Abstract: An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete laminate including a base strip and a panel section having a die cut defining a die cut segment, the panel section anchored to the base strip; the second surface of the base strip anchored to the inner surface of a second side panel; and the panel section anchored to a first side panel; and a product in the pouch. The die cut segment is so arranged with respect to the base strip that when the package is opened, the package can be reclosed by adhering the pressure sensitive adhesive to the first side panel.

Abstract: A closure for a bottle includes a stopper portion and a head portion. The stopper portion has an axial length and a first width. The stopper portion is configured to be received at least in part within a bottle. The stopper portion has a wooden inner part and a polymer outer part. The head portion has a second width that exceeds the first width. Continuities in the wooden inner part strengthen the mechanical connection between the polymer outer part and the wooden inner part.

Abstract: A pierceable, induction sealable seal for a container opening, the seal comprising a plurality of layers at least one of which is metallic and at least one of which is non-metallic, at least one of the non-metallic layers is complete and in use extends across a container opening to seal it. The area over which the at least one of the metallic layers extends is restricted to the region of the periphery of the seal whereby to facilitate induction sealing to the opening but to remain isolated from product in a container upon piercing of the seal.

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure is disclosed, having a skirt, threads on an interior of the skirt, and a tamper-evident band secured to the closure body by frangible bridges along a circumferential lower surface of the closure. The band and the closure have a plurality of equidistant vertical upper and lower teeth along an interior wall. Further the subject invention includes a mandrel for use in cutting slits in tamper-evident closures. The mandrel is supported for rotational movement within a closure, and comprises a disc with a circumferential surface with a plurality of equidistant slots for meshing with complementary teeth on the interior surface of the closure.

Abstract: A microfluidic refill includes a reservoir having a hollow body and an opening; a transport member in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a lid enclosing the opening of the reservoir. The lid is in fluid communication with the transport member. The lid comprises a rigid microfluidic delivery member. The rigid microfluidic delivery member includes a die and electrical traces that are in electrical communication with the die, wherein the electrical traces terminate at electrical contacts, wherein the electrical traces are disposed on only one plane. The die has a fluid chamber in fluid communication with the transport member at an inlet of the fluid chamber and with an orifice at an outlet of the fluid chamber.

Abstract: A container including a lid having one of a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion for engaging the first engagement portion. A base having the other of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion. The first engagement portion and second engagement portion are engageable to define different positions between the lid and the base, including selective one-way engagement between a first opened arrangement between the lid and the base and a second opened arrangement between the lid and the base, as well as a closed position between the lid and the base.

Abstract: A closure device for a container, and preferably for a water decanter, comprising a frame comprising a closure opening and which is preferably round and configured for insertion into a pouring opening of the container, a lid, which is connected to a pendulum and which is suspended in the closure opening of the frame, and configured to swing therein, wherein the lid is configured to close and seal the closure opening when the container is substantially upright, and wherein the lid and pendulum are configured to rotate with respect to the closure opening when the container is held in a slanted or horizontal manner. The closure device preferably comprises at least one cantilever arm secured to an inner wall of the frame at a first end and connected to the lid at a second end so that the lid is configured to swing with respect to the closure opening.

Abstract: A device comprises a first portion including a first polymer, and a second portion that is relatively flexible in comparison to the first portion and includes a second polymer that is substantially not bondable to the first polymer. A chamber of the device is hermetically sealable with respect to ambient atmosphere and is defined by (i) an interior of the second portion, and/or (ii) a space formed between the first and second portions. A third portion of the device includes a third polymer that is bondable to the first and second polymers and fixedly secures the first and second portions to each other.

Abstract: A dispensing cap sealingly mountable within the throat of a beverage container has an open-bottomed flow tube connected to a surrounding skirt by a resilient diaphragm, forming a storage chamber surrounding the flow tube. An annular base cap at the base of the flow tube is releasably engageable with the skirt to close off the bottom of the storage chamber. A downward force applied to the flow tube will resiliently deform the diaphragm and downwardly disengage the base cap from the skirt, thus releasing the contents of the storage chamber into the container. The flow tube extends above the storage chamber and terminates in a flow assembly having a cap sleeve movable between a closed position and a “consume” position in which the contents of the container can flow through the flow tube and out an opening in the cap sleeve.

