Sheet Stock Patents (Class 242/610.1)
  • Patent number: 11505439
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireline drum configured for use in a material handling system. The wireline drum may have a core extending between a pair of flanges. The core may be configured to receive a spooled wireline. Each flange may have a neck extending from an inner surface toward the core and configured to nestably engage the core. The present disclosure further relates to methods of manufacturing such a wireline drum. In some embodiments, each flange, including the flange neck, may be cast as substantially a single component. At a joint between each flange neck and the core, a V-shaped groove may be defined for receiving a weld. Each flange may be welded to the core at the V-shaped groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NOV CANADA ULC
    Inventor: Gheorghe Eftimie
  • Patent number: 9290348
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a film roll core used for winding a polymeric film around, an apparatus for winding the polymeric film on the film roll core, a process of winding the polymeric film on the film roll core, and a rolled film on the film roll core. The disclosure more particularly relates to an open gap film roll core that is capable of reducing defects in wound films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kevin B. Newhouse, Bruce E. Tait, Terence A. Lee, Christopher M. Eastman, Arlie J. Cecil, Andrew F. Neitzel
  • Patent number: 8845850
    Abstract: Anaerobic adhesive and sealant compositions in film form, film spool assemblies containing such compositions in film form and preapplied versions thereof on matable parts are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Henkel US IP LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Kostick, Loren Nauss, Alessandro Machado Jesus, Gary Patch, Gary Tremley, Kyle Zukauskas, Berryinne Decker
  • Patent number: 8480024
    Abstract: A collapsible reel having a high strength to weight ratio is provided. The collapsible reel comprises a core, around which a flexible media is wound, and flanges which prevent the wound flexible media from migrating axially off of the core. The core is formed of first and second blanks having hub portions and a plurality of spaced apart tabs projecting from the hub portions. To form the core, the tabs of each blank are folded and the tabs of the first blank are secured to the corresponding tabs of the second blank. The flanges are then adhered to the outer surface of the hub portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Vail Industries Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Ries
  • Publication number: 20120035526
    Abstract: A fibrous sheet having a basis weight of between 20 and 1000 g/m2 being manufactured according to a wet papermaking process, and disintegrating in water in less than 120 seconds, has 10 to 70% starch and at least 30% of papermaking fibres on the basis of the total weight of the dry fibrous sheet. The sheet may be used for the manufacture of a water disintegrable core in a roll of tissue paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Philippe Colin, Jean-Claude Dozzi, Pierre Probst, Veronique Wiss, Remy Ruppel
  • Publication number: 20110057069
    Abstract: A paperboard core suitable for use in winding yarns may include strips of paperboard wrapped about an axis and secured together to form an elongate structure defining a winding surface. A coating of a polymer such as polyvinylidene chloride covers the winding surface. The coating may be applied to the strips of paperboard prior to winding and/or applied to the winding surface after winding. The coating may comprise multiple layers of the polymer, which may be cured individually. The coating may also be applied so as to create a substantially uninterrupted coating along the winding surface. One method of applying the coating is by roll-coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Ismael A. Hernandez, Charles Lounsbury
  • Patent number: 7562841
    Abstract: A spirally wound tube for wrapping textiles or other materials thereon. The tube has an identification feature. The tube is made by spirally winding a number of plies together. The outermost ply defines a groove that substantially extends spirally along the length of the tube. The groove is for containing an identification marking for identifying the textile or other material wrapped onto the tube. In particular, the tube may include an identification stripe that extends along the groove. The identification stripe contains a marking system or identification markings to indicate the type or nature of the textile material wrapped on the tube. The marking system may include the color or colors of the stripe, or patterns, codes, readable indicia, or any combination of markings on the stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Holden, Thomas C. Brown, David E. Hungerpiller
  • Patent number: 7547339
    Abstract: A filter material take-up product and a paper winding core, which are free from secondary-contamination by an outgas while being transported or stocked. Irrespective of its application such as building air conditioner, an air cleaner or a semi-conductor factory, the amount of the outgas to be generated from the filter take-up product for the air filter can be kept at a negligible level. The filter take-up product for the air filter is produced by coating and wrapping the filter material for the air filter, as wound on the winding core, with a film wrapping material which is so made of phenolic compounds, carboxylate esters, phosphate ester or cyclic siloxance as to have an outgas generation in an amount of 100 ng/g or less by the dynamic head space method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Masashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20080245923
    Abstract: Described herein is a rewinding machine for the production of rolls (L) of weblike material around winding cores, including a path for the weblike material (N) and a winding area, in which said weblike material is wound in rolls. The machine moreover comprises a feeder for feeding a sheetlike material (F) towards the path of the weblike material, and forming members (13, 15) for rolling a length of said sheetlike material and forming therewith a winding core around which a roll of weblike material is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Fabio Perini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Romano Maddaleni, Angelo Benvenuti, Graziano Mazzaccherini
