Abstract: A multi-needle threader for use in weaving hair extensions. The threader has an “L” shaped body for holding at least one spool of thread in proximity to a plurality of needles held in pin cushions. The needles and pin cushions are positioned on the threader such that the needles can be threaded in a sequence or order continuously one needle to another until all are pre-threaded for use and then the needles can be used in reverse order without unthreading any unused needles.

Abstract: A center-pull dispenser for dispensing paper towels from a continuous roll, wherein each individual towel is separated from an adjoining towel by a plurality of perforations. The dispenser comprises a housing having a housing back and a detachable front cover hingedly connected thereto at the lower periphery of said housing back and front cover for opening and closing the housing, a paper support tray removably connected to a lower portion of the housing back, the tray having a centrally located dispensing nozzle and at least one locking element for releasably locking at least one first hinge element on the lower periphery of the front cover to at least one second hinge element on the lower periphery of the housing back, an opening in the lower periphery of said housing through which the towels are dispensed, and a wall-mounting member for removably mounting the housing back to a wall.

Abstract: A center-pull dispenser for dispensing paper towels from a continuous roll, wherein each individual towel is separated from an adjoining towel by a plurality of perforations. The dispenser comprises a housing having a housing back and a detachable front cover hingedly connected thereto at the lower periphery of said housing back and front cover for opening and closing the housing, a paper support tray removably connected to a lower portion of the housing back and having a centrally located dispensing nozzle, an opening in the lower periphery of the housing through which the towels are dispensed, a detachable wall-mounting member for removably mounting the housing back to a wall, and a locking member for releasably locking the front cover to the housing back and the housing back to the wall-mounting member.

Abstract: A large capacity welding wire container for storing welding wire, in which an outer shell, an inner shell, a base plate and upper and lower fixtures are mostly made of paper as well as application of steel is minimized so that the container is readily discarded after exhaustion and coupled/disassembled, and a welding wire package using the same. The welding wire container comprises: an upper protrusion enlarged in diameter beyond the outer shell for structurally reinforcing an upper outer portion of the outer shell; a lid sized for covering the outer shell; and an upper fixture for fixing and wrapping the lid at an upper end of the outer shell to obtain structural reinforcement, wherein the upper fixture includes a flange extending inward along an outer edge of the lid, a supporting face folded from the flange and extending along an outer periphery of the upper protrusion and a folded groove arranged under the supporting face and having a diameter smaller than that of the upper protrusion.

Abstract: A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material is provided and includes a housing including a platform configured to support a sheet material thereon. The platform includes a slot, and an adjustable orifice configured to alter a size of the slot is provided as well. The housing is formed to include an exit port which is spaced-apart from the platform. When sheet material is disposed in the dispenser, it flows on a generally serpentine path from the platform and through the exit port.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheet material includes a housing having a chamber configured to hold sheet material and an access door configured to provide both access to the chamber and closure to the chamber. The housing includes a dispensing member supported by the access door. The dispensing member has a first panel and a second panel. At least one panel moves so that the opening in the first panel and the exit port in the second panel align to permit sheet material to be threaded therethrough for loading, and at least one panel moves so that the opening and exit port are moved out of alignment for dispensing the sheet material. A method of installing sheet material in a dispenser.

Abstract: A centerflow rolled paper dispenser is provided in which the dispenser comprises a housing containing a spring loaded drawer member that is slidable between an open and a closed position. The dispenser includes an upper housing and a support member within said upper housing for supporting a roll of paper. Further, a lower housing is attached to the upper housing. An exit port from said upper housing to said lower housing is provided for release of rolled paper that is dispensed from the center of the roll through a predetermined dispensing orifice. Additionally, the drawer member is in substantially overlapping position with the exit port, the drawer member being spring loaded to bias the drawer member towards the open position to make loading a new roll of paper into the dispenser more convenient. A rotatable disk is provided with orifices of varying size disposed on the periphery thereof.

Abstract: A container for the transportation and/or temporary storage of filament like materials, such as wire, cord, rope and cable, fabricated preferably from corrugated paperboard material and comprising a cylindrical outer tube having a bottom wall at one end with a further cylindrical insert within the outer tube, defining an annular space therebetween. Portions of the bottom of the container apparatus are advantageously configured for facilitating handling of a filled one of the apparatus with fork lifts, hand operated floor jacks and the like.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A horizontal spool pin supporting device for a sewing machine comprising a spool pin having a spool mounting portion and a swingingly guided portion. An upper cover for covering the upper portion of the sewing machine body has a recess which has an opening on one of the vertical side walls and is capable of receiving the spool mounting portion of the spool pin together with the spool while it is mounted thereon. A spool pin guiding portion is defined b the opposing side surfaces of vertically extending two projections disposed on the back side of the side wall and is integrally formed with the upper cover. The swingingly guided portion of the spool pin, when it is inserted into the opening, is swingable and is guided by the spool pin guiding portion while the upper edge portion of the opening serves as a fulcrum for the turning of the spool pin.

Abstract: A holder for a plurality of leaders, said holder comprising:(a) a housing comprising:(i) hollow tubular means, and(ii) first and second axially spaced walls extending transversely across the tubular means, at least the first wall having a central aperture through it;(b) a rotatable assembly rotatably enclosed within the tube with at least a major part of the assembly between the walls, the assembly comprising:(i) an axle, one end of which extends through the aperture in the first wall,(ii) a plurality of spools rotatably mounted on the axle,(iii) engagement means on each of the spools to engage a leader, and(iv) frictional torque-transmission means to couple each of the spools separately to the axle, whereby part of the torque applied to rotate the axle in a winding direction is transmitted to each of the spools to wind a leader on that spool; and(c) braking means to allow each spool to be rotated on the axle in the opposite, or unwinding, direction to unwind the leader on that spool without rotating any of t

Abstract: A helium balloon is attached to, and in communication with a helium bottle and has attached thereto four guide lines so that selected lines can be pulled as needed to guide the balloon through clearings in overhead foliage. When not in use the lines are wound on a spindle to be packed with the deflated balloon. The spindle carries an arrowhead to be extended from one end thereof and driven into the ground to anchor the guide lines.

