Axially Aligned Rolls Patents (Class 206/394)
  • Patent number: 5960944
    Abstract: The container (10) has a plurality of slots (14) for the insertion of check or credit cards to be held by it. So that each card can be removed individually, rockers (22) are pivotably mounted at a rear end face (20) of the container (10), are joined to one another integrally by way of resilient connectors (36) so as to be movable relative to one another and are joined integrally with push rods (38) extending to a front face (16) of the container by way of a strip hinge (40). By pressing on push buttons formed on the push rods (38) at the front face, the rockers (22) pivot and push the card in question out of the container (10). The invention has the advantage that the rockers (22) can be produced integrally with one another and with their push rods (38) in the form of an injection-molded component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Plocher
  • Patent number: 5924569
    Abstract: A filament tube shipping apparatus is provided for the facilitated packaging and transportation of large filament tube structures which have been wound with extended lengths of flexible materials like yarn. The filament tube shipping structure includes a pallet portion for facilitating handling of the filament tube structure by forklifts and the like. A plurality of spacer pad apparatus are provided for enabling the assembly and stacking of a plurality of layers of loaded filament tubes. The filament tube shipping apparatus facilitates the loading and wrapping of same by automated robotic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Edmund W. Kleinschmit, Jr., Curtis F. Edwards, Jr., Gary N. Trotter
  • Patent number: 5894954
    Abstract: A business card dispenser comprising a main casing and a sliding tray installed in the main casing in a slidable fashion with a business card(s) placed thereon. The sliding tray is pushed by hand in one direction, thus bending the business card(s) to form an arc so that one business card can be removed, and then the sliding tray is moved back in another (opposite) direction to its original position by an elastic force which is produced by the straightening business card, thus dispensing one card at a time quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Lion Office Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James Horian
  • Patent number: 5827594
    Abstract: An improved rigid winding core for flexible tapes achieving improved interlocking between adjacently stacked cores by a first interlocking mechanism located on the inner rim and a second, additional, mechanism located on the planar surfaces. The first mechanism comprises a number of clamping teeth each of which comprises a first radial extending portion and a second axial extending portion. The clamping teeth is trapped in position by a retention gap formed on the inner rim. The second mechanism comprises a number of complementary lug and recess pairs which are distributed on the core planes. This improved core discloses a winding core with improved interlocking while at the same time provides considerable material saving comparing to conventional designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Acme Magnetic Tapes Ltd.
    Inventor: Ping-Sing Chan
  • Patent number: 5809904
    Abstract: A pallet for supporting a plurality of packages, the pallet including a base member having a plurality of feet defining a plurality of gaps between adjacent feet and a subframe including a plurality of cross bars, each of the cross bars overlying and supported by the feet and spanning the gaps defined between the feet. A package position is provided for each of the packages. Each package position is located along a respective one of the cross bars and directly overlies a respective one of the gaps such that each of the packages when mounted on the pallet at a respective one of the package positions is suspended above the respective gap by the respective cross bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: T.H.E.M. International, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Darby
  • Patent number: 5803259
    Abstract: A package for film cartridges in the form of a canister which consists of the following parts:a) n hollow cylinders,b) 2 end caps andc) n-1 connecting elements,wherein n means an integer, all the parts have the same cross-section, the hollow cylinder is taller than both the end caps and the connecting elements, the hollow cylinder is positively connected, on the one hand, with the end caps and, on the other hand, with the connecting elements, where these are present, and the external diameter of the end caps and the connecting elements is no smaller than the diameter of the hollow cylinder, is stackable and may be produced rapidly and with economies of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventor: Gerd Riedel
  • Patent number: 5791461
    Abstract: A card holder has a frame which is rectangular in configuration with one open end through which a card can be inserted into and removed from the holder. A slide plate is slidably mounted in the frame. When the card is inserted into the frame, it slides along the slide plate and comes to a position where it abuts against a stop ridge formed along the inner edge of the slide plate. With insertion of the card into the holder, the slide plate is driven by the card further into the holder. With such motion of the slide plate, a spring connected thereto at one end and to the holder at the other end is brought to a retracted or loaded position. The spring and card are retained in the retracted position by a retainer detent formed in the holder which latches onto the slide plate and retains the slide plate in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: Kenji Tsuge
  • Patent number: 5730295
