With Pay-out Aperture Patents (Class 206/409)
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Patent number: 5740731Abstract: In a stencil printer, a device for writing an image in a stencil has a master holding unit movable between an operative position and an inoperative position while being guided by guiding means. In the inoperative position, the stencil holding unit allows the operator to pull out the leading edge of a stencil from a roll, lay it on stencil guiding means included in the unit, cause stencil conveying means, also included in the unit, and the stencil guiding means to nip the leading edge of the stencil, and then move the unit toward the operative position. Only if the operator performs such a simple operation, stencil drive means drives the stencil conveying means and causes it to convey the leading edge of the stencil. This insures the easy understanding of the roll replacement procedure and allows the roll to be loaded and unloaded and the stencil to be set with ease.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1996Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideyuki Kagawa
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Patent number: 5714936Abstract: A cartridge for protecting a magnetic layer on a photosensitive web material from a magnetic field. The cartridge comprises a ferromagnetic material dispersed in a polymer, the composite material of the polymer and the ferromagnetic material having a magnetic permeability greater than 1.0. The magnetic layer is shielded from a magnetic field applied externally of the cartridge, such as from an article surveillance system, which could affect recorded information on the magnetic layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Matthias H. Regelsberger
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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: 5704479Abstract: An improved wire and cable packaging system for use with a spool wound with wire rotatable about a spiral-wrapped paper tube includes a container and a unitary insert, disposable in the container, both made of cardboard. The container includes a pair of retaining flaps and a pay-out slot for dispensing the wire. The insert is adapted to fit inside the container and is provided for receiving and supporting the tube when assembled. The insert includes a base with a pair of end walls extending vertically from opposing ends of the base. The end walls each having a support flap extending therefrom that is foldable about bend lines to a vertical position, adjacent the end walls, for improving support strength. The insert includes a pair of support flutes centrally formed about each bend line to define a cradle for receiving the tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1995Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Essex Group, Inc.Inventors: David H. Barnett, David B. Camillo
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Patent number: 5695456Abstract: A sterile wound packing material and package therefor is provided, which wound packing is flexible and conformable to deep and/or irregular shaped wounds, is compact and easily dispensed, and which can be stored indefinitely. The wound packing may also be used for absorbing wound exudate and immediately discarded or may be designed to remain in place for extended periods during healing. The wound packing includes a sterile, wound packing of a flexible material capable of absorbing wound exudate, with the flexible material being in the form of a substantially flat, coiled, spirally-cut layer and a package therefor. In certain embodiments of the invention where it is desired that the wound packing remain in place for an extended period, the flexible material is impregnated with a hydrogel, which may be a "wet" hydrogel (i.e., one containing substantial amounts of water) or a dehydrated hydrogel which is substantially devoid of water but becomes hydrated in use.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1993Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: NDM, Inc.Inventors: James Vernon Cartmell, Wayne R. Sturtevant, Michael Lee Wolf
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Patent number: 5692700Abstract: A cover for a reel of welding wire comprises a sleeve having axially opposite ends extending across the outer peripheries of the flanges of the reel and having radially inwardly open circumferentially extending recesses interengaging with the flanges to releasably axially retain the sleeve on the reel and to seal the space between the flanges so as to protect welding wire wound about the hub of the reel between the flanges from exposure to air and moisture. Seals are provided between the recesses and reel flanges for the latter purpose. In accordance with another embodiment, the cover comprises two portions which snap-lock together to completely enclose the reel. The reel and cover are relatively rotatable and in accordance with another aspect of the invention the cover can remain on the reel during use and is provided with an integral or detachable nose which supports the wire during unwinding thereof from the reel.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: The Lincoln Electric CompanyInventor: James D. Bobeczko
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Patent number: 5660313Abstract: A premoistened toilet paper and dispenser of the type having a pre-moistened roll of fabric sheets disposed in a dispenser connectably with a conventional toilet roll holder is provided. The premoistened toilet paper and dispenser comprises: a dispenser housing defining a cavity therein, the housing defining a slot in connection with the cavity and having a first and second sidewall connectable to a conventional toilet paper roll holder and premoistened toilet paper formed in a roll about a tube, the toilet paper being rotatably disposed within the cavity of the housing and a first end of the toilet paper being disposed through the slot exterior the housing, the tube being adapted for passing a conventional toilet paper dowel.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1995Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Inventor: Harry L. Newbold
