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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1982
Gerald L Robbins, East Vassalboro, ME (US);
Henry R Vigue, Waterville, ME (US);
Keyes Fibre Company, Waterville, ME (US);
Abstract
YA molded sheet of the single layer type for packing at least two directly superimposed layers of fluorescent light tubes comprising upwardly directed contours including longitudinally spaced apart tube cradling surfaces for each tube and longitudinally extending narrow tube separating ribs for a plurality of tubes in an upper layer, and downwardly directed contours including a series of flat support surfaces to hold the rest of the sheet elevated thereabove to facilitate drying of the damp sheet during manufacture, the series of support surfaces being dimensioned and arranged to contact the upper part of the same number of tubes in a lower layer and resist lateral shifting of the upper layer of tubes with respect to the lower layer of tubes.