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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328541 | Apparatus and method for controlling position of an edge of an advancing web of flexible material A method comprises pulling a continuous web to advance the web along a path of conveyance and to create tension in a lengthwise portion of the web; manipulating the web to cause the portion of the web at a point along the path to have a non-uniform tension across th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7220197 | Tracked drive device The tracked drive device particularly protected by its frame or hood as well as by protective plates, so as to prevent any accidental insertion of a finger or any other part of the human body between the track elements. The arrangement makes access to the track, for... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6972074 | Equipment for fabric guiding in a paper machine Equipment for fabric guiding in a paper machine has a fabric (10) and rolls (12–18) adapted to support it. In connection with the roll (17) end there is arranged equipment comprising a stand (19) and a nip guard (26). The stand (... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6796524 | Reversible angle bar for a web printing press A reversible angle bar device for a web printing press having a web with an entering web centerline has a support, a first angle bar portion angled with respect to the first entering web centerline on a first side of the entering web centerline, and a second angle b... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6705029 | Trenching machine An apparatus for forming a trench in a seabed for burying a line generally consisting of a main frame, at least one buoyancy tank mounted on the main frame, a pair of endless track assemblies, each engageable in gripping relation with a side of the line for propelli... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6488193 | Guide conveyor having a laterally adjustable deflector roller at the end A method and apparatus for conveying and applying a strip component (11) such as a tire tread is disclosed. The method includes the steps of placing the strip component on a belt conveyer (16), determining a guideline (52) of the strip component (11) at a... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6446853 | Friction feed wheel mechanism with vibration excitation A vibration friction feed wheel mechanism for feeding thread to a thread processing machine having intermittent thread requirement. The feed wheel mechanism including a high friction contact surface, a thread guide level for lifting thread off of the feed... | 09/10/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6079234 | Yarn feeder for a jacquard knitting machine In a yarn feeder used in a jacquard knitting machine, each yarn tension bracket includes a casing covered with a cover plate, a pivot shaft supported on bearings between the casing and the cover plate, a yarn tension rocker formed of two wire rods respect... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5775564 | Method and apparatus for reducing wear of a belt mantle of an extended-nip roll A method and apparatus for reducing the wear of the belt mantle of an extended-nip roll including a resilient belt mantle arranged to revolve on support of bearings around a stationary central axle. The central axle has loading members connected with it, ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5522785 | Infinitely variable diameter roller A roller assembly for guiding webs and removing wrinkles includes an outer cylindrical surface that is supported on a shaft about which it can rotate. Portions of the outer diameter of the outer cylindrical surface can expand and contract radially using a... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5388747 | Positive yarn feeding device An positive yarn feeding device including a support body mounted on a beam member, a multilayer yarn feeding wheel having frictional yarn feeding periphery, multiple drive pulleys, multiple tension controllers each having a movable yarn guiding arm, and a... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5350102 | Wire transport apparatus A wire transport apparatus has a pair of rollers having opposed peripheral running surfaces which at their nip contact the wire to drive it, one of said rollers being driven. The driven roller is mounted on an arm swingable about a pivot axis. The arm als... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5342133 | Paper moving system for a printer/plotter A paper moving system for a computer driven printer/plotter comprises a paper pinching assembly positioned at the two oppositely facing edges of the paper adjacent the print zone 10. The edges of the paper are fed through each assembly where the paper is ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5305938 | Strip stock feed apparatus with balance force feed roll A roll type stock feed apparatus having first and second support shafts mounted on a frame with the axes of the first and second shafts in parallel relation and disposed in a plane transverse to the feed path, a first roll mounted on the first support sha... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5244138 | Roller for supporting a web having axially slidable staves A roller over which advances a web of material such as paper, photographic film or the like includes a plurality of staves organized in first and second arrays with the staves of the first array alternating with the staves of the second array to provide s... | 09/14/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5139355 | Printer with multi-tractor form shuttle A multi-tractor shuttle printer having an array of moveable tractors such that a selected tractor and form can be shuttled into, and out of, position for printing. A drive motor is linked via cable to the tractors to shuttle them into and out of position.... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5079729 | Alignment measuring system & method An apparatus for measuring the alignment of two or more adjacent lugs while the lugs are in motion is provided. The alignment measuring apparatus includes a first scanner for detecting the leading edge of a first lug and a second scanner for detecting the... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4995541 | Set of guide rolls for guiding, positioning and controlling motion of bands of material fed through the rolls The invention relates to a process for the guiding, positioning and motion control of bands of material and a set of guide rolls for carrying out the invention. A pivotal frame rotatable and pivotal about an imaginary vertical axis with regard to a statio... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4925079 | Apparatus for correctly feeding continuous strips with a shaped side outline to blanking machines Apparatus for accurately feeding a continuous web having opposite generally sinuous longitudinal edges each defined by alternating convex and concave edge portions by utilizing a drive and idle roll for intermittently feeding the web in a predetermined di... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4844313 | Feed device for long and narrow strips of continuous package A feed device for a long and narrow strip of continuous package wherein the continuous package includes a plurality of wrapped articles connected together by a connecting part and the rigidity of the wrapped articles is different than the rigidity of the ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4829320 | Belt drive for thermal printer A thermal transfer printer employs a relatively small diameter platen roller 20 flanked by a pair of sprockets 3c which support endless timing belts 2. A clamp 7' for gripping the leading edge of a sheet 6 to be printed is mounted laterally across and bet... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4766716 | Adjustable guide roller assembly for tube forming apparatus An adjustable guide roller assembly installed on the tube forming apparatus of form-fill-seal packaging machines of the type having a tube former and depending tubular fill pipe through which quantities of product are passed and over which a strip of pack... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4762311 | Adjusting roller arrangement particularly for rotary folders An adjusting roller pair, particularly for a rotation folding apparatus in which each roller has an axle, at the ends of which adjusting devices are supported by sleeves to adjust the roller horizontally, vertically and axially. Each roller has a roller b... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4620615 | Elevator system Traction enhancement for a traction elevator system has an elevator car and counterweight connected by a plurality of wire ropes reeved about a drive sheave with a predetermined angle of wrap. An arcuate frame having a plurality of rollers has one end piv... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4605148 | Planetary wire-feeding device Planetary wire-feeding device having a body with a hollow threaded shank. On the body there are two two-arm levers pivotally mounted thereon, the levers having long and short arms. The short arms of the levers are in contact with the outer faces of radial... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4597516 | Web feeder apparatus An apparatus and method for supplying thin film plastic web materials to a wrapper machine as shown and described. This apparatus includes feed stripper which assures the separation of the web material from the apparatus. The feed stripper includes a clam... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4573619 | Tape guide mechanism for dynamic tracking control A tape guide mechanism includes an edge-guide element extending radially from a central axis. A tape guide roller, rotatable about the central axis, is arranged for urging an advancing magnetic tape laterally in the direction of the edge-guide element, to... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4567799 | Shiftable pinch roll and strip-feed device for a slitter A sled which is mounted between an uncoiler and a multiple-head or arbor type slitter and which carries a pair of pinch rolls and a peeler. The sled is adapted for longitudinal movement between the slitter and the uncoiler to allow indexing of the slitter... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4487375 | Roll transfer mechanism for web material dispenser A dispenser for multiple rolls of web material such as paper toweling that is provided with dispensing mechanism to lead a web of material out of the dispenser to the user has supports for rotatably supporting rolls in primary and reserve positions, respe... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4483378 | Feeding device of wood working machine A feeding device used for a wood working machine includes two roller assemblies respectively mounted to two roller supports which can be controlled to turn about horizontal axes and which in turn is supported by an upper portion mounted to a cantilever ar... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4441664 | Apparatus for feeding web material from a supply roll An apparatus for feeding web material from a supply roll to processing equipment of the type that exerts an intermittent pulley force on the web during intermittent advance through the processing equipment. The web feed apparatus includes a brake for cont... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4440516 | Transport device for transporting an endless form to and from the printing roller A detachable paper transport device for a printer having a printing roller, using two transport chains. The device has two side walls on each of which a control lever is pivoted for selecting the spacing between the transport chain and the roller, to comp... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4420108 | Apparatus for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread into and out of a thread treatment section There is described and shown apparatus which is for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread 12 into or out of a thread treatment section 2 (for example a heating zone of a heat setting arrangement), and which comprises an externally-driven taper... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4420107 | Lead frame advance system To cut a strip of metal into exact lengths, rollers are brought into contact with the strip and turned by an accurate motor until a pin can be mechanically inserted into a hole in the strip to effect final alignment. If the pin does not successfully enter... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4368837 | Web feed section In a web feed section comprising a bottom feed roll, a top feed roll, and actuator means for adjusting the contact pressure between said rolls, the improvement wherein the actuator means includes a compression spring operatively connected with the top rol... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4285454 | Cable conveyor A cable is supported and advanced by two moving assemblies disposed in the form of a V and each preferably comprising a notched belt of rectangular cross-section. Rollers supporting the notched belts are in turn supported by shafts and are placed overhang... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4167954 | Weft thread conveying apparatus for shuttleless weaving machines A weft thread conveying apparatus having at least one pair of weft thread conveying rollers with each roller having two conical shaped peripheral portions inclined to each other and extending upward from the roller edge towards the middle thereof and mean... | 09/18/1979 |