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Patent number: 5642810Abstract: A package for plastic bags in a roll includes a container/dispenser in the general form of an upright cylinder of clear semi-rigid plastic having two halves hinged about a diametrical edge at the bottom of the container. Feet are formed in the bottom wall, extending transverse to the hinge and cooperating with the hinge to provide a base support so that the package may be stored and displayed in an upright position. An elongated recess is formed in the cylindrical wall of the container, with a die-cut strip. Bags may be dispensed through the opening formed when the strip is removed. A printed insert is located inside the clear sidewall of the containers for displaying product and brand identification information to the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1996Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Carlisle Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Rex Warner, Cyndi M. Meadows, Dennis Shafer
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Patent number: 5641067Abstract: A housing device for the retractable storage of a wire, cord or cable which is capable of operationally interconnecting electronic equipment, such as portable speakers and radios, while the interiorly coiled end of the wire, cord or cable remains coiled around a rotatable spool during connection. In its preferred embodiment, the housing device has a cover with connection ports therethrough. A radio connected to the connection ports becomes operationally connected with the interiorly coiled end of the wire, cord or cable through electrically conductive means integral with the spring-driven spool. The outer end of the coiled wire is then extended through an opening in the housing cover and connected to a portable speaker. The opening in the housing would be just large enough to accommodate the wire. A device larger in diameter than the wire would be attached at the near end of the exposed wire to prevent it from retracting all the way back inside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1995Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Inventor: David A. Ellis
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Patent number: 5641062Abstract: A combined greeting card and gift box apparatus having a box portion and a moveable panel member. The moveable panel member may be moved from a closed position wherein indicia thereon in the form of a greeting or wish is not readable, to an open position wherein the indicia may be read by the recipient. When in the open position, the recipient may begin withdrawing bills of currency, gift certificates, checks or other like objects which are secured to a carrier medium and supported within the interior of the box in a coiled fashion on the carrier medium. Since the recipient has no knowledge of how many bills of currency or other like items are within the box portion of the apparatus, the enjoyment and anticipation associated with learning of the total amount of the gift is enhanced. The apparatus is further constructed from a single panel of paper-like material and may be easily and quickly constructed without any special tools, external glues, etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1995Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Inventors: Karen A. Burton, Robyn S. Burton
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Patent number: 5640904Abstract: In an apparatus for making a master by perforating a stencil with a thermal head or similar heating device in accordance with image data, a stencil unit accommodating a stencil in the form of a roll is removably set. The stencil unit has a holder portion holding the roll, and a guide portion retaining the leading edge portion of the stencil paid out from the roll for thereby guiding it.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1994Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Sato, Hideyuki Kagawa
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Patent number: 5630511Abstract: A dispensing box for the continuous feed of fan-folded paper to a printer or other device. The box has opposite side walls, a bottom and an open top, and a lid covering the open top. A narrow slot is formed through the lid, extending from one side to the other adjacent one end of the box, and a free end of the fan-folded paper is fed through the slot from inside the box to a printer or other device. A roller is positioned inside the box adjacent the slot for guiding movement of the paper and smoothing its movement as it is pulled from the box by the printer or other device.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1995Date of Patent: May 20, 1997Assignee: Union Camp CorporationInventor: Ajit K. Bose
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Patent number: 5611455Abstract: A relatively heavy, free standing dispenser for continuous rolled plastic sheet material separable by tear lines. The roll is supported in a vertical position and is unwound by a steady force applied to the running end which extends through an opening of the dispenser. A sudden force is applied to separate individual sheets when the tear line passes the opening. The mass of the dispenser acts through the roll on the running end to oppose this force causing each sheet to separate cleanly beyond the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Inventor: Wilma McCreary
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Patent number: 5605265Abstract: An adapter for enabling a single sheet towel dispenser to dispense towels from a roll. The single sheet towel dispenser has a housing with an access opening and a towel support tray within the housing, the tray having a dispenser slot for movement of a towel resting on the tray downward through the slot and outward to the access opening. The adapter has a first member and a second member, each having a lower section and an upper section, with the members joined together at the lower sections to define a towel passage therebetween, with the towel passage of a size to slide downward through the dispenser slot of the tray, and with the upper sections of the members curving away from each other and each terminating in a support section for resting on the tray.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1995Date of Patent: February 25, 1997Assignee: Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.Inventor: Emmanuel A. Hanna
