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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7712505 | Tape cutter device To provide a tape cutter device that allows a cutting blade to be disposed at a non-adhesion-surface side of an adhesive tape and that can easily form a fold, including a non-adhesion portion, at a cut end portion of the adhesive tape after a cutting operation. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7435309 | Method of manufacturing solid gather forming member A method of making a standing gather-forming member having a basal wall and first and second overhangs on both sides of the basal wall. Elastic members are disposed in their stretched state on the inner surface of a middle portion of a continuously running strip-sha... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424903 | Foil web installation for a flat bed embossing machine A foil web installation for a flat bed embossing machine with foil webs (6), which are conducted across an embossing table (3) from unwinding rolls (7) comprises a braking—and guiding wall (10) ahead of the embossing table and foil feed... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7347913 | Sealing apparatus and method Apparatus (20) and methods for segmenting a blood-filled tube (42) into multiple, blood-containing, sealed segment are disclosed. The apparatus (20) includes a tubing locating surface (22) for mounting the tubing and sealing means (24 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337821 | Apparatus for making corrugated walls There is a description of an apparatus that produces corrugated walls in a continuous manner. Prior to being fed into the apparatus there is a composite consisting of an outer layer of a woven or non-woven material having a layer of a cementitious material thereon. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326312 | Process for laying fiber tape The process for laying a non-full width course of fiber composite tape in a part is designed to ensure that all of the scrap portion of the tape surrounding the non-full width course is deposited in the scrap area and not in the part. An extra cut is made in tape do... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323665 | Heating element for high-speed film-sealing apparatus, and method for making same A heating element for a film-sealing apparatus comprises a heating wire segment formed of a first metal having a first reflectance to laser radiation of a predetermined wavelength. The heating element further comprises a first conductor lead comprising a wire having... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7302983 | Thermoinsulation metal encaustic tile making machine A thermoinsulation metal encaustic tile making machine practical to selectively make thermoinsulation metal encaustic tiles having a thin-layer non-metal top sheet or thermoinsulation metal encaustic tiles having a top metal sheet is disclosed to include a top sheet... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7293590 | Multiple tape laying apparatus and method A fully automated method and apparatus is disclosed to laminate various structural articles with multiple layers of a resin impregnated fiber tape. The fiber tape is deposited with a tape laying member moving alternately in different travel directions. The tape layi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7247219 | Rotary impulse sealer The invention is a rotatable cylindrical roll for heat sealing heat sealable materials that includes a heating zone for sealing the material and a cooling zone for supporting the newly formed seal. The device comprises a conductive zone and a resistive zone that are... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231952 | Label wrapper assembly A label wrapper assembly for wrapping a label on an elongated object. The assembly includes a support frame having a first wall spaced from a second wall. A wrapper frame is interposed between the first and second walls, and has a first end and a second end. The wra... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204286 | Apparatus for continuously forming FRP square pipe An apparatus 1 for continuously forming an FRP square pipe comprises a long core 10 for laminating prepreg sheets, and to this core 10 are fed prepreg sheets from prepreg laminating devices 20, 30, 40 and 50 with a release film int... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7179572 | Fluorescent screen forming method, fluorescent screen forming apparatus and cathode-ray tube The present invention relates to a fluorescent screen forming method, a fluorescent screen forming apparatus and a cathode-ray tube. In the fluorescent screen forming method according to the present invention, a transfer roller lowers a transfer sheet to somewhere a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168158 | Stacked core assembly apparatus The stacked core assembly apparatus, which can perform assembly at a high speed while keeping strength of an angle indexing apparatus, comprises a press machine 1, a non-synchronous transmitting apparatus 10 and an angle indexing apparatus 7. Th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121312 | Glue tape cutter A glue tape cutter includes a cutting table, a press plate, a holding blade, a cutting base, a knife blade and a shaft. The curved substrate is disposed at the bottom of the cutting table and the holding blade is fixed to the cutting table above the curved substrate... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7093642 | Systems and methods for a robotic tape applicator The present invention is directed to systems and methods for automatically applying a tape, such as an adhesive, to a work-piece. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system and method for a robotic tape applicator that includes ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093641 | Robotic tape applicator and method A method of fastening a first curved part to a second curved part comprises placing the second part into a specified orientation in relation to a robotically controlled tape applicator, applying two-sided adhesive tape along a non-linear path over the surface of the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063118 | Composite tape laying apparatus and method A fully automated method and apparatus is disclosed to laminate various structural articles with a layer of resin impregnated fiber tape. The tape laying member removes a releasable backing layer from the tape being employed, then deposits the unbacked tape on the s... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6997225 | Central positioning device for a labeling machine of heat shrinkable film A central positioning device for a labeling machine of heat shrinkable film includes an upper section and a lower section connected to each other with a fastener; a positioning member provided at an upper end of the lower section; the upper section revolving to adju... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981537 | Tail for attaching the trailing edge of one roll of tape to the leading edge of another roll of tape and method of using same A tape splicing mechanism joins the tail of one tape to the leading edge of another tape. A frame defines a passageway along which the tape passes. A pair of arms rotatably attached to the frame have projecting posts and rotate between a first position where the pos... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6926656 | Method and apparatus for fabricating corrugated composite stiffeners An apparatus and method for fabricating corrugated composite stiffeners provides a base tool having grooves formed in an outer surface and a roller having a rotating shaft and a removable, lobed, elastomeric member surrounding the shaft. The lobes of the elastomeric... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908525 | Apparatus for forming a roll of contaminant removal tape and methods of forming rolls of contaminant removal tape An apparatus for forming a roll of contaminant removal tape and methods of forming rolls of contaminant removal tape. The apparatus includes a turret assembly having a first winding cylinder, a first vacuum source providing vacuum to the first winding cylinder, and ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6863107 | Device for applying a spot embossing pattern to a web of multi-ply tissue paper A device for applying a spot embossing pattern to a web of multi-ply tissue paper being processed in a paper converting machine comprises a marrying roll and a spot embossing unit cooperating and being positioned against the marrying roll. The spot embossing unit co... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6817396 | Apparatus for manufacturing textile products The present invention relates to a method for producing a textile product of the lapped/bonded type from fibers and/or filaments travelling in the direction of advance in the form of a web, this method comprising at least one step, called the “prelooping step”, ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6673186 | Laminated structural body having unidirectionally arranged strands sandwiched between two web layers, and method of and apparatus for efficiently manufacturing such laminated structural body A laminated structural body is manufactured by laminating unidirectionally arranged strands and a web such that two layers of the web sandwich the strands therebetween. A cylindrical web is delivered in a direction parallel to a central axis thereof. A po... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6604565 | Continuous process for manufacturing imageable seamed belts for printers A system for manufacturing large quantities of seamed belts for printing systems with controlled imageable seams, which belts require a defined circumference and width, from suitable belt material in a large roll thereof, by feeding a continuous web of th... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6602374 | System and method for creating coil of stamps with inner security strip A system for creating a coil of stamps from a web of stamps is provided. The system includes a security strip feeder which feeds a security strip having first and second sections. A first activator activates only the first section, and an applicator appli... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6599382 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a tape strip folded about a workpiece A machine for continuously manufacturing tape strips having at least at one end a portion folded through an aperture of a workpiece is provided. A tape supply section supplies tape to a tape feed unit which is adapted intermittently supply a first predete... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6428644 | Process and apparatus for producing a laminate for electronic parts An apparatus and a process for producing a laminate for electronic parts such as ceramic capacitors. After a predetermined pattern for forming an internal conductive layer is formed on a self-supporting green sheet which contains inorganic powder and an o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6372065 | Apparatus and method for producing photographic roll film Disclosed are a method and an apparatus comprising a film-cutting means for cutting a lengthy photographic film fed from a film roll into those having a length suitable for a film size included in film information, a conveyer apparatus for changing transp... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6350336 | Method of manufacturing a press fabric by spirally attaching a top laminate layer with a heat-activated adhesive A method for manufacturing a press fabric for a paper machine includes the attachment of a strip of top laminate layer material to a base fabric using a heat-activated adhesive film. The top laminate layer material may be a woven fabric, a nonwoven mesh, ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6315022 | Apparatus for forming disposable undergarment A disposable undergarment forming apparatus and methods are provided for forming disposable undergarments. The apparatus preferably includes a core former positioned to form a stream of undergarment cores. The core former includes a mat securer positioned... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6309499 | Process and a aparatus for production of multilayer trim elements for vehicles Panels and elements for vehicle interiors are obtained by co-extrusion or co-lamination of a layer (10a) of themoplastic support material containing a reinforcement filler with a layer (9a) of thermoplastic covering material containing an amorphous thermo... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6253818 | Device for changing reels at paper machines The invention refers to a process for changing reels at paper machines, particularly tissue machines. It is mainly characterized by adhesive being applied to an empty reel over almost the entire web width, the core shaft being placed thus prepared on the ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6234229 | Manufacuturing equipment for sanitary napkins with wings having no peeling-off paper strips A sanitary-napkin-product manufacturing equipment comprises (i) a manufacturing machine of a sanitary napkin with wings and (ii) a wrapping machine 100 to apply slip-preventing adhesive, which comes easily off silicone coats, to the back of the sanitary n... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6153045 | Apparatus for manufacturing linerless labels An apparatus and method provide for the alternate manufacture of permanent adhesive or repositional linerless labels utilizing the same equipment. Indicia is applied such as by using an intelligent imaging system by at least one print station. With reposi... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6153046 | Apparatus for applying adhesive tape An adhesive tape cutting and folding apparatus generally comprising a main wheel, means for cutting the adhesive tape, means for advancing the main wheel, and means for folding a strip of adhesive tape over a working piece. The main wheel includes a plura... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6053232 | Embossing and laminating machine with embossing cylinders having different rotational speed An embossing and laminating machine comprising a first embossing cylinder with a surface provided with a first set of protuberances, a second embossing cylinder with a surface provided with a second set of protuberances, said two embossing cylinders formi... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5992490 | Simple binding device Between the binding tape taking out section 7 and the tape cutting section 4 the tape reel 2 for keeping a wound tape 1 is disposed horizontally with each other. Thereby, the total length of the simple binding device is shortened to contribute to lower th... | 11/30/1999 |
