Abstract: A compact piggyback expandable package assembly safely dispenses labels for attachment to bottles, containers, and closure caps, as well as to other surfaces. The compact package assembly is particularly useful in the pharmaceutical industry, but can also be used for other applications. The package assembly comprises a special foldable package which encloses a set of labels. A resealable tab can be provided to facilitate opening and closing of the package. In the preferred form, the piggyback package assembly has a base or base label which is attached to the package. The underside of the base has adhesive portions so that the package assembly can be mounted upon the top surface of a closure cap of a bottle, a web, or some other surface.

Abstract: A pad of a plurality of sealable-unsealable bags comprising a stack of the bags, each bag comprising a front and rear wall closed at the sides and bottom and having a region of access to between the walls; a closure flap as an integral extension of the back wall, the flap having an inside and an outside surface relative to the bag in its sealed condition; an adhesive region located on a portion of the inside surface of the flap; and at least the adhesive-bearing portion of said flap being reverse-folded, outside surface-to-outside surface and the adhesive-bearing inside surface positioned in releasable adhesive contact with a non-adhesive bearing portion of the inside surface of the flap of a preceding bag in the stack.

Abstract: A holder for dental brackets having a frame which has an adhesive face on one side. The frame is foldable around a central line. Within each part of the frame is a transparent plastic. Thus, the dental brackets fit within the transparent plastic pouch formed by the frame and are manageable, identifiable, and remain sanitarily safe during transport. In addition, the stackable nature of the frame makes them easier to store.

Abstract: Disclosed is a packaged element containing (a) a substrate that transmits less than about 0.5% of actinic radiation and has at least one recess, (b) a cover that transmits less than about 0.5% of actinic radiation and transmits at least part of the visible light spectrum, (c) a structure for maintaining the cover in contact with the substrate such that the cover filters incident radiation entering the recess, and (d) an element located in the recess and having a substance thereon that is curable by exposure to the actinic radiation. Also disclosed is an article containing (a) a substrate having at least one recess with an interior surface, (b) an element having a tacky substance on a surface thereof, and (c) a structure for positioning the element inside the recess such that the tacky substance does not separate from the element upon removal from the recess.

Abstract: A writing instrument kit is set forth wherein a writing instrument is provided with a cap and body portion, each of a generally cylindrical configuration defined about a single axis, wherein the cap or body portion is each provided with a hook and loop fastener surface. The hook and loop fastener surface of the body portion is in surrounding relationship to the body and is optionally provided with slots for reception of a flexible sleeve formed with complementary projections receivable within the slots for use of the instrument without abrasion to an individual's hand. The kit includes a cleaning member and a securement pad formed with a hook and loop fastener surface for adhesive securement to a support surface as desired by an individual.

Abstract: An electronic component carrier includes an elongated substrate having a series of electronic component-setting portions spaced from one another at a predetermined interval along the length of the substrate. The substrate has push bar-insertion holes formed therethrough and disposed respectively at the electronic component-setting portions. Adhesive layers are formed respectively on surfaces of the electronic component-setting portions. The electronic components are adapted to be bonded respectively to the electronic component-setting portions through the adhesive layers. A push bar is adapted to be inserted into the push bar-insertion hole so as to be engaged with the electronic component to release the same from the adhesive layer.

Abstract: An electronic component carrier includes a carrier tape having a series of through holes formed therethrough and spaced from one another at a predetermined interval along the length of the casrrier tape. An adhesive tape having an adhesive layer is bonded to one side of the carrier tape by the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer partially covers each of the through holes. A plurality of electronic components are received respectively in the series of through holes and are bonded to that portion of the adhesive layer partially covering the through holes, thereby holding the electronic components on the carrier tape. An area of adhesive contact between the adhesive tape and the carrier tape and an area of adhesive contact between the adhesive tape and the electronic component can be isolated from each other at least in the direction of the width of the carrier tape.

