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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367265 | Method and device for mounting dressings onto the cylinder of a printing press A packing or dressing is mounted on a cylinder of a rotary printing press. A dressing suspension leg, situated at an end of the dressing extending in the production direction of rotation of the cylinder, is positioned in an opening in the surface of the cylinder. Th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7321746 | Image heating apparatus and pressure roller used in the apparatus An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material includes a heating device which heats the image formed on the recording material, and a pressure roller which forms a nip portion in cooperation with the heating device, with the recordin... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7169176 | Prosthetic device A prosthesis that resiliently engages a body passage includes an annular clamping ring which may be folded along a diametric axis for insertion into the body passage. The clamping ring is adapted to resiliently spring outwardly, once in position inside the body pass... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7011679 | Prosthetic repair of body passages A prosthesis that resiliently engages a body passage includes an annular clamping ring which may be folded along a diametric axis for insertion into the body passage. The clamping ring is adapted to resiliently spring outwardly, once in position inside the body pass... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971311 | Magnetic tucker bar for a printing press A tucking device for tucking a printing plate into a gap of a plate cylinder includes a tucker bar having a tucking surface and at least one magnet for creating a repulsive magnetic force at the tucking surface. An actuator connected to the tucker bar is used for mo... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969061 | Roller element for hardcopy apparatus A printer or other hardcopy apparatus comprises a pinch system (20) comprising a pinch wheel (21) and a drive roller (23) in which the pinch wheel is arranged to contact a print media at locations which move continuously transversely of the dire... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969479 | Tooling with helical coils for structured surface articles Tool rolls and methods of using the tool rolls to manufacture articles with one or more structured surfaces are disclosed. The tool rolls include an outer surface that, when used in connection with materials of the proper viscosity or formability, can form a structu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6915570 | Resin roller and device and method for manufacturing the resin roller A resin roller (10) is produced by disposing a core body (21) in a forming metal mold (1) having a cylindrical metal mold (13) and core supporting members (14) furnished at both edge parts of the cylindrical metal mold (13) ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6875164 | High capacity leak resistant release agent delivery system for use in printer devices A toner release agent delivery system for a printing device utilizes a roller which has a plurality of layers of a non-woven textile web. The textile web is comprised of substantially all sub-denier fibers. The release agent delivery system with predominately sub-de... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6874232 | Method for forming cover for industrial roll A process for forming a cover for an industrial roll includes the steps of: providing an elongate cylindrical core having a longitudinal axis; rotating the core about the longitudinal axis; providing a nozzle movable along a nozzle path that is substantially paralle... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6851188 | Method for making a low inertia roll A method for making a roll for a rotary printing press includes cutting a strip of a material so as to form a first web with a plurality of first tabs disposed one after the other and extending from the first web. The plurality of first tabs is bent relative to the ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6775910 | Segmented core A segmented core includes a plurality of integral core segments defined by a respective separation slot in the outer surface thereof. A sheet is wound around the core in a plurality of layers and is slit at the slot to simultaneously wind respective sheet ribbons on... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6682467 | Elastic roll and method of making the roll Roll for smoothing a web and method of making the roll, wherein the roll includes a hard roll core. An elastic covering layer is arranged on an outside surface of the hard roll core. The elastic covering layer includes an elastic matrix material and fiber... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6615490 | Method of manufacture of paint application Roller covers and methods for manufacturing such roller covers are disclosed. According to one method, a paint carrying medium is secured to a core material to form a composite material having at least one core layer and a paint-carrying layer, wherein th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6539629 | Roller shaft on computer character-cutting device and method to manufacture the same A method for manufacturing a roller shaft of a computer character-cutting device and the roller shaft itself are disclosed, wherein, an engaging belt having on the surface thereof etched tooth grains is wrapped over the roller shaft, laser welding is proc... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6539999 | Apparatus and method for making variable paint roller covers An apparatus and method for making a paint roller are disclosed. The apparatus includes a mandrel, a first core material strip feeder, a second core material strip feeder, a fabric cover strip feeder, a first heater, a second heater, a first liquid adhesi... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6493938 | Thermoplastic-coated roll, method for manufacture and calendering of the thermoplastic-coated roll for use in paper/board machines The invention concerns a thermoplastic-coated roll for a paper/board machine, a method for manufacture of the roll, a composition of a thermoplastic coating for the roll, a method of calendering by using rolls in accordance with the invention, and paper/b... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6423424 | Method of producing an opening cylinder The present invention relates to a method of producing an opening cylinder for an open-end spinning machine, comprising the step of applying to the surface of a body of the opening cylinder a spirally extending sawtooth wire. For simplifying such a method... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6344100 | Method of resurfacing a roll A method of resurfacing a traction roll to provide a friction surface to replace a worn surface. A supply reel of metal strip material is continuously unwound from a supply reel and rewound on a take-up reel. Between the reels, the unwound strip passes th... