Abstract: A packaging machine that uses cylinders to automatically adjust the pressure gradient on a web feed roller system is presented. The cylinders are controlled by an air operated or an electrical sensing device that senses the edge of the web. When the sensor detects the web rising it will increase the pressure on bottom of the feed rollers and lower the pressure at the top. This action drives the web down. When the web falls below the proper height the reverse happens and the web is driven back up. This system creates a seeking process that is always driving the web to the correct height. The system can also be used on a pivoting feed roller system. The sensor feedback turns an eccentric that changes the pressure gradient, moving the web to the proper height.

Abstract: A laminated paper stock made of at least one biaxially oriented polymeric film, an adhesive material and a paper substrate. A flexible packaging for wrapping paper comprised on the laminated paper stock is also provided as well as related methods of manufacture.

Abstract: A method is defined to create marketing opportunities with the knowledge that an individual will be visiting a retail outlet to pick up a product.

Abstract: Described is a multi-layer composite film comprising, (a) a biaxially oriented polypropylene film as a base film; (b) at least one polyolefin film superposed over said biaxially oriented polypropylene film; and (c) a colorant deposited on the polyolefin film. The colorant is interposed between the biaxially oriented polypropylene film and at least one of the superposed polyolefin films, and the thickness of the multi-layer composite film ranges between 8 &mgr;m and 26 &mgr;m. Also described are a method of producing the multi-layer composite film, and a method of using the multi-layer composite film as a packaging material.

Abstract: A method of controlling wrapping materials for an article including wrapping an article with plastic, paper and headers at a place of assembly for the article; removing the plastic, paper and headers from the article at a place of use of the article; recycling the plastic into recycled plastic at a place of recycling of plastic; reconditioning the headers into reconditioned headers at a place of reconditioning of headers; and recycling the paper into recycled paper at a place of recycling of paper.

Abstract: The invention provides polymeric films for the storage or packing of plant material, the film being perforate and having a water vapor permeability of not more than 800 g m−2 day−1 and an oxygen permeability of not more than 200000 cm3 m−2 day−1 atmosphere−1, both permeabilities being measured at 25° C. with a relative humidity of 75 percent. Examples of polymers which can be used to make the film are regenerated cellulose, homo and copolymers of polyolefins, e.g. with vinyl acetate or methyl acrylate, polyesters and polyamides. Various plant materials, for example carrots, tomatoes, calabrese and mushrooms heat sealed in packs of films of the invention have shown improved shelf lives compared with similar plant materials packaged for example in polyethylene cling film or polyvinyl chloride stretch wrap.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cold seal package that includes constructions wherein two substrates, or two portions of one substrate, are sealingly engaged to one another using a substantially natural latex rubber-free contact adhesive. The two substrates can be easily peeled apart without substantial damage to the substrates. Furthermore, the substrates cannot typically be resealed, or refastened, once peeled apart. That is, the cold seal formed by the adhesive between the substrates is substantially non-refastenable. Advantageously, a cold seal package of the present invention is particularly well suited for aseptic delivery of packaged goods, such as bandages, dressings, and the like.

Abstract: A means is provided for packaging disc drives and other information-storage devices in a manner that reduces transmittal of shock to the packaged device. The device is placed in a static-disssipative package comprising an upper and lower portion, each of which has external protrusions that deform to absorb shock. Further anti-impact protection is provided by internal buttresses that cushion the packaged device. The package is preferably a unitary article molded from PVC plastic sheeting, with the upper and lower portions joined at an accordion-like hinge. The upper and lower portions nest together at the peripheral edges, providing a labyrinthine path (in effect, a seal) that prevents passage of contaminants. Shock transmittal (relative to an unprotected drive) is reduced by a factor of approximately 5-7.

Abstract: In a method for making a permeable film, a physical force is applied to a film of a first material containing particles of a second material which is different from the first material. The second material has a higher susceptibility to the physical force than does the first material. Applying the physical force to the film affects the particles which in turn affect the first material of the film, thereby increasing permeability of the film.

Abstract: A package assembly includes packages that are connected to a common sheet of lidstock. Various packages are separated from other packages by severing the lidstock between the packages. The packages are supported in depressions in a tray, and the depressions are tapered to facilitate severance of the lidstock.

