Receptacles – Horizontally attached receptacle sets
Patent
1991-08-21
1992-10-20
Moy, Joseph Man-Fu
Receptacles
Horizontally attached receptacle sets
220521, 220531, 220532, 206373, B65D 3700
Patent
active
051562898
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a casing for storing and protecting objects. The casing is of the type which comprises a generally cylindrical and tubular wall portion made of a relatively deformation - resistant, material, and respective end portions.
Protective casings of this type are used for storing and transporting many different objects in various connections. As examples can be mentioned transport containers in pneumatic positing systems and containers for shipment and storing various types of sheet materials, such as posters and drawings.
Access to the interior of such known casings or containers takes place through removable end covers, and the putting in or taking out of sheets can be difficult, in particular in connection with larger sheet sizes.
The casing of this invention is characterized in that at least one longitudinal part of the tubular wall portion is shaped as a lamellar part with one longitudinal edge thereof being hinged to an adjacent longitudinal edge on the remaining part of the wall portion.
The hinged lamellar part can be sued as an openable lid which provides a substantially improved access to the interior of the casing, in particular when the lamellar part extends through the entire length of the casing. Thereby objects can be inserted and taken out laterally and directly. In particular it becomes substantially simpler to insert and take out more fragile objects together with appropriate filling or padding materials.
A preferred embodiment of the casing of the invention is characterized in that the tubular wall portion is composed of several longitudinal and generally identical lamellar parts which are hinged to each other in pairs along adjacent longitudinal edges in order to define a folding structure.
Access to the interior of the casing will thereby be the best possible, because the wall portion of the casing can be opened and folded out to a generally planar structure with almost free access to the inside of the unfolded wall portion. At the same time the casing will be very suitable as an exposure tray in connection with displaying as well as use of objects which have been stored in the casing. After having used the objects and casing can be closed or folded together again, and the casing can then be used for continued storing and handling of the objects.
The utility as combined storage casing and exposure tray can be further increased by associating to each lamellar part a partition insert for removable fitting to the inside of the lamellar part. Thereby objects or utensiles can be stored separately in the closed condition of the casing, and can be exposed in a well-arranged and easy accessible manner in the unfolded condition of the casing.
A special possibility of use of the casing of the invention is for use as insert or cassette in a steam sterilizer of the particular type which is disclosed in DK patent No. (application No. 5174/87.).
That particular sterilizer comprises a cylindrical steriliziation chamber in which objects, especially dental utensiles, can be placed for steam sterilization. In this connection the casing of the invention is very well-suited, in particular with appropriate partition inserts therein, because the casing is able to contain a complete set of instruments used for a standard patient treatment in a dental clinic.
Moreover, the casing of the invention is well-suited both as storage and transport container for the sterilized set of instruments and also as an exposure and deposit tray during the actual patient treatment.
In the following the casing of this invention will be further described based on embodiments and with references to the drawing in which
FIG. 1 schematically shows a first embodiment of the casing of the invention;
FIG. 2 schematically shows another embodiment in its unfolded or open condition;
FIG. 3 schematically shows an embodiment as that of FIG. 2, but in the folded or closed condition thereof;
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a lamellar part for an embodiment as that of FIGS. 2 and 3;
FIGS. 5 and 6 are respective sectional vi
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