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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380746 | Method and apparatus for accumulating a web A method of accumulating a web includes pivoting subsets of rolls to a generally vertical alignment; moving one set of rolls past the other; passing the web between the sets of rolls; moving one set of rolls past the other to engage the web; pivoting the subsets to ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7137283 | Plate reduction press apparatus and methods A material 1 to be shaped is reduced and formed by bringing dies with convex forming surfaces, when viewed from the side of the transfer line of the material 1, close to the transfer line from above and below the material 1, in synchronism with ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7014083 | System and method for controlling the width of web material A system and method for controlling the width of a web material supplied to a machine by adjusting the tension of the web material. An operator defines a target web width via an input device. The input device generates a reference signal representative of the target... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966474 | Web accumulator having limited torque disturbance A control arrangement decoupled two driven inputs for driven belt web accumulators using gear trains, gear trains with torque feed-forward control or gear trains with toque feed-forward control and velocity feedback control. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6688508 | Conveyor device A conveyor device capable of conveying a belt-like material from a lower site to an upper site without elongating the belt-like material and without applying unrequired stress thereto. The conveyor device comprises a lower conveyor unit for conveying the ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6595454 | Optical fiber tensioning device and method of controlling the tension applied to an optical fiber An optical fibre tensioning device, receiving at its input an optical fibre from a traction device and capable of supplying the optical fibre from its output to a device for storing the fibre. The tensioning device comprises at least one fixed pulley on w... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6557741 | Storage carriage and method of storing a longitudinal component in the storage carriage A storage carriage for longitudinal components. The storage carriage has a pair of continuous belts. The belts are arranged to form a nested zigzag pattern. As the component is feed through the nested zigzag pattern, substantially the entire length of the... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6516987 | Horizontal strip accumulator A horizontal strip accumulator for metal strip includes a looper car which is moveable along a travel path at at least one swivel gate which is moveable, when the looper car is moved, by the looper car between a starting position and an end position. For ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6443384 | Wire brake A wire brake for use with automatic wedge bonding machines which have cutting pliers arranged behind the associated bonding tool and movable along the bonding wire for detaching bonding wire from the open pliers. The wire brake includes guiding members ha... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6345753 | Vertical belt storage system A vertical strip storage system has a support structure and a storage car connected to the support structure by cables in the fashion of a pulley block so as to be lifted and lowered relative to the support structure. The storage car is provided with a co... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6302308 | Apparatus for handling and texturizing yarn having enhanced false twister, electro-mechanical yarn detector, and yarn take-up distance extender and associated methods An apparatus and methods for handling and texturing yarn are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a yarn supply positioned to supply a plurality of strands of yarn, a false twister positioned downstream from the yarn supply for imparting a false tw... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6276587 | Arrangement for delivering a web of material from a storage reel to a process line, and a unit included in the arrangement An arrangement for delivering a web of material from a storage reel to a process line for manufacturing absorbent disposable articles. The arrangement includes a web tension control unit for holding a predetermined value of tension in the web of material ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257862 | Sheet processing system A sheet processing system for continuously producing plastic sheet which is continuously supplied to an intermittent take-up device, utilizing a sheet forming apparatus, a conveyor, an accumulator and take-up apparatus, the sheet being fed along the conve... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6216934 | Festoon protection method and system A method and system for preventing damage to a movable dancer assembly in a festoon upon the breakage of the running web that runs through the festoon. During normal running of the web, the vertical position of the dancer assembly, in the festoon and vis-... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6215205 | Adjustable length conveyor system A conveyor assembly and method for conveying and storing a strip material in a conveyor system that is subject to changes in length of the strip material due to intermittent operation includes an upper conveyor (16), an adjustable substantially horizontal... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6202912 | Accumulation unit for a band product A band product accumulation unit including a mechanism for controlling the running of a band along a longitudinal direction, a fixed frame, a wrap-around carriage which is moveable on a track between a return position of minimum accumulation length and an... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6109498 | Shock absorber assembly for reducing breaks in an asphalt-coated sheet A shock absorber assembly for a finish looper that reduces breaks of a asphalt-coated sheet. The finish looper includes a plurality of looper rolls forming a plurality of free hanging loops of the asphalt-coated sheet. The shocker absorber assembly is mou... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6050517 | Counterbalanced web accumulator A linear web accumulator is provided wherein a web is threaded alternately between two sets of movable rollers. Each set of movable rollers is connected to the other through a mechanical connection, so that relative motion of the sets is always simultaneo... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5999248 | Elongated record medium storage and transport system and method An elongated record medium, such as motion picture film, is stored and transported in a plurality of banks of successive loop-forming rollers, with smaller banks of rollers being nested within the loops formed by a bank of larger rollers, and the record m... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5992721 | Rodless cylinder rope tensioning apparatus A rodless cylinder rope tensioning apparatus maintains tension in an endless rope system operable for threading a web in a paper-making apparatus and includes at least one rodless cylinder having at least one yoke sheave attached to the internal piston in... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5964390 | Arrangement and web tension control unit for web delivery An arrangement for delivering a web of material from a storage reel to a process line for manufacturing absorbent disposable articles. The arrangement includes a web tension control unit for holding a predetermined value of tension in the web of material ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5964392 | Wire dereeling unit and marking unit for a wire processing machine A wire processing machine is disclosed having a wire feed unit (14) that draws wire (22) from an endless source (20). A wire processing unit (12) receives the wire from the feed unit for performing a manufacturing operation therewith, the wire being inter... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5939107 | Preheater for differential pressure forming machine A preheater and method of preheating a thermoplastic sheet prior to entry of the sheet into a differential pressure forming machine which forms an article in the sheet. The preheater includes mechanism for initially threading a sheet in a generally horizo... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5865393 | Vertical strip storage device A vertical strip storage device for bridging strip running interruptions in continuous strip production includes a supporting frame forming a looping tower. The continuous strip is looped around deflecting rollers mounted on upper and lower horizontal rol... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5820047 | Yarn delivery device for textile machines A yarn delivery device with a yarn storage drum that is mounted to be driven rotatably about an approximately vertical axis. The yarn storage drum has an upper portion with a frustroconical yarn take-up region that is adjoined by an essentially cylindrica... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5791541 | Tension controller for controlling tension of running paper web A tension controller for controlling the tension of running paper web. When a rotary press starts to operate and performs a minimum speed operation, the controller balances the tension of the paper web between a floating roller and a dancer roller, thereb... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5791542 | Yarn test system which moves yarn at high speed under constant, adjustable tension A system for moving yarn under substantially constant tension, including a translationally-fixed pivoting device, having a neutral position, for applying tension to the yarn, and a variable-speed yarn drive for moving the yarn across the pivoting device. ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5762254 | Mechanism for changing a web feed from intermittent to constant motion A mechanism is provided for receiving a web with intermittent motion and converting it to uniform motion, particularly for severed carton items. A reciprocating carriage has first and second adjacent idler rollers and a third idler roller spaced away from... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5743307 | Hydraulic warp tensioning apparatus A system for bringing ground warp threads under tension on a beam stand comprises first and second rollers on which the ground warp threads run. The first roller is mounted on a support which is movable in relation to the second roller. A mechanism for ex... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5727748 | Web inspection and repair machine with web indexer device A device for the inspection and repair of a roll of web material includes an unwind mandrel, a rewind mandrel, an inspection area and a splice area. A flaw in the web is detected at the inspection area, whereupon the web is braked to a halt. Where the spl... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5617985 | Apparatus and method for supporting and guiding strip material that is to be processed in the loop region Apparatus for supporting strip material includes a discontinuous conveyor for discontinuously conveying a strip material and a continuous conveyor for continuously conveying the strip material. The strip material passes in a loop between the discontinuous... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5611473 | Apparatus for conveying collapsed, continuous plastic films Apparatus for conveying continuous collapsed film includes a guidance arrangement receiving the continuous collapsed film, the guidance arrangement including at least one guide roller and at least one turning bar for guiding the film. The at least one gui... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5590442 | Device for producing a nonwoven fabric made of fiber material A device for producing nonwoven fabric with a carding machine 3 and a nonwoven fabric layering apparatus 2. A web storage device 5 with a variable storage volume is arranged between the web producer 3 and the nonwoven fabric layering apparatus 2. The web ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5582339 | Apparatus for storing a continuous web of material made from packaging material An apparatus including a material accumulator (10) which is used, in conjunction with a packaging machine, for temporarily storing a continuous web (11) of material. Accurate operation of the material accumulator (11) is achieved by pivoting at least one ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5451037 | Modular card processing system An inserter module for attaching processed cards to associated card carrier forms having cardholder information printed thereon is provided. The inserter module includes a chassis, printer for printing cardholder information on serially connected card car... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5450154 | Storage buffer apparatus for continuous-strip type photographic material Transfer storage buffer apparatus for interconnecting processing machines for the development and printing of continuous-strip photographic material includes a plurality of rollers arranged on a fixed upper carriage and a movable lower carriage, respectiv... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5423495 | Apparatus for winding selectable lengths of web Apparatus (60) for winding strips of web (14) such as photographic film is provided with web storage modules (62, 120) which include a carriage (78, 132) mounted on a track (76, 130), the carriage supporting rollers 96, 98; 152, 154) which can moved along... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5413264 | Serial accumulator system for filamentary material A winding accumulator system for controlling the storage of filamentary material between a source of such material and a winding receptacle, utilizing: a plurality of serially interconnected accumulator units for storing filamentary material with the firs... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5379932 | Tensioning apparatus for a web threading endless rope A compact rope stretcher maintains the tension in an endless rope used for threading a web in a papermaking machine and includes an elongated H-beam having a flange engaged by guide wheels supporting a pair of separate carriages. The carriages support cor... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5377892 | Fluid pressure tensioning apparatus for a web threading endless rope A compact rope stretcher maintains the tension in an endless rope used for threading a web in a papermaking machine and includes a beam having a flange forming a track which is engaged by guide wheels supporting a pair of separate carriages. The carriages... | 01/03/1995 |