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Patent number: 5601190Abstract: The newspaper carrying pouch is provided with attachment means (4, 5) for securing on a carrying strap, newspaper wagon (12) or the like. For filling up of the newspaper carrying pouch (1) an opening (6) is provided. The newspaper carrying pouch (1) is constructed as a tubular shaped container for insertion of a roll pack (7), whereby the container is closed off on its first end with a first lid part (2) and on its other end, through which the roll pack (7) is introduced into the newspaper carrying pouch (1), with at least a partially closeable second lid part (3).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1995Date of Patent: February 11, 1997Inventor: Thomas Weber
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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: 5566826Abstract: A disposable one-piece necktie fastener comprising a fiat paper wafer bearing adhesive on both sides that serves to attach the two ends of a necktie to each other when placed therebetween. A necktie fastener may bear indicia such as an advertisement. The necktie fastener is preferably round, or substantially round with a handle portion protruding from the periphery, such handle portion not bearing adhesive. A streamer of necktie fasteners comprises a plurality of fasteners disposed between two ribbons of wax-coated paper. The ribbons include a perforated seam between adjacent necktie fasteners. A hollow container for holding and dispensing a streamer of necktie fasteners including an opening through which the streamer may pass from inside to outside the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1995Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Inventor: Robert L. Evans
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Patent number: 5553810Abstract: A cover for a reel of welding wire comprises a sleeve having axially opposite ends extending across the outer peripheries of the flanges of the reel and having radially inwardly open circumferentially extending recesses interengaging with the flanges to releasably axially retain the sleeve on the reel and to seal the space between the flanges so as to protect welding wire wound about the hub of the reel between the flanges from exposure to air and moisture. Seals are provided between the recesses and reel flanges for the latter purpose. In accordance with another embodiment, the cover comprises two portions which snap-lock together to completely enclose the reel. The reel and cover are relatively rotatable and in accordance with another aspect of the invention the cover can remain on the reel during use and is provided with an integral or detachable nose which supports the wire during unwinding thereof from the reel.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1994Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: The Lincoln Electric CompanyInventor: James D. Bobeczko
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Patent number: 5551564Abstract: A roll package for items such as postage stamps or other labels that is convertible to a dispenser for such items includes a pair of elongate housing parts formed from a single piece of plastic sheet stock and joined along mutually confronting end edges by an integral hinge. When used as a package, a roll of stamps or the like is held within one of the housing parts by a cover sheet. Plural roll packages are formed from a single piece of flat plastic sheet stock and one or more cover sheets, with the individual packages separated from one another by perforated or scored connecting lines. Individual packages can be removed from the sheet of packages by tearing along the connecting lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1994Date of Patent: September 3, 1996Inventors: James L. Prater, Joseph F. Moore
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Patent number: 5549945Abstract: An improved absorbent mat for absorbing oil and other liquid drippings beneath a motor vehicle, comprising a first bottom impervious flexible layer to be placed upon a support surface beneath the motor vehicle. A second intermediate absorbent flexible layer is disposed upon the first bottom impervious layer. A third top permeable flexible layer is disposed upon the second intermediate absorbent layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1995Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Inventor: Bruce B. Lind
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Patent number: 5544831Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 1994Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Inventor: Alice H. Van Netta
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Patent number: 5533621Abstract: A container for housing a cylindrical roll of wound material and for facilitating the dispensing of an individual sheet from the roll includes a main body that has a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall, opposing end walls and an open top. The front wall, rear wall, end walls and the bottom define an open space for receiving a cylindrical roll of wound material therein. A lid with an elongated slot formed therethrough is hingedly connected to the rear wall and is adapted to cover the top of the main body. A cover is included that is adapted to cover the lid and the top of the container. The cover is sized to partially frictionally engage the outer surfaces of the front, rear and end walls. The container preferably includes fasteners for securing the bottom of the same to a support structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1995Date of Patent: July 9, 1996Inventor: Edward Schoal, Jr.