Abstract: An adjustable strap assembly comprises a cincture and a band. The cincture and the band preferably include attachment components on end and are adjustably connected such that the overall length of the strap assembly can vary in length from as little as approximately just the length of the cincture to as long as approximately the length of the cincture and band together. In addition the embodiments may include a securing mechanism to maintain the adjustable strap assembly at the desired length even under stress. In one embodiment the band is made from elastic material to ensure that when the adjustable strap assembly is used to cinch a bundle, the adjustable strap assembly will remain tight.

Abstract: A carton for containing one or more articles, the carton comprising a series of walls for retaining said one or more articles within 5 the carton, wherein a presentation and retention means is incorporated within one of said walls. The presentation and retention means comprises a displaceable tab (62, 68) connected to the wall (24) in which the presentation and retention means is incorporated such that once displaced to create a window for displaying an article the displaceable tab is biased to return to its original position and 10 thereby retains the displayed article within the carton. Optionally, the biasing is achieved by virtue of the connection of the displaceable tab being about a non-linear hinge line. Additionally, or alternatively, this biasing is achieved by the displaceable tab being connected a hinge line (60b, 60) co-extensive with the extent of the displaceable tab.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible pouch for bottom-dispensing a liquid. A dock for holding the flexible pouch is also provided. Further disclosed herein is a system for dispensing a liquid. The system includes the pouch for placement in the dock.

Abstract: Implementations of the present invention include methods, devices, and systems that provide effective packaging items with at least one gummy surface. In particular, implementations of the present invention provide a package for items with a gummy surface that does not require a separate liner to be placed on the gummy surface. In example implementations, the package includes inadhesive polymers such that the item can be removeably adhered to a portion of the package. Moreover, example embodiments of the present invention provide packaging devices, systems, and methods that allow an item with a gummy surface to be packaged without any part of the package interfacing with the gummy surface.

Abstract: Provided is a blister package made by heat molding a plastic film or sheet, creating a container portion of a fixed space, storing a drug or miscellaneous products in the space, and having a cover sheet attached to a flange of the container portion so as to create a sealing function, and the blister packing container enables repeated resealing and enhanced sealing of an opened outlet.

Abstract: A sealed dispensing port in a wall of a container or package, the wall including an outer sheet having a formed aperture there through, and an inner comprising a seal portion registered with the aperture, and a release cover that includes a seal portion over the aperture that irreleasably attaches through the aperture to the seal portion of the inner sheet to form a seal. When the release cover is pulled from over the aperture, the seal is removed to form a dispensing port.

Abstract: A packaging for active substance-containing films. The packaging comprises a carrier layer and a covering layer connected releasably to the latter, has in a paired arrangement two opposite surface regions which are separated from one another by a web and within which the covering layer is not connected to the carrier layer. Two spaces are formed, separate from one another and enclosed on all sides, for receiving the films in pairs. Within the web, a further surface region is present, in which the carrier layer is not connected to the covering layer, with the result that a cavity enclosed on all sides is formed. At least one perforation line is present within the web.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for packaging perishable foods. A packaging method in accordance with several embodiments of the disclosure can include, for example, mating a tray with a product. The tray can include a compartment having a generally similar shape as the shape of the product. The method can further include gas flushing an internal atmosphere around a product, and sealing the product and the internal atmosphere between a lid and the tray. Additionally, the method can include pasteurizing the product with an application of substantially uniform high pressure to a surface area of the package (e.g., high pressure pasteurization).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated liner-based system having an overpack and a liner provided within the overpack, the liner comprising a mouth and a liner wall forming an interior cavity of the liner and having a thickness such that the liner is substantially self-supporting in an expanded state, but is collapsible at a pressure of less than about 20 psi. The liner and overpack may be made by blow molding the liner and the overpack at the same time using nested preforms.

