US2171017A

US2171017A - Carton for wax records

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Publication number: US2171017A
Application number: US204784A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert E Worden
Original assignee: Dictaphone Corp
Current assignee: Dictaphone Corp
Priority date: 1938-04-28
Filing date: 1938-04-28
Publication date: 1939-08-29
Anticipated expiration: 1956-08-29

Description

Aug, 29, i939. E. WORDEN CARTON FOR WAX RECORDS Filed April 28, 1938 aNvENToR Rober?? E. Worden Patented Aug. 29, 1939` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARTON FOR WAX RECORDS Application April 28, 1938, Serial No. 204,784

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to an improvement in cartons for wax records or the like and more particularly to the bottom `construction thereof.

Owing to the fragile char-acter of wax records such as are commonlsT used on dictating machines or the like, it is desirable to protect them against chipping and cracking in use and in transit. Accordingly, cartons heretofore used disclose various expedients for this purpose. An object of the present invention is to provide a carton having a resilient bottom construction which can be made economically and embodied in a more attractive Iappearing container than those heretofore available forsimilar purposes.

Embodiments of this invention are shown in the drawing appended hereto and in which- Y Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section showing a carton with one form of bottom construction;

Figure 2, a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3, a fragmentary view in central longitudinal section of a modied form;

Figure 4, a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3;

Figure 5, a fragmentary view in central longitudinal section, showing a further modification; and

Figure 6, a transverse section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing, the carton c-onstruction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises an outer tubular wall I, having its bottom edge rolled or crimped inwardly to form a seat 2. A closure disc 3 is mounted with its peripheral edge supported on the seat 2. An inner tubular wall 4 fits snugly within the outer wall I and with its lower edge bearing against edge portions of disc 3 to hold the latter in position on seat 2.

To protect the surf-ace of a wax record when in position within the carton, a lining 5 of flannel or the like is mounted on a tubular insert 6 secured to the inner tubularwall in any suitable manner as for example by spots of glue 1.

vThe closure disc 3 is preferably made of an inherently resilient material such as vulcanized fiber and is stamped or cut in such a manner as to form the resilient or spring tabs 8 extending above the normal upper surface of disc 3. They are held in position by an interposed ring or the like 9, also of any suitable material, such as vulcanized liber. In this case, the ring 9 may be of thinner material or more resilient than the disc 3 so as to provide an additional cushioning effect.

In use, a wax record or the like rests in the (Cl. 20G-15) carton with one end supported on the tabs 8 which by reason of their resiliency provide cushioning means to absorb shocks and thus protect the record from injury under normal conditions of use. f

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the material of disc 3 is Icut at its periphery or punched to form tabs l0 which correspond in function to the tabs 8 in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the modication shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the material of the disc 3 is cut or punched to form cushioning tabs Il having their free ends bowed so that edge portions thereof, as l2, Fig. 6, are presented toward or rest upon the upper surface portions of disc 3 adjacent to the openings formed 'by the punching orv cutting.

The various constructions herein shown present effective and inexpensive shock-absorbing or cushioning constructions for the several purposes hereinabove indicated.

As various embodiments might be made in the construction herein described, all without departing from the scope of the invention, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim- 1. A carton f-or wax sound records or the like comprising an outer wall having one end turned inwardly to form a seat, a bottom wall of resilient material having edge portions supported on said seat and an inner wall Within said outer wall and having edge portions engaging said bottom wall to retain it on said seat, said bottom Wall having cushioning portions in the form of tabs biased inwardly and having their free ends spaced from and overlying adjacent openings in said bottom wall, and means operating between the ta'bs and said openings to limit the extent of movement of said tabs toward said openings.

2. A carton for wax sound records or the like comprising an outer wall having one end turned inwardly to form a seat, a bottom wall of resilient material having edge portions supported on said seat and an inner wall within said outer wall and having edge portions engaging said bottom wall to retain it on said sea-t, said bottom wall having cushioning portions in the form of tabs biased inwardly and having their free ends spaced from and overlying adjacent openings in said bottom Wall, said tabs being bowed to present edge portions of their free ends across said openings to engage portions of said bottom wall adjacent said openings to limit the extent of movement of said 55 tabs toward the openings.

ROBERT E. WORDEN