Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface-treated aluminum material having excellent adhesiveness to resins, on the surface of which an oxide film is formed, the oxide film comprising a surface-side porous aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 20 to 500 nm and a base-side barrier aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 3 to 30 nm, wherein small pores each having a diameter of 5 to 30 nm are formed on the porous aluminum oxide film, and the length of cracks formed in a boundary between the porous aluminum oxide film and the barrier aluminum oxide film is not more than 50% of the length of the boundary, a method for manufacturing the surface-treated aluminum material, and a surface-treated aluminum material-resin bonded body, comprising the surface-treated aluminum material and a resin that covers the surface of the oxide film formed thereon.

Abstract: A reusable protective sleeve for food service wrap dispensing cartons is provided. The protective sleeve includes a body having a pair of opposing longitudinally spaced end panels and a pair of laterally spaced opposing side panels joined together at respective adjoining edges. The body further has a base panel joined to corresponding edges of the end panels and the side panels to define an interior space bound by the joined panels. The body has an open side opposite to the base panel through which a food service wrap dispensing carton is insertably received into the interior space. The body is formed of a resilient liquid impervious elastomeric material and configured to tightly embrace the food service wrap dispensing carton received in the interior space to protect the carton against infiltration by contaminated liquids.

Abstract: Cable retainers for cables are disclosed. The cable retainers may include a panel having a pair of loop locks. The loop locks may engage each other to form a loop. The cable retainer may include a first and a second retention loop. Each retention loop may have a finger with a slot formed at a fold line of the finger. Each retention loop may also have a flap with a tab formed at a fold line of the flap. The finger and the flap of the first retention loop may be located directly across the panel from one another. The finger of the second retention loop may be located at a first end of the panel while the flap of the second retention loop may be located at a second end of the panel. The tabs and slots of each retention loop may interlock to form a rectangular cable passage. The cable may also include a reinforcement structure disposed in a retention loop. The reinforcement structure may be stepped reinforcement structure. The cable retainer may be formed entirely of paper and may be formed without and adhesive.

Abstract: Product packaging technique including the conversion of paperboard into boxes and packages in a process that includes layout optimization of printing plates and takes into account vendor specifications, box order types, and printing machine constraints.

Abstract: A disposable debris collection apparatus that is operable to collect debris from either a horizontal surface or a vertical surface. The disposable debris collection apparatus further includes a body stored in a first position within a container. The body is planar in manner and operable to be dispensed in portions from said container to be folded into at least a first section and a second section so as to collect debris. The body further includes a first and second adhesive strip proximate the front edge of the body wherein the first and second adhesive strip are parallel and extend the entire longitudinal length of the body. A plurality of longitudinal seams are formed on said body proximate a rear edge wherein the plurality of longitudinal seams are operable to facilitate the configuring of said body into a second position so as to collect debris.

Abstract: Folded fibrous structures, more particularly, folded sanitary tissue products, especially in rolled form, are provided.

Abstract: The packaging of the present invention is provided with a printing paper roll to which printing paper is wound; an ink ribbon unit having a sending roll, a winding roll arranged in parallel to the sending roll and an ink ribbon wound around the sending roll; a container for storing the printing paper roll and the ink ribbon unit; a partition member disposed in the container for partitioning the printing paper roll from the ink ribbon unit, wherein the partitioning member comprises a pair of plate-like holding members for holding the printing paper roll at its ends in the axial direction and a plate-like connecting member for connecting the holding members; and the connecting member obliquely extending relative to the axial direction, and partitioning the container in the radial direction of the printing paper roll into first and second storage regions in which the printing paper roll and the ink ribbon unit are accommodated respectively.

Abstract: A wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method of assembling same are disclosed. The wound film dispenser includes a base to which a lid is hingedly attached via a fold. The interior end walls of the base include false walls which are biased into the base. The false walls include aperture through which the ends of the roll extend to at least partially receive the ends of the roll of wound film material. In so doing, the retainers are provided exterior to the roll of film. The false walls may be biased into the base using braces pushing the top edge of the false wall away from the end walls.

