Abstract: A container is described which is suitable for use with anaerobic products such as sealants and adhesives which cure, set-up or polymerise in the absence of air. The container is flexible having at least one wall made of a deformable, oxygen permeable material, which defines a cavity for receiving and retaining the anaerobic product. The wall may be made of polyethylene or polypropylene.

Abstract: Asphalt is packaged in containers having breakage means, such as short notches, long channels, wedges or molded parts, to allow for easy breakage into smaller portions for ease of handling and feeding into kettles. Asphalt is also packaged so as to improve cold flow of the block while simultaneously reducing fumes at the kettle. The containers have various features to enhance processability and handleability, including a handhold portions and/or scooped portions.

Abstract: A flexible coupon casing holds and protects a segment of double coated adhesive tape and permits transfer of the segment to any surface without direct human contact to the segment of tape.

Abstract: The cure-through rate of one-part silylated polymer adhesive/sealant compositions is improved by the addition of a small but effective amount of an alcohol-free hydrophilic solvent. The composition is particularly suitable for packaging in aluminum or aluminum-lined cartridges.

Abstract: A notepad having rectangular leaves each having a self-adhesive marginal edge portion adhered to an underlying leaf, and a free edge opposite from the marginal edge portion, is provided in a notepad holder having a rectangular pad support surface, a pair of opposed side walls extending at right angles to the pad support surface at opposite sides of the pad support surface and an abutment for the marginal edge portions. Resilient material secured to the side walls, is in contact with and compressed by opposite sides of the notepad. At least the lowermost one of the leaves folded to form a strip-shaped bulge and a plastic strip is inserted into the bulge to increase the retention of the notepad.

Abstract: A package having a container having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a sidewall defining a cavity, with the container having an inner locking tab in the cavity defining a recess in the outer surface of the container, and with a stiffening material being placed in the recess to add strength to the locking tab.

Abstract: A method for packaging a hot melt adhesive mass comprises providing a hot melt adhesive having a predetermined viscosity and finite size and shape, and encapsulating the hot melt adhesive in a polymeric shrink wrap which forms a hermetic seal thereon. An packaged adhesive mass comprises a hot melt adhesive having a predetermined viscosity and a finite size and shape; and a polymeric shrink wrap film which encapsulates the hot melt adhesive. The hot melt adhesive is hermetically sealed.

Abstract: A wrapped mass of material. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a cold-flowable material such as a hot-melt adhesive wrapped in a liner such that the liner is easily removed from the material. The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for wrapping the material with the liner. The wrapped mass of material comprises a flexible liner and a mass of material including a peripheral surface. The liner includes an inside surface, an outside surface opposite the inside surface, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge. The inside surface of the liner is at least partially wrapped around the peripheral surface of the mass of material forming a wrapped mass of material. The wrapped mass of material is spirally wound about itself.

Abstract: A method for packaging a hot melt adhesive mass comprises providing a hot melt adhesive having a predetermined viscosity and finite size and shape, and encapsulating the hot melt adhesive in a polymeric shrink wrap which forms a hermetic seal thereon. An packaged adhesive mass comprises a hot melt adhesive having a predetermined viscosity and a finite size and shape; and a polymeric shrink wrap film which encapsulates the hot melt adhesive. The hot melt adhesive is hermetically sealed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sanitary strip for drinking vessels which can be attached or affixed to the lip area of a drinking vessel to prevent the transfer of germs, bacteria, viruses, and other contaminants to the user of the drinking vessel. The sanitary strip is contained in a unitary, composite article having two peelably removable plys that overlay and are coextensive with the sanitary strip so that the sanitary strip is sandwiched by and between the peelably removable plys.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for packaging reactive hot-melt adhesive, which consists of pouring the adhesive composition in the molten state directly into a container (1) coated with a material (2) which is abherent on its inner face and with a material (3) which is moistureproof on its outer face, the container being provided with at least one easy-opening start device; and in securing a moisture-proof lid (4) to the free face of the container. It also relates to the packaged adhesives.

Abstract: Asphalt is packaged in consumable containers (10) having breakage means, such as short notches or long channels (110, 111), to allow for easy breakage into smaller portions for ease of handling and feeding into kettles. The containers are advantageously made of an asphalt-polymer composition so that the entire asphalt package may be melted in a kettle, e.g., for use in a roofing or paving application. The containers may have various features to enhance processability and handleability, including a generally rectangular shape and multi-faceted or stepped sides 20 and/or walls 30 with handhold portions and/or scooped portions.

