Abstract: A multiple compartment food package of a heat sealed thermal plastic material is provided with opening means associated with each compartment to enable individual units of food to be removed without affecting the airtight seal of the remaining food compartments.

Abstract: A vending device comprising a box-like housing subdivided in its interior by partitions which form an array of storage bins. A cover, releasably secured to the device, is formed with flexible, resilient projections, each projection partially covering a bin, permitting an article of merchandise therein to be withdrawn by upward flexure of the projection thereat. In one form of the invention the housing is retained on a stand therefor at an angle of about 45.degree.. In another form of the embodiment, the housing is retained adjacent a change tray.

Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed for containing a plurality of discrete exsive masses in close juxtaposition but isolated from each other so as to prevent detonation of one such mass from propagating a chain of further detonations of the remaining such masses.

Abstract: Electrical resistance heating elements made of graphite and disposed in a ceramic tube are protected against breakage during shipment by cardboard inserts which are telescoped over the heating elements and into the tube. When the heating elements are first energized, the inserts burn away into harmless ash which falls to the bottom of the tube.

Abstract: A container is provided to hold and display a group of fragile articles, such as candles. The container comprises an open-topped box having a rectangular bottom and upright front, back and end walls. Each of the end walls has an upwardly projecting extension the width of which is substantially one-half that of the end wall. One of these upward extensions is adjacent to the front wall and the other is adjacent to the rear wall. The inner edges of these extensions are joined to the opposite edges of a partition wall that lies in a plane parallel to and midway between the front and back of the box. The upward extensions and the partition thus cooperate to form a pair of back-to-back vertical compartments above the top of the box, each having a back formed by the partition wall and one side formed by one of the extensions. Articles set vertically into the box have their upper portions received in the vertical compartments to be supported thereby in upright arrangement exposed to view and to inspection.

Abstract: A grouping of straight tubes, bundled and packed for shipment, having the tube ends on one end of the bundle deformed for locating and supporting the tubes in a tube sheet, with the deformations located and produced in a manner resulting in a compact shipping package and improvements in handling at the job site and place of manufacture.

Abstract: Each of the plurality of metal strips combined to form a core unit has a width b substantially less than the radius r of the cross section of the core formed by the strips. The direction of the edges of the strips in the cross section is random.

Abstract: A method of cutting and assembling a carton is provided wherein the top panel of the carton is partially slit along the center line of depth of the top panel. A pair of slits are provided in the top panel lengthwise of the top panel and intersect with the depth slit at the terminal ends of the depth slit. Scoring and tabs are provided inward from the side edges of the top panel by an amount equal to the width of the carton, the scoring extending parallel to the partial center slit. A depthwise blow administered along the partial slit severs the top panel into two portions, which can then be immediately pressed down and in with tabs on the two portions nesting in slots in the back panel at the edges of the back to provide a display opening in the top of the carton. A filler insert is threaded beneath two overhanging ends of the carton and is forced down into the carton to assist in holding the folded down portions of the top into reinforcing relationship with the sides.

Abstract: A dispenser for delivering any one of three different quantities of uncooked spaghetti or the like elongated rod-like pasta elements. The dispenser consists of an elongated container with a removable lid having a central round opening and a series of rings of progressively decreasing diameter removably fitted within said round opening and within one another. A closing cap is removably fitted within the ring of smallest diameter. The rings may be selectively open for choosing the size of the opening required for the metering of the required portion of pasta. The pasta is discharged by turning the container upside down. When the cap is in closed position, the pasta is stored in the container in a hygienic manner. The lid is of arcuate shape to facilitate delivering of pasta.

