Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4549933 | Doctor blade with non-homogeneous stiffness properties A composite doctor blade with non-homogeneous stiffness properties and having a plurality of juxtaposed fibrous layers which are encapsulated in an epoxy resin. The composite blade has a fibrous core, intermediate uni-directional graphite fiber layers and... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4540610 | Hot melt size applying An apparatus and method effect application of molten size to textile yarns, such as spun yarns. An applicator cylinder is rotatable about a horizontal axis and has a number of grooves circumferentially formed in its surface, with peaked lands between the ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4537130 | Stripper for a roller cleaning device A stripper for a printing machine cleaning device includes a shaped pressure hose, which is disposed parallel to the roller of the printing machine that is to be cleaned. The cross-sectional shape of the hose can be varied by being pressurized. The surfac... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4533236 | Charge particle removal device Magnetic brush cleaner for removing residual charged particles such as toner from a charge-retentive surface such as a photoreceptor. The brush cleaner has a bias voltage applied thereto for establishing an electrostatic field for aiding in toner removal.... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4533036 | Conveyor belt scraper A plurality of molded, resilient elastomer blade supports are mounted on and keyed to a shaft extending across and spaced from a conveyor belt; each blade support includes an integral blade mount projection on which a scraper blade is mounted. A torsion b... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4530594 | Cleaning device A cleaning device for removing the substance deposited on a surface to be cleaned with a cleaning member maintained in contact with the surface and recovering the removed developer into a container, which is provided with a member for limiting the free mo... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4528716 | Apparatus for cleaning roller assemblies The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in cleaning scraps of metal and other materials from rollers used in the rolling of sheet stock. The apparatus is characterized by a knife-edge blade which is positioned to contact the surface of such ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4528067 | Device for web removal from a cylinder The invention relates to a device for a web, which can be removed from a cylinder (3), said web preferably being a paper web. A band-shaped doctor blade (5), which is designed to extend along the mantle surface (3A) of the cylinder, and which is made poss... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4519699 | Electrophotographic copying apparatus including toner cleaning arrangement An arrangement for and method of cleaning residue toner from the surface of a photoconductive drum forming part of an overall electrophotographic copying apparatus is disclosed herein. The arrangement utilizes a wiping member, for example a blade or brush... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4510862 | Disposable strip assembly and retention device for a line printer A strip assembly for a printing device having an endless type band frictionally driven by drive and idler pulleys between print hammers and a platen comprises a wear strip and wiper strip attached together at a common end. The wiper strip has a wiper port... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4509225 | Pressure roll cleaning system A cleaning system for a pressure roll includes a doctor blade and a brush which is orbitally rotated by eccentric cams to propel accumulated material away from the junction of the blade and the roll and into a collection hopper.... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4502779 | Cleaning device for electrostatic copying machines A cleaning device for use in an electrostatic copying machine removes with a blade any residual toner from a photosensitive body after a toner image has been transferred therefrom to a sheet of copying paper. A support shaft supports the blade for slidabl... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4501620 | Method of cleaning a photo-sensitive body Toner is removed from the surface of a drum coated with a photo-sensitive material by bringing a cleaning blade into contact with the surface when the drum is stationary, rotating the drum at a monotonically increasing rate of speed until a predetermined ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501486 | Wiper blade for electrophotocopier A blade for cleaning toner from a liquid developed imaging surface comprises a body of high conductivity formed of rubber impregnated with carbon particles and a tip contacting the imaging surface formed of an inherently conductive rubber of lesser conduc... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4499825 | Ink wiping device for intaglio rotary printing machines An ink wiping device for an intaglio rotary printing machine comprises a tank for containing a cleaning liquid therein, an ink wiping roller rotatably supported in the tank and having a circumferential surface positioned for rolling contact with a printin... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498760 | Blade cleaning apparatus A blade cleaning apparatus which has a blade for cleaning a member moving past the blade and having residual toner deposited on its surface. The cleaning is achieved by removing the residual toner from the surface by holding the edge of the cleaning blade... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4494863 | Cleaning apparatus for a charge retentive surface Toner removal device for removing residual toner and debris from a charge retentive surface after transfer of toner images from the surface. This device is characterized by the use of a pair of detoning rolls, one for removing toner from a biased cleaner ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4493197 | Foulard machine Described is a foulard machine with the minimum possible application of liquor. For this purpose, a wiper is held against the circumference of an enlacing roller by means of forces of magnetic repulsion. The wiper has a plurality of recesses or indents ne... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4480547 | Ink duct for offset or letterpress printing machines Ink duct assembly for offset or letterpress printing machines having an ink duct and a rotary duct roller defining an ink gap therebetween and an ink metering unit for adjusting the ink gap, respectively, zonewise in axial direction of the duct roller, in... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4470694 | Magnetic brush cleaning device for image forming apparatus A cleaning device for an image forming apparatus includes a magnetic brush for causing a magnetic carrier and a toner to slindingly rub a surface of a photoconductor and removing the residual toner adhering on the photoconductor surface. The cleaning devi... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4469434 | Cleaning apparatus for electrophotography A cleaning apparatus for a toner image retaining member of an electrophotographic copying machine includes an elastic cleaning blade for removing residual toner from the surface of the toner image retaining member, the elastic cleaning blade having two op... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4465362 | Cleaning device A cleaning device for removing any residual on an image bearing member has a cleaning member held in pressure contact with the surface of the image bearing member, and means for detecting the pressure contact condition of the cleaning member.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4451140 | Cleaning blade unit A cleaning blade unit for removing residual toner from a photosensitive member includes a first arm which carries a blade, and a second arm which carries the first arm in an angularly movable manner and is pivotally mounted on a stationary member. Both of... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4439120 | Meshing cog-wheel injection unit with lateral sealing and scropers An injection unit intended to inject, for example, rubber into a mold comprises in principle two driven cog-wheels, which are located each in a hollow space in the unit housing and mesh with each other, and which in an injection chamber located in direct ... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4434522 | Knife scraper for drums, particularly the drums of a cylinder mill A knife scraper for rotating drums, particularly for the drums of a cylinder mill, which exhibits a knife beam (5) in which the knife (3) is mounted as well as a counterweight (12) for pressing the knife (3) on the associated drum (1, 1'). In order to mak... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4427289 | Toner recovery apparatus of electrostatic copying machine A toner recovery apparatus for an electrostatic copying machine comprises a toner container for receiving the toner recovered from the surface of a photosensitive drum, a toner supplying device for supplying the toner to a developing device, and a toner t... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4421154 | Fail safe air wipe A fail safe air wipe for use with a casting band cleaning system wherein cleanser and rinsing agent used to clean the casting band of a continuous casting machine is removed from the band by mechanical wiping means when pneumatic supply to pneumatic wipin... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4417365 | Cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of a member by scraping residual particles off the surface. The apparatus has a blade with a forward edge in pressing contact with the surface, the blade being supported for movement from a position in which it ... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4417807 | Cleaning apparatus for recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a toner retaining member such as a photosensitive drum, a toner collector, a cleaning device for cleaning toner off of the toner retaining member, and a toner guide member for guiding toner away from the toner retaining memb... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4411042 | Cleaning device A device for removing residual toner and other particulate materials deposited on the peripheral surface of a roller in a toner image fixing unit includes a thin perforated member in pressure engagement with the peripheral surface. The perforations are la... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4407219 | Pile brush for conditioning a moving surface A brush, especially useful for conditioning the surface of a moving body such as a fuser roll in an electrostatic copying machine, comprises a fibrous pile containing wicking fibers which project outwardly from a liquid-absorbent sponge-like structure so ... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4406039 | Device for cleaning the rolls of draft rolling mills of textile machines A device for cleaning the rolls of draft rolling mills of textile machines includes a support bar arranged parallel to the axis of the roll, and a cleaning fillet of resiliently deformable material carried by the support bar and having a longitudinal lip ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4402599 | Scanning surface cleaning method of electrostatic recording apparatus In a method of cleaning the scanning surface of an electrostatic recording apparatus, the steps of: rendering inoperative a portion of an attachment device, which is used to treat the picture image forming member, when a cleaning operation is necessary; a... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4398820 | Cleaning system A cleaning apparatus used in an electrophotographic printing machine for removing residual toner particles from a photoconductive member. The cleaning apparatus includes an electrically conductive roller in resilient engagement with the photoconductive me... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4397238 | Reciprocating doctor mechanism In a printing press where a doctor mounting is connected to a pivotable supporting member and the doctor is reciprocatable parallel to the plate cylinder axis, the doctor mounting is guided in a guide disposed on the supporting member and driven through a... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4390268 | Cleaning device for transferring system wet type copying machine A cleaning device for a transferring system wet type electronic copying machine. A cleaning roller is juxtaposed with the photosensitive drum in such a manner that the roller is in contact with the drum so as to absorb developing solution containing toner... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4389968 | Toner regenerating device A toner regenerating device is provided with a mesh disposed in the route of toner collected from an image bearing member, and apparatus for imparting to the collected toner through the mesh a force causing the collected toner to pass through the mesh and... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4369214 | Process and apparatus for preventing hardening of glue on inactive bottle labeling machine In the cleaning and keeping ready for use the labeling station of a labeling machine comprising a label box, a glue roll and a gripper cylinder as well as label pickup members rolling along the glue roll, wherein the glue is removed from the surface of th... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4367691 | Apparatus for adjustment of the coating thickness in the coating of traveling webs In an apparatus for coating a traveling web and comprising coating means for the web, a doctor roll which bears on the coated side of the web, a doctor-roll bed supporting the doctor roll and secured to the machine frame through a mount, and means for adj... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4367120 | Doctor blade mounting assembly A doctor assembly for doctoring a cylinder (12) includes a doctor blade (17) which is retained at its rear end in a blade holder constituted by a multiplicity of adjacent, narrow pivot plates (15) which are individually pivotable about a shaft (14) that i... | 01/04/1983 |
