed and both top and bottom wall have hingedly secured front portions for facilitating the insertion of a stack of razor blades or the like into the container. In use, one of the hinged portions has to be pivoted to open the box. The device, if used with relatively large si~e sheets would be inconvenient to use.
It is also known to provide a holder for a stack of sheet material including a resilient tongue member urging the stack against the bottom of the container. A typical example of such container is shown in U.S~ Patent 2,432,611 issued to 35 C.K. Edwards on December 16, 1947. The container has an open front and while facilitating the dispensing of articles such as napkins or the like, it exposes the whole front of ,,' ~

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the sheets which may be undesirable under certain circum-stances. Furthermore, the overall structure is complex since the tongue member is additional to a top wall of the containsr.
Another device of similar character is also shown in U.S.
Patent 2,564,518 issued to G~E. ~edinger on ~ugust 14, 1~51.
This particular arrangement does not have the top wall but is also relatively complex as it requires at least two separate portions (the tongue and the container bottom)which are to be secured to each other. Furthermore, this device is open virtually around three sides of the stack, thus providing insufficient protection of the edges of the sheet. Further-more, the removal of the sheet materials from both of the above types of the container is relatively inconvenient and can only be effected such that the she~ts adjacent to the tongue are removed. The removal of, say, ~he sheet near the bottom wall of the container is virtually impossible.
It is an object of the present invention to provide advance in the art of the aforesaid containers and in particular to provide a rela~ively inexpensive container of the said type which would not only improve the protection of the sides of a stack but would also make it possible to conveniently remove vir~ually any of the sheets in a stack of cards or the like without disturbing the overall arrangement of the stack.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a container of the aforesaid type which would make it relatively easy to insert subsequent cards into an already contained stack such that the new card can be placed into virtually any location within the stack. This feature is of advantage if the container is used for reference cards or the like.
Another object of the invention is to provide a container of the said type which would combine the inexpensive structure with the possibility of convenient removal of the top sheet or of the bottom sheet or of both.
In general terms, the present invention provides a cassette for containing and dispensing a plurality of sheet~like items, comprising a shallow, box-like cassette including a generally flat bottom portion, a first end wall, a second end wall and two side walls extending between said end walls, said end walls being generally perpendicular to said bottom portion and being generally coincident with the periphery thereof; an opening in said bottom portion generally coincident with a part of a joinder between said bottom portion and said first end wall but spaced from joinders between said bottom portion, said second end wall and both of said side walls, tongue means extending from a part of said first end wall remote from said bottom portion, said tongue means having two side edges and a free edge resiliently urged in a direction toward said bottom portion, the edges being spaced from the respective side walls and from the second end wall at a spacing generally equal to that between said opening and the said joinders; whereby the contour o said tongue in plan is generally identical with that of said opening to facilitate wi~hdrawal o said cassette of a selected one of sheet-like items over an edge of said second end wall remote from said bottom portion.
Preferably, the free e~d edge is curved to form a lip turned away from said bottom portion, to facilitate insertion of a stack of sheet-like items into the cassette.
In another preferred embodiment, said joinder between said bottom portion and said second end wall inside said case is co~cavely rounded to facilitate withdrawal from said cassette of a sheet-like item adjacent to said bottom portion.
In a still further preferred embodiment, said part of said first end wall is a part of an edge of the first end wall.
In yet another embodiment, a part of said tongue means adjacent said first end wall is generally parallel with said bottom portion. It is also preferred that said bottom portion, said walls and said tonsue means form an integral unit to reduce the cost of manufacture of the cassette. In a still another preferred embodiment, said opening is a generally rectangular opening, generally complementary with the shape of the case, said case being also of a generally rectangular -5~
configuration whose longer sides correspond to said side walls.
The cassette may also include suspension means for suspending the cassette and disposed in said second end wall~
The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a first embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is longitudinal cross section thereof;
Figure 3 is a top perspective view thereof;
Figure 4 is a bottom perspective view thereof;
Figure 5 is similar to Figure 1 but shows a second preferred embodiment of the present invention~
Figures 6-8 showing the second embodiment in views corresponding to Figures 2-4, respectively.
Even though two different embodiments are shown in the drawings, the corresponding parts of the shown cassette are referred to with the same reference numerals for the sake of clarity~
The drawings show two kinds of a shallow, box-like case which includes a generally flat bottom portion 1 and four upright or side walls 2, 3 and 4 of which walls 2 are also referred to as "side walls", while walls 3 and 4 are referxed to as "a first end wall" and "a second end wall", respectively.
It will be observed from the drawings that in this particular embodIment, both cassettes have the side and end walls 2, 3, 4 generally perpendicular to the flat bottom portion 1. The side and end walls 2, 3, 4 define, together with the bottom portion 1, the periphery of the box.
A rectangular opening 7 is provided in the bottom portion 1, the configuration of the opening being best seen from Figures 1 and 5, respectively.
Protruding over the bottom portion 1 from the top edge of the rear wall 3 is a tongue 6, whose configuration is generally identical to the configuration of the opening 7, as can be best appxeciated on review of Figures 1 and 5 of the respective embodiments. The two Figures also show that the tongue 6 is of a slightly smaller size in plan than the respective opening 7. The free edge 8 of the tongue 6 of the embodiment shown in Figures 1 4 is bent outwaxdly to form a lip turned away from the bottom portion.l. The overall arrangement of the tongue 6 is such that its free edge 8 is resiliently urged in the direction against the surface of bottom l of the aassette.
The embodiment of Figures 1-4 shows another feature of the presen~ invention, namely a concavely rounded corner between the second end wall 4 and the bottom portion 1, the curved corner being marked with reference numeral 5. The presence of the rounded corner 5 makes it possible to selectively replace from thP stack contained in the cassette either the top or the bottom sheet by manipulating the stack through the opening 7.
The upwardly turned lip 8 as shown in Figure 3 makes i~ possible to lift the tongue for co~uenient insertion of a stack of papers or the like into the cassette. Comparison of Figures 3 and 4 indicates that the removal of respective sheets can ta~e place from either ~op or bottom of the stack.
Both drawings also show that the overall cassette inclusive the tongue is formed as an integral unit, preferably by molding from a suitable plastic material.
The tongue 6 may depend directly from the top edge of the first end wall 3, as indicated in Figure 6, or may have a root portion parallel with the bottom and have only a front part of the tongue depend down to bottom 1 as indicated in Figure 2.
The two embodiments described above are believed to be the optimum solution of the object of the present invention. Yet, those skilled in the art will readily 30 appreciate that further embodiments may and do exist not necessarily identical to the two pxeferred cassettes as described. Such further embodime~ts may, for instance, have a different proportion of the sides and ends of the cassette as viewed in Figures l and 5. The size and shape of the tongue can also be changed to shapes different from the `~- preferred rectangular configuration.

