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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7879177 | Apparatus and method for composite material trim-on-the-fly Disclosed is a method and apparatus for manufacturing multiple layer composite structures and structures containing components made of multiple layer composite structures, comprising dispensing layers of composite material, trimming each layer to its final shape as ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7244332 | Smart label web and a method for its manufacture The Invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a smart label web. The smart label web comprises smart labels placed one after another and/or side by side and comprising a circuitry pattern and an integrated circuit on a chip therein. In the method, an elec... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234586 | Self-cleaning foodstuff conveyors A conveyor suitable for use, e.g., in food processing apparatus, includes particular procedures and arrangements for decontaminating the surface of the conveyor. The conveyor surface is subject first to a mechanical cleaning, e.g., by spraying of liquid followed by ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6936129 | Method of making a winged absorbent article A method is provided for continuous mass production of winged absorbent articles, including T-shaped absorbent articles, by attachment of wing portions to the chassis of the absorbent article which comprises a topsheet, a backsheet and a core sandwiched between the ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6915829 | Apparatus and method for cutting and placing limp pieces of material Apparatus and method for cutting and placing limp pieces of material on an article component. The apparatus, which is particularly constructed for positioning the relative placement of two cut piece, includes a vacuum conveyor which holds the article component in a ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6832905 | System and method for dry forming absorbent cores An apparatus and method for dry forming absorbent cores are disclosed. The apparatus has a rotatable drum having a substantially cylindrical surface. A vacuum surface having one or more holes is located substantially circumferentially around at least a portion of th... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6742561 | Apparatus for die bonding The present invention provides an apparatus for bonding a semiconductor chip to substrate using a non-conductive adhesive tape. The non-conductive adhesive tape may be a polyimide tape. The apparatus may include a tape provider having a reel on which the non-adhesiv... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6736924 | Folder assembly machine Apparatus and methods for manufacturing a folder which has front and back panels with a divider therebetween. The divider front and back panels and divider are taped together along a spine of the folder such that the panels and divider can be turned like the pages o... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6531023 | Part-overlaminated label A method of producing a succession of self-adhesive labels carried on a backing of release material including the steps of; a) providing an elongate web comprising a self-adhesive support web having a backing of release material; b) die-cutting and removi... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527902 | Process and apparatus for cutting of discrete components of a multi-component workpiece and depositing them with registration on a moving web of material This invention pertains to a machine and process for cutting discrete workpiece components from webs of material, precisely registering them with respect to one another, and depositing them with precise registration onto a constantly moving web of materia... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520236 | Process and apparatus for cutting of discrete components of a multi-component workpiece and depositing them with registration on a moving web of material This invention pertains to a machine and process for cutting discrete workpiece components from webs of material precisely registering them with respect to one another, and depositing them with precise registration onto a constantly moving web of material... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6406579 | Process for manufacturing anti-theft and/or traceability devices associated with stoppering means Process for manufacturing anti-theft and/or traceability devices associated with stoppering and covering means The invention relates to the high-rate industrial manufacture of remote-detectable devices used in particular as anti-theft devices but also to ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6371187 | System for continuously manufacturing security tags A system for continuously manufacturing security tags involves supplying housing stock material in a continuous web from a supply station and then forming housing cavities in the housing stock material without separating the continuous web. Resonator stri... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6165306 | Process and apparatus for cutting of discrete components of a multi-component workpiece and depositing them with registration on a moving web of material A process for manufacturing a multi-component workpiece including cutting a first web of material moving at a first speed into first components, cutting a second web of material moving at a second speed into second components, transferring one of the firs... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6096153 | System for continuously manufacturing security tags A method and system for continuously manufacturing security tags involve supplying housing stock material in a continuous web from a supply station and then forming housing cavities in the housing stock material without separating the continuous web. Reso... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6058004 | Unitized discrete electronic component arrays A unitized discrete electronic component array being surface mountable as a unit on a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of discrete electronic components physically secured to one another by an adhesive. The adhesive is a non-conducting high te... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6037029 | Labels and manufacture thereof A self-adhesive label comprising a multilaminar label portion, a self-adhesive laminar material extending over, and adhered by its self-adhesive surface to, the multilaminar label portion thereby to form two self-adhesive edge portions thereof on opposed ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5873974 | Composite web material An industry standard width composite paper web includes one layer comprising a plurality of narrow web portions derived from trim rolls of paper which are laminated to a second carrier web of the selected standard width. In an alternate embodiment, the ca... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5843598 | Subject plate for recording holograms, holograms-making method, and hologram-recorded article The invention provides a hologram-recording subject plate comprising a block and a variety of subjects fixedly contained therein, which ensures easy, stable yet continuous recording of a multiplicity of identical holograms or different holograms reconstru... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5824178 | Preparation of laminated sheets A process for making a laminated sheet by cutting a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet into a plurality of cut sheets. The cut sheets are feed to a butting apparatus to bring adjacent end faces of the cut sheets against each other. The abutted cut... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5783030 | System and method for forming carton blanks Apparatus and method for forming a laminate comprising a relatively rigid material having an inner surface with at least one portion thereof comprising a central body portion and wherein the central body portion of a relatively flexible material, preferab... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5746880 | Tape cassette and automatic attaching apparatus for heat-fusible tape pieces In an automatic heat-fusible tape pieces attaching apparatus, a plurality of tape cassettes, each including a reel support part rotatably supporting a tape reel and a tape guide part defining a tape guide path extending from the reel support part in a dir... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5700537 | Labels and manufacture thereof The present invention relates to a self-adhesive label comprising a multi-laminar folded label which comprises first and second portions which are adhered to a backing of release material or to a self-adhesive support piece carried on a backing of release... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5679427 | Labels and manufacture thereof A self-adhesive label comprising a multilaminar label portion, a self-adhesive laminar material extending over, and adhered by its self-adhesive surface to, the multilaminar label portion thereby to form two self-adhesive edge portions thereof on opposed ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5658642 | Method and apparatus for producing mattress pads and the like Method and apparatus for producing a protective covering for beds or the like comprised of a first thermoplastic web, a pair of fibrous mats of substantial loft, said web and mats being bonded together in accordance with a quilted pattern utilizing a ther... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5602528 | Theft detection marker and method A marker device for merchandise items has blanks of high magnetic coercivity material spaced along a strip of high magnetic permeability material. The strip and blanks are the same width, produced from three ribbons of material, one ribbon of the high coe... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5593749 | Labels and manufacture thereof A self-adhesive label comprising a self-adhesive base portion which is adhered by its self-adhesive surface to a backing of release material, a folded leaflet portion which is disposed over the base portion and a self-adhesive overlaminate portion which i... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5556504 | Apparatus for placing discrete parts transversely onto a moving web This invention pertains to processing continuous webs such as paper, film, composites, and the like, in dynamic continuous processing operations. More particularly, it relates to transferring discrete parts to a continuous web, whether paper, film, compos... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5518570 | Apparatus and method for bonding sheet material and its application to manufacture of flexible flat cable There is disclosed an apparatus and method for bonding a sheet material to an elongated base material, in which the sheet material is transferred by a transferring device towards the base material, and the sheet material is bonded by a bonding device to t... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5405479 | Automatic valve insertion method An improved method for inserting valves between the front and back panels of inflatable bodies, such as novelty balloons or air-inflated dunnage bags, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of conveying an upper web through an upper roller assembly a... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5399403 | Labels and manufacture thereof A self-adhesive label comprising a multilaminar label portion, a self-adhesive laminar material extending over, and adhered by its self-adhesive surface to, the multilaminar label portion thereby to form two self-adhesive edge portions thereof on opposed ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5316609 | Encapsulating laminator The apparatus and method employ upper and lower laminating films, having opposed layers of heat activated adhesive. The laminating films are brought together at the surface of an infeed roller which is positioned in front of two opposed heated laminating ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5290377 | Method for producing reticular nonwoven fabric An improved method for producing a reticular nonwoven fabric in which the velocity of the transversely stretching line step can be much increased by providing the transversely stretching step with a longitudinally orienting step, thereby accelerating the ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5252167 | Method for applying signature to identify cards The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying flat punched elements in the desired position to the surface of a carrier material, the elements being present in multiple copies on a sheet. The multiple copies are fed to an applying device... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5240541 | Method of fabricating a laminated strip of amorphous metal A laminated amorphous metal strip has a first layer having at least two side-by-side strips of amorphous metal of unequal widths. A second layer has at least two side-by-side strips of amorphous metal of unequal widths, the layers being in reverse order w... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5200020 | Apparatus and method for laminating patches of a first web material onto a second web material Apparatus and a method for laminating patches to a base web accurately, and as efficiently as possible, are provided. Two webs are fed at speeds which are related as the ratio of the width of each patch to the separation distance between patches, the patc... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5185050 | Apparatus for cutting opposed irregularly shaped ends of veneers and bonding the veneers together at inclined end faces thereof formed by the cutting of the opposed irregularly shaped ends An apparatus for cutting opposed irregularly shaped ends of veneers to produce opposed inclined end faces and for bonding the veneers together at the inclined end faces thereof, has a cutter which cuts an irregularly shaped end of a veneer to produce an e... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5182062 | Responder target for theft detection apparatus A responder target for a magnetic detection system includes a signal element of high permeability low coercivity magnetic material such as permalloy or amorphous metal, and a control element of ferric oxide powder having the formula Fe3 O4... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5122216 | Multi-ply mailer form and method of manufacture therefor In a preferred method for affixing a discrete paper label to the mailer, a discrete paper label is suctioned onto the rotatable platen at a first predetermined position relative to the circumferential perimeter of the platen. As the rotatable platen rotat... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5073221 | Apparatus and process of making magnetically readable cards Magnetic stripes are applied to magnetically readable credit cards by incorporating the magnetic stripes in a cover sheet and laminating this cover sheet to a core stock sheet and then severing the laminated assembly into individual cards. The magnetic ma... | 12/17/1991 |
