Abstract: A unit display package assembly for packaging articles for hanging from display hooks or for free-standing display comprises a foldable paperboard blank having a flat heat shrinkable film adhered thereto, said paperboard blank being cut, scored, and folded to define a central header portion having contiguous first and second header wings articulated thereto; film support legs depending from each of said first and second header wings; lower edges of said central header and said wings and the inner side edges of said support legs defining an elongated U-shaped opening of predetermined width; said heat shrinkable film being adhered to said support legs and bridging said opening; a glue lap articulated to said first support leg and folded over one edge of said film to sandwich the film therebetween; said header wings being adapted to be folded into juxtaposition with said central header portion while said glue lap is folded into juxtaposition with said second support leg to form a three layer header having a depe

Abstract: A tamper evident folding carton having tamper indicating seals at opposite ends, each of which ends comprise four infolded flaps sealed to one another through registered slots in the intermediate flaps, which seals will be triggered by an attempted violation of carton integrity through the carton side seam.

Abstract: A child resistant blister package includes a top sheet of paperboard having apertures. A thermoformed plastic sheet includes blisters which project through the apertures. A sheet of rupturable material closes off each blister. A bottom sheet of paperboard material is peelably laminated to the sheet of rupturable material. The bottom sheet includes a removable strip being defined by a continuous cut and having a pull-tab. The top sheet includes a severable pull tab extension. A tablet in a respective blister is removable therefrom by pressure being applied at a limited region of the blister, along the edge of the blister closest to the pull-tab, to rupture the rupturable sheet material. The tablet is not removable by pressure applied at a region remote from the pull tab.

Abstract: A windowed paperboard carton having a window aperture extending across two or three major wall panels, which aperture is closed by a clear plastic sheet. The plastic is adhered to the carton in selected areas but not in zones of articulation where the window goes around the corner of the carton. Special elongated slots are disposed along the lines of articulation of the plastic sheet and paperboard in non-adhesive areas to eliminate deleterious stress concentrations in the composite paperboard-plastic sheet blank.

Abstract: A cubic bag structure provided with a "wrap-around" handle panel construction which is sealed entirely about the periphery of the upper portion of the cubic bag in its squared and filled condition. The handle panel is heat sealed to the outer portion of the front and rear panels of the bag along the upper edges thereof and includes an intermediate portion which is juxtaposed in nesting relation with the top gusset of the bag. In the handle, panel adjacent the front and rear wall panels at the upper edges thereof, a pair of symmetrical oval hand holes are formed. The handle panel may be grasped and distended through the holes to enable a consumer to carry the filled cubic bag. The strap or carrying handle of the new bag includes a tucked-in portion sealed to the side walls of the filled bag in the area of the folded and tucked gusset, as well as in the area of the front and rear panels, thereby providing a distribution of stress completely around the upper portions of the bag when it is lifted.

Abstract: A tamper evident folding carton having tamper indicating seals at opposite ends, at least one of which seals will be triggered by an attempted violation of carton integrity through the carton side seam.

Abstract: The invention is an article formed of a metal substrate with a protective, weather-resistant, transparent film overlying the surface of the metal substrate. The film is formed of a polymer that contains vinylidene fluoride and which imparts weather resistant properties to the workpiece. An adhesive layer is positioned between the protective film and the metal substrate and bonds the protective film to the metal substrate. The adhesive layer comprises an acrylic resin adhesive and a zircoaluminate adhesion promoter which enhances the bond between metals such as aluminum and the vinylidene fluoride containing polymer.

Abstract: A flexible decorative sheet material for use in surfacing automobile body panels and the like is disclosed. The sheet material is characterized by having the appearance of a glossy base coat/clear coat automotive paint finish. The material comprises a substantially transparent outer layer, and a pigmented coating on the undersurface of the outer layer which is visible therethrough. The pigmented coating preferably has reflective flakes uniformly distributed therein to impart to the sheet material the appearance of a base coat/clear coat paint finish. Also disclosed are shaped articles which have such sheet materials adhered to one side thereof, and a method for making such sheet materials.

Abstract: A flexible decorative sheet material for use in surfacing automobile body panels and the like is disclosed. The sheet material is characterized by having the appearance of a glossy base coat/clear coat automotive paint finish. The material comprises a substantially transparent outer layer, and a pigmented coating on the undersurface of the outer layer which is visible therethrough. The pigmented coating preferably has reflective flakes uniformly distributed therein to impart to the sheet material the appearance of a base coat/clear coat paint finish. Also disclosed are shaped articles which have such sheet materials adhered to one side thereof, and a method for making such sheet materials.

Abstract: A flexible decorative sheet material for use in surfacing automobile body panels and the like is disclosed. The sheet material is characterized by having the appearance of a base coat/clear coat paint finish. The material comprises a substantially transparent outer layer, and a pigmented coating on the undersurface of the outer layer which is visible therethrough. The pigmented coating preferably has reflective flakes uniformly distributed therein to impart to the sheet material the appearance of a base coat/clear coat paint finish. Also disclosed are shaped articles which have such sheet materials adhered to one side therof, and a method for making such sheet materials.

