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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156988 | Fiber strip multiapplicator head and method for applying the fiber strips The invention relates to a fiber strip multiapplicator head of the type supplying multiple independent application strips, to be compacted jointly in an area (2) by means of a roller of flexible material, the independent strips being led through hollows defin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146643 | Lay-up apparatus To provide a lay-up apparatus capable of precision positioning and laying of thin strips of copper foil or insulation tape on a flat plane even when there are variations in the cut lengths of the strips. A lay-up apparatus lays first and second strips of tape 101... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8069893 | Cutting mechanism for dry film laminator A cutting mechanism for dry film laminator includes a main base connected to a dry film laminator. The main base has a cutting space defined therein. The main base has two rollers disposed thereon and located beside the cutting space. The two rollers flatly guide a ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8025086 | Electronic component manufacturing apparatus To provide a manufacturing apparatus of an electronic component using an interposer, having high installation flexibility and high production efficiency. The electronic component manufacturing apparatus includes a converter unit configured to place an interposer on ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7954534 | Tape sticking apparatus and sticking method A tape sticking apparatus includes a feed-out device for feeding out a raw sheet in which a strip-shaped tape base material is temporarily stuck on one surface of a strip-shaped release liner. A cutting device is configured to form a closed-loop-shaped cut-line on t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950434 | Adhesive tape adhering apparatus An adhering apparatus having a pressurizing tool including a plurality of pressurizing surfaces and rotatably mounted on a base member, a supply reel which supplies a release tape adhered to an adhesive tape along the pressurizing surfaces of a periphery of the pres... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7926537 | Applicator head for fibers with particular systems for cutting fibers The present invention relates to a head for applying fibers in order to make components of composite materials, intended to be mounted at the end of a displacement system for applying to a surface a wide strip formed of a number of fibers. The head comprises an appl... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7849903 | Motorized cut and feed head A motorized head for applying fiber composite material to an application surface includes a drive roll and a backup roll for feeding fiber composite material toward the application surface, a compaction roll for pressing fiber composite material onto the application... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7828031 | Apparatus and method for aligning and fixing ribbon on a solar cell An apparatus and a method are proposed for aligning and fixing a ribbon onto the groove of a solar cell for avoiding undue stress on the ribbon as well as crystal damage of the solar cells by hardening of the ribbon. The apparatus includes a frame, a leading arm, an... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828032 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing sheet An end of a sheet drawn out form a feeder is clamped by a pair of upper and lower clamping devices of two or more pairs. The sheet is drawn out from the initial position to the end position in a spread state. While the spread sheet is being tentered on pin tenters, ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7806158 | RFID systems and graphic image fusion A security and/or tracking information and graphic image fusion system to be used with verification equipment to provide a tamper proof labeled article having security and/or tracking information thereon. The label comprises a printable sheet having at least one RFI... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7798193 | Method for manufacture and installation of sill drainage system Disclosed herein are various waterproof membranes that may be applied to a sill surface of an opening in a building structure to waterproof that surface as well as direct water that penetrates through the opening out of the structure. Generally, one or more flexible... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784516 | Automatic nose strip bonding apparatus for face mask An automatic nose strip bonding apparatus for a face mask is disclosed, including a nose strip providing mechanism, a nose strip turnover mechanism, and a press-to-bond device. The nose strip providing mechanism drives a nose strip forward and carries out stamping o... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7665499 | Laminating apparatus for ceramic green sheet and laminating method for same In a laminating apparatus for a ceramic green sheet according to the present invention, cutting means and laminating means are positioned on a conveying path of a carrier film conveyed by conveying means. Specifically, cutting of the ceramic green sheet and laminati... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7533709 | High speed vacuum porting This invention proposes a new, improved method and apparatus for applying web segments to a traveling web. These web segments, sometimes called ears or wings, may be asymmetrical or otherwise incompatible with the usual slip-and-cut method. The asymmetrical shape ma... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7416008 | Automatic waste-area removal apparatus An apparatus and laminate allow removal of at least one sub-area of a face layer sheet from a laminate composed of a backing layer with the face layer sheet adhering thereto to leave at least one product area of the face layer sheet in place on the backing layer. Th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7367374 | Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of display device The present invention is directed to a display device that overcomes the limitation on tact time, and the defective phenomenon attributed to the generation of bubbles, pasting and visual irregularities at the time of laminating a film to a display panel. A polarizer... