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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7179502 | Wet roll having uniform composition distribution A method of making wet rolls includes providing a web of material, applying a wetting solution to the web to produce a wet web, and winding the wet web into a roll. The wetting solution may include an inorganic salt and at least one preservative. The wetting solutio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7157389 | Ion triggerable, cationic polymers, a method of making same and items using same The present invention is directed to ion triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers. The present invention is also directed to a method of making ion triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers and their applicability as binder compositions. The present i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7114675 | Dual-drum winding machine A dual drum winding machine is provided for winding a web of material, e.g., textile material, around a central core. The winding machine is operable on a continuous basis and has a leading winding drum and a succeeding winding drum. The succeeding winding drum is p... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7101587 | Method for wetting and winding a substrate A method of making wet rolls includes providing a web of material, applying a wetting solution to the web to produce a wet web, and winding the wet web into a roll. The wetting solution may be applied at an add-on greater than 25%, and the web may travel at a speed ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6929203 | Continuous fabric strip for use in manufacturing paint roller covers A system and method for producing a spool having a continuous fabric strip is disclosed which produces an extended length fabric strip made from a plurality of seamed standard lengths of the fabric, the extended length fabric strip being substantially spirally wound... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6887343 | Filter coating, winding, finishing and manufacturing system A coating system (66, 68), winding system (158), finishing system (274, 276) and manufacturing system (FIGS. 6, 7, 22-29) is provided for spiral-wound fluted filter media (74, 130). ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6871814 | Apparatus for applying glue to cores A glue applicator for a web winding apparatus applies a longitudinal stripe of glue to an elongated core. The stripe of glue may be applied by an elongated wire or bar, by a rotating roller, or by a sprayer. The glued core is moved by a core inserter into position f... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6866220 | Continuous motion coreless roll winder A coreless roll winder includes two sets of belts traveling in opposite directions. A cigarette of web material is formed, and the web is wound around the cigarette by the contact with the belts. The roll formed from the winding is transported to the downstream end ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6752344 | Machine and method for the production of rolls of impregnated web material A peripheral winding machine for the production of rolls of wound web material is described, comprising a feed path for the web material (N), winding means (1, 3, 5) for winding said web material into rolls (L), and a zone for interruption of the web material... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6752346 | Device for rolling up material A device is provided for winding a roll of a fabric web made from organic and/or synthetic fibers and which has a relatively high porous material structure and a high volume per unit area. The device includes a winding bed having a plurality of support rollers and a... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6651924 | Method and apparatus for making a rolled wet product A method of making wet rolls includes providing a web of material, applying a wetting solution to the web to produce a wet web, and winding the wet web into a roll. The wetting solution may include an inorganic salt and at least one preservative.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6497383 | Apparatus and method for applying glue to cores A glue applicator for a web winding apparatus applies a longitudinals strip of glue to an elongated core. The stripe of glue may be applied by an elongated wire or bar, by a rotation roller, or by a sprayer. The glued core is moved by a core inserter into... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6286419 | Apparatus for rolling compressible sheet material A tucking bar for directing sheet material between a drive roller and a mandrel of a roll-up machine comprises an elongated member having opposing ends that are supported by an arm. The arm is adapted to pivot about an axis that is substantially parallel ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6123284 | Machine for winding a fibrous mat on itself A machine winds a fibrous mat on itself after compressing it. The winding machine has two bands which each embrace about half the circumference of the roll being formed. The machine also includes a plate intended to keep the mat compressed. This plate and... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109560 | Equipment to roll-up a lane of compressible material An apparatus to roll-up a lane of compressible material includes a first endless conveyor belt, a second endless conveyor belt that forms an angle of between 50° and 80° with the first belt, a winding roller that, with the first and second belts, form a... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6056229 | Surface winder with pinch cutoff A surface winder includes first and second winding rolls for winding a web on a center member, a stationary surface spaced from the first winding roll for rolling a center member on the stationary surface, and a pinch pad for pinching the web against a pi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6050519 | Rewinder incorporating a tail sealer A method and apparatus for surface winding of a web material to form a roll is described, in which, at the end of the winding of the roll, the web material is severed to form a free tail edge and a free leading edge for the start of a subsequent roll. The... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5895008 | Roll-up device A device for rolling up a sheet of paper into a roll and then ejecting the formed roll from the device, which includes: a frame, a first sheet drive, a second sheet drive and a first guide, the first sheet drive, second sheet drive and first guide definin... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5839680 | Machine and method for the formation of coreless logs of web material There is disclosed a rewinding machine for the production of logs (R) of web material (N) without central winding core. It comprises a first winder roller (11) around which the webmaterial is driven and a second winder roller (13) defining, with the first... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5803397 | Wet tissue rolling-up device A wet tissue rolling-up device including a drive roller and a driven roller connected between two side boards, a conveying belt mounted around the drive roller and the driven roller and turned by the drive roller to deliver a wet tissue, and a guide belt ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5639046 | Machine and method for the formation of coreless logs of web material There is disclosed a rewinding machine for the production of logs (R) of web material (N) without central winding core. It comprises a first winder roller (11) around which the web material is driven and a second winder roller (13) defining, with the firs... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5620544 | Tape roll liner/tab, application apparatus and method A method and apparatus of forming coreless rolls of pressure sensitive adhesive tape involves the use of a mandrel assembly having a specific circumferential tape supporting segment thereon for winding tape. The circumferential tape supporting segment has... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5603467 | Rewinder for producing logs of web material, selectively with or without a winding core A surface automatic rewinder for winding web material (N) in logs or rolls (R) is described, including a first winder roller (1), a second winder roller (3) which defines, with the first winder roller, a nip (5) through which the web material is fed, core... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5538199 | Rewinding machine for coreless winding of a log of web material with a surface for supporting the log in the process of winding A rewinding machine for the production of logs (R) of web material (N) without a core comprises: a first winding roller (1) onto which the web material is fed; a second winding roller (3) rotating in the same direction as the first roller and forming a ni... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5518200 | Method of producing coreless toilet paper rolls and the coreless toilet paper produced thereby A coreless toilet paper roll is produced by winding toilet paper such that the winding speed in the winding apparatus is faster than the paper feeding speed in the paper feeding-and processing apparatus, during a beginning period and final period of the t... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5505402 | Coreless surface winder and method A coreless surface winder and method wherein two of the winding drums are slightly spaced apart by a distance less than two web thicknesses which then operate to cause a folded leading edge on a transversely severed web to roll upon itself and develop an ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5425512 | Roll of compressed fibrous mat, method and device for obtaining it A winder intended for compressing a fibrous mat 4 rolls the mat up on itself and wraps it so as to store it and transport it with a reduced bulk. The machine has two belts 1, 2 supported by two fixed rollers 9, 13 and two mobile rollers 14, 15. The tensio... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5402960 | Coreless surface winder and method A coreless surface winder and method wherein one of the winding rollers is accompanied by a slightly spaced apart arcuate dead plate which operates to cause a folded leading edge on a transversely severed web to roll upon itself and develop an incipient l... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5327939 | Loom take-up with wedge doffer A doffing apparatus for use with a loom take-up which includes a pair of drive spaced and aligned drive rolls supporting a cloth roll therebetween. The drive rolls act to drive the cloth roll so as to wind cloth delivered from the loom thereon. The doffin... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5305963 | Method and apparatus for forming rolls from strips of compressible material A method and apparatus for forming spiral wound rolls from strips of compressible material uses a first endless belt conveyor to deliver the strips of compressible material into a winding space. As the strip enters the winding space, the strip is compress... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5184788 | Apparatus for guiding and more particularly coiling webs of material An apparatus for coiling webs of material, more particularly webs of material (5) arriving from a ribbon casting machine, and for coiling the webs of material (5) if necessary. For the purposes of guiding and coiling, brush rollers (20, 21, 23-26) are use... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5172871 | Apparatus for guiding a web of material across a driven drum A fixture for aligning or working of a material web (10) which is fed from a storage area across a driven drum (11) forming a processing surface has a receiving arrangement (30) for the web material placed lower than the drum (11). The receiving arrangeme... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5165617 | Method and device for rolling up one or more sods A method and apparatus for rolling-up one or more rolls of sod wherein the sod is conveyed on a conveyor against a blocking mechanism which include tooth like elements which extend between the belts of the conveyor. The blocking mechanism blocks the progr... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4974784 | Winding apparatus for paper, textiles or synthetic plastic webs A winding apparatus for winding webs of paper, textile fabric, synthetic plastic material or other similar webs into tight rolls comprising a winding chamber having an inlet opening at the top and a pair of drive rollers for frictionally driving a roll of... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4807825 | Roll winding machine A machine and method for winding coreless rolls from an indefinite length web by winding a spiral body in a winding pocket with a trailing end extending upstream from the pocket, releasing the body from the pocket and accelerating the body and trailing en... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4784345 | Apparatus for automatically rolling up output sheets from a document reproduction system A copying/printing machine is adapted for rolling up copies of large size documents such as engineering drawings and the like by incorporating a roll-up apparatus into the machine. An output copy is guided along a circular interior space formed by a combi... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4765554 | Relating to compression type rolling machines In the packaging of products such as rolls of mineral wool felts, a series of members entrain the felt into a space in which the rolling-up takes place. At least one of these members is mobile in relation to the others in order to alter the size of the sp... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4688368 | Method of preparing a shipment package of printing products arriving in an imbricated formation and package obtained thereby The imbricated product formation is fed to a wind-up location and is wound-up to form a product roll at this location. At the start of the wind-up operation the leading edge of the frontmost printed product is rolled back towards the bottom side or surfac... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4653397 | Apparatus for packaging insulation material Apparatus for packaging mineral fiber insulation material includes a compression member to gradually compress the material, where the compression member contains a plurality of depressions, the downstream edge of the depressions being sloped to gradually ... | 03/31/1987 |