Abstract: A balloon positioning device that is used in forming balloon clusters including a supporting base structure and an upstanding support member having a plurality of vertically spaced attachment points thereon to which a plurality of balloon ribbons, strings or the like are connected so that balloons can be arranged in various patterns with desired numbers of balloons located at selected vertical orientations to form desired arrangements of a plurality of balloons so that once the balloons have been arranged, the ribbons, strings or the like can be separated from the attachment points and tied or otherwise connected together in order to maintain the balloons in a desired cluster.

Abstract: An enclosure for a pad of paper sheets including a rectangular elongate sheet of stiff paper material bent at scores to define bottom, front, top and rear portions adapted to respectively overlie the bottom, front, top, and rear surfaces of the pad; and structure providing a recess at the end of the rear portion adapted to frictionally and removably receive a triangular end part of the sheet projecting from its bottom portion to close the enclosure.

Abstract: A center hub holder tape includes a generally nonstretchable carrier tape having a series of apertures formed therethrough and spaced at an equal interval from one another along the length of the carrier tape. A series of center hubs for use in a recording disc are carried by the carrier tape, with their tubular bodies removably inserted in the apertures in the carrier tape, respectively. An adhesive layer is interposed between one side of the carrier tape and a flange around the body of the center hub to adhesively bond them together. The adhesive layer is releaseably bonded to the one side of the carrier tape so that center hub can be removed from the carrier tape together with the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing adhesively-securable, fingernail coatings and an adhesively-securable fingernail covering product, too. The nail polish-like material is provided in semi-solid form on a sheet of adhesive-backed peel-off paper, which, when removed, exposes the adhesive of the fingernail coatings. The fingernail coatings are, after removal from a substantially air-tight package, cut into individual sections, located on the fingernails and pressed onto the fingernails to secure them there, temporarily, i.e., until they are desirably removed. The edges can then be cut to the length and width, as well as the curvature of the nail on which they are placed. The semi-solid nail enamel product is originally sealed in an air tight envelope to ensure that the coatings do not fully dry out during shipping and storage.

Abstract: Sheet material for making a sealed isothermal package comprises a flexible outer sheet of polyvinyl having a shiny reflective outer surface. The entire inner surface of the outer sheet is coated with pressure sensitive adhesive. An inner heat insulating layer of plastic foam is bonded to the inner side of the outer sheet by the adhesive. The inner insulating layer is of lesser area than the outer sheet so as to leave marginal areas of the adhesive surface of the outer sheet exposed for adhesion to underlying portions of the sheet material when the sheet material is wrapped around an object to be packaged. The insulating layer is of sufficient thickness that when the sheet material is wound in a roll, the exposed adhesive marginal areas are spaced apart so that no release backing material is required.

Abstract: A disposable cassette tape holder for securing a cassette tape to a file jacket or document is formed from a single sheet of pliable material having two parallel fold lines which define a front, back and fold panels of the holder. The front and back panels of the holder are folded about the fold lines to form a cassette tape holding pocket and, in one embodiment, the cassette tape is releasably held in the holding pocket, and the holder is in turn secured to the file jacket or document, by a light adhesive applied to the panels of the holder. Depending on the placement of the adhesive, the holder can be adhered directly to the top of a file jacket or document, or the file jacket or document can be interleaved between the holder's back panel and the held cassette tape.

Abstract: Kit for preparing a package for dispensing solid products such as pills, said kit comprising:(1) at least one blister tray having a single compartment or an array of compartments, and(2) at least one sheet bearing an adhesive on one major surface thereof and having dimensions such that it is capable of covering said single compartment or said array of compartments.In another aspect of this invention, a plurality of the aforementioned sheets can be aggregated into a pad, from which the sheets can be conveniently dispensed.

Abstract: The method of making a foamed-in-place gasket comprising mounting a coated release board upon a work support and robotically applying a continuous sealant bead upon the release board in a predetermined pattern corresponding to a pattern of securing engagement of a work piece, such as a window assembly, to a vehicle body. The gasket and release board assemblies may be stacked in cartons and shipped to another location where additional method steps are employed including applying the sealant bead and release board to the work piece with the sealant bead retained in securing engagement with the work piece. Thereafter, the release board is stripped from the sealant bead and the work piece such as a window assembly is secured to the support such as a vehicle body.

