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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398875 | Tensioning piece of a conveyor chain for a film web The invention relates to a tensioning piece, a conveyor chain, and to a means for opening and closing the tensioning piece. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7143565 | Method and apparatus for controlling zipper registration in packaging equipment Methods and apparatus for controlling the registration of one elongated continuous structure (e.g., plastic zipper) with attachments or formed features (e.g., sliders or pre-seals) as it is fed to a sealing station, where it is joined to another elongated continuous... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121063 | Method for controlling zipper tension in packaging equipment Methods and apparatus for controlling the tension of one continuous material (e.g., plastic zipper) with attachments or formed features (e.g., sliders or formed slider end stops) as it is fed to a sealing station, where it is joined to and later pulled by another co... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7066368 | Paper web draw-in device for a web-fed printing press At least one paper web is drawn into a web-fed rotary printing press. A draw-in device is provided with permanently fixed pointed bars or spikes. These can be moved or oriented so that they penetrate the paper web only during drawing in of the web into the printing ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036578 | Tubing guide and coiled tubing injector A coiled tubing injector assembly includes a coiled tubing injector and a tubing guide. The tubing guide has an automatic clamping mechanism that includes a pair of clamping slips. The clamping slip will automatically move from an open position in which coiled tubin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6968894 | Coiled tubing injector apparatus A coiled tubing injector apparatus for use in inserting coiled tubing into a well, temporarily suspending the coiled tubing, and removing the coiled tubing from the well is described. The apparatus includes a base with a pair of spaced-apart carriages extending upwa... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953136 | Drawing machine A drawing machine includes a drawing die and a continuously working drawing device, the drawing device comprising only one closed drawing member that is guided around axis-parallel wheels and is driven in a controlled manner via at least one of the wheels. The drawi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6920737 | Method and apparatus for controlling zipper registration in packaging equipment Methods and apparatus for controlling the registration of one elongated continuous structure (e.g., plastic zipper) with attachments or formed features (e.g., sliders or pre-seals) as it is fed to a sealing station, where it is joined to another elongated continuous... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921359 | Apparatus for feeding zipper with sliders to packaging machine Methods and apparatus for feeding continuous zipper material with sliders to a thermoforming packaging machine that advances the packaging film N package lengths each advance, where N is a positive integer greater than unity. In the packaging machine, pockets are th... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910530 | Coiled tubing injector apparatus A coiled tubing injector apparatus for use in inserting coiled tubing into a well, temporarily suspending the coiled tubing, and removing the coiled tubing from the well is described. The apparatus includes a base with a pair of spaced-apart carriages extending upwa... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6892809 | Coiled tubing injector apparatus A coiled tubing injector apparatus for use in inserting coiled tubing into a well, temporarily suspending the coiled tubing, and removing the coiled tubing from the well is described. The apparatus includes a base with a pair of spaced-apart carriages extending upwa... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6892810 | Gripper block for coiled tubing injector with variable tubing size capability An improved V-style gripper block to better accommodate a variable outer diameter material (e.g. cable, plastic, wire, or pipe). The gripper block comprises a block body being connectable to a gripper chain in an injector apparatus, a gripper plate having arcuate an... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6880629 | Well string injection system with gripper pads A continuous well string injection unit, comprising a pair of motor driven continuous chains mounted opposed to each for gripping coiled rod between them. Plural links are connected end to end in each one of the pair of motor driven continuous chains, in which each ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6672394 | Interchangeable coiled tubing support block and method of use The present invention includes an interchangeable coil tubing support block that provides a means for quickly adapting a wheel system for wheel-type coiled tubing injectors for a wide variety of tubing sizes. In addition, the present invention provides a ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6609566 | Gripper block assembly for coiled tubing injector head A coiled tubing injector head comprised of a plurality of endless chains, each of which are at least three links wide, that are positioned around a plurality of sprockets and/or idler rollers within the injector head. A plurality of gripper assemblies are... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6505731 | Transport device for strand materials in continuous production of infusion bags for making tea This invention concerns a device for transporting a strand of carrier material which is connected, at least on one side, to individual chambers made of filter paper material, spaced apart, following one after another, closed on all sides, containing a qua... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6484920 | Cable umbilical gripper A linear cable engine (LCE) uniquely grips a cable so as to avoid damage to the protective/insulative sheath thereon during retrieval and deployment. The LCE includes a design which encompasses the cable and actually applies pressure radially to the cable... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6467668 | Conveyor chain and system for looped sausage products A horizontal conveyor for linked sausage strands has a frame (10) having a horizontal operating platform (12) with opposite first (16) and second ends (18), opposite sides, a top surface (20), and a continuous perimeter wall (14) extending along the sides... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6347664 | Coiled tubing injector head A coiled tubing injector head is comprised of a plurality of endless chains, each of which are at least three links wide, that are positioned around a plurality of sprockets and/or idler rollers within the injector head. A plurality of gripper assemblies ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6332501 | Linear coiled tubing injector An injector is provided for injecting and withdrawing large diameter coiled tubing comprising a linear section of gripping blocks driven on an endless chain conveyor. The coiled tubing is forced into frictional engagement with the blocks by a correspondin... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6230955 | Multiple contour coiled tubing gripper block A gripper block for use in grippingly engaging coiled tubing, pipe, rod, cable or like objects having various outside dimensions is provided. The gripper block has a gripping portion which includes a curved and a planar gripping surface. The planar grippi... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6173769 | Universal carrier for grippers in a coiled tubing injector The gripping element of a coiled tubing injector has a carrier and a removable gripping shoe mounted to the carrier. The removable shoe slides onto slots formed on the carrier and is floated on the carrier by inserting an elastomeric pad sandwiched betwee... | 01/16/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6086271 | Photographic material grasping and dragging device for photographic material developing machines, in particular of photographic paper Photographic material grasping and dragging device for photographic material developing machine, in particular of photographic paper, shaped as a fork provided with a first and a second portion (26, 27) respectively for the photographic material winding a... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5996658 | Feed roller The present invention relates to a feed roller (1) by means of which a felled tree (2) trunk is fed into a timber harvester for delimbing. The apparatus comprises a drive wheel (4) and at least one transmission means (5) arranged at the outer circumferenc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5853118 | Gripper block for coiled tubing injectors A gripper block for use in grippingly engaging coil tubing, pipe, rod, cable, or like objects having various outside dimensions for ultimately applying a longitudinal load thereto. The subject gripper block has an attachment point preferably at or near th... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5803888 | Multi-web carrier An apparatus (31) and a method are disclosed for performing an operation upon multiple webs (51,53), including the feeding of multiple webs (51,53), the provision of a carrier (65) for assisting in moving the webs (51,53) along a predetermined path (83), ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5702044 | Stop piece A movable spring end of a compression spring being stopped on a guide spindle by a special stop piece. The stop piece which is designed nonelastic and can therefore be manufactured of a nonrusting material, it thereby guarantees a hygienically satisfactor... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5566764 | Improved coil tubing injector unit A coil tubing injector unit is shown for injecting tubing into a well bore. A main injector frame is positioned adjacent the well bore and includes a longitudinal opening which defines a vertical run for the injector unit which is alignable with the well ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5497957 | Process and device for homogenizing the winding hardness of a roll profile of a film reel Film edges 9, 9 of a film web 1 are sensed with sensor heads 4,4. The sensor heads 4, 4 can be motor-adjusted transversely to the longitudinal direction of the film web 1. By virtue of the displacement, signals are produced which are proportional to the d... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5489056 | Endless chain conveying device with spring biased wedge tensioner A conveying device for transportation of extended line products such as cables or tubes has tension elements to exert a tension force on at least two tension chain wheels in the direction away from the driving chain wheels. A self-locking wedge prevents t... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5477901 | Apparatus for the manufacture of high pressure laminates For the manufacture of high pressure laminates, the pressed laminate (4) consisting of a stack of artificial resin impregnated paper sheets is fed into a single daylight hot press. The pressed laminate is held and guided along both longitudinal edges (6) ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5346112 | Capstan draw apparatus for periodically gripping and drawing an elongated member A capstan draw apparatus that includes a plurality of split clamps; a plurality of support carriages each having one of the split clamps positioned thereon; an endless chain drive mechanism for concurrently pulling each of the support carriages; and an el... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5309990 | Coiled tubing injector There is provided an improved coiled tubing injector for injecting and withdrawing a length of flexible, cylindrical tubing into and from a well bore. The improved injector comprises first and second sets of gripper shoes, and drive mechanism for moving t... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5287637 | Apparatus to dry/heat treat continuous web stock of film An apparatus for the constrained drying and/or heat treating of a continuous or roll of, web stock of film. This apparatus includes a mechanism which grasps a film by its edges and moves said film through a drying zone, with said mechanism holding said fi... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5279364 | Guide arch for tubing There is provided an improved guide arch for guiding the movement of continuous production tubing through a predetermined curvature, the guide arch comprising a housing and an endless curved conveyor mounted within the housing to support the tubing throug... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5263624 | Apparatus for longitudinally driving an elongate body Apparatus for longitudinally driving an elongate body (1) such as a rod or tube, comprises two opposed wheels (2) adapted to clamp the body (1) between them. The wheels (2) have an axis of rotation (3) lying substantially in a transverse plane of the elon... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5158781 | Traction apparatus for tubular material Apparatus for handling large diameter horizontally extruded plastic tubing includes a number of driven endless belts positioned around the path of travel of the extrusion to transport the extrusion while it cools. The belts are individually driven either ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5121150 | Driving and timing belt for a photographic film processor A photographic film processor for conveying exposed film along a serpentine film path through a series of processing racks in a respective series of processing tanks, each processing rack including a sprocket-driven endless timing belt mounted for rotatio... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5101965 | Tentering chain with guide rollers A tentering chain is guided between two guide rails extending in parallel to each other. One guide rail (19a) is an outer guide rail with regard to a course followed by the chain, while the other guide rail (19b) is an inner guide rail. The chain links ar... | 04/07/1992 |
