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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7077289 | Powered dispenser for interconnected strip bandages A dispenser for individual strip bandages from a rolled elongate bandage supply having the individual strip bandages releasably interconnected between a pair of cover strips defining chambers about each strip bandage. The dispenser provides a feed spindle carrying t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6915980 | Winding and cutting machine for rolled paper A winding and cutting machine for rolled paper provided with a roller shaft holding a roll from an inner side, a feeding roller and a feeding aid roller to hold and pull the paper for a predetermined length, and a fixed cutting blade disposed between the feeding rol... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6903654 | Automatic dispenser apparatus The invention is directed to improved automatic dispenser apparatus for dispensing sheet material and the like without contact between a user and the dispenser. Proximity detection apparatus is provided to detect the presence of a user in a detection zone generated ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6109560 | Equipment to roll-up a lane of compressible material An apparatus to roll-up a lane of compressible material includes a first endless conveyor belt, a second endless conveyor belt that forms an angle of between 50° and 80° with the first belt, a winding roller that, with the first and second belts, form a... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5829707 | Double-sided web printing system Laser printers are provided parallel one another so that their respective control panels face one another to define a single work station. Paper web travels from an unwind machine through the first laser printer, and instead of being provided directly to ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5423495 | Apparatus for winding selectable lengths of web Apparatus (60) for winding strips of web (14) such as photographic film is provided with web storage modules (62, 120) which include a carriage (78, 132) mounted on a track (76, 130), the carriage supporting rollers 96, 98; 152, 154) which can moved along... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5340045 | Method for the sequential provision of portions of a towel web In a towel dispenser, a selection can be made between a standard program, in which, to form a towel loop, first a portion of unused towel and subsequently a shorter portion of used towel is released, and a hygiene program, in which only unused towel is re... | 08/23/1994 |
| 4817886 | Film conveying apparatus A film conveying apparatus has a first conveying device for contacting the peripheral surface of a roll film such as a rolled microfilm and rotating the roll film in a direction to advance the leading end edge of the film, and a second conveying device ad... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4702428 | Infinitely variable ratio drive mechanism A variable ratio drive mechanism comprises a reciprocable input member having a toothing, an output gear and an intermediate pivoted gear meshing with the toothing of said input member and said output gear to effect a driving connection between the input ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4434950 | Winding-on device for paper sheets and lengths of textile A device for winding-on sheets of material (3), particularly sheets of paper and lengths of textile, includes a winding-on device and a feed unit (6,8) coupled with the winding-on spindle (4) of the winding-on device through a belt drive (21,22,26), which... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4218030 | Web feed mechanism There is described a web feed mechanism having a first drive means that engages the web and urges the web longitudinally in one direction. A second drive means engages the web at a position spaced from the first drive means and upstream thereof, the secon... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4141515 | Automated layer separator delivery system for optical waveguide winding A system for delivering separator material to a drum upon which optical waveguides are wound. The sheet material is delivered to the vicinity of the drum through a partially-enclosed guide and cut to length. Air jets are provided for urging the severed sh... | 02/27/1979 |
| 3967790 | Cartridge drive apparatus Apparatus for driving a cartridge mounted rotatable ribbon capstan and take-up reel. A magnetic clutch assembly has a first gear driven by a motor for directly driving the capstan and a second gear magnetically driven by the first gear for driving the tak... | 07/06/1976 |
