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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926688 | Tension-controlled web processing machine and method A web processing assembly including first, second and third fixed spaced apart pairs of nip rollers moving the web respectively at a first, second and third speeds, the first and third speeds being constant and similar, the second speed being variable with a mean sp... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7393096 | Inkjet printer with cutting mechanism control An inkjet printer includes a conveyance belt including a groove, a conveyance mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a control unit, and a judgment unit. After the cutting mechanism cuts the printing medium, the judgment unit judges whether or not a cut position of the pri... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383773 | Apparatus for deflecting individual webs An apparatus for deflecting a printing material web coming from a printing press that is cut into at least two individual webs to laterally arranged processing devices. The apparatus includes a respective load-bearing frame for each individual web. A respective defl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7143917 | Configurable paper transport A configurable paper transport having a frame having at least one station for securing a non-driven paper web process device. The configurable paper transport defines a paper web path through the non-driven paper web process device, or devices. The configurable pape... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7082737 | Form-fill-seal machine Form-fill-seal machine includes parts for moving a web of packaging material through the machine according to a process path and parts for transforming the web into filled bags, as well as a zipper strip applicator device for supplying a zipper strip for each bag tr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7032518 | Method and system for managing tension and maintaining registration between multiple webs in a web finishing system A system and method for managing the tension and maintaining registration between multiple webs in a web finishing system. The method involves transporting a first web and at least second web toward a finishing apparatus, comparing relative positions of registration... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033015 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer includes a conveyance belt including a groove, a conveyance mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a control unit, and a judgment unit. After the cutting mechanism cuts the printing medium, The judgment unit judges whether or not a cut position of the pri... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6748991 | Feeder for surface mounting device A feeder for the surface mounting device is disclosed. The feeder includes a feeding unit being installed at one side of a main frame, having a plurality of armature coils and a circular permanent magnetic unit facing the plurality of armature coils to generate a ro... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6092466 | Method for self-adjusting color and cut register control in rotary printing machines having a plurality of webs A method for self-adjusting color and cut register control in rotary printing machines having individual or a plurality of webs is specified, according to which the amount of relative web stretching of the individual web sections is calculated from the op... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6053107 | Method and apparatus for registering a pre-printed web on a printing press A preprinted web having a plurality of first repeating images is reprinted with a plurality of second repeating images which are in register with the first images. A register mark is printed on the web for each of the first images. When the web is reprint... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5901892 | Film transporting apparatus A film transporting apparatus for transporting forwards and backwards a film with a plurality of images recorded thereon in a predetermined direction, whereby the position of each image is stored and placed in a predetermined position on the basis of the ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5893021 | Sheet feeding system including leading edge detection In a continuous form printer, a passage of the leading edge of the sheet is detected by a top sensor located along a feeding path thereof. If the top sensor detects the leading edge of the sheet while the sheet is fed in a reverse direction, the control u... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5813587 | Laminating machine register-length and web tension controller A cascaded loop controller is used to control register or repeat lengths and web tension on laminating machines where the inner control loop utilizes register-length sensors near the unwind end of the laminating machine to make rapid adjustments in web te... | 09/29/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5777879 | Process-to-mark control system A processing control system in a processing apparatus, for repetitive processing of a plurality of marked sections of uniform length forming a continuous elongate material, the processing controller outputting a corrected material feed length signal for m... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5649274 | Electrophotographic printer using a continuous-form recording sheet An electrophotographic printer is capable of using a plurality of types of continuous form recording media having different page lengths, respectively. In the printer, a photoconductive member is charged and exposed to light carrying image data to form a ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5628574 | Web error recovery divert system A web error recovery divert system is provided. A web is printed and scanned for errors. An error is identified in a grouping of sections or pages. A replacement grouping of sections or pages is printed. The replacement grouping includes an identifying ma... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5565972 | Electrophotographic printer using a continuous-form recording sheet An electrophotographic printer is capable of using a plurality of types of continuous form recording media having different page lengths, respectively. In the printer, a photoconductive member is charged and exposed to light carrying image data to form a ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5538171 | Method of tracking web segments for post-production operations 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... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5505129 | Web width tracking A printing system having a plurality of printing stations in series is provided with a web width sensor system that detects the change in width of a paper web by monitoring the position of both edges of the sheet after it leaves a printing station to dete... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5493318 | Continuous form positioning device with control of rollers in response to a tip sensor A device for positioning a tip portion of a continuous form provided in a laser printer when the continuous form is set in the laser printer. The device includes a pair of fixing rollers provided at a position separated by a predetermined interval from a ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5486254 | Dual drive registration system A system of incrementally moving a foil, or other flexible and elastic elongated web, through a work station, by contacting and registering the foil on both sides of the work station. An example of such a work station is a hot stamping press that transfer... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5470300 | Web registration system and method A system and method in the manufacture of plastic bags for accurately registering a web having graphic material printed repetitively thereon with respect to a transverse cutting and sealing device comprise detecting the passage of an eyemark printed on th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5455764 | Register control system, particularly for off-line web finishing A register control system, particularly one that registers marks on a printed web to a function cylinder, produces proportional and integral gains each independently variable to control the take over point of the integral gain with respect to the proporti... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5438349 | Thermal printer label gap sensor and method for controlling same An apparatus and method for sensing gaps between labels adhered to a backing material in longitudinally spaced-apart positions as the backing material travels along the print path of a thermal printer. An array of light-emitting diodes oriented transverse... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5361960 | Off-line web finishing system with splice and missing mark stability An off-line web finishing system performs plural functions on a pre-printed and rewound web at a series of pieces of equipment arranged in a line. Tension in the web is set at a variable infeed at a substantially constant value that is sufficient to facil... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5356062 | Roll feed apparatus for intermittently feeding a workpiece A roll feed apparatus of the type including a pair of rolls for clamping a workpiece therebetween and for intermittently feeding the workpiece, comprises a differential gear, operatively connected to at least one of the rolls, for rotating the roll(s). A ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5344057 | Method for incorporation of post-production operations to a web output from an image transfer device A 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 thereon, o... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5328074 | Film registration gate assembly A film registration gate assembly has a gate with focal positioning location for focal positioning of an image frame of a strip film with edge perforations. Undersized first and second pins enter a pair of transversely aligned perforations to register the... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5328073 | Film registration and ironing gate assembly A film registration and ironing gate assembly has a gate with a positioning location or aperture for focal positioning of an image frame of a strip film with edge perforations. Undersized first and second pins enter a pair of transversely aligned perforat... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5312033 | Web conveyor drive system A web conveyor drive system, for example of the suction box type, employs independent motor drives for each of the plurality of drive rollers in the suction drive. Web tension drive loads are equalized across the drive rollers by controlling the individua... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5310105 | Stock material strip feed controller An apparatus for measuring and controlling lengths of movement of a continuous stock material strip which is intermittently fed by feed rollers along a predetermined path of travel to a machine which includes a reciprocally operable carriage having toolin... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5297712 | System for feeding and positioning articles being processed A system for feeding and positioning articles being processed comprises: a conveying device for driving and conveying the articles; a passage detecting component for detecting the passage of a part to be detected of one part of an article, which is being ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5279453 | Automatic document feeder capable of feeding a document in the form of a computer form An automatic document feeder (ADF) for use with an electrophotographic copier, digital copier or similar image recorder for selectively feeding ordinary documents in the form of separates sheets and a continuous document in the form of computer form (CF) ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5224640 | Off-line web finishing system An off-line web finishing system performs plural functions on a pre printed and rewound web at a series of pieces of equipment arranged in a line. Tension in the web is set at a variable infeed at a constant value that is sufficient to facilitate handling... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5193727 | System for incorporation of post-production operations to a web output from an image transfer device A system 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 thereon, o... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5163008 | Method and apparatus for advancing sheet material for the cutting of successive segments thereof In a method and apparatus for cutting either a single sheet or a lay-up of sheets of material to derive pattern pieces or the like from the material, the material is cut segment-by-segment by bringing a fresh segment to a cutting station after a preceding... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5129568 | Off-line web finishing system An off-line web finishing system performs plural functions on a pre-printed and rewound web at a series of pieces of equipment arranged in a line. Tension in the web is set at a variable infeed at a constant value that is sufficient to facilitate handling... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5061947 | Microprocessor controlled thermal printer A microprocessor controller thermal printer particularly usable in a hand-held labeler for printing labels on a composite web detects indices on the web and automatically adjusts the distance that the web is advanced based on a measurement of the distance... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5061946 | Microprocessor controlled thermal printer A microprocessor controlled thermal printer particularly usable in a hand-held labeler for printing labels on a composite web detects indices on the web and utilizes the detected indices to position the labels relative to the print head. The printer utili... | 10/29/1991 |
