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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7296717 | Method and apparatus for controlling a moving web A method of controlling a moving web in relation to a selected transverse position comprising positioning a first positioning guide proximate a second positioning guide wherein the second positioning guide has a mechanism for positioning the web having minimal backl... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7255030 | Method and device at running webs have been printed in a high-speed printer The present invention relates running webs which have been printed in a high-speed printer. A method and a device are provided for longitudinal cuffing of a running, unseparated web in two web portions, wherein the unseparated web (2) is printed in a high-spe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7219606 | Method and apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor printing machine The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor printing machine. To reduce waste, the longitudinal and circumferenti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208904 | Multiple motor position control A controller for motor activation providing accurate and repeatable position changes by pressing and releasing a push button switch. Repeatable position changes are made in an advance direction by triggering a digital counter for a predetermined number of cycles of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204401 | Web material feeding apparatus A web material feeding apparatus has a suction plate 24 provided near an outlet of a reservoir box 2. The suction plate 24 can be shifted in the direction across a feeding path for tip paper C, by operation of a motor 76. The feeding appa... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7099120 | Method for supporting a tape head assembly on an air cushion A method of supporting a transducer head in a read/write application provides an air bearing member that has a bearing surface area. The transducer is reciprocally supported on the air bearing member. Gas is flowed out of the bearing surface area so that the transdu... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6994005 | Apparatus for slitting, merging, and cutting a continuous paperweb A paper web, which may be pinless, is slit into side-by-side web ribbons that are merged one on top of the other for simultaneous crosscutting into appropriate page lengths. One web ribbon wraps substantially about an angled turnbar to shift it into registry with th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6929210 | Fiber payout follower A follower apparatus mounted on a track running parallel to an axis of rotation of a spool. The apparatus has a base with a roller mounted thereon and having an axis of rotation parallel to the rotational axis of the spool, the roller providing support and guidance ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6659006 | Tension control device for a printing press A tension control device for a printing press having an adjustment roller, with a web of the press passing from a supply roll of the web to the adjustment roller. Means are provided for measuring the tension on opposed sides of the web passing downstream ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6352614 | Method for guiding a paper or board web Method and apparatus for guiding a paper or board web in a paper manufacturing machine, a board manufacturing machine, or finishing units in connection with such machines. Web travel is guided by changing the travel position of at least one wire travellin... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6311539 | Method for calibrating an edge detection system in a 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... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6062453 | Active disk guide A conveyor system and method for steering and shifting an associated strip component to a desired transverse position includes a sensor for sensing the transverse position of the associated strip component, a shaft rotatable about an axis generally perpen... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6052135 | Combination erase bar and belt position detector system for use with an electrophotographic imaging system An electrophotographic imaging system including a combination erase and belt position detection system which may be employed for belt registration or image registration. In one embodiment, the system includes an erase bar having a pattern of light extendi... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5989368 | Carpet position sensor A position detector senses an undulating pile tuft edge position of a carpet as it is processed in a carpet making machine by detecting attenuated light passing through the carpet's primary backing material to determine the exact position of the carpet's ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5882457 | Tire tread guiding Tire building apparatus and method wherein the cut to length tread is transported to a drum on a conveyor having laterally movable driving rollers and inverted guide rollers engaging the inner surfaces of raised shoulders of the tread. Control of the trea... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5794829 | Device for lateral register adjustment of a web of material A device for width of print adjustment of a web of material, particularly a printed web of material, including at least one register correction wheel for deflecting a web of material, the register correction wheel being assigned to the path of the web of ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5517914 | Web tension regulator for printing machine An apparatus for use with a printing press including a tension regulator for maintaining a substantially constant tension level on a web of printing medium passing through the printing press. The printing press has at least one dancer roller, and the tens... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5460312 | Method of and apparatus for controlling lateral deviations of a travelling fabric web The travel of a fabric web is corrected by an image acquisition from a region thereof including a guidance criterium which can be interrupted to produce a single row of image points, the signals of which are digitalized and compared with a reference signa... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5423467 | 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 of the film to ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5308010 | Method for eliminating imperfections in a wound web roll In the winding of webs of plastic films on cores, defects in the web caused by hard streaks in the wound roll are avoided or reduced by a new method of control. In this method, measurements are made of elastic properties of the web and of the average widt... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5284284 | Method for controlling side guide means A method of guiding a strip (S) of material, e.g. steel, comprises feeding the strip between a pair of spaced guide members (15), through pinch rolls (13) and optionally on to a winder (12) to be coiled. When the strip passes the upstream end of the guide... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5224639 | Lateral tracking and positioning system for fabrication of composite sheet material A system for controlling the lateral position of a sheet of composite material as the sheet travels longitudinally through a curing oven. The system includes roller guide assemblies along the edges of the sheet. Lateral positioning of the sheet is control... | 07/06/1993 |
