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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338698 | Homogeneously branched ethylene polymer carpet, carpet backing and method for making same The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7125183 | Recording apparatus and method thereof and removing claw therefor A removing claw 164 has a width W1 in a cross direction of 5 [mm] and a rectangular cross section with a height reduced toward a tip, and both ends of an upper side of the rectangle are chamfered to have a chamfered portion with a radius of r=1 [mm]. C... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6921463 | Method of manufacturing electrode for lithium secondary cell An electrode for a lithium secondary cell capable of attaining excellent charge/discharge characteristics with high discharge capacity is obtained by properly controlling a component of a collector diffusing into active material layers formed on both sides of the co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6168661 | Battery cell coating apparatus and method The invention relates to a method and apparatus for coating both sides of a thin metal strip with electrochemically active material by the use of coating rod mechanism acting on a single side of the metal strip. The method is preferably carried out by app... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6146460 | Wallpaper preparation device A wallpaper preparation device including a tray having a length and defining a reservoir for receiving a fluid for application to wallpaper. A roller rotatably carried by the tray and extending into the reservoir. A retaining member having opposing ends e... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5849145 | Device and a process for the continuous, warm smearing of hotmelt adhesive onto a plastic film A device and the related process for the continuous, warm smearing of a thin, hotmelt adhesive layer onto a plastic film (8) to be coupled with a paper support, comprising a blade (1) dosing device for the hotmelt adhesive, with means for adjusting the wi... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5330575 | Method and apparatus for application of wallpaper paster A trough having an upstream end and a downstream end removably carrying an applicator roller rotated by driving means and a scraper bar, the scraper bar upstream of and adjacent the applicator roller, and a pressure area downstream of the applicator rolle... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5160763 | Glue applicator apparatus and method This invention involves a system for minimizing the formation of glue drops on picks used to separate a sheet from the surface of a glue applicator drum from which a coating of adhesive is applied to the sheet. Spreader means are provided to wipe from the... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5153642 | Fiber cleaning system for a development system An apparatus in which an elecrostatic latent image recorded on a photoconductive member is developed with developer material stored in a developer housing. The developer material advances along a path of travel to a development zone closely adjacent to th... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5125644 | Separating device for sheet-like member including separating pawl coated with amorphous carbon layer This invention relates to a separating pawl installed in a copying machine wherein at least an edge of the separating pawl is composed of an amorphous carbon layer; the edge of the separating pawl being in contact with a surface of a photosensitive member... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4763370 | Apparatus and method for dyeing sheet articles An apparatus for dyeing leather has an application roller and a backup device defining a gap therebetween. The application roller has recesses, and dye is supplied to it to fill the recesses. Sheet articles, e.g. leather pieces, are fed through the gap. T... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4743330 | Method and apparatus for coating and bonding a secondary carpet backing An improved method and apparatus for applying adhesive to a backing fabric, such as for adhesively laminating a secondary fabric backing to a carpet. The adhesive is formed into a layer of predetermined thickness on the surface of a rotating casting rolle... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4738877 | Apparatus for coating moving strips of material A coating material is transferred to the surface of a spreader-roll from a spreader-mechanism. The spreader-roll is partly wrapped by a strip of material. In the location where the said strip of material is lifted off the spreader-roll, a doctor-element, ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4524715 | Apparatus for applying a coating material An apparatus is disclosed for applying a coating material to a sheet material which is particularly useful in connection with preventing evaporation or drying out of the coating material when the apparatus is not in use. The apparatus basically includes a... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4523541 | Apparatus for applying thermoplastic adhesive to flexible die-cut parts An apparatus and process for applying thermoplastic adhesive in a dot pattern to flexible die-cut parts, such as shoe parts. The apparatus includes a tank with a removable bottom and heating elements within the removable bottom of the tank, a mixing roll,... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4487158 | Fuser apparatus Fuser apparatus including a fuser member movable along a continuous path having a layer with a surface for fusing a toner image carried by a support brought into contact with the fusing surface. The layer is preferably resilient and includes at least one ... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4480582 | Adhesive applying apparatus An improvement in the type of apparatus for applying adhesive to sheet materials wherein the sheet material is fed between a feed roller and an adhesive coated coating roller, and stripping elements thereafter strip the adhesive coated sheet material from... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4480581 | Deposition apparatus A machine for sequentially manufacturing a plurality of reinforced substrates such as shoe uppers, comprising a powder deposition station wherein a stencil assembly applies powder onto an annular receiving belt, the powder being applied in a three-dimensi... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4471692 | Device for the printing of flexible flat parts A device for the printing of flexible flat parts such as cuts or single parts of fabrics, wefts, fleeces, leather, furs or the like with pasty substances in the photogravure printing process. The device has a printing roller to be painted with paste, and ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4419957 | Adhesive coating apparatus for coating sheet-like materials An adhesive coating apparatus for coating sheet-like materials incorporates an adhesive trough and a roll system for coating the materials wherein the adhesive trough and roll system are arranged in a housing provided with an opening for the materials to ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4389964 | Apparatus for applying a protective coating to the seam of welded can sleeves In an apparatus for applying a protective substance to a welding seam of a metallic sleeve, including a frame, a container disposed within the frame holding a protective substance, a drivable applicator roller disposed in the container at least in part co... