Abstract: Wrappings from thin pleated sheets are made from a continuous thin paper tape and the like by first making transversal folds in the tapes to form pleats, fixing the edges of the pleats and then folding the fixed edges to form hems. The hemmed pleated tape may then be cut into individual wrappings. The paper tape is coated with heat-setting material so that the pleats can be fixed by melting and resetting this material.

Abstract: The device includes a toothed wheel on which pleats of a sheet 10 are preformed, in some cases with the aid of a second toothed wheel 31, and a device for holding by a vacuum; then the preformed pleats are transferred to a pleat gathering wheel 13 either directly or through the medium of a pleat pressing wheel, where they are laid down then fixed to form a pleated sheet 23. The toothed wheels 5 and 31 and the pleat pressing wheel and/or the pleat gathering wheel 13 can be arranged to produce areas with no pleats at regular intervals.

Abstract: Die containing eight planar hexagonal surfaces and six convex portions capable of producing random results when thrown. The convex faces are dimensioned so as to constitute areas of unstable equilibrium to favor positioning of the die on one of the hexagonal surfaces when so thrown. The die can be marked with card values and suits associated with a deck of playing cards whereby a set containing the marked dice can be utilized to play poker card games. Moreover, the card values and suits can be positioned on the dice so that marking of the dice can be performed in a two pass printing process.