Abstract: A socket receiving device includes a base and a cover slidably mounted to the base which has a plurality of recesses for receiving sockets therein. A plurality of access openings are defined in a side of the base and respectively communicate with the recesses. The cover has a plurality of apertures separated by ribs and each aperture is located between the two adjacent recesses so that the socket in the recess is stopped by the rib. The cover has holes defined in a side thereof so that the socket can be removed from the hole corresponding thereto by adjusting the position of the cover relative to the base.

Abstract: A vial carrier having plural reagent compartments disposed linearly along the length of the carrier. Each compartment is adapted for receiving one of plural reagent vials. The carrier is provided with indicia uniquely identifying it to an automated assay device. Similarly, each compartment of the carrier has associated with it indicia which are at least unique to the particular carrier. Lastly, each vial installable within a carrier compartment has indicia unique to the contents of the vial. A film seal is applied to the vial opening prior to an integrated cap/seal assembly for the purpose of ensuring that the assembly is liquid-tight. The carrier is configured to be disposed on a slide of an inclining tray within an enclosure. Data reflecting which vial is located in which compartment of a given carrier is collected and provided to the automated instrument prior to installation of the carrier into the enclosure.

Abstract: The insert for a pneumatic tube conveyor capsule holds test tubes in the capsule. The insert has a frame coaxial with the pneumatic tube conveyor capsule. The frame forms two or more trays and an intermediate tray farmed with throughholes into which the test tubes are inserted and secured axially between the two trays. A supporting column connects the two trays and the intermediate tray and has an axial plug-in connection for one of the two trays with an axial clamping device. The axial clamping device includes two spring-loaded tongues opposite one another relative to the axis of the frame, extending in the direction of the supporting column between the intermediate tray and the tray that is removably placed on the plug-in connection. The tongues are attached to or formed onto one of these structural parts and they forming a snap closure with locking recesses on the respective other structural part.

Abstract: The rod holder comprises an outer sleeve having an outer slot; and an inner sleeve having an inner slot, the inner sleeve rotating within the outer sleeve and moving along the outer sleeve to open the inner slot and the outer slot to insertion of an elongated object, such as a fishing rod, and the inner sleeve rotating within the outer sleeve and moving along the outer sleeve to close the inner slot and the outer slot to secure the elongated object.

Abstract: A package for simultaneously protecting and displaying fragile products or items of merchandise, particularly items having the form of slender rods. The package comprises a carton having a window and containing a corrugated insert. The window permits viewing the products in the package while the corrugated insert provides separation and protection for the individual products. The carton and the insert are each folded from a single blank.

Abstract: A fishing utility apparatus is provided including a base plate, at least a pair of upstanding plates mounted on the base plate and a top plate mounted on the upstanding plates. Also included is a plurality of storage openings formed in the apparatus for storing a plurality of rods in a prone orientation. Next provided is a plurality of supporting openings formed in the apparatus for supporting a plurality of rods in an erected orientation.

Abstract: Dunnage for shipping densely packed objects is disclosed. The dunnage consists of trays for supporting objects. Each tray includes a plurality of alternating, spaced first and second bays. Each first bay is adapted to hold one end of the object, while each second bay is adapted to hold the second end of the object. Matched first/second bay pairs are formed when two trays are placed with their bay openings facing one another. This allows each object to be retained by a first/second bay pair. To stack non-linear and symmetric objects in a high vertical density, a second set of trays is stacked on top of the first set of trays. The trays of the second set of trays are different in that the order of bays are opposite the order of bays in the first set of trays. This allows for opposite first/second bay pairs and greater vertical density.

Abstract: An improved pipette tip support rack having a honeycomb structure. The rack includes an array of interconnected sleeves, each of the sleeves being constructed to support a pipette tip therein. The sleeves are connected by bridges which form along abutting, touching surfaces thereof, or which extend between non-touching sleeves. Openings are formed between adjacent ones of said sleeve which occupy substantially all of the space between adjacent sleeves not occupied by the bridges. Inwardly extending lips on the interior of each sleeve support the enlarged portion of the pipette tip and provide a channel through which the stem extends. Interior side walls of each sleeve provide lateral support to the pipette tips. The tray may be used in conjunction with a container to provide ventilation during autoclaving. The tray snaps into the container and rests on shoulders therein. A finger tab is provided for lifting the tray out of the container.

