Fluorescent tube carrier

Details Fluorescent tube carrier Fluorescent tube carrier

1989-08-16

1990-09-04

Gehman, Bryon P.

Special receptacle or package

For a filament or space discharge bulb or tube

Plural

241 99, 241168, B65D 8542

Patent

active

049537016

ABSTRACT:
A fluorescent tube carrier for transporting and/or assisting in the disposal of flourescent tubes has four capsules, one for each tube. The capsules are held in a generally square cross-sectional configuration by spacers and have removable covers at either end. The covers have an interior surface that is cushioned to protect new flourescent tubes located within the capsules from shock. There are a series of tiny openings along the side of each capsule, the openings being large enough to receive a pin. When spent tubes are contained within the capsules, a pin can be inserted into the tiny openings to break the tubes. In a second disposal step, there is a rod, which is stored on the carrier, that can be inserted into each capsule to force the broken glass towards an area of the carrier where it can be disposed of. Spent fluorescent tubes have a potential of exploding at any time and therefore pose a danger during disposal. The carrier eliminates this danger during the first stage of disposal.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2167040 (1939-07-01), Farner et al.
patent: 2178797 (1939-11-01), La Vigne
patent: 2230019 (1941-01-01), Tucke
patent: 2638022 (1953-05-01), Reyes
patent: 2659253 (1953-11-01), Myrick
patent: 4579287 (1986-04-01), Brown
patent: 4662535 (1987-05-01), Loveland
Food Industries, vol. 21, Issue No. 11, p. 108, Nov. 1949.

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