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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6651552 | Automated can decorating apparatus having mechanical mandrel trip An automated can decorating apparatus including a mechanical mandrel trip mechanism. The mechanical mandrel trip mechanism includes a trip lever mechanism having a trip cam follower disposed on an end of a trip arm which causes the movement of an associat... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6644642 | Printed media parallel binder The invention relates to a binding assembly for use with a digital printer, having a support frame for mounting a printhead assembly and for printing on pages of media passing into in the binding assembly including: binding means for applying binding mater... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641666 | Method and apparatus for coating a substrate A coating apparatus includes a first dynamic mixing system having a plurality of first coating components that are substantially free of effect pigments and a second dynamic mixing system having a plurality of second coating components having effect pigme... | 11/04/2003 |
| 5868842 | Automatic glue spraying machine for screws An automatic glue spraying machine for screws, including a screw vibrator, a conveying device, a large asbestos board, a small asbestos board, a high frequency heater, an exhaustion radiating device, two glue sprayers, a glue powder vibrator, a glue powde... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5455077 | Method of producing a crowned resilient roll with coating layer A crowned resilient roll whose diameter is continuously increased from axially opposite ends of the roll toward an axially middle point thereof is disclosed. The resilient roll includes a columnar roll body formed of a resilient material, and a coating la... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5227005 | Labelling station for labelling objects, such as bottles This invention relates to a labelling station for objects such as bottles with several stations located one behind another along a track, which includes an adhesive application station, a label feed station and a label transfer station. At least one extra... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5206054 | Apparatus and method for applying a coating to a can body Apparatus and method for applying a coating, such as a lubricant, on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of a can body wherein a turret having a plurality of pockets formed in its outer peripheral surface is mounted for rotation about a rel... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5190612 | Labeling machine for self-adhesive labels In an improved machine for applying self-adhesive labels to bottles, of the type in which a set of rotating segments (1) carried on vertical shafts (7) are cycled between a magazine and a transfer station by a revolving platform (8), the design of the seg... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5062918 | Glue segments which can be attachable to a drive shaft of a labelling machine A labelling machine is for bottles, or the like, and includes a rotatable drive shaft. The drive shaft has an axis of rotation and includes at least one radially extending surface which is disposed at a predetermined location axially on the drive shaft. T... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5023112 | Apparatus and method for applying a coating to a can body Apparatus and method for applying a coating of lubricant on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of a can body wherein a turret having a plurality of pockets formed in its outer peripheral surface is mounted for rotation about a relatively f... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5017261 | Labelling machine for objects such as bottles or the like A labelling machine for bottles or the like includes several stations located behind one another along a track. The stations include an adhesive application station, a label feed station and a label transfer station. There are three extracting elements wh... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5004518 | Labelling machine for objects such as bottles or the like This invention relates to a labelling machine for objects, in particular bottles, with several stations located one behind another along a track, namely an adhesive application station, a label feed station and a label transfer station. At least one extra... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4587926 | Bottom rim coater for intermittently operated container decorating apparatus An intermittently operated apparatus for decorating cylindrical cans, each can having a cylindrical surface and a rim, includes a rotatable mandrel wheel; a plurality of mandrel assemblies mounted on the mandrel wheel which hold the cans on the mandrel wh... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586458 | Coating apparatus for scratches of glass bottle A coating apparatus for the scratches of a glass bottle comprises: a rotary disc for rotating and transferring the bottle; a coating roller which is eccentrically provided and applies coating liquid to the barrel surface of the bottle transferred by the r... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4491613 | Base coat applicator A base coat applicator utilizing an in-feed chute which provides supply of cans which are mounted on mandrels for application of base coat material by applicator wheels. The mandrels are rotated so that surface speed of the cans matches the applicator whe... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4425866 | Machine and method for coating plastic containers Machine and method for applying liquid coatings to cylindrical articles such as plastic continues, in which each article during movement by a rotary transport is caused to spin about its cylindrical axis and a liquid coating is applied to the cylindrical ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4384916 | Apparatus for assembling hollow balls A method and apparatus for assembling hollow balls from molded hemispheres which are fed to the apparatus. The hemispheres fed to the apparatus are received in a plurality of slots located about the circumference of a wheel. While the hemispheres are in t... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4370943 | Apparatus for painting containers An apparatus for painting the outer circumferential surfaces of a plurality of cylindrical containers. The apparatus comprises a rotatable disc having a surface positioned in a vertical plane and a plurality of mandrels secured to the surface of the disc ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4337719 | Mandrel support means for container decorating apparatus A mandrel wheel assembly is disclosed for use with an apparatus for the continuous decoration of containers such as cylindrical cans, and comprises a circular mandrel wheel having a plurality of regularly spaced mandrel assemblies mounted transversely abo... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4308818 | Apparatus for coating bottles or like cylindrical articles Apparatus for coating with a desired substance a succession of beverage bottles traveling along an arcuate guideway. A star wheel assembly, rotatable about an axis at which the arcuate guideway is centered, feeds the successive bottles along the guideway,... