Abstract: A textile yarn carrier adapted to receive a yarn tail at the base thereof without breaking the yarn tail. The yarn carrier includes a body having an outer face about which yarn may be wrapped, an inner face, and an annular face at its bottom end. A plurality of adjacent, circumferentially oriented, semielliptical depressions are formed in the bottom face of the yarn carrier. Each depression extends from the outer face, radially across the bottom face, and upwardly along and into the inner face. In the preferred embodiment, the depressions are uniform in size and are spaced generally evenly around the periphery of the body, so that the bottom and inner faces of the yarn carrier are adapted to guide and receive a yarn tail in at least one yarn protecting depression on each side of the body. An end holder cap for mating with the bottom end of the textile yarn carrier is also provided.

Abstract: A multiple component keg including a liquid tight bottle with top and bottom concavo-convex lids engaged with the upper and lower ends of the bottle and compressively retained thereagainst by tensioned metal straps. The bottle is surrounded by a tubular composite sleeve intimately engaged with the bottle and retained within facing mounting grooves on the top and bottom lids. The bottom lid provides a stable base for the keg.

Abstract: A system is provided for automatic consecutive opening and dispensing thermoplastic grocery or retail product bags of the T-shirt type while providing for supporting consecutive bags in an open position and for facilitating easy removal of the consecutive loaded bags. The system includes a pack of bags and a rack of the type having outwardly extending support arms and a retaining means for receiving the bag pack by mounting the bag handles on the support arms of the rack through apertures therein and mounting a detachable bag mounting tab on the rack retaining means. Each of the bags has disengageable adhesive between each bag which has a predetermined severance strength greater than the severance strength of the mounting tabs. The rack support arms define a predetermined resistive force in laterally-extending outer portions against sliding of the bags therealong which is greater than the severance strength of the adhesive.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a tubular yarn carrier of the type adapted to have a yarn wound thereon to form a yarn package, and which includes an inturned annular end portion which is adapted to support the carrier on an internal spindle of a winding machine. The method of forming the inturned annular end portion includes inwardly turning one end of a tubular body member and so as to cause the end to be inwardly turned about an arc of about 180.degree., and while concurrently guiding the inwardly turned end radially outwardly into contact with the inside wall surface of the tubular member. The method results in the formation of a frusto-conical end portion which essentially locks against the inside wall surface of the carrier and thus prevents the inturned end portion from opening up during use.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for the manufacture of helically wound paperboard tubes having a highly uniform outside diameter. The method of the invention involves the application of controlled compressive force to at least one of the paperboard plies fed to a helical winding operation in order to control the thickness of the ply or plies and thereby control the outside diameter of the helically wound tube. In one preferred apparatus embodiment of the invention, the compressive force applied to the paperboard ply is applied via a pair of cooperating compression rolls. The nip between the two cooperating rolls is controllably varied by mounting one of the rolls for rotation about a shaft which is rotatable about an eccentric axis which is parallel to and offset from the axis of rotation of the roll. The rotation of the shaft thus causes the roll to move toward or away from the other cooperating roll and thereby varies the nip spacing between the rolls.

Abstract: A drum assembly for a wire coil comprising a paperboard drum with a paperboard bottom assembly including a bottom heading with a fixed length flexible strap extending diametrically thereacross and including an axially projecting loop. The loop is surrounded by an annular disc which overlies the end portions of the strap and is affixed to the bottom heading. The bottom heading assembly mounts to the lower open end of the drum. After the coil is received in the drum, the coil is overlaid by a diametrically extending bar which is compressively engaged against the upper end of the coil by an elastomeric cord engaged between the bottom strap loop and the bar.

Abstract: A corrosion resistent protective plastic overlay is intimately engaged with the chime of a fibre drum and extends from an inner edge portion thermally bonded to the drum lining over the bead and into the exterior chime groove. The overlay is fusion bonded to the chime throughout the full extent of the surface-to-surface engagement therebetween.

Abstract: The invention is directed to easy-open containers for products such as dough which have an easy-open seam extending helically between the end of the container body. A helically wound outer label of flexible sheet material in strip form has at least one longitudinal edge folded onto and bonded to the main body of the label to thereby provide a reinforced longitudinal edge portion of the outer label comprising at least two layers of the flexible sheet material. The reinforced longitudinal edge portion of the outer label is positioned in bridging relation to the easy-open seam of the bodywall to thereby maintain the easy-open seam closed and provide a peel strip for exposing the easy-open seam for opening of the container body.

