Abstract: A method and device for preparing one or more pads of checks to be delivered to an individual is disclosed. The method includes stitching a mailing label on top of an uppermost pad of one or more pads of checks. The one or more pads of checks are placed into a check container, wherein the check container includes a box bottom, a box top having a first aperture, and a transparent material immediately surrounding the first aperture. The check container is placed into a shipping carton, wherein the shipping carton has a second aperture. The mailing label is visible through the first aperture of the box top and through the second aperture of the shipping carton.

Abstract: A flexible package of low moisture permeability suitable for packaging moisture sensitive materials and devices such as bioabsorbable surgical staples and clips and instruments containing these devices includes a first panel fabricated from a substantially transparent polymeric laminate film possessing an inorganic moisture vapor transmission barrier layer, the first panel having a measurable moisture vapor transmission rate and being bonded along its edges to the edges of a second panel fabricated from either (i) a transparent flexible polymeric laminate film possessing an inorganic moisture vapor transmission barrier layer which is the same as, or is different from, the film of the first panel; or (ii) an opaque, flexible metal foil laminate to form a contents-enclosing pouch therebetween, the pouch containing a quantity of desiccant and at least one sterile moisture-sensitive material or device, e.g., the aforesaid bioabsorbable staples, clips or instruments containing such staples or clips.

Abstract: A chair has a removable back portion and a base portion connectable by unique female/male tapered connectors attached to the base portion and back portion with the base portion being shaped and dimensioned to be received in a carton having a tapered rear portion provided by diagonal vertical panels on opposite sides of a rear vertical wall panel with the base carton being shaped and dimensioned so that the sum of its girth and height do not total more than 130 inches so that the carton can be shipped by a parcel service shipping company such as UPS rather than by regular freight with the back being separately shipped in a separate package so that total shipping charges are much less than regular freight charges.

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: A prelubricated urinary catheter and package assembly for use in draining the bladder through the urethra comprising an elongate catheter tube with a lubricant on the projecting end thereof and a package assembly receiving the catheter therein an arrangement for isolating the lubricant on the projecting end of the catheter from the rest of the catheter in the catheter receiving cavity.

Abstract: A combined shipping container and reusable lens case and system are provided for the storage, shipment, and consumer use of hydrophilic contact lenses. A plurality of bottomless bases, each including a cavity therein for containing a contact lens, is provided with each base including a universal coupling for enabling each base to be interconnected with another to provide a reusable lens case for a pair of contact lenses. Each base includes threads for engaging a lid in a manner for providing tamper indication upon first removal of each lid from each base. Indicia of lens configuration, or prescription, are imprinted or attached to a side of a bottom for the case in order to provide a permanent record of the lens configuration. The bottomless base and bottoms may be formed from material which enables the heat sealing of the bottom to the bottomless base. In addition, the material of construction is preferrable on which enables the autoclaving to sterility of the lens case.

Abstract: A method for improving the archival properties of a processed photographic film and a storage assembly for achieving the same by placing the film in a sealed container together with molecular sieve zeolites.

Abstract: A method for preserving fresh cut flowers or plant cuttings, which entails:a) subjecting said fresh cut flowers or plant cuttings to a gas mixture containing about 80% to about 98% N.sub.2 O, about 2% to about 20% O.sub.2, with the remainder being N.sub.2 under refrigeration, andb) subjecting said fresh cut flowers or plant cuttings to a gas mixture containing about 50 to about 80% N.sub.2 O, and a minimum of about 20% O.sub.2, with the remainder being N.sub.2 ; or subjecting said fresh cut flowers or plant cuttings to air at a temperature in the range of about 0.degree. C. to temperature.

Abstract: A pillow filling apparatus includes an enclosed housing having an inlet chute for receiving polyester fiber material used as stuffing for the pillow. A pair of pincher rollers feed the fiber material into the housing, and a large fine-toothed roller is mounted adjacent the pinchers such that roller teeth pull and loosen fibers being fed by the pinchers. The large roller rotates at a speed great enough to throw the fibers from the roller into an air chamber. A fan is mounted to one side wall of the housing and produces an air current which is introduced into the air chamber of the housing through an inlet portal and exits the housing through an outlet portal. Fibers thrown by the roller into the air chamber are carried by the air current out of the housing through the outlet portal. A pillow tick is located at the outlet portal of the housing to receive the loosened and fluffed fiber materials.

Abstract: Described is a method of reducing the moisture content in a hermetic package containing a semiconductor device by including a small amount of cyanate ester within the package.

Abstract: A set of drinking cups is provided with a series of individual identifying indicia, which serve to distinguish one cup of the set from another. The indicia may be printed or otherwise applied to the cups. The indicia may also be hidden as the cups are supplied, to be revealed when a mask is removed therefrom.

