Abstract: A container for storing a coiled fiber optic cable having at least one connector at its end comprises a base and an openable lid on the base. The base and lid from a first arcuate compartment for receiving the windings of the coiled fiber optic cable, and a second compartment separated from the first compartment for receiving the connector. The base and lid are releasably secured to each other by edge portions which meet in a press-fit relationship. Desirably, the base and lid are formed from a clear polyvinyl chloride material in the manner of a blister package.

Abstract: The present invention provides a document carrier to attach sheets of documents to a reel of magnetic tape. The document carrier includes a container to contain the sheets having a length greater than the diameter of the tape hub of the tape reel and a chuck. The container is attached to the underside of a housing of the chuck that is configured to extend into the tape reel with the container bearing against one of the surfaces of the tape reel. The housing is configured to bear against the inner surface of the tape hub to prevent lateral movement of the tape reel. Manually releasable engagement means, connected to the housing, releasably engage the other of the surfaces of the tape reel adjacent to the tape hub so that the tape reel is held between the engagement means and the container. When the releasable engagement means are disengaged, the housing may be removed to respectively remove the container from the tape reel.

Abstract: A rolled material handling arrangement characterized by at least a pair of flexible bases adapted to conform to the curvature of rolled sheet metal stock and support such for transport and/or storage. The bases each include downwardly extending anti-roll projections and a groove for receiving a tie strap which encircles the rolled stock and overlies a protective cover disposed around the outer diameter corner edge thereof. The arrangement permits on edge stock movement, i.e. along the flat surface of the sheet metal in contrast to the surface presented by the contiguous edges presented by successive layers of the roll.

Abstract: A modular disc storage and dispensing device is shown, particularly adapted to storing and dispensing discs such as circular saw blades. The device comprises a plurality of disc-holding, pivotal, semicircular cradles positioned between pairs of slotted partition modules connected laterally together by means of fasteners. In their disc storage mode, the cradles are positioned so as to rest on the bottom of the device in an upwardly, concave position. When dispensing of a disc is required, a tab connected to the front of the cradle holding the selected disc is depressed, forcing a boss, also connected to the cradle and positioned in the slot of an adjacent partition, to move downwardly in the slot, causing the cradle to rotate upwardly to a concave forward position. As a result of the cradle's change in position, the contained disc is partially projected beyond the front of the device, where it may easily be grasped and removed.

Abstract: A film belt package which facilitates loading on support rollers while maintaining the belt protected within the package until loaded on the support rollers. This film belt loader package supports the film belt under tension and in a configuration which substantially replicates its configuration when located on such support rollers. The belt, on its tension support, is enclosed by a member which is adapted to engage such film belt for urging such film belt off of the tension support in order to load such belt on support rollers.

Abstract: An article holder having general utility for receiving and securely holding various articles, objects or other entities in a secure and safe manner. The article holder includes a wall, base or other supporting panel-like structure having an opening therein having a periphery defined by a plurality of circumferentially spaced segments forming a receiver for an article, object or other entity together with resilient means which resists radial expansion of the segments and exerts radial inward force on the segments for secure engagement with an article, object or other entity inserted into the receiver defined by the circumferentially spaced segments. The shape or configuration, size and materials from which the article holder is constructed may be varied depending upon the end use requirements.

Abstract: A magnetic tape pancake package includes a plurality of pancakes respectively comprising a hub having a width slightly larger than the width of a magnetic tape, and the magnetic tape wound around the hub. A plurality of spacers are stacked together with the pancakes between the stacked pancakes and at the top and the bottom of the stack of the pancakes. Each spacer is formed into a disk-like shape having a diameter larger than the diameters of the pancakes and provided with a recess at a section contacting the hub for engagement with a hub end face section protruding from the magnetic tape wound around the hub. The pancakes and the spacers are wrapped in a lump with an expansible and/or contractible film.

Abstract: A container for shipping brake assemblies includes a base support member, a body tube, and a top closure member. A threaded shaft is provided extending axially through the body tube from above the top closure member to a nut imbedded in the base support member. A snug nut is provided on the threaded shaft just above the top closure member and tightening the snug nut clamps together the body tube and top and base members. Upper and lower truncated cone-shaped assemblies are provided and mounted on the threaded shaft with the truncated ends facing one another and the lower assembly affixed to the base support member. A plug nut is provided for clamping the cone assemblies together and to the base support member when brake assemblies are mounted between them.

Abstract: A carrier for circular saw blades is provided having a spindle mounted on a base member. A cylindrical cover has a threaded insert which spins onto the top of the spindle and seats on the rim of the base to form a water-proof compartment. A stand can be provided to lift the lowest blade off the surface and a cavity in the bottom of the base can be used to store a blade tool.

