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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 |
| 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 |
| 6761199 | Seaming board and methods of installing floor covering Disclosed is a seaming board including opposing ends, opposing upper and lower major surfaces and attached abutment structure. The abutment structure is attached to the seaming board proximate one of the ends, and is adjustable between a closed condition overlying t... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6367535 | Kneeler device for use in making carpet seams A kneeler device for use in applying pressure when making carpet seams includes a rectangular board member formed with a knee receiving curved recess at its forward end and toe ridges at the rear to allow a user to comfortably kneel on the upper surface a... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5938886 | Machine for producing a board- or panel-shaped wooden element A machine for producing a wooden element made up of parallel rows of bars comprises a tape-applying device intended for such application of a strip of adhesive tape on pairs of adjacent rows in parallel therewith that the strip of adhesive tape joins the ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5431767 | Apparatus for applying adhesive tape An apparatus for applying a length of adhesive tape from a supply of adhesive tape along the length of a leading edge of a roll of web material includes a cutting mechanism for cutting the length of web material to form a length of leading edge on the rol... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5045146 | Tape applicator with corner forming device An applicator tool for use in applying an insulating strip on the surface of a window pane used in the assembly of multi-pane windows. The applicator tool includes a directing roller which directs the insulating strip onto the glass while maintaining only... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5004515 | Automatic paper feeder An automatic paper feeder automatically couples a plurality of pieces of folded long paper to each other and then continuously feeds the pieces. A conveyor, a reference surface, a pusher and a drive unit are provided in the feeder. The conveyor has a larg... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4917753 | Two-sided adhesive tape A two-sided adhesive tape comprising first and second single-sided adhesive tapes connected to one another by a bridge member. Each single-sided adhesive tape comprises an elongated strip of flexible material having lengthwise extending lateral edges, an ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4913772 | Portable thermoplastic welding machine This invention relates to portable machines for welding together individual thermoplastic sheets in situ. The machine heats different and opposing thermoplastic sheets using independently controlled electric, radiant heat sources and then compresses the s... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4902373 | Process and apparatus for assembling two films, in particular films of a few microns thickness The invention relates to a process for joining films by heat sealing, where these films are in rolls (9) and in particular a few microns thick. In a first stage, this process consists in spreading out a first film (1) on an assembly table (5) while hemmin... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4731150 | Apparatus for glueing together material layers An apparatus for glueing together two different material layers, of which one is intended to form a first cover in a folder, file or the like and the other a second cover and/or a spine in the folder, file or the like, the glueing being carried out in an ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729810 | Carpet tape dispenser A carpet tape dispenser has a main frame carried by divergent legs and runners. A roll of carpet seaming tape is rotatably mounted on a stub extending transversely from a frame member fixed to the main frame. A pair of carpet separating arms extend below ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4726867 | Carpet seaming support and method A hot melt carpet seaming support which includes a plurality of flat generally rectangular slats, wherein the mid portion slats are slidable on a flexible wire or filament into abutting relation forming a flat continuous support for the heat bonding carpe... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4714514 | Baseplate construction for an iron used to face seam carpet with hot melt adhesive tape A baseplate for a carpet seaming iron of the kind used for making a face seam with hot melt adhesive tape has the underside of the base plate formed with a forward, flat surface and a rearward, ribbed surface. The underside also has a longitudinally exten... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4617083 | Carpet seaming tool A tool useful in carpet laying operations for producing seams in adjacent pieces of carpeting has an elongated upper box-like member with an open top and ends. A generally flat support plate within the box-like member is adapted to hold a heat iron used t... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4557789 | Splicing apparatus and cassette therefor A tape slicer comprises a base with cutting plates having cooperating cutting edges. A cassette contains adhesive items mounted on a roll of carrier strip and has an arcuate and grooved recess formed in its base for receiving the sprocket wheel of the dri... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4546806 | Method for trimming the edges of a sheet of veneer perpendicularly to its grain while preventing this sheet from splitting A method for trimming the edges of a sheet of veneer perpendicularly to its grain while preventing this sheet from splitting. In a first step, a strip of tape is applied onto the sheet of veneer close to each of its edges to be trimmed. In a second, subse... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4368096 | Photographic film splicer A film splicer includes first and second parallel film handling stations with a first cutter in the first film handling station cutting the leading edge of a succeeding film strip. A pair of pins engage either film strip perforations or one longitudinal e... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4338761 | Machine for producing packages with labels A machine for making packages with labels is provided. The packaging machine utilizes a supply of packaging material in the form of a length of plain plastic tubing and a supply of labels in the form of a continuous strip thereof. In a previous cycle of t... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4291460 | Apparatus for providing taped coils of sheet material Apparatus for providing taped coils of sheet material comprises an intermittently operable feed roll mechanism for feeding a continuous web of sheet material through an intermittently operable web shear mechanism to an intermittently operable coiling mech... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4252597 | Splicing machine and method The machine comprises a splicing table with a stacking table at each end together with a vertical backboard. The splicing table fixedly abuts the backboard and the stacking tables are vertically movable in substantial abutment with the backboard. Bundles ... | 02/24/1981 |
| 3978637 | Method and apparatus for making packet assemblies A method and apparatus for making disposable dispensing packet assemblies in which a plurality of continuous ribbons are formed, each comprised of a plurality of interconnected individual packets disposed at longitudinally spaced fixed intervals therealon... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3972768 | Carpet seaming tape, electric iron therefor A hot-melt carpet seaming tape having means for cooperating with a specially designed electric iron to maintain registery of the tape and iron while the heated iron is moved along and over the tape beneath the abutting edges of carpet segments to adhere t... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3962016 | Process for joining abutting thermoplastic synthetic-resin foam sheets A process for joining abutting thermoplastic synthetic resin foam structures by a strip which covers a junction zone formed between the foam structures including the steps of pressing a metal strip heated to above the softening point and or the melting te... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3941646 | Apparatus for forming a tabbed film strip A tabbed film strip comprising a film portion and a tab portion secured together in parallel adjacent edge relation by a connecting tape overlapping the film and tab portion and adhesively secured thereto in an arrangement leaving a major area of the film... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3939026 | Process of preparing a film strip for handling A tabbed film strip comprising a film portion and a tab portion secured together in parallel adjacent edge relation by a connecting tape overlapping the film and tab portion and adhesively secured thereto in an arrangement leaving a major area of the film... | 02/17/1976 |