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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412996 | Apparatus for hot applying strips or films on textile or non textile supports An apparatus for assembling and hemming fabrics by hot applying strips (5) or films (5) to which thermofusible plastic materials have been applied or spread, comprising, on a bearing framework, a strip or film supplying spool (4), the strip or f... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7335412 | Pile weatherstripping dust plugs Block seals of pile weatherstripping (6), which may be inserted in doorjambs or window sash and are sometimes called dust plugs (15), are provided by hinged segments (16-21) of a continuous length of pile weatherstripping folded against e... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7271950 | Apparatus and method for optimizing a pellicle for off-axis transmission of light An apparatus and method for optimizing a pellicle for off-axis transmission are disclosed. A pellicle includes a thin film optimized for transmission of off-axis incident light at a desired angle. The pellicle further includes an optical thickness greater than a des... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7235151 | Adhesive transfer device The present application generally relates to adhesive transfer devices. One embodiment of the application discloses a hand-held actuatorless adhesive transfer device. Another embodiment of the application discloses an adhesive transfer device for applying adhesive t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7172006 | Pile weatherstripping dust plugs Dust plugs provide seals for openings in door frames and window frames to seal against air or water infiltration. The dust plugs are made continuously and automatically by feeding several weatherstrips having piles extending from rigid backing through a tool having ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172008 | Hook fasteners and methods of making the same A method of making a touch fastener includes coextruding, side-by-side, a plurality of lanes of polymeric material to form a sheet-form base. The sheet-sheet form base includes a lane of a first polymeric material disposed between two lanes of a second polymeric mat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7096915 | Tape-roll supporting device A tape-roll supporting device consists of a shaft, a threaded tube and two side covers. The shaft is to be assembled on a machine body and the threaded tube is rotatably fitted around the outer side of the shaft for fitting and positioning thereon a tape roll of dif... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7036545 | Adhesive transfer device The present application generally relates to adhesive transfer devices. One embodiment of the application discloses a hand-held actuatorless adhesive transfer device. Another embodiment of the application discloses an adhesive transfer device for applying adhesive t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028736 | Tape dispensing system A tape dispensing system for reducing the amount of time to mask surface areas in preparation of painting. The tape dispensing system includes a frame structure having a first frame and a second frame, a first spool and a second spool rotatably attached to the frame... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6913665 | Method and apparatus for the overlapping welding of sheet-like plastic materials A method for the welding of plastic materials in the form of webs, films or the like by means of a heating wedge, welding being carried out without the use of a second pressure roller below the welded material webs. For this purpose, the heating wedge is placed onto... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6635145 | Packaging filler product A packaging filler product and machine for making the product wherein the product includes an air-filled pouch having sealed edges and spots connecting the opposing sheets of the pouch together. The machine includes a frictional belt system for gripping a... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6615892 | Method and apparatus for seaming wide panels of EPDM membrane to form a composite EPDM roofing membrane A method and apparatus for continuously seaming cured EPDM membrane to form a composite sheet of predetermined width and indefinite length. The method includes the steps of providing at least two rolls of cured EPDM membrane having longitudinal marginal e... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6610159 | Obstruction avoidance continuous seam welding system An apparatus for seaming roofing membranes to one another, wherein one of the membranes is secured to an underlying support structure by at least one protruding fastener, the apparatus including a wheeled carriage having an upwardly extending push/pull ba... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6581663 | Weld wheel assembly for disposition on a membrane welding machine A weld wheel assembly for disposition on a membrane welding machine, and for positioning a weld wheel adjacent a nozzle hot air outlet for pressing an overlying roof membrane heated by the nozzle against an underlying roof membrane heated by the nozzle, f... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6537402 | Membrane welding apparatus including a visual seam marker A roof membrane welding apparatus capable of applying a weld to a first membrane and an overlapping second membrane. The apparatus includes a movably supported chassis, a welder attached to the chassis for heating the top membrane to at least the vicant s... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6524434 | Tubular device in a bagging machine A tube-forming apparatus in a bag-forming, filling, and sealing machine has a longitudinal seam heat-sealing device for connecting edge regions of the packing material belt that are placed against each other inside surface to inside surface. In order to a... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6390168 | Heating tool for welding thermoplastic sheets The invention provides for improved welding of thermoplastic sheets by selectively reducing and optimizing the temperature gradient from the edge of the weld to the unheated body of the sheet by adding heating-surface-area, beyond that required to achieve... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6379760 | Laminating apparatus The invention provides an apparatus and a process for producing laminated materials. The process comprises the steps of: (a) supplying material from a first supply roller; (b) supplying materials from a system comprising a plurality of further supply roll... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6378589 | Controlled heat transfer heating tool for welding thermoplastic sheets The invention provides for improved welding of thermoplastic sheets by selectively controlling the amount of heat transferred from an improved heated tool to various areas of the weld, by modifying the heat transfer efficiency of selected areas of the too... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6347656 | Veneer-jointing machine A veneer-jointing machine comprising a two-part worktable 1 with a fixed table plate 6 and a movable table plate 7, which can be joined to the fixed one, further comprising a heating device 2 that is arranged above the juncture of the table plates 6, 7 an... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6340130 | Apparatus and method for supplying foils The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying foil material, the apparatus comprising a motor-driven supply roll, a withdrawal means and a consumption sensor provided between the supply roll and the withdrawal means for controlling the drive... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6325126 | Nozzle for heat welding overlapping roof membranes to each other along separated first and second paths A nozzle for directing discrete streams of air along separated and parallel first and second paths includes a chamber for receiving air of a selected temperature, a first outlet arm extending from the chamber and having a first outlet at a distal end ther... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6213184 | Seam welder A hot wedge, automatic seam welder is disclosed. The welder is comprised of a chassis having a base plate, a motor housing and a support arm extending from the motor housing. An S-shaped guide for guiding opposing sheets of material is between the base pl... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6187122 | Dual-weld roof membrane welding apparatus and method of using same A dual-weld heat welding apparatus capable of simultaneously welding a first membrane and an overlapping second membrane on opposite sides of a roof membrane fastening apparatus fastened through the first membrane and located under the overlapping second ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186210 | Heat sealing device The invention concerns a heat-sealing device for overlapping heat-sealing of film edges, having pressure rollers, for pressing the film edges together after they are heated, which sit on shafts of which at least one is movably guided in the direction of t... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6170550 | Pressing device for welding sealing webs An automatic welding machine for waterproof sheeting with a pressing device for pressing lap-welded materials, where the pressing device has at least one press roll which is mounted on a shaft that is secured and is provided with an elastic sheathing on t... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6155321 | Machine for laying a thermoweldable covering strip A machine for laying a thermoweldable strip covering includes a movable support chassis provided with a support for a strip of rolled-up covering and for the unrolling and application of this strip, and at least one unit for the production of hot air, pro... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6153033 | Liner with integrated cable and method Liners are typically formed by several sheets of liner material that are welded together along an edge. Securing a liner in place could be vastly improved if a cable could be fixed to the liner. Therefore, several methods of securing a cable to the liner ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149762 | Welding nozzle for welding machine for thermoplastic material A nozzle includes a body, a substantially rectangular foot, air slots and a flow restrictor. The body directs a stream of hot air into the substantially rectangular foot. The foot has a top and bottom surface that includes air slots. The foot also has an ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6120628 | System for defining and making wooden furniture panels A system for defining and making wooden panels and similar items for furniture includes the following in sequence: a first station for loading an unworked piece of defined thickness (Sh) onto a second station for cutting the unworked piece leng... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6050317 | Welding apparatus A welding apparatus is provided for welding overlapping film edges. In order to plasticize film edges, the apparatus includes a heating element with converging heating surfaces over which the film edges are guided. A least one leaf spring extends from a s... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6014999 | Apparatus for making thermally conductive film A thermally conductive film that includes a film of polymeric matrix material having a thickness t defined between a top surface and a bottom surface. A plurality of fibers, having a greater thermal conductivity than the polymeric matrix material, is disp... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5951801 | Method for joining a metal foil with a foil of a synthetic material The method for joining a metal foil with a synthetic material foil comprises unwinding both materials from a supply roll each, and subjecting the synthetics foil, prior to the application of an adhesive, to a corona discharge on a narrow border region. Th... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5942077 | Laminating apparatus An apparatus for producing laminated materials is provided, having a first supply roller, a system comprising a second and a third supply roller, and an electronic sensor which tracks lateral movement of a control line in material leaving the first supply... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5935357 | Dual-weld roof membrane welding apparatus and method of using same A dual-weld heat welding apparatus capable of simultaneously welding a first membrane and an overlapping second membrane on opposite sides of a roof membrane fastening apparatus fastened through the first membrane and located under the overlapping second ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5900092 | Method and an arrangement for manufacturing a web and a web manufactured in accordance with said method The invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a material web of synthetic textile material for conversion into table-cloths. Here, two material webs produced according to standard procedure are joined along their respective side edges to a... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5897721 | Liner with integrated cable and method Liners are typically formed by several sheets of liner material that are welded together along an edge. Securing a liner in place could be vastly improved if a cable could be fixed to the liner. Therefore, several methods of securing a cable to the liner ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5865942 | Seam welder A hot wedge, automatic seam welder is disclosed. The welder is comprised of a chassis having a base plate, a motor housing and a support arm extending from the motor housing. An S-shaped guide for guiding opposing sheets of material is between the base pl... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5858153 | Method for making tubular containers In the manufacture of multichamber tubular containers it has been found that the inner divider walls should be bonded to the exterior wall by means of a band sealing method. In the band sealing method there is a band that contacts the upper film and a ban... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5558739 | Apparatus and process for applying glue to edges of insulation tube slit An apparatus and method for applying adhesive on opposite edges of a longitudinal slit formed in a tubular body of resilient insulation material is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor which moves the tubular body along a conveyor path. A feed asse... | 09/24/1996 |
