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US 5,211,206 AGranted
Apparatus for securing written information to tubular goods
AssigneeCougar Tools Inc.
InventorsRaymond LaBonte, Marvin Rains
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Abstract
A device for securing written information to tubular goods which have a cavity at one end. The apparatus has of a closure, whereby an end cavity of a tubular good is closed. An elongate container is secured to the closure, such that the container extends into the end cavity when the closure is placed on the end of the tubular good.
Claims13
An apparatus for securing written information to a tubular good defining a cavity comprising:
- a. a closure having means for engaging and securing the closure to an end of the cavity;
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- b. an elongate container, being dimensioned to receive the written information, comprising a first portion being connected to the closure and a second portion being repeatedly releasably secured to the first portion to form a completely sealed container when engaged therewith whereby the written information is insertable into and removable from the container only when the second portion is releasably detached from the first portion;
- wherein the first portion is connected to the closure such that when the second portion is secured to the first portion and the closure closes the end of the cavity of the tubular good, both portions of the container extend completely within the cavity and are shielded by both the tubular good and the closure whereby access to the first and second portions of the container is prevented;
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- the integrity of the sealed container is unaffected during insertion and removal of the container from the cavity of the tubular good and the integrity of the sealed container is established separately from the securement of the closure to the end of the cavity.
3 more elements
An apparatus, for securing written information to a tubular good having an inner surface and defining a cavity, comprising:
- a. a closure having means for engaging and securing the closure to an end of the cavity;
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- b. an elongate container, being dimensioned to receive the written information, comprising a first portion being connected to the closure and a second portion being repeatedly releasably secured to the first portion to form a completely sealed container when engaged therewith whereby the written information is insertable into and removable from the container only when the second portion is releasably detached from the first portion,
- wherein the first portion is connected to the closure such that when the second portion is secured to the first portion and the closure closes the end of the cavity of the tubular good, both the first and second portions of the container extend completely within the cavity and are shielded by both the tubular good and the closure whereby access to either of the first and second portions of the container is prevented, and one of the first and second portions is an elongate cylindrical member partially defining the container and having an exterior surface sufficiently spaced from the interior surface of the tubular good, when positioned in the tubular good, to facilitate unrestricted insertion and removal of the container from the cavity;
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- the integrity of the sealed container is unaffected during insertion and removal of the container from the cavity of the tubular good and the integrity of the sealed container is established separately from the securement of the closure to the end of the cavity.
3 more elements
An apparatus, for securing written information to a tubular good having an inner surface and defining a cavity, comprising:
- a. a closure having means for engaging and securing the closure to an end opening of the cavity;
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- b. an elongate container, being dimensioned to receive the written information, comprising a first portion being connected to the closure and a second portion being repeatedly releasably secured to the first portion to form a completely sealed container when engaged therewith, completely encompassing the written information whereby the written information is insertable into and removable from the container only when the second portion is releasably detached from the first portion,
- wherein the first portion is connected to the closure such that when the second portion is secured to the first portion and the closure closes the end opening of the cavity, both the first and second portions of the container extend away from the end opening into the cavity and are completely housed therein, with the second portion located within the cavity at a position remote from the end opening, both the first and second portions are shielded by both the tubular good and the closure whereby access to either of the first and second portions of the container is prevented, and one of the first and second portions is an elongate cylindrical member partially defining the container and having an exterior surface sufficiently spaced from the interior surface of the tubular good, when positioned in the cavity of the tubular good, to facilitate unrestricted insertion and removal of the container from the cavity;
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- the integrity of the sealed container is unaffected during insertion and removal of the container from the cavity of the tubular good and the integrity of the sealed container is established separately from the securement of the closure to the end of the cavity.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.