Abstract: An electrostatic precipitation air cleaner to reduce ozone output is provided. The electrostatic precipitation air cleaner includes a housing with an air inlet and outlet. Located in the housing are an air mover for moving a stream of air along an airflow path between the inlet and the outlet, an ion emitter electrode positioned in the airflow path downstream of the inlet for ionizing particulates entrained in the stream of air, a collector electrode having an inlet downstream of the ion emitter electrode, and an intermediate element intermediate the ion emitter electrode and the collector electrode. The collector electrode is comprised of a plurality of collector plates spaced apart in a direction transverse to the airflow path. The plates are electrically biased to create and maintain an electric field in the space therebetween to precipitate ionized particulates entrained in the stream of air onto a confronting surfaces of the plates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging system to enclose, protect, store and transport insulation materials, with the possibility to pack with no to low or high compression, to provide ventilation when packaged and to enable indoors or outdoors storage, exhibiting easy and economic as well as ecologic application, storage and transport as well as easy opening, the manufacture of such packaging and the use of such packaging.

Abstract: Provided herein is a linen set organizer with a set of perpendicularly oriented intersecting straps having fastening elements on the distal ends to releasably fasten the straps around a linen set and secure the set and wherein the straps bear identifying indicia for easy identification of the bundled content.

Abstract: A bundled object is obtained in which a plurality of overlapped articles is sufficiently strongly bundled and it is also easy to release the bundling. A bundled object 1 is configured to include a body-to-be-bundled 3 which is made by overlapping a plurality of articles 2 and has four marginal portions 3a each extending a direction orthogonal to an overlapping direction, and a strip-shaped plastic tape 4 which bundles the body-to-be-bundled 3 by winding around the body-to-be-bundled 3 once so as to pass over the four marginal portions 3a. Then, both end portions 4a and 4b other than a winding portion of the plastic tape 4 are overlapped on each other at a position away from the body-to-be-bundled 3 and close to one marginal portion 3a, and the overlapped tape both end portions 4a and 4b are welded to each other at a plurality of welded portions H.

Abstract: A method for fastening wrapping sheets made of paper or cellulose in pulp-bale packaging, wherein a pulp bale is wrapped using a single-piece or two-part wrapping sheet made of paper or using a lower sheet and upper sheet made of cellulose. The method is characterized in that, at the location of overlap of the two paper or cellulose sheets, or at the end fold of the wrapping sheets made of cellulose or paper, one or more clip(s), including a decomposable material, not leaving behind any harmful components, as bale processing continues, is introduced into the bale. This makes it possible to avoid a costly binding machine or paper-strapping machine, and does away with the outlay required for disposing of the wire by the end user. A fastening device which includes a decomposable material which does not leave behind any harmful components, as bale processing continues is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided herein is a linen set organizer with a set of perpendicularly oriented intersecting straps having fastening elements on the distal ends to releasably fasten the straps around a linen set and secure the set and wherein the straps bear identifying indicia for easy identification of the bundled content.

Abstract: A building boards loading structure which loads plural building boards, being similar sheets, on a pallet. The building boards loading structure has plural packages, and the packages have plural building boards and plural bands. The plural building boards are banded at plural locations by the plural bands, and the plural packages are stacked vertically, to provide an upper and lower package in regard to two packages, and loaded on a pallet. The locations of bands in each upper and lower package which is loaded on the pallet are different from each other in relation to the lateral direction. The location of bands in a lowest package which is loaded on the pallet is different, in relation to the lateral direction, from the location of the stringers and an entry in the pallet for inserting a fork of a fork lift truck.

Abstract: A device and related method for storing and bundling papers, magazines and/or cardboard, for easy disposal and recycling comprised of a storage unit comprising four side walls and a bottom surface wherein a top area is open and permits stacking of papers on said bottom service; and a single source of twine in a pre-arranged pattern within said storage unit for easy bundling of the papers, magazines and/or cardboard.

