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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5531630 | Seam protecting device for drum grinding or raising machines A seam protecting device which can be applied to drum grinding or raising machines for preventing threads connecting adjoining pieces to be processed from breaking, has at least a pair of ring-like elements, parallel to one another and connected by means ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5447262 | Apparatus for transporting and bending web-shaped packing material Apparatus for transporting a material web having lateral depressions (25, 27) arranged at regular distances from one another. For the transport of a material web (10, 35) of this type in the correct position, the web bears on a conveying drum (28) which h... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5419802 | Electronic component supplying apparatus An apparatus capable of supplying electronic components successively to a loading position of an electronic component mounting machine at a high speed and in a stable manner is disclosed, in which a dancing guide is operatively connected with a feeding un... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5193427 | Wire marker dispenser A dispenser for a series of wire markers includes a slot which accepts the point of a stylus inserted through a hole in the wire marker, which slot extends to a predetermined position adjacent a cutting blade. Movement of the stylus along the slot advance... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5193242 | Wasteline cleanout apparatus An improved wasteline cleanout tool of the character having an elongated coiled spring housed within a drum which is rotated by a drive mechanism mounted on the rearward portion of the tool. The coiled spring is withdrawn from or inserted into the drum by... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5170921 | Adjustable feeder having two-part camming finger A two piece feed member providing a less costly replacement and the ability to adjust the feed member's length. The two piece configuration only requires that the wearing portion be replaced, and not the entire feed member. This allows for a significant c... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4998657 | Apparatus for the intermittent forward feeding of a material web provided with transverse crease lines An apparatus for feeding a material web includes a four-winged driving reel for intermittently feeding the material web in the forward direction. The four wings include two longer wings and two shorter wings. The distance between the free ends of adjacent... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4782988 | Apparatus for feeding a surface type fastener tape or the like along a predetermined path An apparatus for feeding an elongate surface tape or a strip of piled, plushed or tufted textile along a predetermined path has a drive roller which has a multiplicity of wire bristles planted in its surface for releasable engagement with the strip. Dispo... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4738386 | Electronic component transporting apparatus employing taping cassettes An electronic component transporting apparatus employing taping cassettes includes a toothed wheel arranged for meshing engagement within successive compartments of a taping cassette after a sealing tape has been stripped from the taping cassette and comp... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4686732 | Waste line cleanout apparatus A feed control device for use in conjunction with plumbing tools of the type used for cleaning and removing obstructions from waste lines in which an elongated coiled spring wire, or plumber's snake, is advanced through the pipe and rotated. The feed cont... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4678729 | Separator basket preforms for primary cells and methods of forming and inserting same A system of forming and manipulating primary cell separator basket preforms produced in strip form and tandem relationship with a dentent associated with each preform, e.g., a transverse slit in the strip for each preform displaced so its edge is outstand... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4642872 | Terminal feeding and insertion device Apparatus for feeding a strip of articles and severing the leading article from the strip comprises a cylindrical surface having a helical feeding thread thereon which is dimensioned to enter gaps in the strip of articles being fed. The strip is fed along... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4580306 | Waste line cleanout apparatus A feed control device for use in conjunction with plumbing tools of the type used for cleaning and removing obstructions from waste lines in which an elongated coiled spring wire, or plumber's snake, is advanced through the pipe and rotated. The feed cont... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4489871 | Strip feeding apparatus Strip feeding apparatus comprises a feed screw having a feeding thread on its surface. The thread is received in notches in one edge of the strip so that rotation of the screw advances the strip. Guides are provided for guiding the strip along the feed pa... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4367837 | Tape magazine feed apparatus for head driven fasteners Apparatus including a tape magazine for elongated fasteners and a mechanism for feeding such fasteners in front of a driving means for driving the fasteners into a workpiece. An embodiment comprising an attachment for an electric drill in which screws are... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4351461 | Method and an arrangement for the feed of a material web A rotary driver feeds a web containing transverse crease lines. The driver contains circumferentially spaced edges which drivingly engage the crease lines. When the crease lines are spaced farther apart than the edges, that part of the web disposed betwee... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4337884 | Single facer A hollow pressure member is provided adjacent the lower corrugating roll of a single facer to apply pressure for effecting bonding of the corrugated web and the liner web. The pressure member is provided, in the area facing the lower corrugating roll, wit... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4333592 | Apparatus for handling deformable components supported in a matrix A matrix of thin, deformable component elements is advanced by a mechanism so that at least the most immediate element of the matrix is maintained registered and non-deformed during translation. The mechanism includes a circumferentially faceted wheel, wi... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4009656 | Cloth printer and method with feeder engaging warp threads A method and apparatus for printing cloths in a rotary screen printing machine comprising a number of driven cylindrical stencils, the cloths being interconnected by intermediate strips formed from uninterrupted warp threads so as to constitute a continuo... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4009754 | Electrical cable feeding and removing apparatus An apparatus for feeding and withdrawing sections of electrical cable having substantially rigid terminal connectors at the ends of each section, wherein means are provided for preventing excessive bending of the cable terminal connectors and the cable co... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3973492 | Web slit registry Slit registry apparatus and method for registry of flexible, generally planar stock as for stencilling thereon, involving formation of periodic transverse slits and adjacent edges in the stock, at least one of the edges and the adjacent stock zone or area... | 08/10/1976 |