Abstract: Presented is a support structure for annular magnetic recording disks of the "hard" type used in computers. These types of disks are not usually manufactured by the same manufacturer that manufactures the disk drive mechanism. In many instances the disk drive manufacturer is far removed from the disk manufacturer and as a consequence the disks must be shipped to the disk manufacturer for installation in the disk drives prior to incorporation in the completed computer. The disks are highly susceptible to contamination from a variety of sources, and must therefore be handled with extreme care to avoid such contamination. The support structure of this invention constitutes an expandible and contractible mandrel designed specifically to interact with the inner periphery of the annular magnetic disks in such a manner as to support a multiplicity of the disks in spaced parallel relation.

Abstract: Packaging for spherical articles such as golf balls or basketballs, the packaging being formed from a blank of cardboard including two square panels, two rectangular panels and two triangular panels. The rectangular panels have circular recesses open to edges, the blank is folded so that the recesses lie in perpendicular intersecting planes so that the spherical article can be engaged and supported between the opposed recesses.

Abstract: A package containing a plurality of unexposed photographic film reels, which comprises a vertical mantle, a top and bottom lid with a peripheral groove and a sealing ring that is engaged by the corresponding extremity of the mantle, straps that vertically encircle the package to damp-tightly lock the lids to the mantle, and spacing means at the underside that allow the forks of an elevating mechanism to engage the package.

Abstract: A set of coloring crayons comprising a number of blocks of crayon each of polygonal form with a central hole to receive a spindle on which the blocks are securely stored with the aid of releasable retaining means, such as nuts.

Abstract: A display container for displaying a product such as jewelry and watches. The container includes a transparent cylindrical tube and two spherical sponge rubber end caps mountable at least partially inside the ends of the tube. A strap extends through the top end cap and has a loop on the outer side thereof so that the container can be hung from a stand or other support. A hook is mounted to the inside end of the top cap, preferably to the inner end of the strap, onto which the product is hung.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a shoe-polish can with removable closure lid (2), integrated applicator (12) and shoe-polish containing space. In order to obtain a structural shape which is simple to manufacture and handle, the shoe-polish containing space be developed as an arcuate trough (3).

Abstract: Media storage apparatus including a housing with a plurality of tilted shelves, each of which is pivotal for providing access to a shelf thereunder. At the rear of the apparatus housing, there is a receiving shelf which is adapted, upon placement of the media thereon, to move in a downward horizontal direction until the predetermined desired shelf is reached at which time the receiving shelf tilts and transfers the storage media to the selected one of the plurality of shelves at the front of the housing. Thereafter, the receiving shelf under counter weight control resumes its initial position. Also disclosed herein are a number of embodiments of pick-up means for the disk along with different embodiments of the storage cases and associated inserts for the storage disk.

Abstract: An organizer particularly for a set of wrench sockets has a series of socket receivers arranged in ascending/descending size order. Each receiver is of tubular form which is slit longitudinally to make it expandable and contractable. A resilient band encircles the receiver so that when a socket of suitable size is inserted therein, the resilient band provides a contracting force retaining the socket in the receiver. Also, the receivers have stops to limit the amount of insertion of a socket and the respective stops are arranged at different heights related to the height of the respective sockets so that each socket projects from its respective receiver to the same level above the top of the organizer. In one form of the invention, the stops are provided with respective ejector mechanisms for facilitating removal of the sockets.

Abstract: A package comprising a case which comprises a bottom member and a cover member, and a plurality of disk-form magnetic recording mediums, each having a central hole, which are contained in the case in a stacked state one on another while an upright pillar standing on the center of the bottom member is relatively inserted into the central holes of the disk-form magnetic recording mediums. The package may be tied from the outside by binding means or may be wrapped by a plastic film by means of a vacuum packing. The disk-form magnetic recording mediums packed in the case are protected from the dust and the moisture perfectly, and the damage of the recording mediums caused by the rubbing therebetween by vibrations or the like during the transit can be prevented by the upright pillar inserted into the holes of the recording mediums.

Abstract: A protective covering for annular objects, such as caster wheels, which covering consists of a continuous band of heat-shrinkable plastic material defining spaced marginal edges thereabout, which band is proportioned thereabout to be closely received over and about the tread of the caster wheel in overlapping relation to the wheel along both side edges of the wheel tread, for heat shrinking thereagainst, whereby the band is tensioned against the wheel tread, and the wheel tread side edges, in protective relation to the tread, which band is formed to provide what becomes a tear or release strip that functions to sever the band, when removal of the covering is desired, from one side edge of the band to the other.