  • Patent number: 7240875
    Abstract: A yarn carrier is provided in the form of a yarn winding tube having a yarn catch insert. The yarn winding tube is a hollow cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis extending lengthwise between its first and second opposite ends. The tube has a hole through its surface for receiving a yarn catch insert. The yarn catch insert includes a first member and a second member, each having an inside surface. When positioned within the hole, the inside surfaces of the first and second members face each other and form a string-up groove therebetween. After a yarn winding and unwinding process, the yarn catch insert may be removed from the hole in the tube, the first and second member may be separated, and the string-up groove may be cleaned. The yarn catch insert may then be re-inserted into the hole and the tube may be reused for winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Ismael A. Hernández, Brian P. Couchey, Clifford A. Bellum, Christoph Reicherz, Richard K. Mims
  • Patent number: 7205036
    Abstract: An adhesive tape product comprises a length of adhesive tape mounted on a core with a reduced tendency to telescope. A layer of compressible foam is provided between the core and the body of tape wound on the core. Alternatively, the core is fabricated to have a slight bulge in its center giving the core a barrel shape thereby reducing the tendency for the body of tape wound upon the core to telescope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien
    Inventors: Brian A. Vulpitta, Marc Van Cromvoirt
  • Patent number: 7188800
    Abstract: A winding core capable of being made in relatively thick-walled configurations and yet capable of being readily collapsed into a flattened configuration for shipping or storage prior to use comprises a plurality of fibrous plies helically wound one atop another and adhered together to form a tube. The plies are arranged in two or more groups of two or more plies each. The plies of each group are adhered to one another over at least a substantial majority of their facing surfaces, but the adjacent groups are non-adhered to each other over at least a substantial majority of their facing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Nico J. C. Bessems, Emile Henricus Lutgens, Ed Spronk, Johannes W. van de Camp, John Whitehead
  • Patent number: 7121500
    Abstract: A stackable winding core in accordance with the invention has a male end and an opposite female end. The ends are configured in such a manner that they do not hinder or prevent the insertion of chucks or mandrels into the core for winding or unwinding of web material about the core. The male end of one core is receivable into the female end of another core so that the cores can be axially stacked end-to-end, the engagement between the ends of the cores keeping the core coaxially aligned with each other. The ends are also configured to support axial loads exerted between the cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Angela Adams, Clifford A. Bellum, Wim van de Camp
  • Patent number: 7115316
    Abstract: An adhesive tape product comprises a length of adhesive tape mounted on a core with a reduced tendency to telescope. A layer of compressible foam is provided between the core and the body of tape wound on the core. Alternatively, the core is fabricated to have a slight bulge in its center giving the core a barrel shape thereby reducing the tendency for the body of tape wound upon the core to telescope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien
    Inventors: Brian A. Vulpitta, Marc van Cromvoirt
  • Patent number: 7040569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding tube for winding up bands, films, sheets of metal or similar made of a spiral shaped wound metal strip whose adjacent strip windings overlap at least partially. The metal strip has a corrugated or ribbed profile in the cross-section thereof, whose external corrugated heads (1) are disposed on the outer wall of the winding tube after winding and are wider than the internal corrugated heads (2) disposed on the inner wall of the winding tube after winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Alcan International Limited
    Inventors: Friedhelm Schäfer, Friedrich Werner
  • Patent number: 7017854
    Abstract: A roll (54) of compressed materials (14) is provided which has a sleeve (50) formed around a rotatable mandrel (12). The sleeve (50) about which the materials (14) are rolled prevents the roll (54) from radially collapsing. The roll (54) may be removed from the mandrel (12) without tearing or telescoping of the material. In one embodiment the sleeve (50) is corrugated material (38). The corrugated material (38) is around the rotatable mandrel (12) prior to the compressible material (14) being wrapped around the sleeve (50). In another embodiment, the sleeve (58) comprises roll-packing material (32) laminated prior to being wound upon the mandrel (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Josip Gecic, Niels S. Mossbeck, Thomas J. Wells
  • Patent number: 7007887
    Abstract: A tubular core and associated method of manufacture are provided. The tubular core includes at least one inner ply and at least two plastic plies disposed thereon. The inner ply, which can be paper or plastic, has an inner surface upon which identifying indicia are printed, for example, before the tube is formed and while the inner ply is in a flat configuration. The first and second plastic plies are disposed on the inner ply and adhered so that the second plastic ply substantially covers the inner ply and the first plastic ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes Wim van de Camp
  • Patent number: 6926308
