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US1858134A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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    • A61C15/04—Dental floss; Floss holders
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    • 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
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    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/804—Special receptacle or package with means to lift or draw out content
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T225/20—Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • This invention relates to dentifriceand dental-floss containers, and in particular to a closure for a toothpaste tube in the form of a combined cap and floss retaining chamher.
  • a container so that it may be die-cast of metal, or molded of composition material and provided with a metal closure wall which may be sprung, crimped, threaded or otherwise secured to the container of composition material.
  • the invention consists in the combination of elements and arrangement of parts hereinafter described whereby a container may be provided for the purpose set forth which shall be simple in construction, durable, convenient to use, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture.
  • Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tube with combined cap and floss container attached.
  • Fig. i is a fragmentary view showing another form of the invention in which the container is made of molded insulation material with metal closure wall.
  • Fig. 5 is a detail showing the method of attaching the closure Wall to the floss container of Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 6 is a detail showing the method of attaching the closure wall to the floss container of Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
  • Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in cross sectron showing still another method of applying the closure wall to the top of the container.
  • the tube 1 is. the usual form of collapsible tube having at the top a reduced, externally threaded discharge nipple 2.
  • the tube is sealed by a closure device having a cap portion 3 forming part of a floss container the latter indicated as a whole by the numeral 4.
  • the chamber containing the floss is formed by a cylindrical or tubular wall 5 made integral with the cap portion 3 by a flange 6 which follows the contour of the upper portion of the dentifrice container.
  • the coil of floss 7 is disposed in the chamber thus formed, the cap portion 3 forming a hollow core holding the coil of floss in place and permitting it to unwind from the inside.
  • the chamber is closed by a metal disk 8 which rests upon a shoulder 9 formed in the tubular wall 5, and is held in place by fiolldi'ng the edge of the wall down over, the (1S Fig. 6 shows the metal disk in place before folding down the edge of the wall, and Fig. 1 shows the completed container with the edge folded down.
  • a paper or composition disk 12 having at its center a small hole just large enough to allow the strand of dental floss to pass through, is threaded onto the inner end of the coil of floss.
  • this paper or composition disk lies just below the metal disk 8 and serves to close the larger hole in the metal disk, and thus to protect the floss against dust or dirt.
  • the paper disk is made of slightly smaller diameter than the internal diameter of the chamber. This permits the paper disk to shift slightly so as not to impede the free movement of the floss as it unwinds.
  • the numeral 13 indicates a cork washer which is arranged between the outlet end of the discharge nipple and the inner surface of the cap 3.
  • Fig. 2 shows the floss wrapped around the raised lip 11, preparatory to cutting it off.
  • the cutting lip lies within a depression formed by the top surface of the metal disk 8 and the bent over edge of the tubular wall 5; it is thus protected from injury and from catching on neighboring objects.
  • the floss container is represented as being die-cast of metal, but it is obvious that the invention could be applied to a container made of molded composition material.
  • This form is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 in which the metal cap 8 is somewhat rounded, or convex, and is sprung over the beaded edge 14 of the tubular wall 5 of the floss container.
  • tubular wall 5 is made of composition material, the upper end being externally screw threaded to receive the internally threaded metal cap 8.
  • Figs. 5, 6 and 7 represent details of the floss container wall and its closure disc. It is to be understood that in each case the floss container is provided with a reentrant portion 3' which serves as a cap for the collapsible tube screwing on to the nipple 2, and that the coil of floss fits over this reentrant portion and has one end threaded thru the paper or composition disk 12 and the metal closure member 8.
  • a dispenser closure cap comprising a tubular hollow casing with a reentrant depression adapted to engage the paste ejecting end of a dentifrice tube, a coil of dental floss disposed immediately about said reentrant depression as a core, a perforated disc superposed upon said coil and supported thereby with the end of the floss threaded as to permit the floss to imwindfrom the inside of the coil, a closure disc for said casing having a central perforation through which said coil unwinds, and a protective disc threaded on the unwinding end of said coil and disposed between the floss and theclosure disc so as to partially close the perforation in said closure disc.

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Filed Sept. 20. 1929 m T NWM M 0 MB? F. NW TL ma mm H0 Y B 5 ATTORNEY.
Patented May 10, 1932 STATES PATENT OFFICE HERBERT N. BOOTH AND OSCAR L. WESTGATE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK COMBINED CA1 AND DENTAL FLOSS ('JON'TIPAINER.
Application filed September 20, 1929. Serial No. 393,972.
This invention relates to dentifriceand dental-floss containers, and in particular to a closure for a toothpaste tube in the form of a combined cap and floss retaining chamher.
