Abstract: A tape applicator including a frame with a rotatable mandrel for mounting one or more rolls of adhesive tape, the frame including a flat, elongated portion under which the tape passes and which acts to apply the tape positively and firmly to a selected surface as the applicator is moved thereover, and the frame further including guides at the location of the elongated portion through which the tape passes to insure accuracy in application and equidistant spacing between multiple tape strips. The guides also act as means for removing any tape lining as the tape is applied. The applicator is designed for one hand operation and is disposable, being constructed of inexpensive materials with the frame preferably formed from a flat cutout of paperboard or the like.

Abstract: There is disclosed a label roll package including a tray, label rolls disposed in side-by-side relationship in the tray, the rolls having aligned central holes defining a tubular space, a container disposed in the space, an ink roller disposed in the container, and plastics film material shrink-wrapped completely about and exerting pressure against the tray and the label rolls to provide a stable package.

Abstract: An esthetic dispenser package for shipping, displaying and dispensing convolutely wound rolls of ribbon material, which package permits the visible inspection of the ribbon as to quantity and color and the controlled dispensing during use. The package contains a plurality of hexagonally-shaped chambers formed in a pair of hinged shells in which the wound ribbon may be placed, the rolls of ribbon being wound without a core.

Abstract: Standard baler machines use a plurality of wires to tie the bales. Each wire is fed from a coil which is transported from the wire works in a paperboard carton which is rectangular in shape and appropriately scored on either of its two broad sides to enable the centers of the sides to be removed in circular cutouts. The lead end of the coil of wire is drawn out of one cutout and threaded through appropriate guides to the tie mechanism. The tail end of the coil is usually drawn out of the opposite cut-out and spliced to the lead end of a second coil in a second carton. The two cartons are usually installed back to back in a rack on the baler with a space between the adjacent broad sides. In accordance with the present invention, each carton is scored or otherwise weakened from the top of one cut-out, over the top of the carton to the top of the opposite cut-out.