    Abstract: Toilet paper, paper towel and facial tissue products (10) are presented. Information may be placed, through printing or embossing, on the toilet paper, paper towels and facial tissues. The information (62) may comprise advertisements, coupons, prizes (such as stickers and crossword puzzles), games or other promotional materials. In addition, information (62) may be placed on a sheet separate from the toilet paper and/or paper towels and/or facial tissues. The information sheet may be then be placed in conjunction with the toilet paper, paper towel or facial tissue by rolling or by interleaving (16) the information sheet with the toilet paper, paper towel or facial tissue. In another aspect, different information may be place on two or more sheets to convey a story (39) or other information. The information (72) may, for example, be used to help potty train children, or to teach children numbers or the alphabet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Joel Penn, Michael Charles Penn, Amir Nathaniel Penn
  • Patent number: 6851643
    Abstract: Wide ply gaps are intentionally introduced into one or more plies in a radially intermediate zone of the wall of a spirally wound tube. Each ply having wide ply gaps is narrower than the width that would ordinarily be employed at a given spiral winding angle to achieve a butt joint between adjacent edges of consecutive turns of the ply, and the ply is wound at that given spiral winding angle in such a manner that gaps are defined between the adjacent edges of the consecutive turns of the ply. The wide ply gaps have the effect of increasing the compliance of the intermediate zone of the tube wall in the radial direction. Such increased radial compliance has been found to improve the ID stiffness of the tube relative to a tube constructed of the same materials but having no ply gaps in the intermediate zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanping Qiu, Johannes W. van de Camp, Mark P. Burns, Xiaokai Niu, Cliff A. Bellum
  • Publication number: 20040144885
    Abstract: Wide ply gaps are intentionally introduced into one or more plies in a radially intermediate zone of the wall of a spirally wound tube. Each ply having wide ply gaps is narrower than the width that would ordinarily be employed at a given spiral winding angle to achieve a butt joint between adjacent edges of consecutive turns of the ply, and the ply is wound at that given spiral winding angle in such a manner that gaps are defined between the adjacent edges of the consecutive turns of the ply. The wide ply gaps have the effect of increasing the compliance of the intermediate zone of the tube wall in the radial direction. Such increased radial compliance has been found to improve the ID stiffness of the tube relative to a tube constructed of the same materials but having no ply gaps in the intermediate zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanping Qiu, Johannes W. van de Camp, Mark P. Burns, Xiaokai Niu, Cliff A. Bellum
  • Publication number: 20040075016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding tube for winding up bands, films, sheets of metal or similar made of a spiral shaped wound metal strip whose adjacent strip windings overlap at least partially. The metal strip has a corrugated or ribbed profile in the cross-section thereof, whose external corrugated heads (1) are disposed on the outer wall of the winding tube after winding and are wider than the internal corrugated heads (2) disposed on the inner wall of the winding tube after winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Friedhelm Schafer, Friedrich Werner
  • Patent number: 6676065
    Abstract: To shape paperboard sheets into cylindrical winding cores in a winder instead of using ready-made hollow core tubes thereby doing away with the necessity of waste disposal of used winding cores or facilitating the discarding disposal by restoring them to the original flat shape. In the winding of a web using a multi-spindle turret type of winder, the spindle positions of the turret are allotted to a winding core shaping station, a web winding-up station and a wind-roll removal station. At the winding core shaping station, each sheet of paperboard is rolled and lapped around a winding core shaft and butt joining parts are attached with a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape to shape each winding core, shaped winding cores are transferred to the web winding-up station by the turning movement of the turret to conduct the winding, each full wind-up roll is transferred with further turning movement to the removal station and removed from the winder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Tekko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Kashima
  • Publication number: 20030066925
    Abstract: Paper mill cores of the invention are structured to allow winding and unwinding chucks to distort the interior diameter and shape of the interior body wall of the core while resisting distortion of the core exterior to prevent center burst failure. The paper mill cores of the invention include a multi-ply zone of high strength, but relatively compliant, paperboard plies within the outer 70% (based on the total body wall thickness) of the body wall having a thickness of at least about 4 mm. An interior zone constituting at least about 25% of the total thickness of the body wall is formed from extremely high strength, extremely high density paperboard plies. The overall wall thickness of the core is preferably at least about 15 mm, and is thus preferably increased, as compared to the wall thickness of conventional high strength wide paper mill cores formed entirely of extremely high strength, extremely high density, non-compliant paperboard plies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Gerhardt, Wim van de Camp, Charles G. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6540174
    Abstract: A method of fabricating paperboard cores, and the paperboard cores so fabricated, have improved chuck strength and can be used with chucks rotating at a speed of at least 200 mm/min., even with paper rolls having a weight of over 8.5 tons. A plurality of paperboard plies (e.g. made by press drying) are wound spirally around a mandrel into a tube to produce a paperboard core having a cylindrical surface and inside diameter and a wall thickness of 10 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ahlstrom Cores Oy
    Inventor: Markku Jarvinen
  • Publication number: 20030006336