Abstract: Disclosed is a packed, highly compressed cuboid-shaped filter tow bale, the top side and bottom side of which are free from noisome curvatures or constructions. A method for producing the bale comprises the following: (a) filter tow is supplied in a compressed form: (b) the compressed filter tow is enveloped in a wrapping; (c) the wrapping is closed in an airtight manner; and (d) the wrapped bale is relieved of the load. The wrapping of such a bale is largely prevented from bursting as a result of the prevailing internal pressure.

Abstract: A method for packaging cotton sliver for efficient transport includes the steps of laying the sliver in a uniform-density pattern onto a bottom cap, placing a top cap on the sliver, applying pressure to the top and bottom caps to compress the sliver to a higher second density at which the compressed sliver is rigid, and strapping the compressed sliver and caps in order to form a rigid package for handling and transport. A packaging system includes an oblong can that receives the sliver, a compression baler for compressing the sliver to a high density, and a strapping apparatus for strapping the compressed sliver and caps to retain the compression.

Abstract: A bundle (8) of rolls made from a strip of insulation of a fibrous material, comprising several rolls, arranged side by side with the axes thereof parallel in several superimposed layers with a wrapping film wrapping each layer in a compressed state in a first direction perpendicular to the axes of the rolls and a sleeve enclosing the superimposed layers in a state with the layers compressed one against the other in a second direction (F3) perpendicular to the axes of the rolls and perpendicular to the first direction and covering the first and second ends of the rolls of the bundle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of vacuum packaging and vacuum packaging techniques. Embodiments of the present invention include bales and packages comprising a sealed chamber having an internal volume at a pressure less than ambient atmospheric pressure. In alternate embodiments of the present invention, the internal volume of the package comprises a bulk material, a bulk fiber material, fibers or fibrous materials. Also disclosed are methods for packaging, packaging systems and apparatus for packaging.

Abstract: An easy-opening insulation package for containing a stack of resilient insulation batts, such as but not limited to glass fiber insulation batts, is formed from a sheet material. The sheet material completely encircles the batts and has a stress riser that extends longitudinally with respect to the batts for the length of the batts. Preferably, the sheet material has at least one tear line, such as a perforated line, extending generally perpendicular to and crossing the stress riser for creating an opening in the package through the rupture of the sheet material by hand along the perforated line and for permitting the stress riser to be separated by hand from the opening created along the perforated line to gain access to the batts within the package. Preferably, the ends of the package are closed and the perforated line completely encircles the package to permit the package to be separated into two sections by rupturing the perforated line along its entire length.

Abstract: A method and system for bundling elongated material surrounded with a plurality of binding frames, each binding frame having vertical and horizontal members attached so as to form a rectangular shaped frame. The vertical and horizontal members are connected using corner jigs, each corner jig having a horizontal base adapted to receive a horizontal member and a vertical sleeve adapted to receive a vertical member. Each binding frame is then surrounded with a binding band adapted to hold the corner jigs and frames in place so as to maintain the elongated material in the bundle.

Abstract: A unitized package contains a stack of insulation containing packages. The unitized package is formed by a sheet of stretch wrap film that is spirally wrapped about the sides and at least partially overlays the upper and lower surfaces of the stack of insulation containing packages to hold the stack of packages together as a packaged unit. The unitized package has a band adjacent the base of the unitized package which forms a loop adjacent one side of the unitized package to which a pulling means can be secured to pull the unitized package over a horizontal surface, such as a warehouse floor or truck cargo bed, to facilitate moving the unitized package or unloading the unitized package from the truck.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for packaging combinations of complementary items are disclosed. A combined package according to the invention includes a first container containing a first item and a second container containing a second item that complements the first item. A packaging material at least partially surrounds both the first and second containers, thus holding the first and second containers in mutual abutment. The containers can be shaped and positioned relative to one another such that the combined package has an overall shape that is generally rectanguloidal and suitable for palletization. Apparatus and methods for manufacturing such combined packages are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a raw rubber lapping film formed of an ethylene·&agr;-olefin random copolymer comprising ethylene unit and an &agr;-olefin unit having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and a raw rubber bale lapped with this film. Since the film is superior in strength and release properties and has good dispersibility in ethylene·&agr;-olefin copolymer rubber, the operation of lapping raw rubber with a film, the operation of stripping a film from a lapped raw rubber bale and the operation of separating each of a plurality of raw rubber bales are carried out easily and yet there is no adverse effect on the subsequent rubber processing step without stripping the film by heating at a temperature higher than the melting point of the film at the time of kneading.