Abstract: Method of cleaning packaging machines, in particular cigarette packaging machines, with the aid of cleaning bodies (22) which are directed through the packaging machine instead of pack contents and packaging material. The cleaning bodies (22) are thus configured and dimensioned in approximately the same way as the pack contents—cigarette group—or pack.

Abstract: A flexible, three-dimensional container is made by a prescribed vacuum-molding and heat sealing process. The container possesses a precise, defined geometry before and during use. The container is formed from first and second walls. The first wall has a planar area and a vacuum-molded cavity area drawn out of the plane of the planar area into a predefined three-dimensional geometry. A second wall overlies the first wall to close the cavity area and thereby forms an interior compartment. A thermal seal joins the two walls together. The seal is formed by heating the second wall and the first wall in the planar area, while assuring that the cavity area of the first wall is not subject to heating and possible deformation of its precise vacuum-molded geometry.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cold seal package that includes constructions wherein two substrates, or two portions of one substrate, are sealingly engaged to one another using a substantially natural latex rubber-free contact adhesive. The two substrates can be easily peeled apart without substantial damage to the substrates. Furthermore, the substrates cannot typically be resealed, or refastened, once peeled apart. That is, the cold seal formed by the adhesive between the substrates is substantially non-refastenable. Advantageously, a cold seal package of the present invention is particularly well suited for aseptic delivery of packaged goods, such as bandages, dressings, and the like.

Abstract: A composite ring member comprises an annular ring member and an annular reinforcing ring member welded to the external peripheral portion of the annular ring member. The annular ring member comprises a tubular stock member, having a substantially rectangular or square-shaped cross-sectional configuration, which is bent into the form of the annular ring member and the free end portions thereof are welded together. In this manner, excessive waste of material in forming conventional ring members, wherein such conventional ring members are cut out from square plates, is eliminated. Segmentally-configured gusset plate members are welded to diametrically opposite internal peripheral portions of the annular ring member so as to respectively support a film roll carriage and dispensing assembly and a counterbalancing mechanism.

Abstract: A target for sputtering is subjected to a surface treatment process and special packaging after target manufacture for improved sputtering performance and process and yield by reducing particulates. The sputtering target is first surface treated to remove oxides, impurities and contaminants. The surface treated target is then covered with a metallic enclosure and, optionally, a passivating barrier layer. The metallic enclosure protects the target surface from direct contact with subsequently employed packaging material such as plastic bags, thereby eliminating sources of organic materials during sputtering operations. The surface treatment of the target removes deformed material, smearing, twins, or burrs and the like from the target surface, reducing "burn-in" or sputter conditioning time prior to production sputtering of thin films.

Abstract: Films, made of polyethylenes, and articles made therefrom exhibit, for a given density, improved oxygen transmission. The polyethylenes are produced in a metallocene-catalyzed production process. The films may be made by a cast film process, and may be made under conditions that raise the birefringence and the oxygen transmission rate of the film, such as increasing strain rate decreasing melt temperature, increasing quench rates, or may be post-extrusion treated, for instance annealed or cold drawn. Combinations of both extrusion techniques and post-extrusion techniques may also be used. Polyethylenes utilized for making such films typically have a Composition Distribution Breadth Index above 50%, a M.sub.w /M.sub.n below 3, and a M.sub.z /M.sub.w below 2. The permeability of the films so made will be 50% or more above the permeability of films based on similar resins based on previously used film formation techniques.

Abstract: A flower pot cover consisting of a base and a skirt. The base has an upper end, a lower end and a pot receiving space. The skirt is connected to the upper end of the base and the skirt extends a distance outwardly from the base. A bonding material is disposed on the skirt. A flower pot is disposed in the pot receiving space and the portion of the skirt having the bonding material thereon is crimped to provide a bonded crimped portion in the skirt.

Abstract: The adjustment of machines (10) during the installation of the same at the location they are to be used is costly in terms of time and manpower, because a precise positioning of the machine is a precondition for a permanent fault-free operation. A reliably and precisely reproducible adjustment of the machine (10) is attained in that the load forces exerted on the machine feet (11) are measured and, by adjusting the machine feet (11), adapted to predefined nominal load forces (40). These calibration load forces are determined in advance, especially empirically, by using exact measurement methods. The values constitute reproducible values for the adjustment of the machine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleated crate for packaging, storing, and shipping heavy articles. The cleated crate includes a base frame for supporting an article to be packed, a pair of wing-end frames that define ends and side portions of the cleated crate. The wing-end frames comprise a pair of hinge corners each having a pair of spaced apart cleats attached to a fibreboard plate with a score along an axis. The fibreboard plate folds on the score to define a corner post of the cleated crate. A portion of the side of the cleated crate is defined by a side member and a support member attached to one of the pairs of cleats on the fibreboard plate. Elongate members connect two hinge corners together to define a wing-end frame. A pair of wing-end frames are positioned and attached to opposite ends of a base frame or pallet. Intermediate connectors rigidly connect on opposite sides to aligned hinge corners at the opposite ends of the cleated container.

