US2450089A - Thermometer package - Google Patents

Description

Sept. 28, 1948.

FEAA/K 0. V. 6759659541. MlEA/f/A/E MERGESELL QZM4M THERMOMETER PACKAGE Filed Oct. 9, 1947 V. HIERGESELL ET AL ATTORIIE/J Patented sp 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Valentine Hiergesell and Frank 0. V. Hiergesell, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pa. 1

1 Claim. (01. 20665) This invention relates to an improved package for thermometers or similar elongated fragile articles. Y

Heretofore because of the fragile character" of unmounted thermometers it has been customary to package same in long tubes or fingers of fiannel or felt which were then positioned in stiff tubes of cardboard or the like, a mode of packaging involving substantial expense in the materials and preliminary manufacture of the fabric fingers and tubes, as well as the time required to position the thermometers in the containers.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved and simplified structure by means of which several thermometers or similar fragile objects can be safely and efficiently packaged with a minimum of expense both in materials and time and which will provide an effective and improved display container for said objects in addition to assuring their safe handling.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof, in which like reference characters indicate likeparts throughout.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved package;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improved package partly opened;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the filler strip with thermometers associated therewith removed from the container;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross section through the filled package with full length thermometers therein;

Figure 5 is a transverse cross section through a filled carton, and

Figurefi is a longitudinal cross section similar to Figure 4, but showing shorter thermometers packed therein.

As herein illustrated the improved package is shown adapted to accommodate three thermometers although it will be understood that any desired number of thermometers can be readily accommodated in conformity with the principles of the present invention and as may be desired.

An elongated tubular cardboard carton is provided of conventional construction, herein illustrated as being of elongated rectangular crosssection and having similar end flaps 2-4 and 3 by means of which the ends can be closed.

Within this elongated carton I, a filler is posi- 'tioned comprising an elongated strip of corrugated cardboard 6, also of conventional construction and a flat back strip [6 of the same width and length as the corrugated strip and glued to the peaks of the corrugations of one side of said strip, whereby the corrugated strip is maintained in fixed relationship with respect to the back strip. The filler is of such width that its'side edges will snugly engage the interior surfaces of the side walls of the carton l and of a length substantially greater than that of the carton.

The corrugations of the strip 6 run lengthwise thereof and the filler is folded transversely of itself at 8, with the flat side outermost, defining a long panel 9', which extends the full length of the carton with its flat side against the back thereof and a short panel 9 with its fiat side against the front of the carton, so that the panel 9'Wi1l overlie a substantial portion of the longer panel with the peaks of the confronting corrugations in alignment and contacting one another in the longitudial medial plane intersecting the narrow sides of the carton, as shown in Figure 5, said corrugations defining cells for receiving snugly embrace the thermometers.

the thermometers l0, and the walls of which cells The superposed portions of the filler constitute a system of diagonal bracing for the carton, contacting all four lateral walls thereof.

As herein illustrated the carton is provided with a cutout window 4 adjacent one end which may be protected by a sheet of transparent material 5, as is customary in the formation of such package windows. Where such a w ndow is used the bent over and shorter portion 9 of the filler is of a length so that its end will clear the window when the filler and its associated thermometers are fully inserted in the carton i whereby the port on of the thermometers under the window will be visible. It will be apparent that by the structure thus described the thermometers will be supported throughout their entire length by the longer panel of the filler 6, and will be further supported through a substantial panel of their length by the shorter portion of the filler, the two overlapped portions of the filler functioning to frictionally engage and support each thermometer in spaced relationship to the other thermometers and to all of the walls of the container l and resisting deformation of the carton. V

Preferably the filler is made of sufficient length so that the longer panel after the transverse folding will be slightly longer than the thermometers so that the free end ll thereof can be folded over the ends of the enclosed thermometers forming a flap substantially congruent with the crosssectional area of the carton, as shown in Figure 4 and 6, which cushion the ends of the thermometers and at the same time maintaining the rectangular shape of the upper end portion of the carton.

A short piece I8 of the filler may be bent upon itself transversely and used as an end filler, as

illustrated in Figure 6, Where the container'is used, as is conveniently may be used, to package shorter thermometers.

Having thus described the invention, whatvvis claimed is: i

Carton package for thermometers and the like comprising a tubular carton of elongated rectangular cross-section, having a relatively broad front and back and relatively narrow sides and having end closures of the tuck flap type and a window in the front adjacent the upper end of said carton, a filler within said carton comprising a strip corrugated longitudinally, of such width asto snugly fit between the narrow sides of said carton, and a flat strip vcongruent with the corrugated strip glued to the vpeaks of the gruentwithzthe cross-sectional area of said car- .ton, thepeaks of the confronting corrugations of said panels meeting in the longitudinal medial gplane intersecting the sides of said carton, said confronting corrugations defining cells of a size to snuglyembrace the thermometers, and defining a system of diagonal bracing thrusting Num againsttall foiu pf the lateral walls of said carton.

Y VALENTINE HIERGESELL. V FRANK O. V. HIERGESELL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the :"filB ,of; thisipatent:

- UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Dohme Sept. 12, 1905 :Davis Dec. 15, 1914 Berwa1d Nov. 18, 1941

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