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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370562 | Method for controlling slitter-scorer apparatus A method for controlling a slitter-scorer apparatus in which a feed line for a paperboard sheet does not need to be stopped when order specification of cutting or scoring for the paperboard sheet has been changed, thereby reducing a setup time, is proposed. The meth... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7316849 | Semi-finished product made out of a ductile material with breaking areas A band-shaped semi-finished product is made out of a ductile material and is configured to be separated into at least two sections. At least one pair of wedge-shaped, non-cuttingly formed longitudinal notches are formed, between the tips of which there remains a thi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7243585 | Rotary cutter and method for manufacturing fibrous product using the same Disclosed is a rotary cutter including a first roll and a second roll. With contact peripheries of the first roll being pressed against contact peripheries of the second roll, the first roll and the second roll are driven to rotate in synchronism with each other so ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7201820 | Flexible flashing for multiplanar building surfaces The invention pertains to a novel method for flashing a door, window, ductwork or other rough opening in a building surface. The method involves the use of a tape strip having a continuous, non-perforated, machine-direction-splittable plastic release sheet liner whi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7134372 | CNC slitter machine A machine for slitting a metal sheet has a number of knife holder assemblies each containing a rotary knife. The knife holder assemblies are mounted for movement along upper and lower rotating shafts which rotate the knives during a slitting operation. The position ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7127975 | Rotary cutter and method for manufacturing fibrous product using the same Disclosed is a rotary cutter including a first roll and a second roll. With contact peripheries of the first roll being pressed against contact peripheries of the second roll, the first roll and the second roll are driven to rotate in synchronism with each other so ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7080766 | Manufacture of singulated supports comprising arrays Apparatus and methods are disclosed for cutting a sheet of material into single supports where each of the single supports has an array area to which is bound an array of chemical compounds. The sheet comprises a plurality of score lines. The apparatus comprises an ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7025986 | Micromesh interproximal devices A shred resistant, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, micromesh interproximal device produced by fibrillating and slitting stretched polyethylene film having a tensile-strength from between about 0.7 GPa and about 5 GPa, where said polyethylene has an intrins... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007579 | Paper elimination in the production of battery plates A method and apparatus for continuously producing pasted positive and negative electrode plates from pasted lead or lead alloy expanded, punched or cast metal mesh strip for use in lead-acid batteries without the use of paper barriers. The heating of cutting devices... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997696 | Apparatus for cutting expanded graphite sheet material In a method and apparatus for cutting expanded graphite sheet material, at least one cutting tool is urged against the sheet(s). The cutting tool has at least one ridge extending therefrom that includes a substantially tapered cross-section having sloping sides and ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6929838 | Sheet having indicia registered with lines of termination An apparatus and process for making sheets having indicia spaced in a machine direction. Between or among the indicia are perforations or chop-off cuts. The spacing, in the machine direction, between the indicia and perforations or chop-off cuts is maintained over l... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6908020 | Device for separating strips and uses of such a device A device for isolating strips conveyed next to another in lengthwise direction is constituted by at least one separating unit which is extended parallel to a lengthwise axis. Each strip is assigned to one guide and it is inserted and guided by the guides in a plane ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6874668 | Telescoped multiwall nanotube and manufacture thereof The invention relates to a method for forming a telescoped multiwall nanotube. Such a telescoped multiwall nanotube may find use as a linear or rotational bearing in microelectromechanical systems or may find use as a constant force nanospring. In the method of the ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6799412 | Cottoner apparatus A cottoner having a wadding section forming station, the station having: a carrier, a holder, and a feed mechanism mounted on a base in series. Moving means on the base reciprocate the a carrier toward and away from the feed mechanism. An operating controller on the... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6672496 | Derelict product cracker, nest, and cracking method A method, product cracker, and nest are used with a derelict product having a shell covering a core. The shell has opposed front and rear faces and a sidewall having at least one pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges extending transversely between the f... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6525633 | Radial periodic magnetization of a rotor A method and apparatus for fabricating toroidal rings having a magnetization that alternates or changes direction along its azimuthal axis. Such a toroidal ring is made by first placing an unmagnetized toroidal ring into a first magnetization fixture. The... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6394330 | Method for slitting and processing a web into plural use supply forms A method of converting a web of indefinite length into a plurality of web portions by slitting the web at a transverse point prior to processing the web portions into a plurality of use supply forms (such as rolls), wherein the plurality of web portions a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5976430 | Method for separating and removing covers from golf balls and for recycling golf balls There are disclosed a method and an apparatus for removing a cover from a golf ball. There is used a pair of geared rolls in an engaged manner, each geared roll comprising a cylindrical shaft on which teeth are axially formed and are circumferentially arr... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5765727 | Solid rubber tire separation method A tire separation method employs a cutting head and a press for separating treads from rims of solid rubber tires. The cutting head has an annular blade with a blunt edge for tearing the rubber from the rim of the tire. Three spoke blades are spaced apart... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5640869 | Method for producing rolled structural shapes A method for producing a roll forming allows the hemming step and the roll-forming step to be contiguously performed in a single production line. The first ripping step (E) tears off a side edge strip along the first groove formed by the first grooving st... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5634581 | Computer paper edge strip remover Devices and associated methods for removing scored edge strips from computer printout sheets. A base member of one device carries an open ended, outwardly opening, channel through which the edge strips and sheets are pulled together to separate the strips... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5359690 | Cutting method and apparatus for removing a secondary coating layer from a jacketed optical fiber A jacket layer of a jacketed optical fiber is cut by a cutting method and apparatus in which (A) a terminal portion of a jacketed optical fiber is straightened and grasped by a fiber holder, and (B) a blade device having (a) a pair of cutting blades and (... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5144891 | Web handling method and apparatus There is disclosed a web handling apparatus including a printer for printing on longitudinally extending multi-portion webs, with the web including a plurality of longitudinally extending web portions and connected at a longitudinal line of weakening betw... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5120144 | Paper separator A paper transfer feed separator automatically separates paper-drive edge tear strips from paper forms along perforations. The paper transfer feed separator may be hand-held and motor driven for removing the paper drive edge tear strips after the paper for... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5092697 | Web handling method and apparatus There is disclosed a web handling apparatus including a printer for printing on longitudinally extending multi-portion webs, with the web including a plurality of longitudinally extending web portions and connected at a longitudinal line of weakening betw... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4946085 | Apparatus for producing paper with decorative edges A deckle-edge-simulating apparatus generally comprising a conveyor system for transporting a web of paper through the apparatus, and a novel deckle-edge-simulating assembly operatively associated with the conveyor system. The deckle-edge-simulating assemb... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4940347 | Paper tractor feed separator A paper transfer feed separator automatically separates paper-drive edge tear strips from paper forms along perforations. The paper transfer feed separator may be hand-held and motor driven for removing the paper drive edge tear strips after the paper for... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4815644 | Apparatus for segmenting building boards The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for segmenting groove molded building boards. In a preferred embodiment, a sheet of groove molded board is conveyed onto a first apparatus which separates the side edge trim scrap from the board. The... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4710158 | Method and apparatus for producing deckled edge paper Process and apparatus for producing a deckle edge on paper which involves applying a stream of liquid to a paper to form a wetted line thereon and applying a shearing force sufficient to cause the paper to separate into two parts along the wetted line the... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4700939 | Apparatus and process for separating and removing bundles of sheets Apparatus and processes for receiving sheets from a sheet stacker, separating them into bundles, and removing the bundles from the discharge area of the sheet stacking apparatus. The apparatus includes a frame, a rotatable receiving means mounted on the f... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4669644 | Production of paper with decorative, non-rectilinear edges A method and apparatus of trimming a travelling web of paper along the longitudinal direction of the web comprising transporting the web through a trimming station and continuously trimming said web in said station, wherein said method comprises supportin... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4646955 | Method for segmenting building boards and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for segmenting groove molded building boards. In a preferred embodiment, a sheet of groove molded board is conveyed onto a first apparatus which separates the side edge trim scrap from the board. The... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4616773 | Forms feeding apparatus An overhead unit used with a printer having a platen for feeding continuous, fan-folded, edge perforated forms. Tractors engage the feed perforations on the forms. The unit automatically bursts the side perforations by the use of flexural members which ex... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4601692 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of paper sheets having decorative edges A method and apparatus for manufacturing paper sheets having an appearance of being hand-made, the method comprising the steps of forming watermarks on a continuous web along longitudinal and transverse zones spaced according to the width and length of th... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4586916 | Corrugated carton separator Apparatus for separating folded two-on cartons is characterized by a carton supply station for advancing cartons seriatim to a separating station. At the separating station, opposite edges of each carton are gripped and first moved away from each other to... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4561579 | Precision slitting of material An apparatus and method for slitting an endless strip of material having substantially planar surfaces by forming a pair of adjacent grooves in each surface of the material with corresponding grooves in each surface of the material being orthogonally alig... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4487539 | Method and apparatus for the scoring and parting of can bodies In the production of metal cans, a sheet metal body plate (blank) is scored with aligned upper and lower score lines and then formed into a cylindrical single can body. Preferably the scoring is in steps; first, scoring the upper score line using a scorin... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4353491 | Method for shaping and partitioning a fibrous batt Method for partitioning and/or shaping a fibrous batt by gripping the batt along adjacent lines with resilient means gripping one surface and non-resilient means gripping the opposite surface and displacing said lines with respect to each other to separat... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4351459 | Automatic glass tube cutter Disclosed herein is a cutter for long glass tubes which are placed on a feeding table, and dropped into a carrier one by one, and then onto a specially wound conveyor for wave-like-transversal feed. When the glass tubes pass the cutter, they are cut one b... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4341003 | Method and apparatus for separating rolls of web material A method and apparatus for separating rolls of web material of the type where two or more rolls are attached at the side edges thereof comprising passing the first roll between an upper and lower conveyor defining a first path of travel, and simultaneousl... | 07/27/1982 |
