Abe G Elias

US Patent:

45763143, Mar 18, 1986

Filed:

Nov 16, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/552349

Inventors:

Abe G. Elias - Reno NV
Peter G. Elias - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

International Classification:

B65D 3528

US Classification:

222 97

Abstract:

A device for squeezing successive portions of a collapsible tube containing a dischargeable material, such as toothpaste, and for winding the emptied tube portion includes a longitudinally split tubular body portion which flexibly and resiliently supports a pair of jaws on opposite sides of the longitudinal slit for extending over opposite sides of a collapsible tube portion from which the contents are to be squeezed. The jaws are squeezed together manually by the user and the emptied portion of the collapsible tube is wound on a key extending into a cylindrical cavity within the tubular portion.