Abstract: A package comprises a plurality of articles, a strap and a carton of a tubular structure. The articles are arranged in a group of at least one row such that the longitudinal axes of the articles are disposed vertically and parallel to each other. The strap extends generally horizontally around the circumference of the group of articles to hold the articles together in a unit. The carton includes a top wall panel, a pair of side wall panels and a pair of secured base panels. The carton extends around the group of articles such that the side wall panels are disposed over the straight runs of the strap, respectively. At least one of the side wall panels has a restraining flap for limiting vertical displacement of the strap. The flap is hinged to the side edge of the one side wall panel and is folded inwardly of the tubular structure into the space between adjacent articles in the row to be disposed at a location vertically adjoining the adjacent straight run.

Abstract: An improvement is produced in prior art processes for the continuous production of emulsions; the processes include the step of continuously combining volumetrically determined amounts of the hydrophobic phase and the hydrophilic phase in mixing apparatus in a volume ratio of about 45 to 95 percent hydrophobic phase to about 5 to 55 percent hydrophilic phase wherein the particle size of the emulsion is controlled by adjusting the volume ratio within the aforesaid ranges; the process is particularly useful as the emulsification step of a process for forming microcapsules.

Abstract: An article carrier for holding together a plurality of articles such as bottles. The carrier comprises opposed upper and lower walls interconnected by spaced side walls. Each of the upper and lower walls has a plurality of article receiving apertures. The carrier has a billbroad panel depending from one of the side walls and an internal partition structure connecting the upper and lower walls. The partition structure comprises a pair of mutually hinged panel elements disposed in face to face contacting relationship.

Abstract: Guide blocks (20) having guide ribs (22) are moved by an endless chain (30) above and in synchronization with conveyor systems (11, 13) carrying groups (1) of containers. The guide blocks (20) and guide ribs (22) form channels for engaging the tops of containers in rows of an uncovered array (3) of respective groups (1) of containers as each group (1) of containers is pushed laterally across the conveyors (11, 13) into cartons (9) which are transported by a third conveyor system (15) which is also synchronized with the other conveyor systems (11, 13).

Abstract: A pusher device for dispensing merchandise is disclosed. The device includes an elongate plastic track having a floor on which a row of articles are positioned for movement therealong, a pusher connected to the track for movement therealong and having a front side for engagement with the rearmost article on the track, and a spring for urging the pusher toward the front end of the track to forwardly move all the articles on the track. The spring is a gradient force, self-coiling spring arranged to exert forwardly directed force on the rear side of the pusher. The force on the pusher gradually reduces as the leading articles on the track successively are removed from the track, and thereby articles on the track are prevented from being subject to excessive force. What is also disclosed is a pusher device including an elongate track, a pusher movably connected to the track, and a self-coiling spring for urging the pusher forward of the track.

Abstract: The invention is a method for flocculating clay including the steps of preparing a dispersion of a processed clay containing a polymer as a flocculating agent. The polymer is present in an amount sufficient to cause bridging of particles of the clay in the dispersion by the polymer. Then the dispersion is mixed to cause the polymer to bridge the particles and the particles flocculate. The invention also includes a structured clay produced by this method.

Abstract: A collapsible carrier for tapered articles is disclosed. The carrier includes a pair of upright handle panels secured together in a face-to-face contacting relationship, a pair of divergent upper panels foldably joined respectively to the lower edges of the handle panels, and a pair of convergent lower panels foldably interconnected with the upper panels to form in cooperation with the upper panels a tubular structure. Each upper panel has an article-receiving aperture. Each lower panel also has an article-receiving aperture. The receiving aperture in each upper panel is vertically aligned with that in the adjacent lower panel. The summation of the widths of the lower panels is less than that of the widths of the upper panels so that the tubular structure is prevented from collapsing flat when at least one of the vertically aligned pairs of the receiving apertures are loaded with an article.

