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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7215089 | Threading/tapping control apparatus A workpiece is rotated by a master motor and a tool is linearly moved by a slave motor to cut a thread in the workpiece. Position feedback of the master motor is multiplied by a coefficient K and the result used as the position command of the slave motor. Provision ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178708 | Longitudinal load varying device for elongate members A tensioner for deploying a member such as a pipe or cable, such as a sub-sea cable deployed from a ship, comprises an endless track and drive means for driving the track. The track includes a plurality of traction elements mounted thereon for movement with the trac... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173356 | Independent direct drive for paper processing machines The present invention provides an electric drive, including a stator (4) and a rotor (3), for a paper processing machine, in particular a printing press having at least two rotary subassemblies (1, 2), the stator (4) and the rotor (3 | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165707 | Method and apparatus for feeding wire to a welding arc A method and apparatus for feeding wire in a welding system include one or more motors disposed adjacent the wire to drive it. A wire feed motor is also disposed along the wire path, and is closer to the source of wire than the torch, and closer to the source than t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7113887 | Method and apparatus for sizing a power processing device serving multiple drive units A method for determining supply requirements for a motor control system includes determining a performance profile for each of a plurality of drive units. A power supply parameter for each drive unit is generated based on the performance profiles. The power supply p... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101504 | Highly oriented super microfilaments Method of and apparatus for continuously manufacturing highly oriented super micro filaments with a diameter of 5 μm or less from most of thermoplastic polymers stably by a simple and convenient means without requiring any special apparatus of high accuracy and hig... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073439 | Rotary press A rotary press is provided that prevents a print from contamination with a color different from a printing color. The rotary press comprising a printing unit made of a set of printing cylinders such as plate and blanket cylinders or plate and impression cylinders fo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7045037 | Process for cleaning a roll in a calender Process for cleaning at least one roll of a calender. The process includes guiding a web over a surface of the at least one roll of the calender to be cleaned, and producing a relative speed difference between the surface of the least one roll and a section of the w... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035706 | Method of adjusting a process output value A method of adjusting a process output in a material handling process. The velocity analog value of the material is determined and an instantaneous integral gain is then determined according to the velocity analog value. The output of a controller is then adjusted a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6976946 | Modular pouch machine A pouch machine includes a controller and first and second modules. Each module has a converting station and the electrical equipment needed to operate the station. The controller controls the converting stations and operating parameters are provided from one module... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6923116 | Shunting track in a transport device A shunt track is provided in a transport device for drawing in a length of material through the use of a drawing mechanism which is guided by the track. The shunt track includes a first guide section with one end that is selectively alignable with a second or a thir... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913569 | Packed tapes as well as methods and an assembly for packing said tapes A packed tape (1) comprises a folded tape (2) and a package (3) preferably made of plastic film. The tape (2) is zigzag folded into an oblong stack in such a manner that some (2a) of the bendings of the tape flush with the e... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905573 | Method and equipment for cleaning and maintaining rolls The surface of a web is monitored by a fault detection system (20), a machine condition monitoring system, a quality measurement system, a web moisture measurement and/or a web temperature measurement and the soiled part of the surface of the roll is detected... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903305 | Welding wire feeder A push-pull welding wire feeder includes plural wire feeding units provided in a wire feeding passage extending from a welding wire magazine, in which a roll of welding wire is accommodated, via a wire guide tube to a welding torch. At least one of the wire feeding ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6851593 | System and method for controlling the strain of web material A system and method for controlling the strain of a web material supplied to a machine by adjusting a tension force applied to the web material. An operator defines a target web strain via an input device. A speed sensor senses the speed of the web material supplied... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6627834 | Wire electrical discharge apparatus The shape of each electrical supply die for contact-supplying electricity to a wire electrode is changed to a cylindrical shape, and grooves are provided in its outer surface in parallel to the traveling direction of the wire, wherein upper electric suppl... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6488193 | Guide conveyor having a laterally adjustable deflector roller at the end A method and apparatus for conveying and applying a strip component (11) such as a tire tread is disclosed. The method includes the steps of placing the strip component on a belt conveyer (16), determining a guideline (52) of the strip component (11) at a... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6450752 | Method and apparatus for incrementally feeding a tube along a linear tube path A feeder system for incrementally feeding a tube along a linear tube path to a point of use. The feeder system includes a frame, and first and second belts on the frame. The first and second belts are capable of moving incrementally in respective first an... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6135336 | Capstan arrangement for a cable treatment plant Capstan arrangement for transporting a cable to a treatment plant, which capstan arrangement comprises a stationary stand, a capstan wheel rotatably mounted on the stand with a peripheral track for the cable and a motor driven driving device in engagement... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6085956 | Method and apparatus for controlling tension in a web offset printing press The inertial drag of idler rollers in a web-offset press with independently driven drive rollers is compensated by successively advancing downstream rollers during speed changes. This prevents low-tension conditions on the web and subsequent web breaks. C... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5957359 | Method and arrangement for levelling out the tension of optical fibres A method and apparatus for equalizing the tension of optical fibers to a predetermined value, in which optical fibers (3) are passed from starting reels (1) through an equalizer wheel structure (4) to the next stage of the process. The equalizer wheel str... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5904094 | Roller arrangement in a folding apparatus of a web-fed rotary printing press A roller arrangement in a folding apparatus of a rotary printing press includes a plurality of gathering rollers for passing a plurality of incoming ribbons along a line substantially tangential to the plurality of gathering rollers, thereby forming a mul... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5794830 | System for incorporation of post-production operations to a web output from an image transfer device A system and method for incorporating, in the production of a continuous stream of images, by an image transfer device upon a moving web, post-production operations upon the web at various locations. Locations of a web, having a plurality of images placed... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5769301 | Method and apparatus for pivotally mounted media transport bridge with improved counterbalance system A media transport bridge is an integral media transport device within an internal drum laser imagesetter that transports media from an imaging area in the drum to an external processor or intermediate buffer. Five pairs of rollers transport the film over ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5704304 | Level lining apparatus and method An apparatus and method are provided for simultaneously feeding two or more rolls of material into a sewing and cutting system. Specifically, the apparatus includes a roll let-off for supporting and feeding a first roll of material or cloth. The let-off i... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5586708 | Packaging machine feed mechanism A packaging machine that has features for feeding a web in the form of a continuous chain of bags through the machine while helping maintain the web in proper alignment and proper tension, and having additional features for improved loading of the bags. T... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5540371 | Method of adjusting a wire feeder for a blocked tip condition A method of adjusting a wire feeder having a pusher system (12) and a puller system (14) to avoid birdnesting and collapse of the wire (11) in the wire guide or conduit (13) when the tip (15) of the wire feeder is blocked or a wire jam occurs. The pusher ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5524805 | Web feed roller and drive control system thereof A web feed roller is driven by a compact and simple web feed roller drive device included in the web feed roller. The web feed roller comprises a support shaft, a cylindrical hollow member rotatably supported on the support shaft, a stator provided with a... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5511712 | Web guide roller with directionally switched drive coupling Damage to rotating cylinders in a web-fed rotary printing machine, due to breaks or tears in the material web passing through the machine, is prevented by providing a web guide roller with a directionally switched coupling intermediate two spaced gripping... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5497928 | Apparatus for feeding wire having a linearly movable roller pinch pair with guide rod Wire is fed along a predetermined path by virtue of being pinched between an upper set of feed rolls and a lower set of feed rolls while the upper and lower rolls are rotated in opposite directions. The upper feed rolls are journaled cantilever fashion by... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5475907 | Apparatus and method for forming coils of yarn and for heat setting the same An apparatus and method are provided for forming coils of yarn and for heat setting the yarn. The apparatus has a coiler adapted to receive yarn from a yarn source ant to form the yarn into a plurality of loops of a desired size. The coiler preferably inc... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5419480 | Apparatus for continuous axial feeding of an elongate member A feed arrangement for a rotating bar includes a rotary drive carrying a series of axially spaced clamping devices comprising collets through which the bar passes. The clamping devices are axially reciprocated in phased sequence and the collet of each dev... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5390841 | Method of drawing large-size elongate cable for installation A large-size elongate cable is continuously drawn from a container with a plurality of spaced cable drawing machines associated with respective slave controllers controlled by a master controller. A control signal is supplied from the master controller to... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5383591 | Interface device between a feeding device and a receiving station for photographic material An interface device (10) connects in a light tight manner a feeding device (11) with a receiving station (12) fitted with a feed opening (13) and a driving device (60) liable to move a web (153) inserted into the feed opening (13) with a given tension for... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5370291 | System for transporting web-shaped recording substrates in printing devices The transport device (10, 10a) for web-shaped recording substrates (3, 3a, 3b) includes transport devices (13, 13a, 15, 15a, 15b) driven by an electromotor, wherein the transport devices (13, 13a, 15, 15a, 15b) transport back and forth and asynchronously ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370290 | Wire feeder allowing for wire slippage without damaging wire A pusher system (12) extracts a wire (11) from a reservoir (10) and feeds the wire through a wire guide (13) to a puller system (14). The puller system then feeds the wire (11) through a tip (15) to the welding operation represented by an arc (16) and a w... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5368212 | Apparatus for infeeding a cable to an automatic cable processing machine The apparatus for infeeding a cable in a predetermined infeed direction to an automatic cable processing machine enables moving standard cables and cables of reduced wall thickness at high velocities between the drive surfaces of two revolvingly contactin... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5337944 | Paper web guide device having alternating driving and braking guide rollers A paper web guide device for guiding and conveying a paper web comprises a plurality of guide rollers arranged in a parallel configuration in a printing system. The guide rollers comprise a mix of driving guide rollers equipped with a driving mechanism an... | 08/16/1994 |
| 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 |