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6335066 | Disposal cartridge with a recyclable toner-carrying roller A disposal cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus includes a sheet and a roller. An area of the sheet is at least equal to an area of the entire circumferential surface of the roller. The sheet is detachably bonded to an entire circumferential su... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6231711 | Methods and apparatus for making paint roller covers with thermoplastic cores Methods and apparatus for making paint roller covers by spirally wrapping a strip of hot thermoplastic film onto an exterior surface of a thermoplastic tubular form and spirally wrapping fabric strip having a thermoplastic backing onto the spiral wound st... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6199280 | Method and device for assembling flexible plates, for example printing plates Flexible plates are placed on a plate cylinder by inserting leading and trailing plate suspension legs into cooperating slits. Each of the plate suspension legs is pushed into the receiving slit by an insertion device that uses plate front and rear insert... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199279 | Method for making paint roller with thermo plastic core A method and apparatus for making paint roller covers by spirally advancing a thermoplastic tubular form past a plurality of electronic corona discharge heads arranged in a helical path around the tubular form to subject substantially the entire exterior ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6175985 | Paint roller and method of making same using continuous yarn tuftstrings A paint roller includes a core tube having first and second opposite axial ends. At least one tuftstring is spirally wrapped around the core tube and adhesively or otherwise bound to the core tube.... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6159134 | Methods for manufacturing a paint roller with integrated core and cover A reusable multi-strip laminate paint roller and method for manufacturing the same. The method comprising steps of: advancing a first strip of polypropylene material about a mandrel; advancing a second strip of polypropylene about a mandrel in offset rela... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6159320 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing paint rollers A method of manufacturing paint rollers includes the steps of extruding a cylindrical plastic core through a rotating extruder head, and securing an absorbent sheet material onto an outer surface of the core in a continuous process.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6141873 | Method of manufacture of multi-layer roll having compliant PTFE top layer from a fibrillated PTFE membrane A micro-compliant roll having a PTFE top layer on a silicone rubber baselayer bonded to a metallic insert is provided. The roll with PTFE top coat is heated under pressure to a temperature below the PTFE crystalline melting point and quenched to provide a... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6108906 | Fixing device for an image forming apparatus and fixing roller for the same In a fixing device for an image forming apparatus, a heat roller includes a hollow cylindrical base, a heating layer formed of strip-like fibers implementing desired power consumption, and a parting layer provided on the outer periphery of the heating lay... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6103038 | Method of coating fusing members used in xerographic printing A low-friction membrane is attached smoothly and tightly to a fusing member such as used in xerography. A combination sheet is provided, the combination sheet having a membrane attached to a heat-deformable backing layer. The combination sheet is drawn ov... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6099673 | Method of coating fuser members A method of coating a fuser member with a polymeric sheet is disclosed. Initially, the fuser member is placed in a substantially perpendicular position with respect to the polymeric sheet. The polymeric sheet is then wrapped around the fuser member such t... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6044556 | Method of producing rollers for agricultural machines A method of producing a roller casing of a roller has providing a plane casing blank, forming an outer helical raised structure on the plane casing blank, bending the plane casing blank with the raised structure to form a cylindrical roller casing, and co... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5862591 | Method for manufacturing paint rollers Paint rollers are formed in a continuous process. A plastic material is delivered from pellets or powder to an extruder and then, directly from the extruder to an internally cooled mandrel. The heat of the extrusion process provides the sealing temperatur... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5753165 | Process for producing a hard roll A process for producing a hard roll for use as an elastic roll for making paper calendering by casting a liquid thermosetting resin material into a space between a metal roll core and an outer mold, and thereafter heating the resin material from outside t... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5694688 | Method and apparatus for making paint roller cover A paint roller cover with thermoplastic core and method and apparatus for making same by spirally wrapping a strip of hot extruded thermoplastic film onto an exterior surface of hollow thermoplastic tubing and spirally wrapping a strip of fabric having a ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5692301 | Stripper roller manufacturing method A stripper roller is formed by cutting ends of a cylindrical roller and then placing a shim between the center shaft and each end portion. Paper-feed springs oppose the eccentric portions of the feed roller, while a centrally located separator pad opposes... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5655196 | Wound magnetic roll developer tube and method of manufacture A developer roll for use in an electrophotographic printing machine of the type having an electrostatic latent image recorded on a photoconductive member in which a voltage differential is applied between the roll and a region adjacent the roll is provide... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5572790 | Method of making a paint roller A method and apparatus for making reusable paint rollers comprised of a core formed from a strip of thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material is formed into a core by helically winding about a stationary mandril. A layer of adhesive is then appli... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5537745 | Method and apparatus for making paint roller cover with thermo plastic core A method and apparatus for making a paint roller cover by spirally wrapping a strip of hot extruded thermoplastic film onto an exterior surface of hollow thermoplastic tubing and spirally wrapping a strip of fabric having a thermoplastic backing onto the ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5478423 | Method for making a printer release agent supply wick An improved method for making a release agent delivery device for delivery of release agent to a roller is disclosed for use in laser printers, plain paper copiers, facsimile machines, and similar printing apparatus. The delivery apparatus comprises an ab... | 12/26/1995 |
