Abstract: A method box for making a sturdy and light-tight box and a box thereof in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes providing a sheet of material with a first pair of opposing edges and a second pair of opposing edges. The sheet of material is grooved to form first and second pairs of grooves. Each of the first pair of grooves is spaced from one of the first pair of edges to form a first pair of sides and each of the second pair of grooves is spaced from one of the second pair of edges to form a second pair of sides. Next, the first and second pairs of sides are folded up along the first and second pair of grooves and then are secured together to form the box.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for winding strips or tubes of plastic film into center-unwindable rolls having a diameter of at least about 3 inches and for unloading the wound rolls without telescoping thereof. Bare expandable winding shafts are provided which comprise a fixed vacuum leaf and a plurality of movable leaves controlled by an elongated air bladder, the contracted diameter being at least about one-quarter inch less than the expanded diameter. Each leaf also has an outer surface having a selected slipperiness toward the film surface.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for winding strips or tubes of plastic film into center-unwindable rolls having a diameter of at least about 3 inches and for unloading the wound rolls without telescoping thereof. Bare expandable winding shafts are provided which comprise a fixed vacuum leaf and a plurality of movable leaves controlled by an elongated air bladder, the contracted diameter being at least about one-quarter inch less than the expanded diameter. Each leaf also has an outer surface having a selected slipperiness toward the film surface.