Abstract: A specimen tube storage rack includes a hollow housing having a plurality of wells formed in the top wall and extending into the interior of the housing. An assembly of three parallel plates is mounted in an upper portion of the housing, with the top plate forming the top wall of the housing. Each plate has a plurality of openings formed therein which are vertically coaxial to form the wells. A pair of sheets of resilient flexible material are compressed between pairs of plates, and include a plurality of apertures coaxial with the openings in the plates. The apertures in the sheets have cuts extending radially outwardly into the sheet, to form flaps surrounding each aperture. The compression of each sheet between a pair of plates urges the flaps to a generally coplanar position.

Abstract: A holder for Allen wrenches or other L-shaped tools formed by a cylindrical body having an array of lengthwise grooves of graduated sizes distributed about its circumference each receiving one of a set of Allen wrenches. A radial hole extending into each groove receives the short end of the respective Allen wrench, which is gripped by a corresponding groove in an elastomeric plug fixed to one end of the holder body. The long end sections of the wrenches project beyond the end of the holder in a circular array, exposed to allow a size fit trial with a socket to be wrenched.

Abstract: A solution applicator system comprising a retainer and a plurality of solution retaining containers removably coupled to the retainer. Each container has a removable end and a closed end and includes a receptacle, having an open end and a sealing structure sealing the open end, and an applicator member, having at least one end coupled to an absorbing material, both housed within the container.

Abstract: Apparatus for packaging and organizing elongated articles such as tools wherein a body (3) is receivable in a sheathing (2). Body (3) has a bottom mounting surface (4) with a longitudinal extension, a support element (5) parallel thereto, and a mounting surface that is vertical to these members and that holds them spaced apart from one another. The support element has boreholes (6) aligned in a line. A longitudinal wall (8) between mounting surface (4) and support element (5) is provided with projections (9) that extend into the free space between mounting surface (4) and support element (5). Projections (9) narrow the originally designed diameters of the boreholes in the free space, so that as a result of these projections, a clamping effect is exerted on articles (1) mounted standing upright on mounting surface (4).

Abstract: A package comprising tubular food casing strands encased in a plastic film, said film encompassing said strands, said package being provided with a tear strip secured upon the outside surface of the film; weakened areas being provided in the film along parallel edges of said tear strip so that pulling of said strip away from the package causes film between the weakened areas to be removed with the strip thus opening the package and exposing the strands.

Abstract: A display device includes a generally planar upper surface. The upper surface has at least two upstanding walls, each wall having a profiled edge for receiving and supporting a generally cylindrical object. At least one of the walls is removable from the upper surface.

Abstract: A method for forming an aluminum cigarette package includes the step of cutting elliptical blanks from an aluminum sheet and shaping the blanks by progressive drawing operations into a lid and a body. The lid and body are joined by a flexible label that serves as a hinge that allows the lid to be pivoted relative to the body to open and close the pack. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, a drawn aluminum body is provided with a flat cap member having an aperture and a resealable closure. The invention includes a metal package made by the method of the invention.

Abstract: A structure is provided for supporting and spacing rolls of web material. The structure includes an elongated member with first and second opposed surfaces. The first surface has a plurality of spaced, semi-cylindrical indentations therein for receiving the rolls of webbed material. A recess is located in each side portion of each semi-cylindrical indentation so as to form corresponding convex protrusions on the second, opposed surfaces. Bridging is placed along the second surface between the convex protrusion formed by a recess and a first semi-cylindrical indentation and the convex protrusion formed by the recess in a second, adjacent semi-cylindrical indentation.

Abstract: A modified test tube is provided which can sit on any flat surface unaided by a test tube rack. The modified test tube includes a tubular containment portion and tubular neck portion. The containment portion has a bottom surface preferably provided with a plurality of legs and a closed end. The neck portion is angled approximately 45.degree. relative to the flattened surface and has a mouth which opens parallel to the flattened bottom surface. The legs enable the test tube to sit prone on any flat surface by itself, unaided by a rack, and the bent neck portion prevents the contents from spilling from the test tube. This design enables the contents within the test tube to be easily monitored without moving the test tube. A test tube rack is further provided for storing the test tubes. The test tube rack is generally a rectangular member having a plurality of cavities, spaced such that each does not intersect another.