Abstract: A container for dispensing thin line, such as tippet material used for fishing, includes a housing having a flat end wall and a cylindrical peripheral wall which together define a cavity for holding several spools of the line. The lines pass from their respective spools through a slit in the peripheral wall. The slit has elastomeric liners along its edges, and these liners serve to grip the line, so that its ends are presented for gripping beyond the container. The housing also has a spindle which projects from the end wall of the housing through the spools, beyond which it has a screw thread. An end plate extends across the cavity where it opens out of the housing, this plate being attached to the housing at the screw threads on the spindle so that it can be turned down to clamp the spools between it and the end wall of this housing. This controls the resistance with which the spools will rotate when dispensing line.

Abstract: A fishing line dispenser having an elongated shaft that is pivotally mounted on a tackle box tray for pivoting from a folded storage position to an extended position where a spool of fishing line can be positioned on the shaft. A removable mounting frame has clips at each end for attaching the shaft to a partition of the tackle box tray. A shelf is provided on which the shaft lays in its folded-down position. Detent structures yieldingly maintain the shaft either in folded or extended position.

Abstract: A plurality of cord spool mounting spindles are arranged in parallel relationship in a planar row within an elongated case. The case has in it one or more dispensing ports through which cord can be dispensed from spools mounted on the spindles.

Abstract: A fibreboard shipping container for coil material, such as wire, is formed of an octagonal cross-section tubular body having a closed bottom and a cover, with an octagon shaped, tubular core coaxially positioned within the body. A pair of stiff, fibreboard panels are forcibly positioned within the container on opposite sides of the core in substantial face to face contact with their adjacent core wall surfaces, and with their opposite vertical edges pressing against their adjacent interior wall surfaces of the body. The panels have closely spaced, horizontal score lines for folding their lower edge portions incrementally upwardly to adjust their heights to correspond to the distance between the cover and the upper surface of the core so as to apply downwards pressure by the cover against the core.

Abstract: A drawing toy having a housing and a web of material upon which a child can draw, color or mark. The housing includes a generally cylindrically shaped shell formed of two generally semi-cylindrical halfs. A hollow spindle having the web of material wound thereon it is located in the shell in substantial coaxial relationship with one end of the spindle projecting from one end of the cylindrical shell. A cap is removably attached to the projecting end of the spindle so that as the cap is turned, the spindle is caused to rotate about the longitudinal axes of the shell to unwind the web from or rewind the web on the spindle. A slot is formed in the shell through which the web of material moves as the web is unwound and re-wound on the spindle.

Abstract: A horizontal rectangular upper loop 10 is supported by four support members 20 attached to a base 4. Two shafts 30, offset from the loop 10, are supported at their ends by the support members 20 and at their midpoints by a U-shaped shaft support 40. The shaft support 40 is upwardly opening and has two ends 42 attached to opposite end members 14 of the loop 10. Two spools are mounted on each shaft 30, one on either side of the shaft support 40. Any one spool can be replaced without disturbing any other spool.

Abstract: A yarn coloring picture set for coloring a picture by applying colored yarn thereto. In a method for practicing the invention, a board is provided covered by an adhesive layer. A cover sheet protectively overlaps the adhesive layer. A picture is die-cut through the cover sheet to form adjacent die-cut cover sheet sections. To color a yarn picture on the board, the cover sheet sections are selectively removed, and different colored yarns applied to the exposed parts of the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A package comprising a length of strand material in the form of a desoldering wick of braided wire having a coating of rosin thereon, a unitary annular body molded of plastic material including a central hub, first and second sides, and first and second continuous rims, the hub, sides and rims defining an annular chamber receiving therein the length of strand material in coil formation, the rims defining a continuous annular slot communicating with the outer periphery of the annular chamber of a size to permit the free end portion of the length of strand material in coil formation to extend therethrough in controllably engaged fashion.

Abstract: A transparent and flexible protective shroud for a welding wire containing spool adapted to be detachably mounted on a wire pay out assembly.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cuboid cassette having channels extending one above the other for receiving yarn reels in a yarn-dispensing device. At least a pair of said cassettes are arranged side-by-side and assembled together by cooperating tongue and groove formations in their respective opposed side walls. Upright side projections at the front of each cassette define upright channels receiving a color strip to retain the cassettes against relative longitudinal movement.

Abstract: There is described a device for unwindng thread by means of which the bobbin can easily rotate about the pin when a pull is exerted on the thread, but which stops the bobbin very rapidly when said pull on the thread stops, in such a way that the thread is thus no more unwound. The cross-section of the pin when considered at a right angle to the lenthwise direction thereof and the inner cross-section of the bobbin sleeve, also as considered at a right angle to the lengthwise direction thereof, at least where the sleeve and the pin engage one another, are so selected as to make possible a sidewise movement of the bobbin relating to the pin and at least where the sleeve and the pin engage one another, the one cross-section is circular while the other cross-section has a shape which is substantially different from a circular shape.

Abstract: A device, conveniently in the form of a reel, for the housing of apparatus which is provided with a flexible or articulated windable element comprises a casing having two or more hollow components within which the apparatus is housed and around which the windable element is wound in such a manner as to constrain the components of the casing in the abutting positions which form the casing.