Abstract: A consumable container is molded from a composition comprising 40 to 90 weight % of an asphalt and 10 to 60 weight % of a polymer material, which advantageously can include a first polymer such as PP that imparts heat resistance and a second polymer such as EVA that imparts toughness and impact resistance. This molded asphalt/polymer material preferably has an unnotched Izod impact strength of at least 2 joules. The container is consumable--it can be melted along with roofing asphalt held in the container without adversely affecting the properties of the asphalt and without requiring undue mixing. The composition also can be used to reduce fumes normally emitted from a kettle of molten asphalt, e.g., as measured by a reduction of the visual opacity of the fumes by at least 25%, a reduction of the hydrocarbon emissions of the fumes by at least 20%, or a reduction of the total suspended particulates emissions of the fumes by at least 15%. The container may be used, e.g.

Abstract: An easily removed sleeve is provided for use within bulk containers of viscous product such as fruit fillings and fruit chunks. The sleeve has an open bottom and an inside surface which, when used, is positioned between the product and the sidewall of the container. The sleeve is readily removable from between the container and the viscous product by simple grasping and pulling by hand.

Abstract: A package having a container having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a sidewall defining a cavity, with the container having an inner locking tab in the cavity defining a recess in the outer surface of the container, and with a stiffening material being placed in the recess to add strength to the locking tab.

Abstract: Methods for preparing viscoelastic compositions (e.g., adhesives such as hot melt adhesives) in which a pre-viscoelastic composition (e.g., a pre-adhesive composition) is combined with a packaging material and then polymerized.

Abstract: A device for cleaning loose particulate matter from a surface to which such matter is attached which includes a protective cover made of printable material and having a central pad receiving area and a protective flap on at least one side of the pad receiving area, foldable about the pad to enclose same. A pad of adhesive backed leaves with adhesive on an underlying surface of each of the leaves is attached to the protective cover in the bin receiving area.

Abstract: An elongate mass of material wrapped by a liner in which the liner is wrapped around the material with the liner inside surface facing the peripheral surface of the material, with first and second regions of the liner extending away from the material with the liner inside surface of the first region in unbonded contact with the liner inside surface of the second region so as to enclose the material with said liner. The material and the center region of the liner together form a core of the wrapped mass of material, and the first and second liner regions together form a tab of the wrapped mass of material. The wrapped mass of material includes a first portion and a second portion and is arranged such that the core of a second portion applies sufficient force to the tab of a first portion so as to maintain the mass of material enveloped by the liner at the first portion. Also presented are methods and apparatus for wrapping and unwrapping such material.

Abstract: Methods for preparing viscoelastic compositions (e.g., adhesives such as hot melt adhesives) in which a pre-viscoelastic composition (e.g., a pre-adhesive composition) is combined with a packaging material and then polymerized by transmissive energy.

Abstract: Asphalt is packaged in consumable containers (10) having breakage means, such as short notches or long channels (110, 111), to allow for easy breakage into smaller portions for ease of handling and feeding into kettles. The containers are advantageously made of an asphalt-polymer composition so that the entire asphalt package may be melted in a kettle, e.g., for use in a roofing or paving application. The containers may have various features to enhance processability and handleability, including a generally rectangular shape and multi-faceted or stepped sides 20 and/or walls 30 with handhold portions and/or scooped portions.

Abstract: A container for adhesive, particularly .alpha.-cyanoacrylate adhesive, which has an excellent storage stability and decreases production cost due to simple assembling with the small number of parts is provided. The container for adhesive comprises a container body having a filling portion containing an adhesive and a nozzle connecting to the filling portion for pouring the adhesive, wherein a press portion having a thin wall, for sending the adhesive from the filling portion to the nozzle, is formed on the container body, and a cap having a thick wall, for covering the press portion.

Abstract: A consumable container is molded from a composition comprising 40 to 90 weight % of an asphalt and 10 to 60 weight % of a polymer material, which advantageously can include a first polymer such as PP that imparts heat resistance and a second polymer such as EVA that imparts toughness and impact resistance. This molded asphalt/polymer material preferably has an unnotched Izod impact strength of at least 2 joules. The container is consumable--it can be melted along with roofing asphalt held in the container without adversely affecting the properties of the asphalt and without requiring undue mixing. The composition also can be used to reduce fumes normally emitted from a kettle of molten asphalt, e.g., as measured by a reduction of the visual opacity of the fumes by at least 25%, a reduction of the hydrocarbon emissions of the fumes by at least 20%, or a reduction of the total suspended particulates emissions of the fumes by at least 15%. The container may be used, e.g.

