Receptacles – End wall structure – Joint or seam between sidewall and end wall
Patent
1993-03-03
1994-10-18
Castellano, S.
Receptacles
End wall structure
Joint or seam between sidewall and end wall
220 6, 220 429, 280 792, 206501, B65D 9008
Patent
active
053560310
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a device for supporting printing paper for use with the printers of computers and computer terminals.
It is becoming more usual to equip each working location in an office with a computer, for instance a personal computer, or a computer terminal and a printer. The paper used in the printer is usually in the form of a continuous paper web. Such paper is delivered in boxes containing a large number of sheets, for instance 2,000 sheets. The box is therefore relatively heavy. Normally, the office personnel concerned place the boxes of paper beneath a table on which the printer is situated, and load the printer with paper from the box.
It is often awkward to push the boxes in beneath the table, while handling of the boxes at floor level involves body movements which place unfavourable strain on the person concerned. Furthermore, the boxes are aesthetically unattractive, particularly when the remaining office furniture has an attractive design. A further problem arises when a particular printer needs to be supplied with two or more different sorts of paper. In these cases, it is necessary to shift the boxes so that the box containing the paper required on that particular occasion is located on the floor immediately beneath the printer.
The present invention solves these problems in a simple and inexpensive fashion.
The present invention thus relates to a device for supporting paper for use with the printers of computers and computer terminals, this paper being stacked in a continuous paper web, and is characterized in that the device includes an upwardly open box having a flat bottom part and detachable walls upstanding from said bottom part; in that the bottom part of the box is provided with a centrally positioned, elongated projection along each of two mutually opposing side edges thereof, the two projections projecting from respective side edges through a distance which corresponds to the thickness of the upstanding walls; and in that the two projections are intended to directly support two of the vertical walls.
The invention will now be described in more detail, partially with reference to an exemplifying embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the inventive device, with spaced apart components;
FIG. 2 is a side view of two devices stacked one upon the other; and
FIGS. 3a and 3b are detailed illustrations of one corner of the vertical walls, as seen from above.
FIG. 1 illustrates an inventive device for supporting paper for the printers of computers and computer terminals. Although the paper is not shown in the Figure, it will be understood that the paper has the form of a continuous web stacked in the device.
The device includes an upwardly open box structure having a flat rectangular bottom part 1 and detachable walls 2, 3, 4 and 5 which extend vertically upwards from the bottom part 1 of said box. Extending along each of two mutually opposing side edges 6, 7 of the bottom part 1 is a centrally positioned, longitudinally extending projection 8, 9 on which the walls 3 and 5 are intended to rest.
The device is produced from an appropriate plastic material.
The projections 8, 9 extend from respective parallel side edges 6, 7 of the bottom part 1 distance which corresponds to the thickness of the upstanding walls 2-5. The inner distance between two mutually opposing walls corresponds to the width of the bottom part above the projections 8, 9. Consequently, when the walls 2-5 are lifted onto the bottom part 1, the outer surfaces of the walls 3, 5 will coincide with the outer vertical surfaces of the projections 8, 9.
Because the projections are positioned centrally in a vertical direction relative to the edges 6 and 7 of the bottom part, a number of such devices can be stacked one upon the other. FIG. 2 shows a device 12 stacked on a device 11, wherein the upper surfaces of the walls of the bottom device 11 coact with the bottom part of the upper device 12.
According to one preferred embodiment, th
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