US 5,080,270 AGranted

Container for containing long and flexible plastic object equipped with cutter

AssigneeAsahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorHisao Kai

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Abstract

A container (10, 10A) for a long object (50) has an opening (18) which is formed in the container wall (12) at a position adjacent to an open end edge (14) of the container and which allows the long object to be extracted therethrough. A first notch (22) is formed in the open end edge spaced from the opening (18) so as to extend in the direction of length of the container. The first notch is capable of receiving a portion of the long object extracted through the opening. A second notch (3) spaced apart from the first notch is formed in the open end edge of the container so as to extend in the direction of the length of the container. The second notch (30) is provided with a cutter (40) in the bottom thereof. The arrangement is such that the portion of the long object which has been extracted past the first notch is forced into the second notch so as to be cut by the cutter.

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Dependent claims

A container equipped with a cutter, for containing a roll of a long and flexible plastic tube and allowing a desired length of the tube to be drawn out and cutt off, said container comprising:

a cylindrical container body with a relatively high rigidity having an opening for extracting the long tube and which is formed in a wall of the container body at a position near an open and edge thereof and spaced apart from said end edge by a predetermined distance;
a first notch which is formed in the wall of the container body at a position near said and edge and spaced apart from said opening and which extends from the end edge in the length direction of the container body, said first notch being adapted to receive the long tube when it has been drawn out and having a bottom section and an inlet section, the width of the inlet section being smaller than that of the bottom section wherein the inlet section retains the tube within the bottom section in a stable manner;
a second notch formed in the wall of the container body at a position on the periphery of the container body spaced apart from the first notch and extending from said end edge in the length direction of the container body, said second notch being adapted to receive the drawn out long tube;
and a cutter provided on bottom side of the second notch and adapted to cut the long tube when it is forced into the second notch.

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A combination of a roll of a long and flexible plastic tube and a container equipped with a cutter adapted to cut the long tube when it is drawn out a desired length, said combination comprising:

a roll of a long and flexible plastic tube in the form of a cylindrical body which allows the object to be successively drawn out through the middle section thereof;
a container body comprising of a cylindrical body with a relatively high rigidity having an opening for extracting the long tube and which is formed in a wall of the container at a position near an open and edge thereof and spaced apart from said end edge by a predetermined distance;
a first notch which is formed in the wall of the container body at a position near said end edge and spaced apart from said opening and which extends from the end edge in the length direction of the container body, said first notch being adapted to receive the long tube when it has been drawn out and having a bottom section and an inlet section;
the width of the inlet section being smaller than that of the bottom section;
a second notch formed in the wall of the container body at a position on the periphery of the wall spaced apart from the first notch and extending from said end edge in the length direction of the container body, said second notch being adapted to receive the drawn out long tube;
and
a cutter provided on a bottom side of the second notch and adapted to cut the long tube when it is formed into the second notch.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.