Abstract: The malleable ragglestick 100 as shown in FIG. 1 comprises a plastic tube 110 of FIG. 2 having a circular axial cross-section as shown in FIG. 3 and having two (2) opposing sets of a multiplicity of cylindrically shaped depressions 130 as shown in FIG. 4, generally spaced apart.

Abstract: A multipurpose container, particularly for threaded wires for bone surgery operations, comprising: a substantially rectangular base (2), a central body (3), which is removably secured to the said base (2) by securing means (16), suitable for containing a plurality of threaded wire (6), which is shorter in height than the said wires, so that the ends (7) thereof project above in order that they may be selected by an operator, a lid (4) secured to the said body (3), capable of covering the projecting ends (7) of the wires when the lid (4) is placed in the closed position, in which the said body (3) is subdivided into a plurality of separate spaces (9), which are accessible from the upper part (3') of the said body (3), each of which is capable of containing a plurality of threaded wires (6) of the same size and having threaded parts (8) of identical length and diameter.

Abstract: A support is provided that is useful with a pipette tip holder for pipette tips. The support has a bottom member and a pair of opposed side walls that extend from the bottom member at least a distance (d). The bottom member and side walls form a cavity. Each side wall defines a slot. The slots are in a facing relationship and extend along a support plane that is parallel to and spaced from the bottom member the distance (d). The slot ends are open on one side so as to receive the pipette tip holder when slidingly inserted into the slots. The side walls preferably include an aligning member adjacent to the open slot end so that the pipette tip holder is aligned in the slots when slid in. Thus, the support supports the pipette tips and pipette tip holder during the pipette tip removal process and resists inadvertent dislodging and lifting of the tips and holder as the tips are removed.

Abstract: A folding box for packing articles in which the folding box has a one-piece parallelepiped body. An insert for the articles and a compartment for a package leaflet is disposed in the body. The one-piece blank of the folding box is embodied such that the folding box can be produced with only a few folding operations. This is attained by a special disposition of an insert on a longitudinal gluing flap.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are caddies and methods for loading caddies with food casings in a manner that provides optimum food casing support. The caddy includes opposite side panels having alternating support surfaces for supporting alternating rows of n and n-1 food casings.

Abstract: A transport container serves to contain relays arranged in bar-shaped magazines, whereby the magazines respectively comprise a continuous hollow space with end openings for inserting the relays. The transport container is fashioned as a cartridge with a basically cuboidal shape, open toward the upper side, whose interior space corresponds to the length and width of a magazine and whose height corresponds to a predetermined number of magazines stacked one on top of the other.

Abstract: A bag for transporting substantially rigid elongate loads including an envelope made of a deformable but non-stretchable material comprising a bottom, a peripheral wall and having an opening plane as well as a direction of insertion of the loads in the bag extending perpendicularly to the opening plate; and handles made of a deformable but non-stretchable material joined to the bag, the space delimited by the envelope being divided into at least two compartments by a partition wall made of a deformable but non-stretchable material, the function of the bag when it is in its position of use, in which it is held by the handles, being to fasten the loads positioned inside it so as to keep them in a fitted position.

Abstract: A device for storing and transporting tube scaffolding which is comprised of a U-shaped cradle and an attachable closure member. The cradle is constructed from square tubing and is made up of a horizontal member and two vertical members which extend upward from and at right angles to the horizontal members to form an approximate U-shape. The closure member is a rigid rectangular plate which extends across the top of the cradle member and attaches thereto with a bolt and pin assembly. Alternatively, the closure member may rotate and lock into position with a pair of bolts. When in use, a pair of the devices are used together by stacking the tube scaffolding in the cradles of the devices so that the cradle members are adjacent the opposite ends of the tube scaffolding. Once a twenty-five count of tube scaffolding has been placed in the cradles, the closure members are attached to the cradles to secure the tube scaffolding in place.

Abstract: A packing receptacle for elongated articles includes a receiving part having a holding arrangement for individually positioning the articles therein; and a lid part having a first position in which the lid part is arranged on, and defines an article-receiving space with, the receiving part and a second position in which the lid part is removed from the receiving part. The article-receiving space has a removal opening through which the articles may be removed from the packing receptacle. A hinge interconnects the receiving part with the lid part for allowing a pivotal movement of the lid part about a hinge axis of the hinge from the second position into the first position. An anchoring device secures the lid part to the receiving part when the lid part is in the first position. Further, a closure arrangement is articulated to the lid part and/or the receiving part for movement into a closed position to block the removal opening and into an open position to unblock the removal opening.