    Abstract: A shrink wrap or stretch wrap pallet system including a pair of end panels arranged and configured so as to mount on opposite sides of a package, effectively connecting a base pallet and a top panel. The end panels themselves are spaced from the perimeter of the package. The end panels have vertical edges which extend beyond the perimeter of the package, thereby defining a plane between respective end panels, the plane serving to space the wrap, which lies substantially therein, from the package. The end panels are conveniently sized and shaped to fit within the area of the base pallet, intermediate panels and top panel thereby providing a relatively compact return package. Side panels may be provided to supplement the end panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: T.H.E.M. International, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Darby
  • Patent number: 5704478
    Abstract: A centering bush for connecting and centering winder cores which stand on one another. The centering bush, in one embodiment, has first and second cylindrical parts on both sides of a median plane, of which the first part lies above the plane, and the second part lies below the median plane. The first and second cylindrical parts are adjoined on both sides by parts that are conically shaped towards a median axis of the centering bush. Projections in the form of sharp-edged spikes with rounded ends are arranged on the outer circumference of the centering bush in the region of the median plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Norbert Born
  • Patent number: 5642811
    Abstract: A receiving and transporting device for articles with a through-opening comprises a basic frame and two interconnectable container bodies, one of the end-face openings fitting over one of the body rear parts, for volume reduction and storage purposes. A special transport pallet is designed for receiving four devices with or without content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Hubner, Rainer Mull, Kurt Zwintzscher, Wolfgang Martiny, Hartmut Thiele, Ekkehard Hirschberg
  • Patent number: 5622260
    Abstract: A system for securing a plurality of tape pancakes includes a compressible core support on which the pancakes can be mounted. An interior rod having a head fits and is received within the core support. A nub on the inside surface of the core support engages a groove on the outside surface of the interior rod to provide a threaded engagement between the interior rod and the core support. Rotation of the interior rod within the core support after the head contacts the end of the core support provides an axial compression load onto the core support to hold together the pancakes. This axial compression also expands the baffles which contact and tighten against the inside of the tape pancake cores and provide a radial force to secure the pancakes in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Davis W. Chamberlin, Gerald J. Niles
  • Patent number: 5607052
    Abstract: Packaging containers, comprising an at least two-part cardboard blank, for pancakes are described, bottom part and top part containing a central circular clearance, through which a hub sleeve consisting of plastic is inserted. The pancakes are stackably arranged one after the other on said hub sleeve, after which the top part is placed on and then the side parts are folded up. A shrink film is drawn over the entire pack. In this way, the contents of the pack are protected against damage during transit both by the cardboard and by the shrink film. The pack is recyclable or reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: August Liepold, Hartmut Thiele, Jose Toral, Gottfried Lutz, Hermann Brandstetter
  • Patent number: 5600361
    Abstract: A storage box (10, 12) for a dye ribbon cassette (33) which is provided with a laterally outwardly extending handle (28, 29) at each lateral side allowing easy gripping of the cassette, said storage box being a generally rectangular enclosure having a top, bottom, two side walls and a rear wall, a front opening (18) giving access to the box and a door (19) for closing such opening, and a slot (22) in each side wall extending up from the front end of the box in the direction of the rear wall, the height and the configuration of said slots being such as to allow insertion of a cassette in the storage box through its front opening while the handles fit in said slots, the outside portion of the handles remaining outside of the box thereby allowing gripping of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventor: Lieven Dirx
  • Patent number: 5582312
    Abstract: A parallelepipedal storage container is formed of at least two sections. Each section is foldable to separate the section into a central base wall and two side walls. The adjacent base and side walls can be oriented at right angles to each other. The storage container is formed by mating the sections so that the side edges of the side walls on one section are disposed adjacent the side edges of the side walls of the other section to form edges of the storage container. The sections are secured together using a tongue and groove connection to mate the sections along respective edges. Three and four section containers can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Niles, Davis W. Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 5551563
    Abstract: The present invention includes packaging units which include a generally rigid support base having a bottom wall having edges, side walls and corners. Each side wall extends upwardly from an edge and each corner extends upwardly from an intersection of two edges. Generally cylindrical objects are arranged in an assembly on the support base in at least one vertical column or horizontal row. Each object has a top end, bottom end and side extending therebetween, a portion of which can contact the support base. The assembly is free of walls between the objects of the assembly. A generally rigid lid has a top wall, edges and corners. Each edge of the lid has a side wall extending downwardly therefrom and each corner extends downwardly from an intersection of two edges. Each corner of the support base is adjacent to or connected to a corresponding corner of the lid or by corner protectors extending between the corresponding corners of the support 14 base and lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Lesley M. Allen
