Abstract: A drain cassette for a dialysis unit has a fluid channel between venous and arterial connection ports, and a valve may controllably open and close fluid communication between a drain outlet port and the venous connection port or the arterial connection port. A blood circuit assembly and drain cassette may be removable from the dialysis unit, e.g., by hand and without the use of tools. A blood circuit assembly may include a single, unitary member that defines portions of a pair of blood pumps, control valves, channels to accurately position flexible tubing for an occluder, an air trap support, and/or other portions of the assembly. A blood circuit assembly engagement device may assist with retaining a blood circuit assembly on the dialysis unit, and/or with removal of the assembly. An actuator may operate a retainer element and an ejector element that interact with the assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process and article produced by injection molding. More particularly, a process and article produced by injection molding, that provides a part with one or more locations of a reduced density where such part competes in mechanical property characteristics with parts, such as vehicular components, otherwise produced from metallic materials.

Abstract: A hinge lid container (10) for consumer articles comprises a box (12) and a hinge lid (14) connected to the box along a hinge line and pivotable about the hinge line between a closed position and an open position. The hinge lid comprises a first lid wall (16) and a lid flap (18) depending from the first lid wall along an edge fold line, the lid flap being folded inward towards the inner surface of the first lid wall. The container is at least partially formed from a blank having a thickness (T), the laminar blank defining an edge fold portion of the container connecting the first lid wall and the lid flap. The inner surface of the edge fold portion defines an ablation area (A) having a length in the longitudinal direction of the edge fold portion and a width (W) extending transversely to said length.

Abstract: Container for consumer articles, the container being at least partially formed from a laminar blank (100), the laminar blank defining a portion of the container, which includes: a first planar wall (101); a second planar wall (102) connected to the first planar wall by a first modified edge portion (104); and a third planar wall (103) connected to the first planar wall by a second modified edge portion (105). The first modified edge portion is defined by an ablation area, on its inner surface, having one or more ablated lines (201-206) each having a residual thickness less than the thickness (T) of the laminar blank, the first modified edge portion an end portion tapering from a width (W) of the first portion to a point at the junction with the second modified edge portion. The second modified edge portion is defined by a plurality of creasing lines (300).

Abstract: A container for consumer goods and a laminar blank (300) for forming such a container. The laminar blank defines a portion of the container, which comprises: a first planar wall (322); a second planar wall (314) connected to the first planar wall (322) by a first modified edge portion (3140) forming a bevelled edge portion of the container; and a third planar wall (316) connected to the first planar wall (322) by a second modified edge portion (3130) forming a curved edge portion of the container. The longitudinal direction of the first modified edge portion (3140) being transverse to the longitudinal direction of the second modified edge portion (3130); the first modified edge portion (3140) and the second modified edge portion (3130) forming, when the container is assembled from the laminar blank, adjacent edge portions of the container meeting at a junction.

Abstract: A blank (300) for forming a container for consumer articles comprises panels (308, 309, 312, 314) for forming corresponding walls of the container. First side panels (311) extend from the rear wall panel (312) and second side panels (310) extend from the front wall panel (308). When assembling the container, the first and the second side panels overlap to form at least part of left and right side walls. The first side panels or the second side panels or both are connected to the respective one of the rear wall panel and the front wall panel by modified edge portions (3100, 3110, 3120, 3130). The blank comprises a pair of flaps extending from the first side panels or the second side panels or both.

Abstract: A container for consumer articles is at least partially formed from a blank defining a portion of the container, which comprises a first and a second planar walls connected to one another by a curved edge portion. An inner surface of the curved edge portion defines an ablation area (A) having a length (L) in the longitudinal direction of the curved edge portion and a width (W) that extends along the curve of the curved edge portion. The ablation area comprises a plurality of pairs of ablation lines, all of which extend in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the curved edge portion. The distance (X) between two ablated zones in each pair as measured along the width (W) of the ablation area is less than the distance (Y) between two adjacent pairs of ablated zones as measured along the width (W) of the ablation area.