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Patent number: 5529186Abstract: A boxed spool assembly of the present invention includes a spool assembly, a pair of end plates for supporting the spool assembly for rotation, and a box in which the spool assembly and end plates are placed. The bottom of the box is self-locking and requires no tape. Further, the box is constructed so that the overlapping of multiple layers of corrugated fiberboard is avoided in the bottom of the box so that the spool assembly can rotate without interference. The box includes starburst cuts to hold the loose end of cable or wire wound on the spool assembly so that a user can readily locate the loose end. One starburst cut has a slit communicating with a horizontal slot. Cable or wire can be paid-out or held in position by pulling the cable to the slot or starburst cut, respectively, by the slit. The end plates include polycarbonate material and have openings corresponding with openings in the box, to provide handholds for the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1994Date of Patent: June 25, 1996Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventor: Benjamin A. Bass
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Patent number: 5522561Abstract: An inside fiber optic payout system uses winding and packaging techniques th an inner stabilizing tube to ensure reliable cable payout. Stiff, elastic cable is rapidly non-precision wound onto a collapsible core spool at a preferred winding pitch. Stand-off attachments are installed over the outer cable layer between opposed spool flanges to support the cable pack when the collapsible core is removed. Duct tape is wrapped around the stand-offs and the outer cable layers to assist in keeping the cable pack stable (without collapsing) even up to its last few layers. The stand-offs also prevent the tape from being drawn out as the final layers of cable are dispensed. A shroud is installed over the tape and stand-offs. Payout preparation includes removing the spool's collapsible core leaving a central aperture in at least one flange of the spool. A circular payout guide is placed over this aperture and a rubber diaphragm is attached to the guide to provide friction for payout back tension.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1992Date of Patent: June 4, 1996Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Anthony H. Koyamatsu, Herbert L. Mummery, deceased, Warren L. Hahn
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Patent number: 5509561Abstract: A container includes bottom and side walls defined by a first longitudinally-extending channel member open at the top, a pivotal lid defined by a second longitudinally-extending channel member open at the bottom and pivotally mounted to one longitudinal edge of the first channel member, and end walls defined by a pair of end plates having slots on their inner faces receiving the ends of the first channel member, and recesses on their inner faces receiving the ends of the second channel member and permitting it to pivot with respect to the first channel member.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1993Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Scitex Corporation Ltd.Inventor: Dan Kanterovitch
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Patent number: 5507386Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 24, 1995Date of Patent: April 16, 1996Assignee: Automatic Business Products Co., Inc.Inventor: Richard W. Foote
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Patent number: 5501415Abstract: A light-tight enclosure (10) for storing and dispensing a roll of photosensitive web material (32) directly in a cooperating apparatus without need for an auxiliary cartridge. The web is wound about a cylindrical core (34, 68, 74) having flush, closed opposite ends (36) and an axial bore (38) in each end. The core may be closed by integral ends or by fullfitting plugs (76). The enclosure comprises a flexible opaque bag (12) with opposite sidewalls (16) extending between opposing rearward and forward portions (18 and 20) and between opposing upper and lower portions (22 and 24). Each sidewall has a central aperture therein congruent with each core end. The rearward portion defines a closable opening for receiving the roll. A shallow neck portion (26) projects from the forward portion to an end (28) thereof defining an exit slot (30) for dispensing the web material.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1995Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Clark E. Harris, John A. Kappler
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Patent number: 5494160Abstract: Container or box for packaging and unwinding a coil (18) of wire (2), which comprises: a box-like body (5, 11) that has a polygonal plan, can be opened at the top and is meant to accommodate a coil for wire; and a coil covering panel (16) that has a central circular opening (17) and a contour that matches the plan shape of the box-like body, so that it can freely descend within the box-like body in contact with the coil as the height of the coil decreases as the wire is unwound from above through the central opening of the panel, in order to prevent the lifting of turns of wire between the peripheral region of the panel and the container and thus the accidental entanglement of turns.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1994Date of Patent: February 27, 1996Assignee: Sidergas S.r.l.Inventor: Carlo Gelmetti