Abstract: A disposable individual serving dual compartment package for comestibles is disclosed, having a first compartment for a bread portion and a second compartment for a liquid portion, it is directed toward the packaging of communion elements for use in religious services.

Abstract: A method of lining the hot face of the wall of a heated enclosure, such as a furnace, boiler or the like, comprising the steps of compressing a plurality of substantially cylindrical modules of ceramic fiber material inwardly from the perimeter thereof; attaching the individual, compressed modules to the hot face of the wall in predetermined relationship whereby to define certain openings therebetween, inspecting the attaching means by virtue of the access thereto provided by the openings; filling the openings with a plug of ceramic fiber material; and then releasing the compression upon the modules to permit radial expansion thereof in all directions whereby to create a lining over the entire wall.

Abstract: A container device for transporting and storing coils of wire which protect the coils from damage. The device comprises a circumferential shell having a recessed annular bottom element inwardly adjacent the upper edge of the shell to form an open-topped annular receptacle in the upper side of the device. The inner edge of the bottom element extends upwardly to provide a hollow central post concentric with the outer shell. The underside of the device is formed with a closure wall coextensive in width with the recessed bottom element and is adapted to form a closure for the open-topped receptacle of the subjacent container device when the devices are stacked one upon another. Sockets for a forklift truck are provided in the circumference of the shell to enable the forklift truck to manipulate the devices into and out of position in the stack.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is disclosed a case for protecting a magnetic core having a substantially enclosed shape being constructed in combination with a case body comprising an inner and outer members which are adapted to cover the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the magnetic core respectively, a bottom member being adapted to cover the bottom surface of the magnetic core which has a substantially "U" shaped cross section and a cap member being adapted to cover the top surface of the magnetic core which has a substantially reversed "U" shaped cross section, which is characterized in that a taper surface is formed on each of the surfaces of the inner and outer members opposing to the inner and outer surfaces of the magnetic core respectively, said taper surface being so inclined as to contact to the opposed surface of the magnetic core at the middle portion thereof when seen in the axial direction of the core.

Abstract: This invention provides a portable carrying case for circular sawblades useful for packaging display and permanent storage of the blade by the end user. The case is inexpensively formed from a single sheet of plastic to form therein two hinge lines defining a pair of cover panels separated by a base panel, forming a booklike casing for storing the sawblades on a stub extending inwardly from one cover panel. A plastic manually deformable latch locks the two covers closed in place over the sawblades, until access is desired. A carrying handle extends from one cover edge for transport while the cover panels are latched in closed position.

Abstract: A refuse receptacle having a refuse collecting bag mounted therein comprising a continuous elongated vinyl sleeve folded several times on itself in fanfold manner to an appropriate length outwardly and inwardly by turns starting from one end thereof. The other end of the folded vinyl sleeve is tied and pulled downwardly for receiving refuse directly.

Abstract: A protective canister for computer discs comprises a hollow tube and a pair of end caps for closing the tube and fixing a central post therein. A stack of alternate computer discs and spacers having aligned central apertures is loaded onto the center post and clamped in the canister by way of a pair of platforms carried by the end caps about the central post. The elements of the canister are preferably constructed from hydrocarbon-based polymers and, after loading, the canister is sealed in shrink film so that the discs are protected in an environment which is free of particulate matter.

Abstract: A recording disc cartridge comprising a disc case composed of a top case half and a bottom case half and a recording disc rotatably enclosed in the disc case, each of the top half and the bottom half being provided with at least one pair of connecting bosses in such a manner that the connecting bosses of one half are engageable with the corresponding connecting bosses of the other half and that the connecting bosses are disposed symmetrically relative to a phantom line passing the center of a head insertion hole and the center of a drive shaft insertion hole.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plastic bead protector and a method of packaging large tires having bead portions that are susceptible to damage by lifting hooks or fork trucks during shipment. The bead protectors are slideably inserted inside of the bead portions of a tire and are retained in position by a plurality of elastic tension members.

Abstract: A protective cover assembly provides protection for an external surface of a tubular member. The assembly includes a cover having an axially extending annulus which overlies the external surface of the tubular member. The cover also includes an elongate projection disposed for axial extension into the bore of the tubular member. A retainer for the cover is defined by a support flange having an axially extending portion which carries a radially extending segmented flange. The segmented flange frictionally engages the elongate projection to retain the cover about the tubular member. In one preferred embodiment, the tubular member is an end yoke of a universal joint, and the external surface to be protected is a ground bearing sleeve. In another, the tubular member is a companion flange of a universal joint.

