US3098559A - Packing container - Google Patents

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July 23, 1963 w. BIENERT 3,098,559

PACKING CONTAINER Filed NOV- 19, 1958 INVENTOR. WENZEL B/ENEFPT BY W United States Patent 3,098,559 PACKING CGNTAINER Wenzel Bienert, Leverkusen, Germany, assignor to Farbenfabriiren Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, Germany, a corporation of Germany Filed Nov. 19, 1958, Ser. No. 775,062 Claims priority, application Germany Dec. 7, 1957 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-42) The present invention relates to a packing container for articles, such as tablets, dragees, tubes or bottles.

The known packing containers which serve for the reception of articles, such as tablets, dragees, tubes, or bottles and have a rectangular cross-section are generally in the form of printed folding boxes. The articles are disposed in a labelled glass tube which is pushed into the box together with the folded instruction leaflet.

With this customary packing the following manipulations are necessary for the removal of an article such as a tablet:

The opening of the folding box, withdrawal of the tube and instruction leaflet, opening of the tube, removal of the tablet, closing of the tube, pushing of .the tube and the instruction leaflet back into the box, and closing of the folding box.

During these manipulations it is very easy inter alia for the box to be damaged or the glass to be broken.

These disadvantages are avoided in accordance with this invention by the combination of the following packing parts:

(a) A rectangular, tubular container of transparent plastic and provided with a cap, and

(b) A sheet bent about its longitudinal axis and introduced into this container, the sheet serving as a direct covering for the tablets, dragees or the like.

The insert sheet can be bent into a cylindrical or semicylindrical shape, and may bear printed matter. A folded, sheet-like instruction leaflet can also be inserted into the container together with the insert sheet, though the insert sheet can however act as the printed instruction leaflet.

Whilst it is true that when using an instruction leaflet, the introduction into the container of the insert sheet facilitates the withdrawal of this instruction leaflet from between the covering and the wall of the container, it makes it almost impossible for the instruction leaflet, once it has been pulled out, to be pushed back again into the packing container between the container wall and the insert sheet. In accordance with the invention, the insert sheet is provided on the side which is directed towards the container opening, with a wedge-shaped cut-out to remove this deficiency. The result attained is that the springy tongue-shaped ends formed as a result of the cutout can very easily be bent to a small diameter when it is desired to introduce the sheet-like instruction leaflet into the space between the container wall and the insert sheet.

The advantages of this packing consist in a considerable saving in work, because the steps of labelling and packing of glass tubes to be inserted into the fold-ing boxes are avoided, owing to there being no glass tube and tube label. In the place of the printed folding box there is the transparent, rectangular plastic container with cap. This container is not as liable to damage so readily as the folding box.

For the user there are great simplifications in handling:

To open the packing it is only necessary for the revenue stamp closure at the cap of the plastic container to be removed, the cap to be lifted, tablets removed and the cap replaced again.

If required, the instruction leaflet can be pulled out 3,098,559 Patented July 23, 1963 tainer.

In the drawing, embodiments of the subject of the invention are represented schematically, FIGURES 1 and 3 being longitudinal sections through a packing container containing tablets. FIGURE 2 represents a cross-section through the container according to FIGURE 1, and FIG- URE 4 a view of the unrolled insert sheet belonging to the packing container according to FIGURE 3.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 represents the rectangular, tubular container of glass-clear plastic with the cap 2. Reference numeral 3 represents the bent insert sheet made of plastic, paper or the like, and which can, for example, the printed with data, such as, the name of the product, the manufacturing firm, and the trademark. This insert sheet 3, which advantageously narrows towards the end which is introduced, serves as a direct covering for the tablets 4. It is provided at the end, directed to- Wards the container opening, with a wedge-shaped cut-out 7 (FIGURES 3 and 4), by means of which the tongueshaped ends 8 and 9 are formed. These tongue-shaped ends facilitate the insertion of the instruction leaflet 6.

In the container cap 2 there are tablet holders 5 which are supported, when the cap is closed, on the column of tablets.

I claim:

1. In a packing container arrangement for holding at least one article therewithin, including a rectangular tubular container of transparent plastic having an opening defined at one end thereof and a cap closing said opening, the improvement which comprises an insert sheet bent about its longitudinal axis and longitudinally disposed in the packing container in arcuately flexed condition, said sheet being snugly and removably positioned in flexed tension abutment with three sides of the rectangular container and serving to cover directly at least a portion of the article Within the container and serving to separate the article from said three sides of the rectangular container, said insert sheet having a wedge-shaped cut-Out portion on the side thereof directed toward the container opening permitting a supplemental insert sheet means to be removably inserted between the container and said insert sheet at the wedge/shaped cut-out portion.

2. In a packing container arrangement for holding at least one article therewith, including a rectangular tubular container of transparent plastic having an opening defined at one end thereof and a cap closing said opening, the improvement which comprises an insert sheet bent about its longitudinal axis and longitudinally disposed in the packing container in arcuately flexed condition, said sheet being snugly and removably positioned in flexed tension abutment with three sides of the rectangular container and serving to cover directly at least a portion of the article occupying the container and serving to separate the article from said three sides of the rectangular container, said insert sheet having a wedgeashaped cut-out portion on the side thereof directed toward the container opening, and a supplemental insert sheet means removably inserted between the container and said insert sheet at the wedge-shaped cutout portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 464,544 Wood Dec. 8, 1891 1,492,612 Thaete May 6, 1924 1,766,704 Chase June 24, 1930 1,854,908 Northup Apr. 19, 1932 2,254,889 Doebler Sept. 2, 1941 2,356,399 Hansen Aug. 22, 1944 2,625,760 Cleal Jan. 20, 1953 2,644,259 Beadle July 7, 1953

Claims (1)

1. IN A PACKING CONTAINER ARRANGEMENT FOR HOLDING AT LEAST ONE ARTICLE THEREWITHIN, INCLUDING A RECTANGUALR TUBULAR CONTAINER OF TRANSPARENT PLASTIC HAVING AN OPENING DEFINED AT ONE END THEREOF AND A CAP CLOSING SAID OPENING, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES AN INSERT SHEET BENT ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED IN THE PACKING CONTAINER IN ARCUATELY FLEXED CONDITION, SAID SHEET BEING SNUGLY AND REMOVABLY POSITIONED IN FLEXED TENSION ABUTMENT WITH THREE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR CONTAINER AND SERVING TO COVER DIRECTLY AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE ARTICLE WITHIN THE CONTAINER AND SERVING TO SEPARATE THE ARTICLE FROM SAID THREE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR CONTIANER, SAID INSERT SHEET HAVING A WEDGE-SHAPED CUT-OUT PORTION ON THE SIDE THEREOF DIRECTED TOWARD THE CONTAINER OPENING PERMITTING A SUPPLEMENTAL INSERT SHEET MEANS TO BE REMOVABLY INSERTED BETWEEN THE CONTAINER AND SAID INSERT SHEET AT THE WEDGE-SHAPED CUT-OUT PORTION.

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