Abstract: A member for protectively supporting and spacing a plurality of rolls of web material such as cellophane in a multi-layer stack is formed as an elongated bar. The bar has a plurality of spaced indentations along at least one elongated surface for receiving the rolls of the stack. The bar is formed with sufficient flexibility to permit a limited, relative movement among the rolls of the stack. This provides a high degree of protection to the rolls. At the same time, the bar has sufficient strength to prevent crushing of the stack. The bar may be formed of expanded polystyrene foam and, preferably, is formed to embrace the ends of the rolls for protective purposes.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for storing and transporting heavy elongated workpieces such as round steel, sectional steel, steel pipes and the like. The apparatus comprises at least two stock racks each of which is formed from two substantially U-shaped girders connected together. A carrying device is also provided for use with a crane in lifting and moving the racks.

Abstract: A box for ampoules has a front wall with a top edge well below the top edge of the rear wall so as to define (with side walls) an opening closed by a cover extending from the rear wall and overlapping the front wall to which it is secured by an adhesive edge. Lines of perforations across the overlapping portion define a web to be torn off when access is to be had to the ampoules. This leaves the remaining part of the cover with a tongue which, when the box is again to be closed, is tucked into a pocket between the front wall and a support for the ampoules which also strengthens the front wall. The support includes corrugated cardboard providing compartments for the ampoules. The tongue and top edge of the front wall are shaped to interlock.

Abstract: A device for retaining and displaying a plurality of spark plugs having a multiplicity of offset openings therein in which spark plugs of varying sizes may be slidably received and frictionally retained in an orderly relationship.

Abstract: The specification describes a method for the production of cigarette packages in which a first foil web of thermoplastic material, supplied from the supply roll, and having a width exceeding the length of the cigarettes to be packed, is pressed into troughs corresponding to the size of the cigarettes to be packed, cigarettes are placed in the troughs, a second flat web of foil supplied from a second supply roll is placed over the cigarettes to cover them and the webs are connected together. Following this the two webs are separated to form sections which constitute substantially complete packages. The shaping of the troughs accepting the cigarettes individually occurs in the one first foil web on a drum provided with molds which can be placed under suction.

Abstract: A one piece paperboard packaging insert for displaying and supporting the heads and portions of the shafts of articles such as golf clubs or the like, within an outer package.

Abstract: A packaging arrangement for housing a plurality of U-shaped fluorescent lamps in a corrugated container is provided having a plurality of first and second corrugated inserts each having a plurality of aligned, spaced slots extending inward a predetermined distance from a first edge of each thereof. The inserts are mounted on one another by sliding one insert in the slots of the other, the slots being aligned and the inserts being positioned orthogonally with respect to each other and as assembled extending between the four sides of the container. The firt and second inserts when so mounted form a plurality of rectangular compartments therein which conform generally with and are adapted to house U-shaped fluorescent bulbs therein.

Abstract: A screw strip for holding a row of parallel screws is formed of a flexible plastic material with sleeves which either only partially surround the screws, or have different wall thicknesses on different sides of the screws. The ribs interconnecting the sleeves have wall thicknesses less than the outer diameters of the screw threads. In a method for forming the screw strip, a plastic material is extruded only on one side of the threads of a row of screws, and it is then pressed by means of grooved rollers to be formed into the sleeves which only partially surround the screws.

Abstract: A package for candy canes which is a body of resilient, synthetic resin material having a pair of adjacent cane-receiving depressions therein. Each of the cane-receiving depressions is of an elongated oval configuration, and includes substantially elongated side channels separated by a central island and joined at each end by a rounded, recessed end portion. Intermediate the length of each of the elongated side channels of the recessed elongated oval, a pair of undercut flanges are provided within the recess forming that side of the oval, and adjacent the central island. The undercut flanges in each pair are spaced a distance from each other which is less than the transverse thickness of the elongated leg of a candy cane to permit the cane to be snapped between the flanges through the space therebetween, and then retained by the flanges in a stored, packaged position.

Abstract: A wrapper for a long article of merchandise, such as a hull of a double ended canoe or similar water craft, or the like is disclosed. The wrapper is formed from a plurality of cut and scored blanks of paperboard or the like, each of which when folded to position, defines a tube enveloping a portion of the article.

