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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142585 | Polymer film splicing method and device, and stretching method An off-line stretching device includes a film supply chamber, a tenter section, a relaxation chamber, a cooling chamber, and a winding chamber. The film supply chamber includes a splicing section, where a rear end of a preceding film and a front end of a trailing fi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7976658 | Method of manufacturing a low cost intermediate transfer member The present invention is a process for making an intermediate transfer member. The process includes forming an endless belt by seaming two ends of a substrate material to form a seam. A smoothing layer is applied on top of the endless belt using a rotary cast proces... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7850804 | Member for smoothing flexible belt seams and method for using An improved member for use in welding seamed flexible belts to produce smoother seams having reduced seam thickness. The improved member has a unique configuration, that includes a ridge defined at an end of the member and further includes a V-shape groove or cut de... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7846280 | Ultrasonic welding member for smoothing flexible belt seams and method for using An ultrasonic welding member for use in welding seamed flexible belts to produce smoother seams having reduced seam thickness. The ultrasonic welding member has a unique configuration, that includes an increased tip surface formed in such a manner that more energy f... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7695579 | Adhesively bonded seams and seams forming methods A stitchless seam comprises a first portion of material folded upon itself proximate an edge to define an overfolded end portion having overlapping edge and nonedge portions and a second portion of material positioned adjacent the overfolded end portion. A first por... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7648604 | Labelling machine with ultrasound welding device for making a tubular label made of heat-shrinking film and welding process The invention refers to the field of labelling machines that use tubular labels, and in particular it refers to ultrasound welding apparata for making a tubular label made of a heat-shrinking film, precut from a coil. The apparatus provides for the label weld... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7455743 | Adhesively bonded seams and methods of forming seams A method of forming a stitchless, adhesively bonded seam involves placing a first strip of adhesive between the outside surface of first and second sheets of material along an edge of the second sheet. At least a portion of a second strip of adhesive is positioned a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7410548 | Flexible imaging member belt seam smoothing method Post treatment of an ultrasonically welded seamed flexible imaging member belt includes providing a flexible belt having an outer surface, an inner surface, parallel edges and a welded seam extending from one parallel edge to the other parallel edge, the belt seam i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7337938 | Ultrasonic bonding hone and ultrasonic welding method An ultrasonic bonding hone is provided with a bonding pressing surface which extends in one direction and on which ultrasonic wave energy is concentrated. The bonding pressing surface is provided with a pair of protrusions extending in parallel to the direction in w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7275869 | Inner bag for transport tank and producing method thereof An inner bag for a transport tank is constituted of a doubled tubular film in which a tubular film is inserted into another one. An inner bag supply-discharge opening is thermally welded to an attachment hole formed in the doubled tubular film. When thermally weldin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7238254 | Laser welded photoreceptor belts with quartz pressure plate welding seam control A method of welding together the ends of a web segment of a thermally weldable material, such as for a xerographic photoreceptor or intermediate transfer belt, to form an endless loop belt with a welded seam, by compressing the web segment ends in a welding area wit... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231752 | Method and device for packing products in films and film-packed product The present invention is directed to a method of wrapping products in films, including the steps of: positioning the products on a first sheet of film which is continuously advanced in one transport direction; covering the products with a second sheet of film, which... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204289 | Welding tip The present invention is directed to a welding tip for welding polymeric materials such as containers. The welding tip includes a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body defines a central bore and includes a perimeter around the bore. The perimeter includes one or mo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7178309 | Machine for processing web of material The present invention relates to a process used for packaging a product in a web of material that has a zipper attached thereto. The process includes providing a web of material having first and second edges and a zipper including first and second interlocking membe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171967 | Face mask and method of manufacturing the same A mask includes a filter layer and a support base supporting the filter layer. The filter layer has first and second complimentary portions that together form a rim, where the first portion is connected to the second portion at first and second seams. The first seam... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7137177 | Top end stop of linear slide fastener Coil-like or zigzag-like linear fastener elements formed of synthetic fiber mono-filaments are attached such that coupling heads project from a side edge of a fastener tape and at least one coupling head thereof located at a top end is moved to the inside of the fas... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135083 | Web material advance system for web material applicator An apparatus for feeding and cutting lengths of tape and advancing the lengths to a vacuum wheel applicator, the feed section of the apparatus comprising a feed roll, an anvil vacuum roll, and a rotary knife adjacent to the anvil vacuum roll, and means for adjusting... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121447 | Ultrasonic welding apparatus In an ultrasonic welding apparatus comprising an ultrasonic sonotrode and a backing plate, flat workpieces to be welded are pressed between the sonotrode and the backing plate. Projections are provided on a portion of the surface of the sonotrode and on a portion of... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114310 | Process for attaching slider operated closure on form-fill-seal packaging machinery The present invention relates to a process used for packaging a product in a web of material that has a zipper attached thereto. The process includes providing a web of material having first and second edges and a zipper including first and second interlocking membe... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115179 | Post-weld necking of welded plastic joints The invention relates to a method of increasing flexibility of joints between areas of plastic materials, and in particular the joint between a catheter shaft and a balloon neck involving welding the overlapping portions to create a joint region and applying a tensi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100487 | Punch device for creating a guide notch in a polymeric fastener attached to a plastic package A method and apparatus for punching a guide notch in a polymeric zipper having a male and female track with respective fins. The method includes sliding the zipper into position in a punch housing and punching a guide notch into the zipper. The guide notch is define... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087160 | Outside-in flow engine and transmission filter and method A suction-side transmission or engine filter includes a filter bag assembly having an outlet portion and a media bag enclosing an inner support structure, the filter bag assembly is contained at least partially within a housing having an outlet port. The outlet port... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083722 | Filter manufacturing process using a combined welding and cutting step A method of manufacturing a filter comprises the steps of assembling multiple layers of filtration material on top of one another to form an assembly; holding the assembly between an ultrasonic weld horn and a weld nest so that the assembly has a marginal area outsi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074475 | Cellular structure A cellular structure such as a honeycomb window treatment comprises a plurality of rows of elongated cells secured to one another. Each of the rows is constructed by providing a first longitudinally extending length of material, which includes a first surface and a ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060148 | Method and apparatus for adhering together lanes of compressible products A method for adhering together lanes of a compressible product includes inserting a wedge device between two separate lanes of a compressible product to split apart at least a portion of the lanes of product, advancing either the wedge device or the separate lanes o... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056313 | Aesthetically improved side panels for disposable garment and methods of making the same A personal care garment having side seams with a discreet or aesthetically pleasing appearance. The side seams can extend from a waist opening to each of two leg openings between a front side panel and a back side panel. In one embodiment, a ribbon cover is attached... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7005021 | Method of forming and adhesively bonded seam A method of forming a stitchless, adhesively bonded seam for a garment includes positioning an outside surface of a first sheet of fabric adjacent to an outside surface of a second sheet of fabric, and positioning a first strip of adhesive tape between the first and... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6982018 | Ultrasonic splicing of weatherstripping Two pieces of weatherstripping are spliced together by cutting a defined amount of a sealing element from a first piece of weatherstripping leaving an exposed backing, then overlapping a second piece of weatherstripping over the exposed portion of backing of the fir... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6942752 | Method of forming a continuous belt for a belt-type separator device The application discloses a belt formed of first and second portions of thermoplastic sheet including, respectively, first and second pluralities of tabs spaced apart so as to define first and second pluralities of openings along corresponding first and second edges... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918234 | Process for attaching slider-operated closure on form-fill-seal packaging machinery The present invention relates to a process used for packaging a product in a web of material that has a zipper attached thereto. The process includes providing a web of material having first and second edges and a zipper including first and second interlocking membe... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918978 | Process for producing an imaging member belt having a butt-lap seam There is provided a process for producing a seamed, flexible electrostatographic imaging member belt comprising providing a flexible, substantially rectangular, electrostatographic imaging sheet having a first major exterior surface opposite and parallel to a second... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913185 | Method of manufacturing a food packaging article Food packaging articles are manufactured by providing top and bottom sheets of flexible material and securing selected areas of the sheets along sealing edges to define a plurality of triangular-shaped pouches, with each pouch corresponding to an individual food pac... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902091 | Method and apparatus for feeding slider-zipper tape to application station A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding slider-zipper assemblies to a station where the slider-zipper assemblies can be attached to bag material, such as thermoplastic film. The apparatus includes a slider guide having a channel running the length thereo... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6841019 | Process for splicing the bottom end portion of the first stack of web material and the top end portion of the second stack of the material The present invention provides a method for splicing a strip of material packaged in stacks arranged parallel to each other. The method comprises a step of reversely rotating the bottom end portion around the transverse edge of the bottom end portion and/or reversel... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6835259 | Ultrasonic splicing of photographic film strips In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method is described for ultrasonically splicing together overlapping ends of first and second lengths of photographic film strips of common film strip width with a film splicer employing a stationary elongated ul... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6818084 | Method and apparatus for bonding an additional layer of fabric to a label The present invention includes a method for producing individual folded labels having an additional layer of material attached thereto. A ribbon of labels is provided along with an additional strip of material. Pieces of information, such as text or a machine readab... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6818098 | Ultrasonic bonding machine After the fixing of an angle indexing body to a holder by fixtures is canceled by loosening the fixtures, a resonator is turned by operating the angle indexing body with an axis in a vibration transmission direction as the center of rotation, a bonding work face is ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6797088 | Method for the connection of pieces of textile fabric The invention relates to a method for the connection of pieces of textile fabric, a textile band and a method for producing same. In order to provide a textile band or continuous textile product which is suitable for continuous processing, it is proposed that, for t... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6740182 | Flexible imaging member seam treatment A flexible imaging member seam treatment method comprising bonding a thermoplastic polymer film to the seam of the flexible imaging member after placing the film on the seam. The film is bonded by heating the film above a glass transition temperature of at least one... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6682620 | Method for tying rolls of fabric An apparatus (10) for welding materials has a flat anvil (12) having a width of at least two inches and a length of at least eighteen inches. A welding apparatus (14) having at least one welding head (22) is mounted on a rail (16) which is parallel to sai... | 01/27/2004 |
