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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6550656 | Device for spreading, compressing and guiding a running material web A device for spreading, compressing or guiding a running material web formed by a rotatably supported roll. The roll has a number of slats distributed over its circumference which can be displaced transversely to the direction of the web. The slats are ac... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6258666 | Method of producing semiconductor thin film and method of producing solar cell using same Provided is a method of producing a semiconductor thin film wherein while a semiconductor thin film formed on a substrate is supported on a curved surface of a support member having the curved surface, the support member is rotated, thereby peeling the se... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5674345 | Linerless label printer applicator Linerless labels are produced by feeding a tape having a release coated face and an adhesive face to a hardened anvil vacuum cylinder, utilizing a non-stick circumferential surface feed roll. A knife blade on a cutting cylinder is rotated into contact wit... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5659850 | Exchangeable photoreceptive sheet and method and system for using the same A photoreceptive sheet within an imaging apparatus is repeatedly transportable through a transport path and capable of capturing and transferring images. In addition, the photoreceptive sheet is repeatedly transportable for capturing and transferring a nu... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5658421 | Punch and reinforcement device A combined hole puncher and reinforcer is provided with a punch control mechanism for detecting the presence of a flat sheet of material in registration with the punching device so as to provide a mechanical interlock for disabling the punching device in ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5399228 | Apparatus and method for automatically applying adhesive-backed labels to moving articles Pressure-sensitive adhesive-backed labels are carried adhesive back side down on a backing strip. The present method and apparatus completely removes each label from its backing material and then may relocate, manipulate, or hold the label by its adhesive... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5345863 | Continuous web printing apparatus According to the invention, there is provided a continuous web printing apparatus comprising transport means including an endless belt having a sticky surface, a plurality of support rollers having said endless belt entrained therearound and a drive means... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5340430 | System for handling a waste web of a web laminate A system for handling a waste web initially forming a label web adhesively bonded to a carrier web which together comprise a web laminate. The waste web, having its undersurface adhesively coated, results upon the formation of labels from the label web su... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5190612 | Labeling machine for self-adhesive labels In an improved machine for applying self-adhesive labels to bottles, of the type in which a set of rotating segments (1) carried on vertical shafts (7) are cycled between a magazine and a transfer station by a revolving platform (8), the design of the seg... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4853063 | System for applying outserts to containers A system for applying folded outserts to conveyed products utilizing a pressure sensitive tape for transportation from the magazine type hopper to the products. The tape with a pressure sensitive adhesive is routed in front of the outfeed of the outsert h... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4826561 | Hole puncher and reinforcer A hole puncher and reinforcer for locating a length of adhesive tape in overlying relation to a sheet of paper, for punching a hole in the tape and paper, and for shearing and pressing the tape in position as a reinforcement for the punched holes. The dev... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4593293 | X, Y plotter An X, Y plotter particularly adapted to use both cut paper and strip paper. A driven roller provides motion of the paper back and forth according to one signal. A moveable pen block containing the pen is moved transverse the path of the paper in response ... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4341585 | Devices for imparting curl to tapes Devices for deforming tape backings and which thereby impart a curl to adhesive tapes are described. One type of device comprises means whereby a tape backing is deformed as the tape is bent back upon itself at an angle as it detaches from a roller to whi... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4288281 | Appliance for adhering a sensing marker on a medium for recording information An appliance for adhering a sensing marker on a medium for recording information, such as a magnetic tape, comprising a case, removing rotor, and a guide way. The case has a cavity formed therein where the removing rotor is pivotally supported. The removi... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4285759 | Apparatus for stripping a cover sheet An apparatus for stripping an adherent cover sheet from a photosensitive film sandwich. A leader from a roll extends over a film having a cover sheet and is attached to an edge of the cover sheet. When the roll is driven, the leader wraps on it and strips... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4154386 | Automatic paper-passing apparatus in turning bars in rotary press A fixed guide plate is disposed on one side along a paper passage before and after turning bars, and a circulating running belt is disposed on the other side along said paper passage, so that the front end of running paper is fed in the state gripped ther... | 05/15/1979 |
| 3967654 | Yarn feed mechanism for a weaving machine A yarn transport mechanism for a needle band weaving machine comprising a carrier which can be placed into revolving motion with variable speed, said carrier possessing a friction coating against which there can be placed the yarn which is to be conveyed ... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3960306 | Driving mechanism for endless sensitive member An endless photosensitive member in a photocopy machine is fixedly mounted at each outer edge upon the border of a respective one of a pair of perforated endless belts, the material of the belts having an elasticity which is the same as that of the materi... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3946919 | Binding strip feed terminator Apparatus for providing metered lengths of adhesive bearing strips, from a supply roll, to a mechanism for fixing each of the metered strips to a different one of a plurality of stacks of sheets comprises: a pair of rollers providing a nip, and means for ... | 03/30/1976 |