Shipping container for printed circuit boards and other items

• US 4,160,503 A
• Filed: 08/07/1978
• Issued: 07/10/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Conductive Containers, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ralph C. Ohlbach
• Inventors: Ohlbach, Ralph C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixson, Jr., William T.
• Application Number:
  US05/931,867
• Time in Patent Office: 337 Days
• Field of Search: 206/328, 206/334, 206/592, 206/444, 206/312, 229/37, 220/410, 220/118, 361/212
• US Class Current: 206/709
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/00 Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents

Abstract

Shipping container especially for printed circuit boards, composed entirely of paper board coated on inside surfaces with conductive carbon black particles to prevent an outside static electricity charge from passing through the container.

Claims

1. A paper board shipping container having at least an openable end for receiving a printed circuit board or other electronic article to be protected against a charge of static electricity, erected from folding carton board or corrugated board at least of the strength of E-flute to present six walls defining an interior cavity for insertion of said article, all inside paper surfaces opposite outside paper surfaces of the container board being coated with particles of conductive carbon black contained in a printing ink vehicle and of such concentration as to prevent a charge of static electricity originating outside the container from passing through the container, and said container containing an electronic component or module unit sensitive to a charge of static electricity.

2. A container according to claim 1 containing a sheet of anti-static wrapping material for wrapping the contained electronic article as well as a defective electronic article to be replaced thereby, the printing ink vehicle being a varnish or an acrylic.

3. A container according to claim 1 or 2 combined with a mailing label adherent to the container for returning to a point of service the replaced defective electronic article.

4. A paper board shipping container having at least an openable end for receiving a printed circuit board or other electronic article to be protected against a charge of static electricity, constructed from folding carton board or corrugated board to present five walls defining an interior cavity for insertion of said article, and a sixth wall for closing said interior cavity, all inside paper surfaces opposite outside paper surfaces of the five walls of the container board, and said sixth wall as well, being coated with particles of conductive carbon black contained in a printing ink vehicle and of such concentration as to prevent a charge of static electricity originating outside the container from passing through the container, and said container containing an electronic component or module unit sensitive to a charge of static electricity.

5. A container according to claim 4 containing a sheet of anti-static wrapping material for wrapping the contained electronic article as well as a defective electronic article to be replaced thereby, the printing ink vehicle being a varnish or an acrylic.