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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441578 | Release liner staging unit and system incorporating same A release liner staging unit for depositing a release liner onto an adhesive layer. The unit includes an accumulator that creates a buffer between an amount of release liner supplied and an amount needed for covering a layer of adhesive. The tendency of release line... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6428246 | System and method of conveying, storing, and dispensing packing material A system and method for conveying and dispensing packing material, such as a chain of linked air bags which includes a pressurized pathway and an elongated hopper that conveys and dispenses the air bags. The hopper includes a plurality of air jets that tr... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6109544 | Hose take-up apparatus A hose take-up apparatus, which includes a flat casing defining a flat receiving chamber having a relatively narrower middle portion and relatively broader upper and lower portions, a twin line welding hose received in the receiving chamber inside the cas... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5501412 | Apparatus and method for controlling tension in a web An apparatus for controlling tension in a web includes devices such as unwinding and calendar or wind-up rollers for supporting opposite ends of the web. A pressure region is formed between the opposite ends of the web adjacent a first side of the web. Th... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5447262 | Apparatus for transporting and bending web-shaped packing material Apparatus for transporting a material web having lateral depressions (25, 27) arranged at regular distances from one another. For the transport of a material web (10, 35) of this type in the correct position, the web bears on a conveying drum (28) which h... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5135149 | Apparatus for the storage and transport of an elongate endless tape A storage bin (3) in which at least a part of the tape is stored as a package of tape loops (2a) has main walls (4), an entrance wall (5) and an exit wall (9), the walls (5, 9) being formed with an entrance slot (6) and an exit slot (10) respectively, and... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5012657 | Machine for the continuous dynamic-fluid treatment of aggregated filiform materials Machine for the continuous dynamic-fluid treatment of grouped filiform materials, which includes in combination a device (9) to feed previously treated grouped filiform materials (T), a device (1) for producing separation or change of density, or separati... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4868688 | Elongated strip storage apparatus and recorder tape duplicator system utilizing endless tape stored in storage apparatus An endless elongated strip storage apparatus includes a casing which defines a strip storage space. The casing has at least one peripheral wall which is oscillatable. Oscillation of the oscillatable wall contains a component in a tape feeding direction. T... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4846386 | Material store for the through transport of a length of textile material The invention relates to a material store for the through transport of a length of textile material. It contains a storage vessel with an upright delivery shaft, an upright extraction shaft and a turn-round section which connects the lower ends of the sha... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4700909 | Tape deck having improved tape path A tape deck providing means to drive and control a file reel and a machine reel including a vacuum source and a capstan drive means, the tape deck including a first vacuum column of relatively wide width and short length extending upwardly and at an acute... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4696310 | Paper feed for cigarette making machines A reservoir for a bobbin changer for cigarette paper or a similar paper web includes, adjacent to an inlet (15) at which the paper (10) enters the reservoir, a movable deflector (20) arranged to engage and deflect the paper as it enters the reservoir (at ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4610379 | Device for holding a textile article in the course of treatment The present invention relates to the treatments, particularly in a gaseous medium, of textile articles accumulated in folds and moving under the effect of their own weight along an inclined surface. According to the process of the invention, the displacem... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4591084 | Method and apparatus for feeding and accumulating ribbon material Method and apparatus for feeding and accumulating ribbon material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a specific feed mechanism for promoting zig-zag loop folding of the ribbon. The apparatus also includes a reversing means for reorienting a pile of fold... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4512505 | Convertible platen for graphics plotter A convertible platen for use in a graphics plotter to allow its selective use as either a cut paper plotter or a roll paper plotter. The platen is formed from a specially designed aluminum extrusion and a pair is mounted with one on either side of the dru... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4469265 | Tape handling device A tape handling device for the handling and storage of an endless flexible tape is described. The device may be used in conjunction with audio recorders, equipment controllers, data processors, or other systems requiring signal storage on tape. The device... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4418856 | Apparatus for plaiting tow onto a conveyor An inverting tow plaiter adapted to position tow onto a receiving end of a main conveyor in a series of overlying laps oriented to permit trouble-free removal of tow from the main conveyor discharge end. The plaiter comprises a continuous, moving canvas b... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4394951 | Active tape storage bin A conveyor belt is located along the bottom of a tape bin to support a stack of tape folds. The tape bin contains a U-shaped cradle for shaping the upper run of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt drives the tape stack around the U-turn from the feed end... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4387843 | Loop bin for magnetic tape recording apparatus A loop bin for use with tape transport apparatus including a front wall 50 and rear wall 52 separated by slightly more than the width of the tape to be stored, a pair of entry and exit openings at the top, a resilient distributing arm 34 located proximate... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4377251 | Variable geometry vacuum column A tension regulator for magnetic recording tape, which comprises a plurality of side members forming an encased columnar space having an open top for receiving a flexible tape loop. One of the side members is adjustably positionable relative to the other ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4373362 | Apparatus for the continuous washing of lengths of textile material An apparatus for conducting the continuous washing of printed and dye-fixed, web-shaped textile material, including woven or knitted fabrics, includes a series of textile processing units arranged along a production line. These units include a dwell bath ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4365395 | Apparatus for handling textile filamentary material Static tow inverting apparatus for inverting the overlap of overlapping layers of a continuous length filamentary tow band of textile material deposited onto the surface of a moving conveyor in relaxed condition for treatment, such as in the thermal heat ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4355882 | Multiple function reproduction apparatus A multi-mode copying or reproduction apparatus. The apparatus includes a movable, overlong flexible photoconductive belt having image exposure, developing, transfer and cleaning stations operatively disposed about the belt circumference. A two chamber vac... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4324353 | Apparatus for handling textile filamentary material Static tow inverting apparatus for inverting the overlap of overlapping layers of a continuous length filamentary tow band of textile material deposited onto the surface of a moving conveyor in relaxed condition for treatment, such as in the thermal heat ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4316568 | Methods and apparatus for guiding tape Tape guiding methods and apparatus advance a tape through an arcuate bend having equal radii at both edges. Within that bend an unbalance providing a net force transversely of the tape is created at the tape edges while maintaining the equal radii. The ad... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4310113 | Apparatus and method for storage and reaction treatment of textile material in web form In a device for the storage and reaction treatment of textile material in web form for continuous passage which includes a cylinder, a transporting device for transporting the textile material onto the surface of the cylinder in the circumferential direct... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4247058 | Axial flow continuous loop film storage spool apparatus This invention provides for the edgewise storage of a filmstrip in the cavity between two concentric drums. The filmstrip is wound into the cavity between the two drums by a feed roller and pressure rollers as the drums rotate synchronously. The feed roll... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4218026 | Paper web buffer system A buffer system for isolating a supply of paper web from a processor operating on the paper web. The buffer system comprises a vacuum chamber and vacuum pump creating a pressure differential across a portion of the paper web forcing the web into the vacuu... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4199766 | Random-dump storage buffer for moving web A storage buffer for a moving web comprises a collection bin having an opening through which the web can be randomly dumped under the influence of gravity; means for floating randomly dumped web within the collection bin upon a cushion of gas without mech... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4196832 | Apparatus for the dwell treatment of textile webs In dwelling treatment apparatus for a textile web through which the web passes in a folded condition, the apparatus having a J shape with an inclined leg and lower arc, the leg is adapted for controlled inclination with respect to the vertical to control ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4183068 | Magnetic tape transport mechanism The disclosed tape transport mechanism includes within a cabinet, a pair of tape reels, a read/write head, a capstan, a first vacuum column, and a second vacuum column. Each of the vacuum columns have an elongated body, an open end for receiving magnetic ... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4181426 | Random-dump storage buffer for moving web A storage buffer for a moving web comprises a collection bin having a bottom triangular cavity, a top opening through which the web can be randomly dumped under the influence of gravity and a bottom opening through which the web is withdrawn from the coll... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4128198 | Endless tape loop storage apparatus An endless loop tape storage apparatus comprising a horizontally disposed storage receptacle in which the bulk of the tape loop forms into serpentine folds. The tape is moved into the receptacle by opposed relatively high velocity, low volume air jets adj... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4110758 | High quality printing system with constant intermittent tape drive A printing system of the type wherein magnetic images are recorded on a tape, the images are toned, the tape is positioned to extend adjacent to a web of paper, and the toner is then transferred from the tape to the paper. In the present system, the tape ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4052022 | Winding device A wire tension device for winding wire on an asymmetrical core or jig such that wire consumption periodically varies with the angle of rotation. Between the feed coil and the core a tensioning device is formed by two plates arranged parallel at some dista... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4026452 | Magazine for storing zigzag folded belt material In a magazine for receiving, storing and delivering a long zigzag foldable belt having successive sections thereof stacked one upon another in upwardly bowed postures between zigzag folds bearing against oppositely disposed, downwardly convergent guide wa... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4017065 | Transfer-fusing speed compensation In an electrostatographic copier wherein the fuser rolls are positioned closer than the dimensions of the copy sheet from the image transfer area, speed mismatch compensation between the fuser roll nip and the initial image support surface is provided by ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4017067 | Transfer-fusing speed compensation In an electrostatographic copier wherein the fuser rolls are positioned closer than the dimensions of the copy sheet from the image transfer area, speed mismatch compensation between the fuser roll nip and the initial image support surface is provided by ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3998542 | Photoconductor storing apparatus for an electrostatic copier In a copier including a photoconductor having a plurality of photoconductive sections connected in series with one another to form an endless strip-type photoconductor, and including suitable instrumentalities for successively feeding the photoconductive ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3993233 | Web slack box having a plurality of sections A slack box for accumulating continuous web material having a plurality of vertically spaced sections separated by movable members. When the amount of web material in a selected one of the sections reaches a predetermined amount, the movable members, star... | 11/23/1976 |