Abstract: Combined packages including a plurality of complementary containers are disclosed. A first such container is a first generally rectanguloidal container that contains a first item and a second such container is a second generally rectanguloidal container that contains a second item that is different from and complementary to the first item. A packaging material at least partially surrounds each of the containers, thus holding the container in mutual abutment. A combined package can also include an adhesive between the containers that holds a face of the first container and a face of the second container in mutual abutment. To facilitate palletizing the combined packages, the overall shape of the combined package can be generally rectanguloidal. The first container can have a plurality of faces, each of which is generally coplanar with a respective face of the second container. Apparatus and methods for manufacturing such combined packages are also disclosed.

Abstract: The towing strap (18) for a unit of cargo (10) is wrapped around the lower portion of the unit. The towing strap (18) is cinched to the unit (10) with a standard friction buckle (22). The strap contains two forwardly extending loops (24, 26) positioned adjacent the forward edges (28, 30) of the unit of cargo (10). A towing line (36) may be hooked to the loops (24, 26) for towing the unit of cargo (10) over the ground.

Abstract: A system of waste material recycling involving the formation of bales of recyclable waste, the bales consisting essentially of recyclable waste material and waste storage containers therefor, wherein the waste storage containers are filled by the individual consumer with the recyclable waste material prior to the formation of the bales and are formed of material that is compatible for recycling with the waste material. The waste storage containers are preferably obtained simultaneously with, and as a component of, the goods which ultimately become the recyclable waste material stored in the containers. In the preferred embodiment, the waste storage container comprises a compactly packaged storage container which is compatible for recycling with newsprint and obtained simultaneously with, and as a component of, a single edition of a newspaper, or the like.

Abstract: A system of waste material recycling involving the formation of bales of recyclable waste, the bales consisting essentially of recyclable waste material and waste storage containers therefor, wherein the waste storage containers are filled by the individual consumer with the recyclable waste material prior to the formation of the bales and are formed of material that is compatible for recycling with the waste material. The waste storage containers are preferably obtained simultaneously with, and as a component of, the goods which ultimately become the recyclable waste material stored in the containers. In the preferred embodiment, the waste storage container comprises a compactly packaged storage container which is compatible for recycling with newsprint and obtained simultaneously with, and as a component of, a single edition of a newspaper, or the like.

Abstract: Bales of unvulcanized rubber, or compounding ingredients for unvulcanized rubber are packaged in film or bags made from an ethylene .alpha.-olefin copolymer having a Vicat softening point below 90.degree. C. and a melting point below 100.degree. C., and optionally a second ethylene copolymer is added to improve processability of the first ethylene copolymer. The second ethylene copolymer will contain more long-chain branches than the first ethylene copolymer. Such films may be included in a rubber compounding operation.

Abstract: Bales of unvulcanized rubber, or compounding ingredients for unvulcanized rubber are packaged in film or bags made from an ethylene .alpha.-olefin copolymer having a Vicat softening point below 90.degree. C. end a melting point below 100.degree. C., and optionally a second ethylene copolymer is added to improve processability of the first ethylene copolymer. The second ethylene copolymer will contain more long-chain branches than the first ethylene copolymer. Such films may be included in a rubber compounding operation.

