Wrapped, Boxed, Or Secured Through Roll Core Patents (Class 206/397)
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Patent number: 6183840Abstract: An extruded plastic strip (1) adapted for use in protecting the edge of an article having a curved surface: said strip including alongitudinal groove (6), a flexible covering portion (2) extending from one side of the longitudinal groove adapted to be placed over and conform with the curve surface of an article to be protected and a plurality of tabs (3-5) hinged to and extending from the other side of the longitudinal groove, wherein said covering portion includes a plurality of holes (9, 10) which are located at or proximate the outer most edge of the covering portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Nylex Corporation LimitedInventor: Edward Morris Arrowsmith
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Patent number: 6138941Abstract: The invention relates to a flange for a hollow article which can be easily separated from an end of the hollow article such as a paper tube, after a roll of photosensitive material or the like is used up. A flange 20, detachably attached to an end of a hollow article 21, comprises a disk 1 having a concentric hole 2 in a center thereof, a hollow cylindrical inserting member 3 extending from hole 2 along a center axis thereof, and two flexible segments 6 extending from hollow cylindrical inserting member 3 in a cantilevered manner, and symmetrically with respect to the center axis and along the center axis, and including a mechanism 8 or 10 provided between two flexible segments 6 for spacing the foremost ends of two flexible segments 6 away from each other or bringing them back to original positions thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1999Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiaki Miyake
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Patent number: 6092657Abstract: A box system for supporting and dispensing sand paper from a roll comprising a generally rectilinear box having upper and lower parallel rectangular faces and front and rear faces and an imperforate interior face and an open exterior face. The front face has a horizontal slot adjacent to the upper face extending inwardly from the open face to a location adjacent to the interior face. A door is provided with a large imperforate wall and small rectangular walls therearound at right angles thereto adapted to cover and close the open exterior face of the box. A hinge couples the box and door for selectively opening and closing the space within the box. A post is fixed within the space with an interior end secured to the interior face of the box for receiving a roll of sandpaper. The sand paper has a free and positionable through the horizontal slot of the box.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1999Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Inventor: Brian J. Hopkins
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Patent number: 6062386Abstract: A multi-tier winding coil 1 of a welding wire in a hollow cylindrical configuration having a beginning wire end which is located in the innermost tier and at one of cylinder end faces, a combination of such coil with a shipment packaging box 21, and a combination of the coil 1 and a wire feed adapter 5 which is used to mount the coil on a welding machine are disclosed. The coil 1 includes bundling wires 3a-3d. The beginning wire end of the coil is bent to extend in a radial direction of the coil loop, and is then bent in a direction to extend parallel to the center axis of the coil, thus defining an L-configuration 1sr+1sa. A wire feed adapter 5 includes a barrel 5b formed with notches 5br-5br4 and 5ar-5a4 for receiving beginning ends 1s.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Nippon Steel Welding Products & Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Ichiro Masuda, Toru Ono, Yukio Fujiwara
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Patent number: 6004733Abstract: A packaged roll-shaped silver halide photosensitive material comprising a winding core, a roll-shaped silver halide photosensitive material wound on the winding core and a packaging material covering the periphery and the both two lateral sides of the roll-shaped silver halide photosensitive material, wherein at least one surface of the three surfaces in the periphery and the both two lateral sides of the roll-shaped silver halide photosensitive material is packaged with a packaging material comprising a combination of a paper material with a pored film, and the water vapor permeability of such packaging material is not less than 5.1 g/m.sup.2 .multidot.24 hours. It is possible to prevent deterioration of a roll-shaped silver halide photosensitive material through abnormal sensitization of photographic performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ishii, Mutsuo Akao, Masatoshi Kato, Hiroyuki Osanai
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Patent number: 6003668Abstract: A round shell, flat base container with a closure end on either end, having along one side, an access lid (23) in which one accesses the interior of the container. Accessing the interior of the container reveals a removable internal axle assembly (FIG. 6) which is the rotating mechanism for dispensing and retrieving the roll sheeting. The internal axle assembly (FIG. 6) sets between the closure ends and is supported between a hand wheel and bearing assembly (FIG. 7) at one end and a slotted spindle guide (60) and friction bearing (62) at the other end. This complete assembly supports the roll of sheeting within the container and rotates it, to dispense or retrieve the sheeting. Located along the opposite side of the container is a dispensing slot lid (29), which gives access to an installed roll of sheeting when opened. This lid when closed forms a dispensing slot (26) and contains a cutting guide (28). This slot is where the roll sheeting is dispensed from or retrieved too.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1998Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Inventor: Michael Kevin Joyce
