[1]l,oc(ll.w7boi)zitiiiayconceri@.. P@e it 1,-noivn tht@ @I@ JOTIN P@ C,@,RivIlCTIAFTJ t citizen of the Ui-iiied Sttttes, residino@ ,It Mil-waii]@ee, countv of MIIAA,aul@eO, a,nd State I 1-tai,e inATented new atid:use6f Wisconsiii, ful In-iprovements il'i Dentifrice Paclr,,iges and (.'ari-iei-s, of WI-iich the follo-wiiig is a specific,ation. JN13T inA,-6ntioii i-el,-Ltes to improvements in io clentifrice pacli:a-(,s and carriers. Tli6 ob.ject is to@ pro)7ide ineaiis to facilitate a th@r6tigh and sanitary cleaninu o-f- the teetl-i; to provide for sepa'r,,,ttely stoi-ing a quantit,,itive ch,,trge of tooth'poii,der oi- ptste 15 slifficient for a siiigle teeth cleaning operation tnd utilizing the coiitainer: itself lo complete the operation; to provide me,,tns ivhereby the container may laot only sei-ve as ,t carrier f or the. dentifrice t,o be @pplied to 20 tlie, tootli briisli, but also ,is a c,,trrier foi tootli polisliin- niatei@ial aiid illedicated inaI el terial ivith -which the. carrier itself is impi,eo-nat6cl, - ,vliereby, after bi-usliiii,@r oiie'8 the us@r may then utilize the carrier 25 to polisli., clea@se and m,,issage tlie teetll aiid ums. 91 A further object of this i.1l.VeD.tiOn is to 'proitide nleans )vhei@eby a dentifrice may be pi-el)ai-ed in the forin'of a dry and 3 0 tpplied ",ifliout iva8te, n.ot onl@ by ;irieans of .t tootli brusli, but also iii eithei- an ori@)-ili'Ll or a siippleinental operation involviiio, I-,lie, iise of -t napkill, or equivaleiit clevice iD @vliiel,, the dentifi-ice may be oi-io-inql@iv n ' e -e g 0 n,,5 @jtor d ,ioli iiapIKin and its cliar e f cle tifri.ce I)ein,y adaptecl for a sin(TI.e teeth operation aiicl siifficientlv i@expeiisil,@ to allo,,w it to be discardecl 'After slich Sill@,'Ie Op--i@,ttion. 40 It is also, an object of this invention to I)]-Oir;(Ie m(@ai-is for packaging a dentifrice, iv,hereby to prodiiee a new ar@icle of maiiuJ'actiire inellidiii!@ the iise oi' a miiltiple ('@ORIII)osed of a serie,,q of iiiiits in vvlil(, h ,15 iiiii.t 1,9 ad,.tpted to sei.-Ille not, -,is a I)iit also as 9. colllponent ptrt of (@tte, L@)otl) cleaningi ]I-iateria;]. @i).d a means for iiie-,Ii, 'e, (ini illy ca,.rryiii(,r out.tII6 cleaii'i-t-9 opcratioil. 110 Tit the di-@aivings.-- @Figtti-e -L illii-,tr,,,tes oiic,, of the illipi-617@,,d (Tentifrice carriers with a char(ie of dentifi.ice ai@plied thei-eto preparatoi-y to packa:g)-iiig the. s.-tiiie. 5 5 Figure 9. is a view of the same when Patented Mar. 17, 1925. 19530,459 UNITED@,@ ST@,@ATES P.ATENT@ OFFIC@E. JOIHN P. CARXICHAEL, OF MILWAUKEE,. WISCONSIN. DENTIFRICE-PACK.KGE AND CARRIER. Application filed January 11, 1922. Serial No. 528,505. folded to.f6rm the iniier walls of the pickFi--tir is @i vie-w of the, 1)1,,iiik whi.eli foi-ms the oiiter ell i,-el6@e as it appe-,ti@,,@ pi-epai-atoi-y to t e n pqra- 60 h f o l d , i n g a @ d s e a l i n g o tions. 4 is vi , of the same ivheii@ fo d-, Fi6 a, ow edz and sealed. Figure 5 @ is @a view 'shoiiing t-lie @ - miiltiple p a c'k,@ ontainer iii it commere'al folilli. 65 ge @ c s I c Figurp, 6 ill-Listrates a modified form 6f o ntainer. L ike pqrt,-, lire id,entifiecl by the siiiie ref - er eiice characters thriiolit tb.e sevei-@il vie)vs. : The.iinproved conttiner or cai,r.ier com- 70 ))ri ses t, piece of fabric 1,:siich vs c6tton 61 o@th, impreznated with a finel@ clivided calcin ed powder adapted to serve as 't polishing n-iateriti, whicli is cirried into most iiitim -,ite relition to and betN,@Teen tlie, fibers of 75 the cloth bv fii@st @,,iturati,iio-.tlie clotli, il'i 8, n liq uid filled with suspended parti.e@les of the pol ishing material and then slibjecting it to no. co mpression, i. e.,@ wriiigiiio- aiid ironi ,I? roc,esses to expel the w,,tter, @fix the polis - 80 ing m-aterial in the fiber and di@- the fabric, y A binder of stareli or gelatii-iolis niateri,,Il inc ludill(I a medicament, is @refera,bly -Lised '7' iii,the ivater to sti0en the fqbric to' assist in holding the:polishing material in @the fab- 85i ric 'v@heii the lcttter has beeii (Tried, ancl t(-also assist in the clisinfectioii of t]-ie te(ith@ and @_yiims @aiad the rerdov,,il of forei(yn material tlieretrona in the filial use of the fabrle. A furthei r quantit@ @ of the 1,,olishin.