Abstract: An interior core protector for protecting the interior of a coil of material, e.g., coiled sheet steel, from damage is disclosed. The core protector includes a pair of overlapping formed angular paperboard members each having a series of spaced die cuts in one leg thereof permitting the angular members to be bent to conform to the inner diameter of the coil. The cuts in one leg are offset from the cuts in the other leg such that when the protector is bent for placement in the interior core of the coil and the width of the cuts increases, a paperboard segment of one member nevertheless overlies the cut in the other to provide protection for the material about the full circumference of the interior core. The core protector is characterized in part by economies of materials used, economic use of such materials, and economies of shipment.

Abstract: A box for transporting and storing flexible cordlike material has a pair of opposing flap panels for closing an either the front or rear opening of an endless enclosure. Each of the flap panels has a pair of opposing L-shaped slits which are foldable in perpendicular relationship to the flap panels to form a core about which the flexible cordlike material may be wound.

Abstract: A printer thimble element storage case is disclosed having a front cover hingeably connected through a spine to a back cover. The inside of the back cover has attached thereto an element tray including a top surface spaced away from the inner surface of the cover and having a plurality of wells formed therein matable about the printer thimble elements. A spindle concentrically mounted in the bottom surface of each well securely retains the thimble elements. A top surface of the element tray is of generally rectangular configuration and slopes away from the edge thereof downwardly and toward the inner surface of the back cover, terminating in a mating surface and a stop ledge. The front cover includes, on an inner surface thereof a tray cover including a wall having an engagement edge formed thereon for receipt of the element tray.

Abstract: A phonograph record and album frame having a base member, a frame member cooperating and releasably engageable with the base member to define an enclosed space for encompassing an article to be held in the frame, and a holding member selectively cooperating with the base member to hold an article in a desired position within the enclosed space. The base member preferably has a cylindrical recess formed in its upper surface for receiving a phonograph record. A bore extends through the base member to receive a shaft of a holding member than holds the record within the recess. When an album is positioned within the frame, the head of the holding member is positioned adjacent the lower surface of the base member.

Abstract: A record package includes a disc record housed within an enclosure. The enclosure comprises thin membrane covers held in tension between a metallic outer frame and two inner rings. The inner rings include dust seals which are held against the disc record by the tension of the membranes. When the disc record rotates, the windage it creates lifts the dust seals from the disc record. The use of a clear membrane eliminates the need for a sight window when recording on the playing back from an optical disc record.

Abstract: This relates to the packaging of a tubular shirred casing strand within a wrap sleeve. The wrap sleeve is provided with end portions which extend beyond the casing strand, and these end portions are heated and folded and deformed by way of a plunger which functions as a piston within a mold structure so as to define a rigid substantially solid end cap which is integral with the wrap sleeve. This abstract forms no part of the specification of this application and is not to be construed as limiting the claims of the application.

Abstract: A coil of steel banding tape is contained within a flat toroidal container. The end of the tape is withdrawn from an aperture in the outer peripheral wall of the container, and the central space in the container is large enough to admit the human arm, so that the pack can be carried on site on the arm of the user. The flat annular walls are in fact preferably slightly convex in profile between the inner and outer peripheral walls so that the coil is not clamped by the user gripping the pack in one hand. The inside surface of the outer peripheral wall is preferably also provided with a series of inward projections to keep the tape out of contact with the inside surface of the wall.

Abstract: A light weight holder for cutter blades of the type having a central mounting hub. The holder is formed from wire and includes an outer frame which protects the cutter blades from damage. A plurality of braces are connected to the frame with the braces also being connected to a central cutter blade hub-engaging cylindrical support member. The support member is notched so that the blades cannot shift axially thereof. A carrying handle is secured to the frame and support brackets are also mounted on the frame so that the holders can be securely stacked on top of each other to store the blades safely.

Abstract: A dust and contamination free packaging container is provided. A method of producing contamination free packaging is also included. The package includes mating exterior frame members and spacing blocks for displacing a packaged product from the interior walls of the frame. The interior frame surfaces are coated with a contact adhesive which captures and retains particulate matter with which it comes into contact. Prior to use the contact adhesive surfaces are protected by cover sheets or elements which are readily removed at the time the product is to be inserted into the container. The predominant usage of the containers and method is in the electronic and optical industries and particularly in the packaging of photomask pellicles.

Abstract: An inner packing structure for supporting a hollow roll in a dispensing package and comprising a pair of end panel sections and a spindle extending therefrom which includes a center panel and pairs of opposed side panels interconnecting the center panel and the end panel sections.

