US1851957A - Container - Google Patents

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March 29, 1932. 'R. H. GILFILLAN ET AL CONTAINER Original Filed ma 21, 1928 I Z1 ""lll'l"IIIIIIII'IIIIIII I'll Inventars F. Gil/1:75am

/ .1 Tic/2e By W Attormgy portions Patented Mar. 29, 1932 UNITED: STATES PATENT. OFFICE CONTAINER Application filed May 21, 1928, Serial No. 279,528. Renewed June 26, 1930.

'Thepresent invention relates to acontainer designed ,particularly for packaging the valve insidesandthe like and the prime object of the invention resides in theprovision of a package which-permits small articles to be conveniently vended individually in a wrapped condition either from avending machine orby hand.

Another very importantobject ofthe invention resides in the provision of a container of this nature formed with a plurality of compartments, the container being adapted to be cut or torn for selling the contents of the compartment individually in a wrapped condition.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a container of this nature which is impervious to air, water, and the like, is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, durable, and thoroughly eflicient and reliable for the purpose intended.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of acontainer embodying the features of our invention, a

Figure 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section therethrough, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section therethrough taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes an elongated sheet of flexible material such as paper having fixed at intervals on one face thereof of a corrugated sheet 6 of similar material to the sheet 5, which may be impregnated with paraflin or other suitable material if desired.

These sheets 5 and 6 are sufliciently thick so as to be substantially form retaining thereby forming transversely disposed compartments 0. The ends of the compartments are sealed as at 9 with glue or other suitable plastic material.

A sheet of relatively thin flexible material such aspaper is denoted by the numeral 7 and is placed over the sheet 7 as is clearly illustrated in thedrawings and is wider than the sheet 6 so as to extend down across the ends of the compartment '0 and under the bottom surface of the side portions of the sheet 5, and fixed thereto by means of suitable adhesive material or in any other preferred manner.

A sheet 8 of material similar to sheet 7 is i placed across the under surface of the sheet 5 and over the portions of the sheet 7 on said under surface. The sheet 8 is fixed by means of adhesive or in any other preferred manner.

The sheets 7 and 8 may be impregnated '66 with paraffin or the like so as to be impervious to the air, water and the like. If desired the container may be transversely slitted as indicated at 10, said slits extending inwardly from the side edges and terminat- "(0 ing a distance from the center and in actual practice the paraffin will hold the parts together but permit sections to be easily torn off and each section will represent an individual comp artmentwhich is properly sealed.

We contemplate vending tire valve insides with thiscontainer but'of course it may be used in any other suitable or similar manner.

It is desirable that anuncorrugated section 11 extends from one end of the device preferably attached to seat 8. The purpose of this uncorrugated extension 11 is to provide means for easily splicing two portions of strip to that already in a vending machine or the like or for any other reason to add length to the strip. This extension serves a further purpose of guiding the last segment of the strip in the chute of a vending machine and also serves as means for removing the last few segments from the chute of a vending machine.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attainsthe features of advantages enumerated as desirable in the statement of the inventionand the above description.

It willybe apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement ofparts, and in the material may be resorted to Without departing from separated by flexible portions,the ends of said the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new is:

l. A container for pneumatic tire valve insides and the like comprising an elongated sheet of flexible material, an elongated corrugated sheet of flexible material fixed along one face of the first mentioned sheet'to form a plurality of compartments, said first men-- tioned sheet being of a length greater than the length of the corrugated sheet and extending therebeyond at one end of said corrugated sheet, a sheet of flexible material covering the outer surface of the corrugated sheet and conforming With the corrugation of the said sheet, plastic material sealing the ends of the compartments, and said last mentioned sheet extending over the ends of said compartment and secured to the outer surface of the side portions of the first" men tioned sheet. 7 r

2. A container for pneumatic tire valve insides and the like comprising an elongated sheet of flexible material, an elongated corrugated sheet of flexible material fixed along one face of the first mentioned sheet to form a plurality of compartments, one side of the exterior of the container being corrugated and the portions of the container between compartments being readily flexible to permit rolling of the container, and plastic material, impervious to moisture, sealing the ends of the compartments. 7

3. A container for pneumatic tire valve insides and the like comprising an elongated sheet of flexible material, an elongated corrugated sheet of flexible material fixed along one face of the first mentioned sheet to form a plurality of compartments, and glue sealing the ends of the compartments, said sheets being impregnated with water-proofing material. I

4. A container for pneumatic tire valve insides and the like comprising an elongated sheet of flexible material, an elongated, corrugated sheet of flexible material secured to one face of the first mentioned sheet and forming a plurality of compartments, means for sealing the ends of said compartments to exclude moisture therefrom and a thin, flexible tongue projecting transverse the corrugations at an end of said flexible sheets and secured thereto for attaching containers end to end.

5. A container for small machine parts having in combination a flexible, corrugated sheet and a single, flexible, plane sheet secured together face to face along the pro- ]ecting extremities of, the corrugations at one side only of the corrugated sheet and forming between the sheets a multiplicity of spaced, parallel, elongated compartments compartments being sufiiciently small to permit the formation of closures by sealing material having a high surface tension and a sealing composition, having a high surface tension and high melting point, closing the ends of said compartments.

6. A container comprising an elongated substantially flat strip of flexible material, an elongated corrugated strip of flexible material arranged on said flat strip and secured to one face thereof at the points of contact between the troughs of the corrugations of the corrugated strip and the flat strip and substantially of the same Width as said flat strip, said strips forming an elongated ribbon having thereon a series of transversely disposed substantially parallel article containing compartments located between the points of engagement of said corrugated strip with said flat strip and extending longitudinally of the ribbon, and means for closing the opposite ends of said compartments to retain articles therein.

ARTHUR L. RICHE. ROY H. GILFILLAN.

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