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Patent number: 5971312Abstract: A photo film cassette has a spool about which photo film is wound in a roll form. A cassette shell contains the spool in a rotatable manner, and has first and second plastic shell halves joined together via a joining line. A first extended portion is disposed on the first shell half, to project from the joining line toward the second shell half. A first claw is disposed on an end of the first extended portion, to project inwards, and has a first engaging face confronted with the joining line. A securing cutout is formed in the second shell half and disposed close to the joining line, for receiving the first extended portion. A second extended portion is disposed on the second shell half, to project from an edge of the securing cutout, and is extended inwards, and covered by the first extended portion partially. A second claw is disposed on an end of the second extended portion, to project outwards, and retains the first claw to secure the first shell half to the second shell half.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Takatori, Norio Ohkawa
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Patent number: 5960955Abstract: The safety system is usable for a container for photographic products in strip form wound on cores which container comprises a substantially horizontal cantilevered spindle having a free end and designed to support the cores and a door which can be located on the spindle by a locating device. The safety system comprises, at the free end of the cantilevered spindle, an element able to move between a first position of rest in which the element does not project beyond the volume delimited by the cylinder of revolution generated by the internal diameter of the cores and prevents the closure of the door, and a second position of rest in which the element projects beyond the volume delimited by the cylinder generated by the internal diameter of the cores in order to prevent the cores from leaving the spindle and releases the locating device so as to allow the closure of the door.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Christophe L. M. Blandin, Georges L. Bigot
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Patent number: 5957287Abstract: The apparatus is a storage and transport rack for deformable rolled goods. One or more shelves each support a single layer of rolls. The shelves have an open input side for loading, a padded backstop opposite the input side, and unobstructed ends for unloading individual rolls with a ram pole lift truck. The upper surface of the shelves is tilted relative to the horizontal with the input side higher, so that the rolls move to the padded backstop, and a sloped ramp at the input side of the shelves starts the rolls down the shelf and assures that the rolls will not roll off the input side. For transport, the rolls are anchored by the use of straps tightened between "D" rings attached at the backstop side of the shelves and "D" rings on plugs inserted into the hollow cores of the rolls.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1999Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Inventors: James P. Valenti, Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
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Patent number: 5944186Abstract: In a roll photosensitive material package composed of a roll photosensitive material scroll and a light shielding side member provided to each side of the roll photosensitive material scroll, the light shielding side member has a surplus portion projecting from the outer circumferential surface of the roll photosensitive material scroll, and the surplus portion is bent at the edge of the outer circumferential surface, folded at plural points and superimposed on the outer circumferential surface. The folded superimposed sections 0 of the surplus portion are composed of peak creases and bottom creases, the peak creases are superimposed around the bottom creases and the folded superimposed sections are provided with a substantially equal pitch, and a direction of each bottom crease has an inclination angle .alpha. to the axis of the core, when the peak creases are superimposed around the bottom creases, a direction of each peak crease has an inclination angle .beta.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Shigekazu Sakai, Manabu Watanabe, Manabu Toyonaga
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Patent number: 5941476Abstract: A portable paper roll enclosure and more particularly to an enclosure and reel assembly for storing a plurality of paper rolls. A first embodiment comprises a hexagonal elongate housing with a reel assembly supported therein and rotatable about an axis. Two disks are placed on a center rod member and include a plurality of protuberances wherein opposing sets of protuberances support rolls of wrapping paper. The housing can be opened and closed for access to the reel assembly. A second embodiment includes a modified reel assembly by including a divider member between the end of the hexagonal housing and the disk member to create a compartment for storage.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1998Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Inventor: Nicholas S. Copass
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Patent number: 5921645Abstract: A residential fire equipment cabinet and method therefore typically employed in a residence or other habitable structure for storing emergency fire equipment including at least one standard size fire extinguisher container is disclosed. The fire equipment cabinet includes a construction incorporating a plurality of features including a box-shaped enclosure for housing the emergency fire equipment. The enclosure includes a top portion, an elevated base portion, a back portion and a pair of parallel side portions. A first arcuate-shaped door is provided for sealing the enclosure and includes a mechanism for rotatively attaching the first arcuate-shaped door to the front of the enclosure. Finally, at least a first recessed cavity is formed within the elevated base portion for securing a fire extinguisher container within the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Inventor: John A. Lapi