Abstract: A shipping log for supporting a plurality of sheet members such as automotive lites. The shipping log has a plurality of vertical slots to maintain the sheet members in a spaced apart vertical alignment and a resilient formable strip extending across a plurality of grooves and deformable into the grooves under the weight of the sheet members to prevent longitudinal displacement of the sheet members.

Abstract: The invention relates to multi-item packaging for retaining a plurality of objects, the packaging comprising a card panel for wrapping around said objects and for retaining them after two flaps of said panel have been connected together. According to the invention the packaging includes at least one pre-cut (7) defining a detachable portion (8) capable of being fixed to each object (9), said detachable portion thus serving to hold its packaged object and being automatically removed from the panel (1) when the packaging is opened and remaining fixed to the associated object. The invention is applicable to packaging jars, tins, bottles, and other objects, and more particularly to packaging yogurt pots either individually or in groups, with the pots being disposed in one or two rows.

Abstract: A container for shipping and storing articles such as semi-conductor materials, comprises a first case member having a bottom wall, a second case member having an annular flange, and a supporting sheet having a thin flexible base film and an adhesive layer applied thereto. The adhesive layer is capable of tentatively adhering thereto an article to be packaged. The first and second case members is adapted to make with each other in a sealed manner and to cooperate to define an internal space therebetween when mated together. The supporting sheet is placed in said first case member with the adhesive layer facing toward the second case member and with the peripheral margin of the supporting sheet held between the bottom wall of the first case member and the annular flange of the second case member.

Abstract: A package for disposable sanitary articles such as sanitary napkins, incontinence products and the like, in which for each single article there is provided a wrapper formed of a bag-shaped package blank which, with the article applied to one of its outsides, is folded around the article. After the article is used, what was originally the wrapper is usable as a bag in which to dispose of the used article.

Abstract: A wrapped roll of coins in which the wrapper comprises a flexible substrate. The wrapper has pressure sensitive adhesive on its inner surface which can be selectively cleanly released from the coins. And a process for applying and removing the wrapper.

Abstract: A wound unit of an electronic components series comprises a cylindrical core and a tape-shaped electronic components series wound in layers on its circumferential surface. On the periphery of the core, there is formed a slit. The electronic components series include a carrier tape made of a cardboard or the like on which not only the feeding holes having a certain pitch are formed but also many through holes responding to the shape of electronic components to be contained therein are distributed in a longitudinal direction. In each of these through holes are contained electronic components and on both of the main surfaces of the carrier tape, cover tapes are adhered to seal off the through holes. The tip of the electronic components series is inserted into the slit of the core and the electronic components series is wound in layers on the circumferential surface of the core.

Abstract: A test tube rack having a test tube-supporting member connected to a base member and bearing an adhesive strip is disclosed.

Abstract: An enclosure for a pad of notepaper including a rectangular elongate sheet of stiff paper material bent at scores to define along the length of the sheet an upper front portion adapted to overlie a part of the front surface of the pad, top, rear and bottom portions adapted to respectively overlie the top rear and bottom surfaces of the pad, and a lower front structure adapted to overlie a minor part of the front surface of the pad and having a recess adapted to frictionally and removably receive an end part of the upper front portion to close the enclosure.

Abstract: A dispenser package for a stack of strips of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. Each strip is formed with a tab at one end thereof and the strips of tape are aligned in the stack. The package comprises a support member supporting the stack of strips throughout their length and a cover portion which is positioned above the stack of strips and joined to the support member at one end and the cover is provided with an edge portion at the other end extending transversely of the stack at a position adjacent the tabs. The cover is formed of a flexible material to bow between its ends as the top strip is separated from the stack to hold the strip nearly perpendicular to the stack as it is peeled from the stack.

Abstract: A dust free container is disclosed herein for storing an optical membrane assembly such as a pellicle after the assembly is manufactured but before the latter is placed into use. The optical membrane assembly is one which includes a circumferential frame having a front side and a back side and an optical membrane mounted to and extending across the entire extent of the frame. The container, which is preferably black in color along substantially its entire extent, includes a base member defining an upwardly facing circumferential shoulder. This shoulder supports the front side of the circumferential frame forming part of the overall membrane assembly along its entire extent such that the front face of the optical membrane is maintained in spatial relationship with the rest of the base member.