Abstract: A container (10) for consumer articles comprises a box portion (12) and a lid portion (14) connected to the box portion (12) along a hinge line (16) extending across a container back wall. The lid portion (14) is pivotable about the hinge line (16) between a closed position and an open position, and comprises a lid top wall (30), a lid back wall (28), and a lid back edge portion (34) connecting the lid top wall (30) and the lid back wall (28). The lid back edge portion (34) extends between an upper edge (36) of the lid back wall (28) and a back edge (38) of the lid top wall (30).

Abstract: A container (100) for consumer articles, the container (100) comprising a box (20) comprising a box front wall (22), a box back wall, a box bottom wall, and first and second box side walls (24a, 24b); and a lid (40) comprising a lid front wall (42), a lid back wall, a lid top wall (46), and first and second lid side walls (44a, 44b). A lower edge of the lid back wall depends along a hinge line from a top edge of the box back wall, with the lid being moveable about the hinge line between an open position and a closed position, in which at least a portion of the lower edge of the first lid side wall (44a) abuts at least a portion of the upper edge of the first box side wall (24a), and in which at least a portion of the lower edge of the lid front wall (22) abuts at least a portion of the upper edge of the box front wall (42).

Abstract: There is provided a container (10) for consumer goods, the container (10) being at least partially formed from a blank (100) having a thickness (T). The container (10) comprises a top wall (12), a bottom wall, a front wall (14), a rear wall (16), and first and second side walls (18, 20). A top wall front edge (22), a bottom wall front edge (30), a first side wall front edge (38), and a second side wall front edge (42) together extend along a first plane. A top wall rear edge (24), a bottom wall rear edge (32), a first side wall rear edge (40), and a second side wall rear edge (44) together extend along a second plane.

Abstract: A container for consumer goods and a laminar blank (300) for forming such a container. The laminar blank defines a portion of the container, which comprises: a first planar wall (322); a second planar wall (314) connected to the first planar wall (322) by a first modified edge portion (3140) forming a bevelled edge portion of the container; and a third planar wall (316) connected to the first planar wall (322) by a second modified edge portion (3130) forming a curved edge portion of the container. The longitudinal direction of the first modified edge portion (3140) being transverse to the longitudinal direction of the second modified edge portion (3130); the first modified edge portion (3140) and the second modified edge portion (3130) forming, when the container is assembled from the laminar blank, adjacent edge portions of the container meeting at a junction.

Abstract: A blank (300) for forming a container for consumer articles comprises panels (308, 309, 312, 314) for forming corresponding walls of the container. First side panels (311) extend from the rear wall panel (312) and second side panels (310) extend from the front wall panel (308). When assembling the container, the first and the second side panels overlap to form at least part of left and right side walls. The first side panels or the second side panels or both are connected to the respective one of the rear wall panel and the front wall panel by modified edge portions (3100, 3110, 3120, 3130). The blank comprises a pair of flaps extending from the first side panels or the second side panels or both.

Abstract: Container for consumer articles, the container being at least partially formed from a laminar blank (100), the laminar blank defining a portion of the container, which comprises: a first planar wall (101); a second planar wall (102) connected to the first planar wall by a first modified edge portion (104); and a third planar wall (103) connected to the first planar wall by a second modifled edge portion (105). The first modified edge portion is defmed by an ablation area, on its inner surface, comprising one or more ablated lines (201-206) each having a residual thickness less than the thickness (T) of the laminar blank, the first modified edge portion an end portion tapering from a width (W) of the first portion to a point at the junction with the second modified edge portion. The second modified edge portion is defmed by a plurality of creasing lines (300).

Abstract: A container for consumer articles is at least partially formed from a blank having a thickness (T), a first surface and a second surface, wherein at least a portion of the blank is delimited by a plurality of cut edges that extend from the first surface of the blank to the second surface of the blank. At least one of the cut edges has a cut edge surface that extends along a plane (A) forming a non null angle (?) with a plane (O) that is orthogonal to the inner surface and the outer surface of the blank portion, the first and the second plane (A, O) belonging to a same sheaf of planes, wherein the axis of the sheaf of planes extends along the plane defined by the first surface of the blank, such that, at the at least one cut edge, the second surface of the blank portion extends beyond the periphery of the first surface of the blank portion.