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Patent number: 5921391Abstract: A container for the transportation and/or temporary storage of filament like materials, such as wire, cord, rope and cable, fabricated preferably from corrugated paperboard material and comprising a cylindrical outer tube having a bottom wall at one end with a further cylindrical insert within the outer tube, defining an annular space therebetween. Portions of the bottom of the container apparatus are advantageously configured for facilitating handling of a filled one of the apparatus with fork lifts, hand operated floor jacks and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Stone Container CorporationInventors: Norman Ortiz, James C. Greenlee
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Patent number: 5904329Abstract: A pair of supporting members is removably attached to a containing box for supporting a roll sheet that consists of a cylindrical core and a recording sheet wound thereon. Each supporting member has a flat portion with an upper edge, a lower edge, and a center portion and a shaft portion mounted on the flat portion. A tapered portion contacting with an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical core is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion for supporting the roll sheet while the tapered portion is contacting an upper area thereof with an opposed area of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical core.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1995Date of Patent: May 18, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Kanome, Osamu Asakura
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Patent number: 5893458Abstract: A carton of foldable material protects an article packed therein by holding the article away from the bottom of the carton, and preferably by holding the article firmly, yet in a cushioning manner, in a position spaced away from all the exterior walls of the carton. The carton is assembled from a blank of foldable material defining a plurality of spacer panels foldably connected to automatic bottom panels, such that when the carton is erected, the auto-bottom panels form a generally planar bottom of the carton, and the spacer panels extend generally axially into the carton from the bottom to form a two-dimensional support base for holding an object at a location spaced above the bottom of the carton. A top closure includes a clamping member extending into the carton, such that when the carton is closed, the spacer panels and the clamping member are urged against opposite ends of the object within the carton, to hold the object therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1997Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Inventor: John Sisk
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Patent number: 5884763Abstract: A wrapping film housing carton of a long type for housing a rolled wrapping film therein, comprising at least cutting means for cutting the wrapping film after drawing out the wrapping film through an opening provided in a longitudinal direction of the carton and a film holding section for preventing the end of the wrapping film after cutting from being rewound into the carton, the film holding section comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a cured product of a composition containing a polyurethane prepolymer. This constitution enables the film holding section to be formed by printing. The wrapping film housing carton has good and stable wrapping film holding properties and non-temperature-dependency and can realize a reduction in production cost and simplification and acceleration of the production process.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignees: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuya Ozawa
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Patent number: 5861204Abstract: The present invention provides a molded shield for use as a protector for a roll. The shield comprises a first section for insertion into an end of the roll, the first section having a degree of curvature approximating that of an inside surface of the roll; and a second section integral with the first section and substantially perpendicular thereto, the second section to abut the end of the roll into which the first section is inserted. A method and an apparatus for forming a roll protector shield is also provided. Preferable, the shield is formed from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1996Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Inventor: Brian Jonathan O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 5819934Abstract: A drum with a cylindrical body having an upper end and a lower end and a circular bottom wall secured across said lower end includes a cylindrical core having an inner cylindrical surface, an upper end and a lower end which is fixedly secured to the bottom wall to define an annular wire receiving space between said core and said body of said drum wherein an improved wire biasing mechanism is provided for applying a downward force against wire in the wire receiving space, by a generally flat pressure ring resting on the wire and an elongated, elastic element connected to a loop element attached to the lower end of said core for pulling the pressure ring downwardly.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1997Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: The Lincoln Electric CompanyInventor: William D. Cooper
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Patent number: 5806786Abstract: A container, for example a photographic paper magazine, includes a core about which photographic paper is wound in a form of a roll. A container body contains the roll with the core in a rotatable manner. An outlet slit is formed in the container body and adapted to drawing out the photographic paper. First and second end walls are disposed on the container body, and confronted with respective end faces of the roll. First and second core supports are supported respectively on the first and second end walls, rotatable coaxially, and fitted on respective axial ends of the core. The core supports support the core between the end walls in a rotatable manner. A lock pin is fixedly secured to the first end wall. A hook is disposed on the first core support, is engageable with the lock pin in a resilient manner, and inhibits relative rotation between the hook and the lock pin, to retain the first core support on the first end wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1997Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Hiroyuki Iwasa
