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US3024076A
US3024076A US758855A US75885558A US3024076A US 3024076 A US3024076 A US 3024076A US 758855 A US758855 A US 758855A US 75885558 A US75885558 A US 75885558A US 3024076 A US3024076 A US 3024076A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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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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    • 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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  • FIG. 3 PACKING FOR AMPULLAS OR SIMILAR CONTAINER Filed Sept. 3, 1958 FIG. 3
  • the ampullas may be either of the glass type closed by sealing or simply consist of small glass tubes having a bottom and closed at the other end by means of a cork. Natural cork is found to be very suitable material at low temperature.
  • ampullas are often required to be frozen in large quantities, stored at low temperature in even larger quantities and transported in more or less large quantities to the place of consumption over considerable distances.
  • It may be used in any desired quantity and for storing an arbitrary number of ampullas in each stocking in freezing and storage cabinets while permitting the cooled space in such cabinets to be filled with a minimum dead space.
  • the packing is inexpensive and may readily be filled and emptied.
  • the packing has a heat-insulating action and protects the ampullas against strong variations in temperature upon displacement from one space to another.
  • the packing is suitable for storage and transportation in vessels having a very narrow neck, such as Dewar vessels.
  • the packing is suitable for renewed use, but may also be consumed.
  • the packing according to the invention comprises a tubing or a stocking manufactured of flexible cold-resistant material, preferably of natural fibers, such as wool, or synthetic fibers, such as nylon fibers, and is designed to be filled with a row of ampullas or the like.
  • the dimensions and properties of the tubing or stocking thus are such that a row of ampullas can be held in the tubing or stocking.
  • the tubing or stocking preferably consists of a tissue or a knitting.
  • the stocking may be emptied through its ends, so that renewed use is possible.
  • tubing or stocking with one or a plurality of apertures through which an ampulla may readily be removed.
  • the filled stocking or tubing may be cut Off. In this case, it can be used only once.
  • the stocking according to the invention is found to befiexible even at a very low temperature, for example from 10() C. to l9() C.
  • the tubing or stocking according to the invention preferably has a suspension member at one extremity and a member for making it heavier, such as a small weight, at its other extremity.
  • the tubing or stocking containing the ampullas is housed in a metal envelope, for example of aluminum or another metal.
  • Patented Mar. 6, F962 The possibility of the stockings freezing together in a freezing or storage cabinet is thus eliminated, while the envelopes, if they would freeze together, may readily be loosened.
  • the packing according to the invention can be handled satisfactorily.
  • Another suitable material for the stocking or the tubing is leather.
  • the stocking or tubing may be introduced in the bent form into a transport vessel of, for example, speherical form, such as a Dewar vessel, a reasonable space factor of the vessel then being obtainable.
  • a transport vessel of, for example, speherical form such as a Dewar vessel
  • a cabinet for freezing of storaged ampullas which is designed to vertically suspend in it a large number of packings according to the invention and for example, is provided with a plurality of suspension rails or a honeycomb-like frame for suspension of the tubings or stockings containing the ampullas.
  • Nylon is found to be a very suitable material for the containers. It is pleasantly smooth, so that adjacent containers are not liable to adhere to one another. When this material is used, it would be possible, for example to suspend 90,000 ampullas each of about 3.5 cos. gross in a container or cabinet of 800 litres.
  • FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section of one embodiment of a packing according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side-view of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows a diagrammatic longitudinal section of a cabinet for freezing raw materials packed in accordance with the invention.
  • reference numeral 1 indicates a tubing or container manufactured of a tissue of wool or nylon.
  • a row of corked ampullas 2 of the glass-tube type is held in the tubing.
  • ampullas may readily be introduced into the tubing or removed therefrom through apertures 3.
  • a suspension member 5 is arranged at one extremity of the tubing by means of a metallic clip 4. If necessary, a clip 6 may be provided to close the lower extremity of the tubing. This clip may be weighted, if desired, with a small weight 7.
  • the freezing cabinet shown in FIG. 3 comprises a space 8 to be cooled, which is surrounded by an insulating wall 9.
  • Means 1d are provided for suspending the packings shown in FIGURES l and 2 side by side. These may be rails or a honeycomb-like member.
  • a cover 11 On top of the cabinet is a cover 11 having a central piece 12 of gauze.
  • This gauze must be exchangeable, or in the alternative it must be possible to provide several layers of gauze to obtain the required counter-pressure in the space -8.