Abstract: A storage container for associated or related articles such as nuts and bolts wherein there is a myriad of different sizes and shapes for each of the different types of related articles. It comprises a main body having a continuous side wall and open opposite ends, each end having a separate and independent cover. A first partition wall is provided within the body and has a plurality of slots for receiving bolts of a given diameter and thread configuration but of different lengths. A second partition wall is also provided in the main body, and has a plurality of trays for holding the nuts, such trays being in number equal to the number of slots in the first partition wall and arranged parallel and adjacent thereto so that mating nuts and bolts are arranged in juxtaposition. Thus the proper bolt and corresponding nut can be extracted from the container through said opposite ends of said main body but from corresponding locations therein.

Abstract: A packaging arrangement for elongated, flanged syringe dispensers such as hypodermic syringes, oral syringes, and nebulizer injectors of the back-fill type; the dispensers are arranged in a row with the flanges aligned and an elongated plastic connector grips the flanges on each side of the row of dispensers, each connector having a pair of resilient fingers which engage opposite surfaces of the flanges in tightly clamping relationship. The fingers of each connector are formed integrally with a connecting rib, preferably as a plastic extrusion; the tips of the fingers are spaced from each other, before installation on the flanges, a distance less than the thickness of the flanges. The connected row of syringe dispensers is covered by a sealed film to protect them against contamination. The row package may be supported on an open rack for filling dispensers without disturbing the package.

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 multi-layer tray dispenser package for fragile containers of pharmaceutical preparations such as ampoules of physiological saline are arranged in vertically superimposed trays for such containers in a box for storage and shipment, which box is provided with a weakened portion at one end which can be opened to provide an exit for a tray at that level. Each tray has a corrugated-like member for receiving ampoules out of contact with one another and each tray has longitudinal side members to facilitate sliding movement of the tray in the box and the lowermost tray has a bent over portion on which the tray immediately thereabove can slide.

Abstract: A package of arrows for shipment and display is constructed from a sheet of corrugated board, which is cut out to provide openings and formed with flaps having potential apertures cut therein for holding the arrows. The arrows are mounted on the sheet by hinging the flaps up at an angle to the sheet and forcing the tips of the arrows through the potential apertures, with the string notches held by fitting over an edge of an opening.

Abstract: A plastic packaging product is disclosed. In its final form it can be used in packaging to locate, separate and suspend items to be packaged. The packaging product comprises a plurality of extruded members in one direction linked with a plurality of extruded members in a transverse direction.

Abstract: A packing receptacle for sewing machine needles, with an upper part constructed in the form of a flat cap, in its opening which is provided on one side, a stay-shaped lower part is positively clampingly inserted, the lower part carrying the needles, the latter being inserted in row-form adjacent one another, such that a partial surface of the stay-shaped lower part is exposed as a consequence of gripping recesses provided in the cap-shaped upper part. One of the side walls of the cap-shaped upper part projects over the opening-sided edge of the other side wall surface. The latter side wall has a slot, which slot connects to the gripping recess.

Abstract: A component container for use in accommodating electric and/or electronic components, such as resistors, capacitors or semi-conductor elements, of a type having no lead wire outwardly extending therefrom, which comprises a casing having a plurality of elongated storage chambers defined therein and extending in parallel relation to each other in a common plane. Each of the storage chambers has a first end opening on one side surface of the casing and a second end opposite to the first end and opening on the other side surface of the casing opposed to the one side surface. The component container further comprises separate barrier members each for providing removably an obstruction to a group of the first or second open ends of the storage chambers to substantially close them with the components accommodated within the storage chambers in respective rows.

Abstract: A bundle for shipping and the storage of a plurality of elongated pipe lengths of a common size arranged in tiers is disclosed in which the longitudinal axes of the pipes in the bundle are disposed parallel to an elongated base formed of spaced-apart transverse sleepers. The pipes in each tier are separated by divider blocks standing on the sleepers and separating overlying sleepers from those there-below a distance substantially equal to or greater than the pipe diameter. Strapping encircles the sleepers and the dividers and the pipe therebetween to secure the bundle in a flexible manner throughout its length to accommodate the rigors of hoisting and transporting its storage in multiple bundles and on uneven supporting surfaces.

