Abstract: A collapsed carton for subsequent setup to receive articles includes top and bottom panels and a pair of side panels. End closure flaps extend from opposite side edges of each of the side panels to close the tubular carton when set up. A divider panel is disposed within the tubular structure between the top and bottom panels. A pair of glue flaps are foldably connected to the divider panel side edges, each of the glue flaps being secured to an inner surface of one of the side panels to retain the divider panel within the tubular structure. At least one divider end flap is foldably connected to one of the divider panel end edges. A first aperture is defined through one divider end flap. A second aperture is defined through one of the end closure flaps at one of the tubular ends of the carton to coincide with the first aperture when the carton is collapsed.

Abstract: A carton formed from sheet material for containers such as cans or bottles includes a top wall, a pair of side walls and a bottom wall interconnected to form a tubular structure. A notional strip is defined along the top wall, having notional side edges, and extends between the end edges and has a width less than the distance between the side edges. A pair of hand apertures, each having at least one aperture edge, are defined in the top panel and disposed along opposite sides of the notional strip with at least a portion of the aperture edges disposed generally along the notional side edges. A plurality of preformed tear lines, one of the tear lines extending along an adjacent one of the notional side edges from substantially adjacent each end of each of the apertures toward a respective one of the top panel end edges but terminating at a termination point disposed remotely therefrom.

Abstract: A process for forming an abrasion resistant sheet which comprises forming a web of cellulosic fibers on a papermaking machine and applying a slurry including an abrasion-resistant grit to the upper surface of the web on the papermaking machine using a slot orifice coating head applicator, said grit being uniformly distributed on said surface of said fibrous cellulosic overlay sheet at a coat weight of about 2 to 40 pounds per 3000 square feet.

Abstract: A carboxyl-containing phenolic resin represented by the formula: ##STR1## where n is 0 to 100, the phenolic units of the resin being directly bonded to one another through positions ortho or para to the OZ group; Z is selected from the group consisting of H and the residue of a mono or dianhydride, said mono or dianhydride having been reacted with a hydroxy group of a phenolic resin; and Y is present at a position meta or para to the OZ group and is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, a halogen atom, an aryl group, a phenylalkyl group, an alkyl group, a carboxyl group of the formula--COOR where R is H, an alkyl group or a phenylalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, and an amino group of the formula--NR.sub.1 R.sub.2 where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and represent H or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A shelf mounting assembly comprises front and rear opposed uprights and an adapter member on which a shelf is mounted. Each upright has engaging slots vertically disposed at spacings. The adapter member extends between the uprights and connected to the same by one or more of the engaging slots of each upright. This allows the adapter member to be supported at a selected elevation. The adapter member comprises a shelf-mounting flange for detachably and movably connecting a shelf to the adapter member so that the shelf may be mountable at different positions along the adapter member.

Abstract: A self-cleaning doctor for use with a papermachine or other paper processing machines and a method for using, wherein the doctor includes a doctor blade which is mounted on a shaft for rotation between a loaded position in which the blade is in contact with a surface that it doctors and an unloaded position in which the doctor blade is removed from the surface. The blade is oriented substantially vertically downward away from the surface when the doctor is in its unloaded position. Rotation of the doctor between its loaded and unloaded positions causes waste paper or the like that deposits or collects on the doctor to fall off the doctor into the papermachine basement.

Abstract: A multiple product container has at least one tubular compartment disposed adjacent a tray compartment. The tubular compartment has at least one aperture at its top-most portion for extraction of an elongated product and retention of the elongated product in an upright disposition. A tear strip further facilitates removal of the elongated product from the tubular compartment.

Abstract: The merchandising device includes an elongate track that defines a pathway extending therealong to support a row of articles, an arrangement for feeding the articles toward the front end of the track as leading articles in the row are successively removed one by one from the pathway, a stopper provided at the front end of the track, an attraction device for performing an attention-attracting activity, and a sensor for detecting movement of the articles in the row. The articles when supported by the track are movable along the pathway and are removable therefrom via the front end of the pathway. The stopper engages the leading articles so that all the articles in the row are prevented from being accidentally removed via the front end of the track. Due to the stopper, the leading articles are stopped and presented for removal from the pathway when arriving at the front end of the track.

Abstract: A display shelf device comprises a pair of opposing side walls and a shelf mounted on the side walls. The mutually facing inner upright surfaces of the side walls are formed respectively with a pair of substantially horizontal grooves. Each groove has a first section adjacent to the respective upright surface and a second section remote from the respective upright surface. Each groove has a vertical size greater at the second section than at the first section. The shelf is provided at its opposite side edges with mounting means. The mounting means are received in the grooves such that the side walls are interconnected by the shelf. The mounting means include locking means received in the second sections of the grooves to lock the mounting means in the grooves. The locking means have a vertical size greater than the vertical size of each groove at the first section.

Abstract: Wood pulps are bleached and/or delignified using soybean peroxidase. A protease, xylanase, ligninase, pectin esterase, pectin lyase or manganese peroxidase may also be used simultaneously or as a pretreatment or posttreatment.

Abstract: An apparatus for folding the minor flaps of an unfolded sleeve around an item to be packaged, thereby minimizing the amount of handling required. The apparatus folds a sleeve around the item to be packaged. The sleeve has four walls, each wall having a lower edge defining a lower perimeter, and further having a first and second unfolded panel extending downwardly from the walls. The apparatus comprises a first fold bar located upstream of the box, and a second fold bar located downstream of the box. Each fold bar has a folding portion located at substantially the same height as the perimeter, such that when the fold bar is moved into contact with an unfolded panel, the fold bar contacts and folds an unfolded flap into the plane of the perimeter. In a preferred embodiment, the first fold bar is moved into contact with a first panel, and the sleeve is moved downstream to cause the second fold bar to contact the second panel.

Abstract: A support assembly for a display shelf, includes an upright for supporting the shelf in an elevated position, the upright having a plurality of slots disposed therealong at vertical spacings whereby the shelf may be supported at a selected elevation, an upper hook engaged with one of the slots of the upright, an elongate member connected to the upper hook and extending downward from the upper hook, a lower hook connected to the elongate member at the position lower than the upper hook to engage the shelf, and a spacer interposed between the upright and the lower hook to retain the lower hook at a predetermined position with respect to the upright.

Abstract: A device is used in a machine for packaging articles in a wraparound carrier. The carrier is formed from a blank having a pair of foldable flaps struck therefrom. The packaging machine is arranged to advance the blank and articles associated therewith along a predetermined path. The device is positioned along the path to fold the flaps inwardly of the blank. The device includes a rotational disc defining an axis of rotation, a fixed cam plate disposed adjacent to the rotational disc and having an endless cam track disposed around the axis, drive means for rotating the rotational disc about the axis in synchronization with movement of the blank and the articles, a pair of blank-engaging fingers carried by the rotational disc for pivotal movement about respective pins so as to engage the flaps, and an actuating mechanism carried by the rotational disc to pivotally move the fingers away from each other and toward each other.