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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104706 | Note transport unit It is presented a note transport unit for feeding notes one after the other to and from a note handling unit. The note transport unit comprises at least one note storage drum to and from which input notes and output notes, respectively, are transported. A bidirectio... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7992818 | Coreless roll of web material, machine and method for its production A method is described for obtaining a coreless roll (R) of web material with a first portion of web material forming an inner nucleus (R1) of said roll and a second portion of web material (R2) wound around the outside of said nucleus. The two portions... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7780111 | Roll storage module and method for its operation A roll storage module comprises a storage roll (4) and a band roll (1). A band (3) extends between the storage and band rolls, the rolls being rotatable so that the band can be rolled around and unrolled from each roll. A storage roll motor (... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7654485 | Banknote store A method of controlling a banknote store comprising at least one winding means and at least one elongate support means which can be wound and/or unwound from the winding means for storing and/or transporting a banknote, comprises determining the radius or diameter o... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7360737 | Device for storing bags For interim storage for stacks of plastic bags, it is proposed to wind these up with the aid of a single film, or two films, to form a roll. The bag stacks here are oriented such that their opening sides, which preferably have a tab with holes, are oriented forward,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7293735 | Roll storage system for guiding sheet members A roll storage system for guiding a number of sheet members. The roll storage system includes a housing that encloses a supply roll and a storage roll. The supply and storage roll are rotatably mounted for guiding a storage film between them. A guide member is also ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281565 | System for controlling roller tube rotational speed for constant linear shade speed A system for controlling a roller shade having a roller tube windingly receiving a shade fabric varies roller tube rotational speed for constant linear shade speed. The desired linear shade speed, roller tube diameter and shade fabric thickness and length are stored... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273193 | Plastic bag dispensing unit A plastic bag roll, dispensing container and service rack combination allows easy docking and positioning of a dispensing carton into a service rack mountable for varied configurations. The dispensing container is specifically crafted to house a roll of plastic bags... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243475 | Bagger or bag dispenser with reversible take-up reel and method An improved bagger or bag dispenser for supplying bags attached to strips in a bag assembly to a workstation includes a reversible drive that pulls the bag assembly from a supply to the work station and returns unused bags to the supply when changing bag assemblies.... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231749 | Apparatus and system for detecting under-filled cushions The invention is an under-filled cushion detector that is capable of conveying a string of packaging cushions and detecting whether the string of packaging cushions may be under-filled. The detector includes an upper driven belt that is movably suspended above a low... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222737 | Die sorter with reduced mean time to convert An adapter frame has channels that hold multiple die carriers in each channel. The die carriers, such as 2″×2″ or 4″×4″ waffle packs or GEL-PAK die carriers, slide into the channels and are secured by a spring clip retention mechanism. In other embodiments... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7108219 | Winder apparatus with transfer brush roll A winder apparatus for winding webs of material into rolls includes a conveyor, and a winding turret with a plurality of rotatably driven winding spindles thereon. The winding turret indexes the winding spindles relative to the apparatus conveyor, with each spindle ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100862 | Roll-up machine and method The invention generally relates to the packaging of compressible material into compressed rolls and in particular, to a method and apparatus for packaging fibreglass insulation and similarly compressible materials, into highly compressed, consistently uniform, rolls... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066422 | Axial center dispensing plastic sheet roll and method of use An axial center plastic sheet roll with a coreless roll of multiple, discrete consecutive plastic sheets with an area of overlap on each other in the circumferential direction of the roll such that opposite edges of the sheets in sum total define the opposite ends o... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048224 | Wave-cut overlapping trash bags A process for assembling wave-cut trash bags for overlapping dispensing includes the steps of providing a flattened blown-film polymeric tube; providing sets of closely spaced, parallel seals extending across the entire width of the flattened blown-film polymeric tu... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6969064 | Paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus The present invention provides a paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus which stores and releases paper sheets by winding and unwinding a tape between a wheel and a reel, wherein the apparatus can remove dust stacked on the tape during an operation thereof and ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968997 | Banknote receipt and payout apparatus Provided is a banknote receipt and payout apparatus which handles several denominations, having a banknote loading and collecting function, and which is capable of handling several denominations. A banknote receipt and payout apparatus comprising a receipt and payou... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966514 | Device for decurling a sheet of paper taken from a roll The invention is directed to a roll assembly comprising an elongated, substantially rigid, cylindrical roll; a carrier sheet wrapped around the roll, having an inner edge attached to the roll in parallel with the roll axis and upper and lower surfaces with opposed l... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6938850 | Storing method and storing apparatus for elongated plastic deformation member To obtain a storing method for an elongated plastic deformation member in which the elongated plastic deformation member and a liner are overlapped and wound around a reel for storing the elongated plastic deformation member, whereby partial deformation or deformati... