US3214078A
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Fiber container with opening means
Assignee: Pillsbury Co
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Filing: 1963-02-14
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Granted: 1965-10-26
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Expires: 1983-02-14
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 James R Leezer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 11:54
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D3/00; B65D3/26; B65D3/261; B65D3/266; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/83
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
248 words
A TUBULAR CONTAINER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL FIBROUS CORE HAVING AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EDGE AND AN INTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION ADJACENT SAID INTERNAL EDGE AND AN EXTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION ADJACENT SAID EXTERNAL EDGE, SAID EXTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION OVERLAPPING AND CONTACTING SAID INTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION TO FORM AN OVERLAP AREA EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID CORE, TEAR MEANS EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID OVERLAP AREA ALIGNED IN SAID OVERLAP AREA FOR CONTINUOUSLY SERVERING SAID EXTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION, A FIRST ADHERSIVE JOINT IN SAID OVERLAP AREA BETWEEN SAID TEAR MEANS AND SAID EXTERNAL EDGE, ADHESIVE MATERIAL IN SAID AREA EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY THE MEANS AND SAID INTERNAL EDGE EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY THE LENGTH OF SAID OVERLAP AREA, SAID FIRST ADHESIVE JOINT AND SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL COMPRISING TWO PARALLEL CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ADHESIVE JOINTS, ONE PROVIDED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TEAR MEANS, AT LEAST ONE END CLOSURE SECURED TO AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID CORE, THE REMOVAL OF THE TEARS MEANS DISENGAGING THE FIRST JOINT FROM THE PART OF THE EXTERNAL MARGINALIA PORTION OF THE CORE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TEAR MEANS FROM THE FIRST JOINT AND ALLOWING THE SECOND JOINT TO REMAIN IN TACT, SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL HOLDING THE CONTAINER CLOSED FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE TEAR MEANS AND THE APPLICATION OF LESS PRESSURE TO THE OUTSIDE THEREOF FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE TEAR MEANS THAN REQUIRED TO OPEN SAID CONTAINER PRIOR TO REMOVAL OF SAID TEAR MEANS RUPTURNING SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL THEREBY ALLOWING SAID CONTAINER TO OPEN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
248 words
A TUBULAR CONTAINER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL FIBROUS CORE HAVING AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EDGE AND AN INTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION ADJACENT SAID INTERNAL EDGE AND AN EXTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION ADJACENT SAID EXTERNAL EDGE, SAID EXTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION OVERLAPPING AND CONTACTING SAID INTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION TO FORM AN OVERLAP AREA EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID CORE, TEAR MEANS EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID OVERLAP AREA ALIGNED IN SAID OVERLAP AREA FOR CONTINUOUSLY SERVERING SAID EXTERNAL MARGINAL PORTION, A FIRST ADHERSIVE JOINT IN SAID OVERLAP AREA BETWEEN SAID TEAR MEANS AND SAID EXTERNAL EDGE, ADHESIVE MATERIAL IN SAID AREA EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY THE MEANS AND SAID INTERNAL EDGE EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY THE LENGTH OF SAID OVERLAP AREA, SAID FIRST ADHESIVE JOINT AND SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL COMPRISING TWO PARALLEL CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ADHESIVE JOINTS, ONE PROVIDED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TEAR MEANS, AT LEAST ONE END CLOSURE SECURED TO AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID CORE, THE REMOVAL OF THE TEARS MEANS DISENGAGING THE FIRST JOINT FROM THE PART OF THE EXTERNAL MARGINALIA PORTION OF THE CORE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TEAR MEANS FROM THE FIRST JOINT AND ALLOWING THE SECOND JOINT TO REMAIN IN TACT, SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL HOLDING THE CONTAINER CLOSED FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE TEAR MEANS AND THE APPLICATION OF LESS PRESSURE TO THE OUTSIDE THEREOF FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE TEAR MEANS THAN REQUIRED TO OPEN SAID CONTAINER PRIOR TO REMOVAL OF SAID TEAR MEANS RUPTURNING SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL THEREBY ALLOWING SAID CONTAINER TO OPEN.
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