Abstract: A vessel holder for receiving a number of vessels is useful in an automated analyzer. To increase the number of vessels which can be received in the analyzer and to simplify the device for reading bar code labels, the vessel holder has an elongate body manufactured in one piece and containing a single straight row of identical elongate chambers. Each chamber is for receiving one vessel. All chambers have a common base with respect to which they are perpendicularly disposed. Adjacent chambers are separated by a partition. The inside of a side wall of each chamber bears a first bar code label for detecting the absence of a vessel in the chamber, and the outside of a side wall of each chamber bears a second bar code label for detecting the position of the chamber in the vessel holder. The first and the second bar code labels are readable by a bar code reader from one and the same side of the vessel holder.

Abstract: A unitary, thermo-formed synthetic resin packing element (10) is provided which is adapted to fit over the ends of a pair of fluorescent tubes (50, 52). The element (10) includes a pair of elongated, juxtaposed, interconnected tubular members (16, 18) each having a closed end (20, 22) and a series of axially extending, deformable, concavo-convex ribs (34, 36). The central axes (46, 48) of the tubular members (16, 18) are preferably non-parallel prior to fitting of the tubular members (16, 18) over the ends of the fluorescent tubes (50, 52); this assists in maintaining the element (10) in place and increases the overall integrity of the final two fluorescent tube package (66).

Abstract: A tool carrier suitable for displaying tools for merchandising includes a plurality of downwardly extending flexible strips having vertically opposed holes through which tool shafts may be inserted when the strips are flexed. Release of the flexure causes the hole walls to grip the tool shaft, firmly holding the tools for ready access and display.

Abstract: A cassette for supporting a plurality of cylindrically-shaped containers (e.g., test tubes) of randomly varying diameters in spaced parallel relationship includes a frame supporting a plurality of tube centering assemblies in side-by-side relationship. Each tube-centering assembly comprises a housing defining a through opening for receiving a container, and a pair of cooperating collar members slidably mounted on the housing for movement towards and away from each other. Each of the collar members has an arcuate surface adapted to contact a side wall of a received container during the sliding movement thereof. A spring is provided to bias the collar members towards each other and towards engagement with the side wall of a received container, whereby the collar members cooperate in supporting a received container therebetween.

Abstract: A bracket for fixating medical instruments or other articles includes a base member with a plurality of spaced-apart fingers extending up from the base member. A recess is formed in a side wall of at least one finger, which recess faces the adjacent finger. Also, a sheath engages around each finger which sheath has a flexible, resilient side wall which overlies any recess in that finger and defines therewith a void. When an article is wedged into the space between the one and the adjacent finger, it will snap into a stable position opposite the void so that the article is resiliently engaged and fixated by the overlying sheath wall.

Abstract: A rigid, hinged-lid packet for elongated elements, particularly cigarettes, presenting a cup-shaped container; a cup-shaped lid hinged to the rear end edge of the container to close the open end of the container; and a collar projecting outwards from the open end of the container; the lid presents a front wall in turn presenting an inner reinforcing tab, one portion of which is gummed to a portion of the collar; and one of the above two portions is torn off.

Abstract: A holder for supporting magnetic cylindrical tools of varying diameter such as wrench sockets, drill bits, etc. in order. A member having a series of recesses having shapes corresponding to the tools to be held is backed by an elongated magnet. In one embodiment, the member is a non-magnetic material and the magnet is made up of a plurality of transverse magnetic regions, having alternately north and south pole regions on the surface toward the recesses, with the lines between adjacent north and south regions aligned with the centerline of the recesses and a narrow non-magnetized region separating each pair of adjacent magnetic regions. The magnet may be in the form of individual magnet pairs spaced along a magnetic metal sheet with the interface between each magnet pair aligned with a recess. A magnet layer may be provided on the back of the metal sheet so that the assembly may be mounted on a magnetic metal surface. Other variations in magnet and recess structure are described.

