Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Coil holder or support – Randomly oriented coil holder
Patent
1998-03-06
1999-09-14
Walsh, Donald P.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Coil holder or support
Randomly oriented coil holder
2425884, 206409, 206411, B65D 8502
Patent
active
059509597
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a clamshell container for storing and dispensing rolls of labels. The container has a top portion hinged along one edge to a bottom portion and a generally cylindrical shape with flanges extending along a longitudinal center plane. The bottom portion has transverse partitions providing semi-cylindrical compartments between the partitions, each compartment receiving a roll of labels. The flanges of the top and bottom portions on the ends and back have a channel, the channel comprising a U-shaped projection from the top portion which is received by a mating U-shaped recess in the bottom portion for a snap-fit, interlocking engagement of the top portion to the bottom portion. The top and bottom flanges on the front have a button for interlocking engagement of the top and bottom portions further ensuring that the container does not come open inadvertently. Aligned with each compartment, the front flange of the top portion has a contoured guideway for receiving and dispensing the roll of labels. As viewed from the outside the guideway has a concave curvature that allows a gentle bend of the labels as they are dispensed from the container. Aligned with the guideway in the front flange in the top portion, and the front flange of the bottom portion has a trough which guides the labels out of the container and prevents interleaving of one roll of labels with an adjacent roll of labels. The front flange of the top portion is set back from the front edge of the front flange of the bottom portion which provides finger space for sliding the labels out of the container.
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Catalog of Daydots Label Company, Inc. for Jan. 1996, 48 pgs.
DayDots Label Company, Inc.
Pham Minh-Chau
Walsh Donald P.
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