  • Patent number: 5549198
    Abstract: The invention relates to parallelepipedal packaging containers for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part, a top part and side parts, which are joined to one another by means of molded-on film hinges, and it being possible for a hub support to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Thiele, Hermann Brandstetter, Jose Toral, Rainald Hiller, Bernd Scholtysik, Gottfried Lutz, August Liepold
  • Patent number: 5544831
    Abstract: A yarn caddy including a generally tubular body for holding a sequence of skeins, the body having an open top end and an open bottom end; a rigid end cap removably sealing the bottom end of the body and with the end cap openable for allowing access within the body for loading and unloading skeins; and a lid hingeably coupled to the body for removably sealing the top end thereof and with the lid having a bore disposed therethrough for slidably receiving a strand from a skein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Inventor: Alice H. Van Netta
  • Patent number: 5531327
    Abstract: A shrink wrap or stretch wrap pallet system including a pair of end panels arranged and configured so as to mount on opposite sides of a package, effectively connecting a base pallet and a top panel. The end panels themselves are spaced from the perimeter of the package. The end panels have vertical edges which extend beyond the perimeter of the package, thereby defining a plane between respective end panels, the plane serving to space the wrap, which lies substantially therein, from the package. The end panels are conveniently sized and shaped to fit within the area of the base pallet, intermediate panels and top panel thereby providing a relatively compact return package. Side panels may be provided to supplement the end panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: T.H.E.M. Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Darby
  • Patent number: 5507386
    Abstract: A tape dispensing apparatus including a tape container having tape dispensing apertures and a plurality of slots for partitions between rolls of tape. The partitions in the slots are individually formed from portions of boxes for the tapes. The portions of the boxes are integral with the boxes with the tapes therein but have lines of demarcation from the remainders of the boxes for being torn therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Automatic Business Products Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Richard W. Foote
  • Patent number: 5501351
    Abstract: A parallelepipedal storage container is formed of at least two sections. Each section is foldable to separate the section into a central base wall and two side walls. The adjacent base and side walls can be oriented at right angles to each other. The storage container is formed by mating the sections so that the side edges of the side walls on one section are disposed adjacent the side edges of the side walls of the other section to form edges of the storage container. The sections are secured together using a tongue and groove connection to mate the sections along respective edges. Three and four section containers can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Niles, Davis W. Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 5501325
    Abstract: Packaging device, in particular for magnetic tape reels or socalled pancakes, with an inner collecting tank and an outer support frame, which totally encloses the collecting tank. The collecting tank, which has closed walls and can be closed on the front side by a removeable plate, is attached on a rear side so as to hang freely on the support frame, which is designed as a framwork construction with stiles and rungs. The collecting tank has several receiving mechanisms for the magnetic tape reels that are to be packaged and that enable the packaging device to be automatically loaded and unloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: IBSM Mehltretter GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Mehltretter
  • Patent number: 5495653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display apparatus and method for displaying and dispensing elongated product such as chain. The present invention includes identical side plates interconnected by two V-shaped members which are in turn telescopically interconnected to each other so as to provide for variable adjustment of the length of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Peerless Chain Company
    Inventors: Lester N. Schrock, Richard George
  • Patent number: 5494204
    Abstract: An interconnecting structure for connectable tape stands formed with a plurality of resilient fingers extending axially from the free end of a hollow cylinder which extends from the inner face of a side wall, and the free ends of the resilient fingers being formed with radially outwardly facing flanges. Through holes penetrating onto the wall of the supporting cylinder are formed in alignment with the resilient fingers on the outer face of the side wall. As a result, when the resilient fingers of one tape stand are inserted into the corresponding through holes on another tape stand, the flanges on the respective resilient fingers will enter the through holes and rest on the inner face of the side wall, thus to complete the interconnection of the tape stands. In addition, grooves are formed axially inwardly in the hollow cylinder on both sides of the resilient fingers for increasing the flexibility of the resilient fingers such that a tape roll is easy to replace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Inventor: Shenn-Ming S. Wang
