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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100261 | Dental floss package A dental floss package includes a box-shaped body, wherein the dental floss can be housed in the form of a spool, a cutting blade and a closing body, as well as an additional body (3, 23) provided with an aperture (3c) for the fastening thereof ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7958996 | Welding wire package A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of welding wire. The package having an outer layer with a bottom and an outer side wall having an upper edge defining a box opening for removing the wire from the package. The package further including an inne... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7419053 | Container for receiving printed web A container for receiving printed wallpaper from a wallpaper printing system, the wallpaper printing system including a winding area adapted to receive the container, the container comprising: a casing able to be closed to envelope the printed wallpaper; a core abou... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7377388 | Welding wire package A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of welding wire. The package having an outer layer with a bottom and an outer side wall having an upper edge defining a box opening for removing the wire from the package. The package further including an inne... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370825 | Towel roll holder and dispenser and blank for forming container for the towel roll holder and dispenser A towel roll holder and dispenser has a housing for receiving a towel roll therewithin. The housing has a pair of sidewalls, a base connected to the sidewalls for mounting the housing on a support surface, and a pair of cover members pivotable in opposing directions... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367452 | Retainer ring for a wire package and method of using the same A retainer ring is provided for use in a welding wire package having looped magnetic welding wire. The ring is a flat sheet of flexible permanent magnet material with an outer periphery and an inner periphery and includes printed material on the ring which can be cu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347395 | Box for transportation and dispensing items to be used in garages A box for supplying items to be used in garages includes a portion being made of cardboard, a plurality of side walls and of front walls. The items may be seat covers, steering wheel covers, floor carpets, trash bags, replacement parts bags, foils for sealing the in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325683 | Welding wire container 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 afte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309038 | Endless wire container and method of using the same A container for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one the container to another container. The coil of welding wire, including a coiled portion having a top and a bottom, a first extension of wire e... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7281629 | End piece and wide line ribbon package A package for a wide line, film ribbon which utilizes a pair of spaced-apart end pieces which engages a pair of spaced-apart end pieces engaging the end edges of the ribbon roll stored within the roll in multiple turns. A sheet of corrugated material is formed into ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275708 | Dispenser for rolled sheet material In one embodiment, the apparatus for dispensing rolled sheet material comprises: a roll of sheet material oriented around a roll axis, and a disposable member disposed around the roll. The disposable member comprises a front wall disposed adjacent an end of the roll... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255298 | Magazine and image recording apparatus in which magazine is used In a magazine, when a lid is opened for loading a recording material, a discrimination pin is unlocked and shifted from a first position to a second position. When a magazine is set to a printer processor, a positioning pin presses the discrimination pin to shift to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252194 | Trash container liner dispenser box including a reinforcing insert A dispenser for trash container liners including a rigid box containing a supply of liners in the form of a cylindrical roll of a continuous strip of liners. The liners extend through an open slot in the top of the box and the innermost liner of the roll is securely... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246703 | Guitar string case A packaging system for musical instrument strings comprising: a cylindrical disk-shaped casing comprising a top casing member and a mate-able bottom casing member; and at least one insertable string module, said module comprising a flat disk for supporting a wound s... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240875 | Yarn carrier 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 s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226562 | Liquid analysis cartridge The present invention provides an apparatus and method for storing a particle-containing liquid. The storage apparatus comprises a microfluidic convoluted flow channel having a plurality of particle capture regions. The storage channel is preferably an isotropic spa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222734 | Welding wire package with lifting strap A package for containing a coil of wire having an outer cylindrical surface extending about a coil axis, a top and an oppositely facing bottom has a base for supporting the bottom of a wire coil when the wire coil is in the package. At least one side wall extends up... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210407 | Wallpaper printing franchise method Franchising an on-demand wallpaper printing business comprises a number of steps. Franchisees are provided with an on-demand printer. The printer is built into a cabinet in which is located a media path which extends from a media loading area to a printhead and from... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204452 | Dispenser for elongate material A dispenser for an elongate material is provided having a support and a spool rotatably mounted in the support. The spool includes a core and two ends extending radially outward from the core. At least one ring on the support encircles a respective end of the spool.... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201272 | Consumer tote for wallpaper printer A consumer tote for a roll of wallpaper is disclosed. The tote has a disposable exterior with a main access flap and a pair of core access openings, one at each end. The tote has an interior in which may be located a disposable core. The core aligns with the access ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198152 | Welding wire container with ribbed walls and mating retainer ring A package for containing and dispensing a coil of welding wire having a coil axis parallel to a package axis, a coil top transverse to the coil axis and radially inner and outer surfaces parallel to the coil axis. The welding wire package includes a container having... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191978 | Media web cartridge for a printing system A media web cartridge for storing a media web to be introduced into a wallpaper printing system, the wallpaper printing system including a region to receive the media web cartridge and feed the media web past a printhead at least as wide as the width of the media we... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191968 | System for handling welding wire and method of handling welding wire using the system A coiled supply of welding wire in combination with a container. The container has a main body defining an upwardly opening receptacle with bottom wall and a radially inwardly facing surface on a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The container... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178669 | Tire storage system A tire storage system is disclosed, for securely storing one or more tires. The tire storage system consists of two identical tire caps and a connecting spacer. One of the tire caps is placed horizontally on a flat surface. The used tire is placed upon one of the ti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172070 | Wire-coil packaging drum with improved bottom assembly A game machine (2, 200) which includes a playing field (6, 301) traversed by objects, such as balls (320). The playing field can have plural drop zones (381–383) which can be selected by the player using deflectors (108–110) th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7152735 | Cover for a recyclable container A removable cover for a container and a container having the removable cover. The cover may be adapted with an opening to enable wire to pass through the cover with the cover disposed on the container. The container may be adapted to be lifted by inserting a fork, o... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147102 | Consumer tote with core A consumer tote for a roll of wallpaper is provided. The tote comprises a disposable exterior in which formed a main access flap and a pair of axially disposed core access openings. The tote has an interior in which is located a disposable core which is aligned with... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7077268 | Packaging for a reel of magnetic tape Described is a packaging (10) for a magnetic tape reel (12) wound on to a core element (32), comprising a tray element (14) with a bottom (16) from which a central centering projection (20) for centeredly fixing the core ele... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048121 | Sealed case A sealed case includes an elongated trunk member including an overlapped part made by overlapping parts of an inside end portion and an outside end portion apart from each other in a vertical axis direction of a sheet material and first and second end portions each ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043888 | Wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method for manufacturing same A wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method of assembling same are disclosed. The wound film dispenser includes a base to which a lid is hingedly attached via a fold. The interior end walls of the base include false walls which are biased into the base.... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025300 | Optimus csb (installation) dispensing tool and multi-belt hoisting clamp A method and apparatus for installing a plurality of coated steel belts as tension members for an elevator system. A dispenser is employed that retains a plurality of rolled steel belts aligned vertically in said dispenser. An axel passing through the side walls of ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017742 | Recyclable container adapted for movement by a lifting device and method for making same A container for storing material, such as welding wire. The container is adapted to be lifted by inserting a fork, or other lifting member, of a lifting device into the container. The container may comprise a fiber drum having one or more openings, or recesses, adap... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000520 | Roll supporting slide cutter assembly incorporating a traversable cutter tab and in particular capable of being supported within a carton enclosure associated with a wrap material roll A slide cutter assembly for use in sectioning lengths of a packaging material drawn from a roll. The device includes an elongated and shaped body. A first roll supporting portion is located at a first end of said body and a second roll supporting portion is likewise... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000801 | Combination adjustable diameter drinking vessel sleeve and recyclable beverage coaster A drinking vessel sleeve includes a sleeve side wall sheet having a first side wall sheet end and a second side wall sheet end and being coiled into a tubular sleeve configuration having a sleeve circumference so that the first side wall sheet end is radially spaced... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994291 | End-board for a core-wound roll product packaging system An end-board for supporting and handling a core-wound roll of material, such as a roll of polymer film. The end-board includes a support plate having a product face, an outer face, a core support aperture, and a core channel, the core support aperture adapted to sup... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964149 | Method for automatically packaging products An automatic packaging system has a first feed mechanism for feeding a light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow A, an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from the light-shielded photosensitive roll, measuring and c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948680 | Device and method for storing electric cable and electric cable components A device and method for storing an electric cable of predetermined length and at least one electric cable component. The device comprises a reel having a drum around which the electric cable can be wound and a pair of flanges disposed about the drum, the drum and fl... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938767 | Container for welding wire A container for welding wire comprises a box-like body having a bottom and a side wall, the side wall having a polygonal cross section with corners, and stabilizing elements arranged at at least some of the corners. The stabilizing elements extend upwardly from the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920979 | Tape dispenser and hang tag for use therewith A tape dispenser and a hang tag for use therewith are disclosed. The tape dispenser includes a front and back that are joined together to form a housing that holds a roll of adhesive tape. A hang tag is provided to attach the tape dispenser to a display board. The h... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908007 | Portable paper dispenser apparatus A portable paper dispenser apparatus is provided for dispensing a layer of paper from a roll of paper and includes a base member. First and second side supports are attached to respective first and second ends of the base member and project upward therefrom. Respect... | 06/21/2005 |