It is an object of the invention to provide a rigid closure member for a tube of the collapsible type, forming a chamber 1n-wh1ch a coil of dental floss may be so positioned that it will readily unwind from the inside of the coil.
Other objects are to protect the floss from dust or dirt, to permit the coil to unwind freely, and to provide means for guiding the floss as it uncoils and for cutting it off at any desired point in its length.
It is also an object of the invention to shape the floss container so that it will follow the configuration of the upper, more rigid portion of the dentifrice container, so that it can not be easily struck olf.
It is proposed to design a container so that it may be die-cast of metal, or molded of composition material and provided with a metal closure wall which may be sprung, crimped, threaded or otherwise secured to the container of composition material.
Briefly, the invention consists in the combination of elements and arrangement of parts hereinafter described whereby a container may be provided for the purpose set forth which shall be simple in construction, durable, convenient to use, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture. Some preferred forms of the invention are described in connection with the annexed drawings, but it is to be understood that our invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed.
In the drawings Fig. 1 is a front view of the collapsible tube, showing the cap in cross section, the cross section being taken on line as-c2 of Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tube with combined cap and floss container attached.
Fig. i is a fragmentary view showing another form of the invention in which the container is made of molded insulation material with metal closure wall.
Fig. 5 is a detail showing the method of attaching the closure Wall to the floss container of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a detail showing the method of attaching the closure wall to the floss container of Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in cross sectron showing still another method of applying the closure wall to the top of the container.
In the embodiment of the invention shown in l, the tube 1 is. the usual form of collapsible tube having at the top a reduced, externally threaded discharge nipple 2. The tube is sealed by a closure device having a cap portion 3 forming part of a floss container the latter indicated as a whole by the numeral 4. The chamber containing the floss is formed by a cylindrical or tubular wall 5 made integral with the cap portion 3 by a flange 6 which follows the contour of the upper portion of the dentifrice container.
The coil of floss 7 is disposed in the chamber thus formed, the cap portion 3 forming a hollow core holding the coil of floss in place and permitting it to unwind from the inside. The chamber is closed by a metal disk 8 which rests upon a shoulder 9 formed in the tubular wall 5, and is held in place by fiolldi'ng the edge of the wall down over, the (1S Fig. 6 shows the metal disk in place before folding down the edge of the wall, and Fig. 1 shows the completed container with the edge folded down.
The metal disk 8 is provided with .a central perforation 10 large enough to allow the strand of dental floss to pass through freely, and with a raised lip 11, which may be punched out with a die and serves as a cut-.
ting edge for the floss. Before applying the metal disk 8 to the top of the floss container, a paper or composition disk 12 having at its center a small hole just large enough to allow the strand of dental floss to pass through, is threaded onto the inner end of the coil of floss. In the completed structure this paper or composition disk lies just below the metal disk 8 and serves to close the larger hole in the metal disk, and thus to protect the floss against dust or dirt. The paper disk is made of slightly smaller diameter than the internal diameter of the chamber. This permits the paper disk to shift slightly so as not to impede the free movement of the floss as it unwinds. The numeral 13 indicates a cork washer which is arranged between the outlet end of the discharge nipple and the inner surface of the cap 3.
Fig. 2 shows the floss wrapped around the raised lip 11, preparatory to cutting it off. In the form shown here the cutting lip lies within a depression formed by the top surface of the metal disk 8 and the bent over edge of the tubular wall 5; it is thus protected from injury and from catching on neighboring objects.
In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the floss container is represented as being die-cast of metal, but it is obvious that the invention could be applied to a container made of molded composition material. This form is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 in which the metal cap 8 is somewhat rounded, or convex, and is sprung over the beaded edge 14 of the tubular wall 5 of the floss container.
In Fig. 7 the tubular wall 5 is made of composition material, the upper end being externally screw threaded to receive the internally threaded metal cap 8.
Figs. 5, 6 and 7 represent details of the floss container wall and its closure disc. It is to be understood that in each case the floss container is provided with a reentrant portion 3' which serves as a cap for the collapsible tube screwing on to the nipple 2, and that the coil of floss fits over this reentrant portion and has one end threaded thru the paper or composition disk 12 and the metal closure member 8.
It is obvious that the details of construction can be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.
\Ve claim:
1. A dispenser closure cap comprising a hollow perforated cap member adapted to act as a closure member for a dentifrice tube, a coil of dental floss disposed within said hollow closure member with one end projecting through the perforation in the closure member, and a perforated floating disc threaded on the end of the floss and supported by said floss against the hollow closure member, so that the perforations in the disc and closure member register with one another the perforation in the disc being smaller than the perforation in the hollow closure member.