Abstract: A container for consumer articles is at least partially formed from a laminar blank having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a thickness (T) of from about 100 micrometers to about 350 micrometers. The laminar blank defines a portion of the container that comprises a first planar wall and a second planar wall connected to one another by a first edge portion. The inner surface of the first edge portion comprises one or more ablated lines extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the first edge portion, each of which is provided as a groove within the blank, having a minimum residual thickness (RT) of from about 15 percent to about 40 percent of the thickness (T) of the laminar blank, and an ablated width (X) as measured transversely to the longitudinal direction of the first edge portion.

Abstract: A container for consumer articles is at least partially formed from a cardboard or paperboard laminar blank having a thickness (T) and defining a portion of the container, which comprises at least a first planar wall and a second planar wall that are connected to one another by a bevelled edge portion. The bevelled edge portion has an inner surface and an outer surface, and the inner surface of the bevelled edge portion defines an ablation area (A), having a length (L) in the longitudinal direction of the bevelled edge portion and a width (W) that extends across the bevelled edge portion. The ablation area comprises two or more ablated lines extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the bevelled edge portion. Each ablated line has a minimum residual thickness (RT) that is at least about 15 percent and less than about 40 percent of the thickness (T) of the blank, and the gap between the low points of two adjacent ablated lines is more than 1.3 millimetres and less than 5.0 millimetres.

Abstract: A container for consumer articles is at least partially formed from a cellulose-fiber based laminar blank having a thickness (T) and defining a portion of the container, which comprises at least a first planar wall and a second planar wall that are connected to one another by a curved edge portion. The curved edge portion has an inner surface and an outer surface, and the inner surface of the curved edge portion defines an ablation area (A), having a length (L) in the longitudinal direction of the curved edge portion and a width (W) that extends across the curved edge portion. The ablation area comprises two or more ablated lines extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the curved edge portion. Each ablated line has a minimum residual thickness (RT) that is less than the thickness (T) of the laminar blank wherein the minimum residual thickness (RT) of each of the two or more ablated lines is at least about 30 percent and less than about 60 percent of the thickness (T) of the blank.

Abstract: There is provided a container for consumer articles, the container being at least partially formed from a blank defining a portion of the container, which comprises a first planar wall; a second planar wall connected to the first planar wall by a first edge portion; and a third planar wall connected to the first planar wall by a second edge portion. The longitudinal direction of the first edge portion is transverse to the longitudinal direction of the second edge portion. The first edge portion and the second edge portion form, when the container is assembled from the laminar blank, adjacent edges of the container meeting at a junction. Each of the first and the second edge portions have an inner surface and an outer surface, and the inner surfaces of the first and second edge portions define a first ablation area (A1) and a second ablation area (A2), respectively.

Abstract: A hinge lid container (10) for consumer articles comprises a box (12) and a hinge lid (14) connected to the box along a hinge line and pivotable about the hinge line between a closed position and an open position. The hinge lid comprises a first lid wall (16) and a lid flap (18) depending from the first lid wall along an edge fold line, the lid flap being folded inward towards the inner surface of the first lid wall. The container is at least partially formed from a blank having a thickness (T), the laminar blank defining an edge fold portion of the container connecting the first lid wall and the lid flap. The inner surface of the edge fold portion defines an ablation area (A) having a length in the longitudinal direction of the edge fold portion and a width (W) extending transversely to said length.

Abstract: A container for consumer articles is at least partially formed from a blank defining a portion of the container, which comprises a first and a second planar walls connected to one another by a curved edge portion. An inner surface of the curved edge portion defines an ablation area (A) having a length (L) in the longitudinal direction of the curved edge portion and a width (W) that extends along the curve of the curved edge portion. The ablation area comprises a plurality of pairs of ablation lines, all of which extend in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the curved edge portion. The distance (X) between two ablated zones in each pair as measured along the width (W) of the ablation area is less than the distance (Y) between two adjacent pairs of ablated zones as measured along the width (W) of the ablation area.