Abstract: A rhombus-shaped toothpick holder for connected triangular toothpicks in a way that avoids toothpicks accidentally exiting the holder and poking someone is defined by a rear surface, four connected walls and a front bottom cover member that opens outwardly for insertion of the toothpicks and snaps closed. The front surface of the connected toothpicks inside the holder is smooth for the display of a logo on it except for spaces between the toothpicks at or near its top whereas the back of the connected triangular toothpicks appear accordion-like. The inside surface of the holder's rear surface has an identical logo displayed thereon so that as toothpicks having portions of the logo are dispensed the logo remains visible and whole. Alignment markers keep the logos aligned. To fit into spaces between the toothpicks and thereby prevent their movement, ribs of gradually increasing height are provided at a lower end of the inside rear surface at an area corresponding to that of the cover member.

Abstract: Wax candles are stored and transported in containers shaped similarly to the candles. The ambient temperature may cause the candles to partially or completely melt and hence lose their shape. When the ambient temperature eventually lowers, the candles will resolidify in the containers in their initial shape, and thus spoilage is prevented. A plurality of containers may be connected to form a candle storage tray, and several trays may be stacked atop one another in a storage container such as a basket.

Abstract: A rigid hinged-lid packet for elongated items, particularly cigarettes; the packet being formed by folding a flat blank defined by a number of panels aligned with one another and each presenting two lateral wings; a first and second panel defining the front wall of a collar and the front wall of the container of the packet, and being connected to each other by an appendix foldable inside the second panel; a third and fourth panel defining the rear wall of the container and the rear wall of the lid of the container; each wing of the third panel and the corresponding wing of the fourth panel defining a recess engaged by the corresponding wing of the first panel; and each recess being so shaped and sized as to permit the passage of the corresponding wing of the first panel.

Abstract: A tape and terminal package (30, 84) is disclosed wherein terminals (52, 86, 88) of different relative sizes are positioned on a carrier tape (32) so that each is a standard height (64) above the surface (66) of the tape and a crimping zone (58, 96, 98) of each terminal is a standard distance (68) from a datum (62) on the tape. A shim tape (76, 92) is arranged between the smaller terminals (52-2, 88) and the carrier tape (32) to position them to the standard height (64), each different terminal having a specific thickness shim tape (76, 92). In this way, two or more different tape and terminal packages (30, 94), each package having terminals of a different size or type than the other packages, can be accommodated by a single applicator tool (50) without modification or adjustment. Additionally, a tape and terminal package having terminals of different sizes or types on the same carrier tape may be accommodated by a single applicator tool.

Abstract: A pipette tip assembly is provided which includes one or more pipette tips, a tip support and a tip holder which is movable between a tip-holding and a tip-releasing position. The pipette tip assembly also includes a position-maintaining structure which is adapted to hold the tip holder in the tip-releasing position until the tip holder is selectively moved from that position. The position-maintaining structure thus eliminates or reduces the potential for inadvertent lifting of the tip holder relative to the assembly. The invention thus provides a pipette tip assembly that facilitates secure transport, minimal handling, and convenient and user-controlled operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device for tools, especially drills, such that this holding device is formed by a shell-shaped upper section of the housing and by a base plate which covers the upper section of the housing and which can be fixed thereon, tubular receiving holes, fine measurement channels, and the coarse measurement channel, as well as recesses for the contact bodies of the gauge being integrally formed on the upper section of the housing.

Abstract: A pipette tip rack loader is disclosed that will load a flat of pipette tips into a rack for use on a laboratory bench. The flat for the pipette tips is substantially the same dimensions as the top surface of the tip rack to be loaded, and has an identical hole pattern so that the ends of the tips loaded in the flat can be positioned one-to-one in the holes of the tip rack. The loader consists of an upper platform that holds the flat and a lower platform or base that holds the unloaded tip rack. The upper platform is biased in a first position sufficiently high enough above the tip rack that the tips do not hit the rack. The upper platform can be depressed so that the tips in the flat thread into the tip rack holes. As the upper platform nears the tip rack, the flat is released from the upper platform to rest on the tip rack with the tips registered in the rack. Several flats with tips may be positioned in the loader with tips in the upper flats.