  • Patent number: 5492398
    Abstract: A dual modular device for the display and dispensing of tickets is provided that includes a box type unit with two storage sections and a rear door that is pivotally mounted by a mounting assembly formed of cylindrical posts attached to each lower corner of the door and receivably journaled in cavities located in the lower rear portion of each sidewall of the unit. The door further includes side and top flanges that overlie the sidewalls and roof of the unit when the door is in a closed position to secure the sidewalls of the unit from being forced apart to gain access to the interior of the unit. The lower portion of the door also includes offset side edges to provide a door with approximately the same dimension as the inside measurement between the two sidewalls of the unit so that the lower portion of the door acts as a positioning guide when closing the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Schafer Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher E. Schafer
  • Patent number: 5472088
    Abstract: A transport container for transporting theatrical release prints mounted on plastic cores of the character used by film processing laboratories. The container is used to safely and securely ship the release prints directly from the processing laboratory to the theater and is designed so that the print can be conveniently unwound out of the container by the theater projectionist and directly wound onto the theater platter for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventors: Bobby Roberts, Roger Paglia
  • Patent number: 5456356
    Abstract: A combination toilet plunger cover and toilet tissue roll holder having an elongate cylinder connected to a lower, preferably frusto-conical shaped, housing with a cavity within the cylinder and housing of sufficient size to accommodate a plunger therein and the cylinder having an outer diameter of sufficient size to accommodate a plurality of toilet paper rolls stacked thereon. A base plate may also be provided with the cover to form a kit which prevents drainage of a wet plunger onto a floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond W. Kurzawa
  • Patent number: 5450961
    Abstract: A description is given of a cuboidal multipack for vertically stacked magnetic recording media, comprising a rectangular pallet, a baseplate and top plate and wound roll sets stacked between two intermediate plates in each case, the tape rolls being wound up on flangeless winding hubs provided with internal bores, through which a hub sleeve is inserted, the pack being protected by edges and side parts and a stretch film being drawn around the entire unit. To be able to stack a large number of wound rolls one on top of the other without the risk of damaging the edges of the tape rolls, each intermediate plate, which is provided on its upper side and under side with a ring groove, is supported by means of the end face of the hollow-cylindrical hub sleeve by the next-lower intermediate plate, so that merely the wound pack accommodated in one set is placed with its weight able to bear on an intermediate plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Gottfried, Jose Toral, August Liepold, Hartmut Thiele
  • Patent number: 5415289
    Abstract: A carrying package of pancake reels which are made by winding magnetic tapes on hubs and a method of recovering the carrying package after use are provided. The carrying package comprises a pallet, a body, a lower cap, an upper cap and bonding bands. The body has four walls which are interconnected and in which packing units, two lattices and an intermediate plate are disposed. The body has a height in which the packing units are laid on the other packing units via the intermediate plate forming two layers of the packing units. The lattices function as a partition wall for defining multiple compartments corresponding to the numbers of the packing units. The packing unit comprises two plastic discs, a plastic core, pancake reels, an intermediate film and sponge pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: S K M Ltd.
    Inventor: Ha Y. Kim
  • Patent number: 5415286
    Abstract: A packaging container is provided for flat flexible electrical circuits that are wound about individual cores, with opposite ends of the cores projecting axially beyond the wound circuits. Top and bottom pallets each are provided with shock-absorbing interior walls for engaging the opposite ends of the cores to mount the wound circuits between the pallets without engaging the circuits. A peripheral side wall structure is latched between the pallets spaced from and substantially enclosing the mounted circuits therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyle J. Marchek, Timothy R. McClelland
  • Patent number: 5415486
    Abstract: A dye ribbon package for use with a thermal printer and containing for that purpose in spaced parallel relation therein a supply spool wound with dye ribbon and a take up spool for rewinding the dye ribbon as it is unwound from the supply package, a leading end of the dye ribbon on the supply spool being attached to the take up spool, each spool having a winding core with a free end portion, in which the package has a bottom wall and at each of the opposite sides of the bottom wall normal to the spool axes upstanding lateral wall integral with the bottom wall. Each lateral wall has two laterally spaced apart panels, both cut out downwardly from their edges opposite the bottom wall to removably receive the free end portions of the spool cores and permit free access to the end faces of the spool cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N. V.
