Abstract: The imbricated product formation is fed to a wind-up location and is wound-up to form a product roll at this location. At the start of the wind-up operation the leading edge or end of the frontmost printed product is rolled back in a direction towards one side or surface of this frontmost printed product. The wind-up of the following printed products in the imbricated product formation is effected in the same product winding direction. At the end of the wind-up operation an elongated holding element or strapping band is laid around the completed product roll which then holds the product roll together and also possibly protects the same. The winding direction is selected in accordance with the predetermined structure of the imbricated product formation and results in a roll-shaped wound product package which, if desired, can be disassembled starting from the center thereof without the holding element or strapping band having to be released.

Abstract: An apparatus for a pintle yarn/guide wire combination used to close a seam in a papermakers fabric. The pintle yarn/guide wire combination is wound upon a spool which is partially enclosed by a cover. The spool and cover can be reversibly rotated with respect to each other to allow unwinding or respooling of the pintle yarn/guide wire combination during the seaming operation.

Abstract: A cassette for containing and dispensing a roll of photosensitive material comprising a one-piece generally rectangular cassette body with at least one trihedral corner formed from a sheet of inexpensive material, and providing an orifice therein, a seal along the orifice, molded rectangular cassette end covers disposed at each end of the cassette body and adapted to connect to the ends of the cassette body. The cassette end covers are also adapted to support the roll of photosensitive material within the cassette and to extend beyond the cassette body on the trihedral corners to provide "feet" for the cassette.

Abstract: A light-tight cassette for holding and dispensing a roll of light-sensitive material wound onto a core, wherein the core is provided with extension members for lengthening the core whereby cassettes of a given length can be used with rolls of variable width.

Abstract: A magazine for belt-shaped photosensitive material in which the photosensitive material is in the form of a roll and is rotatably supported by a casing of the magazine. The photosensitive material is pulled through a slot formed in the casing and a small tab piece is attached to at least one of two lateral edges of the photosensitive material so that the small piece protrudes in the widthwise direction of the photosensitive material. The sum of the length of the protruding small piece and the width of the photosensitive material is larger than the length of the slot. A leading end protector is detachably mounted to the casing. The protector extends along the widthwise direction along the front end portion of the photosensitive material and prevents the front end portion from being bent or deformed.

Abstract: In a room-light load cassette, a web of photographic material is wound on a reel core, and the core is rotatably supported, by means of two core hubs, in hub seats provided in two opposite cassette end walls of a light-tight casing. Each of the hubs which are firmly mounted in the core, comprise a hollow sleeve part which is supported in the respective hub seat. In order to secure the web roll of photographic material in the cassette against unwinding during shipping and storage, a core lock comprising a locking member is provided in one of the end caps. The locking member bears an external gear and is connected via connecting means breakable at a desired rupturing zone, with the hub seat of the respective end cap. The teeth of the external locking member gear engage an internal gear in a sleeve part being part of the corresponding core hub, and prevent the core from rotating as long as the connecting means, preferably in the form of small stays, between the locking member and the hub seat remain unbroken.

Abstract: A cartridge for dispensing tape to be lettered in a first direction out of the cartridge includes a cartridge frame. The cartridge frame supports the tape and guides the tape. The cartridge includes posts fixed to the frame for supporting a roll of tape and for contacting an interior surface of a roll of tape. The cartridge frame further includes a tape guide. A tape bias mechanism such as a spring and pad is mounted in the cartridge frame for biasing the tape in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A magazine for light-sensitive materials comprises a tubular body and side plates covering each of both sides of the tubular body. The tubular body is formed by bending a sheet material having folded portions at both ends so as to form a slit between both ends and having such a structure that an upper part of the magazine is formed of a portion of the bent material in a region near one end and a front wall part of the magazine is formed of a portion of the bent material in a region near other end. A cured resin is provided within a space formed between the folded portion positioned at the end of the upper part and a portion of the upper part corresponding to the folded portion. Otherwise, a forehead portion having a upper edge and a lower edge is formed of the bent material in an area between the upper part and the folded portion positioned at the end of the upper part.