Abstract: An information-disc cartridge containing a disc within an enclosure, which has two major walls on opposite sides of the disc and a peripheral wall. Each of the two major walls has an opening so as to permit a disc drive to engage the disc. On each side of said disc, information can be recorded and/or reproduced via the openings in the major walls. The openings are closed by a single closing member which simultaneously closes both openings in the major walls. The closing member which is bodily removable in a radial direction and comprises a portion of each of the major walls of the disc enclosure and a portion of the peripheral wall between the two portions of the major walls.

Abstract: A package is provided for supporting tablets, capsules, pills or the like. The package is formed by a disc having cut-out portions in which the tablets are placed and are held by two coatings covering each of the faces of the disc. An aperture is formed in the center of the disc intended for the introduction of the disc onto the neck of a bottle. In the alternative the support disc is constructed of two specially concentric members in which the tablets are placed and retained by two coatings applied to each face of the members. The tablets are easily removed by exerting a slight pressure on one of the sides of the disc to expel the tablet by tearing a sheet of coating.

Abstract: A package especially adapted for frangible articles is formed from a unitary blank of sheet material such as paper board, metal, or plastic. The sheet material is scored and bent to provide a plurality of sections extending radially outwardly from a prismatic central opening.

Abstract: A case for carrying and storing a web slitting blade includes a rubber padded circular platform having a central post extending upwardly therefrom for receiving the hub of a web slitter blade. A cylindrical cover is threadedly connected to the central post to enclose the slitter blade and complete the carrying case. The threaded member connecting the cover to the post includes a key-shaped opening to provide a handle for ease of carrying of the case.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of sealing the space between two substantially coaxial sealing surfaces (24 and 30) which are insertable one in the other, preferably for sealing the space between a socket and a spigot end of a pipe joint.Before the sealing surfaces are inserted one into the other a sealing ring (2) is positioned in connection with one of the sealing surfaces, the sealing ring being thereby enclosed in or being thereby enclosed into a covering (12), which contains a lubricant (18). The insertion of the sealing surfaces one in the other is facilitated either by the fact that the covering (12) is broken so that the lubricant is made accessible at surfaces of the joint sliding against each other and/or by the fact that a portion of the covering slides between the sealing ring and the sealing surface or the sealing surfaces.

Abstract: A sterile cover for an instrument comprising, a tray having an upright post, with the post having an upper end and a lower end. The cover has a sleeve of flexible material having an open end and a closed end. The sleeve is placed on the post with the closed end being located adjacent the upper end of the post, with the sleeve extending over the post from the upper end toward the lower end of the post, and with the open end of the sleeve being accessible to a user to remove the sleeve from the post.

Abstract: Plastics spool container for magnetic tapes, in particular video tapes provided with a handle being moulded on one half of the housing, a closure mechanism at the front and a one-armed locking toggle to secure the closure mechanism.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for washing the solid annular pieces used in immune methods, i.e. the so-called EIA-rings, and for coating such rings with a reagent, as well as for the dispensing of the rings. The EIA-rings are fitted, one after the other, into a tubular container part, which is open at both ends. To the bottom end of the container part an intake tip is attached, and to the other end a device for drawing and exhausting a liquid through the intake tip into the container part. The container part enclosing the EIA-rings is then sealed at both ends until the upper end of the container part is opened for dispensing the rings. The opened end is connected to a dosage device, the intake tip of the container part is removed and the EIA-rings are dispensed by means of the device.

Abstract: A cassette for storing and handling optical disks without touching them, including in particular video disks recorded on both sides, the cassette comprising a plate contained in a plastic envelope. The plate comprises a first cavity in which the disk to be protected is positioned. An additional annular cavity is provided in the bottom surface of the plate. The cover of the envelope comprises a cavity of shape matching that of the additional annular cavity such that the recorded areas of both sides of the disk are protected. Additional conical surfaces bearing one on the other are provided in the cover and plate around the edge of the first cavity. Means for locking the plate in the envelope are also provided.

Abstract: Grammophone record sleeve made of thin material as paper or cardboard and comprising a first section and a second section (13), which sections are connected to each other and intended to store the record (9) in between them and have such a size and shape that they substantially cover the same. The sleeve is made of a material which surface is electrically conducting at least on the substantially part of the surfaces which by the storing of the grammophone record (9) in the sleeve will be in contact with the sides thereof and on at least one surface of contact (8) which is so positioned that it presumably will get in contact with the hand of a person handling the sleeve for the insertion and extraction of the grammophone record whereby said inner surface or surfaces are in electrically leading connection with the surface or surfaces of contact.

Abstract: A container for the storage and transport of a bicycle, partially disassembled, having a hinged cover and multi-level contours for storing bicycle components in relative spatial isolation.