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6905269 | System and method for continuous label printing A system for continuous printing is disclosed. The system includes an unwind storing a roll of print media; a cutter which receives the print media and which cuts the print media into sheets of variable length; a sheet printer which receives the sheets of print medi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6761329 | Apparatus and method of producing rolls of bags In an apparatus and a method of producing a roll of bags, a bag feeding device is arranged to feed bags one by one to a winding device. The winding device includes a rotating spindle which is arranged to engage with each bag separately to wind the bag on it, so as t... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6755370 | Support belt for strips of deformable material, apparatus for using the belt, and related methods A belt for supporting strips of deformable material includes a flexible central band. One or more strips are placed onto the band. Variable-configuration air chambers are arranged along edges of the band. The air chambers, when inflated, may have upper and lower sur... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6719235 | Method and device for producing reels consisting of a large number of flat objects For improving the quality of rolls (4) in which a large number of flat articles (2) are wound onto a roll core with the help of a winding tape (5), a local additional pressure force is exerted on the periphery of the roll (4) under format... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6685130 | Method and installation for exchanging roll supports on winding stations arranged in a row To a row of winding stations (1), in which rolls (8) of flat, bendable objects (e.g., printed products) positioned on roll supports (3) are processed or in which such rolls are produced, roll supports (3) are coupled to the winding stations and, if requir... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6682012 | Equipment and method in handling of doctor blades for a paper/cardboard machine A reeling device (10), has a support base (1), a support arm (2), and a shaft (9') mounted on the support arm (2). One shaft end has a boss (9) and the other end has a revolving frame (7). Mounted to the device is a transit case (20), within which the use... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6669136 | Paper money handling device In a paper money handling device of the type in which paper money conveying unit, wheel driving unit and reel driving unit are driven to wind a tape between a wheel and a reel and to rewind the tape wound on the wheel to the reel and to deliver paper mone... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6651925 | Take-up reel, veneer reeling apparatus, tape feeding unit for veneer roll, veneer roll unwinding apparatus and a production method for laminated wood A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in wi... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641079 | Winding device for flexible, flat material, especially printed products The inventive winding device has a winding core (14) and a band spool (16), which are rotationally mounted on a frame (12). A supply (24) of the winding band (18) is wound onto the band spool (16). At the other end, the winding band is attached to the win... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6629661 | Take-up reel, veneer reeling apparatus, tape feeding unit for veneer roll, veneer roll unwinding apparatus and a production method for laminated wood A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in wi... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6619580 | Take-up reel, veneer reeling apparatus, tape feeding unit for veneer roll, veneer roll unwinding apparatus and a production method for laminated wood A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in wi... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6619579 | Take-up reel, veneer reeling apparatus, tape feeding unit for veneer roll, veneer roll unwinding apparatus and a production method for laminated wood A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in wi... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6607159 | Take-up reel, veneer reeling apparatus, tape feeding unit for veneer roll, veneer roll unwinding apparatus and a production method for laminated wood A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in wi... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6557795 | Winding reel, veneer winding device, device for delivering tape to veneer roll, veneer roll unwinding device, and method of manufacturing plywood A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in wi... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6533207 | Method and arrangement for producing a roll from printed products A method for producing a roll from printed products in a winding operation includes winding the printed products with winding tape onto a winding core; driving a winding rug with a first drive, wherein the winding rug is arranged on the underside of the w... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6520446 | Device for winding and unwinding flat printed sheets onto or from a rotary winding drum A winding device for flat printed sheets has a rotatably supported winding drum for receiving and dispensing printed sheets. At least one winding mandrel having a winding belt wound thereon and configured to unwind the winding belt and feed undershot the ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6502782 | Winding stand for a reel hub employed for winding and unwinding flat printed products For a space-saving and cost-effective device for winding or unwinding printed products onto or off of a reel hub (3), which can be supported on a winding stand and to which at least one winding tape (10) is supplied undershot to the reel hub (3) and which... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6439500 | Scrub returns cabinet A scrubs returns cabinet for hospital workers to return surgical garment tops and bottoms. A cabinet housing has a door, drawer or similar port through which the customer places the soiled scrub suit after entering customer identification information. The... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6364241 | Apparatus and method of producing rolls of bags In an apparatus and a method of producing a roll of bags, a feeding means is arranged to feed bags one by one to a winding station. The winding station includes a rotating spindle which is arranged to engage with each bag separately to wind the bag thereo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6313859 | Method and apparatus for axial direction sheet feed to a vacuum drum An image processing apparatus (10) for sheet thermal print media includes an imaging drum (300) for holding thermal print media (32) and donor material (36) in registration on the vacuum imaging drum. In order to decrease the incidence of visible defects ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6296242 | Combination bill accepting and bill dispensing device A winding device for storing banknotes and dispensing banknotes previously stored comprises a driven winding drum adapted for rotation in a first direction to wind received banknotes on said drum and rotatable in a second opposite direction to dispense pr... | 10/02/2001 |