Abstract: An article adapted for holding a liquid sample for quantification of biological material in the liquid sample. The article includes a bag having an upper surface sheet and a lower surface sheet enclosing a volume therebetween. The bag has an upper opening through which the liquid sample can be poured into the volume in the bag. The bag also has a plurality of partitions configured to separate one or more portions of adequate sample in the bag. Also provided is a passage through which a liquid sample can be distributed throughout the volume in the bag. The bag is made of material which can be caused to form discreet non-permeable compartments for holding separate aliquots of the liquid sample.

Abstract: A method and device for detecting a shortage or excess of an article enclosed in respective envelopes in an automatic mail enclosing and sealing machine. The method comprises the steps of receiving information relative to the number of sheets enclosed in respective envelopes, detecting a variable corresponding to the number of sheets enclosed, discriminating whether the detected variable is within or out of the allowable range corresponding to the sheet number information, and deciding whether a shortage or excess of article is enclosed.

Abstract: An article adapted for holding a liquid sample for quantification of biological material in the liquid sample. The article includes a bag having an upper surface sheet and a lower surface sheet enclosing a volume therebetween. The bag has an upper opening through which the liquid sample can be poured into the volume in the bag. The bag also has a plurality of partitions configured to separate one or more portions of adequate sample in the bag. Also provided is a passage through which a liquid sample can be distributed throughout the volume in the bag. The bag is made of material which can be caused to form discreet non-permeable compartments for holding separate aliquots of the liquid sample.

Abstract: A polymer blend composition comprising:(a) from 0.5 to 99 percent by weight, based on the total weight of (a), (b), and (c), of an aliphatic .alpha.-olefin homopolymer or interpolymer, or an interpolymer of an .alpha.-olefin and a non-aromatic monomer interpolymerizable therewith;(b) from 0.5 to 99 percent by weight, based on the total weight of (a), (b), and (c), of a homopolymer or interpolymer of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, or an interpolymer of monovinylidene aromatic monomer and a monomer interpolymerizable therewith other than an aliphatic .alpha.-olefin; and(c) from 0.5 to 99 percent by weight, based on the total weight of (a), (b), and (c), of a substantially random interpolymer comprising an .alpha.-olefin and a vinylidene aromatic monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to machines used to wrap objects or articles using a film sheet obtained from a reel. This machine uses a mechanism that adjusts to and fro movement of a connecting rod thereby limiting the length of the film to be used for wrapping the article or product. This mechanism includes a connecting rod (6) capable of to and fro movement in response to the swinging movement of a lever (1) that is set off by a cam (2). The connecting rod (6) has a lateral part (8) with a pulley wheel (9) that runs along a groove (10) within a guide (11). The guide has an articulation (12) that is jointed to the chassis (13) of the machine, in such a way that an adjustment in a swinging position of the guide (11) limits the to and fro movement of the connecting rod (6) and thus the mechanism connected to the connecting rod will carry on the drive and sectioning of the film to be used as a wrapper.

Abstract: A process and device for the cleaning of closing heads in a device for closing vessels with crown caps, the closing head having a die guided in a guide bore for pressing a crown cap against the opening of a vessel to be closed, the die being movable relative to the closing head against the force of a spring disposed in an inner space of the closing head and a gap space being provided between the die and the wall of the guide bore. A flushing agent can then be guided through a flow opening connected with the inner space, so that the agent flows through the inner space with the spring means and the gap space between the die and the wall of the guide bore, whereby a complete cleaning of all parts of the closing head is achieved.

Abstract: A glove configuration and method for making same of a thin flexible film is shown. The glove and form having an ambidextrous shape useful for either the left or right hand use and a cuff configuration which resists rolldown. The configuration of the cuff includes a corrugated portion and a broadly fluted portion. The former giving increased strength and thickness and the latter providing a place to improve the ease with which the glove may be stripped from its dipping form.

