Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157142 | Feed amount data setting system for tape feeder, tape feeder, mounter A mounter is operable to sequentially detect feed amounts of a motor at respective times when respective electronic components held by a tape reach a pickup position, while rotating a sprocket 52 of a tape feeder 50 360 degrees or more, and store the f... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7311570 | Automatic system for adjusting the trim of a motor boat The present invention is a system for automatically controlling the trim of a boat drive thrust on a boat by controlling the trim motor which adjusts the trim angle of the boat drive thrust by pivoting the boat drive thrust relative to the boat. The system includes ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7243828 | Tape feeder for component mounter and method of automatically setting tape initial position by the same Provided are a small tape feeder for a component mounter, which can transfer one or more strips of tape and can insert the tapes into a tape guide easily and precisely, and a method of automatically setting a tape initial position for such a tape feeder. The tape fe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239399 | Pick and place machine with component placement inspection Improved component placement inspection and verification is performed by a pick and place machine. Improvements include stereovision imaging of the intended placement location; enhanced illumination to facilitate the provision of relatively high-power illumination i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7100345 | Device for positioning a web of film of a packaging device The invention relates to a method for positioning webs of film of a packaging device, according to which goods are introduced into a first web of film in troughs, a second web of film is withdrawn from a supply of web against the resistance of a brake and is placed ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073696 | High repeatability tape feeder for electronic component carrier tapes A tape feeder for precisely advancing a component-carrying tape to present sequential electronic components disposed at a pitch in the tape to a pick-and-place machine. A feed sprocket and an encoder disc are operatively associated with each other and rotatably disp... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7036702 | Device and method for feeding taped electrical components A drive wheel for a tape accommodating the components is provided with an angle measuring device. This allows for a finely tuned rotational adjustment of the drive wheel. The pick-up position of the components can be detected by a scanning optical system and can be ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017263 | Electronic component mounting method The invention provides an electronic component mounting method which improves a work efficiency and enables pickup of electronic components without fail. A component feeding unit mounted with a master tape formed with pickup position indication holes is fixed to an ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6951335 | Reciprocating linear encoder A reciprocating linear encoder includes a linear encoder and a sensor. The linear encoder is configured to latch, follow and release print media in a periodic motion. The sensor is responsive to movement of the linear encoder, and is configured to output a signal as... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948427 | Web infeed device for rotary printing presses A web infeed device for rotary printing presses includes a pointed nose piece having concave side portions. The flexible infeed element is received in a guide, and driving elements are provided for driving the infeed element along the guide. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6902090 | Tape feeder, electronic component mounting apparatus using the same, and method of feeding electronic components A tape feeder feeds electronic components by advancing a tape intermittently. The tape feeder comprises a motor controller for controlling a motor, which rotatively drives a sprocket to advance the tape, and a communication unit for receiving a control signal from a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6681695 | Continuous printing and mounting apparatus for film-like printing body A tension is applied to a film-like printing body to be processed in each of steps such as a printing step, a parts mounting step and the like. Further the processed film-like printing body is automatically fed out by a predetermined stroke. A supply unit... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6474527 | Multiple-pitch tape feeder with multiple peel positions The present invention is an apparatus for multiple-pitch carrier tape feeding, including a carrier tape reel support, a slidable tape window and cover tape peel edge for exposing a component at a pick location adjacent a peel edge, and a carrier tape driv... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6386851 | Multi-stage unit for processing a web packaging material in a food product packaging machine A multi-stage unit for processing a web packaging material in a machine for packaging food products, including a first processing station, a second processing station and a system for indexing the web packaging material comprising a first feeding device f... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6179189 | Control device of continuous material feed device A continuous material feed device is provided with a motor driving a continuous material feed mechanism, and transfers a continuous material into a press intermittently. Its control device is provided with (1) a position detector for detecting position of... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5713503 | Film transport mechanism having automatic stroke adjustment A film transport mechanism for transporting film having perforations including a motor that drives sprockets for transporting the film in increments defined by a pull down stroke. In addition, the mechanism includes a pin element having at least one pin, ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5695106 | Correction of registered servo indexed webs A bag making machine automatically cuts off and seals plastic from a web of film in register with regularly spaced eyemarks. A correction system is disclosed for use when the film gets out of register with the eyemarks. When the correction system is activ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5370754 | Automatic motorless label applying system An automatic motorless label applying system includes a supply reel having a continuous carrier strip with a plurality of labels detachably mounted thereon. The strip is directed through an air actuated linear indexing mechanism which includes an upstream... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5353699 | Harness producing apparatus and method The invention aims to correctly apply a distinctive mark at a given position of a harness and simplify a construction of a harness producing apparatus. A cable path length adjusting mechanism 100 sets a cable path length from a cutting position of a cutte... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5348208 | Wire feeding and measuring device A sensor is provided to measure the diameter of a wire, and a radius of curvature of the center of the core wire of the wire is found from the obtained wire diameter and the radius of a measuring roller. The number of revolutions of the measuring roller i... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5189969 | Device for processing sheet material with colored pattern A processing device for processing a sheet material with a pattern of the present invention is such as a sewing machine with pattern matching operation. The processing device has a detecting unit for detecting a color state of the pattern of the sheet mat... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5161476 | Pattern matching system A sewing machine has a pattern matching system for matching patterns on two fabric pieces to be sewn to each other, based on detected hues of the patterns. Any mismatch between the patterns is calculated on the basis of color quality information converted... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5000725 | Bi-directional registration of servo indexed webs A bag machine fabricates plastic bags by transversely cutting and sealing, at regularly spaced preselected locations, an elongate plastic web having graphic material repetitively printed thereon. In operation, the bag machine advances the web by a calcula... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4982677 | Pattern-matching sheet-joining machine A pattern-matching joining machine for joining two sheets (e.g., sewing two cloths) having the same patterns with the patterns matching. The pattern-sensing photo-sensor generates intensity data for three different colors and the color data processed to c... | 01/08/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4508524 | Device for centering the printing of strip material for the automatic production of small filter bags for infusion products A device for centering the printing of strip material, especially in apparatuses for feeding of such strip in the form of V-shaped labels capable of being associated with a continuous thread for use in machines for the automatic production of small filter... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4460421 | Methods of and apparatus for indexing a repetitively patterned strip past a plurality of work stations In methods of and apparatus (28) for indexing a repetitively patterned strip (12) past a plurality of work stations, such as, for example, a bonding station (33) and a dewebbing station (65) of a lead frame bonder, a cyclical, automated adjustment of the ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4420107 | Lead frame advance system To cut a strip of metal into exact lengths, rollers are brought into contact with the strip and turned by an accurate motor until a pin can be mechanically inserted into a hole in the strip to effect final alignment. If the pin does not successfully enter... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4349997 | Device for enabling registry of operations in an apparatus for continuously forming containers filled with material An apparatus for continuously forming containers, filling the containers with material and packing the containers containing material includes a heating device for heating a bottom sheet of thermoplastic resin supplied intermittently thereto, a forming de... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4217163 | Advancing arrangement with adjustable stepwise advancing distance In a hot forming machine in which molding means deform a thermoplastic foil band and cutting and stamping means further process the deformed foil band. A photocell is adapted to scan marking indicia on the foil band and to adjust a lengthwise adjustable c... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4209120 | Apparatus for intermittently advancing a sheet of indeterminate length An apparatus for the division-true, intermittent feed of a sheet of indeterminate length has a sheet supply roll; a table for receiving the sheet from the supply roll; a sheet tensioning device disposed between the supply roll and the table; an advancing ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4143607 | Sewing machine with differential work transport The sewing machine has a differential work transport, consisting of a lower main feed and lower and upper auxiliary feeds, with the step sizes of the auxiliary feeds being adjustable, from a step size substantially in accordance with the step size of the ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4070226 | Registration system A high speed system is provided for bringing a plurality of articles, each moving independently in a separate path and at its own speed into registration with each other at a processing station. In applying the invention to a case making machine, successi... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4066016 | Printer with intermittant variable web feed The format of sheet material being printed is controlled and may be varied during successive printing cycles of a continuously operating printing machine by means of an assembly, preferably including a step-by-step motor for driving the sheet, which assem... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4048782 | Controlled film advance apparatus The apparatus and method of this invention pertains to a web film advance in which a film advancing roll is carried on a frame moved by a reciprocating pitman arm. This arm is adjustable as to its stroke or travel so that a corresponding travel of the fra... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4008839 | Tape feeding apparatus A tape feeding apparatus having a rotary member for feeding a tape which is drivingly connected with rotary driving means through at least two link mechanisms to be rotated at different speeds and with a phase difference so that one of the link mechanisms... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3977783 | Exposure device An exposure device is adapted to intermittently feed a metal strip with each surface coated with a photosensitive film and expose it from both sides when the metal strip stops its movement. The device includes a feed setting mechanism comprising a detecti... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3949864 | Fabric printing machine A fabric printing machine having a conveyor belt for supporting a fabric to be printed. A drive unit is connected to the belt, and a control mechanism coacts with the belt and the drive unit for permitting intermittent unidirectional advancing movement of... | 04/13/1976 |
