US2164719A - Container for pills, capsules, and the like - Google Patents

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US2164719A
US2164719A US185132A US18513238A US2164719A US 2164719 A US2164719 A US 2164719A US 185132 A US185132 A US 185132A US 18513238 A US18513238 A US 18513238A US 2164719 A US2164719 A US 2164719A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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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  • a ATTORNEYS 40 tending across the bottom of each socket.
  • This invention relates to new and useful packaging means for holding capsules, pills and the like.
  • the main object of the invention is to provide a novel and effective means for properly holding in spaced relation in a boxlike container plurality of capsules.
  • FIG. l is a plan view of the container, a portion of the cover being broken away;
  • Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged, sectional view' on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan View of a modification.
  • I represents the bottom section of a box body.
  • 2 represents the cover section of said body.
  • the sides of the top and bottom sections telescope in the usual manner.
  • 3 represents a transparent Window ordinarily provided in the cover section, whereby inspection of a portion of the contents of the box is possible.
  • il represent a plurality of capsules.
  • the present invention is particularly useful for the packaging of capsules which are ordinarily hollow bodies of a gelatinous substance containing a medicament. These capsules may be spherical, as shown in Fig. 2, or in the form of an oblate spheroid, as indicated at 6 in Fig. 3.
  • 5 represents a transverse partition, provided with a plurality of specially formed pockets or sockets for the reception of the capsules.
  • This partition 5 is preferably made of a resilient fibrous sheet material, upon which the capsules may be directly supported without injury or without sticking thereto.
  • Each socket is formed 35 by depressing (by means of a suitable die or other appropriate tool) a portion of the partition 5 and by preferably at the same time slitting the depressed portion so as to form a resilient tongue 6 integral at one end with the partition and ex- This tongue serves to yieldingly support the partition above the bottom I of the box and also to separate the capsule from the box bottom so that it cannot stick thereto.
  • the box cover 2 may be made of, or lined on the inside With, any material that will not injure or stick to the gelatinous surface of the capsules.
  • the resilient tongues serve to hold the socketed portions of the partition sufficiently above the bottom of the box so that the capsules may be seated therein deeply enough to prevent all possibility of lateral displacement.
  • individual capsules may be easily removed by being grasped on opposite sides between the thumb and forefinger, the adjacent portion of the partition 5 being depressed against the tension of the tongue 6 sufficient to partially eject the capsule from its socket to permit the capsule to be easily grasped for removal.
  • capsule as in the following claim we mean to include pills or the like.
  • a package for capsules comprising a box body, a flat horizontal partition therein spaced above the bottom of said body, a plurality of depressions in said partition shaped to receive capsules therein deeply enough to hold them from lateral displacement, said depressed portions being slitted to form integral yielding supports underlying said capsules, an individual capsule being easily removable by depressing that portion of said partition adjacent thereto against the tension of the underlying support sufiicient to eject the capsule from its socket enough to permit the same to be grasped and removed by the thumb and forefinger.
  • FREDERICK J PETERSON EARL A. RUSSELL.

