Abstract: Reference is made to shorts or little skirt with an integral inner slip in which the shorts or little skirt on the one side, and the inner slip on the other side, are knitted together as one piece along their waistbands. A double layer knitting manufacturing process is described according to which the shorts or little skirt on the one side, and the inner slip on the other side, are knitted together in paralled rows along a common waistband running perpendicularly to their body axes, and pairs of shorts/skirts and inner slips are knitted continuously to subsequent pairs along common doubled seamed separating zones. Individual pairs of shorts/inner slips are then separated from the next pair and each pair is then subsequently folded into itself along a flexible transition point located in the waistband. According to the invention, the products are used to hold absorbant insert pads for use by incontinent adults.

Abstract: The edge protector of the present invention is made of a plurality of sheets of inexpensive cardboard or linerboard cut into sections and laminated in a flat configuration. The laminations include at least one sheet which is continuous and provides a hinge portion, at least one sheet which is flexible and provides a stop--similar to a leaf spring. Protective laminates are disposed between the continuous member and the spring-like member and include a central portion and at least one leg portion. The leg portion can be pivoted about an axis in the continuous member, away from and at an angle to the central portion, thereafter to be held in angular disposition (that could vary in angular disposition restricted only to products' natural restrictions) with regard to the central portion by the spring-like portion.

Abstract: The machine for rewinding webs of paper from a large roll onto a core to form small rolls includes a continuous conveyor for the cores, a distributor associated with said conveyor for applying adhesive to the cores, an upper winding cylinder, a lower winding cylinder defining a nip with the upper cylinder for receiving a core, and an insertion group which advaces up the core from said conveyor into said nip. The lower cylinder is smooth. The adhesive distributor includes a dispensing cylinder having a cylindrical surface abe to apply the adhesive substantially in the form of an axially-extending longitudinal strip onto the surface of the cores.

Abstract: A machine is described for cutting large diameter wound logs of paper or similar web material such as toilet tissue and the like into relatively small discs for use specially in institutional dispensers. The machine includes a cradle and transport means for inserting a large diameter log of paper into a gripper which holds the log securely and stationary while a band saw cuts the discs of paper from the log. The gripper includes a ring through which the log passes, said ring including a plurality of radially movable plungers which support and retain the log within the ring while the band saw is cutting a disc from the log. The mechanism also includes an automatic guide and sharpening station for maintaining the sharpness of the band saw and, furthermore, includes a support and discharge mechanism for removing the discs of paper from the gripper.

Abstract: A rewinder for converting large supply rolls of paper into smaller rolls such as toilet tissue and kitchen towels includes a pair of winding cylinders, the surfaces of which are spaced slightly apart to create a nip therebetween. The cylinders rotate in the same direction, so as to create opposing surface movement in the area of the nip. A web of paper enters the nip and crosses therethrough from one winding cylinder to the other, passing firstly the winding cylinder, the surface of which is moving in a direction opposite to the incoming direction of the web. A core on which the web is to be wound is to be inserted into the nip, pinching web between the first winding roll, causing a reverse movement in the direction of the web and separating the web in the nip between the two winding cylinders.

Abstract: A document feeder is disclosed which can be used with glass-top copy machines. It fits such copiers, having either a stationery or a moving sheet-support. It is small, light-weight, compact and portable. It feeds the bottom-most page first from a face-up stack of sheets, and re-stacks the copied sheets, face-up, with the bottom sheet at the bottom of the new stack. It operates in excess of 25 copies per minute.Drive wheels feed the document-to-be-copied onto the copier glass and, when the wheels are reversed, remove the document from the glass into a stacking area. The removal of a document from the glass and the placement of the next document onto the glass occur during the non-copying time of the continuously-running copier. The feed/separation act upon the center of the documents.The copier can derive its driving force and energy from the copier or can have its own independent power source.

Abstract: In the present invention, a desired pattern or design, is projected upon a relatively flat or horizontal base fabric. The design, which is projected, may be manually or computer-produced, and will indicate a plurality of areas to be covered. Both the shape of the areas and the colors of the areas may also be generated by the projector. Tufts of fibers or swatches of material corresponding to the colors and shapes generated are then placed upon the base material and lightly "tacked" thereto by pre-needling. Thereafter, the base material with the colored fibers or swatches temporarily secured thereto is passed through a commercial high-speed, high-density needling machine which securely and permanently interlocks the fibers or swaches to the base sheet while simultaneously blending the materials and the colors thereof where any of the fibers or swatches of different colors overlap. The soft, muted blending of the colors has not heretofore been achievable by applique, jig-saw type assembly, or the like.

Abstract: Pairs of rollers which receive and make the reel rotate are mounted on a device rotating about a fixed axis, there being associated with said device means designed to keep the axes of the rollers of each pair on a horizontal plane during rotation of the device itself, gluing and rewinding of the strip, and means for imparting to said pairs of rollers an oscillation for unloading the glued reel.

Abstract: A disposable washing glove is shown which includes a felted base made of carded staple fibers mechanically interlocked, structured by use of special forked needles to create a high-pile fabric, having recesses therein. The fabric is coated on one side with a detergent material which also fills the recesses to permit a timed release of the detergent during use.

Abstract: A multi-piece liner is disclosed for snap-in attachment and securement to the bed of an open-bodied truck. The liner includes at least a right-side panel, a left-side panel, and a cab-back panel, and may also include a tailgate panel and a floor panel. The side panels are generally C-shaped and constructed and arranged to fit between the in-turned upper edge of the truck body and the floor of the truck body, to be held in place by compression-retention and including flanges on the cab-back panel which rest behind portions of the right and left panels to hold the cab-back panel in place. The floor panel may include tubes and the cab-back panel may include notches which permit fluid to drain from the upper surface of the floor mat and also which includes ribs beneath the floor mat to space the floor mat from the bottom of the truck body. The bed liner may also include a two-piece tailgate panel, one piece having a curved edge which fits over the top of the tailgate.