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4325321 | Glue applicator Wipers are mounted on the opposite ends of a cylindrical glue wetting roll which direct the glue adhering to and moving upwardly with the flat end surfaces of the glue wetting roll first inwardly toward the axis of rotation of the glue wetting roll and th... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4300472 | Solvent type cementer A solvent type cementer for applying a uniform thin layer of solvent cement to one side of flat work pieces, such as, for example, sock linings, innersoles, watch bands, bill folds, belts and the like. The solvent type cementer comprises an enclosure for ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4281623 | Sheet stripping members for fixing device for fixing images of an original document on sheets of copy materials A couple of copy sheet stripping members are provided for scraping away a copy sheet adhered strictly to one of two rollers which are driven to fix images of an original document on the copy sheet in pressure engagement. At least one of the copy sheet str... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4263869 | Glue applicator Wipers are mounted on the opposite ends of a cylindrical glue wetting roll which direct the glue adhering to and moving upwardly with the flat end surfaces of the glue wetting roll first inwardly toward the axis of rotation of the glue wetting roll and th... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4252596 | Method and arrangement for the production of thick layers of contact adhesive A laminate composed of a web of carrier material and a thick layer of contact adhesive thereon wherein the thick layer is composed of a series of thin layers of contact adhesive which are bonded together. Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for preparin... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4173199 | Apparatus for reinforcing a fabric by applying a fluid reinforcing material thereto A method and apparatus for reinforcing a fabric, wherein a grooved printing member prints on the fabric a strongly directional pattern of lines of fluid reinforcing material having a Brookfield viscosity of from 10,000 to 25,000 centipoise, the reinforcin... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4168902 | Apparatus for peeling off the leading edge of a receiving sheet from a transfer image carrier An apparatus for peeling off the leading edge of a sheet of paper adhering to a moving transfer image carrier during the process of transferring a powder image onto the sheet. The apparatus includes one stripper member or a plurality such as three strippe... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4168830 | Air jet paper pick-off for liquid developer electrostatic copier Apparatus for separating a sheet of paper to which a developed toner image has been transferred from a moving photoconductive surface by directing a high velocity flow of air against an edge of a leading portion of the sheet on the surface to separate sai... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4156524 | Roll fuser stripping mechanism Sheet stripping mechanism for effecting removal of copy sheets, having toner images substantially fused thereto, from a heated fuser member forming a part of a xerographic or the like, reproducing apparatus. The sheet stripping mechanism is characterized ... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4119057 | Glue applicator roll assembly Wiper blades are mounted on the end bearing blocks and are located at each end of a rotatable cylindrical glue applicator roll and are arranged to wipe the glue from the flat ends of the applicator roll and from the end portions of the annular surface of ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4080159 | Tilting pad stripper finger Stripping apparatus for stripping copy sheets from oil wetted fuser roll surface. Apparatus including stripping finger supported on oil film through dynamic generation of pressure under bottom pad surface of stripping finger in contact with fuser roll by ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4065120 | Copy paper stripping means Slidably and pivotally mounted means for stripping copey paper from one or both rolls of a fuser assembly in a photocopying machine. Spring means urging the stripping means into contact with a roll is normally countered by a component of frictional force ... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4062534 | Stripper arrangement for removing various sized copy sheets from fuser roll A stripping mechanism for removing copy paper from a heated fuser roll includes a first pair of stripping pawls spaced a first distance suitable for optimally stripping copy paper of a first size and a second pair of stripping pawls supported independentl... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4006704 | Straight line gluer A gluing machine employs substantially linear conveying motion and has easily installed change parts, which adapt the machine to handle thin paper or relatively heavy cardboard. A vacuum head with compound motion delivers a sheet of cardboard or paper fro... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3992000 | Sheet stripper In electrostatographic copying apparatus, a device for stripping copy sheets from an arcuate photoreceptor imaging surface comprising a stripping element having minor bearing surfaces only adjacent its leading and trailing ends and arranged to be pivotabl... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3981085 | Air stripping device for elastomeric surface An improved air stripping device for stripping copy sheets from the surface of an elastomeric fuser roll surface in which copies are fused under heat and pressure. The improved air stripping device utilizes the deformation in the elastomeric surface resul... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3965856 | Adhesive wheel applicator device A device including an applicator wheel for applying molten adhesive to a substrate as the substrate is moved over the surface of the wheel. The device includes a reservoir within which the wheel is partially submerged in molten adhesive and a doctor blade... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3957423 | Stripper finger design Contact fuser for a xerographic reproducing apparatus characterized by the provision of means for stripping the copy paper from the heated fuser roll. The stripping means is characterized by the provision of a plurality of finger-like elements which are p... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3955813 | Copy sheet peeler bar having fluid jet assist A xerographic copying apparatus having a hot roll fuser and a peeler bar which includes a fluid jet to assist in stripping the toned copy sheet from the hot roll. The peeler bar and jet geometry cooperate with the fusing nip to create aerodynamic forces w... | 05/11/1976 |