Abstract: A container for housing a metal strip coil, which comprises: a lower box (2) made of steel, having an open upper end, for housing a metal strip coil (1) with the axis thereof directed horizontally and covering the lower half thereof; an upper box (3) made of steel, having an open lower end and an upper end capable of being opened and closed by means of a pair of shutters (23, 23'), inserted into the lower box (2) so as to be vertically movable, for covering the upper half of the coil (1); a lift mechanism for vertically moving the upper box (3); and a shutter opening-closing mechanism for closing the upper end of the upper box (3) by closing the pair of shutters (23, 23') when the upper box (3) is moved up by means of the lift mechanism, and for opening the upper end of the upper box (3) by opening the pair of shutters (22, 23') when the upper box (3) is moved down by means of the lift mechanism.

Abstract: There is described a Dental Floss Dispenser located in a unique holder capable of acting as a cap for a conventional tube of tooth paste. The cap contains an internal cylindrical member preferably having threads capable of mating with the threads on a tube of tooth paste. The lower end of the internal cylindrical wall has a shoulder and a disc is slipped over the internal wall and over the shoulder in order to hold the disc in a rotatable relationship. Conventional dental floss is located on the disc and is caused to exit through a small hole in the face portion of the cap. The user of the tube of tooth paste thus has a new cap capable of holding a supply of dental floss. The dispenser not only acts as a cap for a tube of tooth paste but also is capable of being inserted in the bottom end of a conventional pump type tooth paste dispenser thereby allowing the user to have a supply of dental floss contained as part of the pump type tooth paste dispenser.

Abstract: A light-tight cassette is disclosed for handling and dispensing a roll of photosensitive web material. The cassette comprises a plurality of side walls erected or formed from a single sheet of material in which the ends thereof are folded back upon themselves in a triangular configuration to define a pair of faceted tubes. When the cassette is assembled, a narrow web exit passageway is defined by two opposed facets of the respective tubes. The side walls comprise first and second side walls of convexly outwardly curved cross sections adjacent the tubes. A pair of end closure caps serve to close the side edges of the side walls and to support the roll and core for unwinding rotation.

Abstract: A transfer cartridge for photosensitive material includes an enclosure with an entry slot in one of its walls, and end caps to seal the opposite ends of the enclosure. A pair of rollers is disposed in aligned, parallel relationship within the enclosure, and a flexible, opaque belt extends between the rollers, preferably in figure 8-fashion. One roller is rigidly mounted upon an elongated shaft, while the second roller is elastically mounted upon a second elongated shaft through the use of a torsion spring. Drive gears on the exterior of the cartridge impart rotational movement to the rollers and the nip between the rollers grasps the leading edge of a length of photosensitive material and introduces same into the belt. The continued rotation of the rollers in opposite directions causes the belt to wrap the photosensitive material several times about one roller in a sandwich-like fashion.

Abstract: A multi-compartmented toilet paper holder includes a mounting plate, which is attachable to a vertical wall. A housing pivotally engages the mounting plate to permit pivoting of the housing between open and closed positions. In one embodiment of the invention, an intermediate wall divides the interior of the housing into upper and lower compartments. In another embodiment of the invention, an intermediate wall divide the housing into side-by-side lateral compartments. Each compartment is of a size to accommodate a roll of toilet paper and each compartment has an access opening through which the paper is dispensed at the lower portion thereof.

Abstract: A medical bandaging product (10) is rolled into a coil and positioned in a dispenser (11). Bandaging product (10) includes an outer elongate sleeve (13) formed of a moisture-impervious material and heat sealed along opposite, parallel extending sides to form an elongate tube. A medical material (14) is positioned within sleeve (13) and includes a substrate (16) formed of a suitable number of overlaid layers of a woven or knitted fabric such as fiberglass. Substrate (16) is contained within a tubular wrapping (18) formed of a soft, flexible non-woven fiber such as polypropylene. Substrate (16) is impregnated or coated with a reactive system which remains stable when maintained in substantially moisture-free conditions but which hardens upon exposure to sufficient moisture to form a rigid, self-supporting structure.

