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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011409 | Splicing device to join together two web materials, unwinding device comprising said splicing device A splicing device to join a first web material coming from a reel being fed (BA), to a second web material (NB), coming from a reel standing by (BB), comprising two heads (107A, 127A; 107B, 127B), each of which comprises: a roller (129... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7441579 | Splicing device to join together two web materials, unwinding device comprising said splicing device A splicing device to join a first web material coming from a reel being fed (BA), to a second web material (NB), coming from a reel standing by (BB), comprising two heads (107A, 127A; 107B, 127B), each of which comprises: a roller (129... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426809 | Apparatus for wrapping including joining of trailing end of wrapping material to leading end of subsequent wrapping material In a packaging apparatus, when replacing a preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard (wrapping material) with a subsequent single-faced corrugated fiberboard, a draw-out roller is operated such that the preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard is drawn out to... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7331368 | Device for gluing together two webs of packaging material Described is an apparatus for glueing two webs (3, 4) of packaging material for the production of liquid-tight packs, wherein each web (3, 4) is covered at least at one side with a liquid-tight adhesive layer (58, 65) which can be activated by h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7263812 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a machine and method for wrapping filled bottles A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a machine and method for wrapping filled bottles, wherein one roll of wrapping material is replaced with a new roll of wrapping material quickly and accurately to minimize disruptio... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255769 | Method for splicing and coating webs as well as a web obtained with such methods The present invention relates to a method for splicing successive rolls of webmaterial to one endless web, in such way that during subsequent coating of the web, coating defects near the splices are reduced, preferably prevented. To that end at least part of the tra... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7238236 | Apparatus for increasing tail adhesion of wet rolls An apparatus for making a wet roll including a body of a roll of wet wound sheet material, where the body of the roll is connected to a tail of the roll, means for applying an adhesion promoter between the body and the tail and means for contacting the body and the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7147737 | Banderoling machine A banderoling machine joins film webs from a roll to form a film curtain. Film is placed around material to be banderoled to form a loop and the loop is tightened to clamp at least one of the film webs, and is heat-sealed and separated from the remainder of the film... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138033 | Connecting apparatus and connecting method of web material The present invention simplifies an apparatus and is capable of, when replacing a roll, swiftly connecting the tail end side portion of a previously paid out web material and the lead end portion of web material to be paid out subsequently. A connecting apparatus | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135083 | Web material advance system for web material applicator An apparatus for feeding and cutting lengths of tape and advancing the lengths to a vacuum wheel applicator, the feed section of the apparatus comprising a feed roll, an anvil vacuum roll, and a rotary knife adjacent to the anvil vacuum roll, and means for adjusting... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128795 | Method and apparatus for splicing a web material An apparatus and method for splicing web materials. The apparatus comprises a first nip roller, a second nip roller and an adhesive roller. The apparatus further comprises a first wind up roller and a second wind up roller. The apparatus also comprises a pair of inf... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7087278 | Adhesive tape for a continuous roll change An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a) two long edges (14, 16) of a top side and of a bottom side, b) a cleavable backing system (7), c) a self-adhesive composition (8) on the top side of the cleavab... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078082 | Dual-functioning mechanism for startup during winding of web material and for splicing during unwinding A tail end of a web is attached to a winding core via a two-component mechanism having a core component attached to the core and a web component attached to the web, the two components being attached to each other in releasable fashion. The mechanism assists startup... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7022205 | Apparatus and method for forming a butt splice The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for splicing a web of layered material so that a new roll of material may be joined to an expiring web via a butt joint. A shear wheel is driven to ensure that the shear wheel positively rotates as it cuts acro... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978963 | Web feed method and web feed apparatus Continuous web feed is provided by using an apparatus for unwinding a web on a continuous basis by means of an automatic web splicing apparatus. An arm supporting a web roll is rocked when unwinding of the web is switched between web rolls. When the web is switched ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978816 | Method and apparatus for splicing a web material An apparatus and method for splicing web materials. The apparatus comprises a first nip roller, a second nip roller and an adhesive roller. The apparatus further comprises a first wind up roller and a second wind up roller. The apparatus also comprises a pair of inf... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966961 | Splicing device for splicing two web materials together, unwinder comprising said splicing device and relative method The splicing device comprises two heads (41A, 43A; 41B, 43B), each of which has: a roller (33A; 33B) associated with a clamping bar (93A; 93B) to hold between said roller and said clamping bar an initial edge (... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955320 | Unwinding system for handling reels of tissue An unwinding system for handling reels of tissue, which for each laminar ply of tissue to be applied consists of two reel-carrier units onto which are mounted the respective reels, one of which supplies the laminar band for processing, whilst the other remains on st... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953171 | Apparatus for automatically paying out free end portion of rolled paper A roll shaft 26 supporting rolled paper 20, such as toilet paper rotatably thereon, a pair of feed rollers 32, 34 for paying out the free end portion of the rolled paper 20 which has been paid out continuously from the rolled paper 20 | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951676 | Butt splicing tapes and butt splicing methods Butt splicing tape comprising: a splicing portion, an attachment portion and a gripping portion, wherein said splicing portion comprises an elongated first backing member (10) having two faces and two longitudinal edges, a first adhesive layer (11′) ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6938529 | Shortening the flap of paper following a supply-roll change A flap projecting from a glue joint between two paper strips after an on-the-fly supply roll change is shortened by continuously displacing the strips in a straight line, in a travel direction, and at a travel speed along a path such that the flap lies flatly agains... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929708 | Film splicing and cutting mechanism A splicing device comprising: an elongated anvil having an elongated slot therein; an elongated splicing head having a pair of spaced apart tips extending therefrom and having a longitudinal aperture therein; a heating element in the longitudinal aperture; and an ac... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923880 | Film splicer apparatus and method for splicing a film used for bagging snack foods A film splicer apparatus is disclosed for splicing a film used for bagging snack foods. The apparatus includes a frame and an axle which is rotatably supported by the frame for rotatably supporting a first roll of the film used for the bagging of the snack foods. A ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907721 | Spliced yarn and method for forming the same A method for producing a spliced yarn comprising alternating predetermined lengths of a first and a second yarn and to the yarn is disclosed. A predetermined length of a first yarn is drawn through an intermingling jet. A leading portion of a second yarn is f... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6887330 | Machine for punching out electronic circuitry parts, method for replacing tape supply reels, and method for producing electronic circuitry parts from tape Carrier tapes, each carrying electronic circuitry parts at predetermined intervals on a carrier portion, are successively and continuously fed to a punching station from a tape feeding station with at least a pair of tape supply reels. While a carrier tape from a fi... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883575 | Fiber glass mat, method and laminate A fiber glass mat containing a novolac resin having an acid solubility of at least about 35 wt. percent is especially useful for bonding to a light weight fibrous or foam web or board, such as a polymer fiber web. A method of making the mat by wet laying a slurry co... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6881289 | Strip splicing device and method A device for splicing strips has a first drum rotating about a first axis and having a first outer face for selectively retaining and guiding a first strip; and a second drum rotating about a second axis and having a second outer face for selectively guiding and ret... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6880604 | Butt splicer apparatus A sleeve label splicer apparatus is disclosed for splicing together a tail end of a roll of sleeve labels to a leading edge of a replacement roll of sleeve labels. The splicer apparatus includes a drive roller for driving and guiding the roll of sleeve labels and a ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6868883 | Apparatus and method for reducing wallboard waste during manufacture An apparatus and method for reducing the amount of wallboard wasted during the manufacturing process is disclosed. Wallboard sections that contain a cover paper splice, which sections must go to waste, are reduced in size during the manufacturing process. This is ac... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6841020 | Method of and apparatus for splicing running webs of paper and the like The leading end of a running fresh web of cigarette paper or the like is spliced to the trailing end of a running expiring web while the ends travel at the same speed, in the same direction and next to each other. The splicing unit includes a rotatable roll at one s... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6820836 | Fiberboard splice apparatus, corrugate machine and fiberboard feed method A fiberboard splice apparatus is made up of a fiberboard splice part for adhering an old fiberboard fed from one roll fiberboard to an end portion of a new fiberboard fed from the other roll fiberboard to accomplish fiberboard splice therebetween, and a fiberboard f... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814123 | Method and apparatus for applying a splicing tape to a roll of sheet material Methods and apparatus for applying a flying splicing tape to a roll of sheet material. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides methods and apparatus for lifting a portion of the outer-most layer of sheet material away from a roll of sheet material to form a... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6814827 | Apparatus and method for connecting film There is provided an apparatus for joining films wherein a rear end portion of a preceding film and a front end portion of a trailing film are mutually joined without using a joining material such as an adhesion tape or the like to sufficiently contribute the joint ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811637 | Process and device for picking up materials A source for supplying lengths of adhesive tape applies such adhesive elements with their outer surfaces facing outwards onto a gripping element consisting of a rotating drum. The drum in question applies the adhesive element on the outer surface of a reel of web ma... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811636 | Process and machine for splicing running webs of paper and the like The invention relates to a process and to a machine for splicing the trailing end of a running expiring web (e.g., a web of cigarette paper) to the leading end of a fresh web while the ends of the webs travel next to each other, in the same direction and at an at le... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808581 | Method and apparatus for automatically applying a flying splicing tape to a roll of sheet material A method and apparatus for automatically applying a flying splicing tape to a roll of sheet material. The roll of sheet material is defined by a width and includes an outer-most layer. With this in mind, the method includes lifting a portion of the outer-most layer ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805765 | Method and apparatus for the preparation of a paper reel for flying reel change A roll (22) is rotatably mounted in a slide (17) which is mounted so as to be perpendicularly displaceable in a carriage (11) which can be moved above a paper reel (8) transversely to its axis. The carriage (11) can be moved in a r... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6792987 | Automatic label splicing apparatus An automatic splicing apparatus for use in combination with a selected automatic labeling apparatus which uses a sensor and a splicing station through which a first web of stick-on labels passes; a second web of material from a standby roll is held in a ready positi... | 09/21/2004 |
