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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7819356 | Method and apparatus of connecting strip-like material The invention enables to automatically connect a terminal end portion of a strip-like material drawn out from a winding member constituting an apparatus of supplying the strip-like material and a start end portion of a succeeding strip-like material, at supply suppo... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7389625 | Packaging apparatus and packaging system including the same A packaging apparatus includes a support unit having a first support shaft with a first open end portion, the first support shaft being adapted to rotatably support the film roll in a cantilevered manner; a packaging unit adapted to receive the film of the film roll... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7356976 | Method and an apparatus for automatic change of the reel of extensible film in wrapping machines for the packaging of palletized loads A film changer apparatus changes the reel of extensible film in wrapping machines for packaging palletized loads. A supporting structure has an assembly for carrying the reel of the wrapping film and retains the free end of the film of a reel. Supporting structure i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7275707 | Conveying system for feeding paper reels to reel stands and method for operating the same For reel core disposal from a reel stand (1) of a row of reel stands, a conveyor belt (21) running along said row is arranged on the removal side opposite the feed side, in a trench (20), to which conveyor belt a transfer track (16) leads... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264194 | Machine-detectable adhesive tape The invention relates to an adhesive tape for a flying reel change of a flat material wound up over a reel, provided with a main support, a self-adhesive composition on the face side and at least, on the back side, one strip of a double-sided adhesive tape which has... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258325 | Modular lift assembly A lift assembly having a drum rotatably mounted to a frame and linearly translatable with respect to the frame. A plurality of head blocks are connected to the frame along a helical mounting path, wherein linear translation of the drum during takeoff or take-up main... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229045 | Store control device and system for the preparation and intermediate storage of paper reels and feeding thereof to at least one reel stand and method for its operation A store control device of an intermediate store carries, on a pivot mounting which is mounted on a chassis capable of travelling along a track, so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis through 360°, a pick-up device for a paper reel which has a continuous track ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7181946 | Device for winding and unwinding hot-rolled pre-strips consisting of hot metal The aim of the invention is to configure a device for winding and unwinding partly rolled products, in a way that ensures the smallest possible accumulation of scrap. To achieve this, a roller (20, 20′, 20″) whose position is controlled and which runs on ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159477 | Apparatus for inspecting deformation of pipes An apparatus is provided for measuring deformation of a surface of a pipe. The apparatus has a central portion to which a detector section is mounted. At each side, guides are connected to the housing via arms. The housing has a platform below which an inverted U-sh... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134625 | Automatic reel changer comprising a reel stand and a method for disposing of residual reel casings An automatic roll changer including a reel stand having a holder. At least one roll of material is rotatably mounted in that holder. A transport device is provided for transporting either at least one new material roll or at least one spent reel casing from which th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117798 | Goods transport system and method for operating a goods transport system A good transport system includes a network of rails and a plurality of trolleys that travel on the rails. Read/write assembles are disposed on the rails and are used to read data from, and to write data on data carriers which are mounted on the trolleys. When a trol... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094015 | Device for conveying empty rolls A device is used to convey empty rolls that have been removed by at least one roll changer of a web-fed rotary printing press. At least one empty roll receptacle can be displaced between the roll changer, where the empty rolls are held by the receptacle after they a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059557 | Rotating station for wound laps A method and apparatus are provided for changing the unwinding direction of wound laps supplied by a delivery station in order to form a group of wound laps in which the face sides of adjacent wound laps are provided with the same distance and the longitudinal axes ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056076 | Method of and apparatus for transferring rolls, and roll supply carriage After a roll supply carriage housing rolls in a light-shielded case is coupled to a film manufacturing apparatus, shutters are opened, and a roll retainer shaft and a roll loading shaft are connected to each other. A motor in a roll transferring apparatus is energiz... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6978964 | Apparatus for supplying a ribbon-like material to one or more work machines and component parts of said apparatus Apparatus for supplying a ribbon-like material or fabric to one or more machines for cutting the material, comprising a reel storage having a plurality of housings for storing a respective reel, elements for supplying the material to a respective machine, elements f... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962307 | Rotating station for reels The invention relates to a method for changing the winding-off direction of reels (W,W1) which are delivered in succession by a delivery station (1) in order to form a reel group (WG) in which the front faces of adjacent reels (W) are equally spaced (a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6948901 | Paper roll storage and handling installation and method for storing and handling paper rolls In a storage and handling installation for paper rolls for a printing facility, a storage structure is provided with two parallel storage racks separated by an aisle. The first storage rack provides a series of floor strips interrupted by load stations as well as sh... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6918560 | Winding apparatus and feeding apparatus A winding apparatus adaptable to longer films with minimum design changes in existing apparatus has a winding shaft 31 on which a reel member 50 capable of winding a given film at multiple stages can be mounted. The winding shaft 31 can be moved... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6772573 | Automatic stretch film roll changer A film roll changer for a stretch film wrapping device provides rolls of film on a turntable. The changer moves into position beneath a roller carriage assembly, lifts a carrier plate to remove a spent roll, rotates a new roll into place, inserts the film into the r... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6722606 | System and method for simultaneously unwinding multiple rolls of material A system and process for unwinding rolls of material is disclosed. The system is particularly well suited for unwinding soft, high-bulk tissue webs. In one embodiment, the system includes the combination of a center unwind device and a surface unwind device to unwin... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719240 | System and method for unwinding tissue webs A system and process for unwinding rolls of material is disclosed. The system is particularly well suited for unwinding soft, high-bulk tissue webs. In one embodiment, the system includes the combination of a center unwind device and a surface unwind device to unwin... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6679451 | Device and method for unwinding reels of web material The device comprises in combination: a carriage (1) movable in a direction of displacement between a loading and unloading position and an unwinding position; on said carriage, at least one oscillating arm (25) for supporting at least one reel (B) of web ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6508432 | Dual toilet roll dispenser The invention is a toilet paper dispenser designed to hold two rolls of toilet paper. The dispenser has a housing containing a primary roll support and a secondary roll support. The secondary roll support is disposed parallel to and vertically above the p... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6494400 | Automatic film roll changer and method of operating the same A new or fresh plastic film roll/depleted or exhausted plastic film roll tube or core exchange system comprises a plastic film roll dispenser mounting framework, a plastic film roll magazine assembly, and a new or fresh plastic film roll/depleted or exhau... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6386477 | Station for continuous unwinding of a material web An unwinding station continuously unwinds a material web, notably a paper or cardboard web, for a machine, specifically a coater, for conversion of the material web. The station includes a primary unwinding system, a secondary unwinding system and a splic... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6318821 | Bathroom tissue roll dispenser apparatus A tissue roll dispenser apparatus is provided for attachment to a tissue roll holder which includes a first spindle end receiver and a second spindle end receiver. The tissue roll dispenser apparatus includes a plurality of tissue rolls to be used in succ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6264133 | Device for exchanging roll supports on winding stations For intermediate storage, printed products are often wound onto winding cores mounted on roll supports (3) with a horizontal winding axis. After intermediate storage the printed products are unwound again. For winding-up and unwinding, a roll support (3) ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6209819 | Device and method for automatic changing of film rolls Device and method for changing film rolls, with apparatus for holding a first film roll in a working position in which film can be pulled off and separated from the film roll as desired, and holding a second film roll in a standby position. The second fil... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6155516 | Method for transporting rolls to a roll changer An intermediate storage facility receives rolls on transport cars. The rolls have previously been prepared, by the application of an adhesive, at a roll preparation station. The prepared rolls, each on its individual transport car, are placed in the inter... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6138938 | Installation for loading and unloading rolls automatically An installation is used to load and unload paper rolls in a roll changer of a web-fed rotary printing press. The paper supply rolls and the used paper rolls are supported on transport cars which run on guide tracks. These transport car guide tracks extend... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6095454 | Cushioning conversion system and method with combination stock roll storage rack A cushioning conversion system (10) and method wherein a stock roll storage rack (14) is used to support at least one and preferably a plurality of stock rolls (21) at the same level as the stock roll holder (19) of a cushioning conversion machine (12). T... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6062794 | Paper roll storage and paper roll supply system A paper roll supply system for a printing press system comprises a paper roll storage portion having a plurality of vertically arranged shelves for storing a plurality of paper rolls in desired orientation and a paper roll delivery outlet for the paper ro... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6056232 | Method of loading film roll on film unwinder shaft and film producing and packaging system A carriage has a support shaft for supporting a plurality of film rolls and can be closed by a light shield cover to place the film rolls in a light-shielded state. A film roll storage mechanism is disposed in a dark room and has a shank for receiving the... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5895009 | Transfer method of coils and coil taking-up and stacking equipment A method of joining a plurality of coils of strip material into a continuous strip and stacking the coils in a multi-coil arrangement is provided. A first coil is conveyed from a carry-in table by a transfer means to an exit side turn table and is designa... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5887818 | Device and method for storing multiple rolls of tissue and dispensing tissue therefrom A device and method for dispensing and storing multiple rolls of rolled material dispensed on a spool, such as toilet paper, has a storage frame configured to hold the multiple rolls on a generally vertical shaft. The shaft extends upward from the bottom ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5873541 | Magazine arrangement for receiving film cartridges A magazine arrangement for receiving multiple film cartridges, that, for processing of the filmstrips present in the film cartridges, can be attached to a processing machine. A magazine includes a cylindrical member that has chambers, arranged in a circle... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5699979 | Machine of the type capable of using strips of material wound in reels A machine of the type capable of using strips of material wound in reels, for example wrapping, packaging and cellophane wrapping machines for cigarettes, or similar, the machine comprising at least one unwinding spindle of a reel of a strip of material w... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5653087 | Manufacturing machine designed to use reels of web material, in particular packaging machine for packaging cigarettes, or the like A manufacturing machine designed to use reels of web material, in particular a packaging machine for packaging cigarettes, or the like, in which the processing units are located at least in part on one side of the machine, termed the front side. On the op... | 08/05/1997 |
