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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7717148 | Machine having web tension nulling mechanism A machine is provided having a web tension nulling mechanism that is effective to cancel out web tension-effect forces exerted on machine members, such as rollers, so these forces to not substantially interfere with the position of the machine members during operati... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7448424 | Bonding mechanism of corrugated paper making machine A bonding mechanism of corrugated paper making machine includes an endless loop-like band and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting position and configuration of the band with respect to a surface sheet of the corrugated paper pasted on a core sheet. The adjustment p... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7435209 | Contact-bonding film insertion means included in contact-bonding paper manufacturing apparatus A contact-bonding film insertion device included in a contact-bonded paper manufacturing apparatus which produces releasable and expandable contact-bonded paper such as postcards (Q) by inserting a contact-bonding film (F) carried on a vertically movable support pla... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7354497 | Method for manufacturing corrugated board using magnets to bond Method for manufacturing corrugated board or the like, whereby different material strips (3-6) are fastened together by means of a bonding agent, whereby one or several material strips (3-6) are guided along at least one press-on device (... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7267153 | Corrugator glue machine having web tension nulling mechanism A corrugator glue machine is provided having a web tension nulling mechanism that is effective to cancel out web tension-effect forces exerted on machine members, such as rollers, so these forces to not substantially interfere with the application of glue to the exp... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261789 | Method of producing paperboard product with an even thickness A method is disclosed for producing a multilayer paperboard product, as well as an assembly suited for implementing the method and a paperboard manufactured according to the method, whereby the paperboard is made from at least two, advantageously three layers (4,... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7108649 | Packaging for a storage medium in particular for a cd The invention relates to a method for the production of a packaging for a CD-like storage medium, by means of a lower die, with a recess and an upper die with a working stamp corresponding to the recess. The invention further relates to the following method steps—... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6944970 | In-line dryer for a printer The invention provides a dryer for a printer such as a print on demand wallpaper printer. The dryer has a compartment with an opening across the top. The opening is in a path of a moving media web which is printed on by the printer. The opening is optionally covered... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939425 | Method and device for the manufacture of corrugated material Method and device for the manufacture of corrugated material, at least one first plane sheet (19; 20) and one second sheet (16) of plastic material arranged in wave shape being brought together for adhesion to each other and the wave-shaped sheet (1... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932756 | Corrugated cardboard manufacturing machine A corrugated cardboard manufacturing machine (10) wherein at least one continuous supporting belt (11) for supporting/conveying a sheet of cardboard is moved along a predetermined path by actuating means (13); and where the supporting belt (1... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926655 | Method of packaging a web, and a package produced thereby The invention relates to a method and package for packaging a web. In the method of the invention, a web is slit into two or more narrower webs which are folded into superimposed layers. The method comprises the steps of directing the webs to a nip formed by two rot... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921450 | Soft contact roll for a single facer A soft contact roll is mounted immediately downstream of the generator roll in a single facer to press the freshly glued single face web against the surface of the heated fluted bonding roll with a light load uniformly distributed across the full width of the web. T... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920704 | Drying method for a printer The invention provides a method for drying a web of media in a printer such as a wallpaper printer. The method includes the step of loading the web in a path that traverses a compartment in a dryer in the printer. The compartment has an opening across the top. The w... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916403 | Embossed sheet material and method The sheet including at least a first and a second ply of tissue paper exhibiting a specific surface weight of between 10 and 40 g/m2 and being embossed and assembled in a way that the protrusions defining the embossing patterns point to the inside of the ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912767 | Laminated muntin bar method An exemplary embodiment of the invention concerns a process for forming an elongated strip for use in making two tone muntin bars. An elongated strip of muntin bar material is provided that has been treated on at least a portion of one side to define an exposed surf... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6854496 | Double facer for use in corrugated fiberboard sheet manufacturing system A double facer for use in a corrugated fiberboard sheet manufacturing system wherein a moisture content of a double faced corrugated fiberboard sheet is set at an optimum value at all times for stably producing the double faced corrugated fiberboard sheet with less ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6752074 | Machine for manufacturing corrugated board with pressure applicator stabilizers A machine for manufacturing corrugated board that includes a row of pressure applicators aligned substantially transverse to the direction of machine flow and configured to press a web of corrugated board against a heated platform. To prevent the pressure applicator... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6701990 | Roll forming machine The roll forming machine comprise a series of rollers 14, 20, 28 and 36 for shaping a fabric 13 such as a fabric impregnated with a curable matrix. A feed roller 36 is provided for feeding a length of material 37 such as a tow of fibres onto the fabric du... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6681826 | Device for the production of multi-ply web material with different size and density patterns on different plies The embossing device comprises in combination: a first embossing unit (1) with a first embossing cylinder (3) provided with a first set of points (3P) and interacting with a first pressure cylinder (5) for forming, on a first ply (V1), a first set of prot... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6648042 | Load-applying device for a double facer A load-applying device used in a double facer that manufactures a corrugated board, the load-applying device comprising load bodies that are caused to ride above a corrugated board sheet only by the weight of weight blocks are disposed in a sheet conveyin... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6627045 | Seam for a corrugator belt A corrugator belt for a corrugator machine has a base joined into endless from by means of a clipper seam. The base has a first end and a second end, and a first side and a second side. A strip of compressible material wraps around each of the first and s... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6602375 | Single facer drive apparatus A corrugator single facer of the type utilizing a large diameter bonding and corrugating roll and a small diameter corrugating roll is driven without direct drive applied to either corrugating roll. Instead, the pressure belt arrangement which supports th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601500 | Low friction machine for manufacturing corrugated board A low friction machine for manufacturing corrugated board is described. The machine effectively extends the life expectancy of critical machine components such as the feet used in pressure applicators as well as a conveyor belt by reducing friction. The m... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6364978 | Method and apparatus for producing a filter material A method and an apparatus for producing a thermoplastic filter material laid in folds, with the folds fixed in close vicinity. The thermoplastic filter material which has been heated for forming the folds is accumulated within a cooling path such that the... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6325881 | Phase control method and system for corrugated fiberboard sheet comprising a plurality of core paper layers The present invention relates to a method capable of certainly correcting a phase shift between a plurality of core paper layers. In the method according to this invention, the next phase shift quantity δ'3 is estimated on the basis of a previ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6298895 | Device for locally controllable preheating of a material web The invention relates to a preheating device for locally controllable preheating of a material web (12) comprising at least one smooth web and/or at least one corrugated web and moving in feed direction (A), before any adhesive is applied to the material ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6276420 | Coated corrugator belt A corrugator belt for a corrugator machine includes a base having two sides. One of the two sides is the face side of the corrugator belt when the belt is in the form of an endless loop on a corrugator machine. A layer of polymeric resin material is coate... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257296 | Pressure plate arrangement for production of multilayer corrugated cardboard The invention relates to a pressure plate arrangement for joining together a plurality of material webs each comprising at least one plain web and/or at least one corrugated web, to form a corrugated cardboard web (P), at least one of the material webs be... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6206995 | Moving-web slack reducing system including a deformable tension roller A moving-web slack reducing system including a deformable tension roller, such as a brush-type tension roller having an outer surface defined by the ends of a plurality of bristles. The slack reducing system may be deployed in a preheater assembly for a m... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6186209 | Impermeable corrugator belt for application on air bearing pressure zones of a corrugator machine An impermeable corrugator belt for a corrugator machine includes a multi-layer base fabric having a layer of a polymeric resin material on one of its two sides. When arranged in the form of an endless loop, the side having the layer of polymeric resin mat... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6170548 | Apparatus for forming a fabric and components thereof for a covering for architectural openings and method of treating ends thereof A fabric for use in an architectural covering device includes a plurality of elongated vanes preferably of tubular configuration having a pair of flaps extending longitudinally along the entire length of the vane. A continuous face sheet material has elon... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6155319 | Unit for joining paper sheets together in corrugated board manufacturing equipment A unit for joining paper sheets together in corrugated board manufacturing equipment comprises at least one toothed or corrugated roll (1), which is mounted in such a way as to rotate about its axis; means (5, 6) for feeding and pressing at least one flat... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129654 | Heating device for a corrugated cardboard facility A heating device (1) for a corrugated cardboard facility includes several heating plates (3) arranged sequentially along a path in the advancing direction of a sheet of corrugated cardboard (2). Compression elements (4) are arranged above the heating plat... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6126771 | Corrugated cardboard manufacturing process The invention relates to a process for manufacturing corrugated board in which the corrugated board is produced by gluing at least three individual constituent webs (3, 5, 7) respectively on two sides oriented toward each other, wherein in a single work c... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6117261 | Sheet tension adjusting method and apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet tension adjusting method which allows the tension to a single-faced corrugated fiberboard sheet or a liner to be greatly adjusted with a high accuracy to be capable of the adjustment of upward or downward warps of ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112793 | Device for production of corrugated cardboard A device for production of corrugated cardboard, comprising a first fluted roller (1) and a second fluted roller (2) together forming a corrugating gap (3), a pressure contact roller (4) forming a pressure contact gap (5) together with the second fluted r... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6110095 | Apparatus for heating corrugated paperboard An apparatus and related method for forming a double face paperboard web are disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a heating section upstream from a drawing section. The heating section includes at least one heating plate having an up... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6095963 | Apparatus for making corrugated paperboard A paperboard corrugating machine for forming board having two corrugated mediums joined at their flute tips without any intervening liner. The machine comprises a relatively heavy main frame (11) and a second frame (12) which is mounted for movement on th... | 08/01/2000 |
