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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7878382 | Wire feed drive assembly A wire feed station of a wire processing system draws a supply of wire into the system. The wire feed station includes first and second feed wheels that create a nip to pull the wire through the feed station. A drive assembly is coupled to the first and second feed ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7690544 | Automatic coiling machine The automatic coiling machine is a device for automatically coiling an elongated flexible element, such as a fishing line. The automatic coiling machine includes a housing adapted for mounting to a support surface, such as a wall of a boat. The housing includes at l... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7186043 | Linerless web utilizing apparatus and methods having dual function stripper element There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165707 | Method and apparatus for feeding wire to a welding arc A method and apparatus for feeding wire in a welding system include one or more motors disposed adjacent the wire to drive it. A wire feed motor is also disposed along the wire path, and is closer to the source of wire than the torch, and closer to the source than t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6905119 | Pressurized roller A roller for use in an imaging system includes a variable hardness, fluid-pressurizable roller core, and a roller cover surrounding the roller core. A source of pressurized fluid can be used to pressurize the roller core to a fixed, predetermined pressure prior to i... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6869003 | Conveyor unit A conveyor unit for conveying a web of material, in particular for conveying a web of corrugated board in a corrugating machine, comprises a machine frame; a delivery roller, which is lodged in the machine frame rotatably about a first axis of rotation; a drive for ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6796522 | Reel-less line retriever A reel-less line retriever suitable for rescue work provides open housing and guides such as may receive a flexible line along its length without threading through the guides and housing to be positioned between a pair of engaging wheels. The wheels are compressed a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6769642 | Pinch roller and pinch roller apparatus A pinch roller which includes a cylindrical elastic body formed of a polymer blend including acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer rubber (NBR), and at least one of a highly saturated copolymer rubber containing nitrile group obtained by hydrogenating a butadiene part o... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6685076 | Roller for nipped applications and method of making roller A roller including an inner tubing and an outer tubing which is fixed relative to the inner tubing by welding the outer tubing to the inner tubing. The roller with weldments is particularly suitably for a nipped application.... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6655567 | Power exhaust device for packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine A power exhaust device for packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine, which is mounted at the discharge position of the packing sheet containing medicine and designed to feed the packing sheet forcedly, comprises a primary motor and a s... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648200 | Magnetic-tape apparatus with a pressure-roller device and pressure-roller unit In the case of a magnetic-tape apparatus (1) and/or in the case of a pressure-roller unit (65), a pressure-roller spindle (55) and a bearing part (60), which surrounds the pressure-roller spindle (55) and can be rotated relative to the pressure-roller spi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6648199 | Pinch roller device A pinch roller device is provided wherein an elastic cylindrical roller is fitted over a cylindrical holder 1, in the inner wall of which are formed a small hole 1a and a large hole b 1b; wherein a bearing 3 is fitted in the large hole 1b and a bearing st... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6557742 | Drive roller for wire feeding mechanism A wire feeding mechanism suitable for advancing ferrous and nonferrous wire along a pathway without causing damage to the wire, including a plurality of drive rollers stationed in opposing pairs along the pathway, each comprising a cylindrical hub and a f... | 05/06/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6419139 | Pinch roller bearing structure for magnetic tape apparatus A pinch roller is rotatably provided around a roller shaft by way of a bearing member and abutted against a capstan roller by way of a magnetic tape to rotatively drive the capstan roller, thereby causing the magnetic tape to run. The bearing member has a... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6321966 | Device for automatically catching a torn material web running through a rotary printing machine A device for automatically catching a torn material web running through a rotary printing machine includes a pair of clamping rollers, respectively, disposed beneath and above the material web, the rollers being rotatingly entrainable and being able to cl... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6286741 | Method of feeding a photosensitive material in a photosensitive material processing device A method of feeding a photosensitive material processing device, includes providing a pair of feed rollers, each in a form of a coaxially-shaped two-layer structure formed by two-layers extrusion molding using thermoplastic resin, wherein the two-layer st... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6207001 | Method for cutting thin tapes and films Improved method and apparatus for cutting or severing thin webs, especially adhesive transfer tapes, and other relatively thin materials which prevents or minimizes tearing.... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206264 | Apparatus and method for conveying abrasive web of indeterminate length An apparatus (10) for conveying abrasive web (16) of indeterminate length, such as photographic media, has first and second closely spaced rollers (12, 14) with at least one of the rollers (12, 14) having a polymeric/inorganic composite media bearing surf... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6119910 | Pump puller A well pump puller having a well casing collar including a coupling adapted to be tightly secured to a well casing and a frame support of legs upstanding from the coupling. A frame which is removably mounted on the support includes first and second u-shap... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5992722 | Zero force roll release for high speed press feed units An apparatus for intermittently feeding a workpiece to a press, the device including a feed roll with a pinch roll opposite the feed roll, so that a workpiece may pass between the rolls. A servo screw, pinch roll actuator is connected to the pinch roll so... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5934537 | Device for pushing or pulling using gripping Lateral elastic deformation of Drive wheels (12) is used to grip and to push or pull elongated members by powered rotation of Drive wheels (12). This arrangement allows two wheels on a single shaft to be used in place of more cumbersome arrangements of mu... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5913471 | Paper web capture device A capture device in a printing machine for capturing a printing stock web in the event of a tear in the printing stock web includes two capture cylinders, one of which is movably mounted on a pneumatic piston or other resilient device. The capture device ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5839613 | Device for pushing a tube of plastics material for internally casing a metal piping to be renovated A pushing device which includes a frame supporting at least one powered train of wheels the drive surface of which is made from rubber for driving a plastics tubing through friction and for imparting thereto a continuous motion inside of a metal piping to... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5803335 | Pinch roller assembly having a rubber cushion for making a contact surface thereof pivotable A pinch roller assembly used in a video cassette recorder, employs a plastic journal bearing or a metallic sliding bearing in order to pivotally carry a sleeve about a supporting shaft, the bearings retained around a lower portion of a small diameter sect... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5803336 | Pinch roller type tape drive assembly A pinch roller type tape drive assembly which is one of the elements composing a tape driving system of a VCR and ensures stable running of a tape. The pinch roller type tape drive assembly has a capstan for rotating at a constant velocity and a pinch rol... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5788137 | Tiltable roller assembly for use in a video cassette recorder A tiltable roller assembly includes a roller, a sleeve tightly fitted into the roller, a supporting shaft extending through the sleeve, the supporting shaft having a small diameter section and a large diameter section, a rotating member for pivotally carr... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5775565 | Apparatus for feeding one or more fibre threads Apparatus for feeding one or more fiber threads, e.g., of glass, at an adjustable feeding rate. At least two synchronously driven feed rollers forming at least one nip for the fiber thread and consisting of a first motor driven roller and a second co-rota... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5740687 | Forming apparatus for strip materials A forming apparatus for forming a selected profile in a sheet of material includes a frame, a sheet drive to advance the sheet of material through the frame, a drive assembly for powering the sheet drive, forming rollers to configure the sheet into the de... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5540373 | Pinch roller type tape drive A pinch roller type tape drive for driving a magnetic tape on a VTR or the like comprises a capstan for driving the magnetic tape, and a pinch roller for pressing the magnetic tape against the circumference of the capstan so that the magnetic tape may not... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540371 | Method of adjusting a wire feeder for a blocked tip condition A method of adjusting a wire feeder having a pusher system (12) and a puller system (14) to avoid birdnesting and collapse of the wire (11) in the wire guide or conduit (13) when the tip (15) of the wire feeder is blocked or a wire jam occurs. The pusher ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5505148 | Side-by-side programmable feed system for supplying strips in a sewing operation A side-by-side material feed system is provided for feeding two dissimilar strips of material. The material is fed along parallel feed paths by first and second material feeders which move the material toward respective cutters. The operation of the feede... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5497928 | Apparatus for feeding wire having a linearly movable roller pinch pair with guide rod Wire is fed along a predetermined path by virtue of being pinched between an upper set of feed rolls and a lower set of feed rolls while the upper and lower rolls are rotated in opposite directions. The upper feed rolls are journaled cantilever fashion by... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5450777 | Method and apparatus for processing chopped fibers from continuous tows An apparatus for processing chopped fibers from essentially continuous tows, each consisting of individual strands, comprises selectively feeding at least two tows to a venturi pump and associated cutter mechanism where the tows are cut or chopped into re... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5370290 | Wire feeder allowing for wire slippage without damaging wire A pusher system (12) extracts a wire (11) from a reservoir (10) and feeds the wire through a wire guide (13) to a puller system (14). The puller system then feeds the wire (11) through a tip (15) to the welding operation represented by an arc (16) and a w... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5368212 | Apparatus for infeeding a cable to an automatic cable processing machine The apparatus for infeeding a cable in a predetermined infeed direction to an automatic cable processing machine enables moving standard cables and cables of reduced wall thickness at high velocities between the drive surfaces of two revolvingly contactin... | 11/29/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5344058 | Method and apparatus for precisely driving film material A method and apparatus for precisely advancing film material between two rollers includes a driven roller having a medium hardness rubber surface and a non-driven hard surfaced roller which contacts precision surfaces at either end of the driven roller to... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5332195 | Rope traction device A rope traction device has a sheave which is driven and rotated to cause a traction rope to be wound on the sheave and thereby moves along the traction rope. The rope traction device includes a pair of annular side plates made of an elastic material and p... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5193728 | Unidirectional pinch rollers for a cloth spreading machine An end cutter includes a pair of rollers (64,73) operatively arranged to frictionally engage cloth passing through the nip thereof. One of the rollers is mounted for unidirectional rotation such that the cloth may be pulled forwardly from a roll, but cann... | 03/16/1993 |