Abstract: In a self-contained information-bearing package for labels, a number of conventional self-adhesive labels are made on a backing sheet, which may have two labels on each segment, on opposite sides. The backing sheet is made either in a folded length with several segments, or a plurality of backing sheet segments in a V-fold, for example. If the backing sheet is a folded length with several segments, it may be accordion-folded. If the backing sheet is a plurality of segments in a V-fold, a number of these are assembled as leaves in an assembly resembling a "perfect bound" book. These are inserted and attached at the fold line of a cover, which is folded to a closed position for distribution. Other pages, carrying printed indicia, may be included within the cover. These other pages may be mounted at a different fold line from the label-carrier leaves. The top cover can fit into a flap at the bottom, or can have a tab that fits into a slot.

Abstract: A pack for transporting flowable air and moisture sensitive adhesive and sealant materials which consists of a transport container having a closed bottom end and an open top end, a collapsible inner bag having a sealed lower end and a foldable open upper end wherein the collapsible inner bag is removably disposed within the transport container, a flexible apertured first disk interposed between the foldable open upper end of the collapsible inner bag and the adhesive and sealant materials contained in the collapsible inner bag wherein the first disk has a diameter larger than that of the container, and a disposable second disk interposed between the open top end of the transport container and the sealed lower end of the collapsible inner bag after the inner bag has been inverted and placed inside the transport container.

Abstract: A peel pad package is made up of a plurality of pads, each consisting of a multiplicity of sheets each of which has a strip of adhesive along an edge area, all of the pads being mounted on a backing sheet. The backing sheet itself has a strip of adhesive whereby the backing sheet can be mounted on a surface convenient to the place at which the sheets are to be used. The pads may be of the same or different sizes. The sheets of each pad are generally of the same color, but the colors of sheets of different pads may and preferably do differ. Preferably, at least some of the pads are made up of sheets large enough to be useful as placemarks, but small enough so that they do not get in one another's way when used on the margins of multiple pages. The strip of adhesive on these sheet is preferably narrow enough to fit between the margin of writing on a page or printing in a book, and the edge of the page. At least some of the pads can be of note size.

Abstract: A cleaning sweeper comprises an adhesive paper roll, a reel support frame, a dual-directional paper cutter, and a handle. The adhesive paper roll is wound on a reel fastened pivotally with the reel support frame. As the adhesive paper roll is moved on the surface of a carpet or floor, the dirt on the surface of the carpet or floor is attached to the adhesive paper roll, which becomes soiled gradually. The soiled paper is cut off with a paper cutter mounted pivotally in the reel support frame. The paper cutter is capable of preventing the adhesive surface of the adhesive paper roll from making contact with the surface of a floor or wall when the cleaning sweeper is not in use temporarily and is laid on the floor or hung on the wall.

Abstract: A package structure, in which a drug-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a support, a drug-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a separator in this order is packaged and sealed in a packaging material, is disclosed, wherein unevenness is provided on at least one of the surface of the support on the side in contact with the inside of the packaging material, the surface of the separator on the side in contact with the inside of the packaging material, and the inside surface of the packaging material. The unevenness reduces the contact area between the packaging material and the sheet so that an adhesive, a plasticizer or any liquid component of the adhesive layer is prevented from adhering to the inside of the packaging material. Therefore, the sheet can easily be taken out of unit package on use.

Abstract: A roll of linerless, perforated, nonwoven, surgical tape including a plurality of longitudinally spaced, laterally extending, perforated separation lines defined by a series of about 0.2 to 5 mm perforations separated by about 0.1 to 1 mm connecting segments of tape where the ratio of perforation length to connecting segment length in each separation line is about 1:1 to 10:1.

Abstract: A container for holding an adhesive is frusto-conical or cylindrical in shape and has a bottom wall and a pleated side wall. The container has a twin substrate composition throughout. The first substrate is paper having a small enough caliper to allow for proper forming and to maintain the shape of the container once it is formed. The second substrate is a polyester film thin enough to allow the paper substrate to maintain its shape, but sufficiently thick to hold the adhesive or other material to be stored. The first and second substrates are glued together with a water-based or hot melt pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A pouch suitable for packaging disposable consumer products having a pressure sensitive adhesive coated on a portion of a surface thereof. The pouch is formed from a silicone polymer coated paper with the silicone coating forming an internal surface of the pouch, thereby allowing easy removal of the product from the pouch and avoiding permanent sticking of the pressure sensitive adhesive coating to the pouch material. The silicone polymer coated paper used to form the pouch has, as a part of the composition thereof, a thermoplastic component which can be a thermoplastic basecoat, or an admixed thermoplastic polymer included in the silicone polymer coating, or a thermoplastic coating on the surface of the paper opposite the silicone coating, or combinations of these alternatives. In all cases, the thermoplastic component is provided in the form of a water-based emulsion or dispersion of a thermoplastic polymer, such as an emulsion of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer.