Abstract: A dispenser for rolls of wound film is disclosed, as well as a method of manufacturing such a dispenser. The dispenser includes a trunk to which a lid is hingedly attached. First and second end walls of the trunk include retainers adapted to penetrate into hollow ends of a roll of wound film disposed within the trunk. The first and second retainers include multiple flaps which are locked into a penetrating position. The multiple flaps may include first and second parallel wing flaps which are pushed inwardly by a locking flap. The combined flaps may be locked into position by frictional engagement of the locking flap in notches provided in the first and second wing flaps. By penetrating the first and second ends of the roll, the roll is reliably held within the trunk, and less susceptible to being inadvertently pulled from the carton during dispensing of the film.

Abstract: A carton is provided for packaging, shipping, and dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion. A lengthwise slit or opening can easily be formed in a panel of the carton from which only an end of the metal-backed printing blanket may be removed. Parallel reference lines may also be included on the carton which permit alignment marks to be drawn on the printing blanket such that it may be properly inserted into a locking device of the printing press cylinder. Graspable sides of the carton facilitate tension and alignment control as the printing blanket is dispensed onto the cylinder.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of orthodontic appliance selection includes providing data representative of one or more teeth of a patient and providing data representative of a set of orthodontic appliances. Each orthodontic appliance of the set of orthodontic appliances has an appliance parameter that varies from the other orthodontic appliances of the set. At least one geometrical parameter of the one or more teeth of the patient is determined using the data representative thereof. The geometrical parameter is compared to the data representative of the set of orthodontic appliances and one orthodontic appliance of the set is selected based on the comparison. The set of orthodontic appliances may be a set of orthodontic bands with each band of the set having a different size. Further, such bands may be precoated with an adhesive material.

Abstract: The plastic holder for two credit cards in accordance with the invention has eliminated the drawbacks of known card holders with such a design solution that makes possible the production of a jacket (1) in which there is space for two credit cards (A, B) and that is easy to produce by spraying, because of an intermediate rib (2) which runs along the middle of the inner side of the lateral walls and the end wall, and which thus represents a guide for individual card (A, B) in the holder and does not damage its surface and/or magnetic tape (C), and in addition, provides support during the spraying procedure, so that no other holding elements need to be added. Inside the holder, additional protrusions (5) or (6, 6') are carried out, which slightly bend individual card. At the inner sides of the upper plane (1') and the lower plane (1") of the jacket (1) additional protrusions (3, 3') are carried out, so that the planes (1, 1") of the plastic jacket (1) have a slightly concave shape.

Abstract: An improved wire and cable packaging system for use with a spool wound with wire rotatable about a spiral-wrapped paper tube includes a container and a unitary insert, disposable in the container, both made of cardboard. The container includes a pair of retaining flaps and a pay-out slot for dispensing the wire. The insert is adapted to fit inside the container and is provided for receiving and supporting the tube when assembled. The insert includes a base with a pair of end walls extending vertically from opposing ends of the base. The end walls each having a support flap extending therefrom that is foldable about bend lines to a vertical position, adjacent the end walls, for improving support strength. The insert includes a pair of support flutes centrally formed about each bend line to define a cradle for receiving the tube.

Abstract: A carton for packaging a series of rolls of web material includes parallel, opposite side walls and angled, corner walls provided at opposite corners of the carton. The rolls are positioned within the carton such that the material of the roll adjacent each corner wall engages the corner wall. Top and bottom end flaps extend from each of the side walls, for enclosing the top and bottom ends of the carton. Cut-out retainer flaps are formed in two of the top end flaps, for engagement within an internal passage defined by the core of the roll of material therebelow to retain the rolls of material in position within the interior of the carton.

Abstract: A flat, rectangular protective sleeve for receiving two superimposed bank cards or the like has an inner space subdivided into an upper and lower receiving regions for corresponding cards with a gripping opening for the upper receiving region and a gripping opening for a lower receiving region, wherein the upper gripping opening is located at a small distance from one longitudinal edge and the lower gripping opening is located at a small distance from another longitudinal edge so that on the plane view the gripping openings do not overlap one another.

