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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7014083 | System and method for controlling the width of web material A system and method for controlling the width of a web material supplied to a machine by adjusting the tension of the web material. An operator defines a target web width via an input device. The input device generates a reference signal representative of the target... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6460748 | Device for adjusting the transverse position of a strip of packaging material A device for adjusting the transverse position of a strip of packaging material on a packaging machine for producing packages containing a pourable food product, the device having a slide movable crosswise with respect to the strip and carrying a gripping... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450383 | Method and apparatus for pinless feeding of web to a utilization device A system and method for utilizing web that is free of tractor pin feed holes comprises the driving of the web along a predetermined path within the utilization device. A web guide is provided in an upstream location from a utilization device element. The ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6313669 | Buffer circuitry There is provided buffer circuitry that can include a data output circuit for connecting a first power supply to its output terminal when a data applied thereto is at a HIGH level, or connecting a ground to the output terminal when the data is at a LOW le... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6279807 | Method and apparatus for pinless feeding of web to a utilization device A system and method for utilizing web that is free of tractor pin feed holes comprises the driving of the web along a predetermined path within the utilization device. A web guide is provided in an upstream location from a utilization device element. The ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6170727 | Web having alignment indicia and an associated web feeding and working apparatus A web and an associated web feeding and handling apparatus for performing a work operation on the web is disclosed. The apparatus feeds the web in a feed direction longitudinally of itself by means of a friction drive. The operation of the drive is contro... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6138885 | Web having alignment indicia and an associated web feeding and working apparatus A web and an associated web feeding and handling apparatus for performing a work operation on the web is disclosed. The apparatus feeds the web in a feed direction longitudinally of itself by means of a friction drive. The operation of the drive is contro... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6076718 | Method and apparatus for conveying expanded film A film conveying apparatus includes a conveying mechanism and a speed control mechanism. The conveying mechanism includes a plurality of lower rollers arranged in a lateral direction perpendicular to a film conveyed direction. The lower roller is equipped... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5979732 | Method and apparatus for pinless feeding of web to a utilization device A system and method for utilizing web that is free of tractor pin feed holes comprises the driving of the web along a predetermined path within the utilization device. A web guide is provided in an upstream location from a utilization device element. The ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5783007 | Method for splicing heat transfer printing paper The disclosed apparatus implements a method of joining two sheets of heat transfer paper into a single sheet almost twice as wide for use in heat transfer printing of extra wide cloth. The paper is withdrawn from source rolls and passed along first and se... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5777878 | Screen printing press having longitudinal, lateral and angular screen frame registration system and method A screen printing press is provided for printing on a web having defined, successive areas and indicia provided in predetermined positions relative to each of the defined areas. The press includes a base defining a work station, a screen supported on the ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5711470 | Apparatus and method for adjusting the lateral position of a moving strip Method and apparatus for guiding a strip traveling along a selected path past a first location on the path and then past a second location on the path, which method and apparatus comprise correcting the camber of the strip at the first location toward a f... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5660675 | Method and apparatus for splicing heat transfer printing paper The disclosed apparatus implements a method of joining two sheets of heat transfer paper into a single sheet almost twice as wide for use in heat transfer printing of extra wide cloth. The paper is withdrawn from source rolls and passed along first and se... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5138341 | Plotter with drive rollers having variable radial contact surfaces A plotter wherein, while a sheet is being moved on a recording surface, figures, characters etc. are automatically depicted on the surface of the sheet, or the contours of figures, characters etc. are automatically cut in the surface of the sheet. In the ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5098507 | Relieved plastic floor tile rolling press with an automatic alignment device A relieved plastic floor tile rolling press having an automatic alignment device comprising a surface roller from which a surface substratum with plane patterns printed thereon is unwound, a pressing roller on which recessed carves shaped the same as the ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5091962 | Method and apparatus for detecting a sheet strip material misfeed condition A plurality of individual frames or stampings provided in a sheet strip material by a stamping device are passed in proximity to a sensing device. As each individual frame or stamping is passed in proximity to the sensing device, the sensing device provid... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4963807 | Ultrasonic web edge guide circuit An ultrasonic servo controller circuit is disclosed which is used to detect the edge of a web and adjust the web position as it is dispensed from a pay-off roll to packaging machinery. The circuit is utilized to control a motor which operates a linear act... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4813320 | Method and apparatus for detecting a sheet strip material misfeed condition A plurality of individual frames or stampings provided in a sheet strip material by a stamping device are passed in proximity to a sensing device. As each individual frame or stamping is passed in proximity to the sensing device, the sensing device provid... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4483472 | Apparatus and method for indexing sheet material An apparatus and associated method for indexing a strip of sheet material in fixed amounts along the support surface of a table enable an instrument supported from a carriage spanning the support surface to work on the material in precisely controlled seg... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4453406 | Device for the transport of test specimens in strip form to a measuring apparatus Apparatus for the evaluation of test strips conveys the strips on a disposable web (e.g., a paper tape) from a first position where the test strips are placed onto the web, past a second position where the test strips are evaluated by a reflex photometer ... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4381586 | Width control and alignment means for continuous extensible web A control system is provided for maintaining a constant predetermined transverse width in a continuous elastic or extensible web while the web is traveling longitudinally and while simultaneously transversely aligning the longitudinally moving web in regi... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4350276 | Arrangement for aligning a material web, particularly a veneer web An arrangement for aligning a cross line of a material web moving in a given direction along a bearing surface, particularly a veneer web of veneer sheets, with a set position, includes a monitor for monitoring the position of a cross line and detecting a... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4155496 | Web control device A device for direction control of a moving web includes a turning bar having a variable spaced drive the rotation speed of which is responsive to a sensor to correct deviations of the web from its intended path.... | 05/22/1979 |