Abstract: A shipping carton for five legged chair bases is disclosed. The shipping carton is hexagonal with rectangular sides and four obtuse corner angles and two acute corner angles. The configuration of the carton allows for more efficient loading of a standard truck trailer or other shipping vehicle. In addition, the load has more stability and structural integrity than pentagonal cartons previously used for shipping five legged chair bases. The shipping carton of the present invention is economically formed from a single flat sheet of foldable material such as corrugated paperboard.

Abstract: Numbers of similar, loaded envelopes having side edge folds and end edge folds joining two rectangular panels are arranged in a stack in a drawer-like portable holder having a side opening. The drawer is installed with the envelopes disposed as a vertical slack in an elevator compartment. An elevator platform at the bottom of the stack is urged upwardly. Each successive top envelope is transferred from the stack to rollers that impel the envelope forcibly against a barrier wall to jog the load against a side edge fold. Cutters sever the other side edge fold and both end edge folds. A vacuum cup moves one of the panels to engage between stripper rollers that draw the entire envelope and the load apart. Conveyors take the separated envelope to a trash receiver and take the load to a receiver tray. There are various electrical driving, timing and performance checking devices, some optically responsive.

Abstract: Supplying material to high-performance packaging machines is difficult, above all during the processing of blanks (20) consisting of thin cardboard for hinge-lid packs. The arrangement of the blanks (20) within a continuous material web (23), the blanks (20) being connected to one another by means of easily severable material webs (33), allows a continuous conveyance in the region of the packaging machine. For the continuous transport of the blanks (20), the material web (23) is folded in a zigzag-shaped manner to form a blank strand (24) consisting of blanks (20) lying against one another. The blank strand can be conveyed in space by being deflected in all directions. For transporting the blank strand (24) and for fixing the zigzag folding there are conveyor bands (39, 40, 41, etc) which bear against the blanks (20) in the region of longitudinal edges (21, 22) and/or transverse edges (25, 26).

Abstract: A process for controlling the drive of a reel of a continuous web of material which is fed to a processing machine (packaging machine). The web of material forms a material reservoir upstream of the processing machine. The invention is based on the object to improve this process such that the reel can be driven as continuously as possible for refeeding material into the material reservoir. For this purpose, the filling of the material reservoir is (continuously) determined and the drive of the reel is driven in dependence on the reservoir filling, such that the filling does not fall below a minimum filling and does not exceed a maximum filling. The reservoir filling is preferably determined by comparing the reservoir outflow with the reservoir inflow as well as by a more direct method, preferably by an optical scanning or weighing. The invention further relates to a feed apparatus for conducting this process.

Abstract: A case blank feed device used in case packaging assemblies is disclosed. The device employs a pair of parallel and spaced apart bars rotatably mounted at the bottom of a case blank container having a stack of case blanks. As the bottom blank is pulled from the bottom of the container, the roller bars decrease the friction associated with the weight of the stack. In addition, the blank feed device concentrates the vacuum force along the blank edges located parallel and proximate to the roller bars so that deflection of the blank is minimized.

Abstract: Numbers of similar, loaded envelopes having side edge folds and end edge folds joining two rectangular panels are arranged in a stack in a drawer-like portable holder having a side opening. The drawer is installed with the envelopes disposed as a vertical stack in an elevator compartment. An elevator platform at the bottom of the stack is urged upwardly. Each successive top envelope is transferred from the stack to rollers that impel the envelope forcibly against a barrier wall to jog the load against a side edge fold. Cutters sever the other side edge fold and both end edge folds. A vacuum cup moves one of the panels to engage between stripper rollers that draw the entire envelope and the load apart. Conveyors take the separated envelope to a trash receiver and take the load to a receiver tray. There are various electrical driving, timing and performance checking devices, some optically responsive.

Abstract: A reclosable plastic box liner having a reclosable fastener of a length relatively the same as that of the width of the box when the liner is filled with products such as cereals, crackers or chips. To achieve a liner having sufficient size to fill the box, yet, having a reclosable fastener of a correct length, the top section of the liner is cropped or chamfered at its ends generally above the product fill level of the liner. Preferably, the chamfered section is angled from the vertical at least from the product fill level to the reclosable fastener.

