Abstract: A wraparound type carrier package for a group of bottles arranged in row relation and transversely aligned pairs, which carrier is especially adapted for use in the marketing of bottled beverages, wherein the bottles are designed to be returned to the store or bottling plant for reuse or recycling, the package being formed from a flat blank of paperboard or similar foldable sheet material which is cut and scored so that it may be wrapped in the form of an open ended tube about the top and bottom of two rows of bottles in transversely aligned relation with the end margins of the end panels of the blank having co-operating, interengaging locking elements and having means for restraining top and bottom portions of the endmost bottles against movement out of the ends of the tube.

Abstract: A method and apparatus especially adapted for use in piling sheets in a sheet handling line, in which the sheets are delivered by overhead conveyors of a piling machine to one or more piling areas, where a movable sheet edge guide apparatus is adjustably mounted for co-operation with a pile supporting platform which is positioned in the piling area to receive the sheets in one or more piles or stacks, with a system of controls being provided for coordinating the operations of the conveyors and the edge guiding and pile supporting apparatus so that, when desired, deposit of a plurality of piles of the sheets on the pile supporting platform or platforms in either side-by-side or end-to-end relation, with minimum adjustment of equipment, is possible.

Abstract: A carton and a package especially adapted for use in marketing ingredients for a bakery product, the carton being formed from a single blank to provide, when opened up, a tubular container with end closure flaps which are adapted to be closed and sealed at one end to enable filling through the opposite end, after which the flaps at the filling end are closed and sealed, and the top wall forming panel being provided with spaced, parallel, cut scores forming tear lines so that outermost end flaps may be pulled loose and a substantial portion of the top wall panel may be separated on the tear lines and discarded with the end flaps, resulting in conversion of the container to an open top traY which may be used as a baking pan or baking tray for processing the ingredients in a conventional baking oven.

Abstract: A spring clip arrangement for securing a table skirt to a table in which the clip is formed of spring metal with top and bottom resilient clamp fingers for engaging therebetween the margin of the table, which fingers extend from the top and bottom of a vertically disposed base member outboard of which there is an upstanding spring clamp member co-operating with the base member in providing a slot in which a portion at the top margin of the skirt is received and in which it is clamped by spreading of the table clamping fingers upon engagement with the table margin.

Abstract: An apparatus for opening collapsed tubular cartons, filling the same with a plurality of product filled beverage cans, or the like, and closing the carton flaps wherein successive cartons, in flattened form, are fed onto a traveling conveyor with end closure flaps extending at opposite sides of the conveyor and double rows of the can units are advanced on infeed conveyor lines traveling along opposite sides of the carton conveyor while the carton carrying conveyor advances the cartons through associated mechanism which co-operates with the conveyor in opening the cartons into tubular form as they are advanced to a filling area or station where the cans are grouped and the required number guided into the opposite open ends of each carton by a series of traveling chains having can engaging lugs thereon which are spaced to properly group the cans and control their movement into the cartons in proper timed relation to the movement of the conveyor which then advances the filled cartons through associated mechanism

Abstract: A wire spring attachment for mounting on the temples of eyeglass frames so as to exert a pull on the temples when the eyeglasses are in use with sufficient pressure against the back of the head or upper neck portion of the wearer to prevent movement of the eyeglasses out of proper position, especially, when the wearer moves his head out of normal upright position in leaning over or the like.This invention relates to eyeglass constructions and is more particularly concerned with improvements in attachments for eyeglass frame structures which are adapted to hold the eyeglass in proper position on the head of the wearer.

Abstract: A machine for grading eggs according to their weight and delivering the eggs to a series of packing machines for packaging in cartons, or the like, which is characterized by an elongate main support frame on which there is mounted a pocketed single line traveling conveyor, a means at one end of the main frame for delivering successive rows of eggs to strain gauge weighing devices from which the eggs are transferred to the pockets of the single line conveyor for travel to a series of discharge areas spaced along the main frame where the eggs are discharged onto feeding means for packing machines which are mounted at said discharge areas. The weighing devices are electrically connected to a memory device which triggers mechanism for effecting the discharge of each egg at the proper discharge area according to the weight as determined by the weighing device to which the egg has been initially delivered.

Abstract: A window construction which is characterized by a sash frame hingedly mounted at the top of an opening in a generally vertical wall and provided with a latching mechanism comprising keepers on the inside face of the wall adjacent the bottom of the wall opening and a combination latch engaging and release bar pivotally mounted on the bottom of the sash frame so as to be swung into keeper engagement when the sash frame is hinged to closed position and to be readily swung to a position where the sash frame is released for opening movement.

Abstract: A sheet piling machine for stacking metal sheets of material which respond to magnetic force which machine is characterized by an upright supporting frame defining two in-line stacking areas having suitable lift platforms on which sheets are piled, an elongate overhead magnetic sheet conveyor mounted on the supporting frame above the first stacking or piling area, a roller skate conveyor forming an approach to the entrance end of each of the stacking areas and spaced below the overhead conveyor in predetermined, vertical relation so as not to interfere with the entry of sheets to the respective stacking areas, each roller skate conveyor being inclined in the direction of the associated stacking area so as to cause sheets deposited thereon to be advanced by gravity into the associated stacking area, end stop and back stop mechanisms and a side guide mechanism for each of the stacking areas, and electrical control circuits for controlling the operation of the magnetic conveyor and associated mechanisms so as to

Abstract: A system for supplying to jobbers, in packaged form, quantities of bottled or canned beverages, or other products, similarly packaged, which enables the jobbers to readily convert the cartons, in which the packaged products are shipped, into display cases or trays, by removing portions of the shipping containers without disturbing the contents, so as to display and provide access to the multi-unit packages, and wherein the multi-unit packages are formed by tightly wrapping a cut and scored paperboard blank about the top, bottom and sides of an assembly of the bottles or cans which wrapper blank is provided with tear lines or areas near the bottom on opposite sides of the wrapper which enable the major portion of the wrapper to be torn off by an upward pull on top portions of the wrapper without the need for access to the sides thereof and which leaves the individual bottles or cans undisturbed but accessible for ready removal individually.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically opening and loading collapsed bottle carriers or cartons, which are formed of paperboard or similar foldable sheet material and which are adapted to be loaded through an open bottom after being set up into tubular condition, which apparatus comprises conveyor mechanism for advancing successive collapsed cartons and associated plow members for opening the same into tubular shape, with the cartons assuming a vertical position above a bottle carrying and grouping conveyor which delivers successive groups of the bottles to an assembly area where the cartons are lowered onto the bottle groups and thereafter advanced through mechanism which closes top and bottom wall forming panels and engages locking and latching members formed in overlapping margins of the panels so as to complete the packaging operation.