Abstract: A dispensing system has a central longitudinal axis and includes a shroud adapted to receive a container. The shroud includes a gripping portion adapted to be gripped by a hand of a user. The dispensing system also includes an actuation member adapted to rotate about a rotation point on a rotation axis toward an interior of the shroud in response to a force applied to the actuation member by the user. The actuation member is configured such that a rotation distance is at least about 6 centimeters. The rotation distance is measured in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis between a location where the user can apply the force to the actuation member and the rotation point of the actuation member.

Abstract: A package (52) is provided for containing and dispensing a fluent product. The package (52) defines a longitudinal axis (23), and includes a fitment body (18), and a collapsible pouch (12) for containing a fluent product to be dispensed, the pouch (12) defined by at least two opposing, flexible, web portions (24), and gusset portion (42). The fitment body (18) extends from a dispensing end (33) of the pouch (12) with the fitment body (18) being sandwiched between the flexible web portions (24), and the flexible web portions (24) being welded to each other and to the fitment body (18) at an end seal (32). An improved, robust corner seal construction (54) is provided where each of the flexible web portions (24) is joined to the gusset portion (42).

Abstract: A package of tobacco articles including an inner container which houses a group of tobacco articles, and has an open top end, and a lid hinged to close the open top end, an outer container housing the inner container to allow the inner container to slide with respect to the outer container between a closed configuration and an open configuration, and a sealing flap hinged to a top edge of a front wall of the outer container and movable between a work position, in which the sealing flap is perpendicular to the front wall of the outer container and located beneath a top wall of the lid of the inner container, and a rest position, in which the sealing flap is parallel to the front wall of the outer container.

Abstract: A container for transporting an item is provided having an outer case member and a pair of partition members. The container is erectable from a collapsed configuration, in which the container is substantially flat, to an erected configuration in which the partition members form a support structure within an interior cavity of the outer case member to support a portion of the item to be transported. Methods of packaging and transporting an item in a container are also provided.

Abstract: A collapsible transport container (302) comprising a base (304), a roof (310), a first and second opposed side wall (308, 306) rotatable relative to the base (304) and the roof (310). Also provided with first connecting member (316) operably connecting the first side wall (306) to the roof and second connecting member (318) operably connecting the second side wall (306) to the roof (310). The distance between the point of attachment of first and second connecting member (318, 316) to the roof (310) is less than the distance between the point of attachment (326, 324) of first and second connecting member 326, 324) to the first and second side wall (308, 306). At least part of the connecting member is flexible.

Abstract: A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a frame, tracks supported by opposite sides of the frame, and a plurality of dunnage supports extending between the tracks. At least one of the tracks on each side is generally U-shaped. Each dunnage support comprises end members and a middle member, the end members being movable along the tracks. The dunnage supports support dunnage for supporting products for storage or shipment.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for an inlet scoop having a larger inlet end and an oppositely disposed smaller outlet end designed so that a conventional trash bag opening can be placed over the smaller end of the inlet scoop and hooked over a protuberance disposed on each corner of the smaller end so that the trash bag can be secured to the inlet scoop. The inlet scoop is generally rectangular shaped so that it can be placed on the surface of the ground and maintain itself in an upright position and has an enlarged portion disposed on each corner to provide additional clearance for the protuberance when the inlet scoops are stacked on top of each other so that no damage is done to the protuberance.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for debris removal are provided comprising a flexible chute having a mouth, a body, and an exit. The flexible material can be collapsible. The flexible material is rip-stop nylon. When the chute is used, a user can take the chute in a collapsed form and scale a tree for pruning. Upon reaching a top area of the tree, the user secures the chute to the tree and allows the body and exit portions to deploy by releasing those sections. Gravity allows the body and exit portions to fall to towards the ground. As debris is removed from the tree, it is placed into the mouth and passes through the body and out exit. If desired the exit can be placed in other desired locations such as proximate to a wood chipping device for shredding debris or proximate to a truck bed, dump box or trailer for catching the debris as it exits the chute. Thus, the chute can safely collect, control and direct debris generated from pruning vegetation.