Abstract: A candling system for a mail extraction device incorporates a light source in the form of a light emitting diode and a cooperating photo-transistor detector which operate in the infrared range, to increase the system's immunity to environmental variations, and a linearization circuit for increasing the differentials in voltage which are developed between adjacent density levels (relative to the number of sheets involved), to permit the system to better monitor (distinguish between) envelopes containing an increased number of documents with improved accuracy and efficiency.

Abstract: A medicine container and cover therefor. The medicine container has side walls which have wave portions. The medicine container also having end walls which are angular with respect to the side walls. Therefore, the medicine container can be easily and readily grasped for retaining the medicine container for dispensing the contents of the container. The medicine container also has a flange which extends from the walls. The cover is attached to the flange. The cover has tab portions which extend from the flange and which can be grasped for easy opening of the medicine container to dispense the contents of the medicine container.

Abstract: A polyolefin film having a base layer composed essentially of propylene polymers and having sealing layers present on both sides, composed essentially of sealable olefin polymers. Polydialkylsiloxane is incorporated in a first of the two sealing layers, and this layer is not subjected to corona treatment. The second sealing layer is subjected to corona treatment and has polydialkylsiloxane, not incorporated, but present on its outer surface, the polydialkylsiloxane having been transferred to this layer by contact with the sealing layer in which polyidalkylsiloxane is incorporated. The relative polydialkylsiloxane occupancy on the second layer, which is determined by means of ESCA spectroscopy, is not more than 15. The three-layer polyolefin film is prepared by a coextrusion process. It is particularly suitable for use as a packaging film on high-speed packaging machines.

Abstract: A structurally self supporting shipping package adapted for use with mechanical handling equipment. The package may be embodied as a base or as a unitary carton formed by bending a single sheet of material such as fiberboard. The package includes a horizontal panel elevated by adjacent upward facing rectangular channels. Flaps formed at the ends of the channels engage rails formed along the sides of the panel, to transfer shear stress away from the channels and towards the rails. The rails may be assisted by flaps formed adjacent their connection to the panel. The package may be further strengthened if certain portions are formed by placing multiple thicknesses of material adjacent each other. The structurally self-supporting package allows accommodation of a variety of oddly shaped items. Package assembly may be expedited if the rails are formed in sections.

Abstract: The method and apparatus for providing a storage enclosure in a personal computer housing (9) comprising a box structure (25) having at least one side wall (28) with threaded openings (32) for receiving screws (35) passed through a side panel (36) to hold the box structure in the position normally occupied by a disk drive. The open end is closed by a panel (41) held in place by one or more tongues (56) which interfit in openings (58) in the box structure and which are actuated by a handle (51).

Abstract: A display tray has a tray bed in which removable and reversible inserts are placed. A first side of each insert is adapted to hold an article for display and a second side is blank, has a label thereon or has some decorative appearance. To display an article, it is affixed to the side of the insert adapted to hold it. The insert is placed in the tray bed with the first side showing. When the article is removed from the insert, the insert is removed from the tray bed, reversed and placed back in the tray bed with its second side showing thus presenting a more pleasing appearance. The tray bed can be filled with inserts which are shaped such that they cooperate to substantially fill the tray bed.

Abstract: The ashtray of this invention comprises a folded member having a substantially V-shaped cross-section formed by two panels with a common side. The adjoining sides of the two panels contiguous to the common side are adapted for contact with a supporting surface to support the panels thereon in an upright position, the two sides defining the bottom side of the ashtray. The two panels then define an angular space there between, the angular space having an apical portion near the common side of the panels. The ashtray further comprises an upper member connected to the two panels for supporting cigarettes or cigars in substantially horizontal positions. The upper member is spaced apart from the common side of the panels to allow the lighted ends of cigarettes or cigars to protrude into the apical portion and to allow ashes from such lighted ends to fall through the apical portion towards the bottom side of the ashtray.

Abstract: Safety packages are prepared for transportation of methanol wherein ethyl cellulose having from about 45 to 46.5 weight percent substitution is employed as a sorbent.

Abstract: A rolled window shade and a removable pulldown handle member are disposed in a display package comprising a elongated plastic film tubular envelope. The envelope is heat sealed at opposite ends and the handle member is oriented adjacent one end so that it is engageable with the heat seal and is provided with holes for inserting a support rod of a display rack and the like so that the shade may be hung in such a way that the handle member reinforces the envelope at its point of support by the support rod.

