US3904037A - Storage units - Google Patents

Storage units Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3904037A
US3904037A US359101A US35910173A US3904037A US 3904037 A US3904037 A US 3904037A US 359101 A US359101 A US 359101A US 35910173 A US35910173 A US 35910173A US 3904037 A US3904037 A US 3904037A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
housing
elongated
storage unit
articles
body portion
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US359101A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Richard R Alter
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Priority to US359101A priority Critical patent/US3904037A/en
Priority to CA174,496A priority patent/CA1015711A/en
Priority to AU57292/73A priority patent/AU471374B2/en
Priority to GB3026273A priority patent/GB1401894A/en
Priority to NL7309339A priority patent/NL7309339A/xx
Priority to FR7327689A priority patent/FR2194621B1/fr
Priority to DE19732338310 priority patent/DE2338310A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3904037A publication Critical patent/US3904037A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61D—VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
    • A61D19/00—Instruments or methods for reproduction or fertilisation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/804—Special receptacle or package with means to lift or draw out content

Definitions

  • ABSTRACT [52] US. Cl. 206/534; 206/438; 206/443;
  • This invention relates to storage units for storing and dispensing articles, and. more particularly, to storage units which are particularly well adapted for storing and dispensing elongated articles, such as artificial insemination straws and ampules. and the like.
  • Another object of the present invention is to afford a novel storage unit in which articles may be stored. and from which articles may be dispensed. in a novel and expeditious manner.
  • Facilities heretofore known in the art for storing such articles commonly have had several inherent disadvantages, such as, for example, not affording ready identification of individual articles; being difficult to remove or dispense such articles therefrom, not affording adequate protection against breakage of such articles; being difficult to load or unload; or being complicated in construction and operation, and the like. It is an important object of the present invention to overcome such disadvantages.
  • Another object of the present invention is to afford a novel storage unit for storing articles in what may be classed as an extremely cold refrigerant, such as liquid nitrogen, and the like.
  • Another object is to afford a novel storage unit of the aforementioned type which affords novel, readily discernablc identification for the articles being stored therein.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to afford a novel storage unit of the aforementioned type which affords effective protection for articles stored therein.
  • a further object is to afford a novel storage unit of the aforementioned type embodying a slide type of supporting member for such articles and a housing disposed on the slide, with the slide and housing constituted and arranged relative to each other in a novel and expeditious manner.
  • Another object of the present invention is to afford a novel storage unit of the aforementioned type wherein the slide is so disposed in the housing, in stored position, that the entire storage unit may be lifted and supported by lifting on the slide and the slide may thereafter be moved out of the housing.
  • Another object is to afford a novel storage unit ofthe aforementioned type from which articles may be dispensed or removed quickly and easily.
  • Another object of the present invention is to afford a novel storage unit which may be readily and eeonomi cally produced commercially, and which is practical and efficient in operation.
  • FIG. 1 is a side clevational view of a storage unit em bodying the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an end elcvational view looking in the direction of the arrows 22 in FIG. 1',
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of an end portion of the storage unit shown in FIG. I;
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the supporting member embodied in the storage unit shown in FIG. I, with the storage member removed from the housing of the unit;
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view, similar to FIG. 3, but showing the supporting member partially removed from the housing;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary, detail sectional view taken substantially along the line 6-6 in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary. detail sectional view taken substantially along the line of 77 in FIG. 4'.
  • FIG. 8 is a fragmentary elevational view of one end of the storage unit. looking in the same direction as in FIG. I, but with the projecting end portion of the supporting member disposed in a different operative position.
  • the storage unit I embodies. in general, an elongated housing 2, having an elongated supporting member or slide 3 slidably mounted therein for longitudinal movement relative thereto.
  • the housing 2 may be of any suitable construction, but preferably, as shown in the drawings, is tubular in construction, embodying a tubular side wall 4, which is substantially straight and open at its upper end 5 and its lower end 6, FIG. 1.
  • the housing 2 shown in the drawings is circular in transverse cross section, FIG. 2, but, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, may be of other suitable cross sectional shapes, such as. for example, square, or the like, without departing from the purview of the broader aspects of the present invention.