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4287847 | Apparatus for distributing lining material in cap shells Apparatus for distributing lining material in cap shells where the apparatus has a lining material extrusion means including an extrusion passage positioned above a path of cap shells moving through the apparatus and a rotatable knife positioned above the... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4275097 | Protective coating for cans and methods for application of coating thereto Apparatus and methods of applying a thin narrow width coating to can body members comprising a feed control means associated with a guideway means for causing rotating moving of the can body members across an elongated coating applicator roller member ext... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4271216 | Method for coating a cylindrical can body A cylindrical can being transported along a vertical circular passageway is passed through a first application zone where a part of the given amount of white paint is applied to all the outer surface of the can body and then advanced to a second applicati... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4233931 | Envelope feed apparatus A plurality of spaced, endless, coplanar, envelope feed belts have their upper runs interleaved and coplanar with the upper run of an envelope support belt at one end of the apparatus, which conveys the envelopes through an apparatus for applying sealant ... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4213419 | Apparatus for cleaning and re-inking printer ribbons An apparatus for cleaning and re-inking a fibrous printer ribbon carried on first and second reels and having foreign matter thereon comprising a frame, first and second pairs of rotatable spindles mounted in the frame so as to define parallel axes and ca... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4210684 | Protective coating for cans and methods for application of coating thereto Apparatus and methods of applying a thin narrow width coating to can body members comprising a feed control means associated with a guideway means for causing rotating moving of the can body members across an elongated coating applicator roller member ext... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4207832 | Notched applicator wheel The present invention is an improvement in a machine described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,046,106 for applying a daub of liquid resin to the threads of a bolt-like fastener. In the unimproved machine the daub was applied by moving the fasteners tangentially to a ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4154193 | Glass frit mixture coating apparatus A glass frit mixture coating apparatus comprising a container for containing a glass frit mixture, a roller for picking up the mixture and transferring and applying the mixture to a downward surface, and a reverser means for reversing and turning up the s... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4138965 | Apparatus for delivering metered amounts of varnish to the surface of a can, or the like Apparatus for delivering metered amounts of varnish to the surface of a metal can, or the like. Varnish is delivered to a metering roll having recesses in its surface and a doctor blade to scrape off excessage. The varnish in the recesses of the metering ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4117799 | Apparatus for coating blanks or the like formed of textile material, especially clothing inserts An apparatus for coating blanks, especially clothing inserts formed of textile material, comprising a device for the successive positioning of at least one blank, a coating device for the successive coating of at least one blank, and a heating device for ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4111740 | Apparatus for joining axially abutting rods of the cigarette industry Apparatus for joining at least two axially abutting rods of the cigarette industry comprises means for delivering the rods to a rolling drum, a rolling device mounted adjacent to the drum to roll the rods with respect to the drum, and means for applying a... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4095556 | Apparatus for painting coding markings on articles A machine for painting coding stripes on watch spring bars or other similar articles and which includes a rotary transporting structure preferably turning about a horizontal axis and mounted to receive the articles to be painted successively at an upper p... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4092949 | Container rollback detector and coating apparatus Apparatus for causing drawn and ironed cans having rolled-back edges to be detected as faulty and discharged by state-of-the-art can transfer and coating systems. An arcuate shoe is disposed so as to frictionally engage, and cause the rotation of, can-rec... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4089294 | Tube coating apparatus An apparatus for applying a finish coating of a liquid epoxy containing metallic flakes to the cylindrical exterior surface of tubes such as drawn aluminum tubes. The apparatus includes a carousel which supports six tubes spaced around the periphery there... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4077355 | Cylinder striping device My invention relates to the method and apparatus for printing stripe patterns on the outside surface of cylindrical objects such as glass tumblers with their axes vertical during the printing operation, the stripes being printed substantially circularly a... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4066038 | Printing and coating apparatus This invention relates to a method and apparatus, for applying a first and second coating to the exterior surface of a can. The apparatus comprises a mandrel rotatably mounted on a pivotable arm, so that pivoting of the arm carries a can on the mandrel to... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4060651 | Method for applying stiffener to computer paper Stiffeners in the form of spaced, narrow bands or lines of flowable, quick-setting material are applied to one side of a moving paper web to be used as computer paper. The stiffeners are applied either immediately before or during the time the paper web i... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4055142 | Method and apparatus for performing a plurality of sequential operations upon each of a series of articles Apparatus for performing a plurality of sequential operations upon each of a series of articles. In the exemplary embodiment, such apparatus is arranged to perform a two stage coating and printing operation on the outer surface of cylindrical tubes. A rot... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4046106 | Apparatus and method of forming self-locking fastener An apparatus for forming a self-locking patch type fastener which includes carrier means for moving a plurality of threaded metal fasteners along an arcuate path, clamping means associated with the carrier means to clamp the fasteners to the carrier means... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4014288 | Padding machine A machine is disclosed for automatically applying glue to one edge of a multi-leaved paper product to form a pad or book. A plurality of trays are mounted on a wheel-like carrier which is incrementally rotated about a horizontal axis to advance the trays ... | 03/29/1977 |
