GB2093792A - Securing handles to containers - Google Patents

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GB2093792A
GB2093792A GB8101265A GB8101265A GB2093792A GB 2093792 A GB2093792 A GB 2093792A GB 8101265 A GB8101265 A GB 8101265A GB 8101265 A GB8101265 A GB 8101265A GB 2093792 A GB2093792 A GB 2093792A
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Priority to IT47550/82A priority patent/IT1147577B/en
Priority to IT8235513U priority patent/IT8235513V0/en
Priority to FR8200445A priority patent/FR2497769A1/en
Priority to DE19823200941 priority patent/DE3200941A1/en
Priority to NL8200134A priority patent/NL8200134A/en
Priority to BE0/207073A priority patent/BE891801A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
    • B44D3/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
    • B44D3/12—Paint cans; Brush holders; Containers for storing residual paint
    • B44D3/14—Holders for paint cans
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
    • B44D3/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/28—Handles
    • B65D25/32—Bail handles, i.e. pivoted rigid handles of generally semi-circular shape with pivot points on two opposed sides or wall parts of the conainter

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Abstract

A boss 10 is formed with a skirt 12 for welding to a container and a head 14 for extending through an aperture in a handle, whereby the handle is attached to the container. The boss has ears 13 to facilitate flash welding. The handle comprises a plastics strip having an aperture at each end, the apertures being key-hole shaped or tapered and having their wider ends facing towards each other. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Securing handles to containers This invention relates to securing handles to containers, particularly, although not exclusively, containers such as 22 or 5 litre cans of paint.
At the present time there are two general types of handles used for large cans of paint. The first is a wire handle which is secured to the can by being inserted and retained at each end in an aperture in a boss fixed on the outside of the can. These wire handles are very uncomfortable to use, particularly with large cans. The alternative, which is plastics handles where a plastic strip of for instance up to 1 cm wide is employed, suffers less from the drawback of discomfort for the user, but on the other hand has the disadvantage that the ends of the handles must be rivetted to the can. This means that the can is no longer fully air or liquid tight, because the rivet passes through it.
With the present invention we propose to provide a handle for a container by attaching to the outside of the container a boss formed with one end for attachment by welding to the container, and a head at the other end to extend through an aperture in the handle.
In this way, the container can be provided with a strip like handle, for instance of plastics material, but the attachment merely involves welding opposed bosses to the outside of the container, so that no perforation of the container need take place.
The invention will be more clearly understood from the following description which is given by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which the sole Figure is a diametrical sectional view of a circular boss for attachment to a container.
The boss 10 shown in the Figure is circular, though other shapes are possible. It has a main body 11 including a skirt with an out-turned lip 12 in which five projecting ears 1 3 are provided by cutting and/or bending to assist automatic flash welding to the exterior of the container. The ears can be cut through the paint on the container.
Integrally provided at the end of the main body remote from the lip 12 is a head 14, of smaller diameter than the main body, and also having an out-turned and bent over lip 1 5. This functions like the head of a rivet, being inserted through an aperture in a strip like handle. It is possible, for particularly secure fixing, to further bend over the lip 1 5 after the handle is located in place.
For ease of fixing, the handle will have a keyhole shaped or tapered aperture at each end, with the wide ends of the apertures facing towards each other. It may with advantage be of a type which cannot be removed once applied. The heads 14 of diametrically opposed bosses near the open end of a container can be inserted through the wide ends, and the shank parts of the heads will move into the narrow parts of the apertures while the container is lifted by the handle.
The invention, which extends to the bosses as such, to containers fitted with such bosses, and to containers provided with handles, and to a method of applying handles to containers, allows the use of plastics or other strip like handles without associated disadvantages.
1. A container having means to secure a handle thereto, such means including a boss formed with one end attached by welding to the container and a head at the other end to extend through an aperture in the handle.
2. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the boss is circular.
3. A container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the boss has a main body including a skirt with an out-turned lip from which projecting ears are provided to assist welding.
4. A container according to any preceding claim including a strip-like handle having an aperture at each end each aperture receiving a head of a said boss.
5. A container according to claim 4, wherein the handle is of plastics material.
6. A container according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the apertures are key-hole shaped or tapered with their wide ends facing toward each other.
7. A method of securing a handle to a container by welding to the container first ends of bosses and attaching to second, head ends, of the bosses a handle having apertures through which the head ends extend.
8. A boss for use in the invention of claim 1 or 7 having a main body at one end for attachment by welding to a container and a head at the other end to extend through an aperture in a handle.
9. A boss according to claim 8, wherein the boss has a main body including a skirt with an outturned lip from which projecting ears are provided to assist welding.
1 0. A container substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
11. A method of securing a handle to a container substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
12. A boss substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
New claims filed on 5 January 1 982.
Original claim 1 to 12 superseded.
New or amended claims:- 1. A boss for securing a handle to a container, the boss being formed in one piece and having a main body and a head of smaller diameter than the main body, the head having an out turned lip at its free end, the main body having an out turned lip at its free end, the out turned lip on the main body having ears projecting therefrom away from the rest of the boss to assist welding of the boss to a container.
2. A container having means to secure a handle thereto, such means including bosses formed in
**WARNING** end of DESC field may overlap start of CLMS **.

