Container for fan-folded sheets

US5056682A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Diatek Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Richard P. Meyst · Valley Center, US
• Joseph J. Manno · Village of La Jolla, US
• Jimmy J. Carlock · Vista, US
• Ian Ayton · Rancho Palos Verdes, US
• Thomas K. Gregory · Carlsbad, US
• Edward D. Suszynski · Vista, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 1989
• Grant date: Oct 15, 1991
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T225/255
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container for carrying a uniform, fan-folded stack of plastic sheet assemblies and for allowing the assemblies to be conveniently dispensed, one at a time, with minimal risk that the stack will become jammed. The stack of assemblies is retained behind a constriction within an elongated chamber having a corresponding shape and slightly larger size. Pulling the forward-most assembly through a narrow channel and exit slot at the forward end of the container flexes a trailing assembly past the constriction, while the remaining assemblies remain retained behind the constriction. In addition, a shallow recess in a wall defining the narrow channel conformingly receives a plastic sheet assembly in position to be dispensed, with the recess' rear periphery inhibiting the assembly from being moved unintentionally back into the chamber.