Abstract: A vial for housing hygroscopic materials such as tableted chemicals contains a desiccant canister secured to the inside at its base. The desiccant canister is punctured immediataly prior to use. The vial containing hygroscopic materials is sealed with a lid that resists the entrance of water vapor into the vial.

Abstract: The packing of a tubular casing segment which has been shired together into a hollow cylindrical shirring formation occurs in a tubular net of such configuration that first, with the shirring accomplished with the aid of an abutment which is movable on the shirring tube, a certain initial segment of the tubular casing length is allowed to be left unshirred. Following termination of the shirring, the shirring tube is withdrawn with the abutment from the tubular shirring formation, and the unshirred tubular casing length segment is narrowed down or swaged and is sealed. Finally the sealed tubular casing length tip is inserted with force into the shirring and together with the shirring is thrust through a cylindrical carrier, in which a tubular net is recovered which is sealed to the tubular shirring. This is turned inside out with the thrusting through of the tubular shirring and surrounds this part along its entire length.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of sterilized plant matter consisting of the steps of; treating coarse chopped plant matter with heat to achieve dehydration, compression filling airtight fiber reinforced plastic bags with dehydrated plant matter, injecting high pressure steam into the dehydrated plant matter while in the bag and sealing the bag. A product consisting of steam sterilized coarse chopped plant matter under vacuum in air tight fiber reinforced plastic bags.

Abstract: Described is a method, and resulting product, for producing a sterile preservative-free areosol contact lens solution comprising; aseptically filling a pre-sterilized aerosol container with a contact lens solution preserved with sufficient hydrogen peroxide; aseptically introducing into the container means, such as a catalyst, for converting the hydrogen peroxide into inert or inactive substances one of which is a suitable propellant; and sealing and storing the container for a time sufficient to complete the inactivation of the hydrogen peroxide and creation of the suitable propellant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a personalized envelope in which is enclosed a personalized letter and a method of enclosing a personalized letter in a personalized mailing envelope. The personalized envelope has a small die-cut in an inconspicuous location through which a number on the enclosed personalized letter can be seen. By matching the number showing in the die-cut to a matching number on the envelope itself it is assured that the enclosed personalized letter is being sent to the correct addressee without reading name on letter.

Abstract: A container is disclosed herein for containing a two part composition consisting of two components in a container with said components isolated in such a manner that they are not mixed with each other. The two components are preserved in an isolated relation to each other prior to use, and if intended to be used, they are mixed together and then placed into service. At least one of said components is jellied by addition of a viscosity modifier thereinto.

Abstract: A mattress consists of two outer layers of cotton material (3), under which there is provided two layers of plastic foam material (1), in that these four layers are sewn together with stitching (4) in such a manner that there are formed compartments or channels which can be filled with particles of synthetic material (2). Such a mattress is capable at one and the same time of dissipating moisture while keeping the body warm by insulation, while simultaneously influencing the body with an advantageous massaging effect which, among other things, prevents bedsores and the like.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for placing multiple crimped flexible pieces into concave formed shells. In the method, a plurality of flat fibrous web pieces are provided on a shuttle device and are picked up and crimped longitudinally by gripper fingers, and each piece is transferred laterally to a location over a formed shell then lowered and inserted into the shell. While the pieces are on the shuttle device they are moved apart from each other. Also, during lateral transfer the crimped pieces are moved longitudinally and are also bowed longitudinally while being placed into the concave formed shells. Suitable apparatus is also disclosed for picking up and crimping the flexible pieces and laterally transferring the pieces and placing them in the concave formed shells.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for absorbing moisture when moisture constraints are present. The moisture absorbing compositions include a curable epoxy resin, a curing agent, and an anhydride of a carboxylic acid. In one embodiment, the anhydride component is present in an amount sufficient both to cure the resin and to absorb the moisture. In other embodiments, a separate curing agent is included. Methods employing such compositions as adhesives or coatings, particularly in electronic device packaging, also are disclosed.

Abstract: A conveyor belt of medium-soft thick material is advanced, and a film of polymer material is laid thereon to advance therewith. A moldable material, usually a food material, is extruded onto the advancing base film. A portion-forming wheel having portion cavities around the periphery thereof is positioned with its portion cavities facing the conveyor belt. A cover film is fed onto the portion-forming wheel and is preferably drawn into the portion cavities. As the conveyor belt advances, the portion cavities cut the extrusion of moldable material into individual portions which are enclosed by the two films as the conveyor belt advances. The portion cavities have portion-cutting walls therebetween, and a ramped area around the cavity squeezes all of the moldable material into the portion cavities.