Abstract: A merchandising display device having an upright tubular housing and a removable decorative covering is disclosed. The housing has an open top for permitting access to merchandise contained in the housing. The covering is of a deflatably air-inflated sleeve structure and is disposed around the housing so as to cover the outside surface of the housing. The covering includes an outer wall which defines the outer perimeter of the sleeve structure. The covering is formed of air-impervious flexible sheet material such that the outer wall is bulged outwardly due to internal pressure of the covering to provide a contour different from the contour of the housing.

Abstract: A mill for emulsifying immiscible fluids comprises a mill body having a cylindrical cavity extending therewithin, a fluid inlet at one end of the cavity and a fluid outlet near the other end, both in fluid communication with the cavity. The mill further comprises a stator having a first stator surface, and a rotor assembly having a rotor mounted on a shaft for rotation in the cavity, where the rotor has a first milling surface which faces the first stator surface. Between the first stator surface and the first milling surface is a first fluid milling space. The stator includes at least one annular row of stator projections extending from the first stator surface into the first fluid milling space, and the rotor includes at least one annular row of rotor projections extending from the first milling surface into the first fluid milling space. The annular rows of rotor projections are concentrically adjacent to the annular rows of stator projections within the first fluid milling space.

Abstract: A method for adhesively bonding opposed paperboard surfaces to each other to form a strengthened bond in a paperboard product and paperboard products formed thereof, comprising the steps of (A) applying a green-strength adhesive to at least a portion of the first paperboard surface; (B) applying a styrene-butadiene latex adhesive or a modified styrene-butadiene latex adhesive as a strengthening adhesive to at least a portion of either the first or the second paperboard surface such that the green-strength adhesive is substantially offset from the strengthening adhesive when the first and second paperboard surfaces are positioned in an opposed relationship; (C) orienting the first and second paperboard surfaces such that they are opposed to each other: and (D) contacting the first and second surfaces together to form the strengthened bond.

Abstract: A carrier for a plurality of objects arranged in at least two rows includes substantially parallel first and second side walls, substantially parallel first and second end walls interconnecting the side walls, a medial panel extending between and connected to the first and second end walls, the medial panel being disposed between and substantially parallel to the first and second side walls, a primary bottom wall connected and extending between lower portions of said first and second side walls, and a lock for maintaining the carrier in an erect condition, the lock including a lock body connected to a lower edge of the medial panel and depending downwardly therefrom, a first retention tab disposed along a first side edge of the lock body spaced from the medial panel, and a second retention tab disposed along a second side edge of the lock body spaced from the medial panel, whereby the first and second retention tabs define a retention width for the lock extending between the outermost portions of the first an

Abstract: A keel structure in a wraparound type article carrier (10) has at least one trapezoidal-shaped keel element (40) formed from a pair of opposing upstanding panels (32, 42) which are spaced apart and interconnected at uneven heights by a platform (44) which has curved edges (47, 43) extending toward one another. At least one stabilizing tab (48) is interconnected with at least one of the upstanding panels (32, 42) and disposed in face contacting relationship with a base (20) of the article carrier (10).

Abstract: A decor sheet for use in decorative laminates wherein the sheet is treated with a sizing agent to reduce its capacity for a laminating resin and enhance its opacity; in a preferred embodiment, the resin-impregnated decor sheet exhibits a resin gradient in the thickness direction to provide a decor sheet having a resin-rich top layer and a resin-starved bottom layer; in accordance with a preferred embodiment, the resin gradient is achieved by differentially sizing the bottom versus the top surface of the decor sheet; a decorative laminate employing such decor sheets are described.

Abstract: A display device has an article dispenser having front and rear opposite edges and designed to support articles. The dispenser includes a plurality of parallel tracks extending from the front edge of the dispenser toward the rear edge. Each track receives a row of articles for movement along that track. The dispenser also includes a diverting pathway extending substantially transversely of the tracks. The pathway interconnects the rear ends of the tracks and receives articles for movement therealong so that articles are allowed to be transferred from the pathway to each track and vice versa. The dispenser further includes a guide member disposed adjacent to the rear end of one of the tracks. When the articles in the track associated with the guide member are moved backwards along that track, they are brought into contact one after another with the front surface of the guide member and guided laterally along the front surface into the pathway.

