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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7708176 | Web transportation guiding apparatus and method A guiding apparatus and method for a shift generated by a web during web transportation is provided, in which a coarse position guiding module and a fine position guiding module function to directly adjust the web so as to compensate the shift occurred during the pr... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7374072 | Slide adjustable assembly for monitoring widthwise travel of an uncoiling steel band through a feeder system associated with a progressive die An assembly for ensuring a correct lateral positioning of an elongated material conveyed along a feeder system and prior to a forming operation. The elongated material is fed from such as an unreeling coil and includes first and second lateral edges. First and secon... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7268971 | Magnetic head apparatus and drive apparatus including magnetic head apparatus A narrow magnetic body 66 in which outward path and inward path recording magnetic head devices 1WF and 1WR, capable of recording at least data on a metal evaporated type magnetic tape 51 running in the outward and inward direction and vi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255030 | Method and device at running webs have been printed in a high-speed printer The present invention relates running webs which have been printed in a high-speed printer. A method and a device are provided for longitudinal cuffing of a running, unseparated web in two web portions, wherein the unseparated web (2) is printed in a high-spe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7207557 | Image forming system and single-sheet processing machine An image forming system enabling a cost reduction by decreasing the number of components and having enough performance levels of individual postprocessing functions, comprising: an image forming apparatus body and at least one postprocessing unit, the postprocessing... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195115 | Modular-belt conveyors with variable-speed drive motors A conveyor system in which a modular belt or chain is driven by a drive element rotated at a predetermined variable angular speed to compensate for speed fluctuations due to chordal action. A speed signal generator generates a speed signal generally inverse to the u... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195189 | Tape system with an isolated load/unload tape path A tape recording system is provided having an improved load/unload path, the system comprising a first pair of guides and a second pair of guides movable from an unloaded position to a loaded position. In the unloaded position, a gap between the first pair of guides... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7115889 | Device and method for sensing the position of an edge of a product According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for sensing the position of an edge of a stock being feed to a printing press is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a light source, utilizing the light source to illuminate wi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7055726 | Apparatus for modifying traveling position of paper web in paper web processing machine An apparatus for modifying a traveling position of a paper web in a paper web processing machine is provided. The apparatus is capable of easily attaching a detection means; requiring no operation of the paper web processing machine to determine an accurately adjust... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7013621 | Adjustable package geometry web forming apparatus and method Apparatus and method for the automatic packaging of one or more articles. An adjustable web guide structure that guides the webs of film into a configuration that mimics the geometry of a package to be wrapped is provided. The webs are conveyed over the guide struct... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6967812 | Magnetic recording/reproducing device A magnetic recording/reproducing device of the present invention records information on or reproduces information from a tape provided in a cassette by winding the tape around a rotary head cylinder at a prescribed angle after the tape is drawn out from the cassette... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6834823 | Supply device for supplying rubber material to a cutting device Supply device for supplying rubber material (11) to a cutting device (3). In the direction away from the cutting device the supply device contains a supplying table (3) having a supplying mechanism (4), an unwinding trestle (7) con... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6659006 | Tension control device for a printing press A tension control device for a printing press having an adjustment roller, with a web of the press passing from a supply roll of the web to the adjustment roller. Means are provided for measuring the tension on opposed sides of the web passing downstream ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6622625 | Medium detecting method and device, and printer A reference medium is scanned both with a medium sensor (44) capable of detecting a low-transmittance printing medium with high accuracy and with a medium sensor (45) capable of detecting a high-transmittance medium with low accuracy so as to find edge po... | 09/23/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6460748 | Device for adjusting the transverse position of a strip of packaging material A device for adjusting the transverse position of a strip of packaging material on a packaging machine for producing packages containing a pourable food product, the device having a slide movable crosswise with respect to the strip and carrying a gripping... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6269995 | Friction drive apparatus for strip material A friction drive apparatus for feeding strip material in a longitudinal direction includes a first friction wheel and a second friction wheel rotated by a first motor drive and a second motor drive, respectively. The friction drive apparatus also includes... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6192955 | Apparatus and method for aligning webs Apparatus and method for aligning webs, such as photographic film or paper, where the trailing edge of an expiring web is spliced to the lead edge of a fresh web. A supporting means having the fresh web thereon in a fixed position is caused to move by sen... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6138885 | Web having alignment indicia and an associated web feeding and working apparatus A web and an associated web feeding and handling apparatus for performing a work operation on the web is disclosed. The apparatus feeds the web in a feed direction longitudinally of itself by means of a friction drive. The operation of the drive is contro... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6000595 | Method and apparatus for pinless feeding of web to a utilization device A system and method for utilizing a continuous pinless web that is free of tractor pin feed holes within a utilization device that is originally adapted to feed web having tractor pin feed hole strips along its widthwise edges is provided. The utilization... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5947617 | Skew correction mechanism for a roll paper A printer comprises a skew correction mechanism for a roll paper between a roll paper loading section and a recording section. The skew correction mechanism has a pair of first roller and second roller each having a guide surface for the roll paper, arran... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5895535 | Apparatus and method for measuring web alignment at a splice An apparatus and method for measuring web alignment at a splice disposed between a trailing end of an expiring web and a leading end of a new web. The apparatus includes a speed monitor monitoring the moving webs. A splice sensor indicates the presence an... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5849123 | Apparatus and method for aligning webs Apparatus and method for aligning webs, such as photographic film or paper, where the trailing edge of an expiring web is spliced to the lead edge of a fresh web. A supporting means having the fresh web thereon in a fixed position is caused to move by sen... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5813337 | Closed-loop printing control system A system for controlling the lateral position of a web in a web-fed printing press having a printing unit. The web has a series of printed images thereon. The system includes an optical scanner for sensing the lateral position of an image on the web and f... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5783007 | Method for splicing heat transfer printing paper The disclosed apparatus implements a method of joining two sheets of heat transfer paper into a single sheet almost twice as wide for use in heat transfer printing of extra wide cloth. The paper is withdrawn from source rolls and passed along first and se... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5769298 | Guiding apparatus for webs having at least two thicknesses The present invention relates to a guide apparatus for guiding a moving web of material having a tuft portion mounted on a backing portion such that the backing portion extends outwardly from the tuft portion to form at least one tuft edge. The web is mov... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5667122 | Apparatus and method for controlling moving material and the like A method and apparatus are provided for maintaining the edge of a moving web on a web handling apparatus at a desired operating path. The operating path of a web edge is monitored with respect to a first desired edge path. The web is secured for movement ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660675 | Method and apparatus for splicing heat transfer printing paper The disclosed apparatus implements a method of joining two sheets of heat transfer paper into a single sheet almost twice as wide for use in heat transfer printing of extra wide cloth. The paper is withdrawn from source rolls and passed along first and se... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5645207 | Apparatus and method for securing a moving fabric An improved apparatus for handling a moving material of indeterminate length utilizes a pair of endless elements located on opposite sides of an intended path of travel for the moving material. Each element is configured to engage and hold a corresponding... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5554262 | Laser curtain edge tracking systems for papermaking machines An edge tracking apparatus for maintaining a continuous circulating papermaking fabric in an aligned position as it moves through a papermaking machine. The edge tracking apparatus includes a pivotally mounted guide roll and a laser scanner. The laser sca... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5489784 | Method and device for monitoring an edge of a moving web with a bar of radiation Method and device for monitoring a moving web, such as a wire in a paper machine, a felt, or a material web, such as a board or paper web. A bar of radiation beams is directed at the face of the web to be monitored by a series of transmitters in a directi... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5483391 | Method of and apparatus for adjusting deck mechanism of video cassette recorder An automatic deck adjusting apparatus having a tape running system adjusting mechanism for adjusting a VCR deck automatically and control means for controlling the adjusting mechanism to adjust the tape running system automatically. The tape running syste... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5335572 | Method and apparatus for processing sheets of material in register, in particular for making security threads The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and sheets of materials for producing marked security threads as are used to increase the protection of documents and papers of value against forgery. The inventive method is for processing, in particular cu... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5333770 | System for controlling tape traveling height and tape guide with tape edge detector therefor A tape travel controlling system in a recording/reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes a tape width detector, a tape traveling path adjuster for changing a set condition(s) for a tape guide(s), and a tape traveling path controll... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5328072 | Device for locating the edges of moving webs A device for continuously determining the position of the edge of a moving web uses a light signal from a light relay emitted in the direction of the edge of a web. The light signal is received and converted by the light relay into an input/output signal ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5252991 | Media edge sensor utilizing a laser beam scanner A system is described for providing positional information regarding a media sheet in an image forming apparatus. The system includes a laser for providing a beam of collimated light and a mechanism for moving a media sheet along an imprinting path. Beam ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5208633 | Belt position sensing for image registration In an imaging device having a belt supporting image on an image supporting surface and moving along an endless path in a process direction, an exposure device for forming images on the image supporting surface, an arrangement is provided to derive informa... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5141585 | Method of and apparatus for preventing sidewise deviation of tape In affixing a tape to an adhesion form by pressing the tape thereagainst with a press roller at the forward end of a tape supply head rotatable about a C axis while feeding the tape to the press roller, a method comprising detecting the positions of oppos... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5098507 | Relieved plastic floor tile rolling press with an automatic alignment device A relieved plastic floor tile rolling press having an automatic alignment device comprising a surface roller from which a surface substratum with plane patterns printed thereon is unwound, a pressing roller on which recessed carves shaped the same as the ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5087313 | Paper web alignment system The invention is a method and apparatus for producing slit pieces of finished corrugated board from respective paper liners and at least one fluting using a corrugated line having at least a single facer, a double backer and a slitter, while minimizing or... | 02/11/1992 |