Abstract: A belt conveyor (1) includes a conveyor bed (6) on which belt rollers (13, 14) are arranged, respectively, at both the leading end and the trailing end relative to the transport direction T, and it also includes a conveyor belt (5) which is arranged to be movable over the conveyor bed (6, 106) and around the belt rollers (13, 14). The conveyor belt (5) is arranged and pulled tight over the conveyor bed (6) and the belt rollers (13, 14) in such a way that a sealing effect is achieved between the outside borders (7) of the conveyor belt (5) and the conveyor bed (6), wherein the outside borders (7) of the conveyor belt (5) are set back from the edges (16) of the conveyor bed (6) by a distance (d) equal to at least the maximum sweep of a lateral variation in the movement of the conveyor belt.

Abstract: A detachable tab for a modular belt link is provided. The detachable tab has upper and lower body portions. The upper body portion is suitable to be arranged in a modular conveyor belt module, and comprises a U-shaped section with two substantially parallel flanges that extend from a bridge member. Each flange has a distal end that terminates the flange away from the flange's connection to the bridge member. Each flange also has an inner side surface that faces the other flange and an outer side surface that faces away from the flanges. The lower body portion comprises three distinct sections: a first section that connects a second section to the bridge member of the upper body portion; a second section that projects in a direction opposite and parallel to the flanges of the upper body portion; and a third section that is arranged substantially perpendicular to the second section.

Abstract: A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is directed to a cantilevered screw assembly comprising a solid oil bearing to facilitate rotation of the screw. Another exemplary embodiment of a cantilevered screw assembly includes an improved anchor system comprising multiple load-bearing walls. In particular, an exemplary embodiment may comprise a screw that is cantilevered to at least two walls. At least one reinforcement member may connect the walls for additional support.

Abstract: An article guide for a belt conveyor with belt-actuated guide walls. The guide is supported atop the conveyor belt on wheels that ride on the conveyor belt. At least one of the wheels is a drive wheel engaging one or more pushers that push conveyed articles along the belt's conveying surface. The pushers may be rollers rotated by or belts advanced by the drive wheel. The pushers form a moving vertical side wall of the guide.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, media and code for applying a mailing label are provided. The apparatus may include a mail receipt conveyor; a mail registration station that is configured to receive from the mail receipt conveyor a mail item that includes on an exterior surface of an envelope a printed message indicating that a customer name appearing on the mail item does not correspond to an address on the mail item; an imaging device that is configured to capture a delivery error segment of the surface; a processor device that is configured to identify an electronic mail address that corresponds to a customer name in the addressee segment of the surface; and a transmitter device that is configured to transmit to the email address an electronic form for electronically receiving a different address.

Abstract: A conveyor accumulator is configured to buffer a stream of articles moving along a conveyor path. The conveyor accumulator comprises an in-feed accumulator for diverting a flow of articles from an upstream source to various downstream output locations. The conveyor accumulator also comprises a mass storage accumulator connected downstream of and to the in-feed accumulator. The mass storage accumulator has a plurality of lanes. The conveyor accumulator further comprises an out-feed accumulator connected downstream of and to the mass storage accumulator for diverting the flow of articles from various upstream sources to a downstream output location.

Abstract: A conveyor system for re-orienting strips of laminated corrugated board which includes: a first conveyor assembly; and a second conveyor assembly, wherein the first conveyor assembly conveys a plurality of adjacent strips having an upright orientation to the second conveyor assembly; wherein the second conveyor assembly includes a conveyor belt configured to convey the plurality of adjacent strips at a faster speed to that at which the strips are delivered to the second conveyor assembly by the first conveyor assembly; and wherein the acceleration of each strip upon contacting the second conveyor assembly causes that strip to move away from the adjacent strip and tip over from the upright orientation to a flat orientation.

