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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7017479 | Calender A soft calender has a body structure (10) and at least two roller sets (11; 12). There is at least one calendering nip (N1, N2, N3, N4) formed in between two rollers (13, 14; 14, 15; 16, 17; 17, 18). Of the rollers fo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6892631 | Process for operating a calender Process for operating and calender with a roll stack having a plurality of rolls, including two end rolls arranged to form a press plane and middle rolls arranged between the end rolls. The plurality of rolls includes at least one elastic roll. The process includes ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6857356 | Calender and process for operating a calendar Calender including a roll stack having a plurality of rolls that rest against one another in a press direction. At least one of the rolls has an elastic surface. A vibration recording device determines in an uninterrupted manner a vibration of at least one of the ro... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6003439 | Microflake glitter fabrication A metallic flake manufacturing device uses a bearing to form the flakes. The bearing is located within a container which receives a fluid having suspended metallic particles. The bearing has an outer race, an inner race, and a plurality of bearings dispos... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5732620 | Stalled sheet pulling and crushing apparatus in an electrostatographic machine In a sheet handling machine having a frame, and a cut sheet handling system including a sheet path, a stalled sheet pulling and crushing apparatus for reducing a sheet, stalled across an interface between a withdrawable and a fixed component of a cut shee... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5640900 | Cargo compacting apparatus and method A cargo consisting of stacked compressible bales, such as bales of straw, positioned on a flat cargo bed of a cargo vehicle is compacted and compressed laterally of the cargo bed to eliminate excessive overhang of the cargo beyond the sides of the bed by ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 4959117 | Apparatus for the pressing of laminated glass/plastic composites An apparatus for pressing laminated composites formed of two glass layers and one interposed thin plastic layer presses the glass/plastic composite while the glass/plastic composite is in a vertical position. A horizontal conveyor delivers the composite t... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4798134 | Pressure compensated single nip three-roll press A three-roll press for a web including a pair of pressing rolls forming a nip and a pressure roll bearing on one of the pressing rolls in which the deflection curve of one of the pressing rolls is matched to that of the other pressing roll by the applicat... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4736678 | Apparatus for selectively positioning rolls in a calender roll stack A hydraulic adjustment motor containing a piston-and-cylinder unit is provided at the roll surface of a roll to be moved to position the roll surface relative to another roll surface of a further roll. Each adjustment motor is arranged between the related... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4633776 | Branch compactor A branch compactor for compacting branches, brush, small trees, and the like into a continuous bundle for compact disposal or input into a chipper device. The compactor includes a receiving bin and a coupled compactor mechanism, the bin has a bed conveyor... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4341153 | Splicing and truss assembly apparatus and methods Assembly apparatus for simultaneously rolling opposed toothed metal connector plates onto both sides of horizontal wood 2×4's or like structural members. The apparatus is applied to assemble trusses wherein a prefabricated wood frame of chords with end a... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4329864 | Apparatus for changing rolls in vertical rolling mills Disclosed is a vertical stand of a sizing mill for rolling seamless tube in which each roll of the mill is contained in and supported by a yoke moveable both transversely of the product passline and axially of the roll axis, the latter adjustment being pe... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4287822 | Truss assembly machine A truss assembly apparatus for simultaneously rolling opposed toothed metal connector plates of V-webs onto both sides of vertically spaced horizontal wood chords. A prefabricated wood frame of such chords with end and intermediate spacers is fed between ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4040278 | Method of and apparatus for removing brine from hides A chain conveyor advances brine soaked hides hanging from hooks on the conveyor to a wringer consisting of a pair of vertically oriented pressure loaded power-driven rolls, and draws the hides through the wringer with the lengthwise dimension of the hides... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4014256 | Can crusher delivery mechanism A can crusher having a pair of horizontally aligned wheels that are in contact in rotational movement, and that receive and crush cans passing therebetween, and which wheels discharge the cans at a high velocity that causes the cans to pass into a horizon... | 03/29/1977 |
