US1915671A - Holder for container tubes - Google Patents

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June 27, 1933. R HY'E 1,915,671

HOLDER FOR CONTAINER TUBES Filed April 22, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 27, 1933. 1,915,671

HOLDER FOR CONTAINER TUBES Filed April 22.1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 27,1933 I v UNITED- STATES :PATENT orries FRANK P. F AMERY, WISCONSIN BIOLDER FOR CONTAINER .IEIJ'IBEB Application filed April 22, 1932. Serial No. 808,982.

At the present time many commodities of Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line semifluid consistency are delivered in col- 88 of Fig. 6. lapsible tubes which ma be manipulated to The collapsible tube or container 1 may be expel a small portion 0 the contents whenof any approved form and is shown as proever the use of the same is desired. As now vided with an externally threaded neck or 55 enerally constructed, a removable cap is nozzle 2 having an axial bore 3 through fitted upon the mouth of the collapsible tube which the contents of the container may be or container and must be removed and redischarged when desired. According to the placed every time the tube is used. The cap present invention, there is provided a cap is frequently lost and thereupon the comhaving a tubular base portion 4, which is modity which is in the tube will ooze out of threaded onto the neck or nozzle 2 of the the mouth of the tube and solidify thereon container, the body 5 oi the cap, above the so thatv waste of the material occurs and the basal portion, having a bore 6 therethrough tube is given an unsightly and unsanitary which alines with the bore. 3 of the nozzle 2, 5 appearance. The object of the present mas clearly shown in Fig. 2, when the cap is 65 vention is to provide a cap or nozzle for 001- assembled on the container. The bore 6, lapsible tubes of such form that it may be above its threaded portion, is preferably of readily engaged in a bracket or holder so the same form as ;the bore 3, an annular thatthe tube will be supported in such a posishoulder. 7 being provided within the body tion that it may be easily grasped by the user to bear upon the edge of the neck 2 and limit 7 when desired. It is also an object of the the movement of the cap onto the body and present invention to provide an inexpensive, thereby prevent premature collapse order. I

easily produced and convenient bracket or formation of the body around the neck. ThlS holder for supportin the tube when it is not shoulder 7 may be utilized to retain a thin H in use. Thestated o jects, and other objects sealing strip or washer, which may be easily which will appear incidentally in the course punctured or removed, so that the contents of of the following description, are attained in the container Wlll be protected against evapdevices such as are illustrated in the accomration or other outside influences during panying drawings, and the invention resides storage or tr ansportat1on. This washer 1s 80 in certain novel features which will be par- 9 Shown in h dmWlngs fi m ya @1111 ticularly defined in the appended claims. dlSk of paper, cellophane or s1m1la-r material.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of f i y 5 0f the p 18 S0 pe as pr -one form of the invention showing the tube Vlde all external a a shouldelj flange Suspended i th h ld or b k 8 around the basal portlon whlch is adapted 85 2 is enlarged View showing the to rest upon a supporting bracket or holder bracket partly in section and also showing the as Presently p i f t q y s nozzle or cap of the tube in section and propfi d e g fl a i m a g g i t erl engaged in the bracket at 1t e easl y graspe y a We 3 is a transverse sction on the line its use is desired. The body of the cap tapers 9o 40 2 I x upwardly from the shoulder or flange 8 to A the mouth of the bore 6 and its edges around 4 an enlarged detall PersPectlve .the mouth may be curved, as clearly'shown h bracket, the e in Figs.2 and 3. While the cap maybe made 1g. 51saperspect1ve new of another f separately from the tube, as shown and de- 9f bracket partlcularly QP for g g scribed, in order that it may be applied'to 95 me Wlth t q g of awbmet j l a tubes now in existence, it should be under Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a third form of t d th t th nd f th t b b bracket, 5' Q tended and given th'e shape illustrated for Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line the cap so that an integral structure will be 7:1 of Fig. 6, 4 produced which maybe readily engaged' with 9 the holding bracket. It should also be understood that'the thin removable sealing strip need not be disposed between the neck 2 and the shoulder 7 of the cap but may be a plied over the mouth of the cap if pre erred. Illustration of this sealing strip is deemed unnecessary, however, inasmuch as its useis a well-known expedient.

The invention includes a holding bracket which comprises a pair of parallel arms between which the neck of the tube or the base of the cap is inserted and upon which the annular external flange or shoulder may rest so as to suspend the tube therefrom. In Figs. 1 to 4, the bracket is shown as formed from a single integral blank of sheet metal so formed as to provide a backplate 9 which may be disposed against a wall or the back of a cabinet or other support and may have an'opening 10 therethrough to permit the insertion of a screw or, other fastening device into the support, as will be understood.

From the upper edge of the back plate 9, a top plate 11 extendsat an angle thereto, preferably a right angle, and this top plate projects a sufiicient distance to extend over the upper end of a tube of maximum standard dimensions. The top plate is formed with a notch or slot extending longitudinally thereof .whereby side arms 12 are formed and these side arms curve downwardly and then extend backwardly to meet the back plate9, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The notch or slot 13 extends between the arms 12 a 'sufiicient distance to permit the engagement of any tube or container and it is of a less width between thelower portions of" the arms than between the upper portions thereby defining ledges 14 upon which the shoulder or flange 8 will rest when the tube is engaged in the holder. Between the upper portions'of the side arms 12, a

tongue 15 is, formed and this tongue is curved 25 slightly upwardly so that the top of the cap or end of the tube may readily pass thereunder and be held thereby upon the lower arms 12. In the top plate 11, adjacent the base of the tongue 15, a boss or corrugation 16 is formed to bear. upon the mouth of the cap or the tube'and seal it against the entrance of air and thereby protect-the contents of the tube. In the drawings the bom or corrugation is circular and fits into the mouth of the cap or tube but it may be of any specific form, and-need not enter the mouth if it fits with suflicient snugness around the end of the cap. At the rear 6f the lowerarms.

