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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325284 | Apparatus and method for texturizing yarn A texturizing apparatus comprising a drive housing having a false twist inlet to allow a plurality of yarns to enter the drive housing, a pair of opposing counter-rotating nip rollers positioned downstream of the false twist inlet, each nip roller having a circumfer... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7152287 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss for textured yarn and other related methods A yarn texturizing system, apparatus, and methods of reducing production loss or increasing production speed in a continuous textured yarn production process are provided. The system includes a yarn supply, a yarn stuffing container to produce textured yarn periodic... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7090214 | Feeding mechanism True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7032488 | Device for supporting a material web A support for a material web for use with a longitudinal cutting device for cutting the material web, includes a support shaft having an axis of rotation. At least one bearing mechanism positions the at least one support shaft, wherein the at least one bearing mecha... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024736 | Apparatus and method for manufacture of multilayer metal products Apparatus for manufacturing multi-layer metal feedstock material for stamping shaped parts eliminates the need for rolls of metal at the stamping site. Multilayer metal feedstock material is assembled from multiple rolls of metal stock, then folded in a zig zag fash... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6695048 | Segmented tubing guide A tubing guide for directing coiled tubing through an injector apparatus and into a well. The tubing guide comprises a frame, which is also referred to as a tubing carrier, extending from a base. The shape of the tubing guide changes depending upon the na... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6589145 | Roll and calender Roll that includes a roll axle, a roll jacket, and a bearing ring positioned to rotatably support the roll jacket, and calender that includes the roll. The bearing ring is non-rotatable but is radially movable relative to the roll axle. A locking device i... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6568578 | Welding wire feed mechanism A wire feeding apparatus for providing filler wire to a welding gun or torch that includes a motor, a driver roll, an idler roll and a bias controller. The bias controller is configured to bias the wire contacting portion of the idler roll towards the wir... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6427894 | Electrode wire feeder for an arc welding system An electrode wire feeder, including a housing defining a sealed compartment for containing a suitable lubricant, respective pairs of feed rolls rotatably mounted exteriorly of said housing, on rotatable shafts, one of the shafts of each pair of feed rolls... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6378749 | Bearing unit for material-web nip pulleys A bearing unit for throwing a movable nip pulley on and off a stationary mounted nip pulley has an actuating device for throwing the movable nip pulley laterally onto a material web, and adjustable stops for adjusting an actuating travel of the movable ni... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6360932 | Strap feeding and withdrawing structures of an upright binding machine An upright binding machine including a machine stand on which a strap feeding wheel device is mounted to facilitate the binding of an article. The machine stand is further provided with a strap withdrawing structure including a transmission member for act... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6319457 | Method for extruding tubular film A method and apparatus is disclosed for lacing an extruded tube of a non derivatized cellulose through an S-wrap to collapse the tube to a flat width. The lacing to form the S-wrap is accomplished without slowing the extrusion speed. At the start of the e... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6302308 | Apparatus for handling and texturizing yarn having enhanced false twister, electro-mechanical yarn detector, and yarn take-up distance extender and associated methods An apparatus and methods for handling and texturing yarn are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a yarn supply positioned to supply a plurality of strands of yarn, a false twister positioned downstream from the yarn supply for imparting a false tw... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6299045 | Guide method and apparatus for use in an internal drum imaging system A guide method and apparatus is provided for use in an imaging system in which media is moved through the system in a first direction. The guide apparatus includes a roller unit for contacting a surface of the media and maintains contact with the surface ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6119910 | Pump puller A well pump puller having a well casing collar including a coupling adapted to be tightly secured to a well casing and a frame support of legs upstanding from the coupling. A frame which is removably mounted on the support includes first and second u-shap... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5939107 | Preheater for differential pressure forming machine A preheater and method of preheating a thermoplastic sheet prior to entry of the sheet into a differential pressure forming machine which forms an article in the sheet. The preheater includes mechanism for initially threading a sheet in a generally horizo... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5934537 | Device for pushing or pulling using gripping Lateral elastic deformation of Drive wheels (12) is used to grip and to push or pull elongated members by powered rotation of Drive wheels (12). This arrangement allows two wheels on a single shaft to be used in place of more cumbersome arrangements of mu... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5921453 | Paper feeding apparatus in web threading apparatus A paper feeding apparatus is provided for use in a web threading apparatus of a rotary press for threading a web along a web threading path by drawing a leading end of the web using a web threading member movably provided on an outside portion of the web ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5915644 | Retrofittable operating module for web processing machines and the like A module for a web-processing machine includes a sub-frame to which are mounted an operating roll (such as a die roll), and means urging the operating roll in one direction. The sub-frame can assume a position in which the operating roll is juxtaposed aga... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5913470 | Roll feeder An electric motor driven roll feed system for intermittently advancing stock into the work station of a punch press. The roll feed system is designed so that its main rotating elements have greatly reduced rotational inertia. A low inertia overall roll ar... