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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328784 | Labeling machine A labeling machine that is provided with a rotating carousel supporting at a peripheral region a plurality of pans and with an input star conveyor for conveying bottles to be labeled to the rotating carousel. Each pan is adapted to receive and support a bottle when ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7238236 | Apparatus for increasing tail adhesion of wet rolls An apparatus for making a wet roll including a body of a roll of wet wound sheet material, where the body of the roll is connected to a tail of the roll, means for applying an adhesion promoter between the body and the tail and means for contacting the body and the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222813 | Multiprocessing apparatus for forming logs of web material and log manufacture process A log multiprocessing apparatus winds a web material around a winding core to form a log. Once the log is about to be completed, the web material is severed to form a tail of the log, and a pattern including at least one glue layer is applied on the tail of the log.... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210279 | Device for wrapping a napkin about silverware and associated method A device includes isolated hoppers defining independent passageways converging downwardly towards a central and unitary area. A conveyor belt assembly is disposed subjacent to the hoppers, traverses the passageways, and travels along a linear path passing through th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7089981 | Gluing unit for one terminal edge of a log A gluing unit for one terminal edge of a log and a method applicable inside a machine for the realisation of a log, in which the logs (14) coming from a rewinding machine are fed towards a gluing unit (11) comprising in sequence a lower unwinding rolle... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7060352 | Method of detackifying an edge face of a roll of tape using a radiation curable composition A method of detackifying an edge face of a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape, the method including coating an edge face of the roll of tape with a composition comprising acrylate oligomer, and polyetheracrylate oligomer, and curing the composition. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6641330 | Method and apparatus for laying elongated articles Fiber reinforced flexible adhesive tape is used to bind an elongate article or bundle of articles during subsea laying operations and apparatus for laying the elongate articles. The apparatus includes at least one carrier for a tape spool arranged to rota... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6508290 | Method of preparing an aluminum-containing iron oxide nucleus The invention relates to a method of preparing an aluminium-containing iron oxide nucleus with an -FeOOH crystal structure from FeCl2. This nucleus is a suitable starting material for the preparation of iron oxide yellow and for use as a... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6374892 | Heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and roll shaft supplying apparatus A sheet winding apparatus or a heat transfer recording sheet providing apparatus including the sheet winding apparatus, the sheet winding apparatus formed of a plurality of sheet winding devices arranged in multiple steps in a vertical direction. Each of ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6200397 | Method and apparatus for strip anode wrapping for cathodic protection of tubular members A novel method and apparatus to apply a corrosion protection in the form of a zinc (or other sacrificial anodic material) tape to a tubular member such as pipe or coiled tubing to used as an underground or underwater pipeline or flow line is disclosed. Th... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6192957 | Heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and roll shaft supplying apparatus A printing unit in a gravure printing portion prints a plurality of end marks on a web having a base film and a hot melt ink layer. The end marks printed on the web are dried by a drying apparatus. A sheet obtained from the web is wound around a roll shaf... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5882474 | Labeling machine with radial motion turret A labeling machine for labeling a plurality of containers is disclosed. The labeling machine includes a loading mechanism that sequentially receives containers and discharges containers in a spaced relationship. A star wheel has a plurality of receptacles... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5851345 | Heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and a roll shaft supplying apparatus A heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and a roll shaft supplying apparatus. A web supplying unit supplies a web which is printed with end marks by a gravure printing unit. A drying unit dries the end marks, and then the web is wound onto a r... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5785803 | Apparatus for attaching literature to articles A machine for applying outserts to articles such as bottles has a turntable driven about a vertical axis. A glue roller and an outsert dispenser are positioned in that order of turntable rotation adjacent the periphery of the turntable. A circular array o... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5735996 | Multi-transfer-roll heat-transfer decorator A system for applying labels, disposed on a web, to articles, comprising web transfer means for moving the web along a web path, said web path having a label transfer portion, a transfer platen, having a transfer surface, said surface being adjacent the l... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5709770 | Apparatus for decorating articles via heat transfer labelling An apparatus for applying heat transfer labels, disposed on a web, to containers. In one embodiment, the apparatus is intended for round, non-tapered containers and comprises a continuously rotating turret, a container transport system for continuously de... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5604016 | Information-medium sleeve and process for manufacturing it Sleeve intended to be placed around a container, such as a can or the like, in order to constitute an information medium and formed by a body made of a plastic sheet which is shaped in order to fit on the perimeter of the container and capable of taking p... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5573615 | Method and apparatus for tail sealing of convolutely wound webs A method and apparatus for sealing the tail of a convolutely wound log which includes the steps of providing a turret rotatably mounted in a frame and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart three-roll clusters, feeding a log into a first clu... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5522960 | Method and apparatus for applying labels to tapered articles A method and apparatus for applying a label onto a substantially cylindrical article is disclosed. A thin layer, heat activated adhesive hacked label is fed onto the surface of a rotating label transport drum so that the adhesive back faces outward from t... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5464495 | Method and apparatus for applying labels to containers and containers resulting therefrom Containers are transported on rotatable support plates which are arranged in a circle on a rotating turntable. The leading edge of a label is adhered to a container as it orbits past a vacuum-type label transfer drum. A curved guide which is tangential to... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5413666 | Bottle-bearing plate with a centering device, in a labeling machine The invention relates to the field of labeling machines for bottles provided with a reference recess (13) on the bottle base, which recess (13) can be used to effect the centering of the labels on the bottle: more precisely the invention relates to a bott... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5405487 | Apparatus and method for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles and web and adhesive delivery mechanism An apparatus for applying a label onto a small, cylindrical article, such as a dry cell battery, is disclosed. A rotatable label transport drum has a central, horizontal axis. A label is fed to the drum surface, retained thereto as the drum rotates, and m... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5399216 | Apparatus and method for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles using pressure applicator to prevent label mismatching An apparatus and method for applying thin film polymer labels to small cylindrical articles such as dry cell batteries without label mismatching is disclosed. A label transport drum is rotatably mounted on a frame. Cut labels are supplied to the surface o... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5344519 | Apparatus for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles having improved vacuum and air pressure porting for label transport drum An apparatus for applying thin film polymer labels onto small cylindrical articles includes a label transport drum that is constructed for aiding the transfer of a label onto a cylindrical article. The apparatus includes a label transport drum having a cy... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5259910 | Apparatus for glueing the tail of a web to a log formed of the web material An apparatus for glueing the tail or outer end of a web of material which has been formed into a log which comprises: device (9, 13) for unwinding the tail from the log (R); applicator (45) for applying glue to the log; tail rolls (97, 99) for re-winding ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5242525 | Apparatus for glueing the tail of logs of web material The glueing apparatus includes a pair of endless conveyor members (13, 15) whose active branches (13A, 15A) are parallel, with one superimposed above the other and spaced apart to an extent corresponding to the diameter of the rolls or logs (R) and moving... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5087317 | Labelling machine for the labelling of containers This invention relates to a labelling machine, in particular, a labelling machine for the labelling of objects of different diameters having cylindrical labelling surfaces, such as bottles, which can be moved on rotatable plates of a turntable past a labe... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5047107 | Method and apparatus for applying a reflective sleeve to a traffic cone A method and apparatus for applying one or more reflective sleeves to a traffic cone. The sleeve is supported on a platform and the traffic cone is positioned in contact with one end edge of the sleeve and rotated to wind the sleeve onto the traffic cone.... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5037499 | Labeling machine combining a turret and a vacuum drum-roll on pad A labeling machine employing a turrent with pairs of axially aligned chucks which are rotatable about their common axis, means to move each pair of chucks farther apart for entry and exit of containers; such machine also having a vacuum drum rotatable abo... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5031846 | Filament winding machine Apparatus for the formation of laminar, fiber-reinforced resin composite tubes of elbow shape. The apparatus, a filament winding machine, is employed by winding a continuous strand, or plurality of strands, of a resin-wetted yarn, roving, or filament abou... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5028293 | Continuous motion bottle decorating apparatus An apparatus for decorating the outer surface of a hollow article, such as a bottle, with a label, which includes a turret for transporting the article and a label from a loading to an unloading location while simultaneously rotating the article around it... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5007977 | Method and apparatus for applying a strip to the planar contour-prepared edge of a rotating lens A method and apparatus for applying a strip to the planar contour-prepared edge of a lens. The beginning of an endless strip is connected to the edge of a lens. A transverse perforation is introduced into the strip at a distance from the strip beginning t... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4994135 | Device for rotation of the pedestals supporting bottles, or containers in general, in rotary labeling machines The circular platform of a rotary bottle labeler comprises a plurality of pedestals (2) ranged around its periphery, rotatable about respective vertical axes; each pedestal shaft is connected to a stepping motor (1) and rotated through a given angle calcu... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4963223 | Rotary-apparatus for glueing the outer end of a stick of wound paper material Pairs of rollers which receive and make the reel rotate are mounted on a device rotating about a fixed axis, there being associated with said device means designed to keep the axes of the rollers of each pair on a horizontal plane during rotation of the d... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4959109 | Apparatus and process for preparing belts Processes and apparatus for fabricating belts are disclosed comprising conveying a first mandrel to a wrapping station, supplying the leading edge of a web from a web supply roll to the first mandrel at the wrapping station, retaining the leading edge of ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4950350 | Machine for labelling bottles This invention relates to a labelling machine for bottles which includes a bottle feeding mechanism to feed the bottles to a revolving bottle support platform. The support platform directs bottles to a labelling mechanism and an application mechanism prio... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4935091 | Method and apparatus for producing finished foam containers The present invention is directed to an improved apparatus and method for manufacturing completed foam plastic containers. An endless mandrel chain carries cup forming mandrels along a manufacturing path. After each mandrel is preheated, a bottom blank is... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4923557 | Apparatus and method for applying a heat shrink film to a container An apparatus and method, for the application of solvent reactive, heat-shrink film or labels, to a container having a curvilinear, frusto-conical, or other irregular aspect to the configuration of its outer wall. Adhesive and solvent are applied, respecti... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4806197 | Continuous motion round bottle turret An apparatus for decorating the cylindrical surface of an article, such as a bottle, with a label, which includes a turret for transporting the article and a label from a loading to an unloading location while simultaneously rotating the article around it... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4801348 | Film supply apparatus A film supply apparatus is described which is to be disposed alongside a container transport line and adapted to supply a film strip to be affixed to the lateral side of each container fed along said transport line. The apparatus includes at least one fil... | 01/31/1989 |
