US3130858A

US3130858A - Container cover retaining strip guide and removing key

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Publication number: US3130858A
Application number: US185937A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gustave O Matter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-04-09
Filing date: 1962-04-09
Publication date: 1964-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 1981-04-28

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April 28, 1964 a. o. MATTER 3,130,858

CONTAINER COVER RETAINING STRIP GUIDE AND REMOVING KEY Filed April 9, 1962 Fig-XX INVENTORY United States Patent Ofiice 3,130,858 Patented Apr. 28, 1 964 3,130,858 NTAINER (IUVER RETAINING STRIP GUIDE AND REMOVING KEY Gustave O. Matter, 3112 NE. 46th Ave, Portland, Greg. I iied Apr. 9, I962, Ser. No. 185,937 2 Claims. (Cl. 220-52) My invention relates to a means of guiding a container cover retaining strip while the strip is being: removed from the container and cover and is wound onto a conventional key of the type having a hand piece at one end of a winding stern and a slot in the stem near its other end and is adapted for that purpose.

An object of this invention is to guide a container cover retaining strip while being wound onto a conventional key adapted to remove the strip rfrom the container and cover.

Another object of this invention is to provide a means in conjunction with a conventional key adapted .to remove a container cover retaining strip from the container and cover whereby the operative position of the key in relation to the strip can vary while the strip is removed evenly and wound onto the key uniformly.

Another object is to provide a retaining strip guide adapted for use in conjunction with a conventional strip removing key of the type having a hand piece at one end of a winding stem and a slot in the stem near its other end, the retaining strip guide being removable from the key winding stem and the retaining strip which has been wound onto the stem after being removed from the container and its cover, the entire key, with the retaining strip wound onto the stem is discarded after being once used, but the retaining strip guide is available for use in conjunction with other conventional keys.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in and from the following specification considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are for purpose of illustration and not intended as a definition of the invention, the invention being defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding par-ts throughout the several views:

FIG. I is a side elevation of one form of the strip guide used in conjunction with a strip removing key.

FIG. II is a top plan view of FIG. 1.

FIG. III is a section on line III-III of FIG. 1.

FIG. IV is a side elevation of an upper portion of a container and the strip removing key and with the strip guide (FIGS. 1-H and III) in operative position when starting to remove the cover retaining strip.

FIG. V is a right hand elevation of FIG. IV with the strip guide shown in section.

FIG. VI is a section on line VI-VI of FIG. IV. FIG. VI also illustrates the position of the strip guide, shown in FIG. XIII, in relation to the container, when starting to remove the retaining strip from the container.

FIG. VII is a side elevation of the same embodiment illustrated in FIG. IV but shown as when the key has removed a portion of the retaining strip from the container, with the removed portion wound onto the key.

FIG. VIII is a right hand elevation of FIG. VII with the strip guide shown in sect-ion.

FIG. IX is a section on line IXIX of VII. FIG. IX also illustrates the position of the strip guide, shown in FIG. XIII, in relation to the container, when the key has removed a portion of the retaining strip from the container, with the removed portion wound onto the key stem.

FIG. X is a side elevation of a similar form of strip guide as shown in FIG. I, with a guide arm.

FIG. XI is a top plan view of FIG. X.

FIG. XII is a right hand elevation of FIG. XI.

FIG. XIII is a side elevation similar to FIG. VII but illustrating the additional feature of the guide arm as shown in FIGS. X-XI and XII.

FIG. XIV is a side elevation of a modified form of the strip guide.

FIG. XV is a top plan view of vFIG. XIV.

FIG. XVI is a section on line XVI-XVI of FIG. XIV.

FIG. XVII is a side elevation similar to FIG. VII but showing the modified form of retaining strip guide shown in FIGS. XIV-XV and XVI.

FIG. XVIII is a section on line XVIII-XVIII of FIG. XVII.

FIG. XIX is a side elevation of a modified form'of the strip guide, similar to the form shown in FIG. I but with the guide to one side only of the key stem.