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July 4, 1939.
F. J. PETERSON El AL CONTAINER FOR PILLS, CAPSULES, AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 15, 1938 INVENTORS E J. P575250 5 A. pus-5a..
A ATTORNEYS 40 tending across the bottom of each socket.
Patented July 4, 1939 FATENT GFFlCE CONTAINER FOR PILLS, CAPSULES, AND THE LIKE Frederick J. Peterson, College Point, and Earl A.
Russell, Tonawanrla, N. Y.; said Peterson assignor to Slump-Owens, Ina, Hoboken, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey, and said Russell assignor to Spaulding Fibre Co. Inc., Tonawanda, N. Y., a corporation of New Hampshire Application January 15, 1938, Serial No. 185,132
1 Claim.
This invention relates to new and useful packaging means for holding capsules, pills and the like.
The main object of the invention is to provide a novel and effective means for properly holding in spaced relation in a boxlike container plurality of capsules.
In the accompanying drawing- Fig. l is a plan view of the container, a portion of the cover being broken away;
Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged, sectional view' on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan View of a modification.
I represents the bottom section of a box body. 2 represents the cover section of said body. The sides of the top and bottom sections telescope in the usual manner. 3 represents a transparent Window ordinarily provided in the cover section, whereby inspection of a portion of the contents of the box is possible. il represent a plurality of capsules. The present invention is particularly useful for the packaging of capsules which are ordinarily hollow bodies of a gelatinous substance containing a medicament. These capsules may be spherical, as shown in Fig. 2, or in the form of an oblate spheroid, as indicated at 6 in Fig. 3. 5 represents a transverse partition, provided with a plurality of specially formed pockets or sockets for the reception of the capsules. This partition 5 is preferably made of a resilient fibrous sheet material, upon which the capsules may be directly supported without injury or without sticking thereto. Each socket is formed 35 by depressing (by means of a suitable die or other appropriate tool) a portion of the partition 5 and by preferably at the same time slitting the depressed portion so as to form a resilient tongue 6 integral at one end with the partition and ex- This tongue serves to yieldingly support the partition above the bottom I of the box and also to separate the capsule from the box bottom so that it cannot stick thereto. The box cover 2 may be made of, or lined on the inside With, any material that will not injure or stick to the gelatinous surface of the capsules. The resilient tongues serve to hold the socketed portions of the partition sufficiently above the bottom of the box so that the capsules may be seated therein deeply enough to prevent all possibility of lateral displacement. When the cover is lifted individual capsules may be easily removed by being grasped on opposite sides between the thumb and forefinger, the adjacent portion of the partition 5 being depressed against the tension of the tongue 6 sufficient to partially eject the capsule from its socket to permit the capsule to be easily grasped for removal. In Figs. 1 and we have shown the sockets of a shape to receive capsules of spherical form, whereas in Fig. 3 the sockets are elongated to adapt them. to receive capsules of elongated form. By the term capsule as in the following claim we mean to include pills or the like.
We claim:
A package for capsules, comprising a box body, a flat horizontal partition therein spaced above the bottom of said body, a plurality of depressions in said partition shaped to receive capsules therein deeply enough to hold them from lateral displacement, said depressed portions being slitted to form integral yielding supports underlying said capsules, an individual capsule being easily removable by depressing that portion of said partition adjacent thereto against the tension of the underlying support sufiicient to eject the capsule from its socket enough to permit the same to be grasped and removed by the thumb and forefinger.
FREDERICK J PETERSON. EARL A. RUSSELL.
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Cited By (9)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2415859A (en) * 1943-05-15 1947-02-18 Ancker Enock Tablet container and dispenser
US2633980A (en) * 1950-06-14 1953-04-07 Jorgensen Johannes Vesterdal Microscope slide holder
US2687211A (en) * 1950-05-08 1954-08-24 George C Sparks Medicinal tablet dispenser
US3199489A (en) * 1963-11-12 1965-08-10 Ciba Ltd Container for medicaments
US4096945A (en) * 1974-04-08 1978-06-27 Southwest Research Institute System for injecting particulate material into the combustion chamber of a repetitive combustion coating apparatus
FR2488792A1 (en) * 1980-08-22 1982-02-26 Anchor Hocking Corp Packing box for e.g. drinking glasses - has lid and body with moulded infill former with window in lid through which glass is visible
WO1993010010A1 (en) * 1991-11-23 1993-05-27 Meier Peter H Packaging insert
EP0586956A1 (en) * 1992-08-24 1994-03-16 VSE VERPACKUNGS- UND SONDERMASCHINENBAU ENGINEERING GmbH Display package
WO2001038198A1 (en) 1999-11-19 2001-05-31 Susanne Pfaffenbichler Packaging for fragile or crushable goods

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2415859A (en) * 1943-05-15 1947-02-18 Ancker Enock Tablet container and dispenser
US2687211A (en) * 1950-05-08 1954-08-24 George C Sparks Medicinal tablet dispenser
US2633980A (en) * 1950-06-14 1953-04-07 Jorgensen Johannes Vesterdal Microscope slide holder
US3199489A (en) * 1963-11-12 1965-08-10 Ciba Ltd Container for medicaments
US4096945A (en) * 1974-04-08 1978-06-27 Southwest Research Institute System for injecting particulate material into the combustion chamber of a repetitive combustion coating apparatus
FR2488792A1 (en) * 1980-08-22 1982-02-26 Anchor Hocking Corp Packing box for e.g. drinking glasses - has lid and body with moulded infill former with window in lid through which glass is visible
WO1993010010A1 (en) * 1991-11-23 1993-05-27 Meier Peter H Packaging insert
EP0586956A1 (en) * 1992-08-24 1994-03-16 VSE VERPACKUNGS- UND SONDERMASCHINENBAU ENGINEERING GmbH Display package
WO2001038198A1 (en) 1999-11-19 2001-05-31 Susanne Pfaffenbichler Packaging for fragile or crushable goods

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