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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057375 | Multi-path interfolding apparatus and method An interfolding apparatus and method, utilize, first and second sheet-cutting-and-overlapping arrangements and an interfolding arrangement simultaneously mounted and operatively interconnected in a common frame, for alternatively selectively forming a first or a sec... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7717839 | Multi-path interfolding apparatus An interfolding apparatus and method, utilize, first and second sheet-cutting-and-overlapping arrangements and an interfolding arrangement simultaneously mounted and operatively interconnected in a common frame, for alternatively selectively forming a first or a sec... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7354387 | Folding device Folding device, for use in sealing flexible tubular containers by adhering two facing portions on the same end edge, which comprises two groups of rotating paddles that face one another, able to turn simultaneously and so that each paddle in the same group pushes re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351190 | Method of constructing a folder system Methods and devices for folding a continuous web of material are provided. Systems can include a spiral folder assembly having first and second sets of rotatable spirals, a deflection means to guide the continuous web toward the first set of spirals and the second s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335150 | Apparatus for making pre-fastened absorbent undergarments In a method and apparatus for mechanically fastening an absorbent undergarment during the initial manufacturing thereof, the undergarment is transported in a transport direction and folded longitudinally by a folding device such that first and second end regions of ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328893 | Finisher and image forming apparatus equipped therewith A finisher for finishing a booklet having a bundle of center-folded sheets, includes: a detector for detecting an end on a side of a folded portion of the booklet: a moving device for conveying the booklet by movement thereof; a controller for controlling the moveme... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7303524 | Folder unit for processing sheet-like materials Methods and devices for folding a continuous web of material are provided. Systems can include a spiral folder assembly having first and second sets of rotatable spirals, a deflection means to guide the continuous web toward the first set of spirals and the second s... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278634 | Device for controlling printed products A tape transport system for printed products includes a tape having a tape width, a pulley, and a lever arm supporting the pulley, the lever arm having a first side and a second side. The pulley has a first section disposed on the first side of the lever arm and a s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7186208 | Cutterless dunnage converter and method A tabletop converter has a conversion assembly that inwardly gathers and crumples a stock material to form a strip of dunnage. The conversion assembly includes a feeding assembly that moves the stock material and a controller that controls the feeding assembly to op... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7150383 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140295 | Printing group including cylinders supported for movement A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders comprises, at the m... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137941 | Apparatus and method for forming a hemmed edge on carton blanks An apparatus and method for forming a hem on a 5th panel of a liquid carton blank comprising a skiving section, a stepped creaser section, a burner section, a vacuum hemmer section, and a sealer section. Carton blanks are fed into the skiver section and e... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125375 | Dunnage conversion machine with translating grippers, and method and product A dunnage conversion machine for converting stock material into a dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a pulling assembly. The pulling assembly includes at least two grippers movable together through a transfer region in opposition to one another and coop... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7115088 | Folder cylinder with support plate A folding cylinder includes a plurality of gripping devices supported on a first rotatable support with a first gripping device for holding a signature on the cylinder. A plurality of tucking devices are supported on a second rotatable support, the tucking devices i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7011616 | Cutting cylinder for crosscutting a printing material web in a rotary press A cutting cylinder is mounted such that it can rotate and be driven and is provided with four cutting blades on its circumference, which blades divide the circumferential length into four sections arranged on the circumference of the cutting cylinder. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6932755 | Folding machine with collect run mode The folding machine with a collect run mode of this invention comprises folding cylinder fixed cam means for carrying out a straight run at pins, folding cylinder rotating cam means provided with covering section so as to enable rotation of the covering sections for... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926655 | Method of packaging a web, and a package produced thereby The invention relates to a method and package for packaging a web. In the method of the invention, a web is slit into two or more narrower webs which are folded into superimposed layers. The method comprises the steps of directing the webs to a nip formed by two rot... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913256 | Former for a folding unit A former roller, which is driven for rotation, is located at the intake of a former for a folding unit. A controller unit is utilized to control the rotation of the motor, which drives the former roller, in such a way that the former roller exerts a tensile force on... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910997 | Machine and method for making paper dunnage Dunnage making machine and method in which a web of paper is drawn across a forming bar with curved end sections to roll the edge portions of the paper, then drawn through a first throat section to urge the rolled edge portions toward each other and cause them to ga... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6843764 | Non-trapped stripper belt A device for transporting a flat product includes a rotating transport cylinder and a continuous stripper belt. The rotating transport cylinder defines an axis of rotation and is configured to guide the flat product at a circumference of the cylinder over a first an... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6805661 | Method and installation for folding a textile strip length, in particular a strip length for a label A method for folding a textile strip length, including the steps of first holding the strip length firmly close to an auxiliary folding edge whose direction is parallel to a definitive folding edge, folding a part of the strip around the auxiliary folding edge subst... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805347 | Deskew mechanism and method The skew of a sheet of print media is precisely controlled by intentionally inducing print media deformation, so that cooperative mechanical and gravitational forces may be used to align the leading edge of the sheet. The sheet is driven into a nip region of deskew ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6752078 | Device for guiding flat or sheet-like copies in folders A device for guiding sheet-like copies which are severed from a material web in a cutting nip of a cutting-cylinder pair, including a copy guide disposed in an outlet wedge of the cutting-cylinder pair for gripping leading ends of the sheet-like copies for guiding t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6723034 | Presentation of fastening components for making prefastened and refastenable pants A process for making prefastened and refastenable garments includes providing a plurality of discrete articles with mating fastening components disposed in the waist regions. First fastening components are separated from one another by an initial transverse distance... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6712746 | Discharge and transfer system for interfolded sheets A discharge and transfer system for receiving interfolded sheets from a folding mechanism. The system includes a guide arrangement for receiving the interfolded sheets in a vertical direction from the discharge of the folding mechanism, and for guiding the interfold... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6691995 | Conveying unit for flat objects A conveying unit that is useable for the conveyance of generally flat objects, particularly in a folder of a rotary printing press, includes endless first and second belts and a roller. A conveying path for the flat objects extends initially between the t... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689038 | Method and apparatus for interrupting interfolded sheets created by a lapping interfolder A system for forming a discontinuity in a stack of interfolded sheets formed by a pair of folding rolls acting on a stream of overlapping sheets supplied from a pair of feed rolls. At a desired sheet count, the feed rolls and folding rolls are operated to... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6616134 | Device for electrically insulating rotating components in rotary printing machines A device for electrostatically charging a multilayer material web includes electrostatic charge elements assigned to outer sides of the multilayer material web, the charge elements being disposed upline of an inlet of the multilayer material web into a cy... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6513427 | Device for guiding material webs in rotary presses A device for guiding material webs (A through D; E through H) via an angle-bar deck (2), including a folding section that is arranged on a plurality of planes (3.1, 3.2, 3.3), from where the material webs (A through D), (E through H) enter folding apparat... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6468197 | Cushioning conversion machine with severing mechanism A cushioning conversion machine for converting sheet-like stock material into a relatively low density cushioning dunnage product. The machine has at least one conversion assembly for forming the stock material into a three-dimensional shape. The machine ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6458065 | Transverse aid folder with cylinder mounted cutoff anvils The machine of the present invention produces folded product by advancing a web through longitudinal folding devices and transferring the unsevered continuous web to the surface of a carrier cylinder with anvils. A cooperating knife roll coacts with anvil... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6453639 | Machine for making filter bags for products for infusion A machine for making filter bags for products for infusion comprises a first wheel forming a station for winding a thread with pick-up tab around the filter bag, means for positioning and guiding the thread with pick-up tab relative to the filter bag oper... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6350223 | Rolls to fold, cut, or advance segments in folding apparatus A hollow roll assembly for cutting, advancing, and folding segments when used in a folding machine, including discreet transversely extending vacuum conduits superposed against the inside surface of a rotating roll. The conduits have closed ends, aperture... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6338707 | Folding apparatus of low overall height for use in a web-fed rotary press A folding apparatus that is useable in a web-fed rotary printing press has a lower overall structural height. The folding apparatus includes a web delivery device and a folding cylinder group. The folding cylinder group is arranged generally at 90° to th... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6336307 | Method of packaging a strip of material for use in cutting into sheet elements arranged end to end A package of a strip of material has a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a line transverse... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6318049 | Slitter machine for tab lock cases A slitter machine of the type where tab lock cases of varying height, width, and length are advanced therethrough in a product flow direction on a machine bed by a main drive motor, is presented. The slitter machine includes a frame, a centerline, a leadi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6263814 | Strip of material with splices and products formed therefrom A package of a continuous strip of material includes a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6254522 | Separator finger apparatus A separator finger apparatus and method for insertion of a separation finger into and removal from a stream of web product. The unique motion provided by the elements making up the separation finger apparatus permits the separation finger to be mounted cl... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6213927 | Interfolding method of sheet material not or not enough permeable to air and machine for carrying out such method A method and a machine for the production of interfolded stacks (17) formed by a plurality of sheets (4a,4b) comprising the steps of: transversally cutting or tearing sheets obtained from at least one web (3a,3b) and offset with respect to one another so ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6176818 | Cushioning conversion machine cushioning conversion method and method of assembling a cushioning conversion machine A cushioning conversion machine (20) including conversion assemblies (24) which convert a sheet stock material into a relatively low density cushioning product. The conversion assemblies (24) include a feed/cut assembly (26) having a feed device (100), a ... | 01/23/2001 |
