US1284082A - Package. - Google Patents

Description

J. J. FLANIGAN.

PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. I917- Patenwd Nov. 5, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. FLANIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packages, and has reference more particularly to a special package or receptacle for containing the so-called rolls of multiple copying machines or hectographs, each of such rolls comprising a air of spindles and a gelatin apron or ban that is wound in the form of a roll on one of said spindles and has its two ends connected to said spindles respectively. These spindles are of the general type and construction illustrated in Fig. 17 of my former Patent No. 965,887, dated Aug. 2, 1910, except that, as now manufactured by me, they omit the end flanges or heads shown in said patent, but they are formed at their ends with squared portions for engaging a winding chuck and with reduced rounded ortions for engaging journal bearings of t e machine in which they are used.

Owing to the rather fragile and delicate nature of the gelatin duplicating band great care has to be exercised in the packaging and shipping of these rolls to prevent injury thereto; and the main object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive receptacle in which these rolls may be packaged and shipped or stored without liability of mashing, distorting, scratching, tearing or otherwise injuring the band, or breaking or otherwiseinjuring the spindles. Another object of the invention is to provide a package which shall be of such a construction as to maintain the wound band always in true unwinding position on the spindle and prevent it from slipping, sliding or skewing lengthwise of the spindle in either direction,

Uther objects and advantages of the inven tion will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification wherein T have illustrated a practical and preferred embodiment of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view, with the cover omitted, of a loaded package embodying my present improvements F 1g. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, including the cover; a

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 oi Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 and 6 designate the two spindles, which are duplicates of each other, and 7 designates the gelatin printing band that, in the packing and shipping condition of the utfit, is wound in the form of a cylinder or roll on one of the spindles centrally of the latter, the spindles in this instance having a length considerably exceeding the width oi the band.

The package or carton, which is preterably made of plain or corrugated pasteboard or cardboard, comprises a rectangular opentop box-body having side walls 8, end walls 9 and a bottom wall 10, and a cover 11 formed with side and end walls 12 and 13 respectively that lit over the corresponding walls of the body, all as usual in this type of carton,

Positionedin each end of the bon-body is i a hollow rectangular block 14:,in this instance shown approximately square, that is open at top and bottom and may conve11- iently be bent to the founsided shape shown from a single strip of suitable material,-- corrugated pasteboard being preferably used as best combining lightness and strength. Each of these blocks is of a height just equaling the inside height of the box, but, as shown in Figsl and 3, is narrower than the box by the diameter of the spindle 5 or 6. Through the inner transverse wall of each block M is formed a substantially central round'hole 15 of a diameter amply suflicient to accommodate the passage therethrough oi the spindle 5 or 6 By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the inner transverse walls of the two blocks 14 are spaced apart such a dis tance as to permit the cylindrical roll of the band to fit nicely between them, while the projecting end portions ot the spindle on which the band is wound lie within the hollow blocks, the spindle itself being of such a length as to fit between the outer transverse walls of the two blocks. The other spindle 6 lies in the bottom of the box along side the roll 7, its two end portions being confined laterally between one side wall 8 lltlti of the box-body and the adjacent parallel walls of the blocks 14:.

Among the advantages secured by my improved construction may be mentioned the following. The roll or cylinder 7 is maintained in perfect form, since the blocks 1.4: obviously prevent its slipping or skewing lengthwise of the spindle even when the carton is stood on end. The spindles themselves are so supported and confined as to prevent them from rattling or shifting either lengthwise or widthwise of the box. The two spindles are always maintained parallel with each other, thus eliminating any tendency totear the band or disconnect it from the spindles. The blocks 14, being the full height of the interior of the box, act as struts or braces to prevent crushing of the latter when piled up on each other, thereby preserving the rolled band 7 from injury or distortion through lateral pressure thereagainst. And the weight of the band and spindle on which it is rolled is borne directly by the blocks 14, thereby avoiding compression and flattening of the roll upon the bottom of the box.

In a companion application filed concurrently herewith, Serial No. 190,290, I have disclosed and claimed a package or carton specially designed to accommodate a larger and heavier roll or rolls employing a duplicating band of a width approximately equal to the length of the spindles. The package shown and claimed herein is designed for the accommodation of the smaller and lighte'r'rolls that employ a narrower band of a width considerably less than the length of the spindles.

It is believed that the nature and advantages of my improved package will be easily understood from the foregoing without further description. Without limiting the invention therefore to the exact details shown,=

I claim:

1. A package designed to contain a pair of spindles and a duplicating band wound in the form of a roll on one of said spindles, comprising a box, and a pair of blocks located in the ends of said box respectively, said blocks being narrower than the box by the diameter of one of said spindles and having holes in their inner opposed faces to receive the end portions of the spindle on which the band is wound, and said inner opposed faces of the blocks being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of said band.

2. A package designed to contain a pair of spindles and a duplicating band wound in the form of a roll on ne of said spindles, comprising a box, and a pair of hollow rectangular blocks located in the ends of said box respectively, said blocks being narrower than the box by the diameter of one of said spindles and having holes formed through their inner opposed walls substantially centrally thereof to accommodate the end portions of the spindle on which the band is wound, and said inner opposed walls being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of said band.

3. A package designed to contain a pair of spindles and a duplicating band wound in the form of a roll on one of said spindles, comprising a rectangular box-body, a pair of hollow rectangular blocks of a height equal to the internal height of said box-body located in the ends of the latter respectively, said blocks being narrower than the boxbody by the diameter of one of said spindles and having holes formed through their inner opposed walls substantially centrally thereof to accommodate the end portions of the spindle on which the band is wound, and said inner opposed walls being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of said band, and a cover comprising a top wall and side and end walls overlapping respectively the side and end walls of said box-body.

JOHN J. FLANIGAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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