Abstract: A dispenser containing a plurality of packaged rolls of bandage strips includes a case having upper section and a lower section which accommodates packaged rolls of bandage strips. The case has at least one slot for dispensing bandage strips and the bottom side of the case has a flat area which can be adhered to a flat support. Each packaged roll of bandage strips includes a series of bandage strips disposed in end-to-end relation with packaging material surrounding the bandage strips, transverse seals for maintaining strips sterilely separate from each other, lines of weakness in the packaging material, each located forward of a respective seal for aiding the separation of the packaging material and a corresponding bandage strip from the remainder of the roll while maintaining the bandage strips in the remainder of the roll in a sealed sterile condition.

Abstract: A container for a roll of a light-sensitive strip material having an opening for drawing out the light-sensitive strip material where teremp cloth is provided, which is characterized in that ground fabric structure of the teremp cloth is a knit structure and more than 20% of the pile yarns are looped.In the teremp cloth used for the container of the invention, each pile yarn winds around the warp or the weft of the ground fabric and fraying or falling out of pile yarn does not occur. Generation of pile yarn dust during manufacturing process is minor, and trouble with exposure and development caused by adhesion of pile yarn dust is solved even under high temperature and high humidity conditions.

Abstract: Male and female surface-type fastener tapes are unwound from respective spools in a housing and drawn out of the housing through a tape guide swingably disposed in a slot defined in a side panel of the housing. The spools are disconnected from the housing and can easily be replaced with new ones simply by opening a cover of the housing. The tape guide is automatically directed toward the position where the tapes are unreeled off the respective spools. Therefore, the tapes are properly and smoothly mated together by the tape guide as they are progressively passed through the tape guide.

Abstract: A one piece paperboard carton blank is folded into a rectangular shape for packaging and dispensing from a roll of individual plastic bags, particularly disposable milk bottles for feeding babies. The carton has a double wall front part which includes an inner top rigidly supporting a tab protruding in a direction opposite to the direction of withdrawal of bags from the roll. When a first plastic bag is withdrawn it starts to pull out a succeeding bag to which it is removably attached along a line of perforations. When the center of the perforated edge of the succeeding bag is impaled on the tab, further withdrawal of the succeeding bag is restrained and the first bag is readily separated to facilitate its dispensing and to place the leading edge of the succeeding bag where it may be easily reached for withdrawal.

Abstract: The Cassette Assembly has a prominent out-feeding section coupled to and projecting from a sheet materials confining section for nestably mating with a trough therefor formed in a sheet materials dispenser. The trough has diminishing dimensions inwardly thereof, and an inner portion with a specific width. The out-feeding section of the Cassette Assembly is so constructed as to have a complementary, i.e., substantially equal, overall width dimension across a portion thereof to form a light-sealing, light-tight, fit of such portion with the inner portion of the trough. In a first embodiment thereof, the out-feeding section of the Cassette Assembly defines the light-tight, sealing width dimension of the portion thereof of its basic, plastic construction. In other embodiments, the sealing width dimension is formed, effectively, by the expedient of fixing strips of light-sealing material on the outer walls of the out-feeding section of the Cassette Assembly.

Abstract: The imbricated product formation is fed to a wind-up location and is wound-up to form a product roll at this location. At the start of the wind-up operation the leading edge of the frontmost printed product is rolled back towards the bottom side or surface of this frontmost product which does not contact any one of the following or trailing printed products in the imbricated product formation. The wind-up of the following printed products in the imbricated product formation is effected in the same product winding direction. At the end of the wind-up operation a cover or strapping band is laid around the completed product roll which then holds the product roll together and also possibly protects the same. The winding direction is selected in accordance with the predetermined structure of the imbricated product formation and results in a roll-shaped wound product package which can be disassembled starting from the center thereof without the cover or strapping band having to be released.

