Abstract: Loading of a pull-through blind riveting mandrel is effected by arranging on an elongated sleeve a plurality of hollow rivets assembled head-to-tail, threading the mandrel along the sleeve, and transferring the rivets to the mandrel while withdrawing the sleeve. In addition to this procedure the invention contemplates provision of a package or assemblage for facilitating storage and/or transfer of the rivets of a column to a reuseable rivet-installing mandrel.

Abstract: A one-piece, self-locking envelope type carton having a plurality of compartments.

Abstract: A lining-up assembly for a "daisy printer" or printing disc having a hub presenting radial arms whose free ends are provided with relief characters, wherein the assembly comprises a casing in which at least one movable drawer is slidable. So as to avoid any manual contact by the user with the printing disc, this assembly also comprises tongs for locating or securing the hub of the disc to the drawer; said tong constituting a manipulating tool for the printing disc.

Abstract: A container to be attached to a shoestring or the like and adapted to contain information regarding the medical condition and/or identification of the wearer. The container is made of two halves formed from a resilient plastic material, which define between them a cavity in which a specially-shaped piece of paper with the necessary information can be placed.

Abstract: A stamper protector is disclosed which is comprised of a recording cover and a center cover. The recording cover is made of a laminated material which has a tough outer layer and a resilient soft inner layer. The recording cover is cut in the form of an annular ring of a size such that it will cover the entire recorded area of the stamper from the outer molding land to the unrecorded center portion of the stamper. The center cover is cut to a size which will cover the entire center of the recording cover when it is adhered to the outer layer of the recording cover.

Abstract: A reservoir for a pharmacologic delivery system wherein liquid level changes are readable visually to an accuracy of within five microliters. The reservoir is formed as a spirally coiled tubular member disposed between a pair of plate members spaced apart by one or more concentric rims. The tubular member forms a continuous spiral coil between the plate members, one tube end porting through one of the plates at the center thereof and the other tube end porting at the plate circumference. Transparent materials of construction are employed, as appropriate, and one of the plate members may have indicia thereon for assisting the viewer to measure volume changes inside the reservoir.

Abstract: A package assembly includes a plurality of side-by-side similar open ended tubular articles, the openings at each end being closed by a common end member formed of a unitary blank. Each end member includes tongues projecting into respective articles, each tongue including superimposed similar panels joined at their outer edges along a fold line and having outwardly converging outer side edges and parallel inner side edges transversely spaced from the inner side edges of adjacent tongue panels. Coplanar wing panels project oppositely from the inner edges of corresponding sets of side-by-side tongue panels. In assembled condition the tongues retain the tubular articles in side-by-side positions and the wings close the receptacle end openings to facilitate the wrapping and display of the articles.

Abstract: A pan for angiographic catheters and catheter guide wires, the pan including a rectangular planar bottom portion, four walls upstanding from the ends thereof to form a basin adapted to retain a liquid, and divider structure upstanding from the bottom portion and dividing the basin into a plurality of compartments, an opposed pair of the walls being inclined inwardly, the divider structure extending normal to the inclined pair of walls, the divider structure having a first portion inclined in a first direction and a second portion inclined in a second direction.

Abstract: A packing device for isolating an article from walls of a shipping container is formed from a strip of paperboard, and has panel segments folded into position to isolate the article from the walls.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a flexible hose having a first fitting at one end for attachment to a deflated tire and a second fitting at the other end for attachment to an inflated tire from which air is to be transferred to the deflated tire. The second fitting has a spring biased check valve for cutting off flow from the inflated tire to the deflated tire when the pressure entering the second fitting is below a predetermined level.

Abstract: A device for storing, transporting and utilizing wire rod, on which a ring-shaped wire rod coil (4) is prepared, is described. The main feature of this device is that it comprises substantially two frames (1, 21) rigidly connected together, the first (1) of which constitutes the spool for winding said wire rod coil, and the second (21) of which constitutes an axial support for said coil, said first frame being provided with support means (9) to enable the first frame of another device to be rested on it.

Abstract: A flat, rectangular case for storing a lengthy flexible endoscopic accessory instrument when the instrument is not being used. The various instruments, which are in the form of thin flexible cables up to seven feet long, having a linear bias, are stored individually, in the case, in a coiled state. The natural bias of the instrument serves to position and secure the instrument within the case. The instruments can be readily inserted into, and withdrawn from, the case through an opening in the side wall. A plurality of cases can be supported adjacent one another in a rack.

Abstract: A container for disc storage and transportation includes nestable spacers with disc supporting and locating rims. Vertical posts with a plurality of vertically spaced slots rise through the central opening of the spacers and are engageable by the cross bar of the spacer when the spacer is roatably twisted. Each slot has a downwardly facing inclined surface for urging the engaged spacers downward.

