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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441682 | Wire feeding apparatus The wire feeder apparatus according to the invention has a carrying body (12), tubular guide elements fixed in the openings on the two opposite sides of the body determining a straight-line path for welding wire, further, two spatially separated feed rolls ( | 10/28/2008 |
| 7389900 | Floating wire guides A wire guide, for a drive assembly of a wire feeding assembly, of a welding system, has an elongate body which has with an outer surface, a length, and first and second ends. An elongate bore extends along the length of, and through, the elongate body. An aperture e... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384255 | Rapid prototyping system with controlled material feedstock A deposition modeling system incorporates a drive mechanism to feed a strand of filament to create a model. The drive mechanism comprises a pivot block that is rotatably connected to a fixed block and a motor that rotates a drive shaft. A drive roller is connected t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383973 | Drive rollers for wire feeding mechanism A wire feeding mechanism for advancing a continuous length of wire along a pathway includes a housing having two roller supports each rotatable about a corresponding axis transverse to a wire pathway. The roller supports are on opposite sides of the pathway and are ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364059 | 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... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7238918 | Welding guns with mechanical interface A welding gun power pin for attaching a welding gun to a power block of a welding system. The welding gun power pin includes a generally cylindrical pin body, and insertion stop member, and a withdrawal stop member which defines a withdrawal stop member length dimen... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222840 | Rope-guiding device A rope-guide device suitable for marine use as a crab-pot puller, an anchor puller, a shrimp-pot hauler, and the like includes an arcuate, side-entry slot running the entire vertical length of its cylindrical body. A unique lock-mechanism prevents rope slippage by c... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208698 | Welding gun attachment mechanism A power block for holding a welding gun power pin has a receiving structure which defines a bore which receives and holds a welding gun power pin. The power block further includes a projection movable between at least a first position and a second position. When the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7073602 | Tubing injector Apparatus for injecting coiled tubing into a bore comprises a rotatable housing (28, 29) having an axis along which coiled tubing is to be translated. A set of rolling elements (12, 14) is rotatably mounted in the housing (28, 29), each rolling ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7031102 | Pole-base assembly driving apparatus for magnetic recording/reading apparatus A driving apparatus for loading/unloading a pair of pole-base assemblies that are reciprocated along a guide rail formed on a main deck to move a magnetic tape to contact to a head drum. The driving apparatus includes a first and a second link member, each connected... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026574 | Wire gripper for a drive unit of a wire feeder A gripping device for a set of pinch rollers used in a wire feeder that supplies a welding operation with a consumable welding wire. The welding wire passes between the pinch rollers whereby the pinch rollers engage the wire with a gripping force and incrementally r... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6991145 | Synchronous fine tunable material feeding mechanism A synchronous fine tunable material feeding mechanism includes a platform, a control member and a link device. A side panel is installed separately on both sides of the platform, and a top panel is installed on the side panels. A fixed roller and a movable roller ar... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6959849 | Drive roller assembly There are described drive roller assemblies for pulling print media within, or in conjunction with, a printing apparatus. In one embodiment the assembly includes a rigid drive roller having a hard outer surface in conjunction with a pressure roller having a deformab... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6935545 | Pinch-roller unit of a magnetic recording/reading apparatus A pinch roller unit of a magnetic recording/reading apparatus disposed on a main deck on which a head drum and a capstan are disposed to move in association with a sub-deck which is disposed to slide on the main deck. The pinch roller unit operates to bring a tape i... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6604663 | Control method of hydraulic pinch roll and control unit thereof A control unit of hydraulic pinch rolls 1 comprises: position detectors 10c, 10d that detect position of right and left cylinder pistons 6c; an arithmetical unit 13 that calculates a difference of output 16c, 16d from the position detectors; a controller ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6568578 | Welding wire feed mechanism A wire feeding apparatus for providing filler wire to a welding gun or torch that includes a motor, a driver roll, an idler roll and a bias controller. The bias controller is configured to bias the wire contacting portion of the idler roll towards the wir... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6533154 | Nipping roller gap adjusting device The gap adjusting device for nipping rollers is provided with one roller rotatably provided at a prescribed position and the other movable roller. The nipping rollers are adapted so that the other roller is capable of forcing a paper web passing between t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6450381 | Device and method for guiding a transversely stable material web A device and method for guiding a transversely stable material web. The device contains at least one roller and one counter roller disposed on opposite sides of the material web. The roller and counter roller can be swiveled synchronously with each other,... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6435394 | Transporter for lead frames and transport assembly A transporter for lead frames has two rotatable wheels with mutually facing running surfaces for engaging a lead frame between the wheels. A frame supports the wheels. An actuating cylinder engages on at least one wheel for mutual displacement of the whee... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427894 | Electrode wire feeder for an arc welding system An electrode wire feeder, including a housing defining a sealed compartment for containing a suitable lubricant, respective pairs of feed rolls rotatably mounted exteriorly of said housing, on rotatable shafts, one of the shafts of each pair of feed rolls... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6378844 | Manual well puller A manual well puller includes a lower slotted bracket that slides over the upper end of a well casing, a lower roller assembly for vertically guiding withdrawal of the well pipe, and an outwardly inclined support arm carrying rotatable guide wheels for en... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6354478 | Apparatus for guilding an endless paper web An apparatus comprising two lateral guide devices guiding the paper web at the longitudinal edges of the endless paper web, and a deflection means is provided. With the aid of the deflector the paper web is deflected at least once from its direction of mo... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6334565 | Conveying a recording medium An apparatus for conveying a recording medium includes first and second rollers which define a common area through which the recording medium is conveyed. The first and second rollers contact the recording medium in the common area and rotate in concert t... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6305592 | Dye machine festooner A festooner transfers cloth between a dye machine and a transfer box utilizing a driven roller and a laterally mounted idler roller creating a vertical interstice to effect a vertical discharge of the cloth into a laying funnel. The driven roller is groov... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6168062 | Self-actuating slack puller A slack puller has symmetrical sheave assemblies on each side of a cable path. The sheave assemblies each include a driven sheave mounted on an arm. When the sheaves are engaged with the cable by an actuator, tension in the cable pulls the sheaves in a wa... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6119313 | Apparatus for the manufacture or finishing of fiber band In regard an apparatus for the manufacture or finishing treatment of a fiber band (31), such as, for instance, a drawing frame or a carding process, the fiber band (31) is conducted between two feeler rolls (6, 6'). The feeler rolls (6, 6') are adjustable... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6104907 | Image recording apparatus which prevents variation in speed of a recording medium and reduces shift values thereof There is provided an image recording apparatus which does not cause a print shift or a color drift caused by vibration and a widthwise shift due to speed variation in a conveying direction of a continuous sheet such as rolled paper or folded paper, in whi... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098864 | Apparatus for transporting a recording medium in an electrographic printing or copying device An apparatus for transporting a band-shaped recording medium in an electrographic printing or copying device, includes a drive cylinder, a pressure cylinder mounted displaceably relative to the drive cylinder, and a pressure spring effecting a contact pre... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6090034 | Tabber apparatus with removable shaft and retaining member A tabber apparatus includes a frame, a removable shaft for guiding a media through the tabber apparatus and a retaining member. The frame includes at least one opening formed therein. The removable shaft includes an end received in the opening of the fram... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6041991 | Cable conveying unit This cable conveying unit serves for the precise feeding of a given length of a cable into a cable processing station between at least two conveying rollers or bands driven in counterrotation and capable of being placed against the outside of such a cable... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6027068 | Dispenser for solder and other ductile strand materials A dispenser for strand materials, such as solder, is provided. Also provided is a method for dispensing strand materials using the dispenser. The dispenser is hand-held, and includes a gear, which ratchetably rotates to selectively advance the strand mate... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6019366 | Elastomer damping of pivoted pinch roll A document feed array comprising a pinch-roll mounted to rotate about its center to engage documents, being mounted on a cantilever-arm pivoted at a point distal from the roll-center and including an elastomeric sleeve which, alone, couples the arm to its... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5961023 | Film transport roller assembly A transport roller assembly for moving film along a film transport path between a pair of rigid plates in an imaging system. The rollers are preassembled in the bearing block assemblies and the assemblies are installed in the system by sliding them into r... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961022 | Strip pinch apparatus A driver for rolled strip includes a first roll which is mounted so as to be essentially stationary and a second roll which is adjustable relative to the first roll. The second roll is supported in a swivel frame which is adjustable by a pressure medium c... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5913470 | Roll feeder An electric motor driven roll feed system for intermittently advancing stock into the work station of a punch press. The roll feed system is designed so that its main rotating elements have greatly reduced rotational inertia. A low inertia overall roll ar... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5913469 | Method of and apparatus for ensuring a wire feed amount in manufacturing of wire harnesses Press rollers for being pressed respectively against wires are provided on an upper side of the wires while length-measuring rollers for respectively contacting the wires are provided on a lower side of the wires. A number of revolutions of each length-me... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5899373 | Wire measuring apparatus An electrical wire length measuring apparatus is capable of minimizing any error of the wire feed amount of respective wire per each measurement cycle and can realize more accurate length measurement of the wires. The measuring apparatus includes a plural... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5868296 | Electronically controlled high speed press feed capable of being driven in synchronization with a press The present invention provides for a press feed apparatus for use in feeding stock material to a high speed automatic press. The feed roller is driven by a servo motor integral with the shaft of the roller, the feed roller release mechanism is infinitely ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5833109 | Pinch roller driving device for video recording and reproducing system A pinch roller driving device including a vertical moving member which has a holder for moving a pinch roller upward and downward, and an arm formed integrally with the holder for attaching the pinch roller. The pinch roller driving device is composed of ... | 11/10/1998 |