Abstract: A carton of foldable material protects an article packed therein by holding the article away from the bottom of the carton, and preferably by holding the article firmly, yet in a cushioning manner, in a position spaced away from all the exterior walls of the carton. The carton is assembled from a blank of foldable material defining a plurality of spacer panels foldably connected to automatic bottom panels, such that when the carton is erected, the auto-bottom panels form a generally planar bottom of the carton, and the spacer panels extend generally axially into the carton from the bottom to form a two-dimensional support base for holding an object at a location spaced above the bottom of the carton. A top closure includes a clamping member extending into the carton, such that when the carton is closed, the spacer panels and the clamping member are urged against opposite ends of the object within the carton, to hold the object therebetween.

Abstract: A carton (10) has a plurality of adjoining side walls (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) which form a tubular structure. A plurality of core panels (41, 42, 44) adjoin one another to form a core member (40) which is centrally and substantially perpendicularly adjoined to an end closure.

Abstract: An improved wire and cable packaging system for use with a spool wound with wire rotatable about a spiral-wrapped paper tube includes a container and a unitary insert, disposable in the container, both made of cardboard. The container includes a pair of retaining flaps and a pay-out slot for dispensing the wire. The insert is adapted to fit inside the container and is provided for receiving and supporting the tube when assembled. The insert includes a base with a pair of end walls extending vertically from opposing ends of the base. The end walls each having a support flap extending therefrom that is foldable about bend lines to a vertical position, adjacent the end walls, for improving support strength. The insert includes a pair of support flutes centrally formed about each bend line to define a cradle for receiving the tube.

Abstract: A right regular container for mounting a cable reel also includes a flexible integral tongue portion for retaining, securing and protecting small parts and subassemblies to be used when installing a hardwired network such as typically used with computers.

Abstract: A foldable element (1) for use in a case (20) for a roll (21) of photosensitive material, in particular for graphic arts films, which can be used to obtain both a support (22) for holding the roll (21) in the case (20) and a spacer (23) for filling free space in the case (20) between the case itself and supports (22). Folding lines (7), two flaps (8, 9) and at least three slits (14, 15, 16) are formed in the element (1), which permit to have a solid structure after bending.

Abstract: A rotatable reel apparatus for use in association with an axle and the like, for operably winding, storing, transporting and unwinding various windable materials. A core member, having an inner peripheral surface and an interior region, is operably sandwiched between a first and second corrugated paper platform member. The platform members include a spindle region, a plurality of core attachment flaps and a plurality of spaced apart apertures. Each of the apertures include distal edges and proximal edges wherein each of the proximal edges are operably positioned adjacent the peripheral surface of the core member, and each of the distal edges collectively serve to define the outer periphery of the spindle region. The core attachment flaps operably depend from each of the proximal edges of the spaced apart apertures and are folded inwardly toward, and into operable secured contact with, a corresponding portion of either the inner or outer peripheral surface of the core member.

Abstract: A carrier structure which may serve as an end fitting for roll assemblies in connection with packaging film materials is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention proposes a portable case for an electronic smart card (C), comprising, on one of its main faces, electrical contact bands connected to an integrated circuit containing the card memory, of the type in which provision is made for a compartment which receives the card (C) and connection means (72) for connecting the contact bands to an exploitation electronic circuit providing at least a function of reading the data contained in the card, characterized in that it comprises a casing (10, 12, 14) equipped with a window (22) permitting the insertion of the card (C), an electrical connector (72) whose electrical contact elements (73) interact with the said contact bands when the card is in the position of exploitation of the data, a device for emitting and receiving (112, 114) data towards and from an information-processing station, and a switch (120) for detecting the placing of the card (C) in an exploitation position in the casing (10).

Abstract: A circular cover of corrugated cardboard for application to one end face of a roll of convoluted sheet material has two mirror symmetrical tongues which can be pivoted along parallel bending scores out of the plane of the cover for introduction into one end portion of a tubular core within a roll by an apparatus having a depository for covers and a device which transfers covers from the depository to the end faces of rolls. The depository centers and turns the covers so that each cover is properly oriented relative to the transporting device. The latter has two pivotable pushers which can pivot the tongues of a properly centered and oriented cover and thereupon insert the pivoted tongues into one end portion of a core.