Abstract: A bag chain for feeding packaging bags to a bag loader includes bags 2a,2b,2c imbricated and carried by a pair of parallel carrier tapes 3 and 4 which are wound up on spools 8 and 9 of a cassette 5. Loading the bag chain is a bag indexing drive unit involves simply placing the cassette 5 into position with the spools 8 and 9 engaged with parallel drive dogs 11 and 12, after which operation of a drive motor 15, driving the dogs 11 and 12 through a differential unit 14-22 indexes the bags 2a,2b,2c . . . and winds up the tapes 3 and 4. Upon complete consumption of the bag chain, the cassette can be removed and replaced by a fresh cassette with the tapes outside the cassette and carrying the imbricated bags.

Abstract: A roll-up carrier incorporates a rectangular sheet of flexible material with one or more strips of a first adhesive material secured to one surface parallel to a pair of edges, and one or more strips of a second adhesive material secured to the other surface juxtaposed with respect to the strips of first adhesive material. The first and second adhesive materials are preferably Velcro, and can be engaged with each other by pressure. A handle is provided, and pieces of the second adhesive material are attached to tools, implements, or other items to be carried in the carrier. One or more strips of the first adhesive material are mounted horizontally on a supporting surface so that the carrier can be mounted against the wall to constitute a wall support for the tools or other implements.

Abstract: An elongate directional marker has a triangular head and an elliptical body. Low-tack repositionable adhesive applied to the head of the marker enables the marker to be repeatedly reused. The markers are manufactured in an array by pattern-gluing adhesive strips to face stock, laminating a liner to the face stock and die cutting the markers out of the face stock so that the triangular heads of the markers are intermeshed in alternating orientation on the adhesive strips.

Abstract: A system for packaging leadless electronic and electrical components for automatic component placement machines including a low-cost, disposable, flexible engineered laminated carrier tape on which leadless components are held, a reel for winding said component tape, the reel being fabricated with a core of solid fiber chipboard and side discs sheets of coated kraft paper such that the carrier tape may be sealed within the coated paper side sheets of the reel and peeled from side sheets while unwinding.

Abstract: A label system is disclosed that is deformable and is useful for the decoration or marking of squeezable bottles or other flexible substrates. The label system is composed of a film of low or medium density polyethylene which is corona treated to accept print or decorative resin and certain curable pressure sensitive adhesives, and is affixed by the adhesive to bottles or other substrates in a manner that the label conforms to the shape of the surface of the bottle. The label deforms and recovers in essentially a permanent manner without wrinkling, cracking, tearing or being otherwise defaced due to separation or destructive fracturing of the label-substrate system.

Abstract: In a box containing facial tissues, a tape is attached to the under surface of an oval portion surrounded by a perforated line. In the alternative, thick strings are attached along and inwardly of the longitudinal edges of the oval portion. The tape or thick strings serve as backings and facilitate tearing the top sheet along the perforated line. The uppermost one of the facial tissues is attached to the under surface of the oval portion. In the alternative, the oval portion is formed with a hole through which an adhesive tape is pushed to adhere to the uppermost tissue.

Abstract: A portable carrier for adhesive tape, comprising a plurality of side-by-side support strips each having an adhesive tape strip releasably secured thereto. The support strips are detachably secured to a base portion, and several of these base portions may be arranged in juxtaposed relationship to one another so that the carrier will be of a convenient, compact substantially flat configuration. A further aspect of the invention is a method for the manufacture of such a carrier.

Abstract: An apparatus for carrying flat package integrated chips disposed in chip carriers has backing paper with a plurality of holes evenly spaced along the left and right sides of the paper and extending in a length-wise direction of the paper. At least one adhesive tape is attached to one face of the backing paper and holds the chip carriers. A plurality of chip carriers are adhered to the adhesive tape and are uniformly spaced along the paper in the length-wise direction. Each carrier has first and second alignment holes which are aligned with the holes in the backing paper.