Abstract: A wire harness is partly assembled by winding a number of wires on individual reels, fixing terminal pins to the wire ends, stacking the reels in the carousel support, upon which a multiple pin connector is mounted, and withdrawing individual wires for conection to the connector. A spindle extending through all wire reels is detachably connected to a support bar to enable the entire stack of reels with the wire thereon to be handled as a unitary assembly. The reels are stacked flat upon each other because the reel hubs are thicker to accommodate enlargement of reel peripheries as wire projects from the reels.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive tape, such as a white typing correction tape, is wound up with backing tape or a liner tape wound between successive turns of the tape. The backing tape is cut into short lengths, and the correction tape is bent sharply back upon itself over a "peeling" member as it is dispensed, to separate the short lengths of the backing or liner tape and leave them behind in the carton. The space within the standard size dispenser package is adequate to hold the waste pieces of backing tape as the correction tape roll is used up. A short cutting blade may be provided to cut off desired lengths of the correction tape.

Abstract: A bias tape supply device comprises a circular housing part made of synthetic resin for housing a bias tape and a guide part made of synthetic resin for delivering the bias tape from the housing part.The housing part includes a top circular wall, a bottom circular wall, a cylindrical circumferential wall, and a magnet fixed outside the bottom circular wall.The side walls gradually decrease in height from the base end of the guide part to the tip thereof.The first side wall located adjoining the housing part is adapted at the tip thereof to be lower in height than the second side wall and is substantially triangle-shaped in a section thereof at the tip thereof.Two projections are provided on the tip of the second wall, and a slit is notched in the second side wall located between the two projections.The bottom circular wall of the housing part and the lower wall of the guide part are kept horizontal and formed integrally with each other.

Abstract: A portable dispenser for rolled perforated toilet tissues comprising a base adapted to receive a roll in rotatable condition and an outlet structure comprising a tissue-constricting ring through which the tissue is fed and which provided sufficient friction to prevent backup of the tissue into the dispenser. A bill-like projection extends outwardly from the bottom of the aperture or ring to assist in breaking the tissues from one another along a line of perforation. A box-like cover fits over the entire assembly to improve aesthetics.

Abstract: A tape dispenser for an agricultural/industrial environment having wind and dirt dispenses tape adhesive side upwardly exposed. Centrally of the dispenser there is placed a roll of tape conventionally wound in a spiral. The roll of tape has an outwardly exposed adhesive release surface and an inwardly exposed adhesive coated surface and is wound in a first direction. In the dispenser, the tape is threaded from the first direction of its spiral wound path to a reversed path around the roll in a second and opposite direction. Typically, the reversed path is defined over the surfaces of four rollers with the adhesive release side inwardly exposed to the rollers and the adhesive coated side outwardly exposed. The roll and reverse path are encased within a housing to prevent the outwardly exposed adhesive from adhering either to ambient dust or nearby objects. The tape passes free from the housing along a dispensing path to a convention severing tape knife.

Abstract: A container/dispenser is described for carrying and dispensing heavy electrical cable of the plastic or rubber-coated variety that is used in wiring homes and businesses. The container has unitary construction and is fabricated from a strong but flexible material, such as nylon, sailcloth, etc. A closeable opening is provided in one end for the insertion of a coil of electrical cable, and a central exit opening is provided for extruding cable from the center of the coil. A detachable and adjustable strap is included for carrying the container/dispenser. In operation, a preformed coil of electrical cable is inserted through the opening into the container/dispenser and is strand-wise extruded from the central exit opening. The opening through which the coil is placed in the container/dispenser can be closed, by means such as velcro fasteners.

Abstract: Unlike display bases of the blister type of the prior art, the coil (1) is packaged on a display base (3) with a thin plastic film (14) which matches all the visible surfaces of the coil. This film (14) cooperates with the display base (3) both in the zone (15) inside the coil and in the zone (11) outside the latter. If cutting means (7) are also provided on the display base, the film (14) (as shown at 12) completely envelops the cutting means (7) without it being necessary to use additional fastening means. The inner end (10) of the tie material passes through a hole (9) in the film (14) and thus can be pulled for controlled unwinding due to a braking action caused by the at least partial adherence of the film to the turns of the coil. Packaging of this kind can be achieved by a single-stage process in the course of which a stretched and heated film is applied to a porous substrate carrying the coil and optionally the cutting means (7).

