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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7585367 | Wheel dressing applicator A tire dressing applicator which reduces wear on the applicator elements comprising a plurality of foam rollers having broad outer circumferential surfaces mounted in parallel coaxial adjacent relationship on a support shaft adjacent a path of tire travel. Tire dres... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7311780 | Coating device and method using pick-and-place devices having equal or substantially equal periods A sufficient number of pick-and-place devices (e.g., rolls) whose periods of contact with a substrate are equal or substantially equal to one another are used to form continuous void-free uniform coatings despite the occurrence of unintended or intended coating cali... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264414 | Dispenser assembly for dispensing liquid onto a removable sheet contained by an implement A dispenser includes a cradle (2) including generally upright sidewalls (4, 6), a handle (40) having a top and a bottom, and a plurality of sheets (30) releasably attached to the bottom of the handle (40), such that the plurality o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7095032 | Focusing of microscopes and reading of microarrays Microscopes, including viewing and other microscopic systems, employ a hinged, tiltable plate to adjust focus on a flat object such as a microscope slide or biochip by motion, achieved by tilting, which is substantially normal to the focus point on the plane of the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6824614 | Gumming machine A gumming device (1) for applying gum (2) to an article (4), whereby the article (4) is fed along a path tangent to a lateral surface (22) of a gumming disk (13) having an inner chamber (16) communicating with a numbe... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6802903 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to tubing An apparatus and method are provided for applying adhesive to an outer circumference of a section of tubing. The apparatus includes opposed grippers with concave adhesive transfer areas that can be moved into surrounding relationship with the tubing. Adhesive dispen... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6579364 | Multi-purpose glue applicator for sheet products Sheet products, such as card stock, envelopes and other paper products (10) are advanced on a vacuum surface conveyor belt (30) beneath a glue applicator drum (35). The glue transfer strips (37 and 38) of the glue applicator drum apply stripes of glue (42... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6540830 | Apparatus for coating the ends of fuser rolls A method and apparatus is provided to apply a polymeric coating to the ends of a fuser roll. A wiper arm is constructed having a wiper edge with may be rotated into contact with the end to be coated. Coating solution is applied to the wiper edge and allow... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6540829 | Metal roofing shingle stock and method for making it A coil coating system for embedding discrete masses of material in a resinous coating on sheet metal as it is pulled from a dispensing coil through a series of rollers, said system comprising a paint pan, a roller rotating in the pan and picking up said r... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6231670 | Apparatus for impregnating and coating paper A paper web impregnated with a liquid resin and following impregnation is coated with an abrasive particle containing coating mass or composition and then dried before a liquid resin is applied which does not contain the abrasive particles. The web is the... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5983970 | Apparatus for applying labels to objects having a helically grooved gluine roller An apparatus for applying labels to bottles or the like comprises at least one moveable gluing palette 7 which coacts with a rotary gluing roller 1 so as to be coated with glue, and which thereafter transfers the glue to a label 17 which is transported by... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5868891 | Peel and stick insulation having a common carrier sheet An adhesive is applied to a material under compression such that the adhesive penetrates the material when the material is a porous material (e.g., a fiberglass batt). Upon release from being compressed, the material returns to nearly its original size an... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5834062 | Material transfer apparatus and method of using the same A material (21) is transferred to an electronic component (32) using a transfer apparatus (10). The transfer apparatus (10) has pins (13) that pass through openings (19) in a cavity plate (16). The pins (13) and the openings (19) in the cavity plate (16) ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5650193 | Coating method having particulate material introduced from within the gap region between applicators There is disclosed a coating method involving a dispensing apparatus defining a particulate material exit opening including: (a) rotating a first applicator and an adjacent second applicator against a substrate, wherein the first applicator and the second... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5540801 | Apparatus for forming core layers for plywood An apparatus (12) for use in forming core layers for plywood from a plurality of veneer sections includes a manifold (48) which extends transversely to a work flow path and across which the veneer sections are sequentially moved. An adhesive passage (46) ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5476546 | Apparatus for applying lubricant pattern to a sheet work piece An apparatus for applying a liquid lubricant in a pattern to a face of a sheet workpiece has a support frame through which the workpiece is transported in a travel direction substantially parallel to its face, a plurality of axles in the frame extending a... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5458682 | Glass container coating apparatus with staggered rows of coating rollers Apparatus is presented for applying a coating of liquid material to a glass container and curing the coating to enhance the strength of the glass container. The apparatus includes an array of rollers in staggered alignment for coating the bottom of the co... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5387284 | Apparatus and method for forming coreless paper roll products An apparatus and a method for forming coreless paper roll products are disclosed. Coreless paper roll products are formed by slitting a paper web to form web segments having side edges. The web segments are then wound about an elongated winder shaft. Duri... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5281273 | Apparatus for marking recyclable books A method and apparatus for marking recyclable books permits the user to retain the recyclable value of the books while effectively deterring third-parties from reselling books which are intended to be recycled. The method includes transporting recyclable ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5271144 | Coil coating of sheet metal to provide localized corrosion protection A method of providing localized corrosion protection to products manufactured of sheet metal wherein coils of sheet metal are passed through a coil coating line wherein one or more stripes of corrosion resistant material are applied to selected areas alon... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5251989 | Apparatus for making a multi-colored printing ribbon An apparatus for producing a multi-colored printing ribbon including a first printing station where one or more spaced transfer heads transfer a first color to selected portions of a web of base colored ribbon stock. A second printing station where one or... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5248375 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to webs to wrapping material in tobacco processing machines Two parallel webs of wrapping material are advanced toward the inlet of a wrapping mechanism in a twin cigarette rod making, filter rod making or like machine adjacent a paster with two wheel-shaped rotary applicators which apply strips of adhesive to sel... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5188698 | Resin-sandwiched metal laminate, process and apparatus for producing the same and process for the producing resin film for the resin-sandwiched metal laminate A resin-sandwiched metal laminate, a process and apparatus for producing the same and a process for producing a resin film for the resin-sandwiched metal laminate are disclosed. The laminate comprises a pair of face and back metal sheets and a resin layer... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5160563 | Method and apparatus for making an expandable cellular shade A method and apparatus for making a pleated expandable and collapsible multi-cell product for window coverings and the like. A web of material is accordion folded widthwise to form a series of web panels united in alternate succession along first and seco... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5043189 | Method and apparatus for placing a code on textile webs A method and an apparatus for applying a code to textile webs in the form of detectable dots of iron-containing paste. The moving textile web (1) is passed over an iron-containing paste (3) placed on a movable support (2). A series of dots is formed on th... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5037671 | Procedure and means for manufacturing storage battery plates In a method for manufacturing storage plates, plate frames (5) of storage batteries are material-coated by active material supply means which is provided with at least one rotating material application wheel. The wheel includes a dispensing element (14) w... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4853255 | Process for controlling curl in coated papers A process for controlling curl in coated papers in which the paper web is coated on one side and is wetted with water on the opposite side by a roll-type water applying apparatus, the water applying operation being carried out under such conditions that t... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4836131 | Solder coating apparatus A soldering machine for simultaneously applying liquid solder to opposite sides of the leads of a lead frame having I.C. devices thereon. The machine has sidewardly spaced roller assemblies which define a vertically extending narrow nip therebetween throu... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4828878 | Device for and method of treating objects, particularly printed circuit boards Objects such as for example printed circuit boards are transported for treating through a treatment container which accommodates a treating medium in a lower plane being supported by clamps of object supports, and then the object supports with the clamps ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4747365 | Toilet roll dispenser A toilet roll dispenser, comprising a holder for a toilet roll, a medicament reservoir, and means operable selectively to apply medicament to a part of a surface of a toilet roll as it is dispensed.... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4741929 | Roll-coating method and apparatus A roll-coating apparatus and method of using it, the apparatus having a pair of narrow rubber tires mounted to be driven by the roll-coater doctor roll, disposed to transfer a narrow band of coating material along the two opposite edge areas of a board wh... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4736703 | Device for applying adhesive material to sheets of wrapping material A device for applying adhesive material to card blanks in a packeting machine, comprising a gumming roller and a pressing roller which are substantially mutually tangential and between which the blanks are led in succession to receive traces of adhesive m... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4710257 | Device for the application of an adhesive to one or more localized areas of a sheet of flexible wrapping material The device comprises a glue roller which picks up adhesive from a tray or tank, a scraper that wipes the glue roller, leaving the adhesive at prescribed points only, and a contact roller which takes sheets of wrapping material through an area where adhesi... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4686931 | Apparatus for applying a solvent to plastic labels In the application of a volatile solvent to a plastic, roll-on label for a bottle, a large diameter solvent applicating roll is formed with small diameter gravure rolls that extend from the surface of the solvent applicating roll. The small diameter rolls... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4666550 | Apparatus for producing a strip of laminated sheet material Apparatus is provided for laminating a strip of foil to each edge of a double-width strip of cigarette tipping paper. A double-width strip of foil having a water-activated adhesive on one side is slit into two strips which are separated to the width of th... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4650454 | Roller for glue applying folding machines A roller for glue applying folding machines is disclosed which grips paper sheets to be advanced for folding, and which sheets have had one or more lines of glue applied thereto, which roller includes a plurality of spaceable segmented roller elements, de... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4619842 | Methods of and apparatus for marking elongated strand material An advancing optical fiber (22) is marked with a plurality of spaced indicia along its longitudinal axis. The indicia are applied by an applicator wheel (56) in the form of a disc which is mounted for rotation about an axis which is transverse to the path... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4615293 | Medium-applying device in a printing machine In a printing machine, a medium applicator disposed downstream of printing units of the machine, in travel direction through the machine of a sheet being printed, the medium applicator having an assembly formed of a first roller for taking up medium from ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4603060 | Method of manufacturing an electrode for a fuel cell A method of manufacturing an electrode for a fuel cell comprises placing a coating roller opposing a feeding roller with a space through which an electrode substrate is passed, placing a doctor roller with respect to the coating roller so as to keep a spa... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4594962 | Apparatus for spreading glue onto sheet-like blanks In spreading glue onto blanks for the manufacture of packs, it is necessary to ensure that the metered amounts of glue spread onto the glue spots are neither too large nor too small. There is therefore a need to provide a glue transfer which is precise in... | 06/17/1986 |