Abstract: A self-activating ferrofluid-seal apparatus for a memory-disc-drive shaft, which seal apparatus comprises a ring magnet and a pair of pole pieces which form a cavity therebetween, a closed loop of a plastic tubular container with ferrofluid positioned within the cavity, and a penetration clamp to penetrate the plastic container prior to installation of the shaft element.

Abstract: A display container for displaying and dispensing a coiled wire product is disclosed having a wire frame which may be hung from a peg board or like surface. The coiled wire may be displayed and dispensed in individual coils stacked one upon the other, or may be displayed in a single coil and dispensed by the customer cutting off the desired length. The container consists of a pair of generally rectangular wire side elements interconnected by a pair of wire bottom cross members and a wire upper cross member. The distance between the bottom cross members is less than the diameter of the wire coil to be displayed, to enable the coils to rest upon the bottom cross members. A pair of hooks are attached to the upper cross member to enable the container to be hung on a peg board or similar structure. A sign or other indicia may be attached between the side pieces across the front of the container to indicate the exact size, length, or type of the wire in the container.

Abstract: A stored collapsible bag for extension about a Christmas tree or the like for disposal of the tree including a bag having a hole in the bottom thereof through which a tree trunk is extended. The bag is placed in a container having a centrally positioned collar which extends through the hole in the bag and through which the trunk of a tree is extended. The container has a removable top which when removed allows the bag to be extended about the tree and enclose the same.

Abstract: A liquid detergent capsule is packaged in an open-ended carton formed from a single elongate strip having transverse fold regions, the top and bottom walls of the carton being formed with wells confining the top and bottom of the capsule and there being coaxial central posts projecting centrally in the wells into adjacent recesses in the capsule.

Abstract: The cover is made from a sheet of transparent plastic material and has a generally annular shape, i.e., the general shape of a flat ring, which is easily received over an annular rotatable sample tray having a plurality of sample cups therein. The cover has a horizontally radially extending projection adapted to engage a post on a table top supporting the sample tray to prevent rotation of the cover and an annular shoulder on the underside of the cover which fits around a circular envelope defined by the radially outwardly disposed top side edges of the sample cups in the sample tray and which engages the top side edges of the sample cups to prevent horizontal movement of the cover as the tops of the sample cups frictionally engage the underside of the cover and exert a moment force on the cover when the sample tray is rotated. The cover also has an opening therethrough for allowing liquid sample to be inserted or withdrawn from a sample cup when such sample cup is in registry with the opening.

Abstract: This invention relates to grasping surfaces for the handles of implements, such as sporting equipment, and to methods of packaging and preparing same for application, and to methods for applying same to such equipment, and in one embodiment comprises at least one tube of elastomeric material which has been rolled back on itself to form a ring-like or grommet-like structure which is spiral in cross-section and has been positioned on a support core from which it may be rolled onto the handle portion of the implement which it is to cover and then unrolled to form a continuous covering for grasping purposes.

Abstract: A tape reel container of the flat-walled box type holding a reel-supporting tray. The periphery of the tray is formed with a downward and outwardly facing step confronting the side walls of the container, and the side walls are formed with inward and downwardly folding flaps engaging the tray step, so as to both retain and be retained by the tray.

Abstract: A package consisting of a plate-shaped support on which a tubular lamp is connected. The lamp is enclosed in sheath-like cavities which are formed by lugs which are cut out of the support and which are folded out of the plane of the support and are connected with their free ends to the support or to flaps of the support provided opposite to the lugs.

Abstract: A foldable device formed from a blank of sheet material is provided for supporting a reel having a hub opening. The device includes a pair of foldably connected panels between which the reel is sandwiched. The first panel is provided with struck-out elements which are folded into overlapping relation to form a protuberance. The protuberance is adapted to snugly fit within the hub opening of the reel when the latter is sandwiched between the panels.

Abstract: A packaging tray for holding and storing a group of endless belts in a nested configuration is of a molded plastic having a raised land area and a recessed well area, the land area defining the shape of the tray and the shape of the well, which well maintains the belts in their nested orientation when packed for shipping.

Abstract: A disc record caddy comprises a pair of substantially flat circular covers releasably held in channels defined along the inside rim of an expandable circular ring. Spring elements bias the ring into a contracted shape to radially restrain a disc retained between the pair of covers. A platform, mounted on a base of a disc record player system, horizontally supports the caddy in an elevated position over a turntable of the system and includes means for expanding the ring to release the covers. A turntable spindle incorporates a lowering/lifting mechanism which lowers the cover nearest the turntable and the disc supported thereon onto the turntable for record playback purposes, the other cover being retained at the platform level by the radially inward extension of the land defined between the ring channels.

