US2586765A - Dispensing package - Google Patents

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Feb. 19, 1952 T. F. ONKEY DISPENSING PACKAGE Filed Jan. 29, 1949 m Q m W 4 W W F 4 Ff a 3nnentor Tfieodofle I. O/M ey Cittornegs like.

Patented Feb. 19, 1.952

DISPENSING PACKAGE Theodore-F. Onkey, Easton, Comm, assignor to Roberts Rouge Company, Stratford, Conm, va corporation of Connecticut ADPlicationJanuary 29, 1949, Serial No. 73,520

.3 Claims.

This invention relates'to dispensingpackages for material in stick form such as lubricant, dressing compound, polishing compound and'the Sincethe compound in stickform is-oiten relatively costly, fillingof the container from end to end is wasteful because a length of stick which constitutes the shortest, practical handle for manipulating the package must be thrown away.

It is an object ofmy invention, therefore, to provide an improved package such that a portion thereof at one end is made to serve asa'hollow handle to avoid waste of the stick compound due to this cause.

Furthermore, even when a handle portion is provided at one end of the package, it often happens that the last end of the stick compound is wasted because the package wall has become reduced in length to a point where the short remaining portion of the stick will not be retained in place, and works loose from the handle portion when applied to a relatively moving surface. It is another object of my invention, therefore, to provide an improved anchor for the stick material such that the end portion is. firmly retained in place even though the container wall has been Materials of this character are normally largely removed, and so designed that waste of v the stick of compound [2.

sorbent material such as paper or paste board,

of the invention, part being shown in elevation.

. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device of my invention showing a portion of the container wall removed in preparation for use.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section illustrating a modification.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view with parts broken away illustrating the manner in which the device of the invention is used.

Fig. 1 illustrates the invention in the form at present preferred, and shows a cylindrical wall H) which consists primarily of a tube H of paper, cardboard, or other material which can bereadily torn or fractured and removed in sections. The wall l0 surrounds astick l2 of lubricant, dressing compound, polishing compound, or similar solid treating agent to be dispensed. Preferably the tube l i has a lining I4 of metal foil or other suitable impervious layerwhich' prevents deterioration or discoloration of the stick "by constituents of the paper of tube I l. andlikewise prevents absorption of any of the ingredients going to make up the stick l2 by the paper of tube l, which is normally somewhat absorbent.

The cylinder I0 is closed at one end by a. sheet metal end wall IS, the periphery of which is crimped to the end of the cylinder ID, in the nature of a false'bottom. There is then inserted within and at the bottom. of the container thus formed, an insert I! consisting of a short cylinder I8 preferably of paper, cardboard or the like which has its upper end closed by a sheet metal wall or true bottom 20 peripherally crimped to the end of the short cylinder 18. The wall 20 has an anchor 22 firmly securedto its upper surface. The anchor 22 is preferably a cup-shaped sheet metal stamping having a radial flange-s20 as shown in Fig. 1. The insert I1 is designed to have a tight frictional fit in the cylinder Hi.

When the container has been completed in the manner described above, the compound with which it is to be filled is reduced to fluent form. preferably by heating the same, is poured into the container and solidifies, as by cooling, to form The metallic lining M in the tube l0, and the metal of the wall 20 I which presses into contact with this lining, form external appearance, or prevent proper adhesion of a conventional paper cover or label. In forming the. stick l2, the material flows around and under; portions of the anchor 22, so that thes'tick will befirmly locked in place when the compound has set. The anchor 22 may take many forms, but is found to be most serviceable when shaped to provide overhangs which are spaced from the wall 29, forming undercuts into which the liquid compound material may flow. The form of anchor, shown in the drawing is one which is reliable in operation, and at the same time can be simply and inexpensively produced.

Fig. 2 illustrates the first step in using the completed package. Here the cylinder i is shown after a portion thereof has been torn off along line 26 exposing the end of the stick 12 for use. Where the material of stick i2 is a polishing compound the same may be applied to the surface of a bufiing-wheel 40 in the manner shown in Fig. 4. As the stick I2 is worn down by use, the cylinder may be progressively torn away until the stick I2 is substantially used up as shown in Fig. 4. Although little of the stick l2 remains, a firm grip on the package is insured without waste of the compound, since the cylinder portion between walls 16 and 20 is always available as a handle. Furthermore the material of the stick [2 can be used until the upper surface of the anchor 22 is exposed, since it is firmly held in place thereby even though the support aiforded by the cylinder [0 has been severely reduced or altogether removed. In this connection it will be noted that the upper surface of anchor 22 is made to extend above the wall 20 to a minimum extent consistent with a firm anchorage in order to confine the waste end of the stick [2 to the shortest possible length Fig. 3 illustrates a modified form of the inven'- tion in which the insert l1, instead of being frictionally held, is positioned at the bottom of the cylinder 10 and clamped in place by an annular sheet metal ring 5' of channel section which replaces the false bottom N5 of Fig. 1.-

Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of this invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

.I claim:

l 1. A dispensing package comprising a paste: board tube having a metallic lining; a stick of compound in said tube and occupying a portion only of its length; an insert comprising a paste-- board tube of smaller diameter and shorter than compound'portion of the tube and in peripheral said first-mentioned tube, and having a sheet lining, and a sheet metal anchor. element atterial of the stick compound.-

3. A dispenser container for stick compound which occupies a portion only of the length of the dispenser container comprising a tube having a lining-impervious-to the stick compound; a tubular insert of smaller diameter and shorter than said tube and having a metallic end wall, said tubular insert occupying an end portion of said tube with said metallic end wall facing the stick compound portion of the tube and in peripheral engagement-with said impervious lining, and an annular anchor element attached to the inner surface of. said end wall and shaped to provide oppositely extending overhangs protruding into the stick compound portion of the tube to intimately engage and be surrounded by the material of the stick compound. Y

Y ll-IlilDORE F. oNKEYf V REFERENCES CITED 'The" following references are of record in the file of this patent: e

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number}. Name Date 691,935 Eaton Jan. 28, 1902 956, 285 -(Lonklin Apr. 26, 1910 2,268,768 Nathanson Jan. 6, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number- Country Date 354,600 France July 31, 1905

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