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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157202 | Filament container and methods of use thereof A container comprising a housing that is configured to rotatably mount a filament supply spool, and a filament guide mechanism mountable within a channel of the housing, where the filament guide mechanism comprises a filament pathway configured to guide the filament... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8113458 | Device for printing on a strip of paper in the form of a roll about a spool A device for printing on a strip of paper shaped as a roll about a spool, the device comprising a housing for receiving the roll, means for supporting the roll from beneath in the housing and for horizontally centering the roll substantially on a vertical reference ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8083170 | Dispensing gap defined between loading door and main body of automatic towel dispenser A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attac... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079542 | Automatic paper towel dispenser with driven roller on loading door A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attac... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079541 | Automatic paper towel dispenser with horizontally extending loading door lip A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attac... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079540 | Paper towel dispenser with motor disposed over lip of loading door A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attac... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7984872 | Automated sheet product dispenser A sheet product dispenser includes a sheet product feed mechanism coupled to a DC stepper motor, the mechanism moving a sheet product out of the dispenser during a dispense cycle; and a control unit controlling the DC stepper motor to move the sheet product with a g... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7963475 | Method and apparatus for controlling a dispenser and detecting a user Automatic dispensers, proximity detectors and user-detection methods. A proximity detector can be used to trigger operation of the dispenser to dispense products such as towel, tissue, wipes, sheet-form materials, soap, shaving cream, fragrances and personal care pr... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7887005 | Easy-load household automatic paper towel dispenser There is provided a towel dispenser that includes a housing for containing toweling. The toweling includes a first towel and a second towel that are connected together and separable at a perforation formed between the first and second towel. The housing is configure... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7874509 | Automated dispenser A device for dispensing a rolled web of material having a plurality of laterally-extending, longitudinally-spaced lines of perforation. The device has a frame for supporting the rolled web such that lengths of the web are removed from the roll in a direction of adva... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7832679 | Sheet material dispenser with perforation sensor and method A dispenser for dispensing sheet material including a plurality of spaced perforations may include a housing defining an interior for accommodating a source of the sheet material, and an outlet through which the sheet material may be dispensed. The device may also i... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7594622 | Method and apparatus for controlling a dispenser to conserve towel dispensed therefrom Towel dispensing methods and automatic towel dispensers permitting conservation of the overall amount of towel dispensed. The towel dispensing methods and towel dispensers limit the amount of towel dispensed in dispense cycles which occur shortly after an initial di... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7380747 | Through-roll profile unwind control system and method A method of unwinding material in a process system for producing a product includes the steps of loading a roll of material in an unwind system, programming a controller with an unwind equation, the controller in communication with the unwind system, computing a mat... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370824 | Intelligent electronic paper dispenser A system and apparatus for automatically dispensing a paper product mounted on a gravity-assisted holder through a dispenser. The apparatus can be pedestal or wall-mounted and includes an electric motor, a main product roller for automatically rolling a predetermine... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7322229 | Device and method for measuring the profile of a surface The invention provides a surface profile measurement device for use on rigid or semi-rigid substrates, such as floors. The device includes (a) a beam; (b) at least one beam support mounted on the beam; (c) a sensor assembly slidably connected to said beam and adapte... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7296765 | Automatic dispensers Automatic dispensers for dispensing products such as towel, tissue, wipes, sheet-form materials, soap, shaving cream, fragrances and personal care products. A dispenser includes a housing, an electrical power source, a user input device, a dispensing mechanism, and ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7278251 | Wrapping material indicator arrangement A wrapping material indicator arrangement for a wrapping machine, in particular a rotobaler. The indicator is supported on the circumference of a wrapping material roll, from which wrapping material is withdrawn during a wrapping operation. A rotating counter roll, ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7237744 | Apparatus and methods usable in connection with dispensing flexible sheet material from a roll A powered dispenser for dispensing individual sheet segments from a continuous roll of sheet material provided with spaced tear lines comprises a powered feed mechanism, a releasable, powered drive mechanism, a powered transfer mechanism, a pair of web sensing senso... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7191977 | Sheet material dispenser with perforation sensor and method A dispenser for dispensing sheet material including a plurality of spaced perforations may include a housing defining an interior for accommodating a source of the sheet material, and an outlet through which the sheet material may be dispensed. The device may also i... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7085618 | Spindle system, apparatus, and methods for applying spindle apparatus A system, apparatus and method collects data on rolled product usage at a dispensing location by monitoring the amount of product pulled or removed from a roll. A spindle assembly may be configured to support a product roll. The spindle assembly includes a rotating ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6988689 | Hands-free towel dispenser with EMF controller A hands-free towel dispenser comprising a housing with a roll of towels inside an interior, a sensor for detecting the presence of an object and generating a signal, a motor driving a dispensing means for dispensing a desired length of towel, a control circuit for r... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6931986 | Strapping machine automatically adjusting the strap tension A strapping machine automatically adjusting the strap tension includes a sensor to interact with two sense members fixed on a subordinate wheel of an advance and retreat device, which consists of a main wheel and the subordinate wheel. The sensor and the sense membe... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934459 | Reel to reel manufacturing line The invention relates to a line for processing an optical fiber having first and second ends, the line comprising a support for receiving a reel with the fiber wounded thereon; a de-winder for unwinding the fiber without substantial rotation of the reel; and a proce... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921044 | Wire spool and remaining wire detection method A wire spool for remaining wire recognition for wire (1) with a leading wire end (4) and a trailing wire end (2), which is wound on the spool body (30, 40) in N windings, whereby the spool body (30, 40) has side walls (40) o... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908059 | Low reserve indicator for a paper towel dispenser A paper towel dispenser dispenses towels from a paper supply and includes a dispenser housing a low-reserve indicator mechanism for indicating when a reserve quantity of the paper supply is low. The dispenser housing has a housing wall structure on which the low-res... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6895296 | Spindle system, apparatus, and methods for applying spindle apparatus A system, apparatus and method is shown for collecting data on rolled product usage at a dispensing location by monitoring the amount of product pulled or removed from a roll. In the invention, a spindle assembly may be configured to support a product roll. The spin... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6873879 | Winding control process and program A fully-integrated computer-aided method for sizing and building paper reels from which a plurality of smaller rolls of paper are created. Data pertaining to the measurements of paper reels and the rolls to be built therefrom is entered into a computer programmed wi... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854684 | Hands-free paper towel dispensers A hands-free paper towel dispenser including a housing with a front cover pivotally attached thereto. A sensor is disposed entirely within the housing, and mounted so that it is not attached to the front cover and oriented toward the front cover of the housing to de... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6776602 | Filament cassette and loading system Disclosed are a filament cassette and a filament loading assembly for supplying filament in a three-dimensional deposition modeling machine. The filament cassette contains a rotatable spool of filament, and has an exit orifice through which a filament strand may exi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6772574 | Binding means A means for binding wire around an object. The means comprises a feeding unit (2) with a feeding wheel (11) for feeding and stretching the wire (3). The measuring of fed wire length normally takes place in that the feeding wheel (11) rota... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772974 | Systems and methods for precision mapping and removal of defects in a spooled material using spool rotation and variable winding pitch A precision method is defined for identifying defective sections of a spoolable material for removal. Defective sections are noted during manufacture and the spool containing the material is subsequently unwound to allow removal of the defective sections. The invent... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772975 | Talking toilet paper roll holder A talking toilet paper roll holder comprises an elongated housing member and an elongated spring loaded shaft member having a longitudinal axis disposed of along a longitudinal axis of the elongated housing member. Each end of the elongated spring loaded shaft membe... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766977 | Sheet material dispenser with perforation sensor and method A dispenser for dispensing sheet material including a plurality of spaced perforations may include a housing defining an interior for accommodating a source of the sheet material, and an outlet through which the sheet material may be dispensed. The device may also i... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6695246 | Microprocessor controlled hands-free paper towel dispenser A hands-free towel dispenser is provided which utilizes an active sensing system, preferably an infra-red system, for detecting when a dispense of toweling should occur. The control for the dispenser is designed for low power use, thereby allowing the dis... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6651303 | Equipment and method for replacing a band-like doctor blade The invention relates to band-like doctor blade assembly, a doctor blade and a method in the use of the doctor blade. The doctor blade assembly includes continuous and substantially infinite doctor blade that is placed in a reel, the doctor blade is then ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6631868 | Tape feeder with splicing capabilities The present invention is a tape feeding device with splicing capabilities for reliably conveying parts to a pickup location for attachment to a substrate using a pick and place machine, including an extensible carrier tape reel support, a system for sensi... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6595462 | Method and device for measuring multiple strands of material dospensed form a single spool A device and method for dispensing and measuring a plurality of strands from a single spool of stranded material is disclosed. The device is comprised of a mobile portion on which a plurality of pulleys is mounted. The mobile portion includes a frame moun... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6588696 | Method and apparatus in unwinding In the method in unwinding, paper web (W) is discharged from a reel (R1) that is becoming empty and the paper web of a new full reel (R2) is spliced at the discharge speed to the paper web discharged from the reel that is becoming empty. The terminal end ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6565029 | Method of detecting and correcting for slippage of a tape media in a tape storage device A method for detecting slippage in a tape path, and re-calibrating a sensing assembly in a tape storage device to account for the slippage. The method includes sensing a position of one of a supply reel and a take-up reel. In response to sensing the posit... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6561451 | Measuring cable travel sensor with longitudinal drive for the cable drum A measuring cable travel sensor includes a housing and a cable drum which is arranged in the housing rotatably and longitudinally displaceably in the longitudinal direction of the travel sensor. The measuring cable is guided into and out of the housing th... | 05/13/2003 |