Abstract: Packing sheet for packaging aerosol cans and the like is formed from two sheets for films of plastic. One of the sheets is vacuum formed to provide a plurality of blisters or bubbles, and the sheets are sealed together to seal air inside the bubbles. The distance between adjacent bubbles is less than the distance between the articles which are to be packed, and the articles are supported by a cushion of air within the bubbles.

Abstract: A package for an elongated catheter comprising, an elongated container of a flexible material resistant to passage of bacteria. The container has at least one elongated generally linear cell extending longitudinally in the container, with the cell having a sufficient length to receive the catheter intermediate ends of the container. The cell also has cross-sectional dimensions of a size sufficiently large to receive the catheter and sufficiently small to maintain the catheter generally aligned in the cell. The container has a sufficient width to prevent excessive flexation of the container throughout a substantial longitudinal extent thereof. The container also has opening means communicating between the cell and the outside of the container. The package has means for closing the opening means, with the closing means being resistant to the passage of bacteria and permeable to the passage of a sterilization medium for sterilization of the catheter through the closing means.

Abstract: A shipping and handling carton for varying size articles, such as bottles and the like, adapted to be formed from a single sheet of foldable material, such as corrugated paper. The carton is designed to provide a plurality of individual article-holding internal partitions, while providing complete exterior coverage for the articles therein.

Abstract: A golf club and golf accessory carrier defined by first and second longitudinally corrugated elongate panels that are bonded back to back. The first and second panels when so bonded provide a number of elongate spaced cavities that removably support the shaft of the golf club, and the bonded panels also cooperating to provide a confined space in which golf balls may be stored, elongate spaces that removably engage the shanks of a number of tees, and a flat support on which a score pad is removably mounted. A pair of legs is pivotally supported on the carrier, with the legs in a first position extending longitudinally thereto, and the legs in a second position extending downwardly and outwardly at an angle from the carrier, to support the carrier in an elevated position when an end portion of the carrier rests on the ground. The bonded panels also cooperate to provide a handle for carrying the carrier, which carrier is particularly adapted for use on par-three golf courses.

Abstract: An arrangement for the storage of nuclear reactor fuel assemblies having a section wherein fuel is present and a section wherein fuel is not present. The fuel assemblies are placed in a plurality of elongated cells which are joined together to form a cellular structure. The fuel assemblies are placed within the cells at different elevations so that the fuel containing section of one fuel assembly is next to the non-fuel-containing sections of each fuel assembly surrounding the first fuel assembly. The vertical staggering of the fuel containing sections achieves space reductions while maintaining the stored fuel in a subcritical assemblage.

Abstract: A cigarette filter pipe kit in which the filter pipes are manufactured, shipped and sold to the customer in dry form. The customer utilizes the packaging container to moisten the filters and to assemble the filter pipes for use. A plurality of pipes are packaged in a container with only the metal heat shield in place and the dry cellulose filter inserted therein. The caps and plugs for the filter pipes are packaged separately or in a tray within the package together with a small pouch for carrying one or more assembled filter pipes. The customer moistens the cellulose filter, caps and plugs the filter pipes and returns the completed filter pipes to the original packaging container or to the small pouch.

Abstract: An improved multiple sample handling system, including a fully machine-compatible multiple sample support assembly, sample vortexing apparatus, and sample radioactivity sensing apparatus, is disclosed which enables performance of a complete radioimmunoassay or competitive binding procedure on the samples in the support assembly, generally without the need to remove and handle individual samples, and which greatly increases processing speed and error avoidance. The support assembly includes an apertured tray and sample retainers cooperating therewith and supporting the sample tubes by radially inwardly acting gripping portions. The retainers fit loosely within the tray apertures, but displacement control means are defined on the retainers and tray permitting the retainers together with tubes to smoothly move angularly relative to the tray within a small predetermined solid angle. The assembly with tubes is self-supporting upon the tubes for storage and optionally during sample operation.

