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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735702 | Web guiding roller and web conveying apparatus A web conveying apparatus is provided with a plurality of web guiding rollers. The web guiding rollers convey a web on which a functional material has just been coated in a coating section. Concave portions and convex portions that have a substantially semicircular ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7401718 | Arrangement for axial feed of a supply hose The arrangement is for the axial driving of a supply hose (11) for pressure medium or application medium in the form of fluid, gaseous or solid, granule-formed or powder-formed, material. The supply hose (11) is connected to a displaceable cartridge ( | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390989 | Wire feeder A drive roll adapted and configured to feed weld wire includes first and second opposing sides and an outer body surface. The outer body surface includes a base body surface, and at least one elevated wire interface extending outwardly from and along at least a majo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349181 | Rotatable tape guide with tapered flanges A rotatable tape guide with a cylindrical barrel having a cylindrical peripheral surface; and a guide flange substantially at each outer side of the cylindrical barrel and having a frusto-conical surface. The frusto-conical surface is configured at a taper angle out... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7311234 | Vectored air web handling apparatus A web control device is provided as a generally cylindrical hollow bar having a plurality of holes disposed thereon. Each of the plurality of holes is capable of providing fluid contact between the central portion and the outer portion of web control device. The web... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7226042 | Winch and winch drum Disclosed is a winch drum for rotation about a rotation axis. The winch drum has a rope-receiving surface with a plurality of raised ridges defining substantially helical channels between them. The channels provide guidance for rope along the rope-receiving surface ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7163133 | Apparatus for and method of moving a slider along mating zipper elements A manufacturing apparatus, for moving sliders for opening and closing mating zipper elements along the mating zipper elements, includes a roller and a projection. The roller rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular with a path of a film including the mating... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163175 | Irregular surfaced tape guide A tape guide that has textured surface over which the tape passes. The textured surface has a surface roughness exceeding the flying height of the tape above the surface. This new irregular surface topography reduces the air bearing and allows limited contact betwee... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7025334 | Lifting device A lifting device for raising and lowering a load comprises in a known manner a lifting drum that can be driven in both directions of rotation, as well as at least one belt serving as traction mechanism that is secured to one end of the lifting drum and carries at th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6984199 | Sheet member guide mechanism having presser members for retaining a fabric tube fitted over a roller core A guide roller has a hollow roller and a fabric tube fitted under pressure over the hollow roller. The fabric tube has ends held respectively in axial ends of the hollow roller and fixed thereto by respective pressers which are pressed into the axial ends of the hol... | 01/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6884205 | Non-marking web conveyance roller A non-marking web conveyance roller has a generally irregular surface with a plurality of rounded up features that promotes superior venting of entrained air. The surface finish of the roller, formed by a thermal spray process, prevents the formation of impression a... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6873495 | Recording and/or reproducing device comprising a coated tape guide A recording and/or reproducing device (1) includes at least one tape guide (10) having a guide wall (13) and guide flanges (14, 15) projecting beyond the guide wall (13). The guide wall and guide flanges are coated with a coating (... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6730009 | Sheet member guide mechanism having a fabric tube fitted over a roller core A guide roller has a hollow roller and a fabric tube fitted under pressure over the hollow roller. The fabric tube has ends held respectively in axial ends of the hollow roller and fixed thereto by respective pressers which are pressed into the axial ends of the hol... | 05/04/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6550658 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus including at least one guide arrangement having at least one damping projection A recording and/or reproducing apparatus having at least one guide arrangement that facilitates recording and reproduction even when a tape edge comes into contact with an end flange of the guide arrangement. The guide arrangement structure preferable is ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6505766 | Feed wheel for strapping tool A traction feed wheel, for use in connection with the tensioning of strapping material, is provided with a first set of teeth upon an outer peripheral surface of the feed wheel in accordance with a 15° right hand helix as considered with respect to the a... | 01/14/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6436191 | Corona discharge treatment roller and surface finishing process A corona discharge web conveyance roller (10) and process for finishing the surface (14) of the roller (10) with plateaus (30) and down features (22) adjacent to the plateaus. Interconnected channels (30) formed in the surface (14) of the roller (10) by o... | 08/20/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6302309 | Forwarding a rod for use in welding by high pressure injection A feeding device is provided for forwarding a pliable thermoplastic rod into a heated pressure chamber for extrusion through an outlet nozzle to effect thermoplastic welding. The device includes a block with a machined channel through the block including ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6289950 | Wood planing machine A wood planing machine includes a base, two pairs of supporting rods respectively extending upright from the base, a cutter carriage including a pair of parallel carriage seats mounted movably and respectively on the pairs of the supporting rods, an emery... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6273358 | Dispensing/storage device for strand material, for example solder Storage and dispensing device for elongate strand material including a spool, a tubular delivery system incorporating an integral finger-actuable friction element rotatively mounted for contact with strand material and urgement forward.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6170728 | Drive wheels for an apparatus performing a work operation on strip material An apparatus for performing a work operation on sheet material includes a plurality of drive wheels for driving the sheet material in cooperation with a plurality of pinch rollers along a feed path. Each of the drive wheels includes a drive surface having... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6142409 | Corona discharge treatment roller and surface finishing process A corona discharge web conveyance roller (10) and process for finishing the surface (14) of the roller (10) with plateaus (30) and down features (22) adjacent to the plateaus. Interconnected channels (30) formed in the surface (14) of the roller (10) by o... | 11/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5971638 | Printer sheet feed mechanism including feed roller having plurality of projections In a printer sheet feed mechanism for feeding a sheet such as a paper sheet, an OHP sheet and the like with a pinpoint accuracy, maintaining a sheet feed accuracy to a high level for a long time and improving recording quality, a sheet feed roller is comp... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967395 | Terminal belt guiding mechanism to be used with a terminal crimping unit To provide flexibility for a guided terminal belt, a rolling member is used to feed a terminal carrier. The rolling member has a contact area to make rolling contact with the carrier. The contact area presses the carrier against a guiding face as the carr... | 10/19/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5912690 | Recording medium transporting apparatus A recording medium transporting apparatus is shown including a rowel spur. The rowel spur is designed to control the amount of ink adhering to the rowel spur, thus preventing image quality problems associated with slippage between the rowel spur and the r... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5645361 | Thermal-transfer-type color printer having a feed roller with micro projections In a thermal-transfer-type color printer, an ink ribbon and a paper are sandwiched between a thermal head and a platen roller so that a specific image is transferred onto the paper in a specific color. The platen roller is made by a rubber material which ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5593140 | Winch having a housing with a smooth-surfaced central portion A winch comprising a substantially cylindrical housing, rotatably disposed around a central shaft, which housing comprises, at the top thereof, a flange and has a central portion of a diameter smaller than the diameter of the flange and the diameter of th... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5553763 | Feeding of offset, collated forms During the feeding of offset continuous collated business form webs to the slow rollers of a burster, it is important to insure that the top web properly passes through the slow roll section. By providing a number of puller wheels having aluminum cores an... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5421259 | Guide roller for printing press A guide roller for a printing press is designed to prevent foreign matters, such as ink or so forth from adhering on the peripheral surface thereof and to sweep up the peripheral surface by a traveling web. The guide roller comprises a roller body having ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5417360 | Feeding of offset, collated forms During the feeding of offset continuous collated business form webs to the slow rollers of a burster, it is important to insure that the top web properly passes through the slow roll section. By providing a number of puller wheels having aluminum cores an... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5370292 | Magnetic tape driving mechanism having a capstan with a surface made of carbon film including diamond-bonded carbons A tape driving mechanism for a magnetic recording apparatus has a capstan rotated to advance a magnetic tape by pinching the magnetic tape between the capstan and a pinch roller. The pinch roller is pressed onto the magnetic tape against the capstan. The ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5138341 | Plotter with drive rollers having variable radial contact surfaces A plotter wherein, while a sheet is being moved on a recording surface, figures, characters etc. are automatically depicted on the surface of the sheet, or the contours of figures, characters etc. are automatically cut in the surface of the sheet. In the ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5071083 | Touch roller for plastic polymer film manufacturing apparatus A metallic touch roller for use in an apparatus for manufacturing film rolls. The outer surface of the touch roller has a matte-finish with a plurality of symmetrically formed spiral grooves extending over the length of the roller. A mean surface roughnes... | 12/10/1991 |
