Improved Collapsable Tube for containing Liquid, Pasty, or Solid Substances.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Collapsable Tube for containing Liquid, Pasty, or Solid
Substances.
I, Dr. FRANZ STOIR, of No. 6, Raimundgasse, Vienna, in the Empire of
Austria, Apothecary, 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 :—
My invention relates to collapsable tubes for containing various substances.
Such tubes have been hitherto made only of tin foil containing lead and have
been consequently only suitable for holding substances which are not injuriously
affected by contact with a lead compound, such as painters' colours, various
pomades, and so forth, or those which owing to their completely neutral nature
do not absorb lead at all, such as vaseline.
As, however, such tubes are extremely convenient for the sale, use, and trans-
port of various articles it seems very desirable to form them of such material and
shape that they can be used also for substances, which would be rendered unfit
for use if they contained lead, and this is the object of my present invention.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:-
Fig. 1 shews a section of one construction of the tube of my invention. Fig. 2
shews a perspective view of another modification thereof.
According to my invention the tubes are made of gelatine, which substance
possesses the requisite toughness and flexibility for this application, and in rela-
tion to the most part of medicines and other like substances reacts entirely
neutral.
My tubes are formed of gelatine in the shape of a flask A with a neck B, and
this neck after the tube is filled is closed by means of the gelatine plate C, and
this requires simply to be perforated when it is desired to empty the tube A
'capsule D (Fig. 1) placed upon the neck, or a clip E fixed upon the neck and of
any convenient construction such as is shewn for instance in Fig. 2 will serve
for the closing of the tube after a portion of its contents has been removed.
In addition to the great lightness and convenience of the tubes of my invention
they are also advantageous owing to their cheapness."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A tube consisting of a flask with neck, both formed of gelatine.
2. In combination with a flask with neck formed of gelatine, a gelatine plate
fixed upon the orifice of the latter and either perforated or not perforated.
3. In combination with a flask and neck of gelatine and a gelatine plate applied
thereto and either perforated or not perforated, a gelatine capsule adapted to
6+ upon the said neck.

page_text: 4. In combination with a flask with neck composed of gelatine and a perforated
or not perforated gelatine plate secured upon the orifice of the latter a clip of any
convenient construction applied to the said neck substantially as described.
Dated the 7th day of December 1898.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.