US1382134A

US1382134A - Container for collapsible tubes

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Publication number: US1382134A
Application number: US314416A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benjamin E D Stafford
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-07-31
Filing date: 1919-07-31
Publication date: 1921-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1938-06-21

Description

B. E. D. STAFFORD CONTAINER FOR CGLLAPSIBLE TUBES.

PPLICAHON FILED JULY 3|, 919. RENEWED WW 3, H32).

Patented June EL 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET l 8 E. 0. STAFFORD. CONTAINER FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES.

MAY 3. 1921.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1919. RENEWED Patented June 2L 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

is it view in section otone communes rozs concessions rnnns.

ilipplicationfiled July 31, i919, Serial Ho. 314;l18.

To (ZZZ coil-0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN E. D. STAF- FORD, a, citizen oi? the United States, and it resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and filtrate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for Collapsible Tubes; and I do hereby declare the following to be :t'ull, clear, and exact description of the 1 critics, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it uppertsins to moire and use the some.

My invention relates to an improvement in a container for it collapsible tube.

Many Well known toilet and medical preparations and the like are sold in col lztpsible tubes wh" 2h ere made of o flexible sheet material, and are compressed to eject the contents iron} :2. nozzle provided thereon.

The objects of my invention are to provide an ornamental container adopted to receive the ordinary flexili le or collapsible tube oi conimerce or a, specially designed tube, and inclose end protect it and its contents against dirt and injury and which can stenderect on a shell": or table.

A. further object or my invention .is to provide :1 container with means whereby the contents of the flexible tube, or any port of the contents may be expelled by the pressure of e finger theresgsinst.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists broadly in a, container he ting; for the attachment of a flexible tube and provided with linger slot or slots.

It further consists in ports and combinations of ports as "will be more fully explained and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drowin s. Figure l iorin oi hey improved container showing on ordinary flexible tube of commerce secured therein; Fig, 2 is :1. view in elevation oi? the some showing the finger slot closed; Fig. 3 is a; View in elevution of the hood for closing the finger slot in the container; Fig. 4: iso view in section. on the line of Fig. 1; ig. 5 is s View in section on the line 5-5 of fig. 2.2; l ig. 6 is a view in section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1; Fig". 7 is it view oi? the container shown in Fig. 1 with the hood for closing the finger slot on the outside oi the contoiner; and Figs. 8 to Ill inclusive are views of modifications.

represents the container which in the ,Speoification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 211, 153210 Renewed May 3, 1921. Serial No; 466,535.

construction shown in Fig. 1, consists of a body, preferably cylindrical having an in tegrol head 16 and a removable rear end closure 17. The head 16 is preferably provided with a bead 18 at its juncture with the body or the container, the said head be ing preferebiy milled or otherwise roughcued so that it may b grasped in one hand and hold while the end closure 1? is being turned to turn the hood as will be herein after explained and the periphery of the closure 1? is shaped to conform to said head so as to present a balanced appearance. This end closure is made flat so as to const} tote a base in; the container the head 16 is provided centrally with o hole preferably threaded to engage the external thread on the nozzle 19 on a. flexible tube oil commerce, and this nozzle projects sufliciently from the head to receive the screw 1'20, 'WlllCil. may be the screw cap sold with the cello ble tube or one specially dos container. The body 15 o'i preferably of a size slightly largerthsn the collapsible tube so so to provide proper support for the letter at all times until the entire contents have been ejected, and it is provided With an elongated linger slot '21 extending lengthwise the body throng which the end of s finger or fingers may be inserted for coinpressirno the collaspible tube 22 and ejecting the contents thereof through the nozzle 19.

The end closure 17 is provided with on in verdly projecting circular flange 23 to which the hood secured. This hood is cylindrical in shape to conform to and k iy lit within the container 15, and is approximately the length of the body of ood for the the container is the container so as to close the slot 21. which.

may and preferably does extend throughout tile major part cit-the length of the letter. The hood is also provided with it slot 25 of the. shit pe and size of the slot 21 in the container 15, so that when the hood is turned, by turning the end closure 1?} opening 25 therein Will olzno with the Eli tainer the finger opening therein should be closed by turning the hood so as to carry its slot 25 to one "side of the slot in the container.

Instead of locating the hood withinthe container as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it may be on the outside as in Fig. 7, and instead of attaching it to the end closure it may be loose on the container between the beads on the cap and end closure as shown in Figs. 13 and 14:.

In Fig. 8 I have shown the cap 16 made separate from and screwed to the end of container 15, and have provided the hood with two finger openings the one 25 extending approximately the length of the container and the other 25 much shorter and located near the rear end of the container, the shorter one being used when the tube is full or nearly so and the longer one after the tube has been partly exhausted. The short finger opening exposes only a small part of the tube and protects the other part against accidental puncture, when the tube is full and liable to be ruptured by excessive pressure.

In using the device the container is grasped in the hand with the opening 21 therein in a positon to receive the ends of the four fingers of the hand holding it, hence by covering a part of the opening so as to expose a smaller surface of the collapsible tube, only one or possibly two fingers of the hand will press against the tube and thus not only minimize the danger of rupturing it, but will also limit the pressure to that of the one or two fingers of the hand holding the container.

In the construction shown in Fig. 11, the head 16 is. provided with a threaded bore 16 to receive the nozzle 19 of the commercial tube 22, and with an externally threaded nozzle 19 to receive the cap 20 which may be the cap that goes with the tube 22, of a specially designed capto go with the container.

In this construction the end closure 17 may be permanently attached to the body oi! In Fig. 12 I have shown thebody of the container 15 made of glass tubing open at both ends, the head 16 being cemented or otherwise secured thereto at one end, and the closure 17 .secured in or to the other end, and have also shown the nozzle 19 threaded to engage the cap 16 and extended in the form of a tube 19which' may be'used 'for injection, spraying, medicine dropper or other purposes.

It is evident that many slight changes might be resorted to in the relative arrangement of parts shown and described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction andarrangement of parts shown and described, but

- Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A portable container for a collapsible tube comprising a hollow body with a head at one end the latter having a threaded opening to receive the threaded nozzle of a collapsible tube, the nozzle projecting through the head and normally closed-by a screw cap, the said container having a finger opening therein whereby the contents of the tube may be ejected through said nozzle and opening by the pressure of a finger against the tube, a closure for the other end of said container, the said closure adapted to be turned and a hood carried by said closure and adapted to be turned by the latter for closing said finger opening.

2. A portable container for a collapsible tube comprising a hollow body having a head at one end and open at the other end, the said head having an opening to receive the nozzle of the tube, and the body having a finger slot extending lengthwise thereof whereby the contents of the tube may be ejected through the nozzle by the pressure of a finger against the tube, a closure for the open end of the container, the said closure being mounted to turn and a hood secured to the closure and located within the container andadapted to be turned with the closure for closing the finger slot in the container.

8. The combination of a container having a head at one end, open at the other end and provided with a fin er slot in its side or body, the head having a nozzle opening through the same, a removable closure for the open end of the container, and a collapsible tube having a discharge nozzle projecting through the nozzle opening in the head, the said tube when filled approximately filling the container so as to be supported by the latter while the contents of the tube are being ejected by finger pressure through the slot in the container.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

BnNJAMinn. n. STAFFORD.

Witnesses: I

H. E. PENNYPAOKER, HARRY M. WILLIS.