Abstract: For the determination of hematocrit percent in blood samples a tubular body is provided having an annular series of elongated container holes for receiving a plurality of blood samples after which the device is subjected to centrifugal force to separate the red cells from plasma. The device is transparent and a scale is marked on it so that the hematocrit percent can be read directly.

Abstract: An assemblage of components for playing volleyball is arranged in a kit for convenient packaging, storing and handling, the components comprising a pair of Z-shaped ground anchors and a plurality of post sections arranged in two sets of three post sections per set. The anchors have cylindrical parts through which two of the post sections are passed when packaged, with the other four sections in parallelism, and a pair of end members is provided for retaining the posts with the ground anchors of course retained in turn by the first two posts. As a further adjunct, a volleyball net is packaged in the kit and is retained by the means securing the end members together.

Abstract: A new and novel display carton for displaying a plurality of uprightly positioned articles within the carton. The display carton is formed in a one-piece construction and has an integral advertising panel formed at the rear portion of the carton with the advertising panel being rigidly fastened to the folded back panel of the carton. By the use of an elongated slot in the folded back panel, a paper-to-paper bond is obtainable between the back of the advertising panel and the folded back panel to strengthen the connection.

Abstract: A dispensing and packaging system for pellets such as ampules or vials. The system comprises an elongated resilient plastic tube in which the pellets are arranged in a line. The tube is of slightly smaller inner diameter than the pellets; and it is slit along its length so that it expands circumferentially to accomodate the pellets. The plastic material of the tube is sufficiently flexible and resilient at room temperatures to neck down in regions between adjacent pellets or in regions of the pellets which are of small diameter. This necking down provides restraint against axial movement of the pellets to hold them securely in the tube while allowing them to be dispensed individually with a minimum of difficulty.

Abstract: A unitary holder for a set of masonry drills, or twist drills generally, provides a main vertical plastic back plate upon the front of which are mounted in parallel open ended cylindrical loops of selected sizes for holding drills or other articles in parallel assembly with their shanks disposed in pockets in line with the loops. The pockets receive the shank ends of the drills and hold the drills with their cutting ends on a common level. The loops hold the intermediate parts of the drills. A transverse horizontal cover flange integral with the back plate extends across the plate at right angles thereto a short distance above the loops. An extension of the back plate above the horizontal flange holds all the drills separately--endwise and sidewise--with minimal play. The main sheet which forms the plastic back is flexible in the region between the flange and the upper edge of the row of loops.

Abstract: A light weight, portable device for removably storing a number of needles of various transverse cross section but of substantially the same length, which needles have crochet hooks defined on first ends thereof, and the device capable of being used to selectively dispense any desired one of the needles therefrom by a simple manual operation.

Abstract: A package having a single backing or support member with products skin packaged to opposite sides of said support member.

Abstract: A container for dental instruments has a thin plate provided with a plurality of pairs of opposed recesses disposed in two parallel rows in a major surface of the plate. A plurality of channels connect the two recesses in each of the pairs of recesses. Dental instruments are received by the pairs of recesses and their interconnecting channels and are covered by a cover secured to the surface of the plate having the recesses. A plurality of containers may be stacked and held together by a clamp for ease of shipping or storage.

Abstract: A bundle for shipping and the storage of a plurality of elongated pipe lengths of a common size arranged in tiers is disclosed in which the longitudinal axes of the pipes in the bundle are disposed parallel to an elongated base formed of spaced-apart transverse sleepers. The pipes in each tier are separated by divider blocks standing on the sleepers and separating overlying sleepers from those there-below a distance substantially equal to or greater than the pipe diameter. Strapping encircles the sleepers and the dividers and the pipe therebetween to secure the bundle in a flexible manner throughout its length to accommodate the rigors of hoisting and transporting its storage in multiple bundles and on uneven supporting surfaces.