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US2708030A
US2708030A US299113A US29911352A US2708030A US 2708030 A US2708030 A US 2708030A US 299113 A US299113 A US 299113A US 29911352 A US29911352 A US 29911352A US 2708030 A US2708030 A US 2708030A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F15/00—Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages
    • A61F15/001—Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels
    • A61F15/002—Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels dispensers for web or tape like bandages
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/67—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for web or tape-like material
    • B65D85/671—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for web or tape-like material wound in flat spiral form
    • B65D85/672—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for web or tape-like material wound in flat spiral form on cores
    • 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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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T225/00—Severing by tearing or breaking
    • Y10T225/20—Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
    • Y10T225/238—With housing for work supply
    • Y10T225/246—Including special support for wound supply package
    • Y10T225/247—Bearing or trunnions to engage package core
    • 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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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T225/00—Severing by tearing or breaking
    • Y10T225/20—Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
    • Y10T225/238—With housing for work supply
    • Y10T225/252—With brake or tensioner
    • Y10T225/253—Restricted or restrictable work outlet
    • 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T225/00—Severing by tearing or breaking
    • Y10T225/20—Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
    • Y10T225/295—Blade manually movable to or from severing position

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  • the present invention relates to bandage dispensing devices and particularly to a device adapted to dispense a bandage having medication impregnated therein and to prevent contamination of the bandage prior to its use.
  • bandages are marketed in sterile packages but the package is opened and the required length of bandage cut from the roll at the time of dress ing a wound, for example, a burn. Usually this requires cutting the bandage, the placing of an ointment or other medication thereupon and finally the placing of the bandage over the wound.
  • the bandage although sterile when removed from the package, is subject to contamination before it is placed on the wound. Additionally, that portion of the bandage not used is exposed to contamination until at some later date the remainder of the package is used.
  • My invention comprises a container provided with a cutting edge so that the required length of bandage can be removed therefrom in the condition to be immediately applied to the wound and the remainder of the bandage can be immediately resealed in the container thus preventing contamination either of the piece then used or of the remaining bandage length.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bandage dispenser of my invention, one side being broken away in order to show the mode of storing the roll of bandage within the dispenser;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the dispenser, the view being taken on the plane of the line 2-2 of Figure 1. In this View the dispenser is shown with its closure means in open position and with a length of bandage being removed; and
  • Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the dispenser in its closed position.
  • the dispenser comprises a housing which is preferably made of metal although it may be formed of plastic or cardboard.
  • Circular embossed areas 11 on either side wall 12 support a roll of bandage 13.
  • the bandage roll is preferably placed in position prior to the completion of the sealing of the package and maintained sterile in any suitable manner as for example by the ordinary paper wrapping which is removed after the dispenser has been completed.
  • the housing 10 is generally cubical in shape and may be made of a single sheet of metal properly formed from a blank in the usual manner, the edges being suitably fastened as by spot welding or the like.
  • the top 14 is bent upwardly along line 15 and'therefore the portion 16 tends to spring into open position as is indicated in Figure 2.
  • Portion 16 of top 14 is provided at its right hand edge, as seen in Figure 2, with a sharpened cutting edge 17.
  • the cutting edge 17 overlies a flange 18 bent inwardly from the front 19 of the container 10. In its closed position as shown in Figure 3 the entire top member 14 extends horizontally and the edge 17 clamps the end of the bandage against'the flange 18.
  • the parts are normally held in this position by means of a latch member 20 to which latch is fixed a headed square pin 21 operating in a slot 22 in the top member 14, the forward or right hand edge of member 20 being slightly bent upwardly to form a bevelled edge.
  • latch member 20 When latch member 20 is moved rearwardly or to the left as seen in Figure 2 its right hand edge moves to a position beyond the line 14 and the portion 16 of the top 13 springs into the position shown in Figure 2. Then the end of the bandage which, due to its medication, may
  • the cutting edge When the length extending beyond the cutting edge 17 is that desired, the cutting edge is pressed into position against the bandage to clamp it against the flange 18 and the bandage cut off by pulling it upwardly against the cutting edge 17.