  • the housing 2 may be made of any suitable, such as, for example, steel, aluminum, or a suitable plastic material, such as, for example. polyethylene.
  • the supporting member 3 may be made of any suit able material. such as. for example. sheet steel or sheet aluminum. and the like. and embodies a substantially straight elongated body portion 7.
  • a handle. which is in the form of a tab 8. projects from one end of the body portion 7. and is shown in FIGS. 1-6 as being disposed in axial alignment therewith.
  • an abutment member 9 projects substantially perpendicularly therefrom.
  • the entire elongated supporting member. including the body portion 7. the tab 8 and the abutment member 9 are made from a suitable single piece of material. such as. for example. the aforementioned sheet steel or sheet aluminum. or the like.
  • the body portion 7 of the supporting member 3 embodies longitudinally spaced wider portions 10. ll. 12, I3 and 14 spaced from each other by narrower portions l5, 16. 17 and 18, respectively.
  • the end portion 10a of the wider portion 10, remote from the tab 8. is of substantially the same width as the wider portions 11-14.
  • the tab 8 is of substantially greater width than the wider portions 11-14, and the portion 10b. of the wider portion 10, which extends from the end portion 10a to the tab 8.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5. gradually increases in width from the end portion 100 to the same width as the tab 8. at its junction with the latter. to thereby afford a tapered or wedge shape for a purpose which will be discussed in greater detail hereinafter.
  • the body portion 7 of the supporting member 3 preferably is somewhat arcuate in transverse cross section FIGS. 2 and 7, and the wider portions 11-14 are of such width. and the abutment member 9 projects from the body portion 7 such a distance that. when the supporting member 3 is disposed in position in the housing 2. with the abutment member 9. wider portions 11-14 and the end portion 101: therein. but with the portion 10/; and the tab 8 projecting upwardly from the upper end thereof. the supporting member 3 is disposed in the housing 2 with a relatively snug. but freely slidable fit.
  • the portion b When the supporting member 3 is disposed in normal. fully inserted position in the housing. as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the portion b is partially disposed in the end portion 5 of the housing 2. In this position. the portion 10 is wedgingly engaged. with a force fit, with the inner surface of the housing 2. effective to frictionally hold the housing 2 on the supporting member 3 when the storage unit 1 is supported by the tab 8 in depending relation to the latter.
  • the inside diameter of the tubular side wall 4 of the housing 2 is such that articles to be stored in the storage unit 1, and to be dispensed therefrom. such as. for example. the articles 19.
  • FIG. 5. may be inserted downwardly through the upper open end of the housing 2 into stacked relation along the supporting member 3 with the lowermost article 19 resting on the upper face of the abutment member 9.
  • FIG. 6. Preferably. the length of the housing 2 is such that the uppermost article 19, when it is disposed in stored relation in the housing 2. terminates at its upper end in downwardly spaced relation to the upper end 5 thereof.
  • the wider portions 10-14 of the body portion 7 of the supporting member 3 preferably are of greater width. transversely to the length of the housing 2 than the corresponding width of the articles. such as the articles 19. to be stored in the housing 2.
  • FIG. 2. and are spaced from each other longitudinally of the body portion 7 less than the length of the articles to be stored.
  • FIG. 4. With such construction. each of the articles 19 is laterally supported by at least one of the wider portions 10-14. when the articles are disposed in operative position along the supporting member 3.
  • the narrower portions 15-18 of the body portion 7 preferably are narrower in width. transversely of the length of the housing 2 than the corresponding width of the articles. such as the articles 19 to be stored in the housing 2. Like the wider portions 10-14, the narrower portions 15-18 are spaced from each other a distance less than the length of the articles to be stored in the storage unit 1, so that at least one of the narrower portions 15-18 is disposed opposite to a portion of each of the articles 19, when the latter are disposed in stacked position on the abutment member 9.
  • the storage unit 1 constructed in the aforementioned manner. after it has been filled with articles. such as the articles 19, to be stored therein, and the supporting member 3 has been disposed in its aforementioned normal. fully inserted position in the housing 2. wherein the portions 10b wedgingly engage the side walls of the housing 2, the storage unit 1 may be disposed in upright position in a freezer compartment. with the lower end 6 of the housing 2 resting on a suitable supporting surface. not shown. such as. for example. the bottom of the compartment. In this position of the storage unit 1. the abutment member 9 on the supporting member 3 is disposed at the lower end 6 of the housing 2. and the tab 8 projects outwardly from the upper end 5 of the housing 2. as shown in FIG. 1.
  • each storage unit 1 may bear suitable indicia. such as. for example. being painted a distinctive color or bearing a stamp or otherwise attached legend. such as identifying name. number. or the like, for identifying the particular articles disposed in the respective storage units 1.
  • suitable indicia such as. for example. being painted a distinctive color or bearing a stamp or otherwise attached legend. such as identifying name. number. or the like, for identifying the particular articles disposed in the respective storage units 1.