Abstract: A display wrapping of a single fiberboard type of sheet formed into an open-ended tubular type carton with display apertures in the sides thereof for displaying polygonal prism or annular disc-shaped articles such as wheels, tires, automobile air filters, and other cylindrical or tubular shaped objects. The wrap comprises one or more wrappings which have cut-out portions in at least two opposite side panels, and may have central apertures in two opposite side panels aligned with the aperture in the annular article being wrapped. These two opposite side panels are joined by straps at their four corners to expose the associated opposite segment sides of the article being wrapped. Opposite ends of the wrapping sheet are anchored together on the front or back panel either by dovetailed interfitting ends, or a flap with parallel opposing locking tabs that fit in corresponding parallel slots on the back panel.

Abstract: A package of a hose of flexible material which comprises a succession of folded sections of flexible hose material superposed on one another to form a package having an inner section with an inner surface and an outer section with an outer surface. The folded sections between the inner and outer sections have the same axial length. The sections gradually increase in circumferential extent from the inner surface to the outer surface. Each section has a foil length of the same initial circumferential extent so that the sections are progressively expanded from the inner surface to the outer surface. The inner surface is of four-pointed star shape such that the folded sections are stretched over the points of the star to lie against one another at the points of the star while the outer surface is formed as a quadrangle with corners at the points of the star.

Abstract: A record disk cartridge has a single internal shutter for opening and closing a head access port adjacent a spindle access member in one wall. A further aperture allows the shutter to be actuated to an open position as the cartridge is moved into a playing position. The shutter also brakes the disk against movement when the cartridge apertures are closed. A magnetic coupling enables rotation of the disk inside the cartridge.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a protective package for a video disc of the type having a pair of finger holes in the label area. The package includes a base member having a well for removably receiving the video disc. A pair of rotational restraints are secured to the base member for effecting engagement with the finger holes during the containment of the video disc in the well, such engagement preventing rotational motion of the video disc relative to the base member. A cover member is secured to the base member for enclosing the video disc in the well. Pursuant to another embodiment of the present invention, the rotational restraints are removably secured to the base member, instead of being integral therewith in accordance with the first embodiment.

Abstract: A combination shipping and storage containers for rolls of sheet material having hollow centers, the container having an interiorly disposed spindle like post extending vertically between opposite ends thereof upon which the rolls are held against radial shifting movement. The container is provided at each of its opposite ends with closure panels which are inwardly foldable from an open position thereof into flatwise superimposed closed positions to embrace therebetween out-turned flaps provided at each end of the post to hold the same in fixedly secured position within the closed container.

Abstract: An improved tray structure for supporting a reel of tape-like film material wound on a flat annular hub which hub is substantially thicker than the width of the tape. The reel of tape is supported separately from the hub by means of raised portions in the bottom of the tray. By supporting the hub and tape separately, the reel is held in flat condition and its integrity maintained.

Abstract: A base guard for use with front loading magnetic disk memory cartridge packs, is made of one piece construction, e.g., injection moulded, and formed to allow for registered, interlocked and nested vertical stacking of the memory cartridge packs and to secure the access door of the memory cartridge packs so as to prevent entry of dust particles. The base guard is formed so as not to interfere with the handle-like recesses or handholds and to prevent damage to and misalignment of the hub structure of the disk pack.

Abstract: A video disc package comprises a base member and a cover member hingedly secured to the base member. The members define a cavity for enclosing a centrally-apertured disc record when juxtaposed. A center post includes first and second portions attached respectively to the base and the cover members. Each of the portions has arcuate peripheral surfaces dimensioned for engagement with diametrically opposite portions of the wall defining the central aperture of the record when it is enclosed in the cavity. The first and the second portions are constructed such that they nest within the central aperture during the reception of the record in the cavity.

Abstract: Enclosed shipping container assembly for an elongated article such as a roll of flexible sheet or film material. The container assembly includes a pair of open five-sided container halves of identical structure which fit together in opposite orientation to form an enclosed container, and a pair of spaced end plates inside the container for supporting a roll. The enclosed container protects the sheet or film material from dust and from accidental damage in handling. The configuration of the containers is such that a plurality of containers can be joined together to form a unitized load.

Abstract: A packaging tray for an entertainment or educational disc in which the tray is formed with plastic sheet material with upright retaining posts that extend through and adjacent the ends of a pair of apertures in the disc.