  • the latch member 20 may thereupon be moved to the right as seen in the drawings and the top retained in closed position.
  • the cover member 14 has a slight oflset therein adjacent to the cutting edge. This is so that when the member is in closed position there is a tight joint formed between the sides and the cover.
  • the latch member 20 overlies the slot 22 so that the bandage within the dispenser cannot be contaminated by the entrance of material through the slot 22.
  • the device has been described as being formed of metal, it will be understood that the device may be formed of other materials, such for example as plastic or cardboard and that portions of the container may be made or one material and other portions of another, as for example, the body of the housing may be of plastic with the cover member only of metal.
  • a bandage dispenser in combination, a housing, means for supporting a bandage roll within said housing, a cover for said housing, said cover being formed from resilient material extending across the open side of said housing and being attached to said side for a portion only of its width, said cover being bent away from said open side for the remaining portion, a cutting edge formed on said bent portion, and means for bending said unattached portion to closed position and for retaining it in that position.
  • a bandage dispenser in combination, a housing, means for supporting a roll of bandaging material in said housing, a cover member formed integrally with said housing, a fiangc extending inwardly from the front of said housing and underlying a portion of said cover memher, said cover member being formed of resilient material and being attached to said side or a portion of its Width only, said cover being bent away from said open side for the remaining portion of its width and being urged to open position by its resiliency, means formed on the edge of said cover member overlying said flange for cutting bandaging material withdrawn from the container, a latch plate slidably mounted on said attached portion of said cover member and extending adjacent the normally opened portion thereof, said latch plate exerting pressure against the normally open portion of said cover member when in one of its extreme positions to thereby press said cover against said flange and close the combiner. the end of the bandaging material being then gripped between the closed cover portion and the inwardly extending flange, said latch plate when in its other extreme position permitting said

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May 10, 1955 R. w. NEWTON BANDAGE DISPENSER Filed July 16, 1,952
United States Patent BANDAGE DISPENSER Ralph W. Newton, New York, N. Y., assignor of onehalf to Charles Fishberg, Leonia, N. J.
Application July 16, 1952, Serial No. 299,113
3 Claims. (Cl. 206-52) The present invention relates to bandage dispensing devices and particularly to a device adapted to dispense a bandage having medication impregnated therein and to prevent contamination of the bandage prior to its use.
At the present time bandages are marketed in sterile packages but the package is opened and the required length of bandage cut from the roll at the time of dress ing a wound, for example, a burn. Usually this requires cutting the bandage, the placing of an ointment or other medication thereupon and finally the placing of the bandage over the wound. The result of this is that the bandage, although sterile when removed from the package, is subject to contamination before it is placed on the wound. Additionally, that portion of the bandage not used is exposed to contamination until at some later date the remainder of the package is used.
My invention comprises a container provided with a cutting edge so that the required length of bandage can be removed therefrom in the condition to be immediately applied to the wound and the remainder of the bandage can be immediately resealed in the container thus preventing contamination either of the piece then used or of the remaining bandage length.
it is an object of the invention to provide a bandage dispensing device from which a desired length of bandage may be removed without destroying the sterile condi tion of the unused portion of the bandage in the container.
It is another object of the invention to provide such a dispensing device having a cutting edge integral with the container thereby to facilitate the dispensing of a desired bandage length.
it is a still further object of the invention to provide means for closing the dispenser and retaining the closure means in its closed position.
It is a still further object of the invention to provide a dispenser as set forth above which is readily manufactured and which is sufficiently inexpensive so that it may be thrown away when the entire bandage length has been used.
Other objects and features of the invention will be apparent when the following description is considered in connection with the annexed drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bandage dispenser of my invention, one side being broken away in order to show the mode of storing the roll of bandage within the dispenser;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the dispenser, the view being taken on the plane of the line 2-2 of Figure 1. In this View the dispenser is shown with its closure means in open position and with a length of bandage being removed; and
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the dispenser in its closed position.
