Abstract: A desk type dispenser for dispensing note sheets which are adhered together along opposite alternate edges by a narrow band of adhesive coated on one surface of the sheets comprises a base member and a body member. The body is preferably weighted and sits on the uppermost sheets in the stack and is provided with a dispensing opening therein which communicates with arcuate wall members communicating with the bottom surface thereof. Recesses in one of the body and base and projections in the other member cooperate to afford a nesting of the base and the body. A platform on one of the members and a recess on the other affords a positioning of the stack of sheets with respect to the two members and stability for the stack of sheets.

Abstract: A notepaper dispenser for holding and dispensing sheets singly from a pad of notepaper with the sheets held in the pad by a narrow band of adhesive on one side of each sheet and adjacent one end is disclosed which has a support surface for the pad, a clamp for holding the bottom sheet in an area spaced from the band of adhesive in fixed position in relationship to the support surface and an abutment for engaging an edge of the pad opposite the end of the sheets joined together by the adhesive for restricting peeling forces resulting from peeling the top sheet being transferred to the bottom sheet of the pad.

Abstract: Radioactive seeds contained in a suture material are shielded during shipping and storage inside a curved tube of dense material having two open ends. The suture material protrudes through at least one end of the tube. Preferably, one end of the suture material has removable means for preventing the end from entering the tube prematurely, and the other end is attached to a needle.The seeds spaced from the open ends of the curved tube so as to prevent radiation from escaping from the tube.