Abstract: A portable folder type pencil case, includes, a cover sheet panel being foldable in half and including first and second half panels each respectively having an inner half panel overlaid and joined on an inner side of the cover panel, the first inner half panel having a non-adhesive lateral mid-portion and the second half panel having an adhesive lateral mid-portion for overlapping with the lateral mid-portion upon folding of the case, a first and second guard strip panel wherein an outer end portion of the first half cover panel is joined with the first guard strip panel and an outer edge end portion of the second half cover panel is joined with the second guard strip panel, and a single-face adhesive panel strip connected to the cover sheet panel adjacent the second guard panel strip and including a panel strip for reinforcement of the single-face adhesive panel strip, the second guard strip panel having an adhesive back face for being selectively securely engaged with the first guard strip panel.

Abstract: A coin wrapper having a paper substrate and a clean releasing pressure-sensitive adhesive is disclosed.

Abstract: A package assembly has a rigid base member with at least one pair of parallel lines of weakening defining a tear strip. At least one row of packages is positioned on the base member and removably secured to a tear strip by frangible adhesive. A film of plastic material passes over the packages and is secured to the base member to retain the packages in assembly therewith. The packages are removable from the assembly by removing the plastic film, tearing the tear strip from the remainder of the base member, and separating the packages from the tear strip by breaking the frangible adhesive.

Abstract: To apply an electronic component such as an active or passive element of essentially block form with end strips or caps of conductive material to a substrate such as a printed circuit (PC) board, for subsequent soldering of the conductive strips or caps to conductors on the PC board by immersion or wave-soldering of the component and PC board in a solder bath, a controlled amount of adhesive is applied on the surface of the component between the end strips, to leave clearance space between the adhesive material and the end strips, so that the amount of material being applied can be accurately controlled. The adhesive material, preferably, is applied in form of a double-faced, double-sided adhesive strip, possibly with an intermediate foam or similar core so it can compress; the thickness of the core can be matched to the thickness of the end strips or caps.

Abstract: A dust and contamination free packaging container is provided. A method of producing contamination free packaging is also included. The package includes mating exterior frame members and spacing blocks for displacing a packaged product from the interior walls of the frame. The interior frame surfaces are coated with a contact adhesive which captures and retains particulate matter with which it comes into contact. Prior to use the contact adhesive surfaces are protected by cover sheets or elements which are readily removed at the time the product is to be inserted into the container. The predominant usage of the containers and method is in the electronic and optical industries and particularly in the packaging of photomask pellicles.

Abstract: A dispensing package for diabetic test care strips of paper includes a paperboard pouch containing a test strip unit. The pouch has a reclosable flap affording access to the contained test strip unit, the latter comprising a paperboard backing panel having a tab on one end accessible at the opening of the pouch. Attached to the other end of the panel is the edge portion of a stack of test strip material having parallel cuts extending from the free edge of the stack toward the attached edge, and which cuts define test strips adapted to be torn from the unit after it is removed partially or entirely from the pouch.

Abstract: A developed photographic film strip having protective foil on both sides is releasably connected to the foil at one margin of the film strip by pressure-sensitive adhesive, the other margin projecting from the foil so as to be accessible.

Abstract: Two or more containers for various products, having a generally parallelepiped shaped, are joined to form a multipack by blanks made of cardboard and the like. The package has a V folded band which is placed and glued between two adjacent containers, and handles to carry it arranged on the extensions of the V folded band. The invention also relates to a method of joining the containers so as to form the multipack.

Abstract: An ample case is made of a base sheet folded into a rectangular form when seen in side elevation. Ampules are accommodated in the case, being spaced side by side at with the bottoms of the ampules adhering to the bottom wall of the case. When an ampule is to be used, a segment of the base sheet is separated off with the ampule attached thereto along a severance line formed in the base sheet between adjacent ampules. A side wall of the case bears the name of the preparation in the ampules and like required information, thus eliminating the necessity of printing or labelling the ampules individually.

