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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275405 | Straight drawing machine Rectilinear drawing machine for drawing material, especially bars, pipes or sections, with at least two movable drawing cars which are driven on a path, one run being assigned to each drawing car, and the runs can be fixed in a variable manner. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7146892 | Cutting installation with two gripper beams displaceable in opposite directions A cutting installation for a fabric web comprising an unwinding unit, a downstream dancer unit serving as a buffer, and a downstream cutting frame with a cutting unit disposed thereon. At least two gripper beams extending parallel to the cutting unit and guided alon... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131362 | Punching machine and method thereof A punching machine includes a body frame having a table to support a workpiece. First and second work movement positioning apparatuses are mounted at both sides to move and position the workpiece in a direction of axis X. A work head is mounted on the body frame and... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114422 | Method and device for producing a product made of strip tape, especially a medical product and/or a product containing active substances as well as fillable receptacles or pouches whose edges can be sealed A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a vacuum roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their way to the c... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6715332 | Method of drawing metal workpieces and drawing unit for a drawing machine A drawing apparatus for drawing metal and articles has at last one drawing carriage and a linear motor complex which determines the pattern of movement of that carriage and hence of the drawing operation. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6684675 | Drawing machine An apparatus for drawing a strand has a frame extending in a longitudinal direction, a pair of substantially identical linear motors each having a primary fixed on the frame, and a movable secondary slidable along the respective primary in the direction. ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6612475 | Tape shifting means A shifting device for fixing and conveying a tape comprises a first head having a first surface to contact with a top of the tape, and a second head having a second surface to contact with a bottom of the tape. The first surface has a plurality of first s... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6450385 | Clamping ring in particular for oil duct The invention concerns an annular clamping ring in particular for laying oil ducts including a rigid annular base (2) supporting with support apparatus a coaxial ring-shaped assembly of vertical jaws (4) mobile in the diametral planes; said apparatus incl... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6179191 | Wire advancing apparatus and method An apparatus for advancing one or more lengths of wire in consistent successive increments includes a pair of cooperating gripper members. A first gripper and a second gripper are provided for advancing the length of wire, and are slideably located within... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6174399 | Method of making an elastic adhesive bandage Adhesive bandages are prepared from an elastic backing material by decreasing the tension in the backing material just prior to attachment of the adhesive pad.... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6145424 | Punching machine and method thereof A punching machine includes a body frame having a table to support a workpiece. First and second work movement positioning apparatuses are mounted at both sides to move and position the workpiece in a direction of axis X. A work head is mounted on the bod... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6092709 | Machine for advancing a sheet metal strip in measured increments A machine for advancing a strip of sheet metal in measured increments includes a main frame and subframes supported on transverse ways on the main frame so that the subframes may be moved toward and away from each other to vary the spacing between them. T... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5992789 | Control system for unwind machine An unwind machine has three tension free loops between the paper roll that is unwinding and the utilization device that must be fed paper at a rate that varies widely. One loop is conventionally controlled, and the other loops act in sequence to accommoda... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5909835 | Gripper feeder for metal strip A gripper feeder for metal strip including on a base one pair of grippers for an engagement of a metal strip to be advanced; members for moving said grippers in a direction parallel to an axis of the strip and in the opposite direction; and means for inde... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5794830 | System for incorporation of post-production operations to a web output from an image transfer device A system and method for incorporating, in the production of a continuous stream of images, by an image transfer device upon a moving web, post-production operations upon the web at various locations. Locations of a web, having a plurality of images placed... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5769301 | Method and apparatus for pivotally mounted media transport bridge with improved counterbalance system A media transport bridge is an integral media transport device within an internal drum laser imagesetter that transports media from an imaging area in the drum to an external processor or intermediate buffer. Five pairs of rollers transport the film over ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5655754 | Pulling or lifting apparatus with jaws, acting on flat-profiled flexible straps A pulling or lifting apparatus for a flat, flexible strap connected to a load operates with two pairs of reciprocating jaws. The pairs of jaws have flat gripping surfaces corresponding to the flat faces of the flexible flat-profiled strap. Two guide membe... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5445305 | Method and device for feeding a band or strip along a straight or zig-zag course to a machine such as one for cutting out of blanks Method and device for feeding a band or web into a downstream machine, including two grips that serve for the stepwise advancing of the band, the grips moving in synchronism to and fro in opposing directions. The grips are alternately coupled with the ban... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5419480 | Apparatus for continuous axial feeding of an elongate member A feed arrangement for a rotating bar includes a rotary drive carrying a series of axially spaced clamping devices comprising collets through which the bar passes. The clamping devices are axially reciprocated in phased sequence and the collet of each dev... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5390841 | Method of drawing large-size elongate cable for installation A large-size elongate cable is continuously drawn from a container with a plurality of spaced cable drawing machines associated with respective slave controllers controlled by a master controller. A control signal is supplied from the master controller to... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5312033 | Web conveyor drive system A web conveyor drive system, for example of the suction box type, employs independent motor drives for each of the plurality of drive rollers in the suction drive. Web tension drive loads are equalized across the drive rollers by controlling the individua... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5210583 | Electrophotographic printer which positions the leading edge of a recording sheet In a printing device such as a laser beam printer utilizing a continuous-form recording sheet, a forming member is provided for forming an image on a continuous-form recording sheet. A feeding mechanism feeds the continuous-form recording sheet along a pr... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5193727 | System for incorporation of post-production operations to a web output from an image transfer device A system for incorporating, in the production of a continuous stream of images, by an image transfer device upon a moving web, post-production operations upon the web at various locations. Locations of a web, having a plurality of images placed thereon, o... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5139600 | Double sided lamination machine A laminating system includes a pair of pull rollers (18) for drawing laminating film (12) from supply rolls, over preheat rollers (30) and through a pair of heated laminating rollers (14). A motor (124) connected to a driver sprocket (128) drives a driven... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4915281 | Arrangement for a method of converting a stepwise translation movement into a continuous translation movement For converting a stepwise translation movement into a continuous translation movement and arrangement and a method is provided which have at least two fluid-operated cylinder-piston units with cylinders are rigidly mechanically connected with one another ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4596174 | Wire handling and cutting apparatus A high speed wire handling and cutting apparatus having particular application for efficiently providing a continuous supply of uniform dimension wire leads which are to be electrically connected (e.g. welded) to an electronic component, or the like, so t... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4593884 | Continuous-advance hydraulic cable mover A cable mover has a generally stationary support, a tube centered on an axis and having a pair of axially opposite ends, a swivel joint carrying the tube on the support and permitting the tube to move only nonaxially thereon, and respective axially double... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4577483 | System for the continuous operation of a cold pilger rolling mill A spur gear assembly for axially mounting and supporting an end of a feed screw for each carriage and is driven from the main drive, since these feed screws of each carriage are arranged coaxially along a line parallel to a passline of the pilger mill. Th... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4526505 | Fast retract feed An apparatus and method are provided for feeding elongated products, such as feeding large sausage chubs or loafs to a slicer, which apparatus includes a transport for engaging such elongated products during the feed mode. At the end of the feeding mode, ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4508251 | Cable pulling/feeding apparatus A cable pulling/feeding apparatus comprises a fixed base, a cable pulling/feeding unit having a drive/brake unit for pulling or feeding a cable, a sensor supported on the fixed base so as to be movable in both directions in which the cable is pulled and f... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4483517 | Tractive apparatus for hauling a cable, a bar or a similar member The tractive apparatus has two clamping grippers each comprising a pair of jaws actuated by clamping links connected to an operating lever through connecting links pivotably mounted on this lever on each side of a pivot pin of the lever situated in the ex... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4456226 | Traction device A traction device for causing stepwise relative displacement between the device and an elongate member in the form of a cable (6) comprises a stationary clamp (5) and a movable clamp (3) which is displaced by a cylinder and piston unit (1, 2). Both clamps... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4437600 | Continuous wire feed arrangement for stapling apparatus A continuous wire feed arrangement for feeding wire to a stapling apparatus or the like comprises two nozzles respectively located along paths along which wires may be fed to a device for cutting and transmitting cut wire portions to the stapling apparatu... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4406390 | Continuous motion, constant velocity web feeding apparatus This invention includes apparatus providing for continuous motion and constant velocity to a traveling web usually including at least one film. A pair of grippers are arranged to grasp the film and are alternately actuated to advance the web. Each of the ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4353162 | Apparatus and process for manufacturing finned tubes Apparatus and process for manufacturing a finned tube, said apparatus comprising a tube feed assembly which has absolute control over the rotational speed of the bare tube being processed as well as the linear feed rate thereof, a grooved roller assembly ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4266389 | Method and an arrangement for the advancing of a packing material web through a packing machine Packing machines for the manufacture of packing containers frequently produce these from web-like material, which is supplied to the machine in the form of a roll. During the production the material web is advanced through the machine along a path defined... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4223821 | Press-feed units A press-feed unit is operative to feed a length of stock material to a press. The unit comprises a body for fixing adjacent the press and a transport section reciprocable relative to the body by a pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly, the stock being cl... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4157777 | Apparatus for advancing an elongate element For the purpose of advancing a rod, wire or the like, particularly a welding filler wire from a magazine to a welding site, the apparatus of the invention comprises at least two tappets, reciprocated by a rotary swash plate, the tappets being arranged wit... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4127999 | Gripping arrangement A gripping arrangement for longitudinally advancing elongated workpieces, particularly for use in a drawing bench, a stripping machine and the like, comprises a pair of supports which are mounted on guide rails for movement in paths which are parallel to ... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4119254 | Apparatus for pulling elongated workpieces Apparatus for pulling elongated workpieces and which apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating clamping devices disposed in a side-by-side relationship and movable in towing and return directions. Elongated rotatable drive shafts extending parallel to th... | 10/10/1978 |
