Box For Pencil Leads

Abstract

A container for small elongated objects such as pencil leads that includes at least two adjacent compartments, a first compartment having an end that includes an opening for loading and unloading the small objects, and a second compartment having an end on which are articulated a closing unit for opening the first compartment.

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       12 . A container for small elongated objects comprising at least two adjacent compartments, a first compartment having an end comprising an opening for loading and unloading the small objects, and a second compartment having an end on which are articulated means for closing the opening of the first compartment. 
   
   
       13 . The container according to  claim 12 , wherein the closing means are capable of rotating. 
   
   
       14 . The container according to  claim 12 , wherein each compartment is tubular. 
   
   
       15 . The container according to  claim 14 , wherein the compartments are parallel and integral, the opening of the first compartment being provided on the same side of the container as the end of the second compartment comprising the closing means. 
   
   
       16 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein the closing means comprise a linking element suitable for cooperating in rotation with the end of the second compartment and a cover integral with the linking element and suitable for closing the opening of the first compartment by rotation of the closing means relative to the end of the second compartment. 
   
   
       17 . The container according to  claim 16 , wherein the cover includes a stop for blocking the rotation of the closing means through contact of the stop with the first compartment when the cover closes the opening. 
   
   
       18 . The container according to  claim 16 , wherein the closing means as well as the opening comprise means of locking the closing means on the opening. 
   
   
       19 . The container according to  claim 18 , wherein the locking means comprise a projection and a complementary groove, each being borne by a separate element of the cover-opening assembly. 
   
   
       20 . The container according to  claim 16 , wherein the linking element comprises latching elements extending in a direction substantially normal to the principal direction of the second compartment, the latching elements forming a cylinder portion cooperating during the rotation of the closing means with a cylindrical housing created at the end of the second compartment, and in which they are held by latching. 
   
   
       21 . The container according to  claim 20 , wherein the second compartment also has another end comprising an opening, called second opening, and wherein the first compartment also has another end on which are articulated closing means, called second closing means, of the second opening. 
   
   
       22 . The container according to  claim 21 , wherein the first and second closing means are identical.