Abstract: A one-piece thermoformed plastic wrap dispenser is provided for containing and dispensing sheet wrapping material such as plastic film. The dispenser includes an elongated body having a pair of like confronting hollow body shells. Each of the body shells has a pair of adjacent longitudinal edges interconnected by an integral hinge. There are also confronting longitudinal edges. Each body shell has a cross-section of an isosceles triangle whereby the body has a square cross-section. The body shells also have end walls with confronting pairs thereof having means for retaining such end walls in confronting relation. An integral cutting member is hingedly connected to the confronting longitudinal edge of one of the body shells by an integral hinge and lies closely adjacent to a side wall of the other body shell.

Abstract: A method for producing a package to receive a ring (7) of reeled wire, tube or the like cut to a predetermined length, especially an electrical line (8). The ring (7) is introduced between two substantially square panels of rigid material, e.g. cardboard or the like, with the center axis of the ring running perpendicular to the panels. A substantially tubular rigid means (10) is after introduced through both panels and the center opening of the ring (7) and is thereafter locked in the introduced position in relation to the ring (7) well as the panels. The package can be used as a reel by removing a protective shell of the package. As an alternative said tubular rigid means can be removed, whereby the line or the like is removed from the center of the package.

Abstract: A dispenser for pre-inked disposable striking lines consisting of an open-topped plastic case, an air-tight cover sealing the open top of said case, an axle within said case for rotatable support of a continuous spool of pre-inked line, an annular gasket mounted on said cover surrounding the line as it exits from said case, a knife-edged cutter mounted on the cover for cutting off a desired length of inked line, the cover having a clear plastic window for viewing the remaining amount of line on the spool, and a lid hingedly mounted on the top of the case.

Abstract: A method for minimizing twist in large plastic bags to be center-dispensed from a wound coreless roll of sequentially attached plastic bags. The roll is flattened or collapsed and folded at least once into a U, C, S, M, W, or accordion shape. The method is particularly effective for minimizing twisting of center-dispensed bags when the bags are at least as long as the inner core circumference. The method is also useful for imparting selected dimensions to the horseshoe folded roll that enable the roll to be inserted into a dispensing carton having dimensions preferred by users of the bags, such as cartons having square ends.

Abstract: A light-tight cassette (1) suitable for holding a roll of web-like light-sensitive photographic material (2) wound around a core (6) and for dispensing the photographic material through a slit (19) provided in the cassette which is in the form of a box comprising a hollow shell portion (3) whose wall at three of its corners is at least partly and locally realized as a double wall and two end closure walls (4, 5) which are secured to the shell portion (3) by perforations provided in the outer wall of the double wall portions of the shell and cooperating detent fingers on the end closure walls. The inner wall of the double wall portions of the shell prevents light from intruding into the cassette through perforations in the outer shell wall and makes the cassette perfectly light-tight.

Abstract: A dispenser package for dispensing sheet material from a collection thereof said container including therein said collection and having at least one unitary multifunctional dispensing orifice wherein a first part of the orifice is in one wall of the container and a second part of the orifice is in another contiguous wall of the container, said first part of the orifice having a periphery which defines a comparatively broad area which merges into a plurality of comparatively narrow areas and said second part of the orifice having a periphery which defines a comparatively narrow area. The invention also includes methods of dispensing sheet material from within said container through said orifice.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and storing drawings, such as blueprints, includes an elongated outer casing having an elongated opening therein. A pair of end caps are attached to each end of the casing with each end cap having a hub formed therein to hold a central shaft inside the elongated outer casing. A flexible support surface is attached to the central shaft and is rollably mounted in the casing and protrudes through the elongated opening in the casing for removably supporting a drawing thereon. A flexible, transparent cover may be supported over the flexible support surface for holding drawings or blueprints therebetween. A gripping handle is attached to one end of the flexible support surface exterior of the casing for pulling the drawings out of the casing. One end cap is attached to the elongated shaft while the shaft is rotatably supported in the other end cap to allow the drawings and support surface to be rolled back into the casing by rotating the one end cap.

