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A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7819163 | Automated door assembly system and method The present invention is directed to a method of making a door having first and second door facings and an internal doorframe. An interior side of a first facing is coated with quick acting adhesive. A frame is placed on the coated interior side about the periphery ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7416009 | Wall mounted printer with binding assembly A wall mounted printer comprising a main chassis, a pivoting media tray disposed on a front upper portion of the main chassis, a removable collection tray disposed at the base of the main chassis for receiving printed and bound media exiting from the main chassis, a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7383866 | Manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing electronic monolithic ceramic components A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing electronic monolithic ceramic components, including a sheet supplier for supplying a plurality of ceramic green sheets of a plurality of types in a predetermined order, and a laminator for laminating the ceramic green shee... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7214286 | Stacked family molding and subsequent assembly process The subject invention relates to a precision injection molding of multi-piece parts and the subsequent handling and assembly of those parts produced from the mold. In an exemplary embodiment, a surgical suture package with a top part and a bottom part is molded and ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7169249 | Method of joining textile elements A method of joining a first textile element and a second textile element is disclosed. The method includes four general steps: First, the first textile element, the second textile element, and an adhesive element are formed. Second, a bond is formed between the firs... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7000665 | Stacking apparatus and method for assembly of polymer batteries A stacking apparatus and a method for assembly of electrochemical cells. The stacking apparatus includes at least one stacking head having an adjustable holding member adapted to hold an electrochemical laminate of a pre-determined length and means for adjusting the... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6913667 | Composite structural panel and method A composite structural panel (10) is provided, where the composite structural panel (10) includes a central honeycomb layer (16) having a plurality of box-like channels extending therethrough along a vertical direction. The honeycomb layer (1... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6830643 | Method of manufacturing an item and apparatus for manufacturing an item A method of manufacturing an item comprises the steps of: controlling a printer means to print a layer of retaining material in a predetermined pattern onto a substrate; applying a manufacturing material to be retained by the retaining material in substantially the ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6827116 | Binding assembly for a printer A binding assembly for a printer includes a support chassis that is mountable to a printer, downstream of a printing zone of the printer. The support chassis defines a glue application and binding zone in which printed sheets of media are received in a feed directio... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6823921 | Device and method for applying a security element to a label The device (1) comprises individual stations, which are passed through in succession, and consisting of: a removal station (4) for labels (2), whereby one label (2) at a time is removed from a label stack (7); an application statio... | 11/30/2004 |
| RE38553 | Card laminating apparatus A two-sided card laminating apparatus simultaneously applies and bonds laminate sheets to opposing faces of a two-sided card substrate. The apparatus includes two opposing laminating assemblies symmetrically mounted in mirror image relation on opposing sides of a su... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6702918 | Intermittent material feed type variable-lamination rapid prototyping process and apparatus using linear thermal cutting system A rapid prototyping process and apparatus that provides an intermittent material feed type variable-lamination rapid prototyping using a linear thermal cutting system, wherein intermittently fed materials are cut to have variable lengths, widths, and late... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6682625 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing profiles and laminates A method for manufacturing profiles formed so as to have different cross-sectional shapes in the height direction, in which a long-sized hoop of workpiece is indexed, a plurality of types of component members having outer contours corresponding to the res... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6591884 | Printed media production The invention relates to a digital printer for printing on separate pages of media, the printer including: a support frame; a printhead mounted on the support frame; and, a page binding means for binding the pages of the printed media.... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6575218 | Method and apparatus for automatic fabrication of three dimensional object A method and apparatus automatically fabricates a three dimensional object from individual layers of fabrication material having a predetermined configuration. Successive layers are stacked in a predetermined sequence and affixed together to form the obje... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568447 | Cover glass adhering device The cover glass adhering device is capable of dropping fixed amount of mounting medium, using cover glasses having various length, and being small in size. In the cover glass adhering device, a drop nozzle drops the mounting medium onto a specimen on a sl... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6543506 | Modelling apparatus and method A modeling apparatus for producing a model by lamination of sheet material including a support platform which can be raised and lowered, a sheet feed mechanism for feeding sheet material over the platform, a superstructure mounted over the platform, a cut... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6536500 | Unit for feeding and applying seals to security cassettes for banknotes Banknotes are placed for transportation purposes in cassettes comprising a container and a hinged lid, made secure by applying a seal composed of two parts that can be coupled non-releasably and are provided with latch elements appearing as curved teeth p... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530339 | Application of binding adhesive to pages passing through a printer A printing device includes an adhesive applicator for the application of a strip of adhesive to one or both sides of pages of paper adjacent an edge to be bound. A pinch roller drives the page past a print head which prints text and/or images onto the pag... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6484776 | System for constructing a laminate In one form of the present invention, a system for constructing a laminate (122) is disclosed. The system comprises a ply feeder (101) that sequentially stacks one or more plies (100) to form a ply stack (102). A computer (106) directs a laser (104) to cu... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6331225 | Apparatus and method for mounting electronic parts An apparatus for mounting electronic parts on a printed circuit board is disclosed. Plural electronic parts to be mounted on a printed circuit board are arranged as a set and loaded in a loading member for electronic parts. A set of such loading members f... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6283188 | Card laminating apparatus A two-sided card laminating apparatus simultaneously applies and bonds laminate sheets to opposing faces of a two-sided card substrate. The apparatus includes two opposing laminating assemblies symmetrically mounted in mirror image relation on opposing si... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280560 | Method and plant for producing endless laminated veneer boards The invention relates to a method and a plant for assembling, gluing and pressing veneer panels to be connected in a plurality of layers one above the other and one behind the other to form an endless strand of laminated veneer boards forming a continuous... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273976 | Method and apparatus for transporting a substrate with adhesive An apparatus is disclosed for transporting panel substrates with adhesive on both sides such that the panel substrates may be used in the manufacture of decorative panels. The apparatus includes a adhesive applicator which coats a panel substrate with adh... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6244319 | Card laminating apparatus A two-sided card laminating apparatus simultaneously applies and bonds laminate sheets to opposing faces of a two-sided card substrate. The apparatus includes two opposing laminating assemblies symmetrically mounted in mirror image relation on opposing si... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6182729 | System and method for processing ingots An apparatus for manufacturing a plurality of wafers by slicing a cylindrical ingot with a wire saw. The apparatus includes a measuring device for measuring the crystal orientation of the ingot; an adhering device for adhering a support to the surface of ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6165307 | Multi-component 3-dimensional energetics method and construction A multi-component three dimensional energetic device and the method of maacturing it. The method includes the steps of forming a quantity of an energetic material into a plurality of sheets having relatively no appreciable thickness, and then cutting at ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6158492 | Apparatus for making a foil-clad laminate A laminate-making system has a housing forming a tunnel extending in a transport direction and having a downstream end at an assembly station, a press-plate feeder for conveying a succession of press plates along a path through the tunnel to the assembly ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6112795 | Fixture for multi-layered ceramic package assembly A book-like fixture and method for assembly of a plurality of multi-layered ceramic packages including a substrate and a cap. The fixture has a baseplate, a removable tray, an alignment plate for precisely aligning the caps with the substrates, a compress... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6085813 | Method for making plywood A method for making hardwood or decorative plywood. The plywood includes a number plies including a back veneer, a face veneer, and a number of core and center plies. The method forms subunits of plies and stacks the discrete formed subunits to form a uni... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6056031 | System and method for processing ingots An apparatus for connecting a cylindrical ingot to a support plate includes means for measuring a crystal orientation of the ingot based on a diffraction of x-rays, means for rotating the ingot about a center axis based on the crystal orientation so that ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6042680 | Laminated siding pieces and method of producing the same Laminated siding pieces and a method of producing them. A laminated siding workpiece is provided including a substantially flat piece of display material having a first major surface that is laminated to a bevelled piece of support material. The substanti... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6024814 | Method for processing ingots A method for connecting a cylindrical ingot to a support plate includes measuring a crystal orientation of the ingot based on a diffraction of x-rays, rotating the ingot about a center axis based on the crystal orientation so that a center axis of the ing... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6006807 | Apparatus for feeding strips coated with a fusion adhesive on one of their surfaces to a sheet-stack binding apparatus Apparatus for feeding strips coated with a fusion adhesive on one of their surfaces to a sheet-stack binding apparatus, in particular, for the binding of loose sheets to form brochures or books, such apparatus enabling, in parallel with a binding operatio... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6007659 | Method for preparing a laminate A method for preparing a laminate including pressing a heater against the upper and lower surfaces of a veneer during which an inner portion of the veneer in the thickness direction is dried to the smallest extend then the surfaces so that a water content... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5895546 | Process and plant for the continuous assembly and gluing of veneer panels to form veneer laminates Veneer panels which are to be joined in a plurality of layers one above the other and one behind the other are assembled and glued to form an endless strand of veneer laminates. In the process, the veneer panels are first fed in through a glue-application... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5853528 | Method for manufacturing laminates and apparatus performing the method A method and apparatus for manufacturing laminates are arranged for forming a laminate block by sequentially folding back continuous metal sheets 3 and 4 drawn through outlets 16 out of rolls 5 and 6 of the sheets wound on reels 1 and 2, with synthetic re... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5792309 | Pocket coil spring structure assembling apparatus A pocket coil spring structure assembling apparatus for producing a pocket coil spring structure which includes a feeder mechanism to supply a group of pocket coil springs to a positioning transfer conveyor mechanism; a cutting mechanism between the feedi... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5783026 | Apparatus for stacking sheets by carriers A method and apparatus for processing sheets, includes placing a sheet on a carrier to form a sheet/carrier structure, sizing the sheet/carrier structure, stacking the sheet/carrier structure in a stacking apparatus having a second sheet stacked in advanc... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5776292 | Plywood lay-up system A plywood layup system for assembling veneer plies includes a carousel feeder that supplies core veneer plies to an accumulator gate system. The accumulator gate system accumulates one or several plies into a predetermined ply assembly pattern before rele... | 07/07/1998 |