Abstract: A disposable surgical instrument container has a foam block platform suitable for receiving portions of surgical instruments embedded therein and numeral indicia thereon to facilitate counting of such instruments, a magnetic strip to facilitate locating magnetic instruments thereon and a one piece sheet member having a plurality of panels divided by crease lines to facilitate folding of the panels into a folded vertically stacked configuration beneath the foam block platform to serve as a base for the platform and alternatively to be folded up about the platform in a container configuration for disposal of the platform and surgical instruments thereon. The foam block platform is of sufficient thickness to receive surgical instruments embedded therein and the panels are of sufficient width to extend upwardly over the platform when in folded up configuration to provide a surgical instrument containing chamber over an upper surface of the platform.

Abstract: Assembly devices for electrical circuit components which is suitable for feeding electronic chip components, especially for semiconductor IC chips with comb-like leads, to e.g. chip mounting apparatuses, comprises two belt-like long objects made of tape-like and belt-shaped long materials, and is capable of feeding the electronic chip components mounted thereon in a stable and continuous feeding operation.

Abstract: A package for electrical and/or electronic components such as capacitors and resistors comprises a strip-shaped carrier formed with apertures which are uniformly spaced along the carrier for accommodating the components. The carrier is also formed with a row or rows of feed perforations, by means of which the package can be fed along in a feed machine. The components are held in the apertures by two tapes which extend longitudinally of the carrier on one side thereof and which each have an adhesive layer on the side facing the carrier. The tapes are spaced from each other and extend over portions of each aperture so that the aperture is only partially covered by the tapes. This leaves part of the component in the aperture exposed so that an ejector can engage the component to press it out of the aperture.

Abstract: A coin carrying plastic card of a size for carrying in a card carrying section of a wallet or the like including a plastic card body of a first thickness, a hole in the plastic card body for receiving a coin of a second thickness, an edge on the card surrounding the hole, the hole being of slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the coin so that the edge on the card lies in contiguous relationship to the edge of the coin, the first thickness being of a sufficiently high proportion of the second thickness so that the edge of the card surrounding the hole will provide support to the edge of the coin, and pressure-sensitive tape affixed to one side of the card and extending across the hole for adhesively securing the coin to the card while permitting selective removal and replacement thereo

Abstract: The present invention is related to an improved spectacle case which is capable of securely retaining a spectacle within it. Utilization of this improved spectacle case assures that the spectacle will not move within the case, even if the case is jostled. The spectacle case is capable of retaining a spectacle within it in such a fashion that the exterior surfaces of the lenses never come in contact with the case. The unique design of the case also prevents the temples of the spectacle from coming in contact with the interior surface of the lenses. The unique configuration of the spectacle case gives it vastly improved strength over presently used spectacle cases.

Abstract: A packing material especially for coil springs is proposed which provides for neat packing of springs without fear of springs intertwining each other. The packing material has a plurality of grooves or troughs for containing coil springs.

Abstract: A plastic shipping and display package and a method of making the shipping and display package are disclosed for use in packaging an array of articles in closely spaced relation. The shipping package includes a layer of thermoplastic polymeric material that forms a molded-in-place tray resting on a lower article-contacting surface. The tray has support pockets for the article to be shipped, the pockets being formed by placing the articles in the polymeric material while it is still moldable and allowing the material to set. An upper article-contacting surface prevents vertical movement of the articles and, in conjunction with the tray, movement by the articles within the shipping package is virtually eliminated. The article-contacting surfaces can be the end closures of a corrugated container or formed from flat, structurally rigid materials that can be enclosed in some outer overwrap, such as a shrinkwrap, to envelope the array of articles.

Abstract: A label system is disclosed that is deformable and is useful for the decoration or marking of squeezable bottles or other flexible substrates. The label system is composed of a film of low or medium density polyethylene which .[.is corona.]. .Iadd.may be .Iaddend.treated .Iadd.or otherwise modified .Iaddend.to accept print or decorative resin on .Iadd.the one side .Iaddend.and certain curable .[.pressure sensitive.]. adhesives .Iadd.on the other side.Iaddend., and is affixed by the adhesive to bottles or other substrates in a manner that the label conforms to the shape of the surface of the bottle .Iadd.or other substrate.Iaddend.. The label deforms and recovers in essentially a permanent manner without wrinkling, cracking, tearing or being otherwise defaced due to separation or destructive fracturing of the label-substrate system.