Abstract: An ultra-light structure is produced by continuously molding a green sand core, forming a material in the mold pattern in the core which solidifies to form a solidified framework, removing the green sand core and wrapping the resultant solidified framework structure in a material.

Abstract: A novel aseptic process for the preparation of intravenous and other pharmaceutical products, especially parenteral solution is provided as well as the pharmaceutical products produced thereby. The process involves ambient temperature mixing, filtering and filling in special enclosures, the surfaces of which have been rendered free of pathogenic organisms. The enclosures are further provided with sterile air by filtration through high efficiency particulate air filters. Positive pressure sterile air is caused to flow across the enclosure in a unidirectional, substantially lateral flow pattern in a generally diagonal direction, to effect a sweeping of sterile air in a continuous manner through the enclosure. Compounding of ingredients preferably is conducted in a separate enclosure from the filtration and filling processes. The apparatus is free of pathogenic organisms and includes a novel backflow pressure manifold system to control internal pressure exerted in the filtering and filling tubing.

Abstract: To load several self-propelled vehicles in a container with optimum utilization of the available volume in the container, the front axle and wheels are replaced by a smaller auxiliary wheel which is attached to the front end of the vehicle. The rear wheels are replaced by smaller auxiliary wheels. The resulting reduction in vehicle height and front end width makes it possible to locate more vehicles than previously possible into an open top, shipping container. The vehicles as modified for shipping are still driveable and steerable and thus, may be loaded and unloaded from the container by driving the vehicle under its own power.

Abstract: A plurality of elongated articles such as french fried potato strips are aligned with their longitudinal axes substantially parallel and packaged in such aligned condition by the apparatus and method of the invention. The articles are prealigned by a vibrating conveyor having longitudinal partitions dividing it into four tracks, so that the longitudinal axes of such articles are substantially parallel to their direction of travel which forms acute angle of about 45.degree. with the front wall of an alignment container into which the articles are fed. The alignment container is vibrated at a different frequency than the vibrating conveyor in order to settle and to further align the elongated articles with their longitudinal axes substantially parallel to the front wall of such container.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for filling pharmaceutical products which contain 10 to 98% by weight of a phospholipide and which are highly viscous at room temperature, into hard capsules by admixing to such products a solvent or mixture of solvents in particular amounts, said solvent or solvent mixture having particular evaporation properties, and ejecting the resulting product from a usual filler nozzle under particular conditions, and closing the filled capsule with its cap.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for filling pharmaceutical products which are highly viscous at room temperature, into hard capsules by admixing to such products a solvent or mixture of solvents in particular amounts, said solvent or solvent mixture having particular evaporation properties, and ejecting the resulting product from a usual filler nozzle under particular conditions, and closing the filled capsule with its cap.

Abstract: Articles (16, 18) are shrink mounted onto a stiff carrier or backing (10) and simultaneously selectively masked for paint spraying of the interiors of the articles (16, 18). The articles (16, 18) are secured to the backing (10) by a thin gauge plastic film (20) drawn under heat to shrink its dimensions while a vacuumizing head (50, 51) forms portions of the film to effect masking of selected edges (26, 28, 29) of the articles (16, 18). The interiors of the articles may be spray painted through openings (30, 31) in the backing (10), with the masked edges (17, 19, 26, 28, 29) of the articles (16, 18) protected from the paint (38).

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a packaged pet collar which includes preparing a blended composition of a vinylic resin, an ectoparasiticidally effective amount of recrystallized phosmet and a plasticizer, extruding the composition into a continuous length, cutting the extruded length into individual segments, affixing a buckle, and thereafter packaging the resultant pet collar in a pouch of spunbonded olefin. The packaged collar is characterized by the absence of offensive mercaptan type odor upon opening the package.

Abstract: A preservation device for wine remaining in containers from which a substantial portion of the contents has been dispensed. The preservation device includes a dispensing nozzle which is mountable in the container pouring opening and which is adjustable therein to juxtapose the dispensing end of the nozzle in contiguity to the surface of the remaining wine. Cooperative with the dispensing nozzle is a mount which maintains the dispensing nozzle in the pouring opening during the dispensing of a pressurized gas through the dispensing nozzle. The gas is maintained in a cylinder or capsule which is connected by connecting means to the nozzle and the mount for the nozzle includes fluid passage means permitting the bypassing of excess gas from the container during the dispensing of the gas from the dispensing end of the nozzle.

Abstract: Retractile cords disposed in a U-shaped configuration are arranged about the periphery of a turntable with the ends of each cord adjacent to the peripheral edge being terminated with modular plugs. As a cord having its ends terminated with modular plugs is moved into a last work station, a pickup arm removes the cord. As the plug-ends are moved outwardly from the turntable, a middle section of the U-shaped cord is engaged by a snagging pin that is moved into one portion of a foldable tray to hold the middle section of the cord as the plug ends are moved farther along above the tray. The plugs are released, and the cord retracts and drops into the tray. Then the snagging pin is retracted, and the tray is caused to be folded to form an opening beween portions of the tray. The cord descends through the opening into an open end of a bag formed between two plies of a plastic material. The plies are bonded together adjacent to the open end and the bag is separated from its supply.