    Inventors: Paul Wouters, Lieven Dirx
  • Patent number: 5409114
    Abstract: A package (10) enclosing a stack of rolls (1) includes a carrying means (12), a first tray-like member (40) mounted on the carrying means (12) and a roll support member (14) for receiving and supporting the rolls (1) in a vertical stack. A moisture and light impervious member (16) is wrapped around the vertical stack with the top most roll (3) in the stack at least partially abutting the first closed end of the package (10). Means for opening and closing the first and second closed end portions are provided. In the preferred embodiment, overlapping flap portions (82,84) are formed and then sealed together via tape 30. A second tray-like member (42) is mounted onto the first closed end of the package (10) and the unitized package is wrapped with at least one strap (44) to secure the package (10) to the carrying means (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kathleen L. Myers, Howard D. Cook, Richard P. Garnsey, Diane E. Parke-Potter
  • Patent number: 5392903
    Abstract: A package is provided for retaining a plurality of surgical sutures which includes a housing and a plurality of superimposed suture retainer reels disposed within the housing. Each of the suture retainer reels has a peripheral channel defined therein for maintaining a wound suture in such a manner so that the wound suture in one of said peripheral channels is disposed in an annular vertical plane which is substantially distinct from the annular vertical plane in which an adjacent wound suture is disposed. Structure is associated with the housing for maintaining the suture retainer reels in superimposed relationship. The package may also be provided with a needle park for releasably maintaining surgical needles in a position for ready removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventor: Hans-Jurgen F. Sinn
  • Patent number: 5377831
    Abstract: Core or tube plugs protect ends of hollow cores (around which material is wrapped) during transport when a plurality of such wrapped cores is assembled for shipment. Assemblies of a plurality of rolls of such wrapped cores are prepared by inserting a hollow tube through the plurality of wrapped cores and sealing the ends of such cores and tubes with plugs specially designed for that purpose. Each plug has a substantially rotation-symmetrical body with a plurality of axially-sequential segments, one of which at least substantially fills and protects an end of the hollow core and another of which at least substantially fills an end of the hollow tube (which passes through a plurality of hollow cores). One plug at each end of a assembly of wrapped cores secures the assembly together over the tube passing through the wrapped cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Crooks
  • Patent number: 5363962
    Abstract: Parallelepipedal packaging containers, suitable for return transport, for wound-up magnetic recording media, produced from a one-part or multi-part blank having a bottom and top as well as side parts, which are joined to one another by means of foldable joining tabs and containing a hub support extending from the top to the bottom. The bottom and the top each have a circular central clearance through which a one-part or multi-part hollow-cylindrical hub support is inserted, onto which the wound media are fitted in a stackable manner. For assembly of the package from the folded-up state, the hub support has a locking snap-in device on at least one end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Toral, Hermann Brandstetter, Gottfried Lutz, Hartmut Thiele, August Liepold
  • Patent number: 5351825
    Abstract: A plug is provided for use in packaging roll goods rolled about a hollow, substantially cylindrical core. The plug is adapted for coupling with the core to assist in fixing the position of the roll goods. The plug comprises a cylindrical portion designed to fit within the core with a small clearance so that the axes of the core and the plug are substantially coincident with each other. A flange extends from the cylindrical portion and is engageable with an axial end of the roll goods to limit relative axial movement of the plug and the roll goods with respect to each other. A nose extends axially from the substantially cylindrical portion in spaced-apart relation to the flange. The nose is substantially conical, has a base diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the cylindrical portion, and tapers to a vertex spaced apart from the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Badger Plug Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Duffy
  • Patent number: 5346741
    Abstract: The multipack for pancakes of relatively large diameter comprises two end plates (1, 2) and an intermediate plate (4), anchored on which is a tube (3) on which the pancakes are arranged in series with cushioning disks placed in between. The end plates include fixing means on their narrow sides for stacking a plurality of the multipacks described on top of and next to one another on one and the same pallet. A film of plastic is drawn over each multipack and each multipack is held together by securely lashed straps, which are drawn over the end plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Toral, Hermann Brandstetter, Gottfried Lutz, Hartmut Thiele
  • Patent number: 5344014
    Abstract: A right-parallelepipedal multipack for vertically stacked wound rolls, comprising a rectangular pallet (1), a rectangular base plate (3), located on said pallet and provided with a multiplicity of clearances (2), an identically constructed intermediate plate (5) and a likewise identical top plate (6), a multiplicity of wound rolls (4) respectively stacked in-between and means (7, 8, 9) for fixing the pack and the wound rolls, wherein the wound rolls are recording media (10) in tape form which are wound-up on flangeless hubs (11) which are provided with inner bores and through which there is fitted a hub sleeve (8) which is mounted non-displaceably in the clearances (2) of the base plate (3), intermediate plate (5) and top plate (6), and a cover (9), provided with a ring, being adapted to fit onto the upper end of the hub sleeve (8) above the top plate, the lateral four corners of the pack being secured by vertically attached corner parts (7) and a stretch film (12 ) being drawn around the side parts of the pa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Toral, Gottfried Lutz, Hartmut Thiele, August Liepold, Hermann Brandstetter
