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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422204 | Web-pulling slider unit for automatic web leading device Disclosed is a web-pulling slider unit 1 for an automatic web leading device including a guide rail arranged along a web-leading path of a rotary press. The slider unit is adapted to be slidably moved along the guide rail. The slider unit comprises a closely-... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422661 | Equipment for leading a web threading tail in a paper machine Equipment for leading a web threading tail in a paper machine has at least two sequential surfaces (11) in the direction of travel of the web threading tail (10), between which a nozzle (12) is arranged to form a directed air blast and thus to t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7377994 | Method and device for threading a web in the reeling of a paper or board web A web is threaded in the reeling of a paper or board web, by passing a web tail strip (W) into a reeling nip between a reeling drum (10) and a reel spool (12), on which a web roll is formed. The tail strip (W) is passed into the reeling nip by a suctio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7311805 | System for transferring an advancing web from a dryer across a draw to a reel section A system and method for transferring a continuously advancing paper web from a dryer to a reel section is provided. The system includes a first fabric defining a first moving conveyor. The first fabric may be a permeable fabric, which is positioned downstream from t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287749 | Transport system in a machine that processes printing material A transport system is configured for a machine that processes printing material. The transport system has a guide device with one or more diverters and one or more runners that travel along the guide device. An electric linear drive of the transport system has a pri... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7263240 | Method, system, and software for improving signal quality using pyramidal decomposition A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A base signal is recursively decomposed for a desired number of pyramid levels. The decomposed signal from the lowest level is modified to generate a preprocessed signal. The preproc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249668 | Positive displacement sorter shoe A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of interconnected slats defining an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface. A plurality of pusher shoes are provided, each moving along at least one of the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243827 | Devices for drawing in a web of material A device for drawing a web of material into a machine, such as a printing press includes a draw-in mechanism that can be advanced along a draw-in path, and to which the web of material can be coupled. The draw-in mechanism can be driven by an electric motor that can... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7178437 | Method and device for drawing-in a material web A web of material is drawn into a printing press. A part of the tip of the web, which is laterally projecting over the edge of the web, is separated lengthwise at least once by the use of a slitting device. A device for accomplishing the drawing in of the web is als... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175710 | Apparatus for stripping a boundary air layer from a traveling web A web to be coated travels over a deflecting roll and underneath a slot nozzle from which a curtain of a coating material falls. A suction box open toward the roll and web has upstream and downstream ends and extends full axial length of the roll. An upstream seal o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7135091 | Arrangement for threading of web in a pulp machine The invention relates to an arrangement for threading a pulp web (W) from the press section (1) of a pulp machine to the dryer (2) of the pulp machine. The arrangement comprises a closing tail threading belt (3) or the like, which is arranged to... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7114678 | Film extraction apparatus and method utilizing a bi-stable film stripper mechanism In a film extraction apparatus, a flexible stripper blade tongue is held in a relaxed condition with the tongue extending downwardly of the blade by a natural curvature in the tongue near the tongue's juncture with the remainder of the blade. Inducing stress in the ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108219 | Winder apparatus with transfer brush roll A winder apparatus for winding webs of material into rolls includes a conveyor, and a winding turret with a plurality of rotatably driven winding spindles thereon. The winding turret indexes the winding spindles relative to the apparatus conveyor, with each spindle ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086519 | Positive displacement shoe and slat sorter apparatus and method A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of slats being interconnected in an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface, and a plurality of pusher shoes gliding along at least some of the slats to late... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066368 | Paper web draw-in device for a web-fed printing press At least one paper web is drawn into a web-fed rotary printing press. A draw-in device is provided with permanently fixed pointed bars or spikes. These can be moved or oriented so that they penetrate the paper web only during drawing in of the web into the printing ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7020344 | Match blur system and method A method for blurring in signal processing, for example, in digital film processing, is performed with digital artifacts. The digital artifacts are derived, such as by scanning, and include a noisy artifact and a less noisy artifact. The artifacts are subdivided int... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016080 | Method and system for improving scanned image detail Methods are provided for generating a dynamic image mask for improving image detail in a digital image. An electronic representation of an image is scanned. A dynamic image mask is generated from the electronic representation of the image. The dynamic image mask has... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007602 | Method and apparatus for controlling a cutting position of a web member and device therefor A method and apparatus for controlling the cutting position of a web member in a printing press by setting a reference tensile value, detecting the present tensile value of a web in a printing press during an actual printing operation, and controlling the starting a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001487 | Method and apparatus for transporting a sheet from a dryer to a reel A system and method for transferring a continuously advancing paper web from a dryer to a reel section is provided. The system includes a first fabric defining a first moving conveyor. The first fabric may be a permeable fabric, which is positioned downstream from t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996921 | Web positioning device A web positioning device includes one or more ports positioned in or adjacent at least one platen of a gap drying system, wherein upon generation of a vacuum force through each port, movement of a web of material conveyed through the gap drying system is arrested by... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6946059 | Threading arm assembly for a paper machine A paper machine for manufacturing a fiber web traveling in a machine direction and having a tail includes at least one rope defining a rope nip. A threading arm assembly is positioned in association with the rope nip. The threading arm includes a frame and a diverte... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942759 | Threading arm assembly for a paper machine A method of threading a fiber web tail movable in a machine direction, comprising the steps of: positioning a threading arm assembly in association with a rope nip, the threading arm assembly including a frame and a diverter carried by and movable relative to the fr... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943920 | Method, system, and software for signal processing using pyramidal decomposition A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A base signal is recursively decomposed and modified for a desired number of pyramid levels. At each level, the decomposed signal from the previous level is modified to improve one o... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923116 | Shunting track in a transport device A shunt track is provided in a transport device for drawing in a length of material through the use of a drawing mechanism which is guided by the track. The shunt track includes a first guide section with one end that is selectively alignable with a second or a thir... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6916404 | Method and apparatus for web threading in a drying section of a paper machine or similar A method and an apparatus for web threading in a drying section of a paper machine or the like. A leader (24) and a so called run-down strip are formed by cutting in the web coming to the drying cylinder in the drying section. An underpressure box (18)... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916125 | Method for film inspection and development A method of preparing a roll of film for development. The method involves inspecting the film for defects and imperfections as the film is unwound from a magazine. A method of preparing a roll of film for development and developing the film is also disclosed. The de... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913404 | Film processing solution cartridge and method for developing and digitizing film A digital film processing system and film processing solution cartridge are disclosed. The cartridge comprises a housing and a chamber for storing a film processing fluid. The processing solution may be contained within a flexible bladder within the chamber. The car... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6915021 | Method and system for selective enhancement of image data A method and apparatus for selectively applying image enhancement processing to parts of an image. In one embodiment, spatial processing transformations, such as sharpening for example, are reduced or bypassed for pixels having color code values within a range known... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908055 | System for extracting magnetic recording tape from a tape cartridge for engagement with a take-up reel A system disposed in a tape drive, for extracting a magnetic recording tape wound on a single reel in a cartridge received in the tape drive, has a lever arm which moves a gripper hook and a gripper hook follower, in hinged engagement with each other, into and out o... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6840171 | Device for inserting a continuous tape for a printing or copying system comprising modules An apparatus and method is provided for threading a continuous web into a device arrangement having a first module and a second module connectable to and detachable from one another. First and second traction units are provided in the first and second modules. A gri... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6820548 | Infeed element for drawing in a material web An infeed device for drawing a material web into a web-fed rotary printing machine in an infeed direction includes an infeed channel, an infeed element guidable in the infeed channel, and an infeed triangle releasably connectable to the infeed element, the infeed tr... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6817506 | Method and device for feeding a web Webs of printable materials which are fed into a printing machine are provided with a feed tip that allows the web to be rapidly and releasably connected to a the web feed device. The feed tip has a thickened section which is generally perpendicular to the direction... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6810812 | Method for regulating the tension of a web The tension of a web in a rotary printing press is regulated during passage of the web between at least first and second cylinders of at least one printing group. The two cylinders are driven using at least one drive mechanism. A distance between the two cylinders i... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6786150 | Printing press roll having auxiliary rotation capability A roll for a web printing press includes a cylindrical member configured for supporting a web, the cylindrical member being rotatable about an axis of rotation. A motor device is disposed at the axis of rotation for rotating the cylindrical member so as to advance t... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6631678 | Web infeed device with decentrally arranged connection stations A device for infeeding a material web into a rotary printing machine includes an infeed element for receiving a material web start, the infeed element being introducible onto an introduction path extending at least approximately parallel to a path of the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6615718 | Device for drawing a web into a printing press A material web to be printed is drawn into a rotary printing press by securing a reinforcement element to a leading end of the material web. The reinforcement element can be enwrapped in the material web or held to the web by suitable catches. An openable... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6577467 | Helical scan transport for single reel tape cartridge A helical scan transport apparatus for reading and writing data on to a magnetic recording tape which is wound on a supply reel rotatably mounted within a removable tape cartridge includes a chassis having a front end portion and rear end portion. An elev... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6539865 | Method of preparing a lithographic printing plate for imaging in a printer engine A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by attaching a leader to the leading edge. The leader is sufficiently flexible to be drawn into the printer engine and is adapted to pull the plate substrate through th... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6513428 | Device and method for attaching a printing web to a webbing sail and device and method for webbing-up a printing machine A device and a method for attaching a printing web to a webbing sail include two thin, flexible sheets to be sandwiched about the printing web. Each of the sheets is at least partly attached to a trailing edge of the webbing sail. Protrusions are disposed... | 02/04/2003 |