Abstract: A storage device for storing Christmas lights assembled from a vertical core section, a pair of horizontal end sections, and a sheath. The device is constructed from corrugated cardboard. Each opposing end of each of the four sides of the core section includes both a foldable flap and a slot, which is formed adjacent the fold line of the flap. The horizontal end sections, located at either opposing core section end, each include a centrally disposed opening defined by four inward sides. Each inward side has a width substantially equal to the core section sides and includes an inwardly extending tab. When the core section is inserted into the centrally disposed opening, the tabs are received by the slots to secure the core section and end section together. Each end section also includes four locking regions, each locking region having a first folding element and a second folding element.

Abstract: A package (20) from which elongated strand material (26) of a coil (24) is dispensed includes a carton (22) in which is disposed the coil. The carton is assembled from a blank (30) of corrugated fiberboard. The blank is formed to include a plurality of interconnected wall panels (32, 34, 36, 38) with each panel having closure flaps extending laterally from opposed side edge surfaces thereof. A tab extends laterally from each of the closure flaps. Each flap is attached hingedly to its associated wall panel and each tab is attached hingedly to its associated flap through a scored line. In end ones (56 and 67) of the closure flaps, portions of the closure flaps extend at least to free outer end edge surfaces of the associated tabs and are normal to end edge surfaces of the blank.

Abstract: A carton for containing a product wound on a hollow core is provided. The carton has end walls at least one of which forms a core retainer comprising an inner wall having a tab foldably attached thereto for deflection into the carton interior and an overlapping wall coupled to a second side of the carton having a second tab foldably attached thereto and deflectable toward the carton interior, whereby the two tabs cooperate upon deflection to form a V-shaped retaining member in the carton interior to hold the core in place as product is removed. An outer end wall foldably attached to a third side of the carton overlaps the first two walls to close the end of the carton. The invention also encompasses a flat blank for forming into the package.

Abstract: A lottery ticket holder having a pair of planar members interconnected by and through a pair of partition (or side) members to form a hollow body wherethrough a lottery ticket slidably passes.

Abstract: A rail structure usable in the manufacture of packaged goods in matchbook-like form, especially threadlike goods such as dental floss. The rail structure conforms to attachment tooling and matchbook cover design constraints relating to similar rail structure used in the manufacture of matchbooks. The rail structure can accommodates either horizontal or vertical winding processes, according to the particular rail structure used for securing the threadlike article. The structure used for horizontal winding is an elongated rail structure formed having alternating article support portions separated by alternating notches. The matchbook-like array is formed by two side by side arrangement of the horizontally wound rail structure. The rail structure used for vertical winding is an elongated rail having upper and lower notches for securing the threadlike article. The lower notches have a deep V-shape portion for ease of detachment of the threadlike articles.

Abstract: A blank for a roll of tape is disclosed which is constructed from a blank having a fold line so that it may be folded over and glued. Each side of the blank on either side of the fold line has a U-shaped aperture extending in the same direction. The two U-shaped apertures are positioned and dimensioned whereby they are in registry. The roll of tape is mounted on the folded blank in a manner that the portions between the U-shaped apertures are inserted each from opposite sides of the blank as it is folded whereby the portions are axially located with respect to the roll of tape.

Abstract: An interior core protector for positioning about the inner circumference of a coil of material having a core to protect the material from damage including a rigid preformed angle bendable into an annulus having a diameter approximating the diameter of the core and an annular retaining disk having right angle legs in which the preformed angle is retained. The disk with annular preformed angle therein are receivable in the core of the coil of material providing protection to the coil about its entire circumference.