FIG. XX is :a top plan view of FIG. XIX.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings:

The container cover retaining strip guide, as shown in FIGS. I to IX inclusive, comprises side walls 1 and end walls 2 with a guide opening 3 therebetween, the width of the opening 3, between the side walls 1, is substantially equal to or slightly greater than the width of the cover retaining strip 22, the side walls 1 are provided with openings 4 therethrough to permit the insertion of the stem 1!) of a key 11 adapted for the removal of the container cover retaining strip 22, the guide opening 3 extends across and out from two sides of the key stem 10 to the end walls 2.

The form of strip guide shown in FIGS. X to X'III inclusive is the same as the form disclosed in FIGS. I to IX inclusive and with the addition of the guide arm 5 extending upward from the end wall 2 which is at the forward or leading end of the strip guide when the retaining strip is being removed from the container and its cover, the upper end portion of the guide arm 5 is adapted to rest on the top edge 20- of the cover of the container 21 while the retaining strip 22 is being removed as illustrated in FIG. XIII. The guide arm 5 being at the foreward end of the strip guide results in the guide arm 5 maintaining its position in relation to the container regardless of the diameter of the retaining strip 22 being accumulated on the key stem 10*. As illustrated in FIG. VI both the forward end and the rearward end of the strip guide are against the container 21 when the key is starting to remove the retaining strip 2 2 from the container but, as illustrated in FIGS. IX, as the removed retaining strip 22. accumulates on the stem 10' the rearward end of the strip guide is :forced away from the container while the forward end is always in contact with the container wall thereby maintaining the position of the guide arm at all times, in relation to the wall of the container 21. l V

The form of strip guide shown in FIGS. XIV to XVI-II inclusive is similar to the structure disclosed in FIGS. I to IX inclusive, but without the openings 4 in the side walls 1, and comprises side walls 1 and end walls 2 with an opening 3 therebetween and has arms 6 extending out ward from the side walls 1, the arms 6 permit the stem it) of the key 11 to bear against the arms 6 and force the strip guide to move with the key 1'1 when in operation.

The form of strip guide shown in FIGS. XIX and XX comprises side walls 1, end wall 2 with guide opening 3 therebetween, the side walls 1 are provided with openings 4' therethrough to permit the insertion of the stem 10 of a key 11 adapted for removal of the container cover retaining strip 22, the guide opening 3- extends across and out from one side of the key stem 10 to the end wall 2.

When a well known and widely used conventional key, such as the type illustrated in the drawings, is used, without the strip guide, to remove the cover retaining strip 22 from a container 21 and during all of the operation the key is held in proper alignment in relation to the strip 22 being removed, the strip 22 will be removed evenly and will be wound uniformly around the stem 10 of the key 11 but, if the key is inadvertently operated out of alignment in relation to the retaining strip 22, the strip 22 tends to wind around the key stem 10 in a lisp hazard manner and gradually run ofi the end of the key stem 10 and render the key useless to complete the operation, or will cause the retaining strip 22 to be torn across its width and thus require means other than the key to remove the remaining portion of the retaining strip 22.

When removing the cover retaining strip 22 with the same key in conjunction with the strip guide, as illustrated in the drawings, the key stem 16* is inserted into the openings 4 in the side walls 1 of the strip guide, as illustrated in FIGS. IV to IX inclusive, with the slot 12 between the .two side walls 1 and the starting end of the retaining strip 22 inserted into the slot 21 in the stem 10 of the key 11, see FIG. IV, the stem 10' then being rotated to remove the strip 22 from the container 21 and wind it onto the stem 10 of the key 11 as shown in FIGS. VII-VIII and IX. The strip 22 is wound uniformly onto the stem 10, the side walls 1 of the strip guide hold the strip in a straight line while being wound onto the stem 10 and it would be impossible for the strip 22 to wind itself off the end of the stem 10.

It has also been determined, by actual demonstration, that when the key 11 is operated in conjunction with the strip guide, as illustrated, and the key is inadvertently held at a substantial angle, from the position shown in the drawings relative to the retaining strip 22, the strip 22 will wind evenly onto the stem 10 and does not tear the strip 22 across its width while the strip 22 is being removed from around the container 21.

