Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383773 | Apparatus for deflecting individual webs An apparatus for deflecting a printing material web coming from a printing press that is cut into at least two individual webs to laterally arranged processing devices. The apparatus includes a respective load-bearing frame for each individual web. A respective defl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347244 | Membrane applicator A membrane applicator comprises a wheeled carriage adapted to ride on a surface to be covered with the membrane. A roll mount system is provided on the carriage to support a roll of membrane thereon. A press roll is mounted to the carriage for pressing the membrane ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7267255 | Web tracking adjustment device and method through use of a biased gimbal A method and apparatus for web tracking adjustment for a web handling system comprises biasing a steering roller in a gimbal direction, and adjusting the bias to achieve the desired tracking. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7007440 | Filler An object of the present invention is to provide a filling apparatus capable of reliably correcting the position of an overlap portion. The filling apparatus includes a forming ring including a plurality of forming rollers and disposed at a predetermined position al... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6969206 | Tension generating mechanism for a printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying a web to a transfer unit, and a tension generating mechanism for applying a tension to the web fed to the conveyance mechanism, wherein the tension generating mechanism includes a tension generating ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6929210 | Fiber payout follower A follower apparatus mounted on a track running parallel to an axis of rotation of a spool. The apparatus has a base with a roller mounted thereon and having an axis of rotation parallel to the rotational axis of the spool, the roller providing support and guidance ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926456 | Guiding device for a marking arrangement A device for guiding a continuous strip past a marking unit, which is arranged to non-mechanically provide markings on at least one strip surface, includes a longitudinal channel for receiving the strip. The channel is at least partly defined by guiding elements tha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920235 | Method and instrument for determining the distortion angles in textile fabrics or similar, whether fixed or in movement A method for determining the angles of oblique and arched distortion in a textile fabric, with the use of at least one optical detector with axes of symmetry orienated with respect to the fabric, includes illuminating an area of the fabric with a light source. A rea... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6799507 | Web printers A web printer has a buffer for adjusting the traveling position of the web under its slack status, a tension assigning unit for assigning fixed tension to the web delivered from the buffer, a device for detecting the traveling position of the web delivered from the ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6690987 | System for presenting a textile sheet automatically Apparatus for automatically presenting a generally pre-needled textile sheet coming from an upstream module and intended to feed a cross-layer module, the apparatus comprising means for measuring the positions of the longitudinal edges of the textile shee... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6471153 | Vibration control apparatus for steel processing line The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling vibration of steel sheet being processed in a processing line. The apparatus includes: electromagnet devices for generating magnetic forces acting at right angles on the steel sheet; sensor dev... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6195112 | Steering apparatus for re-inkable belt Apparatus for color printing on a re-inkable belt, the re-inkable belt being moveable along an endless path and trained about a transport roller and including an ink transfer layer where an ink can be transferred to a moveable receiver and the moveable re... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6098863 | Web having alignment indicia and an associated web feeding and working apparatus A web and an associated web feeding and handling apparatus for performing a work operation on the web is disclosed. The apparatus feeds the web in a feed direction longitudinally of itself by means of a friction drive. The operation of the drive is contro... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6052135 | Combination erase bar and belt position detector system for use with an electrophotographic imaging system An electrophotographic imaging system including a combination erase and belt position detection system which may be employed for belt registration or image registration. In one embodiment, the system includes an erase bar having a pattern of light extendi... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6000595 | Method and apparatus for pinless feeding of web to a utilization device A system and method for utilizing a continuous pinless web that is free of tractor pin feed holes within a utilization device that is originally adapted to feed web having tractor pin feed hole strips along its widthwise edges is provided. The utilization... | 12/14/1999 |
| 6001198 | Process and apparatus for the application of self-adhesive protective film to vehicle bodies A method and apparatus for cutting through protective film in the region of covered-over joints and beads of vehicle bodies includes a freely programmable industrial robot having at least five degrees of motional freedom. An operating arm of the robot has... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5996872 | Edge position sensor with integral thickness gauge A system for determining the edge of a continuous web and which compensates for non-uniformity in dielectric response, including thickness is disclosed. The invention comprises first electrode for outputting a signal corresponding to the edge position of ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5989368 | Carpet position sensor A position detector senses an undulating pile tuft edge position of a carpet as it is processed in a carpet making machine by detecting attenuated light passing through the carpet's primary backing material to determine the exact position of the carpet's ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5784229 | Driving apparatus in which a distance between a first flange and a second flange of a tape guide is larger than a distance between a first flange and a second flange of a take-up reel The present invention provides a tape driving apparatus capable of receiving a cassette tape to be mounted therein, the cassette tape including a magnetic tape and a take-up reel hub for winding the magnetic tape, the take-up reel hub having a first flang... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5777878 | Screen printing press having longitudinal, lateral and angular screen frame registration system and method A screen printing press is provided for printing on a web having defined, successive areas and indicia provided in predetermined positions relative to each of the defined areas. The press includes a base defining a work station, a screen supported on the ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5691908 | Method for actuator identification during the transverse profile control of a continuous material web A number of identified actuators are adjusted by identical absolute values which have an effect on a web end only within a noise level. A series of transverse profile measurements are then carried out, from which in each case a previously determined mean ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5659851 | Apparatus and method for steering an endless belt An apparatus useful for passively steering an endless belt toward a lateral target belt position while the endless belt is transported by a transporting mechanism. A steering roller contacts the belt inner surface, the steering roller being rotatable abou... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5629030 | Extrusion device having position control In the extrusion of thermoplastic deformable plastics, especially the manufacture of plastic plates, an automatic regulation apparatus on the roller discharge ensures that the extruded plastic plate is directed horizontally along the device center after l... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5595334 | Vacuum and tractor drive for paper web Apparatus for transporting a web of paper having tractor holes along only one margin thereof. The apparatus includes: a tractor drive having a first pair of pulleys and a first belt mounted on the first pair of pulleys, the first belt having a plurality o... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5575414 | Process and device for guiding and keeping a material web spread A process and apparatus for guiding and keeping a material web spread out uses a spreading roll and with contact pressure elements and a control member controlled by a control system monitors the control path in a way such that the spacing of the contact ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5558263 | Apparatus and method for non-contact active tensioning and steering of moving webs A moving web in a conveyance machine is tensioned and steered without contact of the web to the machine a pair of parallel air bars in a single moveable frame which is adapted to pivot controllably about two intersecting orthogonal axes in a plane through... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5540166 | Edge steer finishing device and method A fabric conveying, aligning and fabricating system comprising a table having a support surface having a length over which fabric blanks are conveyed with continuous and uninterrupted movement. Conveyors are associated with the table which are adapted to ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5500090 | Method and apparatus for guiding a fabric in a paper machine An apparatus and method for guiding the transverse position of a fabric in a paper machine, such as a drying wire, a press felt, or an equivalent fabric having an alignment roll for the fabric. The axial alignment of the alignment roll is regulated by a g... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5460312 | Method of and apparatus for controlling lateral deviations of a travelling fabric web The travel of a fabric web is corrected by an image acquisition from a region thereof including a guidance criterium which can be interrupted to produce a single row of image points, the signals of which are digitalized and compared with a reference signa... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5415118 | Alignment device for a sewing machine A device for aligning a garment for a sewing machine provided with a device for moving the garment towards the sewing machine, and a device for aligning the garment to a lateral window along the moving device to obtain precision in alignment of the garmen... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5379659 | Method for setting a sensor in a web movement control device A method of adjusting the working point of a web movement control device beyond the measuring range of the sensor is disclosed.... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5353979 | Directing apparatus for guiding, deflecting and/or diverting a web of material A directing apparatus for guiding, deflecting and/or diverting a web of material including a block which has a curved surface. The block is segmented, i.e. divided into sections, and in each section there is a certain number of bores, to which streams of ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5333770 | System for controlling tape traveling height and tape guide with tape edge detector therefor A tape travel controlling system in a recording/reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes a tape width detector, a tape traveling path adjuster for changing a set condition(s) for a tape guide(s), and a tape traveling path controll... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5328072 | Device for locating the edges of moving webs A device for continuously determining the position of the edge of a moving web uses a light signal from a light relay emitted in the direction of the edge of a web. The light signal is received and converted by the light relay into an input/output signal ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5323944 | Arrangement for the lateral positioning of a recording medium in a printer or photocopier An arrangement for the lateral positioning of a recording medium (100) in a printer or photocopier comprises a scanning arrangement (S) for establishing the ACTUAL position of the recording medium and a motor-drivable roll arrangement consisting of a coun... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5323945 | Segmented differential capstan roller A differential capstan roller for a thermal printer is provided by dividing a capstan roller into first and second end segments, and an intermediate middle segment drivingly engageable with a drive shaft to drive the middle segment, and gearing the first ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5318655 | Tread centering device An object of the present invention is to provide a tread centering device which automatically detects the position of tread center and holds it in a straight form even when the center of tread is not positioned in a straight form. The device mainly compri... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5310107 | Pneumatic compliant tape guidance device A pneumatic compliant tape guidance device for pneumatically applying a biasing load to a passing tape media. The tape guidance device includes at least one guide button and associated cylinder in which the guide button travels. It also includes a supply ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5284284 | Method for controlling side guide means A method of guiding a strip (S) of material, e.g. steel, comprises feeding the strip between a pair of spaced guide members (15), through pinch rolls (13) and optionally on to a winder (12) to be coiled. When the strip passes the upstream end of the guide... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5279454 | Straight through lateral constraint A system for establishing the lateral position of a web without requiring the web path to change direction. The system utilizes a support surface that is curved in its transverse direction concave towards the web, a guide extending longitudinally along th... | 01/18/1994 |
