US2941662A

US2941662A - Means for and manner of packaging valves and similar products

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Publication number: US2941662A
Application number: US737060A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stanley C Osberg
Original assignee: National Lock Co
Current assignee: National Lock Co
Priority date: 1958-05-22
Filing date: 1958-05-22
Publication date: 1960-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1977-06-21

Description

S. C. OSBERG MEANS FOR AND MANNER OF PACKAGING VALVES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS Filed May 22, 1958 j] .5. 4 f j z j 11] 3 4+ fj' fi j 024 f United States Patent MEANS FOR AND MANNER OF PACKAGING VALVES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS Stanley C. Osberg, Rockford, Ill assignor to National Lock (30., Rockford, 111., a corporation of Delaware Filed May 22, 1958, Ser. No. 737,060

2 Claims. (Cl. 206- 65) The present invention relates to a novel means and manner of packagingvalves and similar products for shipment or storage. Among the objects of the present invention is the provision of a novel container or package for shipping and storing valves and similar finished articles, the insert in the package being so designed as to receive and retain a predetermined number of such articles all arranged in a single plane and in spaced relation between an upper and a lower corrugated pad.

Another important object of the present invention is the provision of a novel carton and manner of packaging and protecting valves or similar articles all retained in spaced relation and in full view in the open carton whereby they may be inspected readily and accurately counted.

The present invention further comprehends a novel container for packaging a predetermined number of valves or articles of similar shape arranged in spaced parallel grooves each conformably receiving and retaining the valve stem therein and transverse slots for receiving and retaining therein the valve head. The completed package requires but a minimum of storage space in that it is relatively small, compact and of light weight so as to require but little efiort in handling. Due to the novel manner of packaging the articles, the number of containers required for receiving and effectively protecting a large or given quantity of such articles is substantially reduced over present known methods of packaging.

A further object is the provision of a container for the shipment and storage of finished products, such valves provided with an elongated stem having a valve head at one end, and in which said valves are retained in a novel manner between corrugated pads assuring effective protection at all times, and when the container is opened for access to said valves, any one or more thereof may be quickly and easily removed without disturbing the remainder.

Further objects are to provide a construction of maximum simplicity, efiiciency, economy and ease of assembly and operation, and such further objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear and are inherently possessed thereby.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a view in perspective of one of the two layers or pads removed from the novel package and showing its grooves and slots for receiving and retaining a plurality of rows of finished valves or similar articles during shipment and storage.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged view in horizontal cross section of the novel package or container showing the upper corrugated surface of the lower pad, the view being taken on approximately the line 22 of Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrows, and showing the manner in which valves are arranged and retained in the longitudinal channels in the lower of the corrugated pads or inserts in the container.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in longitudinal cross section through the assembled package with the contained 2,941,662 Patented June 21, 1960 2 valves in the lower pad or insert and retained therein by a similar upper pad overlying the lower one, the view being taken on substantially the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in vertical cross section of the assembled package taken on substantially the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Referring more particularly to the disclosure in the drawing in which is shown an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the novel package or container assembly comprises a shipping and storage carton having a base section 10 and a telescoping cover or top section 11,

the base section containing a lower pad or insert 12 and a similar upper pad or insert 13 each composed of multiple laminations 14 of fluted or double-face corrugated board and an overlying sheet 15 of a single fiutted or corrugated paper having relatively large flutes or ridges 16 and grooves 17.

Each of the

corrugated pads

12 and 13 providing the filler or insert for the containers in provided with transverse slots at 18 adjacent its ends and also with spaced transverse slots at 19 intermediate these ends dividing each pad into multiple sections 20. The length and size of the grooves 17 of the cornigations of the sections 20 between the end slots 18 and the adjacent slot 19 and between adjacent intermediate slots 19 are such as to conformably receive in each groove 17 the stem 21 of a valve 22, with the head or enlargement 23 of the valve received in a transverse slot '18 or 19.

To most effectively package and protect the valves 22, the adjacent grooves 17 of each section 20 of the corrugated sheet 15 conformably receive a valve stem 21 but with the valves 22 alternately arranged so that the head 23 of a valve in one section is disposed in an end slot 18 or in an intermediate slot l9 and the head 23 of the adjacent valve 22 is disposed in the slot at the other end of this section. Also in the intermediate transverse slots 19 which are of a width greater than that of the end slots 18, are received the heads 23 from alternately arranged valves in adjoining sections and rows 20 with these heads disposed in staggered relation as shown in Fig. 2.

The

pads

12 and 13 being interchangeable, either may be the lower one and receive the finished products. Each section 20 preferably receives a similar number of finished valves 22 to facilitate counting thereof. By making the packages of uniform size, each will receive and contain an equal number of valves or finished products arranged in the manner disclosed whereby the contained number can be quickly and easily determined and by reason of the novel manner of packaging the labor involved is reduced to a minimum. When the grooves have been filled, the operator is assured of an equal number of the contained valves in each carton.

After the grooves 17 of the lower pad 12 have been filled, the similar pad 13 is placed over the top of the contained products in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to thereby retain the valve stems 21 in the grooves 17. and with the heads 23 of the valves 22 projecting into adjoining slots '18 or 19 of the overlying or upper pad 13. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the

slots

18 and 19 extend through the

pads

12 and 13. An additional sheet 24 of relatively heavy or rigid paperboard or the like may be unless properly spaced and protected in storage and shipment. By the present nov'el manner of packaging, optimum protection is assured until ready for removal or use O 1 1 contained articles, and the recipient of the package may upon opening and removal of the upper pad, readily and easily. remove one or more valves therefrom for assembly or resale. Furthermore, as each section or row is designed so that it may contain an equal number of valves, the number in each container can be easily and quickly checked.

Having thus disclosed the invention, I claim:

1. Means for packaging valves and similar articles having a stern and a head at one end, comprising a carton and a filler for said carton, said filler including an upper and a lower interchangeablecorrugated pad each consisting of multiple layers of corrugated paper and said pads arranged inoverlying abutting relation, said pads having similarly arranged and spaced transverse slots adjacent the ends thereof and also intermediate said ends dividing each pad into multiple sections with each section having parallel rows of continuous grooves extending between the slots, the lower of said pads having on its upper face parallel rows of said grooves with the valve stems received and supported longitudinally in said grooves in alternate relation in adjoining grooves and the heads of said valves projecting into the slots at the opposite ends of each section and row of grooves in the lower pad, the upper pad, when placed over the lower pad containing the valves, abutting and retaining the valve stems in the grooves of the lower pad and with the upper portion of the heads of the valves received in the aligned slots of the upper pad.

2. Means for packaging valves and similar articlesas set forth in claim 1 in which the intermediate slots are of greater width than the end slots to receive the heads of the valves of adjoining sections.

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