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7364637 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing friction plate A method for manufacturing a friction plate in which a plurality of frictional material segments are adhered to a substantially annular core plate. The method previously registers the frictional material segments to adhesion positions, and presses the core plate to ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328543 | Apparatus and method for the application of pressure relief valves An applicator unit for a system applying pressure relief valves to packaging during the packaging process. A punch shaft and an applicator shaft each have an axis and opposed ends. The punch shaft has a punch at one end. The applicator shaft has an applicator vacuum... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7246646 | Method for production and apparatus for production of adhesive wafer A process for production and apparatus for production of an adhesive wafer which produce a wafer with an adhesive coated well over the entire back surface using a die attach film, wherein the wafer is placed on a table having substantially the same planar shape as t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222402 | Box spring stapler apparatus A fastening apparatus and method is provided for securing a plurality of modules to a frame. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211167 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing innerspring assemblies A method for the manufacture of an innerspring assembly, suitable for a mattress, cushion, or the like, is disclosed. In one aspect, the method involves the steps of: positioning a first string of pocketed coil springs in juxtaposition with a plurality of adhesive a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207794 | Pouch production apparatus and method A pouch production apparatus includes a pouch forming apparatus operable to form pouches from an elongate web of material and zipper tape and an extrusion apparatus responsive to operation of the pouch forming apparatus and operable to extrude zipper tape. A pneumat... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204910 | Film tape for forming a cutting edge on dispenser cartons A tape formed of a polymeric material and having a thickness and stiffness suitable as a cutting edge on a dispensing carton for convolutely wound foil, film or paper, the tape includes a coating of adhesive and is applied at a laminating station in the carton manuf... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195684 | Apparatus and method for producing article An apparatus for producing an article having an elastic member, comprises: a stretcher for receiving the elastic member at a low velocity VL and outputting the elastic member at a medium velocity VM; a carrier including a first pad and a second... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179514 | Laminar label as well as a method and an apparatus for producing the same A laminar label (7) which comprises a base label (4), which is attached to a release web (3) by means of a glue layer (5) on top of which base label a supplement (13) is applied, which is covered by a top label (11). The bas... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175732 | Method of applying seam tape to the edge of a membrane Membrane sheeting with preapplied seam tape is formed by applying the seam tape to a preformed sheet along the center of the sheet. A cut is formed through the seam tape and sheeting. This forms two sheets with seam tape along one edge of each of the sheets. ... | 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 |
| 7172670 | Single-pass, in-line process for manufacturing multi-part articles A single-pass, in-line process for creating multi-part articles by combining primary substrates in a first continuous web with discrete elements from a second continuous web which includes pre-cutting the second web to define, but not separate, discrete element port... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160412 | Methods and apparatus for producing and for applying labels An apparatus for applying labels including hanging labels, in the form of a continuous web of material to containers is defined. The apparatus includes first and second reels on which the continuous web material is wound for application to containers by the apparatu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153383 | Weight sensor The invention provides a weight sensor (10) which includes a first electrically conductive sheet (12) electrically isolated from a second electrically conductive sheet (14) by inserts of a closed cell foamed polymeric dielectric (16) and ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146759 | Two-faced optional mat picture frames This invention discloses composite two faced picture, document and/or other artwork frames, each composed of two separate frames with panes permanently installed on elastomeric pads and fitted to allow pane to pane resilient contact with two sets of displayed materi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7108034 | Device for labeling Device for the labeling of clothes including a label printer (1) and a fastening station (12), and a device for the transfer of the labels and holding these in position for fixing that includes a guide or slide plane next to which the printer is arrang... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7083699 | Masking glass shapes Methods and apparatus for masking a selected portion of a workpiece are disclosed. A method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include the steps of providing a workpiece having a shape, providing a mask having a similar shape, an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078088 | Disposable cutting sheet A disposable cutting sheet for Processing food items thereon includes a cut-resistant layer including a thermoplastic material ply and an absorbent ply, wherein the first layer has a surface area and wherein the thermoplastic material of the first layer includes a p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077928 | Process for the manufacture of a label stock carrier A process for the manufacture of a label stock carrier from a multi-layer structure having a carrier strip covered on its two faces by respective first and second adhesive films designed to be cut to form a first and second series of labels respectively. The second ... | 07/18/2006 |
