US3469687A - Container for packing needles - Google Patents

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US3469687A
US3469687A US649602A US3469687DA US3469687A US 3469687 A US3469687 A US 3469687A US 649602 A US649602 A US 649602A US 3469687D A US3469687D A US 3469687DA US 3469687 A US3469687 A US 3469687A
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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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D11/1866—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable components
    • B65D11/188—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable components the container being formed by two mating halves
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
    • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
    • 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
    • B65D85/20—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for incompressible or rigid rod-shaped or tubular articles
    • B65D85/24—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for incompressible or rigid rod-shaped or tubular articles for needles, nails or like elongate small articles

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  • a container for packing needles, and particularly sewing machine needles made up of two hollow parts fitting into each other, and of small fiat boxes made of a relatively soft material placed one above the other or side-byside so as to form a pile and pushed snugly into one of these hollow parts, the small fiat boxes being provided with sockets directed lengthwise, together with a cushion at the closed end of the other hollow part of the box for taking up the longitudinal play between said bottom and the needle heads.
  • Both hollow parts of the said box should be identical and fit into one another.
  • FIG. 1 is a blown-up perspective view of a container 3,469,587 Patented Sept. 30, 1969 of the type described above used for packing needles, shown as if the parts were lying on a table;
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of the container containing a few needles
  • FIG. 3 is a view of said container at an angle of to that shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the closed container inside of which there is a set of small fiat boxes, but containing no needles.
  • FIG. 1 a container used for packing sewing machine needles, comprising two hollow substantially identical or mating parts or sections 1 and 1a, respectively, each in substantially the shape or form of a parallelepiped and open on one side or end and closed on the opposite side or end as indicated respectively by the reference characters 1b, 1c and 1d, 1e.
  • Portions 2 have been cut out along the edges of the two parts or sections 1 and 111 at their open ends symmetrical in respect to the longitudinal axis of the container so that the cut out portions of a section fit into corresponding portions of the other section so as to form a complete box or container.
  • Sections 1 and 1a are preferably made of a transparent, not easily breakable plastic material by injection, compression, or other suitable molding process.
  • Each small flat box 3 preferably contains ten sockets, grooves or recesses 4, parallel to each other, shaped into parallelepipeds, regularly spaced, open on one end 4a and closed on the other end 4b and includes a bridge 5 preferably cast in one piece with flat box 3.
  • These small flat boxes are preferably made of relatively soft or flexible material such as an elastomer and preferably of polyethylene. They can also be made by injecting a plastic material into a mold.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show a few sewing machine needles 6 placed in their respective sockets 4. Needles 6 project within sockets 4 and are kept upright by bridge 5 formed in the small flat box 3 and by cushion 7 made of soft elastic material, for example a foam plastic material, said cushion being placed between the needle heads and the closed end 10 of section 1. The points of the needles are protected by the material of which the bottom of each socket 4 is made.
  • Both sections or elements 1 and 1a fit into one another so as to form a closed container as seen in FIG. 4, the small flat boxes 3 contained therein being placed in section or element 1a.
  • a container of the character described makes it possible to handle and transport needles in such a way that they are efficiently protected against shocks. Needles are prevented from coming into contact with one another. They cannot move in the container because they are practically sheathed in a rather soft material, keeping them in a fixed position. Any difference in their length is taken up by cushion 7 preferably made of foam plastic material and it can easily be understood that cushions of a variable thickness may be used according to the length of the needles to be packed so that needles of different lengths may be packed in the same type of box.
  • the contents of a container can be easily checked in the manufacturers factory, as well as in the users shop. It is no less easy to slip into a container of this type a label bearing the required references.
  • a container utilizable for packing needles, particularly sewing machine needles made up of two hollow mating elements or sections 1 and 1a fitting into each other and of small flat boxes 3 made of rather soft flexible material, placed one next to the other FIGS. 2, 3, 4 so as to form a contiguous arrangement and positioned without any transverse play into one of the hollow sections, each of the boxes 3 being provided with sockets or recesses 4 directed lengthwise, the container including a cushion 7 made of relatively soft elastic material placed at the closed side or end 1c of the other section of the container to take up the longitudinal play between the closed end 10 and the heads of needles 6.
  • FIG. 1 shows an expanded view of the container on one of its sides, whereas the other views (FIGS. 2, 3, 4) show the container in an upright displayable position.
  • a container for packing needles comprising two substantially similar hollow mating sections, each of said sections having a closed end and an open end, the open ends being adjacent each other forming a continuous space within the container; a plurality of identical fiat boxes of such size as to fit entirely within one of said sections, each of said boxes having a plurality of parallel grooves constituting sockets, each of said sockets having a closed end and an open end and being continuous throughout its length, the closed ends of said sockets forming a continuous closure, each of said boxes having a flat side and said sockets in each of the boxes being formed by spaced parallel ribs projecting from said flat side, said boxes being arranged within said one of said sections in contiguous relation with their said continuous end closures in the same plane against said closed end of said one of said sections and said boxes being disposed in such a manner that the flat side of one of said boxes abuts against the ribs of an adjacent box forming a side wall closure for retaining needles in adjacent sockets along the entire length thereof, each of said sockets being
  • a container according to claim 1 and a transverse bridge connecting said ribs.
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US4503972A (en) * 1983-05-23 1985-03-12 Federal-Mogul Corporation Microdrill package
US4548055A (en) * 1982-08-20 1985-10-22 Macdonald Anne L Method of hand-knitting a patterned fabric
US4573574A (en) * 1984-06-25 1986-03-04 Connery Colin A Axial lead component package with wax retaining mechanism
US4765473A (en) * 1985-10-12 1988-08-23 Rhein-Nadel Maschinennadel Gmbh Overcase for sewing machine needle packages
USRE33710E (en) * 1985-11-06 1991-10-08 World Shelters, Inc. Portable shelter assemblies
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US3647057A (en) * 1969-08-17 1972-03-07 Torrington Co Package for elongat elements
US4548055A (en) * 1982-08-20 1985-10-22 Macdonald Anne L Method of hand-knitting a patterned fabric
US4503972A (en) * 1983-05-23 1985-03-12 Federal-Mogul Corporation Microdrill package
US4573574A (en) * 1984-06-25 1986-03-04 Connery Colin A Axial lead component package with wax retaining mechanism
US4765473A (en) * 1985-10-12 1988-08-23 Rhein-Nadel Maschinennadel Gmbh Overcase for sewing machine needle packages
USRE33710E (en) * 1985-11-06 1991-10-08 World Shelters, Inc. Portable shelter assemblies
US9744013B2 (en) 2013-01-23 2017-08-29 Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc. Medical device tray and method of forming the medical device tray
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