Abstract: A wrench set holding system which contains wrenches therein at their open jaws is disclosed. Gradually increasing dimension element and openings provide positions therealong at which each wrench jaw in a set of wrenches, rests in use. A rod is also provided which can be inserted to secure a set of wrenches in place by sandwiching present wrench shanks between the rod and a primary body element or a bottom element. The wrench set holding system is economical to fabricate and easy use.

Abstract: A specimen carrier is designed for transporting specimen tubes throughout an automatic laboratory conveyance system. The specimen carrier includes a generally rectilinear carrier body with a forward face having an identification zone delimited thereon. An identification code is marked in the identification zone so as to permit mechanical sensing and identification of the carrier on a conveyor system. A plurality of holes of various diameters and depths are provided in the top surface of the carrier to receive specimen tubes of various types. The deepest holes are located centrally, so that the carrier is stable while retaining specimens therein. A groove is formed in the top surface of the carrier body which extends between the specimen tube holes, so as to communicate any fluid spilling from a test tube to the other empty holes in the specimen carrier, thereby retaining the fluid within the body of the carrier.

Abstract: A test tube holder for holding a test tube having an upper lip, includes a holder ring having an opening therein through which the test tube can be inserted; and a lock down clamp secured to the holder and including a lock down member movable over the holder and over the upper lip of the test tube, a moving assembly connected between the lock down member and the holder for moving the lock down member between a locking position in blocking relation to movement of the test tube out of the holder, and a release position out of the blocking relation, the moving assembly including a lever arm pivotally connected to the holder, the lock down member being fixed to an upper end of the lever arm, a pivoting assembly connected with the holder and to which the lever arm is pivotally connected, and a locking assembly connected with the moving assembly for releasably maintaining the lock down member in the locking position, the locking assembly including a ridge roll member secured to the lever arm, and a ridge on the hol

Abstract: An elongate article, such as a bundle B of individual elements A with or without an immediate wrapper, is wrapped by forming thereon a winding 20 composed of a strip of wrapping material, and laying on the article a tear member 15 which extends along substantially the entire length of the article and has an end portion thereof exposed. By pulling the exposed end portion of the tear member away from, and along the length of, the article, the wrapping may be disrupted without the use of cutting tools or the like which may damage the wrapped article.

Abstract: A package for cigarettes and the like comprises a honey-comb structure which defines a plurality of elongated parallel cells each for receiving a respective cigarette. The structure includes two opposite walls which close said cells at their ends, one of these end walls being adapted to be opened to low access to the cells containing the cigarettes.

Abstract: A container for receiving a plurality of elongate objects to be stored parallel to each other and including receiving and closure parts having each complementary two opposite spaced relatively large side walls having each an end section extending perpendicular to the side walls and having a width smaller than a distance between side walls, and two divergent sections extending from opposite ends of the end section and connecting the end section to respective longitudinal ends of the respective side walls of the receiving and closure parts, and with the end sections of the receiving and closure parts having a row of spaced projections, on the outer surfaces, and the end sections of the closure part having at least one boss formed on the inner surfaces of the sections and cooperating with the projections on the outer surfaces of the end sections of the receiving part for connecting the parts together.

Abstract: Packaging for shipping spent fluorescent tubes includes an external paperboard box lined with a plastic bag that encloses a pair of end pads positioned on opposite ends of an array of sleeves. The sleeves form discrete cells in which a spent fluorescent tube can be inserted for shipping. The end pads include foam that is pressed into the ends of the sleeves when the box is shut and confine the tubes to the sleeves in the event of breakage. The foam protects the plastic bag liner by accommodating electrical pins of the lamps and also clamps the lamps in relatively fixed positions while functioning as a shock absorber. The plastic bag is tied closed for shipping so that any mercury which issues from a broken lamp is largely confined to the bag. The packaging better retains mercury for disposition by a recycler, as opposed to release into the environment, and is arranged to serve the convenience of the user for encouraging recycling of fluorescent tubes.