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Patent number: 5738210Abstract: An improved light-tight package for a roll of a length of web material such as photographic paper or film. The package includes an opaque leader wound around the roll. Folded-over portions of opaque tearable flexible end disks are held in place by adhesive tape strips. A rigid disk is positioned intermediate the end disks and the end surfaces of the roll. In a preferred embodiment, the adhesive tape is tearable and the leader includes a portion adapted to initiate a tear in the tearable tape and the end disks. Upon unrolling of the package by pulling the leader, the tape tears, and the end disks tear circumferentially, whereby the folded-over portions adhere to the leader when the leader separates from the roll, and the rigid disks provide support for the flexible end disks.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1995Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas J. Kausch, Kevin T. Kennedy, Arthur N. Malone
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Patent number: 5738209Abstract: A cable storage container is provided which includes a conical core with a top and a bottom, the bottom having a larger diameter than the top, an annular core base plate joined to the bottom of the core, a conical outer cover, the other cover retaining stored cable between the outer cover and the core, the outer cover having a top and a bottom with the top having a larger diameter than the bottom, and an annular outer cover base plate joined to the outer cover, the outer cover base plate having an opening fitted around the bottom of the core.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1996Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Ronald Wayne Burr, James Patrick Calcagni
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Patent number: 5713469Abstract: A carton (10) has a plurality of adjoining side walls (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) which form a tubular structure. A plurality of core panels (41, 42, 44) adjoin one another to form a core member (40) which is centrally and substantially perpendicularly adjoined to an end closure.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: The Mead CorporationInventor: Craig W. Buscema
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Patent number: 5711493Abstract: A light-tight enclosure (10) for storing and dispensing a roll (12) of photosensitive web material (14) wound about a hollow cylindrical core (42) having open opposite ends (32, 34). The enclosure comprises a flexible opaque bag (16) with opposite sidewalls (18) extending between opposing rearward and forward portions (20, 22) and between opposing upper and lower portions (24, 26). Each sidewall has a central aperture (28, 30) therein congruent with each core end. The rearward portion defines a closable opening for receiving the roll. A shallow neck portion (36) projects from the forward portion to an end thereof defining an exit slot (40) for dispensing the web material. An annular ring (48) is light-tightly bonded to the inner surface of each sidewall congruent with the central apertures.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Clark E. Harris, Paul J. Szwejbka, Michael Leroy Koelsch
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Patent number: 5690225Abstract: A support for at least a single annular body or a plurality of stacked annular bodies, comprising a hollow cylinder and retaining bodies with flanges and annular attachments and also provided with hook devices for at least one tensioning element, whereby the parts of the support itself and the annular body or the annular bodies are held together or stored. The support can be used for any type of rings, annular plates etc. and also of wound-up bodies in band form.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1995Date of Patent: November 25, 1997Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbHInventors: Gottfried Lutz, August Liepold, Regina Fischer, Hartmut Thiele, Ludwig Zeroni, Dietmar Hubner
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Patent number: 5680202Abstract: A container for a photosensitive product in strip form wound on a spool including a) a lightproof enclosure having two end walls, at least one of the end walls being able to be opened so as to define an end opening allowing the insertion/withdrawal of a roll of the photosensitive product in strip form; b) a cantilevered spindle mounted inside the enclosure in order to receive the spool, the spindle being mounted perpendicular to the end walls; and c) a ring for driving the roll out of the enclosure, through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Christophe Louis Michel Blandin, Jean-Pierre Lucien Martel, Didier Duc
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Patent number: 5660277Abstract: A coil protector for protecting end portions of a coil of metal, paper or other material includes a shield member for protecting an end portion of the coil. The shield member has a central opening and fasteners disposed around the central opening. A retaining member connects the shield member to an end portion of the coil. The retaining member includes a flange portion and a fastening portion extending transverse to the flange portion. The fasteners connect the flange portion to the shield member. The fastening portion has an adjustable size for engaging the inner surface of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1996Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: Roll Form Tech Ltd.Inventor: Jim Bostic