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Patent number: 5494168Abstract: An improved surface mount component dispensing system including a dispenser and a package/display box. The dispenser is formed as a spool having an outer diameter of about four inches so that a small amount of tape carrying quantities of surface mounted components can be packaged. The package/display box includes a circular front window sized to expose an information label on the dispenser in any rotational orientation of the dispenser. The box further includes a punch-out manual assembly dispensing slot in one end wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1994Date of Patent: February 27, 1996Assignee: National Electronics Corp.Inventor: Martin B. Hart
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Patent number: 5467893Abstract: An improved container assembly for the storage and dispensing of pre-moistened towelettes is provided. The assembly includes a container and a multi-function cap. The cap matably engages the upper end of the container and further provides an additional storage area for the storage and retention of partially used towelettes. The cap also provides a relatively airtight seal to keep the towelettes moist and prevent them from prematurely drying out. A flexibly web in the cap enables the towelettes, connected to one another by perforations, to be pulled through the web of the cap. An individual towelette is separated from the roll with a sharp jerk or tub which tears the towelette along the perforation and leaves the remaining towelette extending partially through the web. An area underneath the top closure member of the cap and the web provides a sealed area for the storage of partially used towelettes.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1994Date of Patent: November 21, 1995Assignee: Sanford CorporationInventors: Henry J. Landis, II, Russel J. Landis
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Patent number: 5378301Abstract: A dispenser dispenses linerless labels in a web from a roll. The dispenser includes a housing with a shaft in the housing for receipt of the core of a roll of labels mounting them for rotation about an axis. First and second substantially planar guide surfaces guide movement of the labels away from the shaft in a plane substantially parallel to a plane containing the axis of rotation, and first and second rollers are mounted at the end of the guide surfaces for rotation about axes parallel to the axis of rotation of the roll. Each roller may comprise a stationary rod with a freewheeling tube over the rod. The labels are maintained taut during dispensing to assist the process of one label being stripped from another. The dispenser is used in a method of dispensing linerless quadrate pressure sensitive adhesive labels by pulling the labels between the rollers and alternately breaking them over the first roller, and then the second roller, to strip each label from its trailing label.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1994Date of Patent: January 3, 1995Assignee: Moore Business Forms, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey J. Boreali, John C. Bane
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Patent number: 5370338Abstract: A centerflow dispenser for dispensing a rolled paper product which includes a device for varying the diameter of the dispensing orifice to accommodate rolled paper products of various weights, widths, bulks and tensile strengths. The dispenser includes a rear housing, a front housing pivotally attached to the rear housing, the rear housing having extending therefrom a support member or bottom housing upon which a rolled paper product is placed. In one embodiment, the support member has attached thereto a rotatable disk with a plurality of a different diameter orifices disposed in the periphery thereof. The disk can be rotated such that each orifice in turn comes in at a vertical overlapping relationship with an exit port in the support member. In such manner, the desired orifice can be selected for the particular paper product being dispensed.In a second embodiment, interchangeable U-shaped members are supplied, each having a different diameter orifice therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1992Date of Patent: December 6, 1994Assignee: Scott Paper CompanyInventor: Richard P. Lewis
