Improvements in Collapsible Tubes or Containers,
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1898
Improvements in Collapsible Tubes or Containers,
We, THEODORE YOUNG KINNE, of No. 9, Church Street, in the City of Paterson,
County of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Physician, and ALFRED
GARTNER, of No 152, Market Street, in said City of Paterson, County of Passaic,
and State of New Jersey, US.A, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in compressible tubes or receptacles
made of impervious, ductile material, and which are generally used for paints,
dentifrices, surgical dressings etc.
Said tubes are usually provided with small discharge outlets adapted to be
closed by screw threaded caps, and having their opposite ends folded and pressed
together, or coiled and folded around a key or clamp, for conveniently expunging
the contents of said tubes
Various forms of clamps or keys for the last mentioned purpose have been
designed but none of them rendered said folded ends of the tubes perfectly air
tight,
The object of our present invention 18 to provide a cap for hermetically closing
the flattened ends of the tubes and at the same time to act as means for progres-
sively folding and compressing said tubes for the purpose of discharging their
contents
The invention consists in the improved compressible tube combining a cap or
hood for hermetically closing and folding the flattened end of said tube, substan-
tially as will be hereinafter more fully described
Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which like letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Fig 1 is a side eleva-
tion of a compressible tube, partly in section, and provided with_our_improve-
ments, Fig 2 a front elevation of the upper portion of Fig 1; Fig 3 an
enlarged detail sectional view on the line of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 an enlarged
detail perspective view of the cap or hood used in connection with the tube
In said drawing, a represents a cylindrical tube or receptacle, made of imper-
vious, ductile material and provided at one end with a small discharge outlet b,
adapted to be engaged by a screw threaded cap c, all of the usual and well
known construction
The opposite end of said cylindrical tube or receptacle 18 pressed together or
flattened, as at a Figs and 2, and is surmounted by and arranged within an
elongated groove of the cap or hood f, which latter is provided at one end (or
both ends) with a projection or handle 9, as clearly illustrated in Fig 4
Said cap or hood is securely clamped upon the flattened end of the tube,
whereby a perfect air tight joint is obtained.
To prevent a re-opening of said flattened end of the tube, the cap or hood a
turned once or twice around together with said flattened end, as clearly illus-
trated in the sectional view of Fig. 3.

page_text: The extreme edge of the flattened portion bears against the inner surface of
the top portion of the cap or hood.
When it is desired to expunge a portion of the contents of the tube, the screw
threaded cap is removed and the cap or hood-acting as a key or clamp--18
turned or rotated, by which operation the portion of the tube adjacent to said
cap gradually becomes flattened, and 18 coiled around said cap, as will be manifest
By this operation it is impossible to have the contents of the tube re-enter
the once folded or compressed portion and to discharge through the flattened
end of said tube
Dated this 8th "dov of Inne 1898
Improvements in Collapsible Tubes or Containers.
We, THEODORE YOUNG KINNE, of No. 9, Church Street, in the City of Paterson,
County of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Physician, and ALFRED
GARTNER, of No. 152, Market Street, in said City of Paterson, County of Passaic,
and State of New Jersey, US.A, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement.-
This invention relates to improvements in collapsible tubes or containers made
of impervious, ductile material, and which are generally used for paints, denti-
frices, surgical dressings etc
Said tubes are usually provided with small discharge outlets adapted to be
closed by screw threaded caps, and having their opposite ends folded and pressed
together, or coiled and folded around a key or clamp, for conveniently expunging
the contents of said tubes.
Various forms of clamps or keys for the last mentioned purpose have been
designed but none of them rendered said folded ends of the tubes perfectly air
tight.
The object of our present invention is to provide a cap for hermetically closing
the flattened ends of the tubes and at the same time to act as means for progres-
sively folding and compressing said tubes for the purpose of discharging their
contents
The invention consists in the improved collapsable tube combining a cap or
hood for hermetically closing and folding the flattened end of said tube, substan-
tially as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the
clauses of the claims
Referring to the drawings filed with the Provisional, in which like letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Fig 1 is a side
elevation of a collapsable tube, partly in section, and provided with our improve-
ment, Fig. 2 a front elevation of the upper portion of Fig 1. Fig 3 an
enlarged detail sectional view on the line of Fig 2, and Fig 4 an enlarged
detail perspective view of the cap or hood used in connection with the tube
In said drawings, a represents a cylindrical tube or receptacle, made of imper-
vious, ductile material and provided at one end with a small discharge outlet b,
adapted to be engaged by a screw threaded cap e, all of the usual and welĺ
known construction
The opposite end of said cylindrical tube or receptacle is pressed together or
flattened, as at d Figs 1 and 2, and is surmounted by and arranged within an

page_text: elongated groove e of the cap or hood f which latter is provided at one end (or
both ends) with a projection handle g, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4.
Said cap or hood is securely clamped upon the flattened end of the tube,
whereby a perfect air tight joint is obtained
To prevent a re-opening of said flattened end of the tube, the cap or hood is
turned once or twice around together with said flattened end, as clearly illus-
trated in the sectional view in Fig 3
The extreme edge of the flattened portion bears against the inner surface of
the top portion of the cap or hood
When it is desired to expunge a portion of the contents of the tube, the screw
threaded cap is removed and the cap or hood-acting as a key or clamp-18
turned or rotated, by which operation the portion of the tube adjacent to said
cap gradually becomes flattened, and is coiled around said cap, as will be manifest
By this operation it is impossible to have the contents of the tube re-enter
the once folded on collapsed portion and to discharge through the flattened
end of said tube
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.-
1: A collapsible tube and means for hermetically closing the flattened end
of the tube, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. A collapsible tube and means for hermetically closing its flattened end
and for progressively compressing the tube and folding its pressed or flattened
end, substantially as and for the purposes described
3. A collapsible tube having one of its ends flattened or pressed together,
and a cap hermetically closing said flattened end, substantially as and for the
purposes described
4 A collapsible tube having one of its ends flattened or pressed together, and
a cap hermetically closing said flattened end and provided with a projection or
handle, substantially as and for the purposes described
5 A collapsible tube having one of its ends flattened or pressed together
and folded upon itself and a cap or hood hermetically closing the extreme end
of said flattened portion, substantially as and for the purposes described.
6 -A collapsible tube having one of its ends flattened or, pressed together
and folded upon itself, and a cap or hood hermetically closing the extreme end
of said flattened portion and provided with a suitable handle on one or both
ends, substantially as and for the purposes described
T 95th Jax of October 1898
JP BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W, Agent for the Applicants.