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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6936305 | Method and equipment for producing rolls of moistened web material Equipment for producing rolls of wound web material including a feed path for the web material, winding structure for winding the web material and forming the rolls, and along the feed path and upstream from the winding means, an applicator member for applying to th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6793757 | Topcoated adhesive A pressure-sensitive tape substrate is coated with an adhesive, and the adhesive is then printed with an ink or the like that acts as an adhesive-inhibiting masking or barrier along one or more continuous zones or lines. Tapes are formed in whole or in part by slitt... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790307 | Shingles with multiple blend drops and method of depositing granules onto a moving substrate A method of making shingles includes providing a moving asphalt coated sheet having at least an overlay lane and an underlay lane. Blend drops of at least two color blends are discharged onto each lane, wherein at least one of the blend drops discharged onto the ove... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6382128 | Apparatus for manufacturing an adjustable covering for architectural openings An apparatus is disclosed for fabricating a laminate product having a pair of sheet materials spaced by a plurality of flexible parallel vanes which are secured to the sheet material so that planar movement of the sheet materials in opposite directions ca... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5614260 | Extrusion system with slide dies A process is disclosed for applying to a surface of a support member at least one ribbon-like stream of a first coating composition side-by-side with at least one ribbon-like stream of a second coating composition comprising providing an extrusion die sou... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5447748 | Method and apparatus for producing magnetic recording medium There is provided an apparatus for producing a magnetic recording medium which enables a good-quality magnetic recording medium to be produced with an improved production efficiency. This apparatus comprises a back-coat layer-coating vacuum chamber, a mag... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5441567 | Apparatus for manufacturing strips of thermal transfer recording sheets A strip or roll of thermal transfer type recording sheet has a base film on one side of which a hot-melt ink layer is formed for recording on paper or other surface by thermal transfer. An end mark or marks to be detected optically for warning the user of... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5162061 | Device for introducing liquid composition into the pipes formed by flutes of corrugated cardboard sheets The device of the invention for introducing liquid composition into the pipes of corrugated cardboard sheets comprises at least one guide bar (3) having a guiding slot (4) for the top edges of the sheets being conveyed below the guide bar. Knives (8) are ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5133279 | Apparatus for drying a web of textile material A web drying apparatus is provided for a textile machine of the type which is operable to apply a coating or otherwise to wet a web of textile material which is continuously traveled therethrough. The web drying apparatus includes at least a pair of group... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5109795 | Apparatus for making thermal transfer recording sheet A strip or roll of thermal transfer type recording sheet has a base film on one side of which a hot-melt ink layer is formed for recording on paper or other surface by thermal transfer. An end mark or marks to be detected optically for warning the user of... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4665861 | Flow through apparatus for manufacturing battery plates Apparatus for manufacturing battery plates includes a mechanism for transferring battery plate panels between conveyors comprising a supply conveyor having a discharge end, a receiving conveyor having a receiving end located adjacent to and below the disc... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4627380 | Marking apparatus for coloring lateral edge of sheet A marking apparatus for coloring a lateral edge of a sheet moving along its longitudinal axis includes a marking head including a body and a tubular shaft mounted on the body for rotation about an axis of said shaft. A roller is fixedly mounted on the tub... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4570566 | Apparatus for producing elastomer-coated bias reinforcement fabric An apparatus for manufacturing an elastomer coated bias fabric for reinforcing power transmission belts and the like is disclosed wherein one face of the fabric is provided with an uncured, tacky, carboxylated elastomeric composition. In one embodiment, t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4298633 | Method and apparatus for tensioning metallic strips on a slitting line A method of tensioning metallic strips on a slitting line is combined with the steps of uncoiling a metallic web having a non-uniform cross sectional thickness from an uncoiler, slitting the web into a plurality of strips having varying thicknesses, and r... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4183318 | Four belt conveying mechanism for tubular knit gumming and slitting machine A machine to process fabric knit in tubular form which includes apparatus to lay down a stripe of a gumming composition to allow the tubular fabric to be slit in the center of the solidified gumming stripe. The slit knit fabric is then opened up to full w... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4005675 | Machine for trimming a copy sheet and applying adhesive thereto A machine for trimming edges from a sheet of copy and for applying adhesive to a back face of the sheet. The sheet crosses an entry table and is guided to a backup roll. Spaced knives trim edges of the sheet as the sheet passes over the backup roll. The t... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3991706 | Marking apparatus utilizing a dye thread An automatically controlled cutting machine having a support table on which limp sheet material is spread for cutting by means of a cutting tool is provided with a marking apparatus to identify key points on pattern pieces cut from the sheet material. The... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3990388 | Battery panel transfer apparatus Apparatus for transferring freshly pasted battery panels from a battery grid paster and oven to a slitting device while supporting the panels in a generally horizontal additude. The apparatus includes a first sensing device for detecting the entry of indi... | 11/09/1976 |