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Patent number: 5642812Abstract: A right regular container for mounting a cable reel also includes a flexible integral tongue portion for retaining, securing and protecting small parts and subassemblies to be used when installing a hardwired network such as typically used with computers.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1995Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Inventor: Leon A. Hale
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Patent number: 5618153Abstract: An arrangement for the transportation of goods, such as paper rolls, having a load carrier which includes a goods-carrying bottom plate.The arrangement includes a lifting post (4) which is upstanding centrally from the bottom plate (2) and by which a loaded load-carrier can be lifted.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1994Date of Patent: April 8, 1997Assignee: Floatline ABInventor: Leif S. E. Lindgren
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Patent number: 5607052Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 1994Date of Patent: March 4, 1997Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbHInventors: August Liepold, Hartmut Thiele, Jose Toral, Gottfried Lutz, Hermann Brandstetter
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Patent number: 5593035Abstract: Apparatus is provided for protecting, transporting and dispensing standard rolls of sheet material having an open center core and an inner end bent to project obliquely into the open core to define a tang. An elongate mandrel is constructed so that it can be inserted into the open center core of a standardized roll. The mandrel end not first inserted has an abutment face for abutting the end of the roll. The mandrel includes a recess for receiving the tang. A housing which can be opened to allow a mandrel to be removed or inserted defines bearing means for the ends of the mandrel. The housing further defines a slot through which the end of a roll of material can be drawn out of the housing. The mandrel includes a cranking device by which it can be rotated.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1996Date of Patent: January 14, 1997Inventors: Peter M. Taylor, David G. Roylance
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Patent number: 5579918Abstract: An adjustable shipping and storage container for handling a roll of material on an elongated core which can be manipulated by a fork lift. The container includes a base unit having a first and second base assembly each having a base member and at least one base floor support element member supporting a respectively base member on a floor. Each base floor support element defines a fork channel underneath the respective base member for receiving a fork of a fork lift enabling the shipping container to be manipulated by a fork lift. The second base assembly is independent from and generally parallel to the first base assembly providing the base unit with variable width capability. Also, the shipping container includes a first and second mounting mechanism carried by the base unit for slidably mounting an end plate to the base unit so that the space between the two end plates may be varied for handling cores of various sizes.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1994Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Inventor: Greg McCurry
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Patent number: 5565253Abstract: A dispensing assembly adapted to be mounted on a backboard that may be supported on an easel or other support structure. The dispensing assembly includes a cylindrical core; a length of sheet material in a roll coaxially around the core; and a molded plastic enclosure including an elongate front portion defining an elongate chamber having an open side, and a rear portion adapted to be mounted on a backboard. The front and rear portions include journal surface portions at their ends that journal projecting end portions of the core with the roll in the chamber, which journal surface portions are separated when the front and rear portions of the closure are separated. Edges of the portions are spaced to define an elongate opening through which lengths of sheet material can be pulled from the roll, and the sheet can be cut against a sharp edge at the opening on the front portion of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1994Date of Patent: October 15, 1996Assignee: Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Dennis L. Crawford, George J. Kluzak, Jeffrey S. Weinfurter
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Patent number: 5549198Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 3, 1994Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbHInventors: Hartmut Thiele, Hermann Brandstetter, Jose Toral, Rainald Hiller, Bernd Scholtysik, Gottfried Lutz, August Liepold
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Patent number: 5549959Abstract: A package comprising a central tube, a product wound around the central tube and a perforated film having tube holes prepunched into the film is disclosed. This perforated prepunched tube hole film allows for substantially all of the product exposed surface to be covered by the perforated film but leaves the central tube ends uncovered.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1994Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventor: Stephen F. Compton
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Patent number: 5533620Abstract: A foldable element (1) for use in a case (20) for a roll (21) of photosensitive material, in particular for graphic arts films, which can be used to obtain both a support (22) for holding the roll (21) in the case (20) and a spacer (23) for filling free space in the case (20) between the case itself and supports (22). Folding lines (7), two flaps (8, 9) and at least three slits (14, 15, 16) are formed in the element (1), which permit to have a solid structure after bending.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1994Date of Patent: July 9, 1996Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Franco Torterolo