| 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 |
| 4923139 | Coil feeding system, mehod and apparatus A multi-directional system, method and apparatus for feeding stock from a coil into a press in a principal feed direction and selectively in a direction normal to the principal feed direction includes an uncoiler, a compensator, a feeder and a press arran... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4888717 | Web lateral position control apparatus and method A method and apparatus controlling the lateral position of a moving web of material having a central longitudinally extending web axis extending generally parallel to the direction of movement of the web so as to maintain the central longitudinally extend... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4860964 | Method for controlling the position of a web moving along a given path and apparatus for use in such method A method for controlling the position of a web moving along a given path, which is effective especially when a web travelling speed varies. In the method, the web travelling speed is detected and then a correction speed for correcting the meandering of th... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4839674 | Recorder-medium registration system In a recorder, at least one set of marks spaced by a predetermined distance in a feed direction of a record paper are recorded on the record paper, the marks are detected by a detector while the record paper is fed, a time interval between detections of t... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4824001 | Method for centering materials A means and method for applying innerliner material to a tire building drum and more particularly to a means and method for cutting and applying the innerliner material and further allowing for stock width measurement and precise centering without the pos... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4610739 | Method and device for providing longitudinal and lateral stretch control in laminated webs A method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling the longitudinal and lateral deformation and the lateral position of a moving web of plastic film material which is laminated to a moving web of paper material to form a laminated composite.... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4532596 | Controlling register in a printing press For register control when printing on a web, signals corresponding to a predetermined hidden pattern of low-amplitude density variations are superimposed on picture signals representing the image to be printed. After printing, light from elements of the p... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4495583 | Apparatus and method for encoding positions of web press machines An apparatus and method for encoding the lateral or circumferential setting within a web press of a laterally or circumferentially adjustable machine for operating on a web is provided. The machine has an element which moves linearly as the machine is adj... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4431124 | Apparatus and method for guiding metal strip Belt-like traveling guide apparatus has been provided for guiding side edges of metal strip material that is being positively advanced from, for example, an uncoiling station to a second or processing station. Side pairs of idler guide rolls are employed ... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4394206 | Apparatus and method for applying an elongated tab to a moving substrate An applicator (10) for applying a string or tape (72) coated with a thermoplastic adhesive to a moving substrate (14) is the subject of this patent application. The applicator (10) includes a first roll (28) about which the string (72) is fed. Thereafter,... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4364502 | Line sensor arrangement A rotating magnetic sensor which detects a ferrous line on a web of material and compares it with a reference registration line to either speed up or slow down the speed of the section of web material on which the ferrous line is located. The sensor emplo... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4349849 | Tape tracking device A tape tracking device for a tape recorder comprises first and second position detection heads disposed such that one of the first and second position detection heads is upwardly displaced by its one upper half from a track on which a signal is recorded a... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4322026 | Method and apparatus for controlling a moving web Method and apparatus for smoothing and laterally guiding a longitudinally moving web of material wherein the web is longitudinally moved in a generally upward vertical direction past first pressurized fluid discharge manifolds disposed adjacent the web pa... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4261498 | Fabric alignment method and machine Method and apparatus to automatically detect and correct the bow and skew of a moving web of material. Individually controlled rolls are employed to speed up or retard the speed of a section of web material when a control mark is detected by a magnetic re... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4135664 | Lateral register control system and method A lateral register control system utilizing a reference lateral and circumferential mark pair preprinted on the web which is compared with a corresponding mark pair mounted on a drum coupled to the shaft of the print cylinder whose reference is to be cont... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4127224 | Adjustable stock bushing An axially compact adjustable stock-bushing assembly for substitution for non-adjustable or solid bushings to hold stock in automatic screw machines and the like; stock is held by three radially pivotable fingers carried in equi-spaced protrusion from one... | 11/28/1978 |