12 the blank of the bracket is integral so as to provide an and member 17 Which'is adapted to nest upon tongues 18 struck'from the back plate 9 and thereby firmly support the -shelf "or holding portion of the bracket.

Other tongues 19 are struck rearwardly from the back plate, near the lowerend thereof, to

' flange 8 resting upon the ledges 14 until the neck of the container or the base of the cap meets the rear end of the slot or notch 13. At this time, the corrugation or boss in the top plate will automatically engage over and seal the mouth of the cap or the tube, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When the container is to be used again, it is merely drawn out from between the ledges 14, the tongue 15 and the corrugation or boss 16 readily yielding to the moving force.

In Fig. 5 is shown a form of the holding bracket or support in which the back plate 20 is provided at its upper end with forwardly projecting lips 21 adapted to engage over the rear edge of a shelf 22 in a cabinet, an extension or tongue 23 projecting upwardly between the lips 21 to facilitate handling and placing of the bracket and resist any tendency of the device to swing around the edge of the shelf. The holding plate 24 projects forwardly from the lower edge of the back plate and is constructed with a central slot or notch 25 thereby forming supporting arms 26, the outer ends of which extend upwardly and merge into upper side arms 27 which are integral with a connecting top plate 28, a tongue 29 and boss or corrugation 30 being formed in the top plate and corresponding to the tongue 15 and boss 16 in the first-described form. Stop lugs or tongues 31 are struck from the back plate and the end of the top plate 28 is engaged under theselugs so as to be firmly held against release from engagement with a cap or tube supported upon the arms 26 within the notch In Figs. 6, 7 and 8, there is shown another form of bracket in which the back plate 32 has a tongue 33 extending upwardly at the,

center of its upper edge and this tongue is doubled upon itself, as shown at 34, to extend downwardly a short distance and then project forwardly to form a somewhat elongated resilient tongue 35 under which the end of the cap or tube will be engaged when the cap is supported by the bracket, a sealing boss 36 eing formed on said tongue. At the sides of the extension 33,,side arms 37 extend from the upper edge of the back plate 32 and these side arms project forwardly a suflicient distance to accommodate and firmly support the cap or neck of "the tube, as will'be understood upon reference to 6 and 7. The arms 37 are doubled upoirthemselves attheir outer ends, as shown at 38, and the under plies of the arms extend backwardly in contact with I the "arms, as

shown clearly in Figs. 6 and 7, so that rigidity will be imparted thereto and the tube will be firmly suspended. The under plies are connected at their inner or rear ends by a downwardly turned web 39 which extends to and impinges against the back plate to serve as a brace for the supporting arms or shelf. Tongues 40 are struck from the back plate to engage in a wall or other support and thereby aid in holding the bracket in its place.

In all forms of the invention, the con tainer tube will be firmly supported from the bracket or shelf and the mouth thereof will be effectually sealed so that the commodity Within the container will be kept in a proper sanitary usable condition. The bracket or supporting device may be very readily stamped from a sheet metal blank, so that it may be produced at an exceedingly low cost.

, Having thus described the invention, I claim 1. A bracket for supporting a tubular container comprising a back plate, a slotted shelf extending forwardly from the back plate and supported thereby and adapted to span the neck of a container and support the same, a top plate spaced from the shelf and connected therewith at its outer end, a tongue on the top plate having its free end turned.

upwardly whereby to guide the mouth of a contalner onto the shelf, and a boss at the base of the tongue to engage the mouth of v the container and seal the same.

2. A holder for containers comprising spacedplates-having their inner ends provided with means for engagement with a support and their outer ends connected and longitudinally slotted to provide a rest on one of said plates for engagement with 'a container, and a spring tongue on the other plate adapted to engage over the mouth of the container. 7 i

3. A holder for containers comprising spaced substantially parallel plates having their inner ends provided with means for engagement with a support and their outer ends connected and longitudinally slotted to provide a rest on one of said plates for engagement with a container, the metal at the slot in the other plate being bent upwardly to form a resilient tongue adapted to engage over the mouth of said container.

4. A holder for containers comprising a back plate, spaced upper and lower plates extending laterally from the back plate and having their outer ends connected and-1ongitudinally slotted, the lower plate forming a shelf adapted to receive and support a container, and a sealing tongue carried by the upper plate and adapted to engage over the nlllolilfth of the container supported by the s e g 5. A holder for containers formed of a posed longitudinal ledges adapted to receive andsupport a container and the slot in the top'plate defining a resilient tongue adapted to bear upon and seal the mouth of the container.

6. A holder for containers comprising a back plate having attaching tongues extending from the rear face thereof for engagea ment with a support and supporting tongues extending from the front face thereof, a top plate projectin laterally from the upper. end of the bac plate and having ,its outer end bent downwardly and rearwardly to form a bottom plate resting on the support ing tongues, said top and bottom plates having their outer ends longitudinally slotted, the slot in the bottom plate defining-oppositely disposed ledges adapted to receive and support a container and the slot in the top plate defining a resilient tongue having a boss at the base thereof adapted to bear upon and seal the mouth of the container.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK P. 'HYER.

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