  • Patent number: 5337813
    Abstract: The holder for a thin-walled card, such as a bank card, credit card, identification card, access control card or the like, which forms a flat protective jacket for the card, has a side panel (1) having an opening (2) extending toward the mouth (16) of the compartment enclosing the card and a slider member (3) slidably mounted in the opening (2) and formed to protect the card held in the compartment. A catch (17) protruding inwardly is provided on an interior rear end (13) of the slider member (3). The catch (17) engages a rear edge of a card inserted in the holder. By sliding the slider member (3) toward the compartment mouth (16) using an operating element (4) extending from the slider member through the opening (2) a card held in the compartment is ejected from the compartment (8). The slider member (3) includes a slidable resilient strip (7) dimensioned so that it covers and can close the opening in the side panel in all positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Inventor: Gerhard Ritter
  • Patent number: 5303823
    Abstract: A parallelepipedal storage container is formed of two sections. Each section is rectangular and is foldable to separate the section into a central base wall and two side walls. The adjacent base and side walls can be oriented ar right angles to each other to form a U-shape. The storage container is formed by mating the two U-shaped sections so that the side edges of the side walls of the U-shape on one section are disposed adjacent the side edges of the side walls of the other U-shape to form edges of the storage container. The two sections are secured together using a tongue and groove connection to mate the sections along respective edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Niles, Davis W. Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 5287964
    Abstract: The invention relates to the packing of photographic rolls. The packing comprises a base 200 adapted to the handling by lift truck, a lightproof envelope 230 and horizontal spindles 220 to receive rolls 191 provided with winding tubes 190. The diameter of the spindles varies between a first dimension where the winding tubes are rotationally and translationally immobilized and a second dimension where said winding tubes are free. Used for collective packing of photosensitive rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Daniel R. Jacquand, Robert G. Bonnamour
  • Patent number: 5284246
    Abstract: A system securing a plurality of tape pancakes includes a compressible baffled core support on which the pancakes can be mounted. An interior rod having a head fits and is received within the baffled core support. A nub on the inside surface of the core support engages a groove on the outside surface of the interior rod to provide a threaded engagement between the interior rod and the core support. Rotation of the interior rod within the core support after the head contacts the end of the core support provides an axial compression load onto the core support to hold together the pancakes. This axial compression also expands the baffles which contact and tighten against the inside of the tape pancake cores and provide a radial force to secure the pancakes in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Davis W. Chamberlin, Gerald J. Niles
  • Patent number: 5274898
    Abstract: A method is provided for locating the bottom roll of a stack of a plurality of slit rolls disposed upon a skid or pallet with the method incorporating the use of a disk snugly telescoped downwardly into the tubular core of the lowermost slit roll and being anchored to the supporting skid through the utilization of shank-type fasteners. After the positioning disk has been secured to the skid the remaining slit rolls of the stack are placed upon and axial aligned with the bottom slit roll of the stack and an elongated reinforcing gusset is snugly telescoped down through the cores of the stack. Thereafter, a shrink film is placed about the stack, around and beneath the skid securing the stack to the skid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Inventors: John P. Sovitch, Linda A. Sovitch
  • Patent number: 5269415
    Abstract: A rack for supporting and accurately positioning rolls of web material (16-24) comprises a base member (10) having an upper surface (12) on which a plurality of support members (14, 26-32) are mounted by a plurality of individually removable brackets (34-40), the support members engaging axially extending ends (24) of the cores (18) of the rolls. A fixture (48-72, 88, 90) and method for assembling such a rack are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David E. Wenschhof, Fred M. Fuss, Judith B. Scott
  • Patent number: 5228571
    Abstract: A tubing and tubing fitting selection apparatus includes the provision of a tubing size identifying code letter on a rectangular box enclosure having a partial cut out exposing portions of the contained coil, there being a different code letter for coils of different dimensional characteristics. A display is provided on the side of the coil box which includes a first array of tubing selection indicia, specifically rows of tubing code letters, the letters of the same rows representing tubing of the same outside diameter size, which is aligned with an array of vertically oriented tubing-fitting indicia which specifically comprise background lining, dots, plain coloring, or speckled indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Anderson-Barrows Metal Corporation
    Inventor: Neill E. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5219126
    Abstract: A dispenser having a dispensing aperture accommodates two coreless rolls of sheet material. The tail end of one of the rolls is attached to the lead end of the other of the rolls to provide for sequential dispensing of the rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: James River II, Inc.