Referring now to the drawings, the dispenser comprises a housing which is preferably made of metal although it may be formed of plastic or cardboard. Circular embossed areas 11 on either side wall 12 support a roll of bandage 13. The bandage roll is preferably placed in position prior to the completion of the sealing of the package and maintained sterile in any suitable manner as for example by the ordinary paper wrapping which is removed after the dispenser has been completed.
The housing 10 is generally cubical in shape and may be made of a single sheet of metal properly formed from a blank in the usual manner, the edges being suitably fastened as by spot welding or the like. The top 14 is bent upwardly along line 15 and'therefore the portion 16 tends to spring into open position as is indicated in Figure 2. Portion 16 of top 14 is provided at its right hand edge, as seen in Figure 2, with a sharpened cutting edge 17. The cutting edge 17 overlies a flange 18 bent inwardly from the front 19 of the container 10. In its closed position as shown in Figure 3 the entire top member 14 extends horizontally and the edge 17 clamps the end of the bandage against'the flange 18.
The parts are normally held in this position by means of a latch member 20 to which latch is fixed a headed square pin 21 operating in a slot 22 in the top member 14, the forward or right hand edge of member 20 being slightly bent upwardly to form a bevelled edge.
When latch member 20 is moved rearwardly or to the left as seen in Figure 2 its right hand edge moves to a position beyond the line 14 and the portion 16 of the top 13 springs into the position shown in Figure 2. Then the end of the bandage which, due to its medication, may
be adhered to the upper surface of the flange 18 or the lower edge of the cutting surface 16 may be grasped and the required length pulled outwardly.
When the length extending beyond the cutting edge 17 is that desired, the cutting edge is pressed into position against the bandage to clamp it against the flange 18 and the bandage cut off by pulling it upwardly against the cutting edge 17. The latch member 20 may thereupon be moved to the right as seen in the drawings and the top retained in closed position.
it will be noticed that the cover member 14 has a slight oflset therein adjacent to the cutting edge. This is so that when the member is in closed position there is a tight joint formed between the sides and the cover. The latch member 20 overlies the slot 22 so that the bandage within the dispenser cannot be contaminated by the entrance of material through the slot 22.
Although the device has been described as being formed of metal, it will be understood that the device may be formed of other materials, such for example as plastic or cardboard and that portions of the container may be made or one material and other portions of another, as for example, the body of the housing may be of plastic with the cover member only of metal.
While I have described a preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that many modifications of the structure may be made within the spirit and scope of the invention. 1 wish, therefore, to be limited not by the foregoing description but, on the contrary, solely by the claims granted to me.
What is claimed is:
l. In a bandage dispenser, in combination, a housing, means for supporting a bandage roll within said housing, a cover for said housing, said cover being formed from resilient material extending across the open side of said housing and being attached to said side for a portion only of its width, said cover being bent away from said open side for the remaining portion, a cutting edge formed on said bent portion, and means for bending said unattached portion to closed position and for retaining it in that position.
2. In a bandage dispenser, in combination, a housing, means for supporting a roll of bandaging material in said housing, a cover member formed integrally with said housing, a fiangc extending inwardly from the front of said housing and underlying a portion of said cover memher, said cover member being formed of resilient material and being attached to said side or a portion of its Width only, said cover being bent away from said open side for the remaining portion of its width and being urged to open position by its resiliency, means formed on the edge of said cover member overlying said flange for cutting bandaging material withdrawn from the container, a latch plate slidably mounted on said attached portion of said cover member and extending adjacent the normally opened portion thereof, said latch plate exerting pressure against the normally open portion of said cover member when in one of its extreme positions to thereby press said cover against said flange and close the centainer. the end of the bandaging material being then gripped between the closed cover portion and the inwardly extending flange, said latch plate when in its other extreme position permitting said bent up portion of said cover to open due to its resiliency.
3. A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that said latch plate comprises a plate having a stem and further characterized in that said stern extends through a slot in said cover member and said plate covers said slot.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS i,7G4,044 Ingram Mar. 5, 1929 1,744,758 Gallaher Jan. 28, 1930 i,800 9l1 Smith Apr. 14, 1931
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