Abstract: A premasked decal comprised of a decal transfer and a strippable tinted transparent premask adhered to the front surface of said decal transfer with the decal transfer being visible therethrough is provided. The premask has either a reflective metallic appearance, a neutral optical density, or preferably both, to impart to the premask a readily visible contrasting appearance against any adjacent background color. This serves to visually indicate the need for removal of the premask from the installed decal transfer. The use of a metal layer to provide a reflective metallic appearance advantageously dissipates static electricity during assembly of the decal so that dust and grit are not attracted thereto.

Abstract: An intermittent motion horizontal packaging machine in which pouches made one at a time by a pouch making section operating at a high index cycle rate are filled two at a time while being advanced in a single row by a pouch filling section operating at one-half the index cycle rate of the pouch making section.

Abstract: A vertical form, fill and seal packaging machine in which a predetermined length of web or film is pulled downwardly past a tube forming collar by endless belts located downstream of the collar. A power-rotated feed roll is located upstream of the collar and pulls film from a supply roll for delivery to the collar, the feed roll being driven at a higher surface speed than the pull down belts. To match the supply of the feed roll with the demand of the belts, means sense the tension in the film at a location between the feed roll and the forming collar and cause the feed roll to slip relative to the film as an inverse function of that tension.

Abstract: Two face-to-face and continuously moving strips of heat-sealable material are guided around a drum adapted to rotate continuously about an upright axis and carrying a heated sealing ring on its lower end. The sealing ring is smaller in diameter than the drum and is offset radially inwardly from the drum in order to seal the bottom margins of the strips together without forming wrinkles in the seal.

Abstract: A package forming and filling machine of the type which forms sheet material into a tube and the tube into individual packages incorporates a pair of magnetizable bars which are suspended within the tube during filling and are magnetically attracted outwardly during filling so as to maintain the tube open for the fill material. Associated driven belts engage external tube surfaces and are timed to operate in coordination with the tube sealing, stripping and severing mechanism.

Abstract: Flexible pouches filled with product are gripped at their side margins by bag clamps and are advanced to a steaming station where steam is directed downwardly toward the pouches to drive air therefrom. As the steam is being introduced into each pouch, the pouch is held in a widely open position by the clamps. Thereafter, the pouch is closed by shifting one clamp away from the other clamp and then is sealed by heated sealing bars. To enable a substantially wrinkle-free top seal to be formed, each clamp includes upper and lower jaws which grip the pouch above and below the bottom margin of the top seal to keep the seal area tight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible composite sheet material having a thermoset patterned relief surface of high quality and definition which is particularly useful for producing high quality optical sheet components such as a lenticular screen sheet for producing three-dimensional pictures and photographs. The composite sheet comprises a flexible base film having front and rear surfaces and a layer of a cured thermosetting polymer overlying the front surface of the base film. The cured thermosetting polymer layer has a nonplanar outer surface defining a predetermined desired relief pattern of high quality and durability and of fine definition in the thermosetting polymer layer.

Abstract: Flexible pouches filled with product are advanced to a steaming station where steam from a steam nozzle is directed downwardly toward the pouches to drive air therefrom. A vacuum nozzle is inserted downwardly within the steam nozzle and into each pouch at the steaming station, the upper end portion of the pouch is closed around the nozzle and then a vacuum is drawn through the nozzle to evacuate the air in the pouch. The top of the pouch is sealed immediately after the vacuum nozzle is retracted out of the pouch and while steam is still being directed downwardly toward the pouch to prevent air from re-entering the pouch.

Abstract: Flexible pouches filled with product are advanced to a steaming station where steam from a steam nozzle is directed downwardly toward the pouches to drive air therefrom. A vacuum nozzle is inserted downwardly within the steam nozzle and into each pouch at the steaming station, the upper end portion of the pouch is closed around the vacuum nozzle and then a vacuum is drawn through the vacuum nozzle to evacuate the air in the pouch. The top of the pouch is sealed immediately after the vacuum nozzle is retracted out of the pouch. To close the pouch around the vacuum nozzle, two heads are disposed on opposite sides of the pouch but are located out of contact with the pouch. Jets of pressurized air are directed from the heads and against the pouch to close the pouch against the vacuum nozzle without creating wrinkles in the pouch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible composite sheet material having a thermoset patterned relief surface of high quality and definition which is particularly useful for producing high quality optical sheet components such as a lenticular screen sheet for producing three-dimensional pictures and photographs. The composite sheet comprises a flexible base film having front and rear surfaces and a layer of a cured thermosetting polymer overlying the front surface of the base film. The cured thermosetting polymer layer has a nonplanar outer surface defining a predetermined desired relief pattern of high quality and durability and of fine definition in the thermosetting polymer layer.