  • a rotary propeller 13 which can circulate cold air or vapour along the packings containing the ampullas.
  • Reference numeral 14 indicates a guaze or a spiral which is connected by means of an electric line 20 to a temperature regulator.
  • a gauze 17 for rendering the flow of air uniform.
  • the propeller spindle 1% is driven by an electric motor 19 at a speed which is preferably adjustable.
  • a cabinet for cold storage of ampullas comprising a housing, a plurality of tubings of flexible, cold-resistant material having a plurality of ampullas therein extending co-axial with the respective tubing they are located in, said tubing having such dimensions and elasticity as to firmly engage peripheral surfaces of each of said ampullas, means for suspending said tubings in a vertical plane in said housing, means for supplying and circulating a cold source in the interior of said housing, a gauze material in said housing adapted to be temperature-controlled, said gauze material being located below said tubings in the housing and contacted by the cold from said cold source prior to contacting of said tubings whereby a uniform flow of cold is directed toward said tubings.
  • a cabinet for cold storage of ampullas comprising a housing, a plurality of tubings of flexible, cold-resistant material having a plurality of ampullas therein extending co-axial with the respective tubing they are located in, said tubing having such dimensions and elasticity as to firmly engage peripheral surfaces of each of said ampullas,

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March 6, 1962 B. R. VAN WULFFTEN PALTHE 3,024,075
PACKING FOR AMPULLAS OR SIMILAR CONTAINER Filed Sept. 3, 1958 FIG. 3
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F 6-1 INVENTOR BERTOLD R. VAN W ULFF TEN PALTHE BY W KAIGENT limited rates Patent Q? 3,024,076 PACKLNG FOR AMPULLAS OR SIMILAR CONTAINER Ber-told Richard van Wultften Palthe, Eindhoven, Netherlands, assignor to North American Philips Company, lino, New York, N.Y., a corporation of Delaware Filed Sept. 3, 1958, Ser. No. 758,855 Claims priority, application Netherlands Sept. 25, 1957 2 Claims. (Cl. 312-236) This invention relates to packings for ampullas or similar containers for sperma, vaccin, serum or other substances which are to be stored at low temperature.
The ampullas may be either of the glass type closed by sealing or simply consist of small glass tubes having a bottom and closed at the other end by means of a cork. Natural cork is found to be very suitable material at low temperature.
Such ampullas are often required to be frozen in large quantities, stored at low temperature in even larger quantities and transported in more or less large quantities to the place of consumption over considerable distances.
The present invention provides a packing for ampullas which afiords the following advantages:
1) It may be used in any desired quantity and for storing an arbitrary number of ampullas in each stocking in freezing and storage cabinets while permitting the cooled space in such cabinets to be filled with a minimum dead space.
(2) The packing permits of coding the ampullas by means of colour indications.
(3) The packing is not fragile and provides very good protection of the ampullas against breakage and mechanical shocks.
(4) The packing is inexpensive and may readily be filled and emptied.
(5) The packing has a heat-insulating action and protects the ampullas against strong variations in temperature upon displacement from one space to another.
(6) The packing is suitable for storage and transportation in vessels having a very narrow neck, such as Dewar vessels.
(7) The packing is suitable for renewed use, but may also be consumed.
The packing according to the invention comprises a tubing or a stocking manufactured of flexible cold-resistant material, preferably of natural fibers, such as wool, or synthetic fibers, such as nylon fibers, and is designed to be filled with a row of ampullas or the like.
The dimensions and properties of the tubing or stocking thus are such that a row of ampullas can be held in the tubing or stocking.
The tubing or stocking preferably consists of a tissue or a knitting.
The stocking may be emptied through its ends, so that renewed use is possible.
It is alternatively possible to provide the tubing or stocking with one or a plurality of apertures through which an ampulla may readily be removed.
As a further alternative, the filled stocking or tubing may be cut Off. In this case, it can be used only once.
The stocking according to the invention is found to befiexible even at a very low temperature, for example from 10() C. to l9() C.
The tubing or stocking according to the invention preferably has a suspension member at one extremity and a member for making it heavier, such as a small weight, at its other extremity.
In one advantageous embodiment of the invention, the tubing or stocking containing the ampullas is housed in a metal envelope, for example of aluminum or another metal.
Patented Mar. 6, F962 The possibility of the stockings freezing together in a freezing or storage cabinet is thus eliminated, while the envelopes, if they would freeze together, may readily be loosened.
