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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134369 | Pick-off attachment for a multi-spindle machine A multi-spindle machine system includes a pick-off attachment. The pick-off attachment enables a more compact and stronger pick-off spindle. The shorter pick-off spindle is able to pick off longer work pieces. High speed bearings and oil lubrication enable the pick-... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7031605 | Film feeding device and image reading apparatus having same A negative film setter has film holders for having set therein films to be fed. Each of the film holders has both a detecting sensor for detecting whether a film is set therein and a lamp which is lit when a film is set in a film holder and which is not lit when a f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6598529 | Method and device for detecting faults during transport of a web A method for detecting faults during transport of a web in a web-fed printing machine, wherein web speed is determined by contact-free measurement, in accordance with the Doppler principle, includes the steps of: by applying microwaves, determining a firs... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6536643 | Method for detecting break point of thread and apparatus therefor A yarn breakage position detecting device and method of detecting a yarn breakage position involves a running yarn tension detector arranged at a reference position and that outputs a tension signal by which occurrence of yarn breakage is detected, and pa... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6305592 | Dye machine festooner A festooner transfers cloth between a dye machine and a transfer box utilizing a driven roller and a laterally mounted idler roller creating a vertical interstice to effect a vertical discharge of the cloth into a laying funnel. The driven roller is groov... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6267283 | Storage device for photographic material A storage device for receiving and giving off a photographic band material. The storage device can be used for the buffering of photographic material and/or as indication or control element, and includes an inlet and an outlet for the photographic materia... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6157300 | Flexible tag agitator Flexible tags are secured to parcels moving upon a conveyor belt. The flexible tags each contain a transponder circuit in electrical communication with a transponder antenna. The transponder circuit contains a unique digital code containing data relating ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6068171 | Wire conveyance system having a contactless wire slacking device A wire conveyance system is provided for a wire bonding machine having, in series, a first wire handler, a wire slacking device and a second wire handler. The wire slacking device includes a wire support chamber having a substantially enclosed bottom, opp... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6053387 | Strap driving device for looping machines A strap driving device for looping machines has with a strap guiding channel for a looping strap and two pairs of drive rollers engaging in the strap guiding channel. Each pair of drive rollers has a driving roller driven in rotation and a pressing roller... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5915612 | Registration system for web feeding An apparatus is disclosed for controlling the motion of a machine system so as to cut individual lengths from a web having graphics on predetermined web positions and which allows the use of an inexpensive AC induction motor. An AC induction motor has an ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5890641 | Wire movement and fault detector A detector unit (30) for use in a wire handling machine (10) includes an encoder (38) for monitoring movement of the wire (26) along a wire feed path (28) and for detecting the presence of a splice (130) and the end of the wire (26) as it is being fed. Th... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5810235 | Method for detecting disruptions in the transport of a paper web in a printing press A method for detecting disruptions in the transport of a web in a rotary printing press. A speed evaluation is performed on the web and then analyzed, including a comparison of a contactless measurement of the instantaneous speed (VPAP(t)) of the web with... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5779123 | Web/ribbon path verifier for detecting and identifying errors in a web/ribbon path A rotational detector is attached to each of the rolls that might be passed over or under as part of a paper web/path. Each of the rotational detectors emits an output signal which indicates whether the roll it is attached to is moving and, if it is movin... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5762252 | Detector for regions of excess thickness in a moving web and web transport system including such detector A detector (14) for regions of excess thickness in a moving web (12a) includes a first jaw member (120; 72, 82); a second jaw member (122; 68, 70); a frame (56; 120a, 122a) supporting the first and second jaw members with a gap (88; 138) there between thr... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5738264 | Automated folder nipping roller adjustment Web feed apparatus, for example in web printing and folding apparatus, has a pair of opposing rollers, one (28) on a fixed axis and one (22) laterally movable to define an adjustable nip gap between their peripheries. The gap is automatically set and adju... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5713059 | Paper jam detector for electrophotographic printer A broad swing arm having a finger at its swinging end extends from an axis near a fixing unit to a tractor, overtop and next to a continuous form transport path. Any bulge or buckle caused by a paper jam and forming in the continuous form at any position ... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5524413 | Packaging machine with device for monitoring remaining amount of web in a roll A monitoring device is used for a web roll which is rotated so as to unwind a web therefrom, for example, for making bags for a packaging machine. The speed of rotation of the web roll is detected by a revolution counter or an eye-mark sensor if the web i... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5435543 | Motion indicating device for moving objects A motion indicating device used especially to monitor the movement of sheets of paper, which are moved via conveyor paths. A scanning device has a rotatably mounted scanning member, which lies on the scannable surfaces of the moving sheet of paper and is ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5325774 | Ribbon path indicator system A system is provided for assisting operators of a printing press in webbing ribbons of a web material exiting a printing unit of the printing press through paths of rolls which direct the ribbons into preselected formers of a folder. A remote display devi... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5280274 | Method of detecting residual amount of web roll A method of measuring and expressing the unwound amount or residual amount of a web roll, such as carbon film roll or printing paper roll in terms of a unit length of the web roll includes the steps of: starting a count of pulses to be produced by a rotat... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5094718 | Method and apparatus for control of web flutter An apparatus and method for suppressing flutter of a moving web manufacturing operation to include a sensor for sensing the pressure of air in a region proximate the web, which sensor generates a pressure signal representative of the air pressure, a signa... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5087185 | Apparatus for taking off thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet An apparatus for continuously taking off a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet foamed by a vertical foaming furnace which has a rail fixedly disposed horizontally, two bodies mounted obliquely at the same angle in a linear symmetrical manner with respect ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4979670 | Apparatus for sensing objects on a moving conveyor A sensor for sensing and counting objects on a moving conveyor. Objects are moved on the conveyor past a sensor having first and second legs pivotally mounted about a fixed axis above the conveyor. The second leg is offset from the first leg in the direct... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4968386 | Apparatus for determining amplitude and frequency of web flutter An apparatus and method for determining the frequency and amplitude of flutter of a moving web in a web manufacturing operation, is shown to include a sensor for sensing the pressure of air in a region proximate the web and for generating a pressure signa... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4892426 | Paper movement monitor A monitor (18,26,28) monitors movement of paper (12) through a printer (16). The paper movement sensors (18,26) comprise one central wheel (70) or a pair of spaced edge wheels (158) each operating an individual photo-optic wheel (164,76). By counting puls... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4883210 | Material feeding apparatus A material feeding apparatus for intermittently feeding a sheet or rod material in a predetermined length has a first gripper device having a first fixed gripper and a first movable gripper for cooperation with each other in clamping and unclamping a mate... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4856692 | Feeding apparatus A feeding apparatus for feeding a material from a material supply to a further apparatus, particularly a packaging apparatus. The apparatus comprises a storage buffer for storing an amount of the material, a first feed arrangement for feeding the material... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4549826 | Paper feed apparatus for typewriters or business machines having a paper levelling gap disposed in the paper guidance channel A paper feed apparatus for line printer means for the transport of single-ply and multi-ply paper contains a paper levelling gap in the ingress region of the paper guidance channel. The paper levelling gap consists of a stationary part and of a slide capa... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4344073 | Film break detector A photographic film processor including a film dryer through which photographic film is transported under tension and dried, has a film break detection system for detecting photographic film breaks within the dryer. Upper and lower substantially horizonta... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4267554 | Electronic device for monitoring a plurality of running threads on a textile machine At each work position of a textile machine having a plurality of work positions driven by a common drive unit (warper's creels, winder or spooling and spinning machines, or circular knitting machines, for example), an electronic monitor device is provided... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4214691 | Pin-feed assembly A pin-feed tractor assembly for advancing a web of indeterminate length through a printing station and including a timing belt having spaced teeth defining interspersed grooves. The drive sprocket is arranged to engage the notches for moving the belt. Sec... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4118744 | Tape end detection release device for tape recorder A release device is provided which disables a tape end detection in a tape recorder which is provided with an apparatus for indicating a tape end, such as an end alarm unit or auto "shut-off" unit (which returns a sliding plate carrying a head assembly, t... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4111565 | Apparatus for sensing when paper utilized in a printer has been depleted Apparatus adapted for use in printers for indicating when the paper upon which information is to be printed has been depleted. A pivotable sensing member is slightly biased towards a fixed guide member, the two members being adjacent to one another. The s... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4066015 | Stationery printing apparatus for continuous business forms stationery assemblies Stationery printing apparatus for printing indicia at a predetermined position on each form length of continuous business forms stationery assemblies. The apparatus embodies a unique arrangement of a printing device in connection with a form feeding devic... | 01/03/1978 |