Abstract: A holder for supporting magnetic cylindrical tools of varying diameter such as wrench sockets, drill bits, etc. in order. A member having a series of recesses having shapes corresponding to the tools to be held is backed by an elongated magnet. In one embodiment, the .member is a non-magnetic material and the magnet is made up of a plurality of transverse magnetic regions, having alternately north and south pole regions on the surface toward the recesses, with the lines between adjacent north and south regions aligned with the centerline of the recesses and a narrow non-magnetized region separating each pair of adjacent magnetic regions. In a second embodiment, the member is formed from a magnetic a U-shaped sheet with the recesses formed in opposed sidewalls.

Abstract: A carrier assembly for transporting and supporting fluorescent lamps, the carrier assembly comprising a container including a flexible bag having open and closed ends, the bag having a length between the open and closed ends, and the bag defining a volume; and the container including a tube support, the tube support including first and second parallel spaced apart surfaces, the first and second surfaces being perpendicular to the length of the bag, the first surface having an array of lamp receiving apertures therethrough, the second surface having an array of lamp receiving apertures therethrough which are aligned with the apertures through the first surface, the tube support being attached to the open end of the flexible bag to support and arrange a plurality of fluorescent lamps in spaced apart relation wherein portions of respective lamps extend into the volume in the bag.

Abstract: A titerplate for instrumental analysis of liquid samples consists of a plurality of wells in which the walls and bottoms are made of two different materials with different physical properties. This allows the interfacial tension at the surface of the liquid to be controlled in such a way that it is essentially planar, allowing more accurate analysis to be performed on the samples. The bottoms of the wells are preferably made of a transparent material, so that the analysis and observation can be done in the transmission mode.

Abstract: A drumstick station for holding drumsticks to be readily accessible to a drummer during a performance. The drumstick station has a stick holder which is adjustably mounted to a plurality of telescoping rods which may be mounted on a tripod base or on a drum itself. The telescoping rods allow a vertical adjustment in the height of the stick holder. The adjustable mounting of the stick holder to the telescoping rods allows the stick holder to be adjusted in two planes in addition to the vertical adjustment allowed by the telescoping rods. A variety of configurations within the stick holder allow a wide choice for a drummer in determining how the sticks are held within the drumstick station.

Abstract: A method of using a returnable and reusable shipping and storing system for elongated members, such as rolled awnings. The system includes a cart upon which a series of awning support plates are stacked. Each support plate has a wave-like structure which cooperates with vertically adjacent support plates to define a series of elongated channels. The channels are adapted to slidably receive the rolled awnings, and allow individual rolled awnings to be removed from the stack of support plates regardless of their vertical position within the stack. The awnings project in a cantilever fashion from the support plates, the projecting ends being protected and supported by awning end bags. The awning support plates are nestable to reduce the vertical height required for storage and re-shipment to the awning manufacturer, thereby reducing the inventory and shipping expenses of the system.

Abstract: An insulation assembly of the invention includes a central roll of compressed, rolled insulation material and six peripheral rolls of compressed, rolled insulation material surrounding the central roll, all of the rolls having longitudinal axes in parallel, each of the rolls being individually restrained, and the entire assembly being enclosed in a wrapper.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for conveniently holding or storing snelled hooks which does not utilize mechanical means of any kind. The device of the present invention consists of an elongated, substantially tubular shaped member, the interior of which is subdivided into a plurality of individual hollow compartments, each of which are of a size to accommodate a leader of a snelled hook and, in the preferred embodiment, the point of at least one snelled hook. In practice, the user of the device of the present invention will insert a fish hook's leader into an inner tubular compartment and the points of the hook into the ends of nearby tubular compartment. The ends of the holder can be covered to thereby store a snelled hook therein.

Abstract: A top wall for closing an upper opening of a rectangular frame is formed continuously with an upper edge of a side wall disposed on one side of a row consisting of four side walls. An upper flap having a supporting wall is folded to form one article supporting section on an upper edge of a side wall adjacent to the side wall. A lower flap to which a bonding portion continuous with the upper flap is fixed is formed continuously with the lower edge of the side wall. An upper flap is formed continuously with an upper edge of a side wall disposed on the other side of the row and has a shorter supporting wall. The upper flap is folded to form another article supporting section opposed to the one article supporting section. A lower flap is formed continuously with a lower edge of the side wall. A bonding portion continuous with the supporting wall is bonded to the lower flap. At least one supporting window is defined on each of upper supporting portions and each of the supporting walls.