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Patent number: 5364045Abstract: A method for dispensing substantially moisture free electronic components (145) from a canister (150) includes filling the canister (150) with pressurized gas, dispensing components (145) mounted on a component carrier (140) through an opening (154) within the canister (150), conforming the opening (154) to the components (145) and to the component carrier (140) as the components (145) are dispensed, and maintaining sufficient gas pressure within the canister (150) to prevent air from entering into the canister (150). The canister (150) has an inlet (158) for receiving a gas and a seal (156) disposed about the opening (154) to reduce the amount of gas loss through the opening (154) when the components (145) are dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1993Date of Patent: November 15, 1994Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Everett A. Clayton, Kiron Gore
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Patent number: 5358113Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of adhesive labels or other types of tape rolls employs two sidewalls hinged to a third intermediary base wall to close and create a pocket for holding the tape roll while allowing the roll to rotate for dispensing. The base wall has a face for supporting the dispenser on a desk and the tape may be dispensed through a slot formed by the interface of the two sidewalls. Interfitting embossments in the two sidewalls allow the dispenser to be opened for removing or inserting a new roll of tape. A window cut in one sidewall allows advancing or stopping the tape with finger pressure against the tape. The dispenser is advantageously produced from a single piece of plastic.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1993Date of Patent: October 25, 1994Assignee: Miles Kimball CompanyInventor: Ronald G. Hellenbrand
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Patent number: 5346064Abstract: A dispenser package includes a container having an interior and a dispensing aperture communicating with the interior. A coreless, center-pull roll product is positioned in the interior, the roll product having a central opening and a lead end connected to the innermost convolution. The dispenser package also includes a dispenser nozzle which is maintained in the roll product central opening until dispensing is desired.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: James River Paper Company, Inc.Inventor: Jack A. Rizzuto
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Patent number: 5325986Abstract: A bathroom accessory including a rigid plastic container, such as a wastebasket or facial tissue holder, and a washable, pleated cloth bag having a shape substantially conforming to the container. The container is placed inside of the pleated bag, and a retaining element is secured around the opening of the bag for disposition inwardly of the rim of the container to retain the bag on the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1992Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: R. A. Briggs & CompanyInventors: Jeffrey A. Richardson, Robert Orlando
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Patent number: 5310056Abstract: A coil of an interconnected chain of open bags is provided in which the coil has a center opening having a diameter at least as great as the transverse dimension of the bags. A dispenser is provided on which a coil of bags is mounted. An end of the chain is pulled from the center opening and fed around a tapered mandrel and thence over a feed control mandrel oriented in angular relationship with the tapered mandrel. The web is then fed to a bagging machine for dispensing, loading and closing of the bags. The table on which the coil is mounted is rotatable so that the orientation of a span of bags running from the coil to the tapered mandrel remains substantially constant as the web is fed.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1992Date of Patent: May 10, 1994Assignee: Automated Packaging Systems, Inc.Inventor: Joseph F. Ball
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Patent number: 5284247Abstract: A length of galvanized steel structural utility strap, normally 18- to 20-gauge thickness, is shaped in a continuous coil and placed inside a dispensing carton. A length of the utility strap is dispensed from an end wall of the container, from the outer portion of the coil, after which the dispensed strap can be cut off to a desired length. The dispensing carton can contain large centrally located holes on opposite front and rear faces of the carton for use in carrying the carton and the heavy coiled utility strapping material contained within. A measuring gauge located on one or more end walls of the carton is used in measuring preselected lengths of strapping material, which are dispensed and then cut to a preselected length.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1992Date of Patent: February 8, 1994Assignee: SAF-T CorporationInventor: Arthur R. Turner
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Patent number: 5279573Abstract: A wire containing or dispensing article and method are disclosed. The invention is used to dispense wire from a tubular wire carrier. The invention is particularly useful for containing/dispensing a guidewire, especially a coated guidewire. The article is an elongate dispensing sleeve or collar having an axial hole or bore through which a wire may pass. The sleeve has a cylindrical sleeve body with lateral projections on its outside and a plurality of transverse slits passing through its wall. The lateral projections and slits cooperate to permit wire to be restrictively engaged at the bore and to be controllably dispensed from the carrier by the partial insertion and removal of the sleeve into and out of the carrier. The method is controllable dispensing of the wire from the carrier by utilization of the article.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1991Date of Patent: January 18, 1994Assignee: Lake Region Manufacturing Company, Inc.Inventor: James J. Klosterman
