Combination container and filing means for glass slides

Claim 1

COMBINATION CONTAINER AND FILLING DEVICE FOR GLASS SLIDES COMPRISING CONTAINER MEANS AND COVER MEANS, EACH OF SAID MEANS HAVING BOTTOM, SIDE AND END WALLS, AND A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SUPERPOSED FILLER STRIPS NORMALLY DISPOSED AGAINST ONE END WALL OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS FOR TIGHTLY RETAINING A PACK OF GLASS SLIDES IN SIDE BY SIDE SURFACE CONTACTING RELATION WITHIN SAID CONTAINER MEANS, SAID CONTAINER SIDE WALLS BEING SPACED AT A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID SLIDES WHEREBY THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID PACK OF SLIDES ABUT SAID OPPOSED CONTAINER SIDE WALLS, EACH OF SAID FILLER STRIPS BEING FORMED WITH TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING, PARALLEL SPACED GROOVES HAVING A WIDTH EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF ONE SLIDE, SAID STRIPS BEING RESPECTIVELY DISPOSABLE AGAINST THE OPPOSED END WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS AFTER THE PACK OF SLIDES HAVE BEEN REMOVED THEREFROM, WITH RESPECTIVE PAIRS OF OPPOSED GROOVES IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT, THE END WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS HAVING A SPACING THEREBETWEEN TO PERMIT THE RESPECTIVE PAIRS OF ALIGNED GROOVES TO RECEIVE THEREIN SELECTED SLIDES AND TO MAINTAIN SAID SELECTED SLIDES IN SPACED RELATION FOR STORAGE AND FILING WITHIN SAID CONTAINER.