Box dispenser made from corrugated board

• US 5,226,571 A
• Filed: 05/01/1992
• Issued: 07/13/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Central Box And Container Limited
• Original Assignee: Central Box And Container Limited
• Inventors: Culbert, Alan, Dorazio, Carlo P., Eastwood, Richard F., Corriero, Nick
• Primary Examiner(s): Yost, Frank T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WOODS, RAYMOND
• Application Number:
  US07/876,976
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 225/39, 225/48, 225/49, 225/91
• US Class Current: 225/49
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 50/743 Coating or impregnating edges or corners
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 50/811 Applying strips, strings, laces or ornamental edgings to formed boxes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0882 and for cutting interconnected articles cutting devices for dispensers intended for re-use B65H35/008
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/249 Blade unitary with container
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/298 Blades or severing devices

Abstract

A box dispenser for dispensing rolled-materials is fabricated of single wall corrugated board having a corrugated medium comprising E-flute glued between two facings. The dispenser is provided with a cutting edge. The cutting edge is formed by die-cutting an appropriate edge of the box adjacent to the dispensing opening to form serrations. The cutting edge is reinforced and strengthened by filling the interstitial voids between the two facings and the fluting at the cutting edge with a fast setting glue which adheres to the fluting and facings to provide a rigid, reinforced cutting edge which can resist being crushed or dulled by constant dispensing of the rolled material.

Claims

1. A container for holding and dispensing rolled material, comprising:

a) a container portion fabricated from a corrugated board material comprising fluted medium sandwiched between face members, the corrugated material having interstitial voids between the face members and the medium, the container portion having an opening for dispensing said rolled material therefrom;

b) a cutting edge formed in an edge of said corrugated board material adjacent said container portion opening; and

c) a solid filler material substantially filling said interstitial voids along said cutting edge and adhered to said fluted medium and said face members for reinforcing and strengthening said cutting edge.

2. A container according to claim 1 wherein the corrugated board material is a single walled corrugated board and the fluted medium sandwiched between said face members is E-flute which has between 85 to 100 flutes per linear foot.

3. A container according to claim 2 wherein said cutting edge is a serrated edge comprising a plurality of tooth members.

4. A container according to claim 3 wherein said filler material comprises a liquid filler material which adheres to the face members and the fluted medium and sets to form a solid hardened mass.

5. A container according to claim 4 wherein the cutting edge is formed along one edge of said container portion opening.

6. In a box dispenser of the type made of corrugated board, the corrugated board having a fluted medium sandwiched between facings and having interstitial voids between the facings and the fluted medium, having a dispenser opening the improvement comprising:

a) a cutting edge formed in said corrugated board; and

b) hardened filler material substantially filling the interstitial voids between the fluted medium and the facings along said cutting edge whereby the cutting edge is reinforced.

7. The box dispenser according to claim 6 wherein the corrugated board is fabricated of single walled corrugated board comprising E-flute sandwiched between two facings, the cutting edge being a serrated cutting edge comprising a plurality of spaced tooth members, and wherein the filler material comprises a liquid filler material which is applied to the cutting edge in such a way so as to substantially fill the interstitial voids along the cutting edge and which adheres to said two facings and said E-flute and sets to form a hardened solid.

8. A box dispenser for dispensing rolled material, comprising;

a) a generally rectangular container having a dispensing opening, a base panel having opposed end edges, a rear wall panel attached to said base panel, a top wall panel attached to said rear wall panel, a pair of spaced side wall panels attached to the opposed end edges of said base panel and a front wall panel attached to said base panel, the container fabricated from a corrugated board material comprising fluted medium sandwiched between face members, the corrugated material having interstitial voids between the face members and the medium;

b) a cutting edge formed in an edge of said corrugated board material of said container adjacent said dispensing opening; and

c) a solid filler material substantially filling said interstitial voids along said cutting edge and adhered to said fluted medium and said face members for reinforcing and strengthening said cutting edge.