    Inventor: Rudolph W. Schutz
  • Patent number: 5205412
    Abstract: A recyclable package for a stack of rolls of magnetic tape is described. The package is provided by two main packaging components that are made of paperboard. Each of these components can be formed from a single blank of material. Moreover, a central hollow hub is provided that not only aids in holding the components together, but rigidly positions a stack of magnetic tape rolls in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Aurex, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Alejandro V. Krieg
  • Patent number: 5193680
    Abstract: A slat box for holding two or more slat stock rolls during the fabrication of metal window blinds. The slat box comprises a housing defining a plurality of equally sized adjacent compartments therein. Each of the stock rolls is interfaced to a respective compartment via the receipt of axle members inserted through the stock rolls into corresponding pairs of inserts attached to the side walls and partition members defining the compartments within the housing. The slat box further includes a rod member insertable through the inserts and axle members for preventing the stock rolls from being lifted out their respective compartments. Additionally, brake members are provided which are disposed between the stock rolls and inserts for preventing "free-wheeling" of the stock rolls from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: 3 Day Blinds, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur I. Schumann, Michael J. McCarty
  • Patent number: 5165542
    Abstract: A container for pancakes of recording tape has an L-shaped base, mandrels extending horizontally from the base on which pancakes are placed, and a cover which encloses the pancakes. A compression ring provides a compression load to hold the pancakes together. The compression ring is placed around and rotated onto the outside of the mandrel. The compression ring includes an inner ring and an outer ring which engage each other. The outer ring is rotated relative the inner ring to apply the pressure on the pancake cores. Alternatively, the compression load is applied by a callapsible, one-piece unit. Two retractable wings are mounted on the free end of the mandrel and extend to engage the pancake cores. Rotation of a shaft forces the wings toward the pancakes to apply the compression load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Frank A. Sommerfeldt, Gerald J. Niles, Forrest A. Johnsen, Davis W. Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 5163556
    Abstract: A packed assembly of roll-form photographic light-sensitive materials comprising a substantially disk-shaped supporting member fixed to a pallet. The supporting member has a concave portion near the center thereof. An assembly of roll-form photographic light-sensitive materials is placed on the supporting member in a piled state, a central post inserted into the assembly through the cores of the photographic light-sensitive materials and is fixed to the concave portion of the supporting member at the lower end and to a flange cap at the upper end, and a light-shielding material is closely place around the assembly in a light-tight state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mutsuo Akao, Tatsuo Sugii, Hiroyuki Osanai, Koji Inoue
  • Patent number: 5129515
    Abstract: A novel container is disclosed which can contain rolls of pressure sensitive tape of various widths and which provides for rapid and convenient dispensing of the pressure sensitive tape with the simultaneous separation of a release film from the pressure sensitive tape. The tape dispenser comprises a container a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a back wall. The top wall is provided with a plurality of parallel grooves. Similarly, the bottom wall is provided with a plurality of parallel grooves. The top wall's parallel groove are positioned so as to correspond in position, to the position of the top wall's parallel grooves. The top wall grooves and the bottom wall grooves are parallel to the first side wall and the second side wall. A plurality of divider walls are mounted in corresponding top and bottom wall grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Inventors: David M. Rutt, Steven V. Dunavant