  • the tabs 8 on the individ ual storage units 1 project from the body portion 7 of the supporting member 3 in substantially axial alignment therewith, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. they may. if desired. be disposed, by bending in other positions. such as. for example. in a position wherein they project transversely to the length of the body portion 7. as shown in FIG. 8.
  • each of the tabs 8 affords a readily accessible handle by which the entire storage unit 1 may be readily lifted upwardly out of the liquid nitrogen. or the like. in which it has been stored. Thereafter. by holding the housing 2 and pulling upwardly on the tab 8, the supporting member 3 may be withdrawn upwardly through the upper end 5 of the housing 2 to thereby elevate the supply of articles stored in the housing 2. As each such article is raised from the housing 2, it may be gripped by suitable means such as. tongs, or the like. at two points disposed on opposite sides of the respective one of the narrower portions 15-18 disposed opposite to the particular article. such as. for example. at the points A and B shown with respect to the uppermost article 19 in FIG. 5.
  • the thus gripped article may then be manually removed from the storage tube l. and the supporting member 3 may be pressed downwardly into full inserted. storage position in the housing 2. or. if desired. it may be raised further from the housing 2 to permit additional articles to be removed from the storage unit 1.
  • the present invention affords a novel storage unit which is particularly well adapted for use in freezer chambers wherein articles are stored in liquid nitrogen. or the like.
  • the articles stored being readily identifiable from the tabs 8. which may project upwardly above the liquid nitrogen. and the storage unit being readily removable from the refrigerant by lifting on the tab 8. while retaining the housing in position to effectively contain and protect the articles l9 disposed therein. Thereafter. the articles may be readily removed. one after the other. from the storage unit 1, it merely being necessary for the operator to raise the supporting member 3 relative to the housing 2 a sufficient distance to permit the respective article to be gripped at the adjacent narrower portion of the body portion 7 for removal of the article from the particular storage unit I.
  • the supporting member 3 may again be pushed downwardly into normal. fully inserted position in the housing 2, wherein it is effective to support the latter. and the storage unit I may be grasped by the tab 8 and inserted into the freezer chamber.
  • the present invention affords a novel storage unit which affords effective protection against breakage of the articles being stored therein. the articles being entirely enclosed within a protective outer housing when they are disposed in stored position within the unit.
  • the present invention affords a novel storage unit which affords effective protection against breakage of the articles being stored therein. the articles being entirely enclosed within a protective outer housing when they are disposed in stored position within the unit.
  • the present invention affords a novel storage unit which is practical and efficient in operation. and which may be readily and eco nomically produced commercially.
  • a storage unit for storingly supporting and dispensing articles comprising a. an elongated housing having l. a tubular side wall.
  • said member including 1. an elongated body portion extending longitudinally of said housing. and 2. an abutment member a. on the end of said body portion remote from said open end. and b. extending transversely to the length of said housing for underlyingly supporting such an article in said housing on the side of said abutment member facing said open end.
  • said body portion having a portion for laterally supporting such an article so supported on said abutment member.
  • said body portion having a sufficiently narrow maximum width. at said portion thereof. for permitting such a so supported article to be grippingly engaged between members disposed at opposite lateral sides of said portion of said body portion and lifted by said last mentioned members from said elongated member in a direction extending laterally away from said portion of said body portion.
  • a storage unit for storing elongated articles in longitudinally stacked relation to each other and for dispensing such articles.
  • said storage unit comprising a. an elongated housing having 1. a tubular side wall. and 2. an open end. and
  • an elongated member 1. mounted in said housing in substantially coaxial relation thereto. and 2. longitudinally reciproeable in said housing through said open end.
  • said member including 1. an elongated body portion extending longitudinally of said housing.
  • said body portion having alternate transversely wider and narrower portions spaced longitudinally therealong for laterally supporting individual ones of such articles. which are so supported by said abutment member simultaneously from adjacent ones of said wider and narrower portions and thereby permitting such laterally supported articles to be grippingly engaged between members disposed at opposite lateral sides of said narrower portions for lifting said articles from said elongated member in a direction extending laterally away from said narrower portions.
  • a storage unit for storing articles in stacked relation and dispensing said articles therefrom, said storage unit comprising a. an elongated, substantially straight. tubular housing.
  • said elongated member having 1. a laterally projecting abutment on one end thereof for supporting such a stack of articles thereon, and 2. an end portion a, remote from said abutment, and