Abstract: A shipping, storage and handling device for commercial magnetic tape furnished by the manufacturer as windings convoluted about the periphery of flat annular cores or spools, comprising a unit, such units being referred to as "pancakes" in the trade. The device comprises a flat annular base portion having a plurality of upstanding pins and a like plurality of through openings, the pins and openings being symmetrically arranged about a common concentric circle so that, upon vertical stacking of the devices, the pins of each lower device will be received within the openings of the next successive device.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a sheathed, hollow, cylindrical stick composed of a flexible tube folded by longitudinal shirring, the improvement comprising a cylindrical, flexible jacket means enveloping said stick and projecting over the ends thereof, parts of the projecting portions touching the front walls of said stick with their inner sides, annular disc means on said projecting portions, and said projecting portions being inverted outwardly around said disc means in a manner such that the inner walls, the end surfaces and the outer walls of said disc means are tightly covered, and said inverted portions being parallel to said jacket means and close to the exterior thereof. The invention also includes an embodiment wherein annular disc means are inserted inside the jacket means and adjacent to the front walls of the stick, the projecting portions of the jacket means are inverted around the annular disc means and clamping means are inserted in the opening of the annular disc means.

Abstract: A folder for packaging and shipping a reel of magnetic or recording tape which supports the reel of tape on both sides and prevents slipping of the tape. The folder includes a pair of hinged panels which are foldable into overlying relationship with the opposite sides of the reel of tape. At least one of the panels includes unique hub-locking tabs which fold to fit within the center opening of the reel hub to securely position the reel of tape. The areas adjacent to the hub-locking tabs are crushed to a reduced thickness to accommodate the width of the reel hub to allow the hinged panels to rest flush against the edges of the tape on the reel. The hinged panels also include mating corner-locking tabs and cutouts which cooperate to lock the panels together to form the folder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new container that can be displaced by rotary force, consisting of a continuous sheet that assumes a form similar to a cylindrical surface, generated by a rectangle whose shorter sides have been substituted by convex semicircumferences, when it rotates around an axis that is very close and parallel to one of the long sides. An element is then placed in the direction of the axis and forms the axis of rotation. This element is held fast by the container when the latter is filled with fluid or other matter that induces multidirectional pressures of sufficient magnitude to cause the element installed, when impelled by a force, preferably along the axis but from either direction, to pull with it the enclosed sheet, thus displacing the container by rotary force over the supporting surface.

Abstract: A collapsible plant support is provided having a plurality of elongated wire-rod legs which are rigidly secured together at one end. Several helically-wound wire springs of normally elongated configuration are also provided with each spring having the opposite ends adapted to be interconnected and thus form circular rings. These rings are positioned at vertically spaced elevations on the legs which are relatively divergent from their connected ends when the plant support is positioned upright on the ground. Each of the elongated legs is formed with longitudinally spaced notches into which the circularly configured wire springs are positioned and supported on the divergent legs having their free end portions inserted into the ground. Collapsing of the plant support for storage is readily accomplished by first pulling the legs from the ground thereby releasing the rings. The rings are then disconnected at their ends whereupon they again assume the relaxed, elongated configuration.

Abstract: A packaging material comprising a continuous length of flexible tubular material having a multiplicity of folds alternating at opposite ends to form concentrically superimposed layers of annular plies of the material. The superimposed layers can be staggered in the axial direction or aligned. In one embodiment, the end of the material which is closer to the outer layer is folded over the plies and extends through the interior of the inner sheath.

Abstract: A repacking kit for replacement of fluid seals for devices such as pumps is described. The kit comprises a plurality of preformed, oversized circular split rings having a specified configuration. The rings assume a helical shape around the shaft to be sealed and each is cut to size in a single step. The kit is prepacked in a quantity (generally five rings) predetermined to be that required for complete replacement of the packing of a single pump.

Abstract: Snacked chips of uniform shape and size are nested one within another in closely fitting relationship in a form of a circular or loop array.

Abstract: A flexible or "floppy" disc such as is used for data storage is retained within an enclosure that substantially protects it from contaminants or damage from handling while not in use but still permits ready access to the disc by a machine. A hub nests the disc in a bore on a tray which is received by an envelope-type of housing so that a complete enclosure is provided. The flat surfaces of the housing act to retain the disc hub within the bore while in the cartridge. A latching arrangement between the tray and the housing permits either manual or machine release of the tray. The entire housing containing the tray and the disc is readily adapted to loading within a machine by means of a hub-engaging spindle to lift the disc from the tray after it has been removed from the housing. Strategically located ridges guide the disc hub into proper tray engagement when the disc is stored in the cartridge. A plurality of slots on the tray augment air flow under the disc.

Abstract: A package for endless belts to avoid kinking and cracking of the belts including a first core having an axial slot to receive axially within said core one end of a nest of belts. The belts are wound around said first core and a second core is disposed in the opposite end of the belts. A third core inserted in the nest of belts and disposed in the loop within the first core will further restrict kinking of the belts.