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Patent number: 5515970Abstract: An improved light-tight package for a roll (10) of a length (14) light-sensitive material such as photographic film or paper includes an opaque leader (22) wound around the roll. Folded-over portions (48, 50) of opaque end disks (32, 34) are held in place by adhesive tape strips (44, 46). Upon unrolling one embodiment of the package by pulling the leader, the end disks release from the adhesive strips without tearing; and the adhesive strips remain attached to the leader and are removed from the roll with the leader. Upon unrolling another embodiment, the end disks tear circumferentially and the torn-away portions are removed with the tape strips and the leader.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1995Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Shawn W. Ritchie, Michael L. Koelsch, Charles E. Young
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Patent number: 5515977Abstract: A recyclable protective cradle and a recyclable edge protective packaging and distribution system for preventing rolling and allowing distribution and shipping of rolls of laminar stock rollingly oriented on a pallet. The protective cradle is formed of an interengaging pallet covering and a series of wedge members which act as chocks to prevent the roll from rotating. A wedge removal system allows for the selective removal of one or more wedge members to allow the roll to freely be removed from the protective cradle.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1995Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: Union Camp CorporationInventor: William E. Lambert
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Patent number: 5490595Abstract: A bundle-of-electric wire container can contain a bundle of electric wire P wound in a loop shape and permit drawing out of the electric wire. Containers can be stacked in a plurality of stages to increase storage efficiency and conveyance efficiency. A bundle-of-electric wire containing space is formed between core pieces and an outer cylinder, and the bundle of electric wire is protected by the outer cylinder. The container is used as one unit for the storage of a bundle of electric wire and to the feeding of the electric wire P through a conveyance. Accordingly, in the manufacturing field of a wiring harness, the bundle of electric wire can be stored and conveyed without losing its shape, for example, and done so efficiently. It is possible to improve the operating efficiency of a manufacturing line by preventing the electric wire from being tangled, for example, at the time of feeding the electric wire as well as to prevent an inferior product from being manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1994Date of Patent: February 13, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Sakai, Akio Shirata
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Patent number: 5447829Abstract: A package of a rolled photosensitive material comprising a core, a rolled photosensitive material wound around the core, a light-shielding leader which shields the peripheral face of the rolled photosensitive material from light, a pair of side plate inner rings which shield both sides of the rolled photosensitive material, an adhesive layer which adheres each of the side plate inner rings to the core, a caulking part which is formed on the adhesive layer and which enters the core, and a light-shielding part which is formed on the side plate inner ring, which adheres to the caulking part, and of which the inner end is positioned on the inner part from the surface of the core. The package can ensure light-shielding at the side plate inner ring simply and inexpensively, and having a sufficient adhesive strength between the side plate inner ring and the core.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyoushi Tamai, Kazuo Ui, Kaoru Matsunaga, Yoshio Ishizuka
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Patent number: 5431282Abstract: An end wall 1 is composed of a plate 11 which forms, on the front side, a flat surface with an annular attachment 35, whereas the reverse side is reinforced by radial ribs 5 and annular ribs 14. The radial ribs 5 are stiffened by webs 32 which run perpendicular to the plate 11. Further webs 33 reinforce rounded webs 17 of locking lugs 4. On the front side of the plate 11 is disposed a central plug-in peg 2 which is surrounded by the annular attachment. Three sides walls 13 of the plate 11 are provided with stacking lugs 9, 19 which delimit stacking pockets 8, 18 which are designed in a manner complementary to the stacking lugs. The fourth side wall 30 of the end wall has a corrugation 31 and, in the case of a wound roll packaged with the end walls, lies on a pallet. The annular attachment prevents contact between the edge region of the wound roll and the end wall thereby avoiding compressions in the edge region of the wound roll.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1993Date of Patent: July 11, 1995Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz Kremp, Norbert Born
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Patent number: 5417345Abstract: A dispensing device for use in dispensing sheets of material coated along one edge with a narrow band of readily releasable pressure-sensitive adhesive. The dispenser comprises a container having a pair of sidewalls connected by a top wall which is formed with a transversely extending rectangular opening extending in the direction parallel to the side walls. The sheets are stacked within the dispenser such that upon removing the uppermost sheet in the stack the adhesive coating along one edge of the sheet adhered to the edge of the next sheet in the stack will cause the next sheet in the stack to be withdrawn at that free edge through the dispensing opening upon withdrawal of the uppermost sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1991Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Daniel D. Smith