Abstract: A packaging for roofing asphalt comprising a polypropylene film 1.0 to 1.8 mils thick with a melting point between 275.degree. F. and 335.degree. F. as the sole containment, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed.

Abstract: A sheet dispenser or sheet dispenser subassembly including a coherent stack of tape flags or other adhesive-bearing sheets that can be unobtrusively permanently or removably adhered on a page of a book, catalog, brochure, etc., because it has a supple cover layer that is a thin, tear-resistant polymeric film. The dispenser subassembly has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a peripheral portion of the cover layer by which it can be adhered to the page which then serves as a back layer for the dispenser, whereas the dispenser includes a bottom layer on an outer surface of which is a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by which the dispenser can be adhered to a surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for the waste-free packaging for a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive that comprises extruding a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive into a continuous tubular film, wherein the film is compatible with being integrated into the composition of the hot-melt adhesive composition; and crimping the continuous tubular film at a predetermined distance such that a predetermined amount of the hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive is isolated between at least two of the crimps to produce a compatibly packaged hot-melt adhesive composition. By melting the compatibly packaged hot-melt adhesive composition in a glue pot, the compatible packaging becomes compatibly integrated into the molten hot-melt adhesive composition.

Abstract: An adjustable tray assembly adaptable for use in desk drawers having side walls spaced at various distances. The tray assembly includes a first portion having a plurality of open top receptacles and a support lip projecting away from one side, and a second portion also with a projecting support lip and mounted on the first portion to affording relative movement between the portions to change the spacing between the first and second support lips so that they can be supported on the upper edge surfaces of the side walls of the drawers of different widths with the first and second portions bridging therebetween. The tray assembly can also include dispensers for office supplies including note paper, tape flags and tape; the tape dispenser being of a novel low profile design.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a release package, a preform, of the release package, and a method for releasably packaging a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dispenser for padded tape handles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of packaging an adhesive composition, especially a thermoplastic or thermosetting hot melt adhesive. The method comprises the steps of providing one substantially uniform separate portion of the adhesive composition; sufficiently solidifying said portion for packaging; substantially completely surrounding said sufficiently solidified portion with a plastics packaging material. The packaging material being meltable together with the adhesive composition and blendable into said molten adhesive composition, the kind and amount of said packaging material being chosen so as not to disadvantageously affect the properties of the adhesive composition when blended into same. Preferably, the packaging material is a net, a wrap, a sack or a bag. Packagings made of plastic film are advantageously voided of air, to prevent problems in melting. The packaged adhesive can be melted as it is.

Abstract: An array of separable decals are provided to address the difficult problem of working with very tiny or narrow decals with the fingers of the human hand. The decal array is comprised of a longitudinally extending printed laminar paper strip having an upper exposed surface and an opposite surface coated with pressure sensitive adhesive. A laminar backing sheet coated with a release agent is disposed in contact throughout with the adhesive coated side of the printed strip. Transversely extending indicia, such as identification information, are printed on the exposed surface of the printed strip at longitudinal intervals therealong. The printed strip is transversely scored above each of the transversely extended indicia. Both the printed strip and the backing sheet beneath are transversely scored below each of the transversely extending indicia. The scoring is such that the printed strip separates more readily at the scoring above the transverse indicia than at the scoring below it.

Abstract: A tackless hot melt adhesive package is provided by using a hydrogenated castor oil coating material and a low pressure, melt blow application technique.

Abstract: Ready-mix joint compound packaged in a container, the inner surface of which has a thin coating of humectant, such as a glycol, maintaining an improved uniformity of the moisture content of all portions of the ready-mix joint compound contained therein.

Abstract: A memo pad device having a frame with a recessed cavity for protectively holding a plurality of sheets of a note pad having a reusable adhesive to allow users to write reminders to themselves, look at them later, do the task and remove either a single sheet or the entire note pad. In one embodiment a frame surrounds a panel which holds a memo pad and a projecting lip attached to the frame holds the free end of the memo pad in place yet permits the free end of a single sheet to be removed by disengaging it from the lip.

