May 26, 1959

2,888,043

E. S. REID

MULTIPLE SECTION PAPER TUBE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

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the juncture of the components producing the separable
components 12, 14.

2,888,043
MULTIPLESECTION PAPER TUBE AND
METHOD OF MAKING SAME

Edward S. Reid, Hartsville, S.C., assignor to Sonoco

Products Company, a corporation of South Carolina

Application December 21, 1956, Serial No. 629,918

5 Claims. (Cl. 138-78)

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The components 12, 14 may be formed of any desired

number of plies, the triple ply components disclosed being

only one form of my invention.

Since no adhesive is

applied to the winding surface 18 located between com

ponents 12, 14, component 14 can be easily separated
from component 12. This can be accomplished by suit
able means such as a plunger member exerting endwise
10 pressure on the inner component 12 while holding outer

component 14 stationary thereby moving inner component

12 relative to outer component 14.
The multiple component paper tube is formed in one

winding operation by spirally winding a plurality of paper

This invention relates to paper tubes and more par 15 strips about a mandrel to form a laminated or multi-ply
ticularly to a paper tube wound into two or more sepa
tubular body 10 of the necessary length and wall thick
rable concentric components by spiral winding.
ness. The spirally wound paper strips are bonded by a

Heretofore, in the manufacture of paper tubes of dif

suitable adhesive, such as sodium silicate, applied to one

surface of the strips as they are wound. Adhesive is
tube was required.
20 usually applied to the inner surface of each strip except
In accordance with the present invention, a paper
the innermost strip of the paper tube. In the present in
tube is provided that has at least two separable concen
vention, however, adhesive is not applied to the winding
tric components and one winding operation effectively
surface between two or more adjacent intermediate plies,
winds the two or more concentric components of differ
thereby forming at least one intermediate unbonded sur
ent diameters into a single multiple component paper tube. 25 face that allows two or more separate components to be
Each of the two or more separate components of the
formed in one winding operation. If it is desired to have

ferent diameters, a separate winding operation for each

paper tube is formed from one or more spirally wound

more than two components, more than one intennediate

paper plies, to which adhesive is applied during the wind

unbonded winding surface between adjacent plies would
ing operation. To produce the separable tube com
have to be provided. The winding operation for my
ponents, adhesive is omitted along a winding surface be 30 multiple component paper tube is similar to the winding
tween two or more adjacent plies, thereby forming an
operation for a spirally wound paper tube having only
unbonded surface at the juncture of the separate com
one component, except for omitting the adhesive between
ponents which are detachably joined.
two or more adjacent plies.
To separate the tube components thus formed, end
In the spirally wound structure of the completed paper
wise pressure is applied to one of the components while 35 tube 10, the adjacent plies are superimposed by spiral
holding the other component stationary. This causes
winding with butt joints in staggered relation or with
rupture of the unbonded paper plies and permits endwise
overlapped joints (the latter not shown). It is usual in
movement and separation of the concentric tubes to form
butt joints of a spirally wound construction to have some
two, or more, separate tubes.
spacing between the adjacent edges at the joint. In some
The separated tubes can then be used for any and all 40 instances, it may be advantageous to wind all plies with

purposes for which separately made tubes are commonly

butt joints except the ?nal exterior ply, which is usually
used, including uses in the construction ?eld. The tubes
applied with an overlapped joint for presenting a smooth
may be used as forms for pouring of new complete con
outer surface.
crete columns, or may be used around existing structures
The present invention has been described in detail
such as steel columns, for pouring a concrete column 45 above for purposes of illustration only and is not in
therearound as disclosed in my copending application
tended to be limited by this description or otherwise
Serial No. 601,187, ?led July 31, 1956. In the latter case
except as de?ned in the appended claims.
the composite tube or the separated tubes may be slit
I claim:
longitudinally for placing around the existing structure.
1. A composite paper tube comprising a plurality of
These and other features of the present invention are 50 concentric components, each component having a plu
described in further detail below in connection with
rality of concentric spirally wound paper plies with an
the accompanying drawings in which:
,
adhesive applied to the winding surface between adjacent '
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a paper tube embodying
plies, the winding surface between adjacent components
the present invention composed of two separate com
having no adhesive thereby forming an unbonded surface
ponents;
at the juncture of the separate components, said com
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the paper tube shown in
ponents being detachably joined and easily separated by
Fig. 1; and
applying endwise pressure to one of said components
Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating the plies of the
while holding the remainder of the components stationary.
paper tube components.
2. A dual component paper tube comprising a plu
Referring now in detail to the drawings and more par 60 rality of concentric spirally wound paper plies with an
ticularly at ?rst to Figs. 1 and 2, the paper tube of the
adhesive applied to the winding surfaces between adja
present invention is indicated generally by the numeral 10
cent plies but being omitted at one winding surface be
and is composed of an inner component 12 and an outer
tween two adjacent plies thereby forming an unbonded
component 14. The double component paper tube is
intermediate surface dividing the paper tube into two

used merely for the purpose of illustration, it being under 65 separate components that are detachably joined and easily
stood that a paper tube with any number of components
can be formed by my invention.

separated by applying endwise pressure to one of the

components while holding the other component stationary

in its original position;

Figure 3 discloses each of components 12, 14 formed

from three spirally wound plies with an adhesive 16
3. A method of forming paper tubes having concen
applied to the winding surface of the plies. Adhesive 16 70 tric multiple components comprising spirally winding a
is omitted at the winding surface 18 between components
plurality of paper plies on each other, applying an ad
12, 14 and an unbonded surface is therefore formed at
hesive to the paper plies so that all of the contacting sur

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faces between adjacent plies have an adhesive thereon
except at least one contacting surface thereby forming at

5. A composite paper tube comprising a plurality of

concentric components, each component having a plu

least one unbonded intermediate contact surface and

rality of concentric wound paper plies with an adhesive

separate components, and applying endwise pressure to

applied to the Winding surface between adjacent plies,

one of the components while holding the remainder of in the winding surface between adjacent components having
no adhesive thereby forming an unbonded surface at the
the components stationary thereby rupturing the un
juncture of the separate components, said components
bonded paper plies and permitting endwise movement and
being detachably joined and easily separated by applying
separation of the components to form at least two sepa
endwise pressure to one of said components while hold
rate components.
4. A composite paper tube comprising a plurality of 10 ing the remainder of the components stationary.
concentric components, each component having a plu
References Cited in the ?le of this patent
rality of concentric spirally Wound paper plies with an
adhesive applied to the winding surface between ad
UNITED STATES PATENTS

jacent plies, the winding surface between adjacent com

ponents having no adhesive thereby forming an unbonded 15
surface at the juncture of the separate components to

permit separation of said components.

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