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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113255 | Device for positioning the conveyor belt running through machines for thermal treatment of filaments A device for positioning the conveyor belt running through machines for thermal treatment of filaments, essentially constituted by a pressurized chamber (1) traversed by a conveyor belt (2) enclosed at each end by a sealing head mounted on a frame or m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8066044 | Method and apparatus for high speed produce labeling An apparatus for high speed labeling of produce including a turret which carries label depositor arms and continuously rotates so that its fully extended tangential speed matches the produce conveyor speed. The label depositor arms are reciprocated along a predeterm... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066045 | Hand labeler A hand held labeler has a support liner wheel that is driven by a motor to accurately advance the label web, while providing adequate storage for the support liner of an entire label web. In one embodiment, the labeler includes a micro-controller that controls the m... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7992612 | Research press A simulation press having a main body and an actuator attached thereto. The actuator is substantially aligned with the main body. A first plate is coupled to the main body and a second plate is coupled to the actuator. Both plates are adapted to engage a workpiece s... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7886793 | Substrate bonding machine for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding device for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device accurately aligns substrates of the LCD device while preventing the introduction of foreign material into the substrate bonding device, thereby substantially preventing the generation o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7849896 | Bondhead alignment tool for a bonding apparatus An alignment tool for a bonding apparatus comprises a loading surface for receiving a pushing force from a surface of a device which is attached to the bonding apparatus, the loading surface being arranged and constructed to experience a tilting moment upon receivin... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832442 | Apparatus and method for manufacture and use of composite fiber components A fiber lay-up apparatus and method includes one or more fiber sources from at least one fiber supply wherein a fiber may be fed under tension to provide a pre-stress to the fiber. The fiber lay-up apparatus may include a resin impregnator for impregnating a fiber w... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7814953 | Labelling machine A rotary labelling machine comprises a carrousel that can be pivotally driven by a carrousel motor and a plurality of container stations supported by said carrousel, wherein each container station comprises a container-holder plate and a plate motor suitable to rota... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7779879 | Machine for making expandable two-color slats A machine for making two-color expandable salts includes a feeding unit to feed two strips of different colors to a combining unit which includes a cutting blade and a ultra-wave generator, the cutting blade cuts surplus from two sides of each of the two strips and ... | 08/24/2010 |
| RE41506 | Offset measuring mechanism and offset measuring method in a bonding apparatus An offset measuring mechanism and method used in a bonding apparatus, in which the object plane of a position detection camera is set on a hypothetical bonding working plane, and the image of imaging elements within the imaging plane is projected onto a bonding work... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7712502 | In-process vision detection of flaw and FOD characteristics An inspection system (9) includes an idler wheel (61) that is coupled to a fabrication system (8) and is in contact with a backing layer (65) of an applied material (64), A rotation sensor (63) monitors the idler wheel (6... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699084 | System for fabricating corrugated board A system for fabricating a corrugated board sheet fabricated includes warp status information obtaining means (6, 6A-6H, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 8A-8H, 240a, 240b, 241a, 241b) fo... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669629 | System for fabricating corrugated board A system for fabricating a corrugated board sheet fabricated includes warp status information obtaining means (6, 6A-6H, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 8A-8H, 240a, 240b, 241a, 241b) fo... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665498 | Tape monitoring system The invention provides a tape monitoring system for use with a taping machine that is mounted independent of a taping head. The tape monitoring system includes a tape dispensing sensor for determining whether tape is being dispensed from the tape supply and capable ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7591293 | Device for bonding a metal on a surface of a substrate A device and method for bonding objects to be bonded each having a metal bonding portion on a substrate, comprising cleaning means for exposing the metal bonding portions to a plasma having an energy enough to etch the surfaces of the metal bonding portions at a dep... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7424901 | System for fabricating corrugated board A system for fabricating a corrugated board sheet fabricated includes warp status information obtaining means (6, 6A-6H, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 8A-8H, 240a, 240b, 241a, 241b) fo... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424902 | In-process vision detection of flaw and FOD characteristics An inspection system (9) includes an idler wheel (61) that is coupled to a fabrication system (8) and is in contact with a backing layer (65) of an applied material (64). A rotation sensor (63) monitors the idler wheel (6... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7402216 | Method and device for the production of tubular structures that are reinforced with a strengthening support A method for the production of reinforced tube-shaped structures (1) of rubber layers and reinforcement layers (2, 3) has the steps of: a) applying a first rubber layer (2a) with a first extrusion unit (4a) onto a ser... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7370681 | Substrate bonding apparatus for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for fabricating an LCD device aligns upper and lower stages to accurately bond first and second substrates. The distance to which the upper and lower substrates are spaced apart from each other during bonding is adjustable depending on ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361249 | Apparatus for applying a removable cover to a ticket substrate A covering apparatus (10) includes a cutter (12), an applicator (14) and a continuous length of removable cover material (16). The cutter (12) is adapted to cut off a discrete section (50) of cover material, and the applicat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354094 | Method and apparatus for making a convertible top Many vehicles use convertible tops that raise and lower. Most often these vehicles use “soft” convertible tops. Unfortunately, it is often very difficult to achieve uniform tensioning of the cover material as it is attached to the rear bow, or to achieve uniform... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346411 | Automatic control and monitoring system for splice overlapping tolerance in textile ply The present system enables the monitoring and automatic control of the tolerance in splice overlap of textile play , though the identification of the overlap area, identification and counting of textile cords in the overlap area, and the generation of a control sign... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343949 | Installation for treating parts such as labels or sleeves for labeling and presentation of bottles The invention concerns an installation comprising a feeding device (100, 101, 103, 104, 1, 11, 12) unwinding the support (G) and a treating device (105, 4) for operating on the parts (P). A reading unit (102) positioned on the passage (Z) of the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339690 | Identification card printer with client/server An identification card printer for printing an image on an identification card, is provided which includes a print mechanism adapted to deposit material on to the card. A network adapter is configured to couple to a network. A print drive module controls the print m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334382 | Self-threading sheet wrapper for round baler A round bale wrapping mechanism that employs a pivoting carrier for two wrapping material rolls, one a stored roll and the other the working roll being dispensed. When the storage roll is to be employed, it is pivoted into contact with the material being dispensed f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335272 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head and magnetic head manufacturing apparatus After photographing a surface on which an ABS is formed, and the outer shape of a slider, the ABS and an engraved region formed within the ABS are identified from a photographed image. A reference that becomes a guide for attaching to a suspension is then computed, ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333936 | Bar code synchronization process for scanning mail envelopes and their contents Disclosed is a method and system for enabling the high speed processing of physical mail articles to convert the same into electronic documents that may be electronically distributed to the original intended recipient without requiring the recipient to come into con... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330582 | Bonding program With an assumption that the three data of the position (X1, Y1) of the first positioning pattern 202 and position (X2, Y2) of the second positioning pattern 212 of the reference chip 200, and the posit... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324683 | Bonding pattern discrimination device Determination of inclination of positioning patterns used in bonding being made by: imaging a positioning pattern of reference chip and taking such image as reference-image; specifying a polar coordinate conversion origin for the reference-image; imaging an object (... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324684 | Bonding apparatus With an assumption that the three data of the position (X1, Y1) of the first positioning pattern 202 and position (X2, Y2) of the second positioning pattern 212 of the reference chip 200, and the posit... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321681 | Bonding pattern discrimination program Determination of inclination of positioning patterns used in bonding being made by: imaging a positioning pattern of reference chip and taking such image as reference-image; specifying a polar coordinate conversion origin for the reference-image; imaging an object (... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318877 | High speed labeling device and method A high-speed labeling device (20) is provided for use on form, fill and seal packaging equipment or other types of thermoforming equipment. The device (20) includes a label dispensing unit (22) operable to sequentially and successively deliver a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300531 | Tape application device A device and a method for applying tape to one or more sheets of material in a moving line-up. The device can include a tape applicator, a sensor, a tape cutter, a tape gripper, an engagement-initiation press, and a hold-down portion. During intermittent operation, ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293592 | Forming and applying linerless labels Self-adhesive labels are formed by repetitively cutting linerless web material which is fed from a roll into and through a rotary knife cutter. The labels are then transported to and applied to articles. To improve cutting of the web and labeling, the web and or lab... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290146 | Managed credential issuance In a method of issuing a credential, a request for issuance of the credential is received. Next, a unique identification for the requested credential is assigned and data elements corresponding to the credential are provided. A credential production data collection ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284690 | Article to be processed having ID, and production method thereof A processed article is provided with a plurality of IDs having the same information for machine reading but difference to be confirmed visually. The information such as the production lot number which is read from the plurality of IDs by the reading device is the sa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275577 | Substrate bonding machine for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding device for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device accurately aligns substrates of the LCD device while preventing the introduction of foreign material into the substrate bonding device, thereby substantially preventing the generation o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275880 | Thermal activation apparatus A thermal activation apparatus comprises a housing having an insertion slot for insertion therethrough of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet. A sensor detects the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet inserted through the insertion slot and outputs a corresponding detection si... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267154 | Water-proof film laminating machine A water-proof film laminating machine has a laminating machine body, a top roller, a bottom roller, multiple connecting devices, a cylinder, a first holder, a second holder and a cooling device. The holders are connected to the connecting devices and driven by the c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267286 | System and method for batch conversion of RFID tag to RFID label A system for batch conversion of RFID tag onto a label in a liner, to produce a RFID label, the system having at least a RFID tag dispenser having a plurality of RFID tags, a liner having a plurality of labels, each label spaced apart and marked with pitch marks, a ... | 09/11/2007 |
