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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7611036 | Film feeding machine A film feeding machine includes a drawing device to draw a continuous film out of a film base to a predetermined position. The film is held by a feeding device and cut off by a cutting device to have a film piece. The film piece is fed to external equipment by the f... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7377029 | Wire winding device for electrical components A wire winding device for electrical components has a transmission member, a wire feeding member, a wire winding member, a spool feeding member, and a driving member. Spools are respectively inserted into the wire winding member via the spool feeding member and rota... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363679 | Vacuum system A vacuum system has a cabinet that can be mounted to a wall. The cabinet includes a hose storage compartment with a hose drive assembly for automatically extending and retracting a vacuum hose. A portable vacuum unit can be removably docked to the cabinet and connec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7360911 | Oscillating belt and pulley drive system for high performance light emitting diode warning light assembly A plurality of support casings for light emitting diode warning lights are driven in synchronous arc movements by a belt and pulley drive system having a compact construction with four belt segments. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7293682 | Arrangement for belt drive device The invention relates to an arrangement for a belt drive device, which comprises two continuous drive belts, which arc arranged to be operated by means of drive rollers (2), and which are arranged to travel around stretching rollers as continuous loops spaced... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7271370 | Yarn guiding godet with magnetic bearings A godet for guiding at least one advancing yarn in a yarn processing operation. The godet comprises a tubular casing which is mounted for free rotation on a support by means of a plurality of bearings. At least one of the bearings is a radially operative magnetic be... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262528 | Motor unit including integrated motor and speed reduction mechanism In a motor unit integrating a motor and a drive control section, the drive control section has a stack structure in which two circuit component containing sections are arranged three-dimensionally with a bus bar being arranged between both containing sections. A pri... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7180698 | Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus according to the present invention includes a cylinder for recording information to and/or reproducing information from a magnetic tape; a chassis section having a first chassis surface having the cylinder provided the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174731 | Rotational speed control system, rotatingly driving system, air blow system, clean bench, outdoor unit of air conditioner This invention relates to a rotational speed control system including a plurality of motor drivers for driving motors, and the object thereof is to drive a plurality of motors at the same rotational speed without depending on the number of motor drivers and without ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7109623 | Motor and electrically-driven fan employing the same An electrically-driven fan 1 comprises a base portion 2; a bearing portion 11; a stator 13 including iron core portions 15 and coils 16; a rotor 4 including a rotary shaft 20 and a cylindrical magnet 22;... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106011 | Web roller assist drive An assist drive assembly for adjusting tension in a web generated when the web is moved over a roller in a contacting relationship therewith. A plurality of north and south pole elements are disposed about the roller. A controller is coupled to a magnetic pole senso... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096806 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073696 | High repeatability tape feeder for electronic component carrier tapes A tape feeder for precisely advancing a component-carrying tape to present sequential electronic components disposed at a pitch in the tape to a pick-and-place machine. A feed sprocket and an encoder disc are operatively associated with each other and rotatably disp... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6962101 | Safety device for strip dispensing machine A control and safety device for a machine for dispensing strips of material having a belt mounted between a drum (4) and a shaft (9) in a floating mount. The shaft receiving the belt having an axle of narrower diameter than the shaft in its central par... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945183 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918864 | Roller that avoids substrate slippage A roller assembly is provided. The roller assembly comprises a groove that the includes two opposing surfaces. The roller assembly comprises either frictional surfaces positioned along the groove, or O-ring(s) coupled to the groove. The frictional surfaces may be a ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6857546 | Tape feeder In a double type tape feeder in which two tape feed mechanisms that pitch-feed carrier tapes holding electronic components are arranged in parallel and two carrier tapes can be simultaneously supplied, sprockets in the tape pitch feed mechanisms are arranged so that... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851593 | System and method for controlling the strain of web material A system and method for controlling the strain of a web material supplied to a machine by adjusting a tension force applied to the web material. An operator defines a target web strain via an input device. A speed sensor senses the speed of the web material supplied... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840171 | Device for inserting a continuous tape for a printing or copying system comprising modules An apparatus and method is provided for threading a continuous web into a device arrangement having a first module and a second module connectable to and detachable from one another. First and second traction units are provided in the first and second modules. A gri... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6834787 | Feeding devices for taped electric components A feeding device for taped electric components includes advancing wheels for the tapes. The advancing wheels are driven via tangentially disposed drive spindles of a worm drive. Drive motors for the drive spindles are off-set from one another in two directions of th... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6830172 | Apparatus and method for feeding string A method of and apparatus for feeding string from a supply involves entraining the string around at least one feed roll and driving the feed roll continuously in cycles in a direction for feeding the string forward. Each of the cycles involves varying the speed of t... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6817507 | Capstan motor for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A capstan motor for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a stator having a coil disposed on outer peripheral direction thereof, and a rotor having a magnet to correspond to coil and rotated by an electromagnetic interaction between the coil and th... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814271 | Transmission apparatus The invention relates to a transmission apparatus in connection with a pulling equipment intended for moving especially a cable or a corresponding product, the transmission apparatus comprising a shaft that is operated by a motor (11) and that is connected to... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6708919 | Turning bar assembly for use with a moving web A turning bar assembly rotatably disposed adjacent a web of material moving at an operational speed in a web forming device has a turning bar for changing a direction of the moving web. Moreover, the turning bar is controllably rotated 360 ° against the moving web ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6651858 | Adjustable wrappage film feeding device An adjustable wrappage film feeding device includes a chassis having end plates rotatably supporting a driving shaft therebetween. The driving shaft is driven by a motor via a worm--worm gear transmission. Two first bevel gears are mounted on the driving ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6536644 | Tool-less feedroll for wire feeder A wire feeder comprises a feedroll with through slots that open into a bore and that extend between the feedroll ends. The feedroll has blind slots in the ends that also open into the bore. A shaft on the wire feeder has a radial pin. The feedroll is asse... | 03/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6441353 | Integrated roller unit The invention relates to roller unit consisting of an inductively heated roller, a drive motor, an inductor and a frequency converter. According to the invention not only the converter but also the temperature regulator for the induction heater and monito... | 08/27/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6328195 | Devices for driving a guide roller A guide roller is driven in an intermittent manner. A driven draw-in mechanism is used to draw in a paper or other continuous web of material. The drive mechanism for the web guide roller is accelerated to a paper feed speed prior to the arrival of the st... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321967 | Device for drawing in a web of endless fabric An endless web of material, such as a web of paper, is drawn into a device by using moving traction devices along the path of web travel. Web guide rollers that support the web in the device are accelerated before the arrival of the leading end or the beg... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6283353 | Press roll device A press roll device for applying pressure on a piece of wood moving along a path. The device has a frame mounted in proximity to the path of the piece of wood and a lower and an upper arm both pivotally connected to the frame. A roller is rotationally mou... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6199476 | Roll machine and process for operating the same A roll machine is provided. A plurality of rolls are disposed in a stack to define a plurality of nips therebetween adapted to treat a material web. At least two of the plurality of rolls are driven rolls. A drive control commonly controls the driven roll... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6170125 | Apparatus for feeding slivers to a draw frame A sliver supplying apparatus for simultaneously feeding a plurality of slivers to a draw frame includes an intake table; a plurality of supply rolls supported in a series by the intake table for guiding the slivers from the coiler cans to the draw frame; ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 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 |