When removing the cover retaining strip 22 with the conventional key in conjunction with the strip guide of the structure, as illustrated in FIGS. XIV to XVIII inelusive, the winding stem 10 is positioned to bear against the back side of the arms 6 and above the side walls 1 with the slot 12 in the winding stem positioned over the opening 3 and with the starting end of the strip 22 inserted into the slot 12 the winding stem 10 is rotated and the retaining strip is removed from the container and wound evenly onto the Winding stem 10, the strip 22 being guided onto the winding stem 10 by the side walls -1 and the inner surface of the arms 6.

As illustrated in FIGS. I to XIII inclusive and in FIGS. XIX and XX, the strip guide becomes non-removable from the winding stem it? of the key 11 after the strip 22 is wound onto the winding stem 10 and therefore the conventional key and the retaining strip guide are discarded atter being once used.

The retaining strip guide illustrated in FIGS. XIV to XVIII inclusive can be removed from the winding stem 10 and the retaining strip 22 which has been wound around the winding stem 1i? and only the conventional key 11, with the retaining strip wound on the stern it will be discarded after having been used once and the strip guide can be used again on other conventional keys.

Although I have illustrated and described various embodiments of my invention, I do not intend to be limited to the speciiic disclosures contained herein since various changes, modifications and substitutions may be incorporated in the embodiments disclosed without departing [from the spirit of the invention and I hereby reserve the right to all such changes, modifications and substitutions as properly come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A guide for a container cover retaining strip being removed from a container and its cover and wound onto the stem of a conventional key of the type having a winding stem with a slot near one end thereof to receive the starting end of the retaining strip and with a hand piece at the other end of the stem for manual rotation of the winding stem with the starting end of the retaining strip inserted into the slot in the stem of the key which is adapted for the removal of the retaining strip and thereby permitting manual removal of the cover from its container, said guide comprising two side walls and two end walls, a guide opening bounded by said side walls and said end walls, said side walls having openings therethrough to permit the insertion of the stem of the key to position the slot in the stem between the said two side walls which are spaced apart sufficiently to permit the width of the retaining strip to pass through said guide opening between said side walls and be guided thereby, a guide arm extending upward from the end wall which is at the forward end of said guide when the retaining strip is being removed from the container and its cover, the upper end portion of said guide arm being adapted to rest on the top of the container cover while the retaining strip is being removed with the key, said guide arm being at the forward end of said guide thereby maintaining its position relative to the container regardless of the diameter of the retaining strip being accumulated on the stem of the key and at the same time allowing the rearward end of the strip guide to move in a direction away from the container as required by the accumulation of the retaining strip being wound onto the key stem.

2. A guide for a container cover retaining strip being removed from a container and its cover and wound onto the winding stem of a conventional key of the type having a winding stem with a slot near one end thereof to receive the starting end of the retaining strip and with a hand piece at the other end of the stem for manual rotation of the winding stem, with the starting end of the retaining strip inserted into the slot in the winding stem of the key which is adapted for the removal of the retaining strip and thereby permitting manual removal of the cover from its container, said guide comprising two side walls and two end walls, a guide opening bounded by said side walls and said end Walls, an arm between the ends of and extending outward from each of said side walls thereby permitting the key stem to be positioned against the rearward side of said arms, said rearward side presenting a surface on each arm on which the winding key stem is free to travel toward or away from the side walls from which said arms extend and with the slot in the winding stem positioned over said guide opening between said side walls, said side walls and said arms being spaced apart sufliciently to permit the width of the retaining strip to pass between said side walls and said arms and be guided thereby while being removed from the container and its cover and is wound onto the winding stem of the conventional key, said retaining strip guide being removable from the winding stem and the retaining strip wound thereon, the entire conventional key with the retaining strip wound on the winding stem is discarded after being used only once, but the retaining strip guide is available for use in conjunction with other conventional keys, after being removed from the used key and the retaining strip wound thereon, by moving the key stem outward from said side walls and parallel to the surface on the rearward side of said arms, thereby to draw the wound retaining strip out from between said side walls and out from between said arms.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,660,331 Inman v Nov. 24, 1953