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to advertising inserts, and more particularly to an insert comprising a promotional item such as a coupon or advertisement located inside a paper roller used to carry paper products and the like. A paper roller having an interior, an exterior, and two openings can include a removable promotional item contained in the interior, where the item has a tab used to extract the promotional item. The tab can either extend generally out of the roller, or can connect two promotional items by forming a bridge across the interior of the roller. The bridge will cause the promotional item to be dispelled when it contacts a rod used to support the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Victor E. Myers
  • Publication number: 20020190152
    Abstract: An improved roll product is proposed in which a long strip of film or sheet is wound on a core without using a conventional paper tube. The core used can be discarded without difficulty. The core is formed by bending a flat board of cardboard into a cylindrical shape. The side edges of the flat board may be spaced apart, butted together or overlapped. The side edges may or may not be joined together. The end of the film gets caught between the side edges of the flat board. This arrangement allows the film wound to be used up to the last inch while applying a tension thereto and without breakage of the core or winding displacement. A cap may be fitted into both ends of the core to increase the shape retainability of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Haraikawa, Tomohiro Haraikawa
  • Publication number: 20020084378
    Abstract: Paper mill cores of the invention are structured to allow winding and unwinding chucks to distort the interior diameter and shape of the interior body wall of the core while resisting distortion of the core exterior to prevent center burst failure. The paper mill cores of the invention include a multi-ply zone of high strength, but relatively compliant, paperboard plies within the outer 70% (based on the total body wall thickness) of the body wall having a thickness of at least about 4 mm. An interior zone constituting at least about 25% of the total thickness of the body wall is formed from extremely high strength, extremely high density paperboard plies. The overall wall thickness of the core is preferably at least about 15 mm, and is thus preferably increased, as compared to the wall thickness of conventional high strength wide paper mill cores formed entirely of extremely high strength, extremely high density, non-compliant paperboard plies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: TERRY GERHART, WIM VAN DE CAMP, CHARLES G. JOHNSON
  • Patent number: 6394386
    Abstract: A paper reel for yarn packages, and especially a paper reel of which the upper end is cut into a ladder like multiple layered end, the cut wall is folded inwardly twice, so that the end of the paper reel is folded onto a shoulder of the ladder like cut and is fixed, and the end of the paper reel will not warp nor has a paper rough edge. Both ends of the paper reel are processed to form a round shape, the ladder like portion has cut wall portions on its shoulders; the cut wall portions are folded to the shoulders one by one, the thickness formed by the cut wall portions folded back to the shoulders can afford a larger pressure when the paper reel is subjected to an axial force, thereby, the cut wall portions will not warp. The inner surface of the paper reel thereby is a smooth surface to be smoothly slipped over a rotation axle, yarn on the paper reel can thus be uninterruptedly sent out for weaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventor: Yueh-O Lo
  • Patent number: 6394385
    Abstract: A tubular or ring-shaped core for winding pressure-sensitive tape has a paper board body and a release-coated outermost ply formed of a strip of polymer film having a release coating on its outer surface and a tacky adhesive layer on its inner surface. The strip is wound onto the core with one edge of the strip folded outwardly away from the core so as to expose the tacky adhesive layer on the folded edge. This folded edge is overlapped by the opposite edge of the strip, thereby placing the tacky adhesive layers on the two edges in contact with each other. A firm bond between the overlapping edges is achieved by the adhesive-to-adhesive contact. In a preferred embodiment, the overlapping edge of the strip overlaps slightly beyond the folded edge onto the unfolded outer surface of the strip. This unfolded portion is treated to promote adhesion of the overlapping edge thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Rhodes, Krishnaraju Varadarajan, Richard K. Mims
  • Patent number: 6357685
    Abstract: A spool sleeve consisting of several interconnected layers formed by webs, wherein a recess in an inner layer contains an appropriately shaped transponder having a weight that is approximately equal to that of the web material removed to create the recess so that any imbalance of the sleeve with the transponder therein embedded is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Wibmer GmbH u. Co. Kommanditgesellschaft Papier-Formtechnik
    Inventor: Albert Wibmer
  • Publication number: 20010038056
    Abstract: A spool for fishing line comprises: a short-cylinder core portion; and a pair of flange portions provided at opposite end portions of the core portion, and the core portion and the flange portions are made of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: Fujita Kimura
  • Patent number: 6309717
    Abstract: Composite paperboard container constructions, providing optimized axial crush strength, and related properties, are formed of one, two, or three structural paperboard plies that are arranged to form a layered body wall having a cross-section of the construction in the ordered structure, high compression strength paperboard layer\low compression strength paperboard layer\high compression strength paperboard layer. Preferably, the container body is formed of one or two structural plies and at least one structural ply is a multiple layer paperboard having both high compression strength and low compression strength paperboard layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanping Qiu, Patrick Trevanion, Yiming Wang, Terry D. Gerhardt, Glenda Cahill, Richard Skiff