Patent ID: 6048676
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B65D,G03C

Abstract:
A light-tight package comprising in the package as shipped:a supporting core;a roll of light-sensitive strip material, coiled on the core, the roll having two opposite end surfaces;a substantially straight, light-tight end cover for each end surface of the roll, each end cover:being light-tightly attached to the corresponding end of the core;having a buckling value B larger than 0.05 N; andeach end cover comprising:a first disc having a first buckling value B.sub.1 ; anda second disc having a second buckling value B.sub.2, larger than the first buckling value B.sub.1 ;each first disc being positioned between the corresponding end surface of the roll and the corresponding second disc, anda light-tight flexible circumferential cover secured to the coiled strip material and covering the outermost convolution thereof, the circumferential cover having a width in excess of the coiled strip material, and being light-tightly attached to the end covers.