Abstract: A dispenser for containing and dispensing a premoistened web of material (26) comprises a magazine (2) for containing the web of material and a dispensing portion (3) associated with the magazine and having an opening (20) for dispensing the web of material. A passage (23) extends between the magazine (2) and the dispensing opening (20) and is adapted to take up the web of material such that the latter forms a seal in the passage, which prevents drying of the web of material.

Abstract: Wire is wound in conical layers upon a conical core of a reel or other structure upon which wire can be wound until a predetermined outer diameter of a wound reel is reached. The wire is then wound in layers of decreasing lengths to form a wound reel which has an outer cylindrical shape of the same diameter. A reel can be used from which the core can be removed after winding so that upon unwinding, the wire can be pulled from the interior of the wound reel.

Abstract: A carton is provided for dispensing sheet material from a roll thereof disposed in the carton. The carton has a hood panel and a material tearing member which is preferably mounted on the lower edge of the hood panel. A hood panel engaging portion is provided on the front panel of the carton for releasably holding the hood panel in overlying relationship with the front panel to close the carton. If the carton is used to dispense plastic sheet material, the front panel is provided with one or more openings which allow the end portion of the plastic sheet to be pressed against the roll of plastic sheet through the openings whereby the natural tackiness of the plastic material holds the end portion of the sheet against the outer surface of the front panel of the carton.

Abstract: Towelette dispenser and vapor impervious pouch containing a roll or web of absorbent material, such as non-woven fibrous towelettes per-moistened with a chemical-containing aqueous or other fluid solution. The pouch is sealed before use to prevent the loss of moisture from the pre-moistened towelette roll and is opened at the point of, and at the time of, first use. A double lid is adapted to provide moisture seal between usages of the pre-moistened towelette, while reducing dehydration of the opened towelette pouch within the dispenser. Feed slit adaptations in the lid provide for selective tearability of individual towelette portions from the roll. The dispenser is adapted to provide a low center of gravity, and the base of the dispenser can cooperatingly engage a wall-type holder. The towelette roll contains a leader adapted for ease of feeding through the feed slot upon first use.

Abstract: It is an instant and simple VELCRO improvement, and it has a male tape roll and a female tape roll being packed together in one plastic case. The two rolls of tape will be pressed and fastened together upon being pulled out the case so as to facilitate further processing.

Abstract: A flexible bag is adapted to contain articles to be dispensed, and the bag has a closed first end and open second end. A collar is fixed to the open second end of the bag. A top has therein a dispensing opening and a slit connected with the dispensing opening. The top is selectively movable between a first position fitted to the collar and a second position removed from the collar. A lid is selectively movable between a first position covering at least a portion of the top and a second position removed from the top. The lid includes a first portion adapted to cover the dispensing opening when the lid is in the first position thereof and a second portion adapted to cover the slit when the lid is in the first position thereof.

Abstract: A wedge-shaped container is formed from a generally rectangular blank by collapsing triangular gusset panels defined in the side walls of the carton. The front wall panel includes a downwardly extending tongue that can be depressed into the carton to access a roll of strip material. An end of the strip material is drawn around the tongue and secured against the front wall panel of the carton for display to potential purchasers, and the entire carton and displayed strip material are preferably wrapped in clear plastic.

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

Abstract: A package of wound glass fiber strand from which the glass fiber strands can be removed more efficiently for feeding into processing operations. The wound package of glass fiber strand is a package of superimposed annular layers of glass fiber strands having a central longitudinal, cylindrical cavity about which the strands are wound and having an outer cylindrical surface and a substantially flat circular top and bottom section. This package is covered with a stretchable polymeric film having a stiffness modulus of at least 1200 pounds/square inch and an elongation of about at least 5 and a thickness of about 0.75 to about 10 mils. The stretchable polymeric film is stretched around the package of glass fiber strands with a force greater than 4 pounds (18 Newtons) to stretch the film to cover the outer peripheral, cylindrical portion and to extend at least 0.5 inches (1.27 cm.) radially onto the top and bottom flat circular portions of the package.

