US1476404A - Container - Google Patents

Description

Dec. 4, 1923.

H. R. JONES CONTAINER Filed July 1920 screw cap.

Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

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HOWARD a. JONES, or PHILADELPHIA. rnnns'rrvenre, essronoa r0 vrss-o-nnnren rnonoo'rs, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or rnnnsvn- VANIA.

CONTAINEE.

Application filed July 3, 1920. Serial No. 393,825.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Howiino R. Jones, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in containers, the primary object of the invention being to provide an improved sanitary container for the rubber polishing and massage cups employed in dentistry.

A further object is to provide a container in which the required handling of thecontained articles is reduced to a minimum.

A still further object is to provide means whereby a'common form out glass vial may be utilized in forming my improved container.

In the attached drawin Figure 1, is a view in perspective of a container embodying my invention;

Figure 2, is a View in' perspective of the supporting rod;

Figure 3, is a view sealing disk;

Figure 4, is a view in perspective of one of the rubber polishing cups for holding which the container is particularlyadapted;

Figure 5, is a vertical section of the container assembled and holding the polishing cups, and

Figure 6, illustrates a modification in which a cork closure is used instead of the in perspective of the With reference to the drawings, 1 indicates the glass body portion of a vial of a type well known to the medical profession, and 2 a cap or cover for the vial, said vial having a thread 3 formed at the top thereof and the cap 2 being interiorly and correspondingly threaded whereby the said cap may be firmly attached to the body of the vial. The cap may be made of metal or of any other suitable material.

Secured in the present instance to the said cap 2 and depending downwardly therefrom so as to lie substantially centrally and longitudinally of the vial when the cap is placed thereon, is a supporting rod 4, said rod preferably extending substantially to the bottom of the vial. The rod .4: preferably is formed as shown in Fig. 2, with a portion 5 at the top bent laterally and circularly in a plane perpendicular to the di rection of the main portion of the rod, said portion 5 being adapted to be inserted and held within the cover member 2. The portion 5 is preferably made of some resilient material so as to bear against the interior of the cover member and thereby insure retention of the rodby the cover.

In the cover 2 below'the portion 5 0]": the rod 4t, I preferably place a disk 6 of cork or similar material, said disk being centrally apertured so as to permit the passage therethrough of the bar 1-, and being substantially of the diameter of the interior of the said cover. This disk 6 not only gives the container a more finished appearance, but acts as a seal for the top of the vial, rendering the said vial entirely airtight.

The articles which the container is particularly adapted to hold, are shown in Fig ure 4:, and consist ot a. substantially cupshaped rubber member having a central aperture extending through the bottom, by means of which aperture the cups are attached to the instrument with which they are employed.

The diameter of the rod l is the same as or a little greater than that of the aperture 8 in the cup 7, and thus when the cups are placed upon the rod they cling thereto and are kept from dropping off when the rod is removed from the vial. In this manner, the cups are held entirely clear of any part of the receptacle except the central rod l upon which they are supported, and after once being placed upon the said rod 4:, there is no necessity for handling the cups until they are removed, and theremoval of one of the said cups from the container does not re quire the handling or disturbance of any of the others. The container being completely air-tight, the seeping ot'dust or foreign matter into the container with the consequent contamination of the cups is entirely avoided. The device furthermore is of such a nature that it can easily be applied to vials of the commonly used type.

Numerous modifications of the container are. of course, possible without departure from the essential features of the invention.

Thus, for example, it will be possible to form the main portion of the bar 4 separately from the clamping element 5, and to connect the two portions together instead of forming the bar of one integral piece of Lil metal, in which case the rod itself could be formed any material, while the element 5 which is made of resilient material would hold its place in the cover. It is further possible to form the element 5 of a shape en tirely different from that shown in the drawings and still have an element which would hold its place within the cover.

t is possible also to use any kind of closure other than the screw cap previously describec, such as for example the cork stopper 2 shown in Fig. 6. In this case, the supporting rod 4L is straight throughout its length and has barbs 4:" at the top to prevent withdrawal from the cork.

It is also to be understood that although the device is made primarily for use with the rubb r polishing cups described, it may be employed with any articles having an aperture which would permit their being inted upon the rod ll I claim: Y

1. ll package comprising a vial having a detachable closure, a rod detachably mounted longitudinally and substantially centrally within the vial, and an article or articles supported by the rod clear of the inner surface of the vial and removable with the rod from the vial following detachment of the closure.

2. A package comprising container having a detachable closure, an article-supporting element secured to the closure and lying within the container, and an article or articles carried by said element and reino *able from the container with the element by detaching the closure.

The combination with a container com prising a body portion and a cover member adapted to be secured thereto, of a supporting rod having at the top thereof an integra re 'lientportion adapted to engage the interior ol said cover and to thereby secure the rod to the cover, said bar being adapted to lie substantially centrally and longitudinall within said body portion when the said cover is in place thereon.

4:- The combination with a vial having a cover adapted to be attached thereto, ot' a supporting rod extending longitudinally and bstantially centrally within said vial and having a resilient portion at the top adapted to engage the interior of the cover to attach the rod thereto and hold it in place within the vial, and a sealing disk in said cover below the said resilient portion of the rod whereby when the cover is in place upon the vial the vial is rendered substantially air-tight.

5. in a containenthe combination with a vial having a cover member adapted to be attached thereto, of a rod having at one end thereof a lateral extension in a plane substantially perpendicular to the direction of the rod, said extension being adapted to engage the interior of the cover member so as to lirmly attach the rod thereto, said rod when the cover member is in place upon the vial extending into the interior of said vial longitudinally and substantially centrally thereof.

6. In a container, the combination with a glass vial having a threaded portion at the top, and a cover member having threads adapted to engage the threads at the top of the vial, of a supporting rod termed at the top to engage the interior of said cover member whereby-the rod is fi mly attached thereto, said rod when the cover member is in place upon the vial extending into the said vial longitudinally and substantially centrally thereof, and a sealing disk in the said cover member, said disk having an aperture "for the passage of the rod there through and being adapted to be seated upon the top edges of the vial when the cover is in place thereon whereby the vial is rendered substantially air-tight.

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