Patent classifications
B65H2402/443
ROLL-UP DEVICE AND WRAPPING SYSTEM
A wrapping or roll-up device including a base, one or more connectors, an arm, and a handle. In embodiments, one or more connectors are connected to the base and are configured to connect the device to a wall or support structure, and/or the arm includes an aperture. In embodiments, a handle includes an extended portion and a grip portion, and at least a portion of the extended portion is configured to extend through the aperture. Further, with embodiments, the extended portion includes a slot disposed about an end of the extended portion. Embodiments may include a tensioner. Methods for wrapping or rolling up an article such as a wrap are also disclosed.
MANUAL BYPASS TRAY HAVING OPENING FOR ACCOMMODATING PROJECTION STICKING OUT FROM SIDE FACE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MAIN BODY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A manual bypass tray includes a tray main body and an auxiliary tray. A placement surface of the tray main body is provided with an opening The tray main body includes an opening cover. The auxiliary tray includes a recess. The opening cover is displaced to a retracted posture, thereby being accommodated inside the recess, together with a protruding portion protruding from a side face of a main body of an image forming apparatus, when the tray main body is in a storage position with the auxiliary tray accommodated therein, displaced to a closing posture, when the tray main body is in a sheet feeding position with the auxiliary tray accommodated therein, and displaced to a closing posture when the tray main body is in the sheet feeding position, with the auxiliary tray drawn out from the inside of the tray main body.
Compact manual dunnage conversion apparatus
A manually-operated dunnage conversion apparatus includes a housing, a support mounted in the housing and configured to support a supply of sheet material for dispensing from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and one or both of (a) a guide member mounted in the housing downstream of the support and providing a resilient surface across which the sheet material may be drawn to restrict tearing of the sheet material as it is drawn from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and (b) a tensioning assembly mounted in the housing and configured to apply a compressive force between opposite axial sides of the housing to control the force necessary to dispense the supply of sheet material. Except for the tensioning assembly, the apparatus may be made of paper-based products, making the apparatus recyclable, reusable, and composed of a renewable resource, as well as inexpensive to manufacture.
Dispenser
The dispenser may include a housing that includes an inner cavity for select reception and retention of a tape ribbon. A cap may be movable between a closed position to enclose the inner cavity and the tape ribbon therein and an open position providing access to the tape ribbon in the inner cavity of the housing. Furthermore, the dispenser may also include a dispense channel having a size and shape for selectively dispensing the tape ribbon out from within the inner cavity when the cap is in the closed position. Moreover, a safety wall may extend outwardly from the dispense channel and form an enclosure shielding opposite sides of a free end of the tape ribbon extending through the dispense channel, while permitting front on hand access of the free end for continued select dispensing.
Nonwoven fabric dispenser
A nonwoven fabric dispenser is provided with fixation elements attached to the body of the dispenser and a cutter assembly attached to a lid of the dispenser. Nonwoven fabric stock is secured by the fabric engagement structures when the lid of the dispenser is in a closed configuration and the cutter assembly is configured to separate a sheet of the nonwoven fabric stock of a desired length.
Rolled Sheet Dispenser Assembly
A rolled sheet dispenser assembly for dispensing a cutting a selected length of a rolled sheet includes a housing that has a plurality of mounting holes integrated for mounting to a horizontal support surface. The housing has a dispensing slot extending into an interior of the housing to facilitate a rolled sheet positioned in the housing to be drawn outwardly through the dispensing slot. A pair of holders is each of the holders is coupled to the housing to engage a respective end of the rolled sheet. A base is removably attachable to the housing and a cutter is slidably coupled to the base. The cutter is slidable laterally along the base to cut the length of rolled sheet that has been drawn outwardly from the housing.
Accommodating device and image forming apparatus
An accommodating device includes: a main body portion; a pulling-out portion on which recording media are loaded, the pulling-out portion being capable of being pulled out from the main body portion; a prevention portion configured to prevent the pulling-out portion from being pulled out by being locked to the main body portion in a state where the pulling-out portion is housed in the main body portion; and a fixing portion configured to fix the pulling-out portion to the main body portion in the state where the pulling-out portion is housed in the main body portion.
Wrapping Material Roll Storage and Dispensing Device
The present invention relates to a wrapping material storage and dispensing device. The device has a plurality of containers, wherein each container is configured to store a wrapping material roll and has a sliding cutter to dispense and tear a fixed and desired length of the wrapping material sheet from each roll. Each container has a pair of rollers that enable rolling of the wrapping material roll when the wrapping material is dispensed. The device includes suction cups at the base and/or rear to secure the container(s) on a counter surface or mount to a wall. The device easily stores, organizes, conserves and enables single-handed pulling out or dispensing of specific lengths of wrapping material.
DISPENSER CARTON BLANK AND ASSEMBLY
A blank forms a dispenser carton. The dispenser carton receives a rolled sheet to form a dispenser carton assembly. The dispenser carton has a top panel. A dispensing state of the dispenser carton the top panel includes a pair of locking tabs with notches received by a pair of flaps of side panels of the dispenser carton. The pair of flaps each have flap notches. The flap notches provide a gap between a top panel flange and a front panel of the dispenser carton. The pair of locking tabs are received into flap apertures of the pair of flaps. A pair of triangular gaps separate a portion of a back panel of the dispenser carton from left and right side panels to bias the pair of locking tabs against stops of the pair of flaps. A bottom panel of the dispenser carton includes a bottom aperture.
WEB MATERIAL DISPENSER
A web material dispenser for housing two or more rolls is provided. The web material dispenser includes a housing having a fixed housing portion provided with a first roll support assembly coupled thereto for supporting a first roll of web material. The housing further has a movable housing portion, movable between a closed position and an open position, provided with a second roll support assembly coupled thereto for supporting a second roll of web material. The fixed and movable housing portions defining a housing chamber therebetween when the movable portion is in the closed position, for at least partially enclosing the two or more rolls of web material within the housing chamber. The movable portion is moved to the open position for providing access to the two or more rolls and allowing replacement of at least one of the first and second rolls.