Rolled film and pallet construction
First Claim
1. A rolled film and pallet combination comprising(a) a pallet comprising four longitudinal top stringers, three transverse ribs, and four longitudinal bottom stringers, two of the longitudinal top and two of the longitudinal bottom stringers being located opposite each other at the ends of the transverse ribs, the other of the two longitudinal top and the two longitudinal bottom stringers being located opposite each other on the ribs intermediate the ends of the ribs to define four sets of aligned top and bottom stringers with aligned top and bottom spaces between the end stringers and the intermediate stringers, and(b) four rolls of plastic film, each wound on a core with the ends of the cores extending beyond the ends of the rolls a distance less than one half the distance between the outer surfaces of each pair of the top and bottom stringers, the rolls being positioned on the top surface of the top stringers with the ends of the cores being located in the spaces between the end stringers and the adjacent intermediate stringers.
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Abstract
A rolled film and pallet combination for storing rolls of film material wound on a core whose ends extend past the ends of the rolls, with the pallet being symmetrical and having aligned openings in the top and bottom to accommodate the core ends. The pallet comprises spaced pairs of longitudinal stringers which define the top and bottom of the pallet and spaced transverse ribs which are positioned between the pairs of longitudinal stringers to define the aligned openings in the top and bottom of the pallet into which the core ends are placed. The pallets are symmetrical so they can be rotated 90° in any direction and still be packed the same. The pallets can also be turned top for bottom. The rolls of film are packed in paperboard containers so that the core ends protrude through openings in the ends of the containers into the pallet openings.
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1. A rolled film and pallet combination comprising
(a) a pallet comprising four longitudinal top stringers, three transverse ribs, and four longitudinal bottom stringers, two of the longitudinal top and two of the longitudinal bottom stringers being located opposite each other at the ends of the transverse ribs, the other of the two longitudinal top and the two longitudinal bottom stringers being located opposite each other on the ribs intermediate the ends of the ribs to define four sets of aligned top and bottom stringers with aligned top and bottom spaces between the end stringers and the intermediate stringers, and (b) four rolls of plastic film, each wound on a core with the ends of the cores extending beyond the ends of the rolls a distance less than one half the distance between the outer surfaces of each pair of the top and bottom stringers, the rolls being positioned on the top surface of the top stringers with the ends of the cores being located in the spaces between the end stringers and the adjacent intermediate stringers.
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