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Patent number: 5277314Abstract: A retainer ring for a container of low twist welding wire which container includes a cylindrical outer wall, a lower partition and an upper opening through which the welding wire is drawn from a hollow, cylindrical spool of welding wire formed from a multitude of convolutions of wire in layers provided in the container wherein the retainer ring comprises a generally flat outer portion with an outer periphery fitting into the outer wall of the container, minimally contacting the wire surface, and comprising a number of projecting lobe portions whereby the outer periphery of the ring contains alternate areas first being closer to and then being farther from the outer walls of the container when the retainer ring is resting upon the hollow spool of welding wire in the container and an inner bell mouthed portion extending upwardly and defining an innermost wire extraction opening with a diameter substantially smaller than the spool of wire in the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1993Date of Patent: January 11, 1994Assignee: The Lincoln Electric CompanyInventors: William D. Cooper, Herbert H. Matthews, III, Lee E. Seufer, Steven J. Tokarz
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Patent number: 5275283Abstract: In a container for a roll of a light-sensitive strip material having a core on which the light-sensitive strip material is coiled to form a roll, an opening for drawing out the light-sensitive strip material and a teremp cloth provided on the above opening for shielding from light, wherein a filling layer formed of polyolefin copolymer resin usable as the adhesive layer for fixing the teremp cloth on the container body is provided at the ground fabric of the teremp cloth, and/or a multilayer coextruded film is laminated under the ground fabric of the teremp cloth, and the multilayer coextruded film has a tensile strength of more than 500 g/15 mm width and comprises an adhesive layer of an ethylene copolymer resin having a comonomer content of 5 to 36 % for fixing said teremp cloth on the container body and a thermoplastic resin base layer having a melting point of higher than the ethylene copolymer resin adhesive layer by 10.degree. C. or more and a Young's modulus of more than 15 kg/mm.sup.2.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1990Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mutsuo Akao
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Patent number: 5271983Abstract: Light shielding cloths excellent in light-shielding ability, and film drawing resistance are obtained by increasing the pile yarn density in accordance with a special formula, by passing pile yarns between the needle loop and the sinker loop of the ground fabric or by using a combination of regular yarn and special yarn. The contamination of the film by the thermobleeding of the dye is prevented by using a particular dye. The generation of static marks is also prevented by treating the light-shielding cloth comprising synthetic fiber with a special antistatic agent or treatment.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1991Date of Patent: December 21, 1993Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Ise, Kazunori Mizuno, Kazuyoshi Suehara, Tokihide Suzuki, Masazumi Tomoda, Koichi Takahashi
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Patent number: 5263214Abstract: A restraint kit includes a dispensing housing having a clip dispenser therewithin, wherein the dispensing housing is arranged for the selective dispensing of restraint web segments therefrom cooperative with one of a plurality of clip members dispensed from the clip dispenser housing. Web segments cooperative with clip members are secured to an associated back board for the restraint of an individual thereon during a medical emergency situation.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1992Date of Patent: November 23, 1993Inventors: Dean L. McLaughlin, Michael E. Parsons
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Patent number: 5258269Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The color photographic material is stored in roll, and has a value of ##EQU1## being 20 to 60 .mu.m, wherein at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion containing silver chrolide in a proportion of not less than 10 mol %. The photographic material is excellent in resistant to pressure desensitizing and preventive from producing scratching trouble. A photographic unit containing the photographic material is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 1991Date of Patent: November 2, 1993Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Toshihiko Yagi, Yoshiro Ito, Katsuhiko Heki