Abstract: A carrier device may include a loading board, a moving mechanism to move the loading board horizontally for a storage member storing a plurality of containers for storing liquid to be loaded on the loading board; a base material having set thereon the loading board and moving mechanism, and a first mounting member mounted to the base material.

Abstract: A stacking device which stacks together web members which drop down while drawing a parabolic arc, this is provided with a horizontal movement limit part which limits movement of web members in a horizontal direction, a temporary supporting unit which can take a projecting position where it projects from the horizontal movement limit part and a retracted position where it is pulled in from the projecting position and does not stick out from the horizontal movement limit part, and a receiving table which is positioned under the temporary supporting means at the projecting position and stacks the web members. The temporary supporting unit temporarily supports a web member at the projecting position and, after that, shifts to the retracted position to make the web member drop under the temporary supporting unit, so that the stacking device stacks the web members on the receiving table.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing fabricating system and a tapered roller supply method are provided which enable tapered rollers to be loaded properly in pockets of a cage. The tapered roller supply system has a tube which stocks a plurality of tapered rollers loaded from above in a stacked-up state in an inside thereof and a tapered roller supply portion which separates a lowermost tapered roller from a tapered roller situated above the lowermost tapered roller in the plurality of tapered rollers to be discharged from the tube in upstream and downstream directions so as to allow the tapered rollers to drop sequentially one by one when they reach a lowermost position.

Abstract: An overhead-conveying transport bag for automatically unloading a loaded piece good includes a basic structure as well as a separate receiving device, which is arranged adjacent thereto. Unloading of the transport bag is performed through one of the front sides of the basic structure which is open and at least the lateral sides of the receiving device are formed such that the base is liftable into an unloading position of the transport bag, in which the base is lifted into the bottom of the basic structure.

Abstract: The moving mechanism of a sheet feeding device has a first moving member and a second moving member. The first moving member is held in a position corresponding to the number of sheets supported by a sheet support member, and when moving in a specific direction can move the sheet support member in the separation direction away from a paper feed roller. The second moving member moves out and back through a specific range of movement in each revolution of the paper feed roller, engages the first moving member and moves the first moving member in the specific direction when moving out, and releases said engagement when moving back.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a feeding device that feeds paper from a tray to a feed path, a guide member that moves between a first position to cover the feed path and a second position to expose the feed path, a detection device disposed along the feed path downstream from the guide member, and detects the paper fed in the feed path, a judgment device that judges whether a feeding error has occurred in the feed path, a particular information control device that stores particular information in a memory when a feeding error has occurred, and a notification device that issues information indicating that the paper has not been fed from the tray to the feed path when the paper is not detected by the detection device and the memory does not store the particular information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus can exchange a sound reduction mode and a normal mode. The image forming apparatus includes a sound reduction sheet feed cassette, a normal sheet feed cassette, a sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller, and a normal sheet feed cassette roller. The sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller and the normal sheet feed cassette roller can exchange rotation speed to a slower speed than a normal paper feeding speed, In the sound reduction mode, the image forming apparatus performs one of a noise reduction high performance mode and a noise reduction low performance mode. In the normal mode, the image forming apparatus performs a high performance mode.

Abstract: A medium discharge device includes: a discharge tray having a placing surface on which a medium is to be placed; a first pair of discharge rollers configured to rotate about axes to discharge the medium through a first nip onto the discharge tray; a second pair of discharge rollers configured to rotate about the axes to discharge the medium through a second nip onto the discharge tray; and a discharge guide for guiding the discharged medium. The discharge guide includes a first projection between the first and second pairs of discharge rollers, and a second projection on an opposite side of the first projection with respect to the first pair of discharge rollers. Each of the first and second projections projects to the placing surface side relative to the first and second nips and has a guide surface opposite to the placing surface.

Abstract: A sheet count at which printed sheets are stacked on a sheet stacking unit is received from a user. It is controlled to divide the printed sheets into sheets at the sheet count received from the user and stack the printed sheets on the sheet stacking unit.

