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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056598 | Air cushion maker An air cushion maker includes a pair of forming rollers that are provided with recesses and electrothermal wires so that two consecutive plastic films passing between the forming rollers are made into air cushions with geometric puffy air cells. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047251 | Reduction of powder waste in selective inhibition of sintering Disclosed are methods and systems for selective inhibition of sintering in 3D fabrication. The disclosure provides methods and systems that use selective heating arrangements to selectively sinter areas during fabrication thereby reducing waste improving efficiency.... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042590 | Protection mechanism for dry film laminator A protection mechanism for dry film laminator includes a lower member, and an upper member located above the lower member. The upper member moves downwardly/upwardly relative to the lower member. The upper member has a plurality of through holes defined therein and ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7905267 | Handheld welding tool with external air supply The invention relates to a handheld welding tool with external air supply for welding thermoplastic synthetic material, with a preferably wand-shaped housing containing at least one hot air generating device, and with flexible supply lines for air and power supply t... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7810537 | Apparatus and method for sealing a vertical protrusion on a roof A device forms a radial flange on a bottom opening of a conate member having a longitudinal axis. The device has a die for receiving the conate member with the bottom opening extending from an open end of the die, a seal-forming cone having at least two radially-ext... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7743809 | Hot-air fabric welder for waterproofing tape A hot-air fabric welder for waterproofing tape is invented for selectively welding straight portions and arc portions. The hot-air fabric welder for waterproof tape is comprised of: a lower roller unit including a flat roller portion and a tapered roller portion mou... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7721781 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated chambers An inflatable web, and method and apparatus for inflating the web, which generally includes two sheets having inner surfaces sealed to each other in a pattern defining a series of inflatable chambers of predetermined length, each of the chambers having at least one ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717150 | Manufacturing facility of absorbent body, absorbent body and absorbent article A shuffling hand feeling and unwanted non-uniform absorption characteristics in the case of using a tow (fiber bundle) are prevented. An absorbent body includes a fiber aggregate 21 formed by opening the tow, a super absorbent polymer 54, and a ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7631678 | Hot air device for thermowelding bitumen membranes The invention concerns a hot air device for thermowelding membranes to surfaces. It includes an air inlet, a casing in fluid communication therewith, a combustion chamber mounted within the casing and spaced apart therefrom. The chamber has perforations allowing air... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7571753 | Heat welding nozzle for sealing flooring seams A heat and sealant delivery nozzle is constructed for sealing seams between adjacent sheets of flooring. The nozzle of the invention is formed from separate, mating sealant feeding and hot air conducting members that fit to and are secured together. The two part con... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7530382 | Device for continuously producing drip irrigation tubes A device for continuously producing drip irrigation tubes comprises an extruding device (1) for producing a tube body (2), a calibrating device (3), and a cooling device (19) for the tube body (6). In addition, a feeding device ( | 05/12/2009 |
| 7412996 | Apparatus for hot applying strips or films on textile or non textile supports An apparatus for assembling and hemming fabrics by hot applying strips (5) or films (5) to which thermofusible plastic materials have been applied or spread, comprising, on a bearing framework, a strip or film supplying spool (4), the strip or f... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404868 | Tape placement head for applying thermoplastic tape to an object A tape placement head for applying thermoplastic tape to an object includes a heated feeder which guides the tape/tow to a heated zone. The heated zone has a line compactor having a single row of at least one movable heated member. An area compactor is located in th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7387149 | Apparatus and method for sealing a vertical protrusion on a roof A device forms a radial flange on a bottom opening of a conate member having a longitudinal axis. The device has a die for receiving the conate member with the bottom opening extending from an open end of the die, a seal-forming cone having at least two radially-ext... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7363954 | Tamping labeler By providing projections extending outwardly from the base of a wet tamping face of a tamping labeler, which projections maintain at least a substantial portion of a label at a stand off from said base, the surface tension between the label and tamping face is reduc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350971 | Method and device for measuring the thermal conductivity of a multifunctional fluid The invention relates to a method and a device for the continuous measurement (30) of the thermal conductivity of a multifunctional fluid. The inventive method consists of: placing a sample of the multifunctional fluid in a space (31) which is defined ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347244 | Membrane applicator A membrane applicator comprises a wheeled carriage adapted to ride on a surface to be covered with the membrane. A roll mount system is provided on the carriage to support a roll of membrane thereon. A press roll is mounted to the carriage for pressing the membrane ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316521 | Waterproof sheet in-situ application machine A waterproof sheet in-situ application machine, which can rewind a long roll-like thermal application type waterproof sheet and easily bond the sheet onto the bed surface of a bridge and the surface of a concrete structure in a site, includes a carriage and a combin... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308780 | Apparatus for sealing the overlapping edges of a tubular film An apparatus for sealing longitudinal overlapping edges of tubular thermoplastic film. The apparatus comprises a fixed block (31) for guiding and holding the overlapping edges and a sealing head (6) spaced from the fixed block for directing jets of hot... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305177 | Apparatus for joining roof covering materials An arrangement for an apparatus (1) for application of roof covering (2) and comprising a wagon (4) moveable by aid of wheels (3) intended to join together two unrolled rolls of roof covering in connection to a joint (5) on top of ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302981 | Apparatuses and method for decorating objects An apparatus comprises a support arrangement for objects to be decorated, a valve device fixed to said support arrangement and provided with a shutter element actuatable for opening and/or closing a circuit traversable by a fluid from and/or to an enclosure arranged... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299844 | Device for assembly of insulating glass sheets with an interior filled with a heavy gas A device for producing heavy gas-filled insulating glass sheets (62, 64, 60) has two plates (4, 6), between which the insulating glass sheet (62, 64, 60) which is to be filled can be located. On the vertical edges of the plates (4, 6) the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7261794 | Method and apparatus for bonding a cover to a substrate using high frequency microwaves A method for adhesively bonding a covering to a support using a dry heat-sensitive adhesive to produce an assembly for an automotive interior. The method positions the layers to form an assembly of material layers in tooling that concentrates microwave radiation ene... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229519 | Burning equipment for green sheet of plasma display panel and method of burning the same An apparatus for burning green sheets of a plasma display panel comprises a feeding part that feeds a green sheet to a plasma display panel substrate, a heat and pressure roller that heats and compresses the green sheet and the plasma display panel substrate from ab... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225731 | Sheet punching and embossing machine A sheet punching and embossing machine includes a device for stripping waste from a punched and embossed sheet at a stripping station, the device having a stripping plate for supporting the sheet. Also included are gripper carriages fixed to revolving chains, for gr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217562 | Gradient structures interfacing microfluidics and nanofluidics, methods for fabrication and uses thereof The present invention relates to a device for interfacing nanofluidic and microfluidic components suitable for use in performing high throughput macromolecular analysis. Diffraction gradient lithography (DGL) is used to form a gradient interface between a microfluid... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213628 | Photosensitive layer laminator and photosensitive layer laminating method Photosensitive material includes a support, and a photosensitive layer overlaid thereon and containing resin. A photosensitive layer laminator transfers the photosensitive layer from the photosensitive material to a glass substrate. In the photosensitive layer lamin... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205022 | Method and device for depositing adhesive on an alveolar surface A glue film (11) on a cellular structure (10) in order to form a regular glue strip on the edges of the partitions of the cells of the cellular structure (10), and the glue film (11) is exposed to a source (24) that emits radiation... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201777 | Nonwoven fabric having low ion content and method for producing the same The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric having a relatively low level of ionic contaminates which is achieved by exposing the fabric to a deionized water wash, preferably, in-line with the nonwoven production process, thereby eliminating, or at least redu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178574 | Labelling apparatus and method To label products on a conveyor, a target area for a given product conveyed on the conveyor is determined relative to a frame of reference. One of a plurality of labellers fixed at different transverse positions over the conveyor, which one labeller is at a transver... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174938 | Apparatus for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods A machine for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods such as cigarette packs comprises a continuous roll of preprinted onserts and a transverse cutter assembly for cutting onsert segments from the continuous roll. Each onsert segment includes a pair of sid... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172673 | Peeling device and peeling method A peeling device 11 includes an adsorber 15 having an adsorbing face 20A that adsorbs and retains a wafer W, and a peeling element 17 that holds a protective sheet H stuck to the wafer W, and peels off the protective sheet H from the wafe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164365 | Vehicle mounted travel surface and weather condition monitoring system A system and apparatus for detecting and evaluating surface conditions on a road surface and atmospheric conditions simultaneously from a vehicle includes a sensor for detecting the presence of deposited material on a road surface, a detector for determining one or ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153382 | Pressure element for an edge gluing machine and gluing method The pressure element (7) is designed for gluing a bandlike covering (4) by means of an adhesive onto a narrow face (3) (edge) of straight or curved (profiled) cross section of a board element (2) or for gluing a film onto a profile bar ha... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144244 | Molding machines A molding machine (1) may include first and second dies (13, 23) arranged and constructed to be closed and opened, and first and second trimming members (17, 27) arranged and constructed to engage with each other after the first and second dies ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141136 | Method and apparatus for applying a film adhesive to a perforated panel A method and apparatus for preparing a perforated panel for reticulation to a film adhesive. The method includes supporting the perforated panel. The method also includes adhering the film adhesive to the perforated panel without initiating a cure of the film adhesi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122092 | Label application apparatus and method of operation thereof An apparatus and method for applying labels to products of various sizes employs a printer and applicator head using air as a propellant. Control circuitry responsive to sensors located on the apparatus position the labels on the applicator head and trigger the ejec... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115324 | Method of combining welding and adhesive bonding for joining metal components A method of joining metal components having the steps of depositing adhesive material between the components and welding the components together via solid-state or fusion welding. The welds are spaced apart from the adhesive material and are produced so as to preven... | 10/03/2006 |
