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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337936 | Continuous paper transporting mechanism and printing apparatus having the same A printing apparatus having a mechanism for transporting continuous paper includes: a frictionally transporting section for frictionally transporting the continuous paper; a paper braking section provided on an upstream side of the frictionally transporting section;... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7104712 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6662987 | Cable processing equipment with cable changer In a cable processing equipment a cable changer stands perpendicularly relative to a base plate, at which a straightening unit and a cable transport unit are arranged. The cable changer is movable upwardly or downwardly and consists of a frame with horizo... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6637634 | Methods for calibration and automatic alignment in friction drive apparatus A friction drive apparatus includes an edge detection system for determining a lateral position of a strip material advancing in a longitudinal direction. The edge detection system includes a first sensor and a second sensor for monitoring the lateral pos... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6604662 | Tension apparatus in continuous printing and mounting apparatus for film-like printing body A suitable tension is applied to a film-like printing body to be processed in a printing step or a parts mounting step. Further, the processed film-like printing body is automatically fed out by a predetermined stroke. In a state of a film-like printing b... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6592217 | Recording apparatus During upper-stage recording (recording to rolled paper of an upper-stage roll folder) of upper/lower-stage continuous recording, if absence of the rolled paper on a spool is detected, the recording is suspended, and the rolled paper is then cut by a cutt... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6276586 | Methods for calibration and automatic alignment in friction drive apparatus A friction drive apparatus includes an edge detection system for determining a lateral position of a strip material advancing in a longitudinal direction. The edge detection system includes a first sensor and a second sensor for monitoring the lateral pos... | 08/21/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6045023 | Yarn multiple supply device for a machine Apparatus for feeding a machine with a wire selected from a plurality of wires includes wire guides for supplying wires to a receiver device, a wire distributor for selecting one of the wires and moving the selected wire through an output guide to a machi... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6026723 | Roll paper feeding apparatus An inventive apparatus for feeding rolled paper comprises rolled paper, a feed roller for feeding the rolled paper, a cutting unit for cutting the rolled paper, a driving source for actuating the feed roller and the cutting unit, a first gear train interp... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5957360 | System and method for transporting and clamping flexible film structures One or more porous air film rolls are used, in a system to support a flexible web during movement of the web, and selectively provide either compliant or rigid clamping of the web while performing processing operations on the web at a work station. The pr... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5873507 | Top of form setting apparatus for a printer A top of form setting apparatus for a printer, which has a printing device for printing on paper, a paper storage for storing the paper, a paper feeding device for feeding the paper in a forward direction toward the printing device and in a reverse direct... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5762282 | Remote retractable lifeline extender A remotely controllable retractable lifeline extender having an electric motor attached thereto to provide powered payout and retraction of the lifeline to a user located below. The remote retractable lifeline extender may be fastened to the ceiling or ra... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5244293 | Method for positioning web-shaped recording substrates in printing devices An occurring positioning error is electronically corrected during the positioning of edge-perforated continuous form paper (10) in a print position (PP) relative to a print station (13) of a printing device (1). Edge perforation holes (EH1 . . . EHv) on t... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5222818 | Tape printer apparatus and control method A printer that prints characters or graphics on tape by means of a thermal print head, having a cutting means that cuts the tape at predetermined positions, and control means which act to eliminate printing defects such as gaps, or spaces, between printed... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5215383 | Ticket stock and ticket dispenser A continuous strip of ticket stock from which individual tickets can be separated includes an elongated strip of a ticket stock material and, at each preselected ticket-separation location, a collinear transversely extending perforation, bursting slot, an... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5200790 | Automatic document conveying device An automatic document conveying device is applied to an image processor that has a transparent plate. The automatic document conveying device can convey a continuous document that has folding lines extending in the direction of width at stated intervals i... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5158381 | Printing media feeding apparatus for printers A printer includes a printing portion and means for defining a sheet path along which a printing media passes through the printing portion. The sheet path defining means includes a pair of first feed rollers arranged upstream of the printing portion with ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5133615 | Ticket issuing machine A ticket issuing machine having a stocker for containing a continuous form, a paper carrier device for carrying the continuous form supplied from the stocker to an inlet of a carrier line, a paper separating device for separating the continuous form at a ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5110026 | Apparatus for a stepwise advancing of a web-shaped workpiece The crank assembly of the advancing apparatus is eccentrically supported in an intermediate shaft. This intermediate shaft is in turn supported in an oscillating slide. Accordingly, the oscillating movement of the slide is superimposed over such of the dr... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5110227 | Color printer A color printer according to the present invention includes a clutch means, an urging member and a positional alignment mechanism. The clutch means is used for engaging and disengaging a driving force used to move a paper holder means. The urging member (... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5071274 | Recording paper transporting device for aligning top print line margin and cutting line A printer of the type in which printing is performed in response to data supplied from a host computer and the printer is selectively rendered in an on-line mode enabling to receive the data from the host computer and in an off-line mode disabling to rece... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5062722 | Thermal printer with reciprocal paper feed control A thermal printer comprises a pair of fixed frames for rotatably supporting a platen which is rotated by a motor and a head unit rotatably supported by the fixed frames through a pair of movable frames and for supporting a thermal head. A pair of pinch ro... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5026336 | Apparatus for controlling the feed of an intermittent web feeding apparatus The driving gear meshes with the gear on the web of a planetary gear. This planetary gear includes an arrestable sun wheel. The output sun wheel is rigidly connected to the drive shaft. It extends through a sleeve section of the web. A longitudinally disp... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5010816 | Web tensioning device for printing press A printing press of a type that will operate with a continuous web has a device for taking up slack between the printing of each format. An electrically actuated sprocket drive is located at the opposite region for pulling the web forward from a blanket c... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4995745 | Printer with multi-function paper feeding mechanism A printer includes improved paper feeding mechanism. A manual paper guide plate below an automatic paper feeding device can guide a thick piece of paper into a printing position on the platen without bending it hard around the platen. A pin tractor below ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4887452 | Sprocket-type strip feed Strip feeding mechanism intended for use in a stamping and forming machine comprises an intermittently rotated sprocket wheel which is located adjacent to the operating zone of the machine in which the stamping and tooling is located. The strip material i... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4867056 | Apparatus and method for cutting indicia from tape An apparatus for cutting indicia from tape. A pair of rollers provided, each with an axis, first and second ends and roller surfaces. Support plates are included for supporting the second ends. Support plates are also included for supporting the first end... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4852786 | Tape module for a modular mailing machine The tape module for mounting in a mailing machine includes a tape track supported by a support means such that the tape track is supported in a generally cantilevered manner. A tape positioning means selectively positioning the support means in a first po... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4779781 | Method and an arrangement for the feeding of a material web A method and arrangement for severing packaging blanks, including a drive roller, a register roller at a location downstream of the drive roller and high-speed driving rollers downstream of the register roller for removing severed web portions. The drive ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4775087 | Arrangement for the automatic control of the step-by-step advance of a foil sheet Apparatus is described for moving a sheet to be machined in a step-by-step fashion. A continuously running machine, illustratively in the form of a printer, is disposed at a machine station. A motor drives a sheet mover to move the sheet in a first direct... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4751879 | Method and apparatus for intermittently processing successive definite lengths of a continuous flexible web A system is provided for intermittently processing successive definite lengths of flexible sheet material in continuous web form, e.g., tractor-fed computer printout paper, with nearly tensionless transport of the web through web feeding operations, cycli... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4723488 | Apparatus for intermittently feeding continuous paper in a printing press An impression cylinder (11) and a blanket cylinder (2) are made in contact with/separated from each other at prescribed timing. Continuous paper (12) inserted between the impression cylinder (11) and the blanket cylinder (2) is intermittently fed in assoc... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4625902 | Method and arrangement for the feeding of a material web A more space-effective method and device for the feeding of a material web (1) is obtained by making use of a web feeding unit (2) for feeding as well as correction of register. The web feeding unit (2) is provided for this purpose with two driving device... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4613062 | Hot melt material dispenser This relates to a dispenser for a hot melt material which is supplied in rod-like form from a spool and which is heated to the required semi-liquid dispensing state. The dispensing head is provided with a heating passage which provides for uniform heating... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4545518 | Web apparatus with variable repeat interval The delineating cylinder of the web apparatus of this invention has a cutout around one-third of its periphery to be out of contact with the web through an idle phase of its rotational cycle during which a web portion at that cylinder is drawn rearward th... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4537482 | Motion picture film movement apparatus A captive film loop apparatus moves film through a film gate in a manner to increase the dwell time of each film frame in the gate over that normally available with presently known captive film loop apparatus. Film loops on either side of the gate are hel... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4522017 | Registration of bags in a filling machine An automated bag filling mechanism particularly adapted to handle reclosable zipper lock-type plastic bags fed into the machine in a bag chain has a bag opening station, a filling station, a bag reclosing station, and a bag separation station, all success... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4517788 | Mechanism for filling bags of different sizes An automated bag filling machine particularly adapted to handle reclosable fastener strip profile-type plastic bags fed into the machine in a bag chain employs stations for opening, filling, reclosing, and separating filled and closed bags from the remain... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4475678 | Roll feed apparatus A roll feed apparatus suited for use in automatic manufacturing machines, in feeding a sheet-like material intermittently. The apparatus comprises a main sector roll and a sub-sector roll adapted to cooperate with each other in clamping therebetween the s... | 10/09/1984 |