@-Y nia- (i o tei-ial. is.tlien. applied: to the centi-,,tl i)@rtiol@@ of. the f,,tbi-ic in di.ly foiin, tfte'r @,ivhl-cli tt-@c,, fabric is folded, rolled or ot'b-erwise, niaiiipulatedtoform,.iclos6dreceptacle. TIiebiitcl.er or sti,itening material invill be, founcl serv- 95 iceable in pr6veiitin@ the po@wder from iiig thr@i, between the strancls or fib.6rs. By firsi@ rolliiio- the fabric, it-ito the f6rrii a-it! ,a cylidder, a-nd then Told o, it t b@iiiy tl)e ill 0 edges of the foldc@d poi-tioiis itito ju-a,.L.I.)osi- Too tioll to,aether is illustraled@ iii Figure 2 @l receptacle 3@ ivill be fori-iied., is.-i Nihich, tlie, contents will be@held with reasoiltble ,ecuritv, althoticrl,i if desi@ed the eclge IT tller ma. preferablybeseeLiredto,()e by loose,-:,iO5 ly stitching or applying @ ai@i - ,Ldhesive of st @Li'ch)T or gelAtinoiis iii.,tterial to fa@cilitate t,he packa(,,iiig opera'tion noAiT to be described, Th6 containers 3 are thel'i placed in sp@,,ce-,l ]@io
[2]1,530,459 I-elatioii lipoii @t portioii 4 of -a sti-ip of v@,i-,ippino- pa ei-, iibich is tlieii folcied along the n p central Iiiie 5 to bi:-iilo, the portion 6 to ,t superposed Positioii, upoii the portion 4 to which it. inay tlieii be see-Lli-ect Llong the mirgills tiiicl between the. containei-s 3. By gtlM7 i-iiiiio- one of [,lip- poi-tioiis oi.@ sti,ips 4- oi- 6 ,i,lo zn n- lines 7, Avliieh exteild betNiTeen the contaiiic,rs, aitd folding oi- si-tp(.,i-posir,(@- tlig, sti-ips to with the gum in a, i-i-ioist or adliesive con-7 ditioii, a illtiltiple 1)ackage 9 (Figtii-e 5) iiiay be formed inexpe,ii.sively, witli eacli container ill a sepai@ate iiiclividiiil elivelope 10, adapted to be torn off inclividiially along teai-.iiig t,5 Iii'les 11, provided by slittidg, perfoi-atiiig oicre,isino-- the papelIn iise, ,iii individual envelope is tori-i off froin the multiple pacl@,tge and the coiitaiier remove-cl ancl opeiiecl to a flat positioi-i pi,erx erably ii-i the palm of oiie, harid, to o pose the loose or i-einoval)le contents to t tootli brush. The tooth brtish is pre'lerably first iiioistened to catise the powder to adliei-e, aiicl aftei- the teetli li,,tare beeii ])rushed, the remov,,tble contei-its of the coi,,t@Liiier iirill liave been laro@ely rciroved by tla.e brusli. The i-eynaiiider will litye stifflcieiitly to cpuse the particles to tdliore to the coi,itai-,ier, and the lit@er ivill thei-e'Lore, liave a stirft,,ce coiiteiit of polishino@ in dition to the qtialitity of- stich iiiitei-i.Ll 01'iP'- ]I-i,,illy eiitraiiied ii-i, or lield to, tlle This contaii.-ier mty theii be usecl as ,t polisliill iiapkill to polish the teeth, iiiassage f@'lle 9 ,',.5 gui-ns, press olit material fi-6iii betweeii the gi,,riis aiid teeth, -,iiid n-ieclic,,Lt, or disiiifect the s-Lii'f aces to ivl-iieli it is applied, the f abi-ic beiiip, then disc-,Lrcled. B3z,iisiiig i fabric liai,ii-io- ilibs 12 at ii-iter-io vals, it is poss@'@ble to operate betweei-i the toetli to a consider,,ible exteiit. Tilo ribs ,L]@,o (-,ntraii-i and cai-i-v a intich lai@(,ei, coiit(@iit of polisliing iiiaterial, ancl ii-i faet a gi@etteipi-oportioii of sucli material tliai-i the otlier @i. 5 portions of the f,,tbric oi-vijig to the iiici-eased tliiel@i-iess alid coiisequeiit greater co-operation of the fibers )vitli eacli o[li(,i-, lji eiitr,linii-ig 01- liol@til-ig tliei,eiii the pii-ticles of pc@lisl-iii-ig powcler. ;50 Iii 6 i codt@tiiiei' l'O is illtistratect ivliieli iTi@i3- I)e tl-'oi-.iii(@(I as @iboi,e descril.)c(t, b@it ivliieli li@is the expose(I side i-riai-giii 14 socitred to tlte poi,tiojis AN-hiell, ilt, ovei,lal)s. TI-ic-, conteiits of this coiitaiiier irav coiiipi,isti 3j P, tooth p,,iste-, ivhich uia-v be ,zqiieezecl out -it oiie eiid, the cc),ntaii-iei- beiii!,- thei-i ii), the form of q, flattened t@Lbe ivliieh iiiav I)e iisecl fo,,@ polishing piirposes )-vitli.otit opeiiijig 6 1 i., iliirolling it, CIO I
