Abstract: A carton particularly constructed for receiving a container having a spout wherein the top closure flaps of the carton have openings means for permitting the projection of the spout for the purpose of filling the container or dispensing the contents thereof. The opening means includes deflectable flaps in inner flaps aligned with a through opening in the outer flaps with the deflectable flaps serving to protect a dust cover carried by the closure against direct engagement by the container spout. The deflectable flaps are bendable through the through opening in the outer flaps and serve to define a lock to hold the spout in its extended or projected position. The deflectable flaps have intermediate fold lines facilitating the folding thereof to release the spout.

Abstract: A process for treating papermaking fabrics, in particular dryer fabrics, includes coating the back surface of the fabric with a thickened resin mixture. To reduce the air permeability of a woven dryer fabric, the fabric is impregnated with a thickened resin mixture to thereby close up a portion of the spaces between the woven yarns. By applying a thickened resin mixture having a viscosity of between 1,000 and 5,000 centipoise to the back surface of the dryer fabric, the fabric is impregnated in a single pass with a sufficient quantity of the mixture to thereby reduce the air permeability to the desirable level.

Abstract: An ice hockey stick having an elongated handle attached to a blade. The handle has a solid lightweight and flexible wood body reinforced with plastic sheet members provided with longitudinally oriented glass fibers. The blade has a rocker shaped bottom with a heel carrying an epoxy wear strip. The blade is reinforced with glass fiber fabric impregnated with a resin plastic.

Abstract: As a puff generator draws a volume of smoke and air through the vented-filter cigarette air is drawn from a ventilation cylinder to cause a piston to travel to a dead center position. The amount of movement of this piston is a measure of an amount of air drawn through the ventilation path of the filter by the puff generator. The amount of travel can be related to the total possible stroke of the piston so as to produce a digital read out of the degree of ventilation directly.

Abstract: A display package which is formed of a pair of serving packages each including a bowl-like container with a removable cover. The covers are interlocked with the containers and require outward radial expansion for removal. The serving packages are arranged with the covers in face-to-face engagement and are joined together by a circumferential band shrunk in place and interlocked behind the covers. A separately formed hook of the bent wire type has a loop receiving the band and serves as hanging means for the package.

Abstract: A closure for a container wherein a tape having a metal part and thermoplastic material which is applied to the container wall and heated. Most of the material is squeezed out from between the metal part and the wall into a rib which is formed during application. The material in the rib has an isotropic structural characteristic since the rib formation provides a region into which the excess material is directed minimizing the shearing effect of the flow of material along the interface with the container wall. Also the rib reinforces the tape in the critical region to resist pressure of gasses in the container when used to contain carbonated beverages.

Abstract: A tape for sealing a dispensing opening in a container. The tape is permanently bonded at one end to the container adjacent a dispensing opening in the container, has an intermediate portion overlying the dispensing opening and sealed to the container wall around the dispensing opening, and a free end portion functioning as a grip. The tape differs from other similar tapes in that it is a laminate of two materials with one of the materials being a load bearing material and the other material being a rubbery material, whereby when the tape is removed from the dispensing opening in the usual manner, the load bearing material is stretched beyond its elastic limit and thus when the tape is released it will automatically coil up to an out-of-the-way position relative to the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A child resistant overcap which is engageable over an end of an easy opening container for preventing access to the easy opening feature of such container. The interlock between the overcap and the container is such as to require rupture of a rupturable section of a skirt of the overcap utilizing a tool before the overcap can be removed to provide access to the easy opening feature of the container.

Abstract: A dispensing type container wherein a fluid product is dispensed under pressure from the container in the absence of special charging gases such as Freon and the like which are customarily utilized and which have been found to be objectionable. The container is charged with air under pressure from the atmosphere and includes a built-in cylinder which is associated with a separately formed and mounted piston. When the container is to be charged for dispensing the product, it is merely placed on the piston and reciprocated several times to pump air thereinto under pressure. The piston is reusable.