The packing according to the invention can be handled satisfactorily.
Another suitable material for the stocking or the tubing is leather.
The stocking or tubing may be introduced in the bent form into a transport vessel of, for example, speherical form, such as a Dewar vessel, a reasonable space factor of the vessel then being obtainable.
Connected with the invention is a cabinet for freezing of storaged ampullas, which is designed to vertically suspend in it a large number of packings according to the invention and for example, is provided with a plurality of suspension rails or a honeycomb-like frame for suspension of the tubings or stockings containing the ampullas.
Nylon is found to be a very suitable material for the containers. It is pleasantly smooth, so that adjacent containers are not liable to adhere to one another. When this material is used, it would be possible, for example to suspend 90,000 ampullas each of about 3.5 cos. gross in a container or cabinet of 800 litres.
In order that the invention may be readily carried into efiect, it will now be described in detail, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section of one embodiment of a packing according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a side-view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows a diagrammatic longitudinal section of a cabinet for freezing raw materials packed in accordance with the invention.
Referring now to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates a tubing or container manufactured of a tissue of wool or nylon.
A row of corked ampullas 2 of the glass-tube type is held in the tubing.
The ampullas may readily be introduced into the tubing or removed therefrom through apertures 3.
A suspension member 5 is arranged at one extremity of the tubing by means of a metallic clip 4. If necessary, a clip 6 may be provided to close the lower extremity of the tubing. This clip may be weighted, if desired, with a small weight 7.
The freezing cabinet shown in FIG. 3 comprises a space 8 to be cooled, which is surrounded by an insulating wall 9.
Means 1d are provided for suspending the packings shown in FIGURES l and 2 side by side. These may be rails or a honeycomb-like member.
On top of the cabinet is a cover 11 having a central piece 12 of gauze. This gauze must be exchangeable, or in the alternative it must be possible to provide several layers of gauze to obtain the required counter-pressure in the space -8.
Below in the cabinet there is provided in this embodiment a rotary propeller 13, which can circulate cold air or vapour along the packings containing the ampullas.
Reference numeral 14 indicates a guaze or a spiral which is connected by means of an electric line 20 to a temperature regulator.
Cold or liquid air is supplied at 15. the liquid is collected in a container 16.
Above the container 16 there is provided a gauze 17 for rendering the flow of air uniform.
The propeller spindle 1% is driven by an electric motor 19 at a speed which is preferably adjustable.
By controlling the temperature of the gauze 14, it is possible for the freezing process to be carried out accord- In the latter case,
ing to requirements, which is important, for example, for freezing sperma.
What is claimed is:
1. A cabinet for cold storage of ampullas comprising a housing, a plurality of tubings of flexible, cold-resistant material having a plurality of ampullas therein extending co-axial with the respective tubing they are located in, said tubing having such dimensions and elasticity as to firmly engage peripheral surfaces of each of said ampullas, means for suspending said tubings in a vertical plane in said housing, means for supplying and circulating a cold source in the interior of said housing, a gauze material in said housing adapted to be temperature-controlled, said gauze material being located below said tubings in the housing and contacted by the cold from said cold source prior to contacting of said tubings whereby a uniform flow of cold is directed toward said tubings.
2. A cabinet for cold storage of ampullas comprising a housing, a plurality of tubings of flexible, cold-resistant material having a plurality of ampullas therein extending co-axial with the respective tubing they are located in, said tubing having such dimensions and elasticity as to firmly engage peripheral surfaces of each of said ampullas,
means for suspending said tubings in a vertical plane in said housing, means for supplying and circulating a cold source in the interior of said housing, a first gauze material in said housing adapted to be temperature-controlled, said gauze material being located below said tubings in the housing and contacted by the cold from said cold source prior to contacting of said tubings whereby a uniform flow of cold is directed toward said tubings, an apertured cover on the top of said housing permitting top access, said cover being provided with a second gauze material in the aperture of said cover.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 170,685 Miller Dec. 7, 1875 404,464 Linn Apr. 30, 1889 1,074,415 Dietrich Sept. 30, 1913 1,107,339 Milliron Aug. 18, 1914 2,315,425 Hill Mar. 30, 1943 2,502,527 McFarlan Apr. 4, 1950 2,630,233 Kircher Mar. 3, 1953 2,695,729 Hornish Nov. 30, 1954 2,874,459 Haldman Feb. 24, 1959
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