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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178317 | Wrapping apparatus comprising a dispenser for dispensing stretched wrap film Wrapping apparatus comprises a dispenser, for dispensing stretched wrap film, which includes a first frame assembly, and a second frame assembly pivotally mounted upon the first frame assembly between a first closed position and second open position. A film roll spi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6450384 | Continuous paper treating apparatus and tractor A continuous paper treating apparatus is provided which includes a tractor for feeding continuous paper and a paper treating unit for treating the paper. The tractor includes a driving belt provided with tractor pins, a tractor lid for covering the drivin... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5045145 | Means for supplying a label strip A means is described with the aid of which a label strip can be introduced into a label printing and/or label dispensing apparatus (10). The label printing and/or label dispensing apparatus (10) includes a transport wheel (38) which is surrounded by a cov... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4936496 | Sprocket-type strip feed mechanism Strip feed mechanism comprises an intermittently rotated sprocket wheel which engages the strip material. A guide plate extends tangentially past the sprocket wheel and serves to hold the strip material against the wheel and in engagement with the sprocke... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4844313 | Feed device for long and narrow strips of continuous package A feed device for a long and narrow strip of continuous package wherein the continuous package includes a plurality of wrapped articles connected together by a connecting part and the rigidity of the wrapped articles is different than the rigidity of the ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4822192 | Document feed device with pin tractor assembly A document feed device provided with a pin tractor assembly which includes a pin tractor member supporting a number of feed pins and rotated by a feed shaft, and a body member nonrotatably mounted on the tractor member. Elastically deformable projecting b... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4421262 | Paper tractor A paper tractor for feeding paper of different widths in printers and the like comprises a rotationally driven shaft having mounted thereon a sprocket wheel which engages in perforations in a length of paper to effect lengthwise feeding of the paper in re... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4239362 | Camera film advancing apparatus A camera film advancing apparatus is disclosed which is improved in respect of reliability of engagement between the pawl of the film advancing sprocket and the perforation of the film to simplify the operation necessary for film charging.... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4033494 | Stamp dispensing mechanism A stamp dispensing mechanism has a cylindrical feed wheel, with axially-parallel rows of projections, rotatably mounted on a front portion of a vertical support plate that is constructed to rotatably support a roll of stamps on its rear portion. A Geneva ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3979036 | Paper guide for tape perforators with an automatic pitch-adapted threading mechanism for the feed element zone A guiding and threading device for automatic pitch-adapted threading of data carriers such as punched tape. The device includes a base member having a tape support surface thereon, a feed wheel carried by the base member with a portion projecting above th... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3960304 | Device for holding down sheet material A device for holding down sheet material on a conveyor belt, the device having a spring-loaded flap which can be locked in the holding down position and which when the lock is released, is moved into an open position by the spring pull and is thus swivell... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3941290 | Flexible chart feeding guide or chute A chart recorder has a drawer containing a supply of chart paper fed to the chart marking area, and an accumulation of marked chart paper received from the chart marking area. A flexible curved guide is connected to the drawer and to a permanent fixed gui... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3934835 | Chart carrier for recorder An improved chart carrier for a recorder permitting use with a take-up spool for relatively long periods of time, and without the take-up spool for shorter periods of time, a cylindrical enclosure being employed for rolling and enclosedly retaining the us... | 01/27/1976 |
