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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386927 | Apparatus to roll, cut, weld, and form tank car outer jackets A system and method of fabricating tank car outer jackets are provided that include supporting a plurality of coils of sheet metal on a plurality of coil supports such that the central longitudinal axes of the plurality of coils are generally parallel to a central l... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7017960 | Bumper beam having face with supported angled wall A vehicle bumper beam includes front, rear, top and bottom walls and a reinforcement wall that define upper and lower tubes. The front wall includes a vertical section, an angled section, and a bent section. The reinforcement wall supports the angled section below t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008125 | Printing device An IC memory module 33 for storing paper-related information is embedded in a core 31 of a roll paper member 30. A control circuit 50 accesses the IC memory module 33 embedded in the core 31 of roll paper member 30 vi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6629657 | Method and apparatus to wind a tape around a rotatable reel A method and apparatus to dispose a tape around the hub portion of a rotatable reel disposed within a tape cartridge, said hub including a pair of flanges extending outwardly therefrom and arranged to contain said tape, each of said flanges having an inne... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6179235 | Collaspe resistant center feed roll and process of making thereof The center feed roll may include a wound sheet material having lessened wound tension due to exposure to moisture. This exposure may prevent the inward collapse of sheet material into the core of the center feed roll.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6141852 | Method for assembling photographic film and photographic film cassette A photographic film cassette manufacturing apparatus, has a perforator for providing a long film with perforations and a cutter for cutting the long film into individual filmstrips to be contained in the film cassette driven synchronously with transport o... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6119974 | Expandable mandrel core An expandable annular core is provided for mounting on a conventional expandable mandrel of a coil slitting machine to achieve a greater inner diameter for the coil wound thereon. The inner diameter of the annular core is approximately equal to the outer ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5867745 | Film roll carrier and camera A non-lighttight carrier for an unexposed film roll has a body having three closed sides and an open side. The body has at least one open end. The body has a curved inner wall. The body has a plurality of external, longitudinally extending rib members. A ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5816525 | Winding core Winding core (10) for the winding of a web of pressure-sensitive material, which has a bituminous covering (23) which affords a supporting pressure for at least the central portion of the web which is uniform over the circumference of the core.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5755905 | Method of making pressure sensitive adhesive tape rolls with a transparent to the core appearance The method of the present invention provides a way to make rolls of high shear strength pressure sensitive adhesive tapes with a transparent to the core appearance in a relatively short time and without the need to subject the rolls to additional method s... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5722608 | Coreless roll of web material A coreless roll of web material is made by winding a web material around a mandrel. The mandrel has a plurality of radially extending projections at spaced intervals. The free end of the web material is then pressed against the mandrel by a pressure rolle... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5695138 | Winding fixture for surgical suture package A suture winding fixture has a base plate. Fixedly mounted perpendicular to the base plate is a pivot shaft. Rotatably mounted to the pivot shaft is a cam housing frame member. A first opposed cavity in the frame member has a first cam shaft and first set... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5634789 | Method of preforming heat treatment on a wound roll film Knurling is applied to both side edge portions of a high-molecular film and then the film is wound up. A packing agent is applied to the knurled portions to enclose air at the time of winding in spaces between wound film layers and the film is put into an... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5460672 | Apparatus and method for joining a plurality of textile webs together in side-by-side relation An apparatus for joining a plurality of textile webs together in side-by-side relation includes a feeder for positioning a first textile web overlying a second textile web and advancing the textile webs along a predetermined path of travel, an ultrasonic ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5381978 | Apparatus and process for producing a rolled tab for a roll of plastic film An apparatus and process for forming a rolled tab on a roll of plastic film comprising a traction member or device such as an elongated support member adapted to be inserted in a parallel position between roller members of a trunion-type conveyor apparatu... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5303323 | Method and apparatus for making arbitrarily shaped fiber optic backlighting substrates Fiber optic backlighting substrates having a predetermined shape are manufactured by a special rotating fixture having a deep, narrow peripheral groove in which several windings of the fiber may be stacked on top of one another, to provide a closely packe... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5271575 | Coreless paper roll manufacturing system A system for forming coreless paper rolls having a center aperture of a predetermined cross-sectional configuration. The coreless paper roll is initially formed by winding a web about a first mandrel element having a first cross-sectional configuration an... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5256232 | Apparatus and method for winding strips of web material onto spools Apparatus for winding web material (14) comprises a reciprocating carriage assembly (22) which delivers the leading end of the web to a winding spindle (30) and then moves away from the spindle as winding proceeds. A builder roll (138) mounted on the carr... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5242525 | Apparatus for glueing the tail of logs of web material The glueing apparatus includes a pair of endless conveyor members (13, 15) whose active branches (13A, 15A) are parallel, with one superimposed above the other and spaced apart to an extent corresponding to the diameter of the rolls or logs (R) and moving... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5232172 | Web conveying apparatus A bobbin holder (1), particularly for a cigarette making machine, is provided with a device for rewinding the expiring end of a reel (2) back on to the reel core (6) following a splice. This provides a convenient way of removing the expired end (with the ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5211799 | Device for fastening an adhesive strip on the web end and on the paper roll formed by the web A support beam supports a box type beam on which there is located, essentially tangentially to the shell surface of a guide roll coordinated with it, a contact surface for the adhesive tape. Perpendicular to the contact surface, a holding slot for the adh... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5063647 | Method for handling and further processing a honeycomb band A method and an apparatus for handling further processing a continuously produced, unstretched honeycomb band is disclosed. To facilitate handling and further processing of the unstretched honeycomb band, the following process steps are used: a) the honey... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4934624 | A robotic hand A robotic hand has two sections disposed 90 degrees apart. One section has a bobbin core-engaging device for the purpose of lifting and handling the bobbin. This section also has a bobbin transfer means for removing the bobbin from the bobbin core engagin... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4841151 | Variable volume flow cell A flow cell for liquid scintillation counting having a spool wound with a length of light transparent tubing provides a variable volume of sample solution for analysis by selectively winding the spool with a select length of tubing, thus controlling sensi... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4841317 | Web handling device A web storage and handling system employing two concentric rings of rollers. The web is wound around the outer of the concentric arrangement and therefrom wound around the inner of the concentric arrangement. From the inner of the concentric arrangement t... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4834609 | Shaft handling device A device for pulling a shaft from the core of a roll of web material, the device comprising a jack having a wheeled base, a head, and means for raising and lowering the head relative to the base. A shaft receiver is mounted on the head, the shaft receiver... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4725011 | Supply magazine for sheet film stack A supply magazine for insertion in an arrangement for removing individual sheet films, for example X-ray sheet films, arranged in a stack in a light-tight wrapping, comprises a cover, a box which is at least partially open and is closable by the cover, an... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4589601 | Method of winding braze strip material A spool for L-shaped brazing alloy strip comprises a flange with a hub acutely angularly disposed thereto. The strip is wound on the spool so that the turns nest into each other.... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4578925 | Method of and apparatus for packaging a wall of a bore A method of and an apparatus for attaching a sheet of packaging material to a wall of a bore of a coil of metal wherein the sheet of packaging material is fed into and discharged from a mandrel case and automatically attached to the wall of the bore of th... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4487378 | Coreless toilet paper roll and method for manufacture thereof A coreless toilet paper roll having a center hole with alternate radial corners and inwardly bulged portions is manufactured by winding toilet paper on a winding shaft having a polygonal or gear-shaped section to form a roll on the winding shaft and then ... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4431141 | Method of making a roll paper product Method for making a roll paper product formed from a web having a substantially uniform width and having a groove end and a boss end formed by the convolutions of the web.... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4351379 | Method of reeling and unreeling a reinforced veneer sheet A method of reeling and unreeling a reinforced veneer sheet is provided. A veneer sheet peeled off from a log on the veneer lathe is subjected to a reinforcing step, in which an elongated cut is formed on one side of the sheet across the grain and a lengt... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4254919 | Method of loading film cassette A two-piece spool is disclosed for winding of a flexible strip and includes a pair of interconnected members having flanges. One of the two members has a tongue extending from the flange thereof and the other has means for slidably receiving the tongue. T... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4160531 | Apparatus and methods for untelescoping and rewinding reels of sheet material such as steel Coil material such as reels of steel become telescoped when they are shipped or handled and a very difficult problem is presented to move them back to the original desired condition. Also, it is necessary to rewind coils of steel reels so that they are ti... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4127280 | Collapsible bag type container take-up reel A take-up reel for collapsible bag type shipping containers utilizing a rotatable reel mounted on a dolly linearly reciprocable lengthwise of a transport vehicle.... | 11/28/1978 |
| 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 |