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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. SPECIFICATION Securing handles to containers This invention relates to securing handles to containers, particularly, although not exclusively, containers such as 22 or 5 litre cans of paint. At the present time there are two general types of handles used for large cans of paint. The first is a wire handle which is secured to the can by being inserted and retained at each end in an aperture in a boss fixed on the outside of the can. These wire handles are very uncomfortable to use, particularly with large cans. The alternative, which is plastics handles where a plastic strip of for instance up to 1 cm wide is employed, suffers less from the drawback of discomfort for the user, but on the other hand has the disadvantage that the ends of the handles must be rivetted to the can. This means that the can is no longer fully air or liquid tight, because the rivet passes through it. With the present invention we propose to provide a handle for a container by attaching to the outside of the container a boss formed with one end for attachment by welding to the container, and a head at the other end to extend through an aperture in the handle. In this way, the container can be provided with a strip like handle, for instance of plastics material, but the attachment merely involves welding opposed bosses to the outside of the container, so that no perforation of the container need take place. The invention will be more clearly understood from the following description which is given by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which the sole Figure is a diametrical sectional view of a circular boss for attachment to a container. The boss 10 shown in the Figure is circular, though other shapes are possible. It has a main body 11 including a skirt with an out-turned lip 12 in which five projecting ears 1 3 are provided by cutting and/or bending to assist automatic flash welding to the exterior of the container. The ears can be cut through the paint on the container. Integrally provided at the end of the main body remote from the lip 12 is a head 14, of smaller diameter than the main body, and also having an out-turned and bent over lip 1 5. This functions like the head of a rivet, being inserted through an aperture in a strip like handle. It is possible, for particularly secure fixing, to further bend over the lip 1 5 after the handle is located in place. For ease of fixing, the handle will have a keyhole shaped or tapered aperture at each end, with the wide ends of the apertures facing towards each other. It may with advantage be of a type which cannot be removed once applied. The heads 14 of diametrically opposed bosses near the open end of a container can be inserted through the wide ends, and the shank parts of the heads will move into the narrow parts of the apertures while the container is lifted by the handle. The invention, which extends to the bosses as such, to containers fitted with such bosses, and to containers provided with handles, and to a method of applying handles to containers, allows the use of plastics or other strip like handles without associated disadvantages. CLAIMS
1. A container having means to secure a handle thereto, such means including a boss formed with one end attached by welding to the container and a head at the other end to extend through an aperture in the handle.
2. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the boss is circular.
3. A container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the boss has a main body including a skirt with an out-turned lip from which projecting ears are provided to assist welding.
4. A container according to any preceding claim including a strip-like handle having an aperture at each end each aperture receiving a head of a said boss.
5. A container according to claim 4, wherein the handle is of plastics material.
6. A container according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the apertures are key-hole shaped or tapered with their wide ends facing toward each other.
7. A container substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
7. A method of securing a handle to a container by welding to the container first ends of bosses and attaching to second, head ends, of the bosses a handle having apertures through which the head ends extend.
8. A boss for use in the invention of claim 1 or 7 having a main body at one end for attachment by welding to a container and a head at the other end to extend through an aperture in a handle.
9. A boss according to claim 8, wherein the boss has a main body including a skirt with an outturned lip from which projecting ears are provided to assist welding.
1 0. A container substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
11. A method of securing a handle to a container substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
12. A boss substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
New claims filed on 5 January 1 982.
Original claim 1 to 12 superseded.
New or amended claims:-
1. A boss for securing a handle to a container, the boss being formed in one piece and having a main body and a head of smaller diameter than the main body, the head having an out turned lip at its free end, the main body having an out turned lip at its free end, the out turned lip on the main body having ears projecting therefrom away from the rest of the boss to assist welding of the boss to a container.
2. A container having means to secure a handle thereto, such means including bosses formed in one piece and each having a main body and a head of smaller diameter than the main body, the head having an out turned lip at its free end, the main body having an out turned lip at its free end, the out turned lip on the main body having ears projecting therefrom away from the rest of the boss to assist welding of the boss to a container, the bosses being welded to the exterior of the container at opposed positions.
3. A container according to claim 2 including a strip-like handle having an aperture at each end each aperture receiving a head of a said boss.
4. A container according to claim 3, wherein the handle is of plastics material.
5. A container according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the apertures are key-hole shaped or tapered with their wide ends facing towards each other.
6. A boss substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
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GB8101265A GB2093792B (en) 1981-01-15 1981-01-15 Securing handles to containers
IT47550/82A IT1147577B (en) 1981-01-15 1982-01-13 STUDS FOR FIXING A HANDLE TO A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH SUCH STUDS
IT8235513U IT8235513V0 (en) 1981-01-15 1982-01-13 STUDS FOR FASTENING A HANDLE ON A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH SUCH STUDS
FR8200445A FR2497769A1 (en) 1981-01-15 1982-01-13 DEVICE FOR FIXING HANDLES TO CONTAINERS AND CONTAINERS PROVIDED WITH SUCH A DEVICE
DE19823200941 DE3200941A1 (en) 1981-01-15 1982-01-14 ATTACHMENT PART FOR FASTENING A HANDLE ON A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH THIS ATTACHMENT PART
NL8200134A NL8200134A (en) 1981-01-15 1982-01-14 ATTACHING A HANDLE TO A HOLDER.
BE0/207073A BE891801A (en) 1981-01-15 1982-01-15 ATTACHING HANDLES TO CONTAINERS

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