Abstract: An easy open reclosable end unit which includes a metal end unit securable to a container body by means of a seam and having a dispensing opening therein. The dispensing opening is closed by a removable closure initially bonded to the end unit and being peelable therefrom. A cam mechanism is provided for effecting the initial rupture and peeling of the closure with the cam unit being lockable with respect to the closure after the end unit has been seamed to the container. The raw edge of the metal defining the dispensing opening is provided with a guard member and the closure has a plug portion tightly fitting within the guard member and interlocking therebelow to effect reclosing.

Abstract: Easy opening configurations for forming in a container panel a dispensing opening. Each easy opening configuration is generally defined by one cut line and one or more score lines. A pull tape overlies the easy opening configuration and has a terminal end permanently bonded to the container panel. The pull tape also has a permanent bond with a removable panel portion defined by the cut and score lines as well as a peelable bond with the container panel surrounding the removable panel portion. If desired, apertures may be formed at the ends of the cut line to prevent initiation of rupture along the score lines. Also, if desired, force reducing openings may be formed in the removable panel portions.

Abstract: A pneumatic powder flow diverting device for use in conjunction with an apparatus for the electrostatic coating of can bodies which are sequentially positioned for receiving the powder coating. A pneumatic switching device is provided so that powder is directed to the position of a can body to be coated only when a can body is located in that position. A return line returns the powder flow to a powder source during the time between can bodies. The pneumatic switching device utilizes small air jets for diverting the powder flow between the coating apparatus and the return line with a minimal amount of air being required to effect the switching operation.

Abstract: An easy opening container construction wherein a pull tape is detachably bonded in a prescribed pattern to a container wall surrounding one or more dispensing openings. The configuration of the detachable bond or seal is accurately controlled by raising the container wall in the area of the detachable bond to the desired bond configuration. By so controlling the configuration of the detachable bond, the bond configuration remains the same, notwithstanding changes in operating conditions during the formation of the bond.

Abstract: A child resistant pull tab arrangement wherein the pull tab is provided with an upstanding peripheral hem which on the side of the rivet remote from the nose portion of the tab is configurated so as to touch or substantially touch the container wall in the initial position thereof so as to resist lifting by a small child. The tab may have associated with it an upstanding rib formed in the container wall, the rib extends about the lift portion of the tab in closely adjacent relation and makes it even more difficult to engage one's finger beneath the tab so as to effect the required initial lifting.

Abstract: A can which has one end thereof closed by means of a cup-shaped end unit which is provided with a band of adhesive. The band of adhesive is of sufficient width or thickness so as to receive a raw edge of a terminal end of a can body to mask the same while at the same time providing a seal between the end unit and the can body.

Abstract: A guide assembly for defining a curved path for a link type conveyor. The guide assembly includes individual curved guides having flanges defining support and guide rails for link elements of the conveyor. The guide rails are mounted in pairs and include an inner guide rail and an outer guide rail. At least the inner guide rail is provided with closely adjacent rollers against which the conveyor links ride and which rollers primarily define the path of movement of the conveyor around the curve. Each roller is carried by one rail of its respective guide and is mounted on a removable shaft in the form of a threaded fastener. The other rail of the guide is provided with an access opening, which access opening also provides for the ventilation of the roller so as to cool the roller.

Abstract: A drum having a blow molded liner wherein the liner has a neck which extends through an opening formed in a wall of the drum. A closure assembly is provided for association with the neck both to retain the neck relative to the drum and to close the neck. The closure assembly includes a retainer and a closure member, the retainer including inner and outer concentric walls joined in spaced relation by a bridging portion. The neck is threadedly engaged with the outer wall and is received between the two walls with a terminal portion of the neck being wedgedly deformed to assure a seal between the retainer and the neck. A seal is also provided between the closure assembly and the neck. The inner wall defines a dispensing opening and has threadedly engaged therein a closure element. A tamper indicating overcap covers the closure assembly. The closure assembly has an interlock with the drum wall surrounding the opening.