Abstract: A package for displaying and dispensing cards, including a front panel and a rear panel forming a recess therebetween in which cards may be placed. The front panel has an opening therein through which the cards may be seen and through which a finger may touch and push on the card. A resilient biasing means is placed in the recess at a position between the cards firmly in the recess. A cam surface is formed along the edge of the recess with the opening so that when the card is pushed toward the opening, a single card engages the cam surface and part of it moves out of the recess so that it may be readily grasped and removed from the recess.

Abstract: A wire dispensing and storage box is provided with a plurality of flap tabs appending to the top and bottom portions of the box which are inserted within a plurality of flap slots within the side portions of the box, respectively, so that the top and bottom portions of the box will not interfere with the paying off of the wire from the coil. The flap slot/flap tab construction helps prevent the cones, which provide integrity to the box and help support the wire therein, and locking tabs, which lock the box, of the top of the box and the cones and locking tabs of the bottom of the box from contacting each other in the center of the box thereby facilitating the dispensing of the wire.

Abstract: A carton for a roll-type product which is dispensed by unrolling, withdrawing and separating a piece of the product from that remaining on the roll. The carton has a projection extending inwardly from each end wall, into the core of the product, to prevent the roll from being withdrawn from the carton during use. The end walls have an inner end flap with an orifice and an overlapping end flap with the projection hingedly attached to it and extending through the orifice. The projection has a central section which is generally triangular with the apex located distally of the hinge. Wing sections flank the central section and these are adapted to be folded back from the central section as the projection is inserted through the orifice, to form the projection into an open-sided generally pyramidal shape which is deflectable towards the product core following insertion.

Abstract: A pad dispenser for moistened treatment pads includes a wide mouth container and a pad elevator which is receivable within the container. The pad elevator has a generally planar pad support platform to whose periphery are joined a plurality of spaced, resilient collets. A generally vertically directed grasping stem is formed in the middle of the platform. A plurality of treatment pads or disks are positionable in a generally on edge array on the pad elevator's platform. Access to these pads is afforded by raising of the pad elevator within the container. Once raised, the pad elevator will be maintained in its elevated position by a sliding interference fit between the elevator collets and the container sidewall.

Abstract: A portable cosmetics case includes a hollow and flat box-like case body. The case body has an opening at one end which opens downwardly. A plurality of cosmetic containers containing e.g. lipsticks, a compacted powder case, and a painting brush are inserted in the case body. Each cosmetic container has an end portion closing the opening in the case body. Thus, the cosmetics case has a smooth box-like external appearance. The cosmetic containers received in the case body can be replaced as desired according to the user's preference.

Abstract: An interior core protector for protecting the interior of a coil of material, e.g., coiled sheet steel, from damage is disclosed. The core protector includes a pair of overlapping formed angular paperboard members each having a series of spaced die cuts in one leg thereof permitting the angular members to be bent to conform to the inner diameter of the coil. The cuts in one leg are offset from the cuts in the other leg such that when the protector is bent for placement in the interior core of the coil and the width of the cuts increases, a paperboard segment of one member nevertheless overlies the cut in the other to provide protection for the material about the full circumference of the interior core. The core protector is characterized in part by economies of materials used, economic use of such materials, and economies of shipment.

Abstract: A box for transporting and storing flexible cordlike material has a pair of opposing flap panels for closing an either the front or rear opening of an endless enclosure. Each of the flap panels has a pair of opposing L-shaped slits which are foldable in perpendicular relationship to the flap panels to form a core about which the flexible cordlike material may be wound.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which uses labels releasably adhered to a carrier web. The labeler has a body with a pair of identical body sections. The body mounts first, second and third feed rolls. The first and third feed rolls project beyond the body and cooperate respectively with the second feed roll. The body has a delaminator and a guideway for the carrier web. The carrier web can be threaded through the guideway and about the delaminator in either direction. In either event, the first, second and third feed rolls cooperate with the carrier web to advance it and effect label delamination. Depending on the direction of threading, either the first or the third feed roll is used to advance the carrier web by rolling that feed roll along the surface to be labeled. A label roll is held captive in a holder having two identical body sections. In an alternative embodiment, a label strip winding feature enables a strip of labels to be wound into a roll for subsequent use in the labeler.