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Zoology (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Reproductive Health (AREA)
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Agricultural Chemicals And Associated Chemicals (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
US359101A 1972-07-27 1973-05-10 Storage units Expired - Lifetime US3904037A (en)

Priority Applications (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US359101A US3904037A (en) 1972-07-27 1973-05-10 Storage units
CA174,496A CA1015711A (en) 1972-07-27 1973-06-20 Storage units
AU57292/73A AU471374B2 (en) 1972-07-27 1973-06-25 Storage units
GB3026273A GB1401894A (en) 1972-07-27 1973-06-26 Storage units
NL7309339A NL7309339A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-07-27 1973-07-04
FR7327689A FR2194621B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-07-27 1973-07-27
DE19732338310 DE2338310A1 (de) 1972-07-27 1973-07-27 Aufbewahrungseinrichtung zum aufbewahren und abgeben von gegenstaenden

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US27551672A 1972-07-27 1972-07-27
US359101A US3904037A (en) 1972-07-27 1973-05-10 Storage units

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3904037A true US3904037A (en) 1975-09-09

Family

ID=26957459

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US359101A Expired - Lifetime US3904037A (en) 1972-07-27 1973-05-10 Storage units

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US3904037A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU471374B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1015711A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE2338310A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2194621B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB1401894A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL (1) NL7309339A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN1080982C (zh) * 1995-12-15 2002-03-13 三菱电机株式会社 电子仪器机柜
US6676596B2 (en) * 2001-04-11 2004-01-13 Em Tools, Inc. Ai gun warmer
US20110120148A1 (en) * 2008-10-17 2011-05-26 Shigehiro Yoshimura Cryopreservation device

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4142974C2 (de) * 1991-12-24 1996-05-30 Alexander Burkhart Gross Und E Fungizide Zusammensetzungen

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2630233A (en) * 1950-02-24 1953-03-03 Landers Frary & Clark Insertable holder for vacuum bottles
US3130836A (en) * 1961-09-26 1964-04-28 Edwin O Conrad Dispensing rack
US3207212A (en) * 1961-12-21 1965-09-21 Shur Bend Mfg Co Article carrier

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2630233A (en) * 1950-02-24 1953-03-03 Landers Frary & Clark Insertable holder for vacuum bottles
US3130836A (en) * 1961-09-26 1964-04-28 Edwin O Conrad Dispensing rack
US3207212A (en) * 1961-12-21 1965-09-21 Shur Bend Mfg Co Article carrier

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN1080982C (zh) * 1995-12-15 2002-03-13 三菱电机株式会社 电子仪器机柜
US6676596B2 (en) * 2001-04-11 2004-01-13 Em Tools, Inc. Ai gun warmer
US20110120148A1 (en) * 2008-10-17 2011-05-26 Shigehiro Yoshimura Cryopreservation device
US8739556B2 (en) * 2008-10-17 2014-06-03 Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation Cryopreservation device

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CA1015711A (en) 1977-08-16
FR2194621B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1976-11-12
FR2194621A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1974-03-01
AU471374B2 (en) 1976-04-15
AU5729273A (en) 1975-01-09
GB1401894A (en) 1975-08-06
NL7309339A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1974-01-29
DE2338310A1 (de) 1974-02-14

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6536609B2 (en) Vial dispenser
US3327881A (en) Dual thermal bottle
US4114780A (en) Combination industrial razor blade dispenser and used blade receiver
US2212129A (en) Can rack
ES2251590T3 (es) Envase de carton convertible en envase compartimentado.
US2620691A (en) Bottle opening device
WO2002001525A3 (en) Method and apparatus for storing articles for use with an article handling device
PT785150E (pt) Recipiente para alimentos com dispositivo de distribuicao
ES2428726T3 (es) Procedimiento y sistema para el almacenamiento y preparación para pedido de artículos
US3130836A (en) Dispensing rack
US3904037A (en) Storage units
CN104764651A (zh) 一种液氮罐
US2532604A (en) Ampoule holding rack
US3613958A (en) Merchandising and dispensing container
US2707066A (en) Reversible ejector-type article dispenser
US2337923A (en) Article handling means
US2630233A (en) Insertable holder for vacuum bottles
US1869944A (en) Sanitary carton holder
US2313355A (en) Bottle case
US3207212A (en) Article carrier
US4008809A (en) Column-type display stand for flat parallelipipedic articles
US6230933B1 (en) Pre-packaged rollable articles
US3165206A (en) Storage rack for cylindrical containers and the like
US2334197A (en) Bottle carrier and separator therefor
US1880133A (en) Carrier