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Patent number: 5251745Abstract: A container is disclosed for a cassette capable of advancing a filmstrip with visible recorded images through a film passageway out of the cassette responsive to unwinding rotation of a spool which supports the filmstrip inside the cassette and for an index print sheet with printed pictures that match the visible images on the filmstrip. The container comprises a transparent sheet-like cover having a length and width larger than corresponding dimensions of the index print sheet to overlay the index print sheet and a sheet-like back having a length and width similar to the length and width of the cover to store the index print snugly between the cover and the back with the printed pictures on the index print sheet visible through the cover. The cover and/or the back includes an integrally formed nest for storing the cassette and having an access opening arranged to be aligned with the spool and a film egress opening arranged to be aligned with the film passageway when the cassette is located in the nest.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1993Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Timothy C. Repp, William H. Valls, Robert J. Blackman
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Patent number: 5246111Abstract: A magazine for a roll-type of photosensitive material having: an inner holder including a back plate made of paper; side plates made of paper connected with both sides of the back plate; supporting members each composed of plural accumulated disks and made of paper for supporting both ends of a spool around which the photosensitive material is wound; and a lightproof box made of paper to cover the inner holder. A slit through which the photosensitive material is pulled out is formed by a folded portion of the back plate and a lid portion of the lightproof box. A lightproofing material is provided to the folded portion of the back plate and the lid portion of the lightproof box at the slit. The supporting members are pivotally held by the side plates through a metallic or a synthetic resin shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1992Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Osamu Shibazaki, Toshiyuki Ikariya, Masao Ishikawa
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Patent number: 5246022Abstract: A dental floss container holder and floss dispenser having a housing with a front and back portion. A contoured resilient holding device made of closed or open cell foam or neoprene for retaining various shaped dental floss containers and spools. A retaining device may be affixed to the interior of the housing for releasably holding the floss containers within the housing. A guide directs floss from the retained container to the exterior of the housing. A cutter is positioned on the exterior of the housing. The housing may be wall mountable.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1991Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Inventors: Gina Israel, Bonnie S. LaRussa
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Patent number: 5246137Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing individual sheets from the center of a coreless roll includes a support for supporting the coreless roll which defines an aperture, a dispenser nozzle defining a restricted passageway leading from the aperture, the nozzle having an exit opening, and an insert positioned in the passageway to change the effective size and the configuration of the dispenser nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1992Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: James River Paper Company, Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Schutz, Lawrence E. Weinert
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Patent number: 5230452Abstract: A flexible belt web arranged for mounting about a waist portion of an individual includes a plurality of containers to include a first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth container to secure various components, with each container uniquely configured to accommodate fishing components therewithin.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1992Date of Patent: July 27, 1993Inventor: Robert W. Wagner
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Patent number: 5228632Abstract: A dispenser for rolled material, such as rolled towel and tissue, includes a receptacle made as two separable interfitting elements so that the rolled material can be easily replaced. One form has a cup-like member with a lid and a separable interfitting horizontal or vertical dispensing slot is provided in the receptacle through which the material is dispensed. Another form has an inner body member that nests in an outer body member with opposed walls defining a dispensing passage and slot. Two different types of rolled material are dispensed from a single dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1990Date of Patent: July 20, 1993Inventors: F. Clark Addison, Peder J. Thorstensen