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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4183451 | Equipment for transferring an unstable run of material from a processing machine to a tenter chain This invention relates to an improvement in equipment for transferring an unstable run of material lacking inherent stiffness, for example paper, textiles, poured materials, and the like, from a processing machine including a return roller at a run-of-mat... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4174799 | System for the temporary storage of yarn A system for the temporary storage of yarn comprising two oppositely rotatable vacuum drums, supply rollers for supplying yarn to the first of the drums, withdrawal rollers for removing yarn from the second drum and elements to read the size of the stock ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4159872 | Optical distortion device An optical distortion device which can make a contact copy of a photographic film image with one dimension of the copy lengthened or shortened while the perpendicular dimension is unchanged is comprised of a pair of cylindrical motor driven rollers, at le... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4124156 | Feedback enhanced web feeding apparatus In a web feed apparatus wherein a section of the web is maintained at a higher tension while accurately metering the feed of the web at a relatively lower tension, and wherein means are provided to isolate the low tension metering function from the higher... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4112799 | Cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting wrapper for cigars from a ribbon, comprising a frame including a guide for a conveyor, a conveyor belt parallel to said guide passed over rollers in the frame, a blade cooperating with cutter means and corresponding with the conto... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4110027 | Image transfer mechanism This specification discloses an improvement in a mechanism for transferring the image on an image-bearing member onto a continuous transfer medium by bringing said transfer medium into contact with the image on the image-bearing member. The mechanism of t... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4085881 | Apparatus for advancing a linear fibrous element Apparatus for and method of pneumatically traversing a linear fibrous element during its packaging in a rotated perforated canister as air is withdrawn from the canister through its sidewalls and bottom wall; the air moves downwardly through the package d... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4065044 | Capstan The present invention is an improved capstan which is used in a magnetic tape transport system, to accelerate a length of magnetic tape. The capstan includes a cylindrical post, adapted to be connected to a drive shaft of a capstan motor in a magnetic tap... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4050642 | Winding or rewinding film A method and apparatus for winding or rewinding a film wherein a pressurized jet of air is directed onto a surface of an unsupported portion of the film being wound or rewound. The air jet is elongated transversely of the length of said film. Simultaneous... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4039256 | Intermittent film transport registration stabilization device The invention provides a modification of the conventional rolling loop transport system, which enables the system to operate at the relatively high pull-down speeds required to match the 1.3 millisecond vertical blanking times of a video format, thereby a... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4034905 | Flat advancement of running web between guide rollers A method and apparatus for the flat advancement of one or more running webs of paper between two guide rollers and/or for combining two such webs, the apparatus comprising a pair of guide rollers between which a web is to be passed, a table having a guide... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4029249 | Roller system for continuous transport of webs of sheeting A high-speed roller system for transporting webs of sheeting, preferably for coating the same with a magnetic layer, comprising a suction roller for control of the speed of the web, which suction roller has a surface containing grooves, preferably rhombic... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4024649 | Paper retarding control mechanism for photographic dryer A mechanism for controlling the loose trailing end of a strip of paper passing through a photographic dryer and includes soft, readily yieldable retarding elements mounted in inclined relation to the downward run of the path of the paper strip through the... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4022366 | Sheet handling apparatus An apparatus for transporting a sheet of a flexible material between a first and a second position. The apparatus includes an elongated frame and an air-pervious endless belt movably mounted on first and second pulleys positioned at each end of the frame.... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4019694 | Semiautomatic loading of tape transports In a tape transport of the type where tape traveling between a pair of tape reels is selectively moved past a recording/readout station by externally controlled capstan means, a novel, semiautomatic system is provided for loading the tape into the transpo... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3991955 | Automatic film threading device A film threading device for use with cameras and/or projection devices is adapted to grasp the end of the outer convolution of a roll of film, tape or the like strip and guide it toward the film gate. In operation, first and second movable members, such a... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3986651 | Concave tape guide A concave web guide is disclosed wherein the direction of motion of a web may be changed by a concave web guide which contacts the convex surface of the web. This contact is maintained through the use of a vacuum supplied through spaces in the web guide s... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3976329 | Vacuum braking system for semiconductor wafers An improved braking system comprising inlets imbedded flush with an air track surface with the elongated portions thereof parallel to the direction of wafer travel. The inlets are connected to a controlled vacuum source preferably by means of pressure reg... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3973490 | Rocker press with squeegee and web feed means A stencil screen printing press especially suitable for web stock, employing a stencil frame that rocks back and forth over a curved bed in a controlled relation to retractable web register means and to web directional control and advancing means.... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3964235 | Roll-up compressive packaging apparatus Apparatus is provided for packaging compressible material in strip form, such as building insulation. The compressible strip is wound into a roll and held under compression during rolling to provide a compact package. The compressed package can then be he... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3961335 | Graphic recorder with paper positioning and tensioning means A graphic recorder for use in recording information on a strip chart. The recorder includes a housing having a pair of rollers mounted at opposite ends of an opening across which the strip chart moves. Radially outwardly extending pins are mounted at oppo... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3960305 | Slot vacuum jet An improved suction nozzle is comprised of a narrow constant height slot passageway open at one end and communicating at the other end with an expansion chamber which, in turn, is connected to a cylindrical manifold. An orifice in the end of the manifold ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3942696 | Web guiding apparatus Apparatus for controlling lateral divergence or displacement of a web from its true path, which requires contact of its rollers with one face only of the web, and which does not impose deflection of the path of the web.... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3932163 | Apparatus for producing a sliver-like fibrous product Apparatus for and the method of producing a sliver-like fibrous product including forming glass fibers, conveying the glass fibers in a body of gas and depositing them on the porous rim of a rotating wheel to form a coherent web, advancing the porous rim ... | 01/13/1976 |
| 3930603 | Low inertia capstan A resiliently deformable low inertia capstan for driving magnetic tape in a digital tape transport is comprised substantially of plastic material having a low elastic modulus and provides substantial rigidity in a circumferential direction as well as acce... | 01/06/1976 |