Abstract: A shipping and retail display pallet pack having a base adapted to receive one end of the articles to be shipped and displayed mounted on a pallet. The base has a formed seat for each article to be shipped and displayed and retainer walls dividing the interior of the base into a compartment for each article. A top retainer, vertically separated from the base, has a plurality of cavities which enclose the ends of the articles opposite the base. For shipping side panels enclose the pallet pack between the base and the top retainer and a cover is disposed of the top retainer. Horizontal strapping secures the side panels to the base and the top retainer and vertical strapping secures the cover on top of the top retainer and the remainder of the pallet pack to a shipping pallet.

Abstract: A syringe holder and dosage tracking device comprised of a base member having at least one, and preferably, a plurality of cavities imparted therein. Time indicia are placed near the cavities to designate an interval of time for which a syringe dosage should be administered. Medication-filled syringes are placed in the cavities and administered according to an interval of time being reached. This device may also incorporate a needle severing device to reduce the risk of injury from contaminated needles, following use. The needle severing device is in communication with a storage means, wherein severed needles and syringe bodies can be stored following use, and prior to disposal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool holder for elongate tools, in particular for drill bits, with two holder parts which are connected to one another in an articulated manner on one long side. The holder parts can be swung open or closed like a book. Each holder part has a rear wall, four side walls and an open front side. Receiving shafts for the tool which is to be received are provided in each holder part. The receiving shafts are formed by mutually parallel crosspieces which project forwards from the rear wall of the holder part. A flap extends transversely over the receiving shafts of the holder parts. This flap covers part of the open front side and part of each of the crosspieces 5. The flap, in its bottom region, is fixedly or releasably arranged with the holder part such that it can pivot. The flap, in its top region, is connected to the crosspieces 5 and/or the side walls of the holder part by a clamping or latching connection.

Abstract: A box for holding a plurality of dental posts and drill bits. The box is formed of a sterilizable material, i.e., stainless steel, and has a pair of end walls, a bottom wall and opposed open sidewalls. A pivotable cover is provided on the box over the bottom wall. A pair of plates are located within the interior of the box and include plural openings therein into which the dental posts and drill bits are extended. When the drill bits and dental posts are in position within the holes in the plates and the box's cover is closed, they are prevented from falling out of the box. The open sides of the box enable the posts and bits to be sterilized within the box by merely placing the box within a sterilizing environment, e.g., within the interior of an autoclave.

Abstract: A packing container assembly having an inner and an outer elongated hollow member each having a closed end and an open end, with the open end of the inner hollow member insertable into the open end of the outer hollow member to place the hollow members in longitudinal sliding engagement. A pair of interlocking devices are formed, one on an inner surface of the outer hollow member which comprises an inwardly extending protuberance, and the other on an outer surface of the inner hollow member, which comprises a plurality of spaced depressions extending inwardly from an inner wall surface thereof. The plurality of depressions are each adapted to receive the protuberance when the two members are joined together. A pair of elongated slots extending through the wall portion of the outer hollow member are provided on each side of the protuberance to enhance the flexibility of the wall portion at the protuberance and minimize any resistance to slidability at the interface.

Abstract: A pen needle magazine dispenser designed to be received and carried in a cap of a medication delivery pen. The dispenser having a cover rotatably mounted on a circular shaped container with a plurality of cavities, wherein each cavity is dimensioned to receive one pen needle. The pen needle being of a type that is forced fit into an adaptor on the pen using threads on the pen needle and corresponding threads in the cavity. The cover includes a slot that is rotated into alignment with one of the cavities in the container to provide the user with access to one unused pen needle and thereby permit the pen needle to be mounted on the pen. After use the used pen needle is returned to the cavity and the cover is rotated until the slot is aligned with another cavity containing the next unused pen needle to be used during the next injection.

Abstract: Apparatus for loading onto a pipettor a plurality of micropipette tips, the pipettor having a plurality of tip pins depending from a head portion, the tips each having an upper, hollow, tapered, generally cylindrical barrel portion and lower, hollow, generally cylindrical aspirating tip portion, both lying along a common vertical axis and being cojoined at a horizontal shoulder, and the tips being frictionally held in a tip package, the apparatus comprising: a horizontal pusher plate to simultaneously engage the shoulder on each of the tips and to simultaneously raise the tips for insertion of the tip pins therein.

Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed for a number of elongate tubular lamps. The lamps are oriented along a longitudinal axis and each have a first end opposite a second end along the axis. A first spacer is provided to engage a first end of each of the lamps and maintain spacing therebetween. Similarly, a second spacer engages a second end of each of the lamps to maintain spacing therebetween. A third spacer is positioned between the first and second spacers and includes a first wall defining a first number of openings and second wall defining a second number of openings. The first and second openings are paired to define a number of passages each receiving a corresponding one of the lamps therethrough. The first, second, and third spacers cooperate to provide a packagable lamp set. Moreover, the third spacer includes a handle graspable from a top aspect of the set to lift and carry it.

Abstract: A tire device for controlled vehicle tire deflation including, a hollow rod having a top end, a bottom end, an exterior surface being knurled, and a hole therethrough having an upper portion adjacent the top end and a lower portion adjacent the bottom end capable of engaging a tire valve; a hollow set screw having a rounded head with a hex opening therethrough and an elongated body positionable in the upper portion of the hole of the rod; a valve depressor disposed inside the rod having an interior end with three support bars extending therefrom spaced away from the lower portion of the hole and an exterior end spaced within the lower portion of the hole capable of engaging a needle valve of a tire valve assembly; and a valve positioned within the rod having a spring with an upper limit being in communication with the set screw and a lower limit, a resilient supporting structure with a seat end and a base end being in communication with the support bars of the valve depressor, and a sphere therebetween being

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging for syringe barrels, wherein the packaging has a thermoformed tray (1) which is provided with a plurality of compartments (2) for receiving the syringe barrels (3). The packaging according to the invention has in comparison with a conventional packaging the advantages that disposal of a single type of material and recycling are possible, that packaging material is saved and that the weight and volume of the packaging are reduced.

Abstract: Plumbing fittings, such as joints, couplings, nipples, etc. are disposed within an opened topped container such that a plurality of the various fittings are disposed within the container. A transparent heat shrinkable film is shrunk onto the opened top container to removably secure the fittings therewithin. Each of the fittings has a removably adhered indicia bearing label secured thereto as well as the container, itself. In this way, the fittings can be sold within the package or may be removed therefrom for individual sales.

Abstract: A multifunctional container capable of being used for packaging, transporting and/or soaking folded casings, said containing comprising two transverse walls, at least one of which is provided with an outlet and an outlet cover; two longitudinal side walls; a bottom connected to said longitudinal side walls and said transverse side walls, said transverse walls, longitudinal walls and bottom forming an open cavity therewithin; corner posts located at juncture positions of said transverse and said longitudinal side walls; at least two middle posts positioned vertically on said longitudinal side walls; at least one longitudinal brace which joins said two of said corner posts at a lower portion thereof; and a removable cover which is provided with an inlet and an inlet closure.

Abstract: A titerplate for instrumental analysis of liquid samples consists of a plurality of wells in which the walls and bottoms are made of two different materials with different physical properties. This allows the interfacial tension at the surface of the liquid to be controlled in such a way that it is essentially planar, allowing more accurate analysis to be performed on the samples. The bottoms of the wells are preferably made of a transparent material, so that the analysis and observation can be done in the transmission mode. The wells may be formed of radiation-absorbing material to prevent radiation cross talk between radioactive specimens. An overgarment replaceable film or foil having depressions aligned with the titerplate wells may be utilized to prevent contamination of the titerplate by samples and allow the reuse of the titerplate.

Abstract: A package for eating utensils such as chopsticks is foldable into a rest upon which to support said utensils when not in use.

Abstract: A display assembly for edible and non-edible objects includes a base, a container, multiple holders integrally mounted in the interior bottom surface of the container, and rods of varying lengths for insertion into the holders.

Abstract: A pack (10) of bottles (14) comprises a plurality of layers (12). Each layer (12) has its bottles (14) packed in a close packed side-by-side array, the array being hexagonal. The layers (12) are packed in a sleeve (18) of a plastics material. The sleeve (18) is selected to have a perimetral dimension slightly less than a peripheral dimension of each layer (12) such that the layers (12), once packed in the sleeve, are constrained against movement.

