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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7285170 | Adhesive application mechanism for a printer An adhesive application mechanism for a printer is provided. The adhesive application mechanism comprises first and second adhesive applicators, the adhesive applicators being mutually opposed and configured to apply adhesive simultaneously onto opposite faces of sh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7266925 | Pot having a plant cover secured thereto A plant package comprising a pot covered with a plant cover, the plant cover at least comprising a base portion, and optionally having a skirt or a detachable upper portion. The plant cover has a heat shrinkable bonding material for heat shrinking to secure the plan... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7204883 | Feed unit for strip wrapping material A strip of wrapping material is advanced by a feed unit that includes a gumming device composed of a gumming roller and a transfer roller contra-rotating about horizontal and parallel axes and in tangential contact one with another along an area coinciding with a st... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191561 | Pot having a plant cover secured thereto A plant package comprising a pot covered with a plant cover, the plant cover at least comprising a base portion, and optionally having a skirt or a detachable upper portion. The plant cover has a heat shrinkable bonding material for heat shrinking to secure the plan... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7083697 | Porous spun polymeric structures and method of making same A non-woven polymeric matrix for separating leukocytes from a blood sample includes a non-woven three dimensional matrix formed from polymeric fibers having a predetermined pore volume fraction including a defined channel configuration, a predetermined pore size in ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074228 | Microwave oven heated depilatory wax applicator A wax applicator for use with a microwave heating oven for dispensing a depilatory wax for removal of hair from skin comprising a hollow casing having an opening thereinto. An elongate reservoir for depilatory wax is disposed in the casing and is fabricated, at leas... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065921 | Method of attaching a floral sleeve to a pot via bonding material A plant packaging method providing a tubular sleeve and attaching the sleeve to a potted plant via a bonding material which may be disposed on the tubular sleeve, or on the pot of the potted plant, and a plant package produced by the method. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6962021 | Plant sleeve A sleeve comprising a lower portion preferably having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a floral grouping or plant. The sleeve may have an upper portion which can be detached from the lower portion of the sleeve once the function of the upper portion ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6912810 | Conical floral sleeve A floral sleeve sized to fit a flower pot, the sleeve generally having a conical shape and having a bonding material disposed thereon for connecting the sleeve to a pot disposed within the sleeve or connected via a banding element to a pot disposed within the sleeve... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6699328 | Device for the temperature equalisation of coating media Temperature control of the coating medium is performed to influence the processability of coating media in an applicator system. In order to operate without losing efficiency, devices acting directly from the inside or the outside for heat supply or dissi... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6649209 | Method for covering damaged protective layer areas, device for implementing said method and transport system The invention relates first of all to a method for covering areas of damaged protective coating on containers or the like, in which, according to the invention, protective coating material is stamped on to the zone in which the damaged areas occur. The in... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6627262 | Method and device for continuously coating at least a metal strip with a crosslinkable polymer fluid film A method and device for continuously coating at least a metal strip (1) with a crosslinkable polymer fluid film which is free of non-reactive solvent or diluent, and which has a softening temperature higher than 50° C. The method includes the steps of: c... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6374769 | Fluid material application system employing tube-in-hose heat exchanger A fluid material application system is provided with an application deck for applying a fluid material that includes printing ink, adhesive or coating, a source of fluid material, a source of heat transfer liquid, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6260509 | Textured photographic prints resistant to handling hazards Apparatus for selectively providing textured handling hazard resistant clear marking particles coatings to photographic elements on an elongated web transported along a travel path from a supply roller to a take-up roller. The apparatus includes a device,... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6126747 | Apparatus for wax-impregnation of snowboards, skis or the like For efficient waxing of the running surface of a workpiece such as a snowboard, one or more skis, or a toboggan, the invention provides a single wax-heating element in the form of an elongate flexible sheet sized to fully cover the running surface when up... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6106624 | Tipper apparatus and card-issuing system The present invention relates to a tipper apparatus for pigmenting the embossed section (raised characters for copying) of a card used to perform transactions by a customer at financial institutions or the like. The tipper apparatus comprises a card feede... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6106627 | Apparatus for producing metal coated polymers A method of improving the breakdown strength of polymer multi-layer (PML) capacitors is provided and of providing a window in food packaging is provided. The method comprises patterning the aluminum coating, either by selective removal of deposited alumin... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5863620 | Process and apparatus for coating printed circuit boards A process for coating printed circuit boards with a coating composition that is crosslinkable by electromagnetic radiation, especially UV radiation, using the roll coating process, is distinguished by the following process steps: a photopolymerisable, mel... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5846326 | Applicator for meltable products in particular depilatory wax An applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating device in thermal communication ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5824363 | Wallpaper pasting machine and method of making and using the same thereof An improved wallpaper pasting machine 10 and method of manufacture and use. The pasting machine 10 has a lid 20 and a trough 30. The lid 20 can completely cover the trough 30 to keep the paste from further drying out. An applying roller 40 for applying pa... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5776248 | Gumming device A gumming device includes a frame and a gumming roller fitted in a rotary manner to the frame. The device includes a circuit circulating a cooling fluid, the circuit including a first and second portion, the first portion extending through the roller and ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5685909 | Device for producing paper webs coated on both sides Disclosed are a process of and an apparatus for producing paper webs coated on both sides, in particular so-called LWC-papers, in a paper making machine. Firstly, one side of the paper web (1) is coated in a first coating station (8) and then dried. Subse... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5681388 | Applicator for meltable products, in particular depilatory wax An applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating means in thermal communication w... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5605575 | Interchangeable adhesive-applying apparatus A method and an operator interchangeable apparatus with fast warm up time for coating flowable and pasty materials onto a workpiece, especially for the application of glue and other adhesive substances to the back of signatures in bookbinding and the like... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5564631 | Nozzle for use in the fabrication of a glazed unit having three or more sheets A nozzle for depositing the shaped layer of the pliable material includes a platform having a shaping tip. The shaping tip has converging sides at one end and generally parallel sides at the other end. The portion of the tip at the first end has a lower e... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5556468 | Applicator for meltable products, in particular depilatory wax An applicator for a meltable product comprising: a case, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the product, the reservoir having an outlet opening and being made at least in part of a thermally conductive material, heating means in thermal communication w... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5534061 | Apparatus for waxing snowboards, skis and the like For efficient waxing of the running surface of a workpiece such as a snowboard, one or more skis, or a toboggan, the invention provides a single wax-heating element in the form of an elongate flexible sheet sized to fully cover the running surface when up... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5507227 | Printing apparatus with internal print roll heating structure A printing apparatus and method, which uses an ink composition which is at ambient temperatures and which becomes liquid when heated. The apparatus (1) has an ink roller (2) and a print drum (3). The ink roller (2) is for inking the printing elements (4) ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5443639 | Glue application system for book binding A glue application system (10) for applying glue to books (12) moving from a binder (16) along a predetermined path (14) includes a first roller (30) which rotates in the predetermined path to apply glue to the books. A heater (114) maintains the temperat... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5436031 | Method for impregnating a heated, flat, fibrous substrate with synthetic resin A method for impregnating a flat, fibrous substrate penetrated by a low viscosity, fluid synthetic resin, the substrate web 1 being preheated by known device 2 and thereupon being made to pass over a friction roller 3 which is heated where called for and ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5421884 | Apparatus for coating circuit boards In a curtain pouring apparatus for coating circuit boards with a photopolymerizable lacquer, the improvement comprising a heatable roll disposed in a gutter heatable vat above a conveyor belt for the circuit boards and a heatable doctor blade is applied a... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5340433 | Modeling apparatus for three-dimensional objects Apparatus incorporating a movable dispensing head provided with a supply of material which solidifies at a predetermined temperature, and a base member, which are moved relative to each other along multiple axes in a predetermined pattern to create three-... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5326415 | Screen printing method for manufacturing a refastenable mechanical fastening system and fastening system produced therefrom The invention is a refastenable mechanical fastening system, made of free formed prongs joined to a substrate. The prongs taper and are nonperpendicularly oriented relative to the plane of the substrate. The prongs may also have an azimuthal angle relativ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5209780 | Apparatus for treating the underside travel faces of skis The apparatus serves for treatment of the undersides of skis and comprises a housing (1) which can be entered by the skier with strapped-on skis, comprising a treatment arrangement for cleaning, drying, wax application and heating. Supports or backup orga... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5122219 | Apparatus for applying fluid, pasty or plastic substances to a substrate In a method of applying fluid, pasty or plastic substances, especially thermoplastics, to a substrate, the substance is melted, heated and applied via an outlet slit of a perforated cylinder to the substrate, the substrate then being lifted off from the c... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5101757 | Glue cells apparatus for applying glue in a web printing unit A glue cell apparatus for applying glue in a web printing unit is disclosed, which apparatus includes one or more self-contained modular units that have a finite width in the direction of the width of the web to which glue is applied. The modular units ar... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5101759 | Method and device for forming a grid-like coating on web-like flexible planar members and products thereof Method and device for forming grid-like coatings on web-like flexible planar structures and manufactured products thereof. The invention relates to a method and device for forming grid-like coatings on web-like flexible planar structures with fusion adhesives ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5085167 | Apparatus for applying coating material to a substrate Apparatus for applying one or more films of coating material to a running substrate of paper or the like has an endless belt which is trained over pulleys so that its upper reach advances toward a transfer station for coating material and its lower reach ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5083157 | Application of MICR media to xerographic images A low cost and efficient system for magnetic ink character recognition provides a magnetic image over a non-magnetic toned image which can be an on-line or off-line component of an imaging apparatus. Magnetic ink is applied to selected characters from a t... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5003916 | Adhesive supply unit An adhesive supply unit is provided with a tank having fins which maximize the heat exchange area of the tank for melting hot melt adhesive. Each fin features a cut out which is of such a size and shape as to allow the placement of a block of unmelted adh... | 04/02/1991 |
