Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320581 | Stabilized filament drawing device for a meltspinning apparatus A stabilized filament drawing device for a meltspinning apparatus. The stabilized filament drawing device applies a high-velocity flow of air to attenuate the filaments, which are discharged from a device outlet in a discharge direction. The filament drawing device ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7207794 | Pouch production apparatus and method A pouch production apparatus includes a pouch forming apparatus operable to form pouches from an elongate web of material and zipper tape and an extrusion apparatus responsive to operation of the pouch forming apparatus and operable to extrude zipper tape. A pneumat... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7186043 | Linerless web utilizing apparatus and methods having dual function stripper element There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7056420 | Method in leading a web threading tail particularly in a paper machine The invention relates to a method in leading a web threading tail particularly in a paper machine. In the method a device is used, which is moved close to a fabric transporting the web threading tail and by means of which the web threading tail is detached from the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 5345863 | Continuous web printing apparatus According to the invention, there is provided a continuous web printing apparatus comprising transport means including an endless belt having a sticky surface, a plurality of support rollers having said endless belt entrained therearound and a drive means... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5340430 | System for handling a waste web of a web laminate A system for handling a waste web initially forming a label web adhesively bonded to a carrier web which together comprise a web laminate. The waste web, having its undersurface adhesively coated, results upon the formation of labels from the label web su... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5328547 | Device for separating the leading end of a new strip from the trailing end of a depleted strip during renewal of the supply of strip material to a manufacturing machine In a packaging machine supplied continuously with strip material fed forward by means of pinch rolls and trimmed at a cutting station, the leading end of a new strip is overlapped with the trailing end of the depleted strip at the moment of effecting a ch... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5320267 | Web transport apparatus A web transport apparatus that will not cause the web to break by exerting external forces in different ways on two lateral sides. The transport apparatus includes a group of pins that are studded on flat plates connected together to form a chain on eithe... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5190202 | Apparatus and method for drawing yarn from a conveyor Yarns are deposited on a conveyor belt in the form of random or ordered loops and are conducted through a yarn treating chamber. The treated yarn is drawn from the belt at a predetermined draw-off site. The position of the last yarn loop adjacent the draw... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4961769 | Mat pattern control system and method A method and means for superimposing a secondary, higher frequency, lower amplitude oscillation of the angle of the trajectory of a glass fiber relative to a forming surface upon a primary, lower frequency, higher amplitude oscillation of the release mech... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4921517 | Method and apparatus for directing glass fiber strands for fabricating continuous strand, nonwoven mat Glass fibers are projected along an oscillating trajectory onto a travelling conveyer to form a glass fiber mat. The trajectory is made to oscillate by stripping glass fibers from a pulling wheel by means of a stripping edge, such as a tight wire, which i... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4670085 | Apparatus for peeling print sheets from disposable sheet portions of film unit assemblies Apparatus for peeling positive print sheets from disposable components of peel-apart diffusion transfer film unit assemblies which comprises an open bottom chassis capable of being positioned over a receptacle and supporting a rotatable drum for carrying ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4570916 | Document conveying method and apparatus An apparatus and method are provided whereby two superposed strips (26, 28) of documents are conveyed in a direction of conveyance (30) toward a downstream workstation. The strips (26, 28) are conveyed over one another in a direction of superposition wher... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4336089 | Method of preparing polyurethane foam carpet underlay having a barrier film attached thereto A polyurethane carpet underlay having a barrier film attached to one side is prepared employing a continuous sheet of film material which serves both as the mold for the polyurethane-forming mixture and the barrier film.... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4315789 | Method of transferring mat from a forming surface station to a bonding station A fiber glass mat making process is described which utilizes an improved method of transferring unbonded mat from a mat forming chain to a bonding station on a continuous basis. The system involves passing the unbonded mat from a continuous conveyor surfa... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4285759 | Apparatus for stripping a cover sheet An apparatus for stripping an adherent cover sheet from a photosensitive film sandwich. A leader from a roll extends over a film having a cover sheet and is attached to an edge of the cover sheet. When the roll is driven, the leader wraps on it and strips... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4241911 | Stripping roller with protective sleeve An improved stripping and transfer roller assembly which is related to the device disclosed and claimed in prior U.S. Pat. No. 3,991,996 assigned the same assignee as the present invention. The present stripping and transfer roller assembly provides a hol... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4183751 | Stripping and developing process and device therefor A process for developing a photosensitive material, and a device therefor, are disclosed wherein an image on a photosensitive material consisting of a cover base laminated through the intermediary of a photosensitive layer to a support member is developed... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4028779 | Film granulator The present disclosure relates to a size reduction apparatus such as a granulator and particularly to a novel feed assembly for such a granulator whereby thin plastic sheet material may be successfully granulated at high through-put speeds. The constructi... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4014487 | Web threading system An improved system for directing a web of flexible material to a predetermined location, and more particularly, a system for directing the end or tail of a moving web into threading engagement with rolls forming a nip or the like. In this system a gas suc... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3991996 | Stripping and transfer roller assembly for sheet film processing A stripping and transfer roller assembly particularly constructed for use in sheet film processors and which includes a pair of cylindrical rollers positioned in closely spaced relation for driving individual sheets of film through a drier and thereafter ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3981496 | Stripping and transfer roller assembly for sheet film processors A stripping and sheet transfer roller assembly particularly constructed for use in sheet film processors and which includes a pair of cylindrical rollers positioned in closely spaced relation for driving individual sheets of film through a dryer and there... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3966107 | Tape cassette A tape cassette for compactly storing programmed tape in a random fashion having a leaf guide which is arranged to contact a rotatable program drum to insure separation of the tape from the drum as the program drum advances the programmed tape. Preferably... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3936045 | Sheet stripping device for copying apparatus A device comprising a sheet pick-off member maintained in pressing engagement with one marginal portion of a specific zone of the peripheral surface of a drum with which one marginal portion of each copy sheet is adapted to be brought into engagement, and... | 02/03/1976 |