Abstract: A container accommodating a rodlike object (6) is comprising of a cylinder body (1), a shutter portion (2), and a cap (3). A retrieving port (10) for taking out the rodlike object 6 by holding the middle portion of the rodlike object 6 by fingers (7) and a through-hole for the head portion (11) for passing the head portion of the rodlike object are formed on the circumference wall of the cylinder body, in which a neck portion (12) having a clearance (12a) formed to have a smaller width than the thickness of the middle portion of the rodlike object is formed between the retrieving port and the through-hole for the head portion. The cylinder body is unitedly assembled thereon with the shutter portion and the cap in order, in which a shutter is opened by operating the rotation of the cap. According to the aforementioned structure, production of each part is easier, fewer numbers of parts, and further simplified assembly are possible, resulting in a small cost of production.

Abstract: A case for containing objects such as drill bits respectively disposed in a plurality of trays which are pivotally mounted within the case to be carried therein in substantially superposed condition, the case having a hinged cover thereover, and said trays and said cover being respectively inter-connected by connecting members having end portions particularly configured to be disposed to be releasably self secured in accommodating apertures.

Abstract: A stack is formed by a rack having a plurality of holders. A first flexible holder is provided between two adjacent rigid holders. First and second articles are placed on a support and are spaced a pre-determined distance. The rigid second and third holders are placed on top of the first and second articles. A third article is then placed in the first flexible holder between the rigid second and third holders. The weight of the third article on the first flexible holder will cause the second and third rigid holders to move into clamping engagement with sides of the third article. Additional articles can then be placed on the stack. This arrangement provides for a self-gripping rack and article combination.

Abstract: A stick object storage box adapted for holding for example floss sticks, including a rectangular box body, and a sliding cover coupled to the box body by a slip joint, the sliding cover having two inward stub rods bilaterally disposed at the front end and moved in two longitudinal sliding grooves at two opposite sides of the box body. By moving the inward stub rods in the longitudinal sliding grooves and turning the sliding cover relative to the box body, the box body can be supported on the sliding cover in a tilted position in an open status.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a canopy kit comprising a plurality of elongated pipes and a series of corner connectors and a package for containing the various kit components. An elongated container is provided and the various components of the kit, including the corner connectors and pipes, are disposed within the container such that the components of the kit structurally reinforce the total package and wherein the individual corner connectors are strategically disposed throughout the package so as to support the elongated pipes.

Abstract: There is disclosed a portable rack made entirely of metal which is uniquely suitable for use in storage and transporting of reels of wire or cable. The rack is designed to accommodate a desired number of cable reels in such a way that fully loaded reels may be stacked atop each other for transporting or storage of such reels, in such a way that the geometric features of the racks accommodate the geometric features of the reels to form a stable stack. The preferred embodiment of the reel rack is sufficiently small in size and weight that it can be manually moved or handled when not in use, yet sufficiently strong to withstand a vertical load of eight tons or more when in use.

Abstract: A lead dispensing storage container that can be opened or closed by a single hand. The container body has a lead case formed therein, and a lead outlet allowing release of leads one by one. A gate member mounted in the container body can be moved to open or close lead paths between the lead case and lead outlet. An elastic arm portion forces the gate member to move in direction to close the lead paths. The number of parts is reduced, and supplying leads can be made easier by a case that has a lead supply opening projecting from the tip thereof. A leading end of the case has an inclined slope toward the lead supply opening therein, and a chuck containing leads having a knocking portion that is pressed into the case so that it can be opened by the knocking portion being pushed to press an opening actuator toward the inclined slope or is closed by an elastic force as the opening actuator is released.

Abstract: A flexible cap adapted to enclose a tube having an open end and used for storing items consists of an enclosure having an opening at one end, a closed end, and side walls and enclosing a space. A pair of aligned apertures through the side walls form with the space a bore through the enclosure transverse to the axis of the enclosure between the opening and the closed end. The opening is adapted to engage the open end of the tube. To dispense an item, the cap is bent by lateral flexion so as to align one of the apertures with the open end of the tube and the tube is inverted so that an item falls out under the influence of gravity. The amount of lateral flexion controls the alignment of the aperture with the open end so as to permit only one item at a time to fall out.