Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322760 | Antijamming device for printers put in public places An antijamming device for a printed ticket vending machine having an exit opening for exiting of a printed ticket and a control for controlling feeding of unprinted tickets to a printing mechanism for printing tickets, having a pathway through which printed tickets ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7143917 | Configurable paper transport A configurable paper transport having a frame having at least one station for securing a non-driven paper web process device. The configurable paper transport defines a paper web path through the non-driven paper web process device, or devices. The configurable pape... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7000816 | Loading system for elongated strand of food product A loading system is provided for loading an elongated strand of food product of given diameter on a moving transport conveyor. First and second loading conveyors are separated by a gap of dimension less than or equal to the diameter of the food product strand and co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991144 | Method of controlling tension in a moving web material A method of dynamically controlling the tension of a moving web material. A web material is transported with an apparatus. A modulus-of-elasticity-analog value is determined for the web material. The modulus-of-elasticity-analog value is used to adjust an instantane... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968254 | Feedback controlled tension applying system A feedback controlled tension applying system includes a corrugated fin processing device that processes a fin material in continuous sheet form while applying a tension to the fin material. A tension applying device applies the tension to the fin material. An encod... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6782818 | Method for adjustment of a belt tension in a rotary press machine The tension of a web in a rotary printing machine is monitored and adjusted. The web runs through at least one printing group in the rotary printing machine. Any change in the stretch of the web during the production run is determined by noting any difference betwee... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6764563 | Registration system for phasing simultaneously advancing webs of material having variable pitch lengths Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by a pitch variation to a target web. Also disclosed are c... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6681695 | Continuous printing and mounting apparatus for film-like printing body A tension is applied to a film-like printing body to be processed in each of steps such as a printing step, a parts mounting step and the like. Further the processed film-like printing body is automatically fed out by a predetermined stroke. A supply unit... | 01/27/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6444064 | Registration system for phasing simultaneously advancing webs of material having variable pitch lengths Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by small but significant pitch variation to a t... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6033502 | Process and apparatus for registering continuously moving stretchable layers A process and apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers is elasticized and has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the othe... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5964970 | Registration process and apparatus for continuously moving elasticized layers having multiple components A process and apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers is an elastic film and has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5932039 | Process and apparatus for registering a continuously moving, treatable layer with another A process and apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers comprises a permanently settable material, and has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and disti... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930139 | Process and apparatus for registration control of material printed at machine product length A process and apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. A continuously moving first layer has a plurality of components thereon, and a continuously moving second layer has a plurality of reference marks... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5878320 | Continuous imaging of a continuous web substrate with a single print engine with a photoreceptor belt seam A continuous web substrate printing system which can utilize a single otherwise conventional or existing xerographic print engine (normally printing conventional cut sheet print substrates) having an endless photoreceptor belt with a belt seam requiring a... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5813587 | Laminating machine register-length and web tension controller A cascaded loop controller is used to control register or repeat lengths and web tension on laminating machines where the inner control loop utilizes register-length sensors near the unwind end of the laminating machine to make rapid adjustments in web te... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5766405 | Apparatus for producing a laminated strip of a metal foil and a plastic film A process and apparatus for producing a laminate containing a metal foil strip and a plastic film strip, in which the two strips have stamped structures repeated at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of the strips and are disposed at contiguo... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5765481 | Apparatus and method for working on a length of web material A length of web material is worked by a number of individual work units each of which performs a work function on the material to progressively achieve an end result, the work units being arranged serially along an X coordinate direction extending lengthw... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5766389 | Disposable absorbent article having a registered graphic and process for making A process for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers of material has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the other of the continuously... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5505550 | Printer and method of supplying continuous paper to printing portion A printer comprises a convey roller for withdrawing continuous paper from a roll of the paper and conveying the paper along a predetermined convey path. The convey roller is rotated at a predetermined peripheral speed and conveys the paper with a first co... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5471928 | Control device and method for "on the fly" printing machines A control device for on the fly printing machines, especially machines for franking envelopes, comprises a printing device comprising a rotary print head actuated by a first motor and carrying on a portion of its surface a printing active part. A conveyor... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5448345 | Sheet original conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus with it A sheet original conveying apparatus conveys a sheet original to a reading position where an image on the sheet original is read. The apparatus have a conveying device for intermittently conveying the sheet original so that images on the sheet original ma... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5287162 | Method and apparatus for correction of color registration errors A detection system includes a marking device for applying to a process medium a first chevron from a first printer, a second chevron from a second printer and a third chevron from both the first printer and the second printer, the third chevron having a f... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5230454 | Automatic document feeder capable of handling computer form document An automatic document feeder (ADF) for use with with a copier, laser printer or similar image recorder and capable of handling a computer form (CF) document in addition to ordinary documents in the form of sheets. The ADF is selectively operable in either... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5221058 | Registration control for continuously moving laminated package apparatus An apparatus and method is disclosed for joining continuously moving materials which must be in registry by monitoring and comparing signals and making adjustments in the feed of the materials. The registry means includes a data cam in the form of a star ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5190202 | Apparatus and method for drawing yarn from a conveyor Yarns are deposited on a conveyor belt in the form of random or ordered loops and are conducted through a yarn treating chamber. The treated yarn is drawn from the belt at a predetermined draw-off site. The position of the last yarn loop adjacent the draw... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5105363 | Servo means for document-transport Servo methods and apparatus whereby unit-record documents are transported past a process-station according to one of several "velocity-profiles", depending upon document type and/or condition, the methods involving: using a microprocessor whereby the docu... | 04/14/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5027133 | Plotter paper advance control A paper advance control for a progressive X,Y plotter with unidirectional paper movement senses the actual advancement of the paper and controls the drive to a take-up roll in such a way as to keep the speed of advancement constant over the major portion ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4898094 | Apparatus and method for controlling a plurality of continuous paper printing machines connected to each other An apparatus and method for controlling a plurality of connected continuous paper printing machines connected in series prevent difference in rotational speeds of the connected printing machines from causing the paper between the printing machines from pi... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4839814 | Size independent modular web processing line and modules Modular web processing units may be physically and electrically assembled into clusters to perform various web processes (e.g. the production of paper forms such as invoices, checks, labels, etc.). Each module has a main process driver which is not direct... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4805111 | Size independent modular web processing line and modules Modular web processing units may be physically and electrically assembled into clusters to perform various web processes (e.g. the production of paper forms such as invoices, checks, labels, etc.). Each module has a main process driver which is not direct... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4781317 | Phasing control system for web having variable repeat length portions A method and apparatus for controlling the phasing of repeat length portions of a moving web to an operating machine along the web including method and apparatus for measuring instantaneous phasing error between web portions being operated on and the oper... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4757930 | Web indicia reference signal generating system A method of generating a signal indicative of the passage of indicia on a moving web of material at a preselected reference station along the web without use of an indicia sensing device at the selected reference station comprising locating an indicia sen... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4704171 | Laminating device with paper tension control A laminating device for laminating a continuous web of paper material to a continuous web of film material for forming a continuous web of laminated composite material at a laminating nip. Apparatus for dividing the paper web into at least two segregated ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4676859 | Labeling apparatus Apparatus for applying pressure sensitive labels to products on a product line peels the labels from a web of release paper and applies them to the products, when the latter are detected to be in a predetermined position, by action of a pneumatic applicat... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4648540 | Size independent modular web processing line and modules A web processing line comprises a plurality of web processing modules operatively interconnected by intermodule bus. Each web processing module comprises a tool, tool drive, tractors and tractor drive. Microprocessors receive parameters from a control pan... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4570916 | Document conveying method and apparatus An apparatus and method are provided whereby two superposed strips (26, 28) of documents are conveyed in a direction of conveyance (30) toward a downstream workstation. The strips (26, 28) are conveyed over one another in a direction of superposition wher... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4426030 | Variable speed tape feeding apparatus An apparatus for feeding at a high speed a tape having a series of the same patterns and check marks printed thereon. The tape is to be divided into sections each bearing one printed pattern. The feeding apparatus comprises a pair of first and second cyli... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4411393 | Web tension control apparatus Apparatus for controlling the tension of a web during transport, such as a label-carrying web in a heat transfer labelling machine. The web travels from a supply reel, around a dancer roll and metering roll, through various other web handling devices to a... | 10/25/1983 |