Abstract: An inner packing structure for supporting a hollow roll in a dispensing package and comprising a pair of end panel sections and a spindle extending therefrom which includes a center panel and pairs of opposed side panels interconnecting the center panel and the end panel sections.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a protective holder for information bearing cards, such as credit cards, wherein the card includes a magnetic strip affixed to the rear face upon which information is magnetically stored. The holder comprises a substantially flat body having folded-over lips at the upper and lower lateral edges which define pockets for receiving the lateral edges of the card. Adjacent at least one of the holder lateral edges is a card supporting surface projecting beyond the primary body surface of the holder which maintains a spacing between the rear of the card and the body surface to prevent contact of the card magnetic strip and holder and protect the strip.

Abstract: A roll dispensing container which is used for storing an elongated web of thermoplastic material comprising plural laminae which define a multiplicity of gas-filled bubbles.. The container is constructed in a manner that permits easy measured dispensal of the web therefrom. The roll dispensing container is easily assembled from a corrugated-board blank and when fully assembled is dimensioned so as to be capable of being shipped from place to place relatively inexpensively.

Abstract: A carton having at least three sides for containing a product on a hollow core and having end walls at least one of which forms a core retainer comprising an inner wall coupled to a first side of said carton and having an orifice therein, an overlapping wall coupled to a second side of said carton and having a projection thereon extending through said orifice into said hollow core whereby said core is held in said carton and an outer wall coupled to a third side of said carton for closing the end of said carton.

Abstract: The container for packaging wire roll, comprising a cover and core made of a single elongate cut-out piece of dimensionally stable flat material which serves both to support the roll and guide the wire as it is rolled off the shaft of a winch.

Abstract: A dispenser reel and container are integrated into a unitary foldable structure which when folded into an assembled configuration, is suitable for the shipping and dispensing of a spool of wire, cable, and the like, that may be wound on a spindle or other hollow cylindrical core device. In one embodiment, the invention is fabricated out of flat corrugated paperboard that is easily cut to appropriate dimensions and provided with fold creases or score lines that make it readily foldable around the packaged spool of cable or the like. In said one embodiment, the cut corrugated paperboard comprises two interconnected substantially rectangular portions and two interconnected substantially circular portions, each circular portion having partially cut fold-out wing portions. The substantially rectangular portions, which form two of the walls of the container, have margin portions along their perimeters which form the remaining four walls of the container when they are folded into place.

Abstract: A foldable device formed from a blank of sheet material is provided for supporting a reel having a hub opening. The device includes a pair of foldably connected panels between which the reel is sandwiched. The first panel is provided with struck-out elements which are folded into overlapping relation to form a protuberance. The protuberance is adapted to snugly fit within the hub opening of the reel when the latter is sandwiched between the panels.

Abstract: The shipping support tray of this invention comprises a single containerboard element containing integral members cut in the board to form a plurality of interlocking post elements for supporting and positioning tubes of wound yarn in a spaced relationship during shipment. The one element serves as both a base and top tray support.

Abstract: A pair of plates are releasably held together to define a thin pocket for cards having a magnetic strip on one face. One of the plates has ribs between which the magnetic strip slides to protect that strip from abrasion and edge ribs in the pocket prevent the card from bending, curling or folding.

Abstract: A package for holding and shipping reels, rolls, spools or the like, comprising an outer container and a plurality of retaining pads disposed adjacent respective reels for preventing lateral movement thereof within the outer container.

Abstract: A folder for packaging and shipping a reel of magnetic or recording tape which supports the reel of tape on both sides and prevents slipping of the tape. The folder includes a pair of hinged panels which are foldable into overlying relationship with the opposite sides of the reel of tape. At least one of the panels includes unique hub-locking tabs which fold to fit within the center opening of the reel hub to securely position the reel of tape. The areas adjacent to the hub-locking tabs are crushed to a reduced thickness to accommodate the width of the reel hub to allow the hinged panels to rest flush against the edges of the tape on the reel. The hinged panels also include mating corner-locking tabs and cutouts which cooperate to lock the panels together to form the folder.