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5775563 | Leader transport apparatus in automatic film processing apparatus A leader transport apparatus in a automatic film processing apparatus includes a fixed base having transporting rollers, a movable base having transporting rollers and a driving unit for driving the transporting rollers. The fixed base and the movable bas... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5427295 | Universal planetary feeder head for feeding wire A universal planetary feeder for feeding a wire which includes an elongate hollow body defining a wire feed axis and adapted for high speed rotation about the axis, and a pair of planetary rollers associated with the body so as to be rotatable together wi... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5193728 | Unidirectional pinch rollers for a cloth spreading machine An end cutter includes a pair of rollers (64,73) operatively arranged to frictionally engage cloth passing through the nip thereof. One of the rollers is mounted for unidirectional rotation such that the cloth may be pulled forwardly from a roll, but cann... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5174182 | Machine for feeding and cutting sheet material A machine for feeding and cutting sheet material includes a housing and a framework pivoted on the housing to permit loading of sheet material into the machine. A feed roll is journalled in the housing. A cooperating pressure roll is journalled on the fra... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5073691 | Wire electrode feeding device in wire cut electric discharge machine In a wire electrode feeding device in a wire cut electric discharge machine, a roller unit having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a rotor which is rotated by fluid supplied thereinto, a guide pipe connected to the fluid outlet of the roller unit, and a... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4944464 | Solder dispensing apparatus and method of operation A solder dispensing apparatus having a pistol grip handle configuration housing a rechargeable power supply employed for energizing an electric motor which drives a set of pinch wheels for pulling a line of solder from an externally mounted solder spool t... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4928897 | Feeder for feeding photosensitive material A magazine body accommodating a photosensitive material is loaded into a processor of a photo-printing device. The magazine body incorporates a pair of rollers for seizing a mid-portion of the photosensitive material, the rollers being separated from each... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4605148 | Planetary wire-feeding device Planetary wire-feeding device having a body with a hollow threaded shank. On the body there are two two-arm levers pivotally mounted thereon, the levers having long and short arms. The short arms of the levers are in contact with the outer faces of radial... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4508252 | Web feeding method and apparatus for a printer There is disclosed web feeding apparatus and method for feeding a web from a web roll to a utilization device. The paying out of the web from the web roll into a U-shaped buffer loop is assisted by a pair of cooperating feed rolls which engage the web alo... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4298276 | Cassette type roll sheet feeding apparatus A cassette roll sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a roll sheet from a cassette after the roll sheet cassette is loaded in a copying machine employs a sheet guide. The sheet guide is near a sheet outlet having at least one opening. An assembly such as a ... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4257326 | Label positioning mechanism for a label printing machine A label positioning mechanism for use with a label printing machine: The label positioning mechanism includes a feed wheel which is rotatably mounted in the body of the printing machine and is formed on its circumference with a label strip advancing surfa... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4218135 | Roll sheet cassette loading apparatus A roll sheet cassette loading apparatus having a cassette retaining member attached in a movable fashion in a copying machine body adapted to assume first and second positions selectively for removably supporting said cassette. The roll sheet in said cass... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4205771 | Electrode wire-feeding device having means for automatically adjusting the pushing force for the electrode wire An electrode-wire feeding device in which the calibrated pushing force exerted on the electrode wire by a pair of rollers is automatically adjusted. This automatic adjustment is effected by a guide cone having an internally threaded bore which is connecte... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4172545 | Planetary wire feeder A planetary wire feeder for feeding wire workpieces such as welding wire for a MIG or TIG welding operation comprises two sets of rollers connected to rotate in unison about the axis of the wire and radially spaced from each other in a housing. Roller hol... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4150772 | Planetary wheel advance for a meltable welding cable A planetary wheel advance for a meltable welding cable includes planetary wheels clampable against the cable by a pressure arrangement with their axes being at an angle to the cable axis, with the wheels attached to one end of a two armed wheel holder lev... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4136538 | Treatment of continuous towels Apparatus for treating continuous fabric includes a frame on which is mounted an open bath for receiving a treating liquid through which fabric to be treated is passed. An elongate immersion member movably mounted on the frame immerses the fabric in the t... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4085880 | Device for planetary electrode wire-feeding having automatic adjusting means for the pushing force exerted on the electrode wire A planetary electrode-wire feeding device in which the calibrated pushing force exerted on the electrode wire by a pair of feed rollers is automatically adjusted. This automatic adjustment is effected by a cam which is drivingly connected to a drive motor... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4053092 | Disengageable roll positioning apparatus An apparatus is provided for the rapid engagement and disengagement of a passive roll with a drive roll. The apparatus comprises a locking lever mechanism which positions a self-aligning roll-holding yoke assembly in a manner such as to form a precise nip... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4050361 | Plow folding and heat sealer apparatus for continuous business forms An apparatus to effect longitudinal plow folding and subsequent heat sealing of previously computer printed continuous business forms stationary includes a folder and a plurality of elongated heating ribbons disposed parallel to the direction of web trave... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4049172 | Planetary wire-feeding mechanism for electric arc-welding applications An improved planetary-type wire-feeding mechanism including a pair of cooperating skewed rollers for advancing the wire is disclosed. The rollers are carried on a pair of radially reciprocable pistons mounted in a feed housing through which the wire is ad... | 09/20/1977 |