Abstract: A method for packaging and shaping sanitary napkins (10) in a container (44) is described. The method comprises advancing a succession of pre-moistened, embossed sanitary napkins (10) along a predetermined path (30), deflecting the ends of the napkins (10) by means of deflector guides (32) to impart a non-planar shape to the napkins (10), introducing the napkins (10) into a container (44) which provides packaging therefor, and reducing the moisture content in the napkins (10). After the moisture content is sufficiently reduced, e.g., as by evaporation during commercial storage or shipment, the napkins (10) retain their non-planar, curved shape after removal from the container (44) for individual use.

Abstract: A dry preparation having a foam-like and, respectively, fleece-like structure obtained by freeze-drying consists, apart from thrombin in at least catalytically active amounts, substantially of approx. 10 to 95% by weight of fibrin and approx. 5 to 90% by weight of fibrinogen. For the preparation thereof, fibrin is produced in situ in an aqueous solution containing fibrinogen and thrombin and the resultant reaction mixture is deep-frozen and lyophilized. As further constituents of the dry preparation active substances such as e.g. antibiotics, natural bone material and/or a synthetic, bone-forming substitute, glycoproteins, coagulation-conducive substances and the like and/or fibrinolysis inhibitors come into consideration. The dry preparation is provided mainly for use as a wound toilet material, as a filling material for bone cavities and/or as a supporting material for further active substances.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for making a series of coil springs pocketed within individual pockets in an elongate fabric strip comprised of two overlying plies capable of being thermally welded together. The fabric strip is fed along a guide path during which compressed coil springs are inserted between the piles with the axes of the springs substantially normal to the planes of the plies, whereafter the fabric plies are thermally welded together longitudinally and transversly to form a series of connected pocketed springs. After thermal welding, the pocketed springs are passed through a turner assembly during which the coil springs are reoriented within the fabric pockets to positions wherein the axes of the springs are transverse to the fabric strip.

Abstract: A spermicidally active, lubricated prophylactic and method for making same is disclosed. The prophylactic is formed by dip-coating and unrolling the prophylactic and a specific lubricant, polyethylene glycol, and a spermicide are dispensed into the rolled prophylactic, the lubricant causing migration of the spermicide throughout the rolled device.

Abstract: A container for capturing and facilitating the processing of particles produced during the abrading of a substance. The container comprises at least one surface formed to receive the particles produced during the abrading of the substance, a mechanism for retaining the particles contacting the surface and at least one material having at least one physical property altered during the normal processing of the collected particles such that the particles are separated from the container, where normal processing generally effects the consolidation and refining of the collected particles.

Abstract: Compositions and sheet materials for inhibiting the corrosion of metals, particularly aluminum and ferrous metals, and alloys thereof. The compositions comprise as their essential active ingredient an alkali metal salt of an unsaturated organic acid, especially a potassium salt of an acrylic acid such as sorbic acid. The compositions, when embodied in, or carried on, various sheet materials, provide protection for metal surfaces both in direct contact with the sheet materials as well as for those areas of the metal surfaces not in direct contact with the sheet materials.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for mixing at least two parenteral solutions, sterilizing the resulting mixture, and transferring the sterilized mixture into an extensible, plastic receiving bag. The apparatus includes a mixing chamber into which the solutions can be delivered, a bacterial organism retentive filter for sterilizing the mixture of the solutions received from the chamber, such a receiving bag, tubing for transferring each of the solutions to be chamber, and second tubing for transferring the sterilized mixture from the filter to the bag. All are combined and then sterilized as a unit. In one embodiment of the invention, the bag is placed in a vacuum chamber to facilitate transfer of the mixture through the apparatus and the mixing chamber has a baffle or system of baffles for creating turbulence in the solutions while they are being mixed.

Abstract: With the process, pasta products are packed in serving portions, ready for sale. For doing this, the pasta products are separated into serving portions prior to drying and packing into the package. In order to avoid mechanical breakage, provision is made, when separating the pasta products, to lay at least one serving of pasta product onto a carrying member of the at least two-part package. Afterward, the carrying member is combined with the remaining packaging members into a package.

Abstract: A grouping of straight tubes, bundled and packed for shipment, having the tube ends on one end of the bundle deformed for locating and supporting the tubes in a tube sheet, with the deformations located and produced in a manner resulting in a compact shipping package and improvements in handling at the job site and place of manufacture.