US1746899A - Tea-cartridge package and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

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Feb. 1l, 1930. Q N, wlT-r 1,746,899

TEA CARTRIDGE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Filed Oct. 9. 1928 /A RchardRoe Co l mfr 'Orana he Orarrlg kN new 0mm! Koe /f INVENTOR l l E ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 11, 1930 UNITE-D sTATas PATENT- oFl-'ICE A GEORGE N. WITT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T MILLIE PATENT HOLDING CO., INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFNEW vYORK y TEA-CARTRIDGE PACKAGE AND METHoD oF MANUFACTURINGI'rHE SAME l Application led ctober 9, 1928. Serial No. 311,281. Y

The present invention relates to multi-article packages, and more particularly to such as contain a predetermined number of tea cartridges or tea balls. The invention relates also to a method of producing these packages.

Tea cartridges or tea balls are usually in the form of a closed container of open mesh textile fabric or the like, holding a quantity of tea suiiicient for a single brewing, and being provided with a suspending string, that is attached at one of its ends to the container and has secured to its free end a handle of cardboard or the like, on which is displayed,

' L5 by printing or otherwise, the name and address of the packer or merchant, or that of the restaurant, hotel, etc. in which the tea cartridge is being used, and, in addition'v thereto, the name or other identification marks of the tea contained in the cartridge. When these articles of commerce are put up in packages for retail sale, they are usually thrown indiscriminately into a box or bag. The result is that the suspending stringsbecome tangled in a confused and not readily separable mass so that, when these cartridges are to be put to use, it is often necessary to cut the suspending strings which fact renders the cartridges practically unfit for use. This type of packages are also objectionable on the ground that the cartridges are not properly displayed without opening the box or unsealing the bag.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a tea ball package whereby the contents may be readily displayed without unsealing or openin the package and without the necessityv o? actually handling the goods, and furthermore to so construct the 4o package that the wrapper thereof serves, at

the ysame time, for preventing tangling of the suspending strings of the cartridges and for maintaining thehandles above-mentioned in such position that they are readily visible and thereby serve as advertising media.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con- A sists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter` described,

pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several -parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. i

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which;-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tea ball package constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig." 2 is a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through thepackage; Fig. 4 is an elevation of an individual tea cartridge; and Fig. 5 is 4a front elevation of a modified package.

Before describing the package, it seems to be advisable to refer to the general construction of the goods packed thereim In Fig. 4 of the drawings one form of a tea cartridge is disclosed, the same comprising a closed container 10, preferably, of open mesh textile fabric and holding a quantity of tea leaves sufciert for a single brewing. To this container is attached in any suitable manner a suspending strin 11 at one of its ends. To

the other endY o this string is fastened a handle 12 of cardboard or the like, on which is displayed, by printing or otherwise, the name and address of the packer or of the merchant selling these goods, and the quality and other identification mark of the tea held by the receptacle. It is a Well known fact that, in using this cartridge, hot water is poured into a teapot or other brewing receptacle, and the cartridge inserted intothe container, is being taken hold of by the handle. The suspending string is extended over the mouth of the tea pot, after which the pot cover is put in place, whereby the cartridge is suspended within the pot and the handle disposed on the outside of said pot, so that the cartridge may be readily removed from the pot 'after the infusion has taken y place.

The package consists of a rigid sheet material base 13, preferably of cardboard or the like, the said base being of any suitable conguration. In the case illustrated it is of oblong design. On this base is arranged a plurality of rows of cartridges 10 with their handles 12 placed regularly in rows on top of the cartridges. A transparent sheet 14 of paper completely envelops the said base and the cartridges with their handles, overlaps itself, as indicated at 15, on the back of the base 13, and is glued or otherwise-secured in place.` In the case illustrated, a seal 16 is pasted to the wrapper at the overlapping portions or folds 15 thereof. This seal may also serve to display printed matter, such as the name and address of the manufacturer or packer of the tea cartridges. The labels carry in such case the name and address of the merchant selling the packages, or of the hotel, restaurant or the like where the cartridges are being put to use. f The wrapper 14 is moistureand dust# proof, thereby keeping the contents of the package, that is to say the tea cartridges, in

a dry and sanitary condition. Said 'wrapr per, by reason of its transparency, facilitates display of the cartridges upon the shelves or in cases of the retail merchant, and also displays the cartridge handles with the printed matter thereon. The said wrapper is also rendible, so that access may be easily had to the contents of the package.

Attention is called to the fact that the wrapper is applied tightly around the base 13 and the cartridges arranged thereon, so

that the said cartridges and their handles are prevented from shifting on the base. SaidV wrapper not only holds the cartridges andJ ltheir handles in proper position upon the base, but incidentally prevents th`e suspending strings 11v from becoming tangled, so that each individual cartridge may be c'onveniently removed from the pack. Y I

It is to be noted that, inasmuch as the handles of the cartridges are visible through the wrapper, the cost of printing on the wrapper of the advertising matter displayed on the said handles is saved.

A modification 'of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, differing from theone above described only in that the base 17 thereof is provided with sides 18 and ends 19. In other words the said base is in the form of a shallow, open box or tray, 'into which the tea cartridges are inserted in rows. The handles of the tea cartridges are initially disposed above the openY end of the shallow box,to he firmly pressed against the cart-ridges when the wrapper 14 is applied thereto.

Otherwise the construction and operation of the elements are the same as of those described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4, inelusive, of the drawings.

What I claim is A multiple article package comprising a base of rigid sheet material, a plurality of rows of tea cartridges arranged on said base,

massue each cartridge consisting of a closed receptacle containing tea and having attached thereto one end of a suspending string to the other end of which is fixed a cardboard A

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