US2054080A - Container - Google Patents

Description

s p 1936- s. s. HAYNES 2,054,080

CONTAINER Filed June 30, 1934 mviryrz V ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 15, 1936 PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Spencer S. Haynes, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to American Can Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application June 30, 1934, Serial No. 733,313

2 Claims. (CL 208-16) The present invention relates to containers for flexible safety razor blades and has particular reference to such containers in which means are provided for disposal of the used blades.

An object of the invention is the provision of a container for safety razor blades which is divided into compartments,- accessibility to one of which is possible only by means of an aperture through which blades may be inserted into the compartment when flexed and from which their escape is prevented by the shape of the aperture.

Another object is the provision of an inexpensive container which is adapted to hold a supply of unused blades, which at the same time provides a place of disposal for used blades and which may be readily discarded after use without danger of the used blades becoming separated from the container and causing damage.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a partially open container embodying the instant invention, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a partition utilized in the container shown in Fig. 1;

Fig.5; is an enlarged front view of the contai ner'with parts broken away and shown in section and illustrating a blade being inserted into the container, part of the blade also being broken back and shown in section; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-6 in Fig. 3.

As a preferred embodiment of the invention the drawing illustrates a container or package merges into vertical and parallel side walls I 5 and similarly disposed end walls I6. The top of the body is open.

The cover I2 is utilized to close the open top of the container and is preferably hinged to one side of the body II. For this purpose the cover is formedwith a depending skirt I8 which overhangs the body adjacent its side and end walls when the coveris closed. One longitudinal side o f.the skirt is notched out to provide a hinge is bent inwardly or recessed at 22 to permit free movement of the hinge lug I9.

The front longitudinal edge of the cover skirt is formed with an indentation 23 which cooperates with a raised button 24 embossed on the 5 front body side wall I5, the button snapping into the indentation to hold the cover in place when it is in closed position.

The interior of the body is divided into two compartments by a partition 26 (Fig. 2). The 0 partition is the same, shape as the body and is formed with a partially curled 'edge 21 providing a peripheral flange which tightly fits within the body and frictionally engages its side and end walls. The curled edge is cut away at 28 to lit 15 around the recessed wall 22.

The partition is rigidly supported on indentations or projections 3! (Fig. 4) which project into the body interior. There are four of these indentations, one in the front side wall I5, one in 20 the back recessed wall 22, and two in one of the end walls It. These indentations definitely locate the partition in a horizontal position so that the body interior is divided into an upper compartment 33 and a lower compartment 34.

The upper compartment is utilized for a supply of unused blades 35 which may be stacked within the compartment and to which free access may be had at will by opening the cover I2. The lower compartment 34 is utilized for used blades 30 36. This compartment is entirely closed being bounded by the body bottom I4, the partition 26 and side and end walls I5, I 6.

As a means of introducing blades into the lower compartment, a curved slot 38 is formed in the 35 body end wall 96 opposite the end wall having the indentations 30. Through this slot the used blades are inserted as they pass into the compartment. The shape of the slot requires the blade 36 to be flexed transversely while passing 40 through it. After insertion the blade springs back to its original flat form and is thereby held cap tive within the compartment.

In this manner the used blades may be kept separate from the unused blades while the container is in use or as long as there are unused blades. When these are exhausted the container is or may be discarded without danger of the used blades becoming separated from their confining compartment.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts with- 55 out departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material ad-' vantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

i. A container for safety razor blades having a hinged cover and a partition member dividing the container body into an upper compartment for fresh blades and a lower compartment for used blades, said partition member having an integral peripheral flange frictionally engaging the side and end walls of the container to maintain said partition member in adjusted position, and an arcuate slot, in a vertical wall of the container communicating with the interior of the latter beneath said partition member, said arcuate slot permitting flexed used blades to be inserted therein and preventing subsequent escape of the inserted non-flexed used blades.

2. A container for safety razor blades having a hinged cover and a partition member dividing the container body into an upper compartment for fresh blades and a lower compartment for

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