Abstract: A pipette tip assembly is provided which includes one or more pipette tips, a tip support and a tip holder which is movable between a tip-holding and a tip-releasing position. Additionally, a pipette tip assembly is provided which includes one or more pipette tips and a tip holder which has tapered apertures therein. Methods of using such assemblies are further provided. The invention provides pipette tip assemblies that facilitate secure transport, minimal handling and convenient and user-controlled operation.

Abstract: A lead dispensing storage container that can be opened or closed by a single hand. The container body has a lead case formed therein, and a lead outlet allowing release of leads one by one. A gate member mounted in the container body can be moved to open or close lead paths between the lead case and lead outlet. An elastic arm portion forces the gate member to move in direction to close the lead paths. The number of parts is reduced, and supplying leads can be made easier by a case that has a lead supply opening projecting from the tip thereof. A leading end of the case has an inclined slope toward the lead supply opening therein, and a chuck containing leads having a knocking portion that is pressed into the case so that it can be opened by the knocking portion being pushed to press an opening actuator toward the inclined slope or is closed by an elastic force as the opening actuator is released.

Abstract: Disclosed is an index case for sets of drills and the like for storing, organizing, transporting, and displaying sets of elongated objects which permits selection of one of the set while simultaneously positively retaining unselected objects within the case. The index case comprises a body having a plurality of spaced apart elongated chambers aligned along several patterns of concentrically spaced rings, each ring of chambers defining a group. A rotatable cover plate has several angularly spaced apart apertures therethrough and rotatable selector plate has several angularly aligned apertures therethrough, each aperture being aligned with a group. The cover and selector are cooperable with the case body such that rotating the selector selects a specific group whereas rotating the selector and the cover together selects a specific chamber within the group for permitting objects to be inserted and extracted, all other chambers being blocked by the combined solid portions of the selector and cover plates.

Abstract: A rivet feed system which includes a base feeder assembly (28), having a rivet passageway (30) extending lengthwise therethrough. The base feeder assembly (28) includes cutout regions to receive rivet injectors (24) which are moved in operation between a first position and a second position. In the first position, an opening (80) in the injectors (24) forms a part of the passageway (30) through the base feeder assembly (28), while in the second position, the opening (80) is positioned directly beneath a vertically oriented rivet cartridge (22) to receive a rivet therefrom. The passageway (30) is connected to a source of pressurized air (32) which moves rivets therealong to a rivet machine or the like. The plurality of cartridges (22) positioned along the base feeder assembly contain rivets of various selected sizes.

Abstract: A pipette tip rack loader is disclosed that will load a flat of pipette tips into a rack for use on a laboratory bench. The flat for the pipette tips is substantially the same dimensions as the top surface of the tip rack to be loaded, and has an identical hole pattern so that the ends of the tips loaded in the flat can be positioned one-to-one in the holes of the tip rack. The loader consists of an upper platform that holds the flat and a lower platform or base that holds the unloaded tip rack. The upper platform is biased in a first position sufficiently high enough above the tip rack that the tips do not hit the rack. The upper platform can be depressed so that the tips in the flat thread into the tip rack holes. As the upper platform nears the tip rack, the flat is released from the upper platform to rest on the tip rack with the tips registered in the rack. Several flats with tips may be positioned in the loader with tips in the upper flats.

Abstract: A carrier for carrying elongate materials of varying lengths comprises an outer container, an insert which fits and is slidable within the outer container, and a shelf assembly disposed within the insert for holding the elongate materials. The insert has top access ports (preferably, two) and side access ports for viewing and obtaining access to materials stored within the interior of the insert. The shelf assembly has, preferably, a T-shaped cross-section, and comprises a horizontal member for holding materials stored in an upper portion of the insert, and a vertical member dividing the lower portion of the insert into separate compartments. Further features include a retrieve handle connected to the insert and a pair of brackets for mounting the outer container to the top of a vehicle.