Abstract: A dispensing closure for closing an end of a canister containing dispensable articles includes a top adapted to fit over an open end of a canister. The top has depending therefrom an integral peripheral axial flange. The top has therein a dispensing opening and a slit connected with the dispensing opening. The closure may be originally provided with the dispensing opening, or alternatively the closure may be originally provided with a tear-out member which is removed by the consumer to form the dispensing opening. The dispensing opening and slit may be formed directly in the top, or alternatively the top may have a recess defined by a bottom wall and a side wall, with the dispensing opening and slit being formed in the bottom wall of the recess. A lid is selectively movable between a first position covering the top or fitted within the recess and a second position removed from the top or recess.

Abstract: Tubular packages of glass fibers having a generally cylindrical shape are provided that have a reduced tendency to slump or to collapse as the glass fibers are removed from the package. The tubular package has glass fibers wound in superimposed annular layers to form a tubular package of continuous glass fibers having a generally cylindrical shape. The tubular, generally cylindrical shaped package of glass fibers has a fibrous net on the external surface of the package of glass fibers, wherein the net is sufficient to provide support to at least the external peripheral surface of the package of glass fibers. This support can be provided by having the net composed of stiff fibrous material that is used in conjunction with strips of adhesive on the external surface of the net, or heat shrinkable fibrous material, or fibrous material with a tacky surface, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A dispenser pack for accommodating strip or tape-like packaged material in roll form. The dispenser pack includes a bottom with integrally molded, axially parallel side walls, a removable lid which is parallel to the bottom, and an outlet or removal slot. A wall portion is molded onto the lid. This wall portion has the same length as the side walls, one of which is provided with a recess into which the wall portion, which is slightly narrower than the recess, extends asymmetrically, while leaving free the removal slot and at the same time forming a fixing gap for the packaged material.

Abstract: A package and dispensing device for a continuous roll of pre-moistened towelettes which has an outer container that holds therein the roll of pre-moistened towelettes, the roll being surrounded by a bag which prevents the roll from drying out. The towelettes are pulled away from the roll through a hole in a sealing and dispensing plate and are pulled out of the top of the container.

Abstract: A container for light-sensitive material is folded from a blank of thin opaque material. The blank has four rectangular panels hingedly connected so as to be foldable to form a generally rectangular tube with four sides and two open ends. A cap associated with each end of the tube closes the container in a light-tight manner. Interlocking structure is associated with the hinge connections for forming a tortuous light path to inhibit any light leakage through the material at the hinge connection from reaching the contents of the container. Besides the light-locking effect of the interlocking structure, it enhances cartridge strength in that all edges, when folded up, are double thickness of material. The end caps of the container may be blanked with the side panels with a hinge connection between each end cap and one of the side panels. To prevent light leaks, ridges are formed on the side panel and the end cap to form a tortuous path for any light which leaks through the blushed area.

Abstract: A paperboard blank for forming a dispenser for rolls of sandpaper and the like is disclosed. The blank includes rear, first side, front and second side walls defined by spaced vertical fold lines and rear, first side, front, and second side wall bottom flaps connected with the lower edges of the rear, first side, front, and second side walls by a horizontal fold line, respectively. The bottom flaps are folded about the horizontal fold line and the walls are folded about the vertical fold lines to form the dispenser. The blank is characterized by top flaps connected by horizontal fold lines with the upper edges of the rear, first side, and second side walls and which are folded in different manners depending upon whether the dispenser is to be formed into its closed shipping condition or into its open dispensing condition.

Abstract: A storage compartment has features that allow it to conveniently store water ski rope. The compartment has a base and a lid. A spool is rigidly secured to the base and extends outwardly from the base. The lid and the base are connected together by a hinge, with the lid enclosing the spool when the compartment is closed. The spool has on one side a recess for receiving water ski floats. On the bottom of the base, a depression extends inwardly into the spool. This depression has a flange that encircles and overlies part of the depression. The flange serves as a handle for the compartment.