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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337936 | Continuous paper transporting mechanism and printing apparatus having the same A printing apparatus having a mechanism for transporting continuous paper includes: a frictionally transporting section for frictionally transporting the continuous paper; a paper braking section provided on an upstream side of the frictionally transporting section;... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7124798 | Device for feeding foils for the manufacture of foil bags and device for the manufacture of foil bags A device 1 for feeding foil 2 for the manufacture of foil bags with at least one supply roll holder 3 that can be driven with a drive, at least one piece of conveyor equipment 4 for conveying a foil 2 from a supply roll 5 th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111438 | Packaging apparatus and packaging method In a packaging apparatus, when replacing a preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard (wrapping material) with a subsequent single-faced corrugated fiberboard, a draw-out roller is operated such that the preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard is drawn out to... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7078088 | Disposable cutting sheet A disposable cutting sheet for Processing food items thereon includes a cut-resistant layer including a thermoplastic material ply and an absorbent ply, wherein the first layer has a surface area and wherein the thermoplastic material of the first layer includes a p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063879 | Disposable cutting sheet A disposable cutting sheet for processing food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including a first absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surf... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063880 | Sheet material and manufacturing method and apparatus therefor A method of manufacturing a single use processing substrate includes the step of extruding a first layer having ridges and troughs between the ridges. The method further includes the steps of placing a second layer into the troughs while the first layer is pliant an... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056569 | Disposable cutting sheet A cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon comprises a first cut-resistant layer having a width and including a first absorbent ply and a first thermoplastic material ply. The thermoplastic material ply of the first layer includes a plurality ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036761 | Dual reel unwinder/rewinder with a slack take-up mechanism A cable unwinder/rewinder with continuous electrical connection which is suitable for use with heavy gauge cable and in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. A general embodiment is comprised of a frame; a user-side reel; a slack-side reel and a slack take-up ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026034 | Processing substrate and method of manufacturing same A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first section having a plurality of apertures therethrough and a cut resistant surface, a second liquid impermeable section disposed adjacent the first section, and a fold line d... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022395 | Disposable cutting sheet A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the first layer includes a plurality of non-circular aperture... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007883 | Apparatus and method for dispensing elongated material Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for dispensing elongated material, such as tape, from a spool of such material are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dispenser includes a rotatable spindle for supporting a first spool of material and a feedback mechanism... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6979485 | Processing substrate and/or support surface A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the thermoplastic ply includes a plurality of apert... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6938849 | Device and process for removing the defective end portions from yarn on a package fed to an automatic winder Device and process for the automatic elimination of the defective start and end portions from packages of yarn fed to the units of an automatic winder using the same members thereof for reattaching the ends eliminating said portion from them, by suction with the suc... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6431481 | Systems, methods and apparatus for winding conductive wires for a stator of an electric motor Systems, methods and apparatus for winding conductive wires for a stator of an electric motor. In one embodiment, a hysteretic tensioning apparatus is utilizing to substantially stabilize tension in a conductive wire supplied to a winding machine. The hys... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6345753 | Vertical belt storage system A vertical strip storage system has a support structure and a storage car connected to the support structure by cables in the fashion of a pulley block so as to be lifted and lowered relative to the support structure. The storage car is provided with a co... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6332585 | Apparatus for the intermediate storage of a strap to be supplied and delivered discontinuously An apparatus for the intermediate storage of a strap to be supplied and delivered discontinuously in a machine is provided with a supply arrangement for the strap; a storage drum, which is disposed downstream thereof and which comprises an inlet for the s... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6145776 | Arrangement in connection with a spooler The invention relates to an arrangement in connection with a spooler, in which the cable to be spooled or the like is arranged to move onto the spooler or the like via accumulator, the moving wheels (2) of which are arranged to move between two extreme po... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6050517 | Counterbalanced web accumulator A linear web accumulator is provided wherein a web is threaded alternately between two sets of movable rollers. Each set of movable rollers is connected to the other through a mechanical connection, so that relative motion of the sets is always simultaneo... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6012669 | Apparatus for controlling tension in a web of fabric and associated methods An apparatus and methods are provided for dancingly controlling tension in a web of fabric such as for disposable garments. The apparatus preferably includes a dancer frame, a first set of a plurality of spaced-apart fabric guides connected to the dancer ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5992789 | Control system for unwind machine An unwind machine has three tension free loops between the paper roll that is unwinding and the utilization device that must be fed paper at a rate that varies widely. One loop is conventionally controlled, and the other loops act in sequence to accommoda... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5865393 | Vertical strip storage device A vertical strip storage device for bridging strip running interruptions in continuous strip production includes a supporting frame forming a looping tower. The continuous strip is looped around deflecting rollers mounted on upper and lower horizontal rol... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5499772 | Winding operation control method and apparatus for automatic winder A yarn tension control device of an automatic winder which includes a variably controlled tensioning device for each of a multitude of spindles of a winding unit; a tension detecting device for specific one of the multitude of spindles; and control device... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5494205 | Apparatus for festooning a traveling length of web-like material Apparatus for festooning a traveling length of textile fabric or other web-like material comprises a frame supporting a pair of opposed spaced endless conveyor chains across which a plurality of fabric support rods are removably carried by the conveyor ch... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5366131 | Cable and wire pre-feed apparatus, using endless belt wire drive A wire feeding system, for use with apparatus that processes the wire in conjunction with intermittent advancement of the wire, the feeding system operating to de-reel the wire from a reel and supply the de-reeled wire to the apparatus, the system compris... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5163594 | Opposed arm web accumulator In one embodiment of a web accumulator, at least one pneumatic cylinder actuator has a chain loop connected to opposite ends of its piston rod. Translation of the chain in response to pressurizing the cylinder causes the chain to drive two spaced apart ax... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5139206 | Wire prefeeder A wire prefeeder has a tower standing on a base. A horizontal upper shaft is mounted fixedly to the upper end of the tower and a plurality of pulleys are on the shaft. A carriage is adapted to in the tower and another horizontal lower shaft which has a pl... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4798353 | Web slitting system and slack inducing apparatus and method useful therein Apparatus for inducing a controlled quantity of slack in a web traveling along a travel path from a web supply roll to a web slitter comprises first and second supports movable relative to one another. First and second sets of rollers are secured to the f... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4793564 | Device for controlling unwinding in a web-feeding device of a printing machine A device for controlling an unwinding of a continually fed material web in a printing machine comprises a web storage to which the web is loaded from the unwinding roller and which includes a housing-fixed roller group and a movable roller group. An inlet... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4787571 | Automatic loading horizontal type of open-reel magnetic tape drive unit A horizontal type of open-reel magnetic tape drive unit automatically clamps a tape reel in a drive section after the reel is inserted, then seperates the free end of the tape from the reel, and guides the free end of the tape along a tape transport path ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4702731 | Thermoplastic bag machine Disclosed is a mechanism, associated with a thermoplastic bag making machine, for preparing a strip of thermoplastic to produce bags having the upper edges of the bag mouth formed in a sinusodial shape such that the peak of such shape is substantially equ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4690349 | Device for supplying a long length of material A device for supplying a long length of a material such as a metal strip, wire, thread, and the like, having an accumulator between a material supply source which holds and supplies the material and a feeding mechanism which feeds the material to the foll... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4603800 | Apparatus for transporting sheets of packaging material To guarantee a permanent continuous delivery of sheets of material (12), packaging material, on packaging machines, sheet stocks (14) are formed, and these guarantee that the sheet of material 12 can be stopped temporarily in a region preceding them, with... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4566652 | Tape drive having swing arm buffers and automatic threading A magnetic tape drive has two pivoted swing arms positioned respectively between the file reel and the capstan, and between the machine reel and the capstan, and biased away from the reels to apply tension to the tape during operation which decouples the ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4550884 | Tape drive having swing arm buffers and automatic threading A magnetic tape drive has swing arm tensioning devices with two rollers. During normal operation, the tape passes between the two swing arm rollers and a fixed roller. During automatic threading, a pneumatic trough formed by the base casting and an openin... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4474321 | Control unit for driving plural loopers A novel control unit for driving plural loopers provided with a tension constant automatically adjusting circuit in which a looper speed on its slave side is controlled such that a plurality of loopers having different amounts for moving the loopers and d... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4417516 | Rotary printing machine system To permit compensation and guidance for different paths (A, B) of a paper web through a printing machine, for example, selectively, for offset lithographic printing, di-lithographic printing, or flexo printing, a paper deflection roller is positionable be... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4360137 | Planetary-gear drive for looper A looper has a fixed support carrying a plurality of guides and a movable support carrying a plurality of guides, with a strip being looped back and forth between the guides of the two supports. The movable support is connected via a cable or chain to a w... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4337904 | Web tension control method and apparatus This invention provides an improved method and apparatus for controlling the tension in a tensionally fragile web of material being pulled by a constant speed processing machine from either one of a pair of supply rolls. A first festooning roller effects ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4325519 | Sheet material dispensing mechanism An apparatus is disclosed for intermittently dispensing sheet material from a roll to an operating apparatus. The apparatus includes means for accumulating sheet material from the roll which does not require the roll to be motor driven and means for preve... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4290566 | Magnetic tape handler A tape tension arm arrangement for selectively disposing a pair of tension rollers supported by respective tension arms in positions appropriate for tape loading or tape drive. Each tension arm is mounted on a pivoted rocker member which is coupled to a d... | 09/22/1981 |
