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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104172 | Method for conveying, guiding, and locating a thermoformable web A method for delivering web-supported articles between dies and punches of a trim press. The method includes providing a treadle having an article detector, while moving the web and the articles, guiding the web and the articles along the web and between a pair of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7036702 | Device and method for feeding taped electrical components A drive wheel for a tape accommodating the components is provided with an angle measuring device. This allows for a finely tuned rotational adjustment of the drive wheel. The pick-up position of the components can be detected by a scanning optical system and can be ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017789 | Stapler cartridge and stapler apparatus comprising the same A staple storage unit includes return prevention members that prevent a staple positioned for driving from moving back toward the staple storage portion of the staple storage unit. A plurality of staple abutting portions 105a and 105b are... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6978962 | Wire winding machine with arcuate moveable traverse and wire directional control device A wire winding machine includes two mandrels for winding wire alternately thereon. A traverse positions wire axially along each mandrel, and moves in an arcuate path to position wire adjacent one or the other mandrel. A single transfer arm transfers wire from a woun... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6918175 | Supply module for feeding electrical components to an automatic placement device A supply module for feeding electrical components to an automatic component-mounting machine has a locking element which is a piezoceramic bending transducer that extends in the longitudinal direction of the supply module along a supply path for the components. A fr... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913181 | Stapler cartridge and stapler apparatus comprising the same A staple cartridge that sequentially draws out rolled staple band material from the staple storage portion includes regulating device that touches the stacked surface of the rolled staple band to regulate the widening and unraveling of the stacked surface. The regul... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6662988 | Apparatus for a stepwise feeding of a strip-shaped article Two intermittently and oscillating driven feeding rollers (2; 3) are adapted to feed a strip-shaped workpiece (63). The bottom feeding roller (2) is supported in the frame (1) of the feeding device. The upper feeding roller (3) is supported in a rocker (3... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6619526 | High-speed tape feeder for pick and place machines An automatic tape feeder for use in component placement machines includes a novel sprocket wheel for driving component carrier tapes to a gross position by an electric drive motor. Before the electric drive motor reaches the final position desired, it is ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6283352 | Apparatus for a stepwise feeding of a strip-like workpiece A first clamping member allocated to the feeding of the web co-operates with a second clamping member allocated to the feeding of the web in order to clamp the web for a feeding thereof. The first clamping member is controlled by a cam disk via lever arm ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6179190 | Tape feeder of chip mounter A tape feeder of a chip mounter including a frame, a transfer wheel rotatably installed on the frame, for intermittently transferring a chip tape by a predetermined length, a wheel member rotatably installed on the frame, a reel installed coaxially with t... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5839637 | Electronic components feeder A carrier tape for carrying electronic components thereon forward to a sucking position is formed therein with a plurality of recesses for accommodating the electronic components, respectively, and advanced intermittently with the electronic components co... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5605324 | One way gate In the field of transport paths used typically in postage meters, it is sometimes desired to prevent withdrawal of items in the opposite direction to forward travel along the transport path. The disclosure relates to a one way gate (10) for such a transpo... | 02/25/1997 |
| 4952113 | Chip feeder for chip mounter A chip feeder for supplying a multiplicity of chip parts retained on a tape from a tape supply section to a parts takeout section of a chip mounter. The chip feeder comprises: a working lever having a first, second and third arm portions; a driving source... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4852787 | Stock feeding mechanism for press A pair of rollers receives the stock between them and are movable laterally in unison to advance the stock gripped between them in a feeding movement. A slide block is slidably carried by a disk and is provided with a coupling that is offset from the axis... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4754907 | Strip feeding apparatus An apparatus is described for feeding various sizes or formats of strip material to a processing apparatus, such as a computer-printer. The apparatus comprises a frame having a vertical feed slot through which strip material is fed and a roll for gripping... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4700530 | Method and device for placing edge protecting means at pressure-sensitive edges on objects A method and a device for placing edge protecting means (7) at objects in connection with band strapping. The inventive method is distinguished in that blanks for edge protecting means (7) are fed as a continuous band (7a) which when advanced is prelimina... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4688709 | Wire solder feeder device A hand-held device for advancing a strip of solder or like material includes a body having a receiving end, a nose-like advancing end, and an intermediate pair of upstanding brackets. A swing arm pivotally mounted to the brackets pivotally mounts a spring... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4634034 | Roll feed apparatus A roll feed apparatus for feeding a sheet material successively to different working stations. The apparatus includes an oscillation driving device, a main sector roll integrally carried by a main roll shaft and adapted to be oscillatorily driven by the o... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4549683 | Roll feed apparatus A roll feed apparatus for feeding a sheet material successively to different working stations. The apparatus includes an oscillation driving device, a main sector roll integrally carried by a main roll shaft and adapted to be oscillatorily driven by the o... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4510977 | Apparatus for applying a force A tool for applying banding clamps is provided with means for applying a substantially even amount of force across the transverse direction of a strap to hold the strap in a desired position wherein the force applying means comprises a plurality of superp... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4407052 | Stuffing attachment for a continuously operating crinkling unit A stuffing attachment for a continuously operating crinkling unit for continuous material, has a stuffing ring which can be moved forwards and backwards in a straight line with an aperture through which a strip of the continuous material passes. The stuff... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4306477 | Ticket dispenser The ticket dispenser includes lower and upper overlying support plates which define a ticket material passageway therebetween. A reel support is mounted on one end and cutting apparatus are mounted on the other end of the support plates. A feed slot is fo... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4267950 | Stock feeder for punch presser and the like A low cost pneumatic stock feeder for punch presses and the like wherein a one-piece U-shaped main frame is provided for supporting and guiding a reciprocating feed slide. One end of a stock gripper bar is pivotally secured to the feed slide while the oth... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4195761 | Pneumatic feeder for punch presses and the like A dual slide pneumatic feeder for intermittently advancing stock into the work station of a punch press or the like wherein the fluid motors of the feeder are controlled by a fluid valve means that is adapted to be intermittently driven by a ratchet mecha... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4165829 | Method of feeding electrode wire and apparatus for performing same The disclosed method consists in that the electrode wire has the portion thereof intermediate the supply coil and the welding arc alternatingly retained at one of two points, with an effort applied to the wire in the respective retaining point, causing tr... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4152803 | Automatic dispenser-applicator An applicator device comprises two casing parts pivotally connected for movement between a longitudinally aligned closed position and a folded open position, one of said casing parts providing a tape supply chamber and the other providing a chamber for re... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151771 | Stock feed for light gauge, soft tempered metal This relates to the handling of thin soft temper material during the feeding thereof and in formation of such material into individual components in a punch press. Most particularly, a pull tab formed of a plastics material-aluminum foil laminate is being... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4140261 | Semi-automatic stock feeder An improved pneumatic feeder for a punch press or the like wherein the operation of the feeder is adapted to be slaved in a semi-automatic manner to the operation of the punch press. The feeder is provided with a stock advancing feed slide and a control v... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4106324 | Feeding mechanism The feeding mechanism serves to intermittently feed stock to a processing machine and comprises a rocker lever having at its outer end an arcuate surface shaped according to an arc of a circle, crank drive comprising a crank which is operatively connected... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4091912 | Record media clamping mechanism A plurality of clamping members are disposed along a recording line against the record media, and a cable, secured at the ends thereof, is trained in a path engaged with the clamping members and with movable bearing members spaced between the clamping mem... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4076161 | Stock feeder for punch presses and the like A low cost pneumatic stock feeder for punch presses and the like wherein a one-piece U-shaped main frame is provided for supporting and guiding a reciprocating feed slide. One end of a stock gripper bar is pivotally secured to the feed slide while the oth... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4059213 | Clutchless paper advance mechanism The paper advance mechanism disclosed herein comprises two essentially identical paper-engaging devices, one fixed, one driven, which cooperate to incrementally advance the paper in a hand-held printing calculator. Each device includes a tapered cavity en... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4054267 | Strap winch A device for stepwise pulling in with great force and stowing a belt or strap, comprising a stepwise feeding mechanism which pulls in the strap through a locking means allowing passage of the strap towards the mechanism but locking the movement of the str... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4051987 | High speed stock feeder for punch presses and the like A high speed dual-slide type pneumatic feeder for intermittently advancing strip stock into the work station of a punch press or the like characterized by a novel asynchronous type fluid control system which includes a rotary control valve that is intermi... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4040553 | Intermittent stock feed mechanism The feeding mechanism serves to intermittently feed stock to a processing machine and comprises a rocker lever having at its outer end a gear segment, a crank drive comprising a crank which is operatively connected to said rocker lever, said crank drive b... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4000891 | Back-up brake assembly for a partition strip feeding mechanism in a partition fabricating machine A back-up brake assembly for a partition feeder mechanism for preventing back-up movement of a partition strip fed therepast. The assembly comprises a partition guide having a guide surface for movement of a partition strip therealong from a receiving end... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3999697 | Heli-arc wire feeder A loop surrounds the user's index finger, and a movable feeder moves back and forth as the user's finger and thumb are squeezed together and released. A fixed feeder is mounted at the vertex of two springs that bias the loops outwardly, the fixed feeder b... | 12/28/1976 |