Abstract: An easy-opening closure is provided for hermetic sealing of the open end of a packaging container. The closure includes a composite end for being double-seamed to the container and having an interior ledge portion defining a central opening through the closure. The composite end includes at least two polymer layers defining a predetermined peel strength for delamination and a formable substrate layer bonded to the bottom one of the polymer layers and adapting the end member to be double-seamed to the container. The end member has a notch cut into the top polymer layer in the ledge portion which is spaced from and surrounds the central opening. A lidding member covers the central opening and has a portion overlapping and bonded to the top polymer layer in the ledge portion of the end member to define a predetermined bond strength greater than the peel strength of the two polymer layers of the end member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a yarn carrier designed to accommodate the tail of the yarn to be wound therearound without severing. A tube is wound from paper and a portion severed therefrom, producing a burr. A subsequent grinding operation removes the burr, and forms a beveled region having loose fibers to cushion the yarn against a winding mandrel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a tubular yarn carrier of the type adapted to have a yarn wound thereon to form a yarn package, and which includes an inturned annular end portion which is adapted to support the carrier on an internal spindle of a winding machine. The method of forming the inturned annular end portion includes inwardly turning one end of a tubular body member and so as to cause the end to be inwardly turned about an arc of about 180.degree., and while concurrently guiding the inwardly turned end radially outwardly into contact with the inside wall surface of the tubular member. The method results in the formation of a frusto-conical end portion which essentially locks against the inside wall surface of the carrier and thus prevents the inturned end portion from opening up during use.

Abstract: A dispenser comprising an elongate rigid hollow cylindrical tube including opposed ends and a transverse elongate dispensing slot laterally therethrough at a midpoint along the length thererof. The dispensing slot includes opposed serrated edges with the teeth of each edge overlapping the teeth of the other edge to provide for restricted passage of film bags pulled outwardly through the dispensing slot from the interior of the tube. The opposed ends of the dispensing slot are enlarged and smooth-edged for access to interior bags and cooperation with the serrated edges in providing for projecting leading bag corners.

Abstract: A system is provided for automatic consecutive opening and dispensing thermoplastic grocery or retail product bags of the T-shirt type while providing for supporting consecutive bags in an open position and for facilitating easy removel of the consecutive loaded bags. The system includes a pack of bags and a rack of the type having outwardly extending support arms and a retaining means for receiving the bag pack by mounting the bag handles on the support arms of the rack through apertures therein and mounting a detachable bag mounting tab on the rack retaining means. Each of the bags has disengageable adhesive each bag which has a predetermined severance strength greater than the severance strength of the mounting tabs. The rack support arms define a predetermined resistive force in laterally-extending outer portions against sliding of the bags therealong which is greater than the severance strength of the adhesive.

Abstract: A yarn carrier, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the same, are disclosed, and wherein the yarn carrier is characterized by the ability to accommodate the tail of the yarn to be wound thereon between the carrier and the base plate of the winding machine, without severing the yarn tail during winding of the package. The yarn carrier includes a tubular body member composed of wound layers of paper and defining parallel inner and outer wall surfaces. The base end portion of the body member includes a generally flat end surface, and an annular surface segment which is positioned adjacent the inside of the flat end surface, and with the annular surface segment comprising loosened paper fibers so as to be relatively soft.

Abstract: An easy opening bag pack and supporting rack system is provided which includes a plurality of gussetted bags of the T-shirt type or of the flat top type provided with bag mounting apertures through all of the bag walls on opposed sides thereof and additional cuts in the front wall portion and the front section of the gussetted side wall portions and in communication with the bag mounting apertures therein for effectively enlarging such apertures. A rack mounts the bag pack through the mounting apertures and includes stub shaft supports laterally spaced from each other and being a length less than the outwardly extending dimensions of an open bag and greater than the thickness of the bag pack and include an enlarged portion on the free outer ends thereof of greater dimensions than the bag mounting apertures.

Abstract: A concrete column forming tube is provided for receiving poured concrete therein to produce a concrete column and which is characterized by producing surface characteristics on the concrete column including a matte finish without seam lines of the forming tube. A flexible cylindrical liner is positioned in a generally friction-fit relationship within an elongate rigid cylindrical tube constructed of partially-overlapped spirally-wound plies of paper adhered together and defining an inside wall surface having spiral seam lines thereon. The flexible liner is constructed of a paperboard layer secured at butted edges and having an inside wall surface of desired paper fiber matte texture and a thickness sufficient to bridge and cover the spiral seam lines on the inside wall surface of the rigid tube to prevent the formation of seam lines on the outside surface of the produced concrete column.

Abstract: An ergonomically designed check-out counter system for supermarket and merchandising industries is characterized by provisions for differences in human heights, hand and position of operators and for ease in handling of merchandise to reduce fatigue and injury to the operators while providing maximum productivity under both light and heavy through put requirements.

Abstract: A bag pack formed of multiple stacked handle bags having aligned mounting apertures defined through the handles thereof for reception of mounting rods therethrough. The apertures are formed by partially severed flaps which are in turn bonded together to maintain aperture alignment. The flaps are integral with the bags along minor easily severed areas for a freeing of the bags upon a severance of the flaps simultaneous with or subsequent to reception of the mounting rods through the apertures.