Improvements in Air-tight Asceptic Containers for Surgical Dressings, Bandages, Plasters, Cotton, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: ate of Application, 27th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by SEABURY AND JOHNSON, a Corporation organized
under the laws of the State of New York, and having its principal office at
Nos. 59-61, Maiden Lane, in the City of New York, United States of
America, Manufacturing Chemists.]
Improvements in Air-tight Asceptic Containers for Surgical
Dressings, Bandages, Plasters, Cotton, and the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide an air tight asceptic container free
from a tendency to corrode with moisture or chemical antiseptics, as in the case of
tin, and at the same time to do away with the disadvantages of excessive weight
and liability to breakage met with in glass.
Our improvement preferably includes the features of impregnating wood pulp, or
analogous material, with an antiseptic material, of pressing such pulp into shape to
form a container body and a tight fitting cover, of lacquering or coating the
interior of these parts with antiseptic material or with sterilized paraffin, of
applying a strip or label around the joint between the body and the cover, and of
lacquering or coating the exterior surfaces, including the strip or label, with a
suitable material.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying my improvement.
Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.
A¹ designates the body of the container. It is shown as of rectangular form
with rounded corners and as consisting of a bottom a, and a side portion a', the
latter being provided with an exterior shoulder a, which may be formed by making
the upper part of the side portion thinner than the lower part. This may be made
by pressing wood pulp, or similar material, into proper shape and the structure may
be composed of a single piece, or of several pieces suitably united.
A designates the cover. This may
be made similarly to the body portion A',
with a top a, and a side portion or rim a*. The latter is of such a size as to slip
over the shouldered portion of the body and make a tight joint therewith. This
cover may also be formed by suitably pressing wood pulp, or similar material, and
may be made of a single piece or of several pieces suitably joined.
Our improvement is not confined to a container of the shape illustrated and
described, but may be embodied in containers of various shapes.
One feature of our improvement consists in impregnating the pulp, or inaterial of
which the parts of the container are made, with an autiseptic material, as, for
instance, hydro napthol. After its construction is completed, it has a lacquer or
coating as, applied interiorly throughout its entire extent, not only as to the body
portion but also as to the cover, which lacquer or coating consists of an antiseptic
material such, for example, as shellac, varnish, or similar material, or of sterilized
paraffin.
A strip or label, B, is applied to the exterior of the container, entirely around
the joint, so as to protect the same, and afterwards a suitable lacquer or coating,,
is applied to the entire exterior, consisting of shellac, varnish, or similar material
mpregnated with some antiseptic substance. This lacquer or coating may also be
applied to the groove at the joint, before the application of the label or strip, if

page_text: desired. It may be added that wherever there is a joint, there may be a groove
filled with such material to protect the joint.
C designates a thread laid in the joint and under the strip or label, and having
one end extended beyond the outer or overlapped end of the strip or label, so that
by pulling the end of this thread, the strip or label may be torn at the joint to
facilitate the removal of the cover.
By this improvement we produce a very simple, light, strong, and withal cheap
container, which will be practically air tight and asceptic, so that it may be
properly used for surgical dressings, bandages, plasters, cotton, etc.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. An air tight container for surgical dressings, etc., consisting of parts pressed
from wood pulp or like material, and united, substantially as specified.
2. An air tight container for surgical dressings, etc., consisting of parts pressed
from wood pulp or like material, and united, the same being lacquered or coated
interiorly with a substance impermeable to moisture, substantially as specified.
3. An air tight container for surgical dressings, etc., consisting of parts pressed
from wood pulp or like material, and united, and a strip or label fastened around
the joint of the cover, the parts of the container being lacquered or coated interiorly
with a substance impermeable to moisture, substantially as specified.
4. An air tight container for surgical dressings, etc., consisting of parts pressed
from wood pulp or like material, and united, and a strip or label fastened around
the joint of the cover, the parts of the container being lacquered or coated
interiorly with a substance impermeable to moisture, and having their exterior
surfaces lacquered or coated with a substance impermeable to moisture, substantially
as specified.
5. An air tight container for surgical dressings etc., having a thread inserted
under the strip or label covering the joint of the cover, the end of said thread
being allowed to protrude, substantially as specified.
Dated this 27th day of February 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.