Abstract: A self-contained medical procedure kit and stand having a tray and receptacles for medical instruments is provided in such a way as to safely and easily allow a health care worker to remove sterile medical instruments from the kit, replace and retrieve the instruments for reuse during a procedure, and dispose of the medical instruments after use. The stand facilitates the medical procedure and is designed to greatly reduce the possibility of needle-stick injuries because it maintains the medical instruments in an angled, accessible position and encases the sharp ends of instruments, syringes and the like.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a plastic holder assembly for loosely holding a plurality of microtiter sample tubes, which includes a tray having a plurality of holes for receiving the tubes and having opposite vertical end walls, each of which have two spaced vertically extending slots and a horizontally extending recess between the slots; a retainer releasably nestable in the tray having a corresponding plurality of holes and having opposite vertical end walls corresponding to the end walls of the tray; a U-shaped handle extending horizontally outwardly from each of the opposite retainer end walls, each handle having two legs which slide into the tray slots respectively when the retainer is nested in the tray; a tab projecting horizontally outwardly from each of the retainer end walls between each of the two legs which snap into the tray end wall recesses respectively when the retainer is nested in the tray, the retainer having an elongated slot parallel and directly adjacent each of the end walls, whereby i

Abstract: A holder for supporting magnetic cylindrical tools of varying diameter such as wrench sockets, drill bits, etc. in order. A member having a series of recesses having shapes corresponding to the tools to be held is backed by an elongated magnet. In one embodiment, the member is a non-magnetic material and the magnet is made up of a plurality of transverse magnetic regions, having alternately north and south poles on the surface toward the recesses, with the pole lines between adjacent north and south regions aligned with the centerline of the recesses. Preferably, a narrow non-magnetized region separates each pair of adjacent north and south pole regions. In a second embodiment, the member is formed from a magnetic a U-shaped sheet with the recesses formed in opposed sidewalls. The magnet is held between the sidewalls below the recesses and has two longitudinally arranged north and south poses at the surface toward the recesses, with the pole line running longitudinally along the center of the magnet.

Abstract: A packaging unit for pipette tips that have at their back ends a push-on sleeve having an annular edge. A planar, plate-shaped, thin carrier that is rectangular in plan view has on its top side a layer of a pressure adhesive. The pipette tips are detachably glued on the carrier by their annular edges in equidistant rows and columns.

Abstract: A disposable electrical connector header includes a base portion having a plurality of pin-receiving passages being open on one side. An external adjacent spring member to the open side of the passages provides an interference fit when a terminal pin is inserted from the bottom of the base portion of the disposable header. A plurality of terminal pins are received in the passages and project from the disposable header for insertion into holes in a printed circuit board and for solder connection to circuit traces on the circuit board. The disposable header is then slid off the terminal pins after soldering to the printed circuit board. A top portion is also provided having pin stops located correspondingly above each of the passages to restrict the movement of the terminal pins once inserted into the passages of the disposable header. A flat top at the upper portion of the disposable header is provided for robotic placement or removal of the disposable header.

Abstract: A scaffold stacking device of unitary construction is provided, comprising a generally elongated block member having a top side and a bottom side; a plurality of semi-circular recesses formed along the top and bottom sides, wherein each of the recesses is sized to receive a scaffold member; and vertical posts attached to the ends of the block member for mating with vertical bores in other identical stacking devices. Multiple stacking devices are secured to one another by passing a cable through cleats attached to the stacking devices. The resulting configuration allows the scaffold members to be easily and quickly counted, and the scaffold members can be transported to and from construction sites safely and without wear or damage from contact with other scaffold equipment.

Abstract: A packaging box for receiving a plurality of fragile elongated objects, such as small bottles, ampoules or the like, has a compartmented insert with at least one partition. To enable additionally accommodating a brochure in the folding box in a readily visible and accessible manner, a separate wall is disposed parallel to one broad side wall of the folding box; the partitions adjoin this separate wall, which together with the one broad side wall forms a pocket for receiving the folded brochure.

