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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7017849 | Electromagnetic brake in a slitter An idler roll brake in a paper handing machine employs an electromagnet positioned close to the periphery all of the idler roll which interacts with and induces eddy currents a conducive roll and a gear shaped steel ring fitted within the conducive roll. The electro... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6978961 | Band sheet coiling tension applying apparatus and endless belts for the band sheet coiling tension applying apparatus, and an endless belt lubricant for the band sheet coiling tension applying apparatus It is an object of this invention to eliminate the necessity of using pulleys which will bring about cost increase, trouble and reduction of service life, and give rise to the positional irregularity of the coil edge. Two sets of endless belts 1 are di... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6787196 | Apparatus for making a web of paper or board containing calcium carbonate Apparatus for forming a paper or board web made from fibers in which the web is treated with calcium hydroxide and then with carbon dioxide gas so as to form calcium carbonate. ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6680086 | Method for making paper, assembly for implementing the method and paper product produced by the method Method and assembly for forming a paper or board web and a product made using the method. According to the method, the web (11) is made from fibers and then the web (11) is treated with pigment particles. The web is treated with microscopic pigment partic... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6622623 | Method for conveying sheets in a printing machine and a device for carrying out the method In a method for conveying sheets in a sheet-printing machine, the sheets are held securely in position on a circumferential surface of sheet-guiding cylinders with the aid of an adhesive, which can be detached again a number of times and does not transfer... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6550384 | Body of revolution for correcting web width A rotary printing machine, in particular in a reel-fed newspaper offset rotary press is provided with a device for correcting the web width. A rotatively mounted rotational body configuration is arranged in the path of the web between two print printing n... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6471153 | Vibration control apparatus for steel processing line The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling vibration of steel sheet being processed in a processing line. The apparatus includes: electromagnet devices for generating magnetic forces acting at right angles on the steel sheet; sensor dev... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6182828 | Reel tape for provisionally supporting a bare chip A reel tape includes a base tape for reel winding, a chip mounting section on the base tape, on which a bare chip is to be mounted and an adhesive layer coated on the chip mounting section. The bare chip is provisionally bonded to the chip mounting sectio... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5429719 | Self-aligning dryer fabric loading harness A self-aligning fabric loading harness for installing a fabric body having a leading edge and a plurality of spaced empty grommets disposed proximate to the leading edge onto a papermaking machine, the harness including a line receiving device, having an ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5383001 | Vacuum drum for mounting media of different sizes A rotatable drum for use in a plotter, or similar device, that provides vacuum for holding the film or other media to the drum's surface, so as to easily accommodate films of various sizes. The drum includes first and second journals and a plate mounted o... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5178313 | Pneumatic shoe for high speed filamentary capstan An apparatus for uniformly applying a compressive force against a filament to pneumatically drive the filament or fiber optic cable against a capstan without any concentrated amount of stress at any point on the filament is effectuated by pneumatically fo... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4968369 | Belt fabrication machine An apparatus and process for fabricating belts wherein the leading edge of a web is conveyed from a supply roll in a straight path a predetermined first distance from a web receiving platform having a cutting edge, the web is cut at the cutting edge to fo... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4964584 | Device for feeding a tape in severing a web A device for feeding a tape which severs a web in a paper or cardboard machine includes a tape and a feeding arrangement for feeding the tape to a space located between a reel spool and a reel drum. The feeding arrangement includes an elongate transfer pr... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4867388 | Magnetic tape winding device A tape winding device for a magnetic tape in which an annular magnet surrounds a drive shaft of a take-up reel. The magnet is supported on a side opposite the reel by a ferromagnetic support.... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4850542 | Winding apparatus utilizing magnetic carrier units A winding apparatus for winding a magnetic element through a form, the apparatus having at least one chain which has a plurality of magnetic carrier units disposed about the form for loading the coil of the element through the form and, after loading, for... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4828196 | Device for winding magnetic tape using magnetic alignment A tape winding apparatus for a magnetic tape in which a permanent magnet apples a magnet field to the magnetic tape as it is being wound on a take-up reel. The permanent magnet is of the rare earth type being made of such materials as Sm-Co or Nd-Fe-B of ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4817884 | Method and device for winding magnetic tape using magnetic alignment A tape winding device in which a tape is wound onto a reel. A magnetic field is applied to the tape during winding in a direction oblique to the axis of rotation and thus to the tape thickness whereby the tape is evened up to the flange of the reel.... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4796824 | Device for winding magnetic tape using magnetic alignment A magnetic tape winder in which a magnetic tape is wound onto a flanged reel which being subjected to a magnetic field in the width direction of the tape. The reel is fit between the poles of a U-shaped magnet.... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4789110 | Method and device for winding magnetic tape using magnetic alignment A method and apparatus for winding a magnetic tape on a reel. A magnetic field is applied along the width of the wound tape to pull the magnetic tape against a flange. Air is jetted between the tape layers at the point where the tape is wound so that the ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4783020 | Magnetic tape winding device using magnetic edge alignment A tape winding device for magnetically aligning the edge of a magnet tape. A permanent magnet is disposed on a side of a take-up reel opposite the side of a drive shaft rotating the take-up reel. The magnet extends over the diameter of the wound tape.... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4617074 | Apparatus and method for feeding strip material for application to a drum An apparatus and method wherein strip material is clamped to a shuttle finger slidably mounted in a shuttle casing which in turn is slidably mounted on a strip applier frame. The shuttle casing and shuttle finger are movable simultaneously from a retracte... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4542672 | Sheet material conveyor loading apparatus A layup of sheet material clamped to a conveyor by a conveyor loading apparatus is pulled by and onto the conveyor from an adjacent supply table. The loading apparatus includes a clamping carriage assembly straddling the conveyor and supported for free ro... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4526647 | Apparatus for feeding strip material for application to a drum An apparatus and method wherein strip material is clamped to a shuttle finger slidably mounted in a shuttle casing which in turn is slidably mounted on a strip applier frame. The shuttle casing and shuttle finger are movable simultaneously from a retracte... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4017182 | Photosensitive material positioning system A camera-processor magazine is disclosed having a cartridge for storing light sensitive roll material, together with means for driving such material out of the cartridge and upon an exposure platen. A roller curtain for shielding the material when the mag... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3973770 | Paper conveying system A paper conveying system, particularly adapted for use in conveying paper blanks through an envelope making machine by means of at least two parallel opposed endless strip conveyors which are formed of flexible permanent magnet material with both the nort... | 08/10/1976 |