2. A dispenser closure cap comprising a tubular hollow casing with a reentrant depression adapted to engage the paste ejecting end of a dentifrice tube, a coil of dental floss disposed immediately about said reentrant depression as a core, a perforated disc superposed upon said coil and supported thereby with the end of the floss threaded as to permit the floss to imwindfrom the inside of the coil, a closure disc for said casing having a central perforation through which said coil unwinds, and a protective disc threaded on the unwinding end of said coil and disposed between the floss and theclosure disc so as to partially close the perforation in said closure disc.
In witness whereof we afiix our signatures.
HERBE 1T N. BOOTH. OSCAR L. \VESTGATE.
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US2955774A (en) * 1959-01-26 1960-10-11 Raymond O Letsch Filament storing and tensioning device
US3095109A (en) * 1959-10-22 1963-06-25 Gilbert Mfg Company Inc Premium container
US4231381A (en) * 1978-12-04 1980-11-04 Battista Orlando A Dental floss and dental aid holder
US4796783A (en) * 1987-08-10 1989-01-10 Paulson Ralph E Dental floss dispenser
US4827951A (en) * 1987-04-09 1989-05-09 Grussmark Stephen M Dental floss and toothpaste container
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US5180090A (en) * 1991-02-25 1993-01-19 7L Corporation Bottle cap with dental floss dispenser
US5228595A (en) * 1990-04-19 1993-07-20 Winifred Booker Oral hygiene device
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US5449092A (en) * 1994-04-28 1995-09-12 Bazan; Ronald R. Toothpaste and floss dispenser
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US5979706A (en) * 1994-02-10 1999-11-09 Grussmark; Stephen M. Combination dental floss dispenser and stand-up toothpaste container
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US6360886B1 (en) 2000-03-13 2002-03-26 Kerr Corporation Capsule for use in preparing a dental amalgam
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US20050118309A1 (en) * 1999-04-29 2005-06-02 Beckman Mark J. Snack package adapted for a bottle
US7055709B1 (en) 2003-03-31 2006-06-06 Theodore Esau Receptacle cap for pills and other articles
US7243663B1 (en) 2002-11-12 2007-07-17 Rock-Tenn Shared Services, Llc Floss dispenser cap
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US3095109A (en) * 1959-10-22 1963-06-25 Gilbert Mfg Company Inc Premium container
US4231381A (en) * 1978-12-04 1980-11-04 Battista Orlando A Dental floss and dental aid holder
US4827951A (en) * 1987-04-09 1989-05-09 Grussmark Stephen M Dental floss and toothpaste container
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US4796783A (en) * 1987-08-10 1989-01-10 Paulson Ralph E Dental floss dispenser
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US5054674A (en) * 1989-02-27 1991-10-08 Fortman Eugene J Disposable dental floss cassette dispenser system
US5228595A (en) * 1990-04-19 1993-07-20 Winifred Booker Oral hygiene device
US5180090A (en) * 1991-02-25 1993-01-19 7L Corporation Bottle cap with dental floss dispenser
US5238131A (en) * 1992-05-29 1993-08-24 The Gillette Company Plastic molded cap
US5280741A (en) * 1993-01-19 1994-01-25 Belport Company, Inc. Thread dispenser with cutter
US5979706A (en) * 1994-02-10 1999-11-09 Grussmark; Stephen M. Combination dental floss dispenser and stand-up toothpaste container
US5449092A (en) * 1994-04-28 1995-09-12 Bazan; Ronald R. Toothpaste and floss dispenser
DE19633573A1 (en) * 1996-08-21 1998-02-26 Werner Baertle Toothpaste tube with re=closable opening and fill opening
EP1033114A1 (en) * 1999-02-13 2000-09-06 Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. Floss dispenser
US20050118309A1 (en) * 1999-04-29 2005-06-02 Beckman Mark J. Snack package adapted for a bottle
US6547104B1 (en) * 1999-08-30 2003-04-15 William T. Wilkinson Combination toothpaste dispenser and oral hygiene assembly
US6360886B1 (en) 2000-03-13 2002-03-26 Kerr Corporation Capsule for use in preparing a dental amalgam
US6439380B1 (en) 2000-03-13 2002-08-27 Kerr Corporation Capsule for use in preparing a dental amalgam
US7243663B1 (en) 2002-11-12 2007-07-17 Rock-Tenn Shared Services, Llc Floss dispenser cap
US7055709B1 (en) 2003-03-31 2006-06-06 Theodore Esau Receptacle cap for pills and other articles
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US20080257377A1 (en) * 2007-04-19 2008-10-23 Amanda Lynn Burrows Fluoride treated dental floss and dispenser
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