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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334754 | Guide rails for conveying band-form members Guide rails for guiding a band-form member such as a film carrier tape in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The guide rails include a pair of rail main bodies with a plurality of guide assemblies provided on the upper surfaces of the rail main bodies so that ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7275404 | Method and an apparatus to control the lateral motion of a long metal bar being formed by a mechanical process such as rolling or drawing An adjustable guide, includes two or more mechanisms each having a rotatable retaining element containing a retaining groove with a variable radius in its perimeter surface. The grooves form a guidance path to control the lateral, i.e. non-axial, motion of a long ba... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7213785 | Method and device for turning strips The invention relates to a method for turning and reorienting the displacement direction of strips (1), especially of a thin hot strip. The strip can be turned about any angle by means of at least one deflection roller, with roller banks (5) which are ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7032488 | Device for supporting a material web A support for a material web for use with a longitudinal cutting device for cutting the material web, includes a support shaft having an axis of rotation. At least one bearing mechanism positions the at least one support shaft, wherein the at least one bearing mecha... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6874727 | Guiding device for a band-type product The invention relates to a device for guiding a band-type product (1) especially a metal band, comprising at least two conical deflectors (2, 2′) arranged head to foot. According to the invention, each deflector (2, 2′) comprises a fi... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6695048 | Segmented tubing guide A tubing guide for directing coiled tubing through an injector apparatus and into a well. The tubing guide comprises a frame, which is also referred to as a tubing carrier, extending from a base. The shape of the tubing guide changes depending upon the na... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6554540 | Modular guiding device A modular guidance device for routing cable through an underground chamber includes a plurality of rollers positioned in adjacent relation. End plates hold the rollers in position. A support leg is connected to the end plates and a support member is secur... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6530432 | Oil well tubing injection system and method The injector of the invention provides a means and method for injecting either coiled tubing or conventional stalked tubing into and from a well by developing axial forces in the tubing. The curvature of the coiled tubing is simultaneously selectably alte... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6501620 | Tape guide mechanism which orients tape in transverse and normal-to-transverse directions for adjusting tape stiffness A guide mechanism and method for positioning a tape media in a transverse position at a transducer. A first surface guide disposed to one side of the transducer engages the tape media surface to orient the tape media surface non-planar with respect to the... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6457623 | Roll quadrant with strip centering action A roll quadrant conveyor for conveying strip material generally includes a plurality of support members for supporting a plurality of rolls around a quadrant roll of any desired wrapping angle and, further, a plurality of rolls journaled for rotation in t... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6320727 | Roller guiding system for delivery of tape media along a tape path A roller guiding system for delivery of magnetic tape media along a tape path between a tape drive employing a single reel and a tape cartridge employing a single reel. The roller guiding system comprises a plurality of guide rollers configured to adjust ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6276587 | Arrangement for delivering a web of material from a storage reel to a process line, and a unit included in the arrangement An arrangement for delivering a web of material from a storage reel to a process line for manufacturing absorbent disposable articles. The arrangement includes a web tension control unit for holding a predetermined value of tension in the web of material ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6202912 | Accumulation unit for a band product A band product accumulation unit including a mechanism for controlling the running of a band along a longitudinal direction, a fixed frame, a wrap-around carriage which is moveable on a track between a return position of minimum accumulation length and an... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6190064 | Device for intermediate storage of photographic sheet material A device (1) for the intermediate storage of photographic material (4-8) in sheet form includes an entrance (2) for receiving the material (4-8), an exit (3) for discharging the material (4-8) and several rotatably supported rollers (9-16; 40, 41) which a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6079655 | Inlet element arrangement for a spin draw winder The invention concerns an arrangement of inlet elements in a spin draw winding machine in which filament bundles (5, 6) guided parallel are deflected by a roll each and are taken off therefrom in which arrangement further rolls can be provided upstream fr... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076718 | Method and apparatus for conveying expanded film A film conveying apparatus includes a conveying mechanism and a speed control mechanism. The conveying mechanism includes a plurality of lower rollers arranged in a lateral direction perpendicular to a film conveyed direction. The lower roller is equipped... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6018974 | Roller guide for a roll stand A roller guide for a roll stand for precise guiding of a rod-shaped or wire-shaped rolling product in a caliber opening formed by rolls which engage the rolling product from an outer side and are distributed on its periphery, the roller guide has angular ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6003988 | Printer architecture An electronic printing system comprises a substrate supply for supplying a substrate along a paper path configured in an arc. The substrate is controllably transported through the electronic printing system past a plurality of printheads. The printheads a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5999248 | Elongated record medium storage and transport system and method An elongated record medium, such as motion picture film, is stored and transported in a plurality of banks of successive loop-forming rollers, with smaller banks of rollers being nested within the loops formed by a bank of larger rollers, and the record m... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5957361 | Magnetic tape device having a tape guide which prevents excessive compressive force on a magnetic tape A magnetic tape device including a tape guide to guide a magnetic tape as the magnetic tape travels past a magnetic head to provide good contact between the magnetic tape and the magnetic head. The tape guide includes a roller guides, or roller guides and... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5940650 | Film transporting device having guide members at predetermined locations A windup reel is formed at a step reel which has a small diameter section and a large diameter section. The large diameter section is formed in such a direction as to press a lower edge of photographic film against a guide pin. When a leader section of tr... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5934536 | Adjustable turndown apparatus A turndown apparatus has first and second guide rollers arranged respectively along the inside and outside of a curved path along which bendable products such as bars, rods and the like move at high speeds. The guide rollers coact in pairs to define gaps ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5906325 | Self-synchronizing pulley/winch apparatus and operating method for cable having electronic or other protruding elements spaced along its length A winch 100 is provided for taking up or paying out cable 13 without damaging protrusions 14 spaced along the cable from potentially high compressive forces applied to the cable when it is wound over drum members 16, 18, 20 of each of a pair of drum mecha... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5906128 | Drawing assembly for bending machines Drawing assembly for bending machines used for metal shapes, in particular round pieces (11) for reinforcement purposes or metallic wire, the drawing assembly comprising at least a drawing device placed upstream of the shears (13) and the bending unit (14... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5881939 | Belt type woven material processing apparatus In a continuous cloth strip processing apparatus for at least one long belt-like cloth strip, a cloth strip traveling direction changing apparatus which has both an introduction guide roller having a rotational axis which is perpendicular to the cloth str... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5836500 | Guiding device using a non-bending segmented rotary roll An apparatus is provided for accurately guiding and treating textile strips of great width using a quasi-continuous roll which does not bend. The roll is used for guiding material presented in strip form, in particular a textile material which is in conta... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5823464 | Device for guiding ply webs of paper or the like A web layer (2) is deflected on conical deflectors (31, 34) in laterally opposite directions, thereby permitting lateral but parallel displacement of the downstream web section (10) with respect ot the upstream web section (6) at low hight extension of th... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5813782 | Apparatus for moving a paper sheet A statement printer of an automated banking machine includes a lower roll shaft (118) having round paper engaging rolls (120) thereon. An upper roll shaft (122) has flat spot rolls (124, 125, 126, 127) thereon. The flat spot rolls are positioned in oppose... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5810271 | Roller board and method for loading the same A roller board (16) for organizing a plurality of filaments (14) from spools (28) for delivery to a collection point, includes a first plurality of rollers (40) arranged to form spaces (42) therebetween, and a second plurality of rollers (44), each pivota... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5785312 | Dual media buffer with over-running clutch system A dual buffer internal to an imaging device uses a one-way, over-running clutch system to buffer multiple sheets of media between an internal drum recorder and a processor. The one-way over-running clutch system is incorporated into a drive system of a pl... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5769302 | Horizontal strip storage unit A horizontal strip storage unit, particularly for sheet steel, includes a looping carriage which is movable on a frame at a variable distance relative to a stationary strip guide roller. The looping carriage has at least one guide roller for a strip stora... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5755370 | Press feed with infinitely variable stock material engagement spacing A press feed capable of being driven in synchronization with a press. The press feed includes a sensor for sensing a selected phase of a press cycle of the press, structure for engaging stock material adapted to be fed by the press feed to the press, and ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5746366 | Wear plate positioned guide shoe A flexible web guiding apparatus including; a turnaround roller; a pinch roller positioned in driving engagement with said turnaround roller and defining a nip therebetween; and a web guide for accurately directing an end of the web into the nip defined b... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5743307 | Hydraulic warp tensioning apparatus A system for bringing ground warp threads under tension on a beam stand comprises first and second rollers on which the ground warp threads run. The first roller is mounted on a support which is movable in relation to the second roller. A mechanism for ex... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5699147 | Paper magazine A paper magazine including a magazine main body in which a photosensitive material is accommodated; a guide member for guiding the photosensitive material to a magazine opening through which the photosensitive material is delivered out to an exterior; at ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5617987 | Safety guard for fiber processing unit A safety apparatus for use with a fiber processing unit having a plurality of rotating godet rollers. The apparatus includes a safety gate, positioned between an operator and the godet rollers, having a plurality of apertures through which a long-handled ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5559575 | Edge-belt film handling system for film processors and accumulators A system for transporting film through photographic-type processing uses a pair of flexible belts which have grooves to receive and guide the edges of the film in loose frictional engagement, and a drive and support system for moving the belts and film th... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5533659 | Dust removal system Apparatus for spreading a plurality of co-traveling web portions of a cut web such that a defined spacing is produced and maintained between the web portions. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced, perforated plates for permitting the application of sub... | 07/09/1996 |