Abstract: A non-palletized unit of cargo comprises multiple substantially identical high-density bales of hay arranged in a stack having vertical peripheral sides and held together exclusively by inwardly directed lateral forces around the peripheral sides of the stack with the force being applied by multiple layers of pre-stretched stretch-wrap extending around the peripheral sides of the stack.

Abstract: An insulation shipping package for compressible insulation products comprises at least two insulation package units, the insulation shipping package having a ratio of major face edge dimensions less than about 1:1.5, the insulation products being compressed to a greater extent in the insulation shipping package than in the units so that when the insulation shipping package is opened into individual units, each individual unit has two generally rectangular major faces and a ratio of major face edge dimensions less than about 1:1.5.

Abstract: A ski guard constructed of high impact absorbing compressible foam shaped into a seamless tubular housing with an elongated substantially flat end plug disposed in one end of the housing. The size of the housing conforming to the shape of the ski, the resiliency of the foam providing necessary expansion for skis providing a skin tight cover to prevent internal sliding and provide an impact cushion area. A housing is placed over the tip and tail portion of the ski providing an impact cushion layer to protect the skis' edges and finish from impacts, scratches, and quick thermal expansion. A binding guard is formed by placement of foam within a fabric bag, the fabric bag fastening the binding guard about the ski bindings by use of a zipper with sealing straps. Two additional ski straps allow the skis to be carried as package in conjunction with a set of ski poles.

Abstract: A cover is illustrated for confining in compression a bale of cotton being transported to a textile mill. The cover is warp knitted from cotton mote yarn spun on an open-ended apparatus, possesses a yarn count of 3 to 12 and is of Atlas stitch construction produced by using suitable lapping movements in conjunction with two or more partially-threaded guide bars.

Abstract: A non-palletized unit of cargo of multiple substantially identical high density bales of hay capable of being handled by a forklift truck or the like without a pallet comprises a plurality of substantially identical high density bales of hay, arranged into at least one layer of multiple horizontal rows, and bound together as a unit solely by multiple layers of an elongated continuous sheet of pre-stretched polymeric film having a memory wrapped horizontally around the periphery of the bales of hay.

Abstract: An elastic wrapper netting, and a method for making same, wherein linear low density polyethylene ribbons are knitted into a Raschel net. The ribbons of the knitted wrapper netting have an orientation of about 1:4.25 in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A kit comprises a tray with a well for a tourniquet, a dressing to use with a medical device inserted into a blood vessel. An antimicrobial treatment in the well disinfects an area of skin through which the medical device punctures the vessel. A pair of juxtaposed gloves with the finger ends, the hand parts and the cuff portions against one another are rolled up along their longitude from their fingers to their cuffs driving out air entrapped within the gloves. The process of rolling from the fingers to the cuffs leaves the cuffs of each glove at the periphery of the rolled generally cylindrical gloves for access to the inside of each when donning. A method for rolling gloves into a relatively cylindrical package, includes setting the gloves side by side with the finger ends, the hand parts, and the wrist or cuff portions juxtaposed. The finger portions are gathered into an axial bundle and rolled from the finger ends toward the palm or back hand parts driving out air within the gloves.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a wrapping apparatus having a frame, a reciprocally driven carriage moveably mounted on the frame, the carriage being adapted to hold a rotatable roll of stretchable film material and a film width varying mechanism. A driven rotatable turntable adapted to support a load is positioned adjacent to the frame, and the leading edge of the film material is held adjacent the load. A brake is connected to the film roll to restrict movement of the web of material from the roll and the film width varying mechanism is mounted in the material path so that the film web travels through a pivotable "C" shaped assembly of the film width varying mechanism to collapse the film web width so that the web edges are formed into rope configurations connected by a membrane of film.

