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US3307729A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Container having gear-like corners

Assignee: Buckhorn Material Handling Group Inc
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Filing: 1964-01-15
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Granted: 1967-03-07
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Expires: 1984-01-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jacob L Schwartz

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 16:44
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/0201; B65D21/0202

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
A CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, SIDE WALLS, AND END WALLS, EACH JUNCTURE OF ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS WITH ONE OF SAID END WALLS FORMING A PROJECTING PORTION WHICH HAS A CURVED CONFIGURATION IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL CORRESPONDING APPROXIMATELY TO 90* OF THE ARC OF A CIRCLE, AND WHICH HAS ALTERNATELY FORMED RIDGES AND VALLEYS IN THE OUTWARD SURFACE THEREOF WHICH EXTEND PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID RIDGES BEING UNIFORMLY SPACED; EACH SAID PROJECTING CORNER PORTION THUS PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-QUARTER OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A GEAR WHEEL, AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE DRIVINGLY ENGAGED BY A ROTATING GEAR WHEEL, OR THE LIKE FOR ROTATABLY MOVING SAID CONTAINER IN THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL; THE RIDGES FORMING THE GEAR TEETH ON ONE PAIR OF DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS BEING DISPLACED HALF A TOOTH''S SPACE RELATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATED SIDE AND END WALLS FROM THE POSITION OF THE RIDGES FORMING GEAR TEETH ON THE OTHER PAIR OF DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
A CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, SIDE WALLS, AND END WALLS, EACH JUNCTURE OF ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS WITH ONE OF SAID END WALLS FORMING A PROJECTING PORTION WHICH HAS A CURVED CONFIGURATION IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL CORRESPONDING APPROXIMATELY TO 90* OF THE ARC OF A CIRCLE, AND WHICH HAS ALTERNATELY FORMED RIDGES AND VALLEYS IN THE OUTWARD SURFACE THEREOF WHICH EXTEND PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID RIDGES BEING UNIFORMLY SPACED; EACH SAID PROJECTING CORNER PORTION THUS PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-QUARTER OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A GEAR WHEEL, AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE DRIVINGLY ENGAGED BY A ROTATING GEAR WHEEL, OR THE LIKE FOR ROTATABLY MOVING SAID CONTAINER IN THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL; THE RIDGES FORMING THE GEAR TEETH ON ONE PAIR OF DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS BEING DISPLACED HALF A TOOTH''S SPACE RELATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATED SIDE AND END WALLS FROM THE POSITION OF THE RIDGES FORMING GEAR TEETH ON THE OTHER PAIR OF DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS.

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