Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410077 | Storage container and dispenser for rolled web products A container is disclosed for storage and dispensing of web roll products such as gift wrap. The container includes an elongated housing. A cylindrical barrel assembly is rotatably supported within the housing, and includes a plurality of roll storage cavities each h... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370826 | Toilet paper dispenser housing a roll, toilet paper roll and dispenser The toilet paper dispenser as claimed for the invention including a housing (6) in which is housed a roll (3) of a paper strip (2), which has perforations transverse to strip (2) defining rectangular paper sheets (5) whose width is... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367520 | Controlled dispensing roll This invention relates to paper rolls for sanitary or home use intended to operate in conjunction with a dispensing system. According to one essential feature of the invention, the roll includes internally a means intended to brake its unwinding. Thus, the consumpti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7204443 | Roll of polyvinyl alcohol film and polarizing film prepared therefrom A polyvinyl alcohol film roll including a cylindrical core tube made of a metallic material and having a surface roughness of at most 100 S and a polyvinyl alcohol film wound up around the cylindrical core tube, the film roll being obtained by forming the film from ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198220 | Method of winding two overlapped sheets with preapplied seam tape EPDM or other roof membrane with preapplied seam tape is formed into a roll by forming two sheets and placing one on top of the other. The seam tape of the first sheet is at one end and facing one direction whereas the seam tape of the adjoining sheet is at the oppo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7143448 | Bib for catching waste A bib for catching waste, food and/or liquids which comprises a panel sized to cover and protect the chest of a person. A structure on an upper portion of the panel is for suspending the panel from a neck of a person. A bowl is integrally formed onto a lower portion... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7115316 | Anti-telescoping adhesive tape product 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 sli... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044411 | Method of winding sheeting with filler strips A method of rolling a membrane sheeting having a preapplied seam tape is disclosed. In order to provide a uniform diameter of the formed roll, filler strips are placed along the field portion of the membrane sheeting parallel to the seam tape. This is then rolled up... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017855 | Method in reeling and a reel-up Successive machine reels are reeled from a paper web (W) so the machine reel (R) that is becoming full is reeled in contact with a movable pressing device (5) at a second reeling nip (N2) in a final stationary reeling station apart from a device (1 | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018118 | Hub and detectable spool An improved detectable spool for use with a ribbon includes an improved hub which includes a core and an indication member. The indication member is a generally planar metallic member that is substantially embedded in or is otherwise mounted to the core, with the in... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011228 | Sealable container cover A sealable container cover includes both an elastic edge and an adhesive edge for sealing the container cover to the wall or walls of a container. The elastic material around the expandable opening of the container cover may be attached directly to the edge of the c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998018 | Method and apparatus for making a creped tissue with improved tactile qualities while improving handling of the web A creped tissue paper is made by creping a tissue paper from a drying cylinder with a creping doctor, receiving the creped web on a carrying fabric, carrying the creped web on the carrying fabric through a compression nip that compresses the web to substantially red... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6918561 | Shell assembly for winding tire cord strip or belt cord strip A sell assembly for winding cord strip which is used in manufacturing industrial belts. The shell assembly includes a core body including a reinforcing portion configured in such a manner that each of flanges is attached to either end of a square pipe made of metal ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6866222 | Spool for a roll dispenser A spool for a roll dispenser having a hub, an empty sapce between the hub and the roll, and a flat plate attached to one of the sides of the hub. The roll has a triangular or rectangular core. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6866213 | Rolled web products having a web wound in an oscillating fashion An apparatus and method is disclosed for winding a web about a central axis and a rotating mandrel to form a roll. A rolled web product with an alternating winding pattern may be manufactured. A feeding mechanism provides a running web to be wound into a roll. A ret... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6676065 | Web winding method and apparatus therefor 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 ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6655618 | Indicator of the proper direction of exit of paper and of other materials in rolls It is presented here an invention which aims at providing a simple indicator of direction for the exit of paper and of other materials in rolls of the respective materials installed as rotate reels. The invention is characterised by presenting a column fo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6637593 | Laced electrode coil and method of making A welding electrode wire coil and a method of making the same comprises embedding the inner end of the electrode wire between adhesively bonded convolutions of a wound core made of paper to secure the wire end thereto. The coil is completed by winding the... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6632311 | Tape roll tab application method and article A method of making a roll of adhesive tape that comprises providing a length of tape having a leading end, a trailing end, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the second side of the tape is at least partially covered with pres... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6629657 | Method and apparatus to wind a tape around a rotatable reel A method and apparatus to dispose a tape around the hub portion of a rotatable reel disposed within a tape cartridge, said hub including a pair of flanges extending outwardly therefrom and arranged to contain said tape, each of said flanges having an inne... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6536707 | Moistened tissue dispenser with ejection mechanism and paper roll package for use therein A device for holding and dispensing moistened tissue from a roll includes a housing having a cylindrical wall, a fixed end wall and an opposite removable end wall to allow placement of the tissue roll on an integral tubular dowel in the housing. A hinged ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6428221 | Package with web roll and take-up core Disclosed are various embodiments of packaging for a roll of a web which is attached to a take-up core. The web is arranged so that it packages the roll together with the core, ready for shipment without the need for additional packaging. The web can incl... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6383590 | Tear-along structure of a sheet material The present invention relates to a tear-along structure of a sheet material, comprising a polygonal core lining, a roll of membrane substrate of the sheet material, wrapped around the polygonal core lining, and a slit cut at least one edge of the roll cor... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6358586 | Packaging strap coil and method for producing the same, packaging strap coil unit and packaging machine equipped with strap coil reel The present invention relates to: a packaging strap coil and its production method, wherein the innermost strap end is securely fixed to prevent un-winding thereof and the strap can be smoothly drawn out to the innermost end for strap-packaging of an item... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6257410 | Dispensable products having end-wise indicia A spiral wound product having indicia thereon. The indicia are disposed on the ends of the product, resulting in less ink usage while providing a functional benefit or an aesthetically-pleasing pattern which can last for the life of the product. Optionall... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6224277 | Ink ribbon with adhesive for attaching end of ribbon to supply roll Disclosed are various embodiments of packaging for a roll of a web which is attached to a take-up core. The web is arranged so that it packages the roll together with the core, ready for shipment without the need for additional packaging. The web can incl... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6179235 | Collaspe resistant center feed roll and process of making thereof The center feed roll may include a wound sheet material having lessened wound tension due to exposure to moisture. This exposure may prevent the inward collapse of sheet material into the core of the center feed roll.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6162529 | Film roll of a thermoplastic resin film A film roll in which the distance from the center line of the film roll to the edge of the film extending in a film winding direction is slightly changed in a film breadthwise direction.... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6068209 | Sheet pay-out device and sheet roll for the same In a sheet pay-out device for paying out a sheet from a sheet roll, the sheet roll is subjected to a rotational resistance which increases with the diminishing outer diameter of the sheet roll as the sheet is paid out therefrom so that the tension acting ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6029921 | Centerpull paper product A facial quality paper usable with a center feed roll dispenser. The paper has a plurality of perforations for permitting detachment of paper sections from the loose paper end of the roll. A linear density of six perforations or less per inch are formed a... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5848756 | Method and device for the continuous winding up of a moving web A method and device for the winding up of a moving web of paper (9) on a reel spool (11), as large a part as possible of the developing wound roll (12) having a high degree of winding hardness (WH), characterized by the fact that a relatively soft interme... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5839680 | Machine and method for the formation of coreless logs of web material There is disclosed a rewinding machine for the production of logs (R) of web material (N) without central winding core. It comprises a first winder roller (11) around which the webmaterial is driven and a second winder roller (13) defining, with the first... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5816525 | Winding core Winding core (10) for the winding of a web of pressure-sensitive material, which has a bituminous covering (23) which affords a supporting pressure for at least the central portion of the web which is uniform over the circumference of the core.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5795638 | Arrangement for the attachment of a paper web leading edge on a paper supply roll An arrangement for the attachment of a paper web leading edge on a paper supply roll utilizes a rapidly setting material, such as a hot melt adhesive in the form of beads, drops or dots to attach the leading edge of the first paper web layer to the second... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5746379 | Method of producing coreless toilet paper roll and coreless toilet paper roll produced thereby In producing a coreless toilet paper roll, a shaft is placed near an end portion of paper, and an adhesive is applied to either one of two sides of the paper relative to the shaft without providing to the shaft. The end of the paper is turned onto the oth... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5722608 | Coreless roll of web material A coreless roll of web material is made by winding a web material around a mandrel. The mandrel has a plurality of radially extending projections at spaced intervals. The free end of the web material is then pressed against the mandrel by a pressure rolle... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5704566 | Paper towel roll with variegated perforations A roll of paper toweling is dispensed from the opening of a dispenser due to a manual pulling force applied to the toweling. The toweling is separated into a plurality of toweling segments by a plurality of spaced tear lines, the tear lines being straight... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5647547 | Paper supply roll leading edge securement A paper supply roll leading edge securement, which is usable particularly during a flying roll change, utilizes an adhesive having sensor detectable constituents. This adhesive can be applied to or across the leading edge of the first layer of the paper w... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5558223 | Packing for paper rolls In order to package paper, such as gift-wrapping, packaging, shelf-lining and book-binding paper in the form of rolls in such a way that the packaging envelope itself is formed by the paper, the paper roll (10) is provided with an opening aid (20) dispose... | 09/24/1996 |
