US1941034A - Container for spools - Google Patents

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Dec. 26, 1933. c. LANGE 1,941,034

CONTAINER FOR SPOOLS Filed Oct. 9, 1951 Z'mventor Patented Dec. 26, 1933 UNITED STATES" 1,941,0a4 CONTAINER FOR SPOOLS Charles La'nge, Passaic, N. J., assignor to Continental Can- Oompany,Inc., New York, N. Y.,

a corporation of New York Application October 9, 1931. Serial No. 567,945

1 Claim.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in containers for spools, and more particularly aspool for adhesive tape rolls and the like.

An object of the'invention is to provide a container for spools wherein the spool is held housed in the container through the frictional grip of the core member of the spool with a raised portion on the bottom end Wall of the container.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container of the above character wherein the raised portion is formed with ribs which frictionally grip the inner face of the core member for holding said core member in place.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a sectional view through a container with the spool in place therein;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2 --2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view through the bottom portion of the container with the spool core about to be seated on the raised portion of the bottom end Wall, and

Fig. 4 is a similar View showing the core member frictionally gripping the raised portion of the bottom end wall.

The invention is directed to a container for spools adapted to carry and house an adhesive tape roll or the like. The support for the adhesive tape roll includes a core member, to one end of which is secured a flange or cover portion for the container. The other end of the core member is curled into a bead. The container is in the form of a cylindrical casing having one end open and the other closed by a. bottom end member, which is seamed to the casing. The open end of the casing is rolled outwardly into a hollowbead. The bottom end member has a raised portion adapted to extend into the spool core member. Said raised member is substantially cylindrical, and in the walls thereof are formed outwardly projecting longitudinally extending ribs which frictionally engage and grip the inner surface of the core member of the spool. The flange on the core member is extended so as to overlie the bead at the outer open end of the casing.

Referring more vin detail to the drawing, the spool on which the adhesive tape roll is mounted includes a core member 1. This core member is substantially cylindrical, and is rolled outward so as to be provided with a strengthening bead 2 at one end'thereof. The other end of the core member has a flange 3 secured thereto by seaming, as indicated at 4. This core member is adapted to receive the adhesive tape roll. The

spool is housed within a container which includes a cylindrical body portion or casing 5 open at its upper end where the body portion is rolled outwardly into a hollow bead 6. The lower end of the housing or casing 5 is closed by a bottom end member 7 which is seamed thereto as indicated at 8. Said bottom end member is provided with a raised portion 9 having a cylindrical section 10 formed with longitudinally extending inwardly projecting ribs 11. This raised portion and the ribs are so proportioned that the core 6 of the spool when slipped over the same will be frictionally gripped and held in place. The flange 3 of the spool is extended laterally and rolled upwardly and inwardly into a bead 12. This flange overlies and bears against the outer beaded end of the casing. The adhesive tape is placed on the core member, and then the spool with the adhesive tape thereon is inserted in the container. The core member of the spool fricti-onally grips the raised part of the bottom member and thus the spool will be held in place with the flange bearing against the outer beaded end of the casing. When it is desired to use a portion of the adhesive tape, the flange is gripped and the spool is removed from its frictional seat on the container. Inasmuch as the flange 3 of the spool projects slightly beyond the wall of the container, it can be readily gripped and pulled on in a direction to unseat the core member from its connectionto the container from its frictional grip on the body member of the container. The spool can be re-inserted and secured in the container by re-uniting the core member with the raised portion on the bottom end member of 0 the container. By the construction disclosed, a very simple container for spools is provided wherein the spool is held centered in the container so as to prevent the adhesive tape from contacting withftherwall of the container. The spool is also frictionally held in place so that it will not drop out of the container until it is pulled on, and considerable force utilized for separating the spool from the container. When the spool is in place, the container is substan- I tially closed through the contact of the flange of the spool with the end wall of the container body.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a spool having a hollow 11.0

bottom end member seamed to the body portion for closing the other end thereof, said bot,-

tom end member having an integral raised portion provided with longitudinally extending ribs adapted to seat within said hollow core member and frictionally grip the inner surface thereof for retaining the core member within said container, said flange and core member being dimensioned so that said flange contacts with the head at the open end of the container and' projects beyond the same so as to facilitate the insertion and removal of the core member in said container.

CHARLES LANGE.

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