Abstract: This invention includes an above ground gas storage vessel of tubular or cylindrical configuration. A head or cap with threads mating the threads of the tube is screwed on each end of the tube to form a pressure vessel. Each cap contains a passage therein threaded to mate a reducing bushing. The reducing bushing likewise contains a passage which is at least partially threaded. This passage may be capped to prevent gas flow or valve to allow the flow of gas as required. In an alternative embodiment, the cap assembly is inserted into the tube and retained therein. A packing assembly would be used to seal the tube to prevent the escape of gas. A plurality of vessels are secured in a vertical-parallel arrangement using a support structure to increase gas storage capacity while taking up a minimal amount of ground space.

Abstract: In a screw holder in which bands of synthetic resin are disposed on one side of a series of screws out of alignment with the line connecting the center of each screw to stabilize the feed of the screws by the feed pawl of a screwdriver, the screws are driven in the right position regardless of the presence of the bands. A series of screws having an enlarged head are held between a pair of bands of synthetic resin. While a substantially straight main band having a larger cross-sectional area than a secondary band maintains the strength of the screw holder, a secondary band is allowed to bend according to the profile of the screw held therebetween. The outer surface of the main band is flat, whereas an intermediate part between adjoining screws where the two bands meet is flattened without forming a rib-like projection therein. Each screw is caused to bite in the main band to reduce the thickness of its bitten part.

Abstract: A folding box for packaging breakable articles such as ampules, miniature bottles, vials, or the like, having an insert to hold the articles. The insert is secured to a side wall of the folding box by base strips. The insert has two backdrop walls with openings and a strut, which connects the backdrop walls to one another. A compartment is embodied between the strut and the neighboring side wall to receive a package insert.

Abstract: A dipwell tray for a variety of liquids to be selectively applied by sharp pointed needles to a person's skin. For example, the liquids may be antigens used in skin testing for allergies. The tray has a number of so-called dipwells with co-planar mouths or top openings. In use, the liquids are introduced into the dipwells and the needles are then inserted into the dipwells, making the set-up loaded and ready for the needles to be removed one-by-one with liquid adhering to their sharp points. In order to facilitate the removal of the needles the top openings of the dipwells are provided with oriented needle-receiving pockets whereby the needles in the dipwells will be inclined in a desired oriented direction.

Abstract: Rod guides having four axial flutes separating four axial ribs are telescoped over sucker rods for water wells. The bore of the guides have a taper or bell from a tight fitting or snug fitting cylindrical section within the guides toward a bell or flare end. The adhesive fills the annular space between the bell or flare and the sucker rod to form a wedge to attach the guide to the sucker rod. Two guides on each joint of the sucker rod are aligned so that five sucker rods may be formed into a bundle with the guides staggered on different rods of the bundle to prevent interference and so that the rods nest into the flutes of the guides to form a compact bundle before the rods are bundled for shipment.

Abstract: A flow conditioner for providing a relatively ideal flow profile when used in a fluid conduit upstream from an orifice meter comprises a bundle of parallel tubes including a central tube having the largest diameter in the range of 0.2 to 0.5 times the conduit internal diameter. The central tube is surrounded by circular arrays of tubes each having a diameter smaller than the central tube so that the flow conditioner produces an orifice discharge coefficient that does not vary from a coefficient created by non swirling, fully developed ideal flow conditions.

Abstract: The bundling together of shirred food casing sticks is accomplished by loosely supporting the sticks in a desired stack configuration, drawing a stretch film from below the stack, folding the film over the top of the stack and taping the film to itself, and then pulling the film downwardly to tighten it about the stack and heat sealing across the bottom of the stack.

Abstract: Lightweight compressed gas cylinders are incorporated into a module which contains manifolding and which is designed for easy loading, unloading and transport on a flat-bed truck or other vehicle, particularly a roll-on roll-off transport truck, which is a specialized truck for mechanized handling of large containers. The module eliminates the need to retain the vehicle itself at the site of use. While a variety of cylinders of composite construction to achieve light weight can be used, certain novel composite cylinders whcih are particularly useful are also disclosed. These cylinders have a lightweight metallic liner or core cylinder wrapped with three layers of wound fiber. The inner and outer layers are axially-wound glass fiber and the intermediate layer is hoop-wound carbon fiber.