Abstract: A novel reusable container in combination with tie rope securement means comprised of a rectangular box or receptacle defining a pair of generally V-shaped cutouts in first and second adjacent vertical side walls and tie rope dispensing means associated with the third and fourth vertical side walls of said rectangular receptacle. One or more tie ropes of suitable length are dispensed from said dispensing means and draped across the bottom of the receptacle and oriented such that the free ends of said ropes protrude through the V-shaped cutouts. Newspapers are then stacked on top of the tie rope until the height of the stack reaches the upper edge of the container or any other desired height. The free ends of the tie ropes or the like are then tensioned tightly around the bundle and twisted or knotted securely about one another such that a uniform bundle is formed.

Abstract: A pack of laundered, folded and sterilized articles and method of packaging same are provided wherein such articles have at least one band disposed in encircling relation around the pack and holding same in a compact manner wherein the band has overlapping fused end portions and such band is made of a material which does not contaminate the pack.

Abstract: A preformed wire spacer for spacing nested formed galvanized metal material pieces having a nestable profile and wherein at least two stacks of the nested material pieces are disposed and secured in side-by-side relationship to form a bundle. The spacer comprises a metal wire treated with a corrosive resistant coating and formed of similar profile as the cross-section of at least part of the profile of two of the material pieces when positioned in side-by-side relationship. The spacer has a cross-section to provide reduced contact with the surface of opposed nested ones of the pieces when positioned therebetween whereby to provide air flow and minimum water retention between the nested material pieces to substantially reduce the formation of white rust.

Abstract: A bale of goods, particularly textile goods, and method of forming the same includes covering the bale of goods with a cover and then strapping the bale with at least one tensioned strap which encompasses the bale. A restraining tape extends generally transversely over the strap and is affixed (preferably by means of adhesive) to the strap and to portions of the cover laterally adjacent to the strap. The restraining tape thereby positionally and attachably secures the strap to the bale and defines a zone of the strap in which the strap may be severed to minimize outward lashing thereof thereby promoting a greater measure of safety to personnel.

Abstract: A package group comprising at least two individual packages fastened together in stacked, registered superimposed relationship by a wrap around band. The wrap around band is adhesively attached to two adjacent sides of the package group symmetrically with the interface between the two packages of the group. Each package has a pricing bar code on one surface thereof, and the packages are oriented so that the surface of each package having the bar code face to the same side of the package group. The wrap around band is fabricated of a transparent material and includes an opaque panel asymmetrically located to one side of the longitudinal centerline of the band. The opaque panel is positioned, sized and configured to completely cover the pricing bar code on only one of the packages of the group.

Abstract: A tie-off closure method for securing wrapped plastic netting around a load on a pallet or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a container package assembly employing upper and lower trays with a shallow depth which are positioned on the ends of the container and secured in assembly about the containers with cross strapping. When used with P.E.T. bottles, the upper tray is shorter and narrower than the lower tray and is engaged about the neck flanges of the P.E.T. bottles which positively position the upper tray with respect to the lower tray. This assembly provides a low cost efficient package for shipping and handling and displays the container label.

Abstract: An improved high density tow bale wrapped with a cardboard or the like covering and held in compressed condition by multiple strappings which extend around the bale, the tow bale having on its bottom a pattern of multiple pads for supporting the bale on a floor and unrelieved areas between the pads for receiving the strappings therealong; and the method for forming the improved high density tow bale.

Abstract: A wrapping of netting is disclosed for a round bale of agricultural blade crops. The use of netting as a wrapping permits the elimination of all additional measures for fastening of the wrapping which have so far been customary and necessary with any other wrapping materials.

Abstract: A process for dense packing on a conventional pallet three-cubic-foot bags containing a lightweight, loose material that will flow within that bag, by a stacking pattern where a pair of bags are arranged alongside and offset from one another on the pallet to make up each stack layer, with successive layers rotated ninety degrees (90.degree.) from the layer below; applying, in turn, to each bag a downward force, as by a person moving his feet thereon, to evacuate air from that bag and to shift the contents to fill in gaps or openings in the layer below; and securing that stack to the pallet for transport; and a stack of three-cubic-foot bags containing a lightweight, loose material by a practice of the process of the invention.