US1176467A - Flash-light-battery container. - Google Patents

Description

H. M. KORETZKY.

FLASH LIGHT BAUERY communes.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12. 915- Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

WITNESSES I 1mm monqsrs HARRY M. KGREIZKY OF YORK,

Application filed August 12, i9iii.

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York. borough of the Bronx. in the countycf the Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new angl Im n'oved Flash-Light-Batterv Container, oi which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to flashlight bat" teries .of that type in which a pluraiity of cells are arranged end to end so as to fit. in a tubular cr cylindrical flashlight casing, and 'the invention has to deai more particularly with the container for the coils.

Containers as heretofore constrmzted cone prise a tube of cardboard. of such dia nctcr as to receive the cells, anti in one end of'this tube is inserted a hrttomv which held in place by a label pasted on the outsicie of the tube and bottom. Obviously this method of making the celi containers is expensive and" requires hand operation in putting taincr together, and furthermore, .1

container is of tubular form the containers when storegl away empty take up considerable space;

The general object of the present inven-- tion is to pro\'i(le, an iniprovcd container which is of comparatively simple and inanpensive construction, reliable and eiiicicnt in use, and so designed that it can he constructed with minimum material and iaiior.

A more specific object oi the invention the provision of a tubuiar container made tfrvm a single-piece blank with incl-lapping flaps at its cmls forming closures. such laps being provided with opening; through which the battery can be test-oil Khan purchased. but \vhich'are intcmlcilio be torn oii" when the battery is to bc placcd in a hashlight casing. By making the container of tubular form it can be doubled (lat longi tlulinally while the end flaps are ieft free,

so that the fol lc i blanks take up vcry iittie space before thcv arc filled.

lVi'th such objects in view, anti others "w ich will appear as the desecration proowls, the invention comprises var ous novel for tures of construction and arrfiecgncnt .55 il.'-..=tratcs cue einivmliancnt of the invention and wherein imilar characters of reference Specification of Letters Patent.

atcntcd Mar. 21, itiiti.

Serial No. 45,157.

indicate corrcspoiuling parts in aii the viewa. Figure 1 is ,a perspective vicw of a aealut liziitci): Fig. is a longitudinal section of the ccntaincr with the cells ihcrciu; Fig. 3 is a .scctionai view on the line 3 3, Fig. *2: Fin: 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the container is nuulc: and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a folded empty blank.

Referring to the drawing. designates the ccntaincr in which the cciis B arc hchi, the ccils being of the usual form and iiifi pozwxwi in (lid to end relation with the pcsifive element of one ccil'cngzagingthc negative element of the other cell. The container A is manic from a blank shaped subatzmtiully an shown in Fig. i. this blank consisting of a rectangular body 1 with a pair of laps :2 anti 3 at the uppc anai lower edges. thc si'vic critics lacing adaptcfi to overlap amt be paeteri together when the blank is formed into the desired shape. The liaps are into Qraily cor lit'itti with the blank ami are pahtc i ta n81 in su h a manner as in i": 3

the enris of the container. The points of connection of the flaps with the boil) of the blank are preferably at illiiiiltitltzlll) opposite points i. and the blank may he scored at these pcintg so to enable the {hips to be torn is}? when time battery is to be uscii in orrlcr to permit the hatter); to he tc tc i the iiapa 2 and 3 have region-ring: openings 3 an that the terminate at a testing into engage the punitive element of one cc'ii ami the ncgiativc element of the otiicr ccll. .iftcr the blank is cut out. as shown in Fig. i. thc limly in rolled so that the :i lccrigcs 43 can bc ovcriuppmi tillti glnrrl togcthcr. With the and flag; projecting longitmlinally from the inlvc thin-z tormcri. the iulm is liaitcncil out in the condition shown in Fig. 5 untii it in eicaircd to chartsc the container with the rclle. When this 31: to be (lone the tuinziar container is rcstorwi to tubular form anal the cells inscrtmi. after which the flaps arc turned inwardly ovcr each othcr and ,Illlttl together. it will thus be seen that the container is made of a sna e pic-co 5 material and serves asa Fonzprrtc inaulzv tor for the ccils, and the llhlltiipi'ifiiitl inattcr contained on a iabcl is printed directly on the outer surface of the blank.

if iicoircil locking: tabs; 7 may be provided on the outermost tiaps 2 analsuch tabs to he tucked in between-the body of the containe-r andthe cells so as to hold thecontainer closed without the necessity of pasting the flaps down, and the tabs 7 if desired may be supplied with paste so as to adhere to the body of the container. \Vhen the container is to be used the end flaps are torn off so as to expose the bottom of the lowermost cell and the. top of the uppermost cell for the purpose of contactinl with the appropriate parts of the flashlight casing.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with-the accompanying drawing the advantages of the construction and method of operation willbe readily understood by'those skilled in the art to which the inrention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation together with the. device which I now consider to'be the best embodiment thereof. I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope-of the appended claim.

Haring thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A container for the cells of a battery coinprising a tube of flexible material adapted. to be collapsed flat when empty and having open ends each provided with a pair of oppositely disposed flaps adapted to overlup to form closures for the ends of the tube, each flap having an aperture whereby openings are formed in the ends of the con-

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