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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6960261 | Apparatus for applying fluid An apparatus for applying fluid onto a substrate, in particular for glueing inner books, books, magazines and other substrates that need to be bound. The apparatus comprises a first slot nozzle, connectable with a fluid source, for applying a fluid film onto one sid... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6918962 | Method and apparatus for coating electrical cable An electrical cable coating apparatus provides a coating layer on an outer surface of an electrical cable which is moving along a predetermined direction. A coating liquid jet unit jets a given amount of a coating liquid at regular intervals to provide a coating lay... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911103 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition, insulating glass using the composition, process for producing the insulating glass and nozzle for producing the insulating glass A thermoplastic elastomer composition produced from a thermoplastic resin and rubber and having a dispersion phase formed of a rubber composition at least part of which is dynamically crosslinked in the continuous phase of the thermoplastic resin, insulating glass u... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6565660 | Adhesive applicator device The applicator device (AV) for hot-melt adhesive (HK) comprises a housing (1) with an adhesive feeder element (2) and an adjustable nozzle slot (3) to let out the adhesive by pressure. The nozzle slot (3) can be adjusted by means of two nozzle sliders (4)... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6423366 | Strip coating method A method of applying a coating material to a moving strip of substrate comprising the steps of: (a) providing a supply signal from a controller to a coating supply unit to control the supply of coating material from the coating supply unit through a liqui... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6106623 | Printed sheet coating apparatus In order to prevent a coating liquid from scattering outside the surface of a printed sheet, an on-demand coating head having plural jet sections is arranged along a direction parallel to the left and right edges of the printed medium, and jets only liqui... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6021782 | Method of and system for cigarette tipping glue skip detection and rejection A method of and system for detecting glue skips on tipping paper used to secure filters to cigarette tobacco rods and the rejection of defective cigarettes based thereon in which a particle radiation sensor is used to monitor the amount of glue applied to... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5911831 | Device for a contact-free application of a liquid material A device for contact-free application of a liquid material to a substrate includes an application head with a nozzle for applying the liquid to the substrate. A web edge sensor determines the position of a longitudinal edge of the printing web and transmi... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5876502 | Glue gun type gluing apparatus A glue gun type gluing apparatus has glue guns 8a and 8b for applying glue to a gluing area in a joint flap 2 of a corrugated board sheet 1 for manufacturing a box, which runs on a box manufacturing line, a sheet end detection sensor 3 for detecting the f... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5786036 | Blow-off apparatus The invention relates to an apparatus for blowing off surplus coating material in the continuous coating of a metal band, in particular in the zinc coating of steel bands, with a pair of blow-off nozzles, between whose nozzle bodies 2, which are chargeabl... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5679161 | Precision center guiding of a web coated with light sensitive photographic emulsion An apparatus and method for detecting the edge of a light sensitive photographic emulsion on a support is described. The method and apparatus include a pair of collimated infrared light sources for illuminating each edge of the support at an angle of inci... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5518573 | Device to limit the glue width on a glue applying roll used in applying glue to a web forming a stratified web-like workpiece A device to limit the glue width on a glue applying roll of a gluing station for applying glue on a sheet of material characterized by the glue applying roll dipping into a container of glue, a doctor blade engaging a surface of the glue applying roll to ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5279666 | Hot bridle for metal treating line A hot bridle mechanism to tension and to guide metal strip at the exit of a metal strip processing line. A bridle comprising one or more roll means is positioned and enclosed in a sealed hood at the end of a line of interconnected heat treating and coolin... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5136974 | Apparatus for filling the edge groove of insulating glass panes with sealing compound For filling the edge groove (26) of an insulating glass pane (1) of an arbitrarily designed outer contour with sealing compound, stored geometrical data of the outer contour of the insulating glass pane (1) are utilized for controlling the relative motion... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4795510 | Process for applying reinforcing material to a diaper cover material A technique for adhering individual patches of substrate material to spaced-apart regions of a moving web layer comprises a transporting mechanism for moving the web layer and a supplying mechanism for providing a selected substrate material. An applicati... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4773110 | Foam finishing apparatus and method A system for the uniform distribution and delivery of foam finish to a fabric is disclosed. The system includes a pressure manifold for delivery of foam under pressure to a moving fabric which includes inner and outer concentrically disposed conduits. The... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4655166 | Apparatus for preventing oscillation of running strip In a continuous galvanizing line, oscillation of a steel strip withdrawn from a molten zinc metal bath is prevented by anti-vibration magnets disposed in the vicinity of the respective side edges of the steel strip. The magnets cause tension in the strip ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4487157 | Machine for producing insulative and protective coatings on endless flexible metallic belts of continuous casting machines Machine for producing insulative and protective coatings on endless flexible metallic belts of continuous casting machines is described. The coating is applied to a revolving belt being supported and driven by pulleys in the machine. The coating is applie... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4487790 | Laterally floating thermal spray gun traversing apparatus and system for laterally tracking a revolving casting belt being thermal spray coated Laterally "floating" thermal spray gun traversing apparatus and system for laterally tracking a revolving casting belt being thermal spray coated for applying uniformly spaced passes of thermal spraying on the revolving casting belt regardless of any late... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4469723 | Plating control system An improved method to calculate the relative position between a plating head and an intermittently moved web of material that is to be plated wherein a nozzle directs pressurized fluid through an aperture in the web and the back pressure is monitored as a... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4364977 | Automatic self-adjusting processing apparatus An automatic self-adjusting processing apparatus for plating an object is described. The apparatus has a plating head, an apparatus coupled to the plating head which is responsive to the presence of the object for indicating the relative position of the p... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4357899 | Coating apparatus A wide moving web is coated on one side thereof by passing the web through an elongated pool of non-Newtonian coating liquid. The pool is contained at its opposite ends by walls or dams, these dams being spaced a distance less than the width of the web, s... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4346668 | Apparatus for the contact-free continuous measurement and monitoring of magnetic tracks on moving film strips The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of contact-free, almost continuous measurement and monitoring of the width, thickness and position of magnetic tracks on moving film strips within wide limits of the speed. The track width and track posit... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4338881 | System for controlling width and position of glue or the like applied to a roll A control system for controlling the width and position of glue, ink or the like applied from a pan to a roll for applying the glue to a running web. Any out-of-trueness of the web or change in its width is detected by sensors and two dams mounted in the ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4310576 | Adhesive-applying apparatus and method A method of and an apparatus for coating flowable and pasty materials onto a workpiece, especially for the application of glue and other adhesive substances to the backs of signatures in book binding and the like, uses a rotating roller for applying the m... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4237818 | Means for applying treating liquor to textile substrate Treating liquor is applied to open-width textile substrate by pressure feeding the liquor in foamed condition to a distribution chamber having gently changing cross sectional areas and contours and arranged to deliver the foamed treating liquor evenly wid... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4148274 | Processing apparatus An apparatus for liquid development of latent images on sheets or webs comprises a plurality of applicator stations which sequentially deliver processing liquid to the latent image bearing surface of the sheets or webs. The latter are transported above th... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4123569 | Direct ribbon inking by gravure A novel inking method and apparatus particularly well suited for the re-inking of used fabric ribbons such as of the chain-printer type. The apparatus preferably contains means for moving a fabric ribbon through an inking station onto a take-up roll, mean... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4048952 | Direct ribbon inking by gravure A novel inking method and apparatus particularly well suited for the re-inking of used fabric ribbons such as of the chain-printer type. The apparatus preferably contains means for moving a fabric ribbon through an inking station onto a take-up roll, mean... | 09/20/1977 |
| 3999506 | Vapor deposition apparatus Method and apparatus are provided for depositing a coating of uniform thickness across a substrate coated by a vapor-deposition process, for confining and directing the vapor to the substrate in a manner to minimize vapor loss, and for conveniently collec... | 12/28/1976 |