Abstract: A pouch for the packaging of products having a pressure sensitive adhesive thereon, such as sanitary napkins. The pouch is formed of paper of plastic film coated on one side with a layer of silicone, the pouch construction being such that the silicone coating defines the interior surfaces of the pouch. Due to the nonstick characteristic of the silicone coating, the usual protective liner for the adhesive on the packaged product can be omitted. The side seams of the pouch are formed by the application of heat or ultrasonic energy in combination with mechanical deformation of the paper or film to produce embossments in the seam areas. The side seams may be comprised of two or three layers of material. The nature of these side seams may be such that the pouch may be opened by peeling apart the seams, or the seams may be sealed so tightly that the pouch can be opened only by tearing the material.

Abstract: A reclosable and resealable label package is provided which minimizes the amount of packaging necessary for retail display and marketing of labels. The package includes a set of labels formed within a label layer which has a lateral portion surrounding the layers. A top cover sheet is releasably adhered to the label layer only in the lateral portions thereof so that it can be peeled back to allow access to the labels and resealed to reclose the package. The provision for the transparent top cover sheets both obviates the need for any ancillary packaging and provides clear access through the cover sheet so that marketing indicia can be printed directly on the label layer and still be available for viewing by the consumers who may wish to examine the attributes of the product.

Abstract: In combination, a bag, at least one active mass, and a support, the active mass being carried on the support within the bag and having an exposed pressure-sensitive adherent surface, the support carrying integral spacers which are laterally spaced from the active mass and project above the surface of the support a distance greater than the height of said active mass, thereby to space the mass from the bag.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a package for a heat seal sensitive polymer comprising a thermoplastic bag sealed at one end with a thermoplastic polymeric thread, both the thermoplastic bag material and the thermoplastic thread material having a melt temperature at or below the processing temperature of the heat seal sensitive polymer.

Abstract: An adhesive composite is provided which consists of a conformable backing, a pressure-sensitive adhesive which is coated on at least a portion of the bottom surface of the backing, a permanent adhesive reinforcement which acts as reinforcing means for the backing, coated on the bottom surface of the film and a liner which is releasably applied to the adhesive coated surface of the backing. A delivery means may also be provided to allow delivery of the system without touching the adhesive. The permanent adhesive reinforcement is applied to the backing in an amount which is sufficient to provide some reinforcement to the thin film backing so that the composite wall not tend to fold back on itself or wrinkle under ordinary use. Preferably this permanent adhesive reinforcement is applied to the periphery of the backing.

Abstract: A kit contains a plurality of mounting strips that are releasably attached to a backing element and which can be permanently fixed to a container of a container/cap combination, and a plurality of cap attaching elements which are releasably attached to the backing element and which can be permanently fixed to a cap of the container/cap combination. The mounting strips and the cap attaching elements all have releasably fastening elements, such as hook-and-loop fasteners, which cooperate to releasably attach a cap mounted cap attaching element to a container mounted mounting strip when the cap is removed from a container covering position whereby the cap will be kept in a convenient location during use of the container.

Abstract: A memo pad device having a frame with a recessed cavity for protectively holding a plurality of sheets from a note pad having a reusable adhesive to allow a user to write reminders to themselves, look at them later, do the task and remove either a single sheet or the entire note pad. In one embodiment a memo pad key ring attachment device includes a polymer plastic frame with a hole for a key ring or similar device, a resilient panel which holds a memo pad, the resilient panel being cantileverly attached to the frame, a stack of sheets of paper with reusable adhesive on one end to permit user to attach memo pad to panel, a projecting lip attached to the frame which holds the second end of the memo pad in place, allowing the edge of a single sheet to be exposed for removal by flexing resilient panel in one direction, a writing instrument, and a means of frictionally holding the writing instrument to the frame.

Abstract: The invention is a disposable dust pan. It is stored as a flat sheet in a stack ready for use. When needed, one sheet is peeled away from the stack and folded to form a convenient dust pan. Non-hardening adhesive is used to hold the sheet in the folded orientation and to seal one edge to the surface requiring cleaning. After use, the dust pan is sealed to trap dust and debris within a folded pocket and then the entire device is discarded.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of packaging an adhesive composition, especially a thermoplastic or thermosetting hot melt adhesive. The method comprises the steps of providing one substantially uniform separate portion of the adhesive composition; sufficiently solidifying said portion for packaging; substantially completely surrounding said sufficiently solidified portion with a plastics packaging material. The packaging material being meltable together with the adhesive composition and blendable into said molten adhesive composition, the kind and amount of said packaging material being chosen so as not to disadvantageously affect the properties of the adhesive composition when blended into same. Preferably, the packaging material is a net, a wrap, a sack or a bag. Packagings made of plastic film are advantageously voided of air, to prevent problems in melting. The packaged adhesive can be melted as it is.