Abstract: A carton includes a top panel, a pair of side panels foldably joined to and extending downwardly from the side edges of the top panel, and a strap handle formed in part from the top panel and in part from the side panels. The handle extends transversely across the top panel and is joined at its opposite end portions respectively to the side panels for movement between a stowed position and a raised position. When the handle is in the stowed position, the intermediate portion of the handle is disposed in the plane of the top panel whereas when it is in the raised position, the intermediate portion of the handle is bowed and disposed above the top panel. Each end portion of the handle has a foldable tab adapted to be pressed against an article within the carton and to thereby be folded to allow gradual stress increase in the handle when the handle is pulled upward from the stowed position.

Abstract: An article carrier has a plurality of interconnected panels, including a side wall panel and a second wall panel which are foldably interconnected. Article receiving and retention in the carrier along the side wall panel and second wall panel is provided by an aperture adapted to receive a portion of an article contained within the carrier, and a flap struck from and hingaably connected to an edge of the aperture, which flap is adapted to abut the article received in the aperture. The flap is pivotal into an operative position about its hinged connection inwardly of the carrier to provide portions thereof which protrude both inwardly and outwardly of the carrier so that a portion of the flap engages the article internally of the carrier and another portion of the flap engages the article externally of the carrier.

Abstract: A barrel-type refrigerator system and drain pan for use in refrigerating food products. The barrel-type refrigerator system includes an upper food compartment, middle coil-fan compartment, and a lower compressor compartment. The barrel-type refrigerator system works by using a forced cooled air system which will force cold air through an irregularly shaped refrigerator product zone and having the same air returned to the coil-fan compartment. The system will be set upon a system of caster wheels such that it may be moved to any location of a store by one individual.

Abstract: A bottle dispenser has a gate mechanism to maintain the foremost one of the track-supported bottles substantially vertical. The dispenser includes an elongate track which defines a longitudinally extending pathway, a support assembly for the track, and a stopper provided at the front end of the track. The track supports a row of flanged bottles such that the bottles are suspended by their neck flanges for movement along the pathway and removable from the pathway through the front end of the track. The support assembly supports the track such that the track is inclined toward its front end whereby the suspended bottles are allowed to gravity feed toward the front end when the leading bottle in the row is removed from the track. The stopper engages with the leading bottle to prevent its accidental removal through the front end. The gate mechanism blocks the pathway at a position between the front and rear ends of the track.

Abstract: A composite carrier (10) has a handle structure (20) with a hand-gripping portion (22, 23) in upright relation to an attached article-engaging panel structure (24, 25). In one embodiment of the handle structure (20) the panel structure is a pair of panels (22, 23) formed from flexible sheet material. Each sheet (22, 24) has at least one deformable aperture (31) for engaging the neck of an article (31). In an alternate embodiment of the handle structure (40) the panel structure is a panel (44) attached in generally perpendicular relation to the hand-gripping portion. The generally horizontal panel has at least one neck-receiving aperture (46). Each neck-receiving aperture (46) has at least one foldably attached tab (48) extending inwardly into the aperture for engaging the flanged neck of an article such as the crown of a bottle. The second part of the composite carrier (10) is a tubular, wrap-around type carton (30) having top, side and bottom walls.

Abstract: A carrier for a plurality of objects arranged in at least two rows includes a reinforced handle and is formed from first and second side walls, first and second end walls interconnecting the side walls, and a medial panel extending between and connected to the first and second end walls, the medial panel being disposed between the first and second side walls. A primary bottom wall is connected and extends between lower portions of the first and second side walls. The handle includes a handle opening defined in the medial panel, first and second outer handle panels foldably connected at a first end edge thereof to a side edge of the medial panel and extending across the medial panel, and first and second handle reinforcing panels foldably connected at a first end edge thereof to second end edges of the first and second outer handle panels, respectively, and extending across the medial panel.