Abstract: A rack display including a base having a front panel with a plurality of horizontal and vertical slots included thereon; left and right side panels extending from sides of the front panel; a back panel extending between the left and right side panels; and one or more shelf members including horizontal and vertical tabs. The shelf members are secured to the base by inserting the vertical and horizontal tabs within the vertical and horizontal slots respectively. The rack display is erected from a knockdown configuration by securing the shelf members to the front panel of the base via insertion of the horizontal and vertical tabs within the horizontal and vertical slots respectively.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus including a first conveying member that conveys a sheet, a second conveying member that receives the sheet conveyed by the first conveying member and further conveys the sheet to a subsequent stage, a third conveying member that receives the sheet conveyed by the first conveying member and further folds the sheet, a guiding member that guides the sheet when the sheet is folded by the third conveying member, and is arranged between the second conveying member and the third conveying member. The sheet is guided along the guiding member when a bending part of the sheet is conveyed to the third conveying member by rotating the second conveying member in a reverse direction while the sheet is held by the first conveying member and the second conveying member.

Abstract: Winding cores for elastically stretched or shrinkable materials are designed to significantly reduce the amount of roll strain energy developed during winding. This is accomplished by building into the core an energy-absorbing zone that can be collapsed by a substantial amount and in a relatively controlled fashion over a substantial period of time under the influence of a continued radially inward pressure exerted by the roll of wound material. The energy-absorbing zone is formed by one or more collapsible layers having repeated atomic regions projecting out of a plane of the sheet and each defining a plurality of normal vectors in different sub-regions of the atomic region, wherein the normal vectors, when projected onto the two-dimensional plane of the sheet, are in a plurality of different directions in the plane.

Abstract: An adjustable mandrel for use with cored, or coreless rolls of stretch film is disclosed. The mandrel comprises a cylindrical shaft and a sheath. The shaft and sheath each comprise slanted regions that slide against each other when the shaft is moved relative to the sheath, and this sliding movement causes the radial displacement of the sheath such that the mandrel expands to press against the inner surface of a roll of stretch film. The displaced sheath portions retract when the shaft and sheath are disengaged and can be moved from the roll and reused. The even pressure exerted by the mandrel across the roll prevents deformation of the roll and waste of the film.

Abstract: If a V-gear abruptly rotates in a pulled-out direction due to reaction generated by rotation in a take-up direction being stopped when rotating in a take-up direction, a restriction body restricts swinging of a W-pawl in operation direction, so that lock of pulling-out of a webbing from a spool is suppressed. An insertion portion of a frictional spring of the restriction body is caught by an abut portion and a catching portion of a support hole. At an opening-side portion of the support hole, an enlarged portion is formed such that a position other than a position of the catching portion at the opening-side portion is enlarged compared to that of the catching portion. Even if the minimum-diameter of the support hole is small, strength of a molding portion for the support hole in a mold for the V-gear can be improved and lifetime thereof can be longer.

Abstract: A webbing retractor is provided that can improve balance of load that a torsion shaft receives from a spool. Fit-together projections are formed at a spool side engaging portion of a main torsion member. Further, a load receiving portion is formed at a webbing insert-through hole side at the spool side engaging portion. Rotation radius direction components of rotational forces, that respective inclined surfaces of the fit-together projections receive from respective inclined surfaces of rotation restricting holes, are nullified by a rotation radius direction component of rotational force that the load receiving portion receives from a load imparting portion. Due thereto, balance of load that the main torsion member receives from a spool can be improved.

Abstract: The invention provides a kit and method for the assembly of a stairlift guide rail, the kit comprising a plurality of sections of guide rail wherein the sections have predetermined standard dimensions, wherein the kit preferably includes a plurality of sections of straight guide rail and a plurality of sections of curved guide rail and when fitted together according to the method of the invention, the plurality of sections of guide rail facilitates the construction of a stairlift guide rail assembly and a stairlift assembly, such that an operative is able to complete the full assembly on site.