Abstract: Method of automatically changing reels (17,20) of strip material (15-21) in packaging machines, especially packaging machines (1) for cigarettes, equipped, along a feed line (2), with an ejection device (9) adapted for ejecting from said line (2) those objects (5) to be packaged that are defective and for determining a corresponding arresting of said strip material (15-21), the method providing for the utilization of said ejection device (9), in response to an end of reel signal emitted by a sensor (26,27), for determining the arresting of the associated strip material (15,21) so as to permit the changing of the reels (17,20) with strip (15,21) stopped and the subsequent recommencing of the feed of the strip (15,21) in perfect synchronism with the packaging line (2).

Abstract: A method is presented for using scented oils to provide odor to a container of a product having a constituent incompatible with the scented oils. An aqueous emulsion which comprises from about 4% to about 70% of a water-emulsifiable or water-soluble polymer, from about 5% to about 80% of scented oils, and from about 6% to about 80% of water is prepared. The aqueous emulsion is dried whereby the scented oils are entrapped within the matrix of the polymer. The polymer matrix is included in the container with the product whereby the scented oils are protected by the polymer matrix from degradation by the incompatible constituent and diffuse from the polymer matrix over a period of time.

Abstract: Two different type toners are packaged in a cartridge having reversible parts. Reversal of the parts, as the two different toners are packaged, insures use of the correct toner in the correct one of two different electrophotographic reproduction devices.

Abstract: A product line is provided for forming a sheet product composed of products such as bacon slices resting on a pre-cut thin substrate such as a sheet of paper. The substrate sheets are pre-cut to a predetermined length, and a flow of individual products and a flow of pre-cut sheets are coordinated such that the products deposit onto the pre-cut sheets in a predetermined pattern. The line may also include an assembly for reducing the flow rate of the thus formed sheet products, after which the reduced flow is conveyed to a stacking assembly for forming stacks of sheet products of a preselected size.

Abstract: This relates to starting up of a machine wherein a thermoformable web forms bottom of a sterile chamber in the machine and wherein it is necessary to sterilize all of the interior of the machine including forming and filling equipment as well as heating equipment. It has been deemed advisable to use as a sterilizing agent super-heated air. However, the temperature of the sterilizing air is above the melt temperature of the thermoformable web which normally forms the bottom closure for the sterile chamber.

Abstract: A sealable, transparent, polyolefinic multilayer film comprises a base layer formed of a polypropylene polymer and at least one sealable layer, which contains a propylene copolymer, a low-molecular weight resin, a polypropylene homopolymer and a polydiorganosiloxane. The sealing layer is comprised of a combination of(a) from about 68.5 to 89.7% by weight, based on the weight of the sealable layer, of an olefin resin composition, comprising an ethylene-propylene-butylene terpolymer and a propylene-butylene copolymer, corresponding to a content of from about 0.1 to 7% by weight of ethylene, 53 to 89.9% by weight of propylene and 10 to 40% by weight of butylene, based on the weight of the olefin resin composition,(b) from about 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the sealable layer, of a low-molecular weight resin, which compatible with the olefin resin composition,(c) from about 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the sealable layer, of a propylene homopolymer, and(d) from about 0.3 to 1.

Abstract: A substantially dry-to-the-touch article contained in a closed, moisture impervious container, comprises a matrix of polysaccharide and/or protein and a non-aqueous liquid having a dielectric constant of from 1.5 to 40 included within the matrix. The article although apparently dry is capable of releasing the included non-aqueous liquid when contacted with water. The article can form a sheet or wad of fabric or it can be presented in the form of a tablet or powder.

Abstract: An arrangement for storing a coil of optical fiber prior to and during an inner peel deployment of the optical fiber from the coil comprises an outer aluminum casing, a body of solid foam material in the interior of the casing, and a barrier sheet in the interface, between the foam body and the coil of optical fiber. The foam body is formed in situ in a confining space outwardly and axially delimited by the casing and inwardly delimited by the barrier sheet and by two end lids, by introducing the material of the body into the enclosed space through openings in the casing and letting the material foam and cure in the spacing. During the formation of the body, the coil of optical fiber is supported on a mandrel which is, in turn coaxially supported on the end lids. After the foamed material has solidified, the end lids and the mandrel can be removed and the arrangement is now ready for inner peel deployment of the optical fiber therefrom.