However, these and many other departures from the preferred embodLment do not depart from the scope of the present invention as defined in the accompanying claims.

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Claims (10)

The embodiment of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A cassette for containing and dispensing a plurality of sheet-like items, comprising: a shallow, box-like cassette including a generally flat bottom portion, a first end wall, a second end wall and two side walls extending between said end walls, said walls being generally perpendicular to said bottom portion and being generally coincident with the periphery thereof;
an opening in said bottom portion generally coincident with a part of a joinder between said bottom portion and said first end wall but spaced from joinders between said bottom portion, said second end wall and both of said side walls;
tongue means extending from a part of said first end wall remote from said bottom portion, said tongue means having two side edges and a free edge resiliently urged in a direction toward said bottom portion, the edges being spaced from the respective side walls and from the second end wall at a spacing generally equal to that between said opening and the said joinders;
whereby the contour of said tongue in plan is generally identical with that of said opening to facilitate withdrawal of said cassette of a selected one of sheet-like items over an edge of said second end wall remote from said bottom portion.
2. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said free end edge is curded to form a lip turned away from said bottom portion, to facilitate insertion of a stack of sheet-like items into the cassette.
3. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said joinder between said bottom portion and said second end wall inside said case is concavely rounded to facilitate withdrawal from said cassette of a sheet-like item adjacent to said bottom portion.
4. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said part of said first end wall is a part of an edge of the first end wall.
5. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein a part of said tongue means adjacent said first end wall is generally parallel with said bottom portion.
6. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said bottom portion, said walls and said tongue means form an integral unit.
7. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said opening is a generally rectangular opening, generally complementary with the shape of the case, said case being also of a generally rectangular configuration whose longer sides correspond to said side walls.
8. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the width and length of said tongue means is less than that of said opening.
9. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the arrangement of said tongue means relative to said opening is such that the contour in plan of said tongue means is within the contour in plan of said opening.
10. A cassette as claimed in Claim 1, further including suspension means for suspending the cassette, said suspension means being disposed in said second end wall.
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AU (1) AU500343B2 (en)
BE (1) BE842844A (en)
CA (1) CA1063555A (en)
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