Abstract: A liner is described for containers such as fluid tanks, gasoline tanks, and tank trucks and railroad tank cars. The liner is a thick flexible membrane styled, shaped and arranged to fit closely within the inside and against the inside wall of the container, and the liner has a plurality of flexible tubular ribs therein. The tubular ribs are filled with a material such as foamed polyurethane or other fluid under pressure, and when the tubes are filled they hold the liner against the interior wall of the container, even though the container is empty.

Abstract: Process for using papermaking techniques for preparing a sheet material with improved on-machine retention, sheet material thus obtained and its application, notably in the field of printing and writing, packaging and coverings.The invention relates to a process for using papermaking techniques to make a sheet material.This material copmrises, in addition to the fibres, an organic binder, a non-binding mineral filler and a flocculant, as well as various conventional additives, this process being characterized by the fact that the mineral filler and the binder are flocculated beforehand before being incorporated into the fibre suspension.The material thus prepared has enhanced mineral filler retention and physical properties and can be used as printing and writing medium, covering medium, packaging medium or for obtaining complexes for industrial or foodstuffs use.

Abstract: A document feeder is disclosed which can be used with glass-top copy machines. It fits such copiers, having either a stationary or a moving sheet-support. It is small, lightweight, compact and portable. It feeds the bottom-most page first from a face-up stack of sheets, and re-stacks the copied sheets, face-up, with the bottom sheet at the bottom of the new stack. It operates in excess of 25 copies per minute.Drive wheels feed the document-to-be-copied onto the copier glass and, when the wheels are reversed, remove the document from the glass into a stacking area. The removal of a document from the glass and the placement of the next document onto the glass occur during the non-copying time of the continuously-running copier. The feed/separation act upon the center of the documents.The copier can derive its driving force and energy from the copier or can have its own independent power source.

Abstract: A machine is disclosed for applying adhesive to the small, tubular cores on which paper webs are wound for the manufacture of toilet paper, kitchen towels and the like. The machine also moves the cores from the hopper, and after adhesive is applied, in an axial direction to the paper re-winder.

Abstract: A document feeder is disclosed which can be used with glass-top copy machines. It fits such copiers, having either a stationary or a moving sheet-support. It is small, light-weight, compact and portable. It feeds the bottom-most page first from a face-up stack of sheets, and re-stacks the copied sheets, face-up, with the bottom sheet at the bottom of the new stack. It operates in excess of 25 copies per minute.Drive wheels feed the document-to-be-copied onto the copier glass and, when the wheels are reversed, remove the document from the glass into a stacking area. The removal of a document from the glass and the placement of the next document onto the glass occur during the non-copying time of the continuously-running copier. The feed/separation act upon the center of the documents.The copier can derive its driving force and energy from the copier or can have its own independent power source.

Abstract: A continuous web of paper which may be longitudinally folded in half is drawn around a rotating cylinder which cuts the web into pre-determined suitable lengths. Vacuum and air pressure means temporarily hold the severed portions of the web against the cylinder, but at an appropriate moment release the leading edge of the severed portion causing it to be lifted in its leading half away from the cylinder, the trailing half being retained by suction against the cylinder. The lifted leading edge folds backward against the trailing portion along a fold line, and subsequently the folded-together leading and trailing portions are released from the cylinder, transported away from the cylinder and into a stacking tray, for subsequent packaging. The cut and folded sections of the web are, at all times, held under control by a vacuum in one or more cylinders or conveyor belts until the very last moment when they are discharged into a receiving and stacking tray.

Abstract: A web-feeding and cutting cylinder for rewinding machines, especially in the paper-manufacture industry, includes a suction-operated retention means which temporarily retains, on the cylinder surface, at least one end of the cut web. In the cylinder is a linear, ribbon-like shutter, extending parallel to the axis of the cylinder. It is axially movable and has orifices which cooperate with orifices in the bed or surface on which the shutter slides. This arrangement opens and closes a communication between a vacuum cavity inside the cylinder and the cylinder surface, with a limited displacement of the shutter.

Abstract: The container closure of the present invention is particularly useful for dispensing automobile engine oil from an inverted bottle or container where all of the fluid is normally emptied at one time. The opening in the container has a peelable, flexible seal which may be disposed beneath the normal cap or cover of the container. The seal has an elongated pull-tap which doubles back across the outer face of the seal and extends upwardly along the side of the container so that the end thereof may be grasped after the container is inverted and before the contents are discharged. When the end of the tab is pulled, the closure is peeled away from the container-opening, and the contents can be discharged without spilling.

Abstract: A stretchable, knitted, panty-type holder for disposable or reuseable absorbent wound dressings or pads for babies or adults has a generally hour-glass shape with a back waistband portion and front waistband portion. The front waistband portion has at least one opening formed in each end thereof, and the back waistband portion has at least one ribbed or enlarged portion formed near the ends thereof. When applied to the body of a patient with an absorbent pad placed therein, the back waistband portion, which has a free end extending beyond the enlargements therein, is brought around the waist and passed through the opening in the adjacent end of the front waistband portion until the enlargement is secured adjacent the opening, whereupon the free end of the back waistband portion is tucked inside the holder between the body of the patient and the inside of the holder.