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Patent number: 5415279Abstract: A sleeving device includes two side brackets. These brackets are secured to the side edges of a flap of a shipping box that contains a roll of sleeving material. The side brackets each engage a respective side edge of the flap in a respective channel. One of the side brackets further includes a guide that forms a funnel-shaped opening that facilitates the loading of film into the pockets of the sleeving material.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1994Date of Patent: May 16, 1995Assignee: Omaga Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Huey-Ming Tan
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Patent number: 5413221Abstract: A packaging for a photographic film cassette in which rotation of a spool causes a leader of a photographic film to advance outward through a passage mouth of a cassette shell. The packaging has a carton which contains the cassette shell. An air cell of a bubbled sheet holds one spool end on to the inside of the carton, and stops the spool from rotating while the cassette is contained in the carton. In a preferred embodiment, a port stopper is fitted to the port portions to close the passage mouth, and packaged in a shrink wrap. In another preferred embodiment, the cassette is packaged in a shrink wrap in a state where a spool stopper is engaged with the spool.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1993Date of Patent: May 9, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazunori Mizuno
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Patent number: 5413220Abstract: An energy attenuating support plate (10) for protecting an object thereon, such as a roll (R) of photographic web, from damage due to shock during handling and transportation. The support plate (10) is engageably attached to either end of the core (C) of the roll (R) and provides a means of absorbing impact energy incurred by the support plate (10). The molded plastic plate (10) comprises first, second and third energy attenuation regions (24,30,40) that successively absorb as-received energy before such energy encounters the roll (R) supported thereon.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1994Date of Patent: May 9, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: John F. Sirianni
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Patent number: 5381899Abstract: A package for decorative lights includes an elongate hollow cylindrical core with notches in the ends of the core. The decorative light string is wound around the exterior of the core with the terminal ends of the string extending through the notches, securing the cord around the core, with the electrical connector plugs on the terminal ends enclosed within the core. A protective outer cover encloses the core and the light string wound on the core. Preferably the outer cover has a polygonal cross-section and the electric lights on the string are received in and protectively enclosed by the inner apexes of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1994Date of Patent: January 17, 1995Inventor: Mary M. Rabbitt
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Patent number: 5377832Abstract: A light-tight canister for a roll of photosensitive media including an opaque tubular sleeve having outer ends, a pair of identical end caps with peripheral edges configured to engage and enclose the ends of the sleeve, and a tie bar extending through the sleeve and configured for locking engagement with the end caps. The tubular sleeve includes a media exit slot extending between the outer ends and a tapered notch on each end positioned with respect to the media exit slot. Each end cap includes a media exit slot accommodating structure and a tapered tab configured to mate with a notch in the sleeve. The tab is positioned with respect to the media exit slot accommodating structure so the media exit slot accommodating structure is aligned with the media exit slot of the sleeve when the end cap is engaged with the sleeve and the tab is mated with the notch. Sloping guide walls are radially positioned on the inside surface of the end cap about a location at which the tie bar is engaged with the end cap.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1994Date of Patent: January 3, 1995Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Stuart J. Wyman, Devin L. Cantonwine
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Patent number: 5346741Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: BASF Magnetics GmbHInventors: Jose Toral, Hermann Brandstetter, Gottfried Lutz, Hartmut Thiele
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Patent number: 5332169Abstract: A method of preventing clockspringing of a web wound inside a cassette (10) having a tubular web core (12) onto which is wound a web (14) of photosensitive material to form a web roll. The web roll is housed within a substantially rectangular jacket (16) which has a exit slot (20) extending substantially from one side edge of the jacket (16) through which the web (14) may be drawn from the cassette (10). Moreover, cassette (10) comprises a pair of end caps (22) having tubular hub members (25) insertable over opposite ends of tubular core opening (39) defined by sleeve portion (38) of tubular web core (12) for rotatably supporting tubular web core (12). In the preferred embodiment, each hub member (25) has at least one flexible lock (44) at the free end thereof such that when the flexible lock (44) rotatably engages core grooves (36), separation of the end caps (22) from the jacket (16) is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1992Date of Patent: July 26, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Clark E. Harris, Raymond D. Hulbert, Andrew E. Dominesey, Thomas C. Healey, Joel R. Shaw
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Patent number: 5299686Abstract: A rolled strip of Tee-nuts connected together by flexible means for use in Tee-nut setting machines, and a rotatable table support for such rolled strip of Tee-nuts.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1993Date of Patent: April 5, 1994Inventors: Keith G. Bromley, Walter H. Leistner
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Patent number: 5287964Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 12, 1992Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Daniel R. Jacquand, Robert G. Bonnamour