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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7878442 | Method for making a central unwinding roll and resulting roll This invention relates to a method for the production of a coreless roll (110′) including a sheet (110) of flexible, not moist, material such as a fibrous absorbent material, produced by winding of the sheet in one direction and rolling this sheet ab... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7281677 | Strip winding machine A take-up roll forming apparatus for flexible strip material comprises a motor-driven shaft journaled for rotation on a frame where the shaft extends through a circular plate that is affixed to the shaft. A plurality of magnets is affixed to the plate in a predeterm... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6651922 | Toilet paper dispenser and folder system A toilet paper dispenser and folder system has a frame subassembly having front and rear parallel panels, an upper feeder roller and a lower feeder roller. Each panel has a large aperture and a paper roll holder aperture and a lower roller aperture and an... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6431220 | Take-up motion tension and/or pressure control system A take-up control system for controlling a take-up motion included in a loom controls the take-up motion according to the diameter of a roll of cloth being woven on the loom so that a proper tension is exerted on the cloth. A take-up controller included i... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6367732 | Strapping machine with twisted belt drive A strapping machine having an inertial rotating system allowing for strapping materials to be continually fed to the feed wheel of the device is provided. The inertial rotating system allows the strapping machine to continue to feed strapping material suc... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5992791 | Tape take-up and cover-tape take-up apparatus A tape take-up for taking up a tape, including a first member having a first friction surface; and a second member including a drum portion for taking up the tape, and having a second friction surface, the drum portion having an axis line, at least one of... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5964973 | Method and apparatus for making an elastomeric laminate web The present invention provides a process for making an elastomeric web. Generally stated, the process includes moving a first web (26) along an appointed machine-direction (28) of the process, and delivering a plurality of elastomeric strands (30) moving ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5842660 | Method and apparatus for winding A method and apparatus for the preparation of a wound roll of a web of material is provided. The apparatus utilizes a surface windup device for automatically introducing a core onto a primary lay-on roll, and automatically cuts the web so that it can be a... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5556052 | Method and apparatus for winding A method and apparatus for the preparation of a wound roll of a web of material is provided. The apparatus utilizes a surface windup device for automatically introducing a core onto a primary lay-on roll, and automatically cuts the web so that it can be a... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5377929 | Method and apparatus for interleaving plastic bags The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for winding bags. A winder in accordance with the present invention includes a dancer assembly for speed regulation, a haul-in assembly for receiving a film, and a tumbler assembly to receive the... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5312059 | Machine for rewinding and intermediately processing thin flexible material using a conveyor An apparatus and method is provided for processing and rewinding a web made of easily stretchably deformable plastic film. The web is drawn from a supply roll assembly by a series of synchronously, positively driven draw and transfer rolls and directly de... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5022599 | Controller for a winding machine A controller for a winding machine, for controlling the tension of a work running from a feed roller to a winding beam. The controller comprises a speed ratio control unit having a high response speed to control exactly the respective rotating speeds of a... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4966333 | Method of controlling tension in a yarn sheet during winding Yarn sheet tension in a warp beaming operation is controlled by supplying a primary analog correcting signal to the drive of the warp beam based upon ultrasonic measurement of the progressively increasing effective beam diameter and by adding a supplement... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4729520 | Method and apparatus for supplying sheet to winding unit A plurality of sets of sheet drive rollers including a touch roller for urging a sheet against a core are provided on a running path, along which a sheet is supplied to a core in a shaft drive type winding unit. Two adjacent ones of said sets of sheet dri... | 03/08/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4669381 | Cassette type labeler and cassette case A novel and easy-to-use labeler, also called a price gun, label gun, pricer or labeler, that can be used to fasten labels containing information on prices, commodity names, dates etc., to food articles and clothes, by workers at supermarkets, department s... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4602750 | Device for inherently adjusting paper transport modes for rolled or separated output A strip, such as paper in a printing mechanism, is transported over a friction roll either along a first path, in which the paper is driven by rotation of the friction roll by a drive motor through an overrunning clutch; or along a second path in which th... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4516736 | Method and apparatus for slitting metal strip A method and apparatus for longitudinally slitting metal strip under tension is provided. The method includes driving the strip forward and controlling the speed thereof through frictional engagement with the strip and slitting the strip under tension whi... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4469291 | Apparatus for introducing strip-shaped material into cassettes or the like A copying machine admits a web of freshly exposed photographic paper directly into a cassette whose core engages and convolutes the web therearound. The progress of engagement between the leader of the web and the core is monitored by comparing the periph... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4448462 | Towel dispenser A towel dispenser of the continuous loop type wherein the housing has two spaced apart and vertically extending support members mounted on the rear wall, each support member having a cantilever portion with mounting mechanism for pivotally mounting a towe... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4441661 | Apparatus for storing strip, particularly metal strip Apparatus for storing metal strip comprises two coaxial roller cages, which are mounted in a common frame and include rotatably mounted rollers, which extend parallel to the horizontal axis of the cages. In order to minimize the outside diameter of the ap... | 04/10/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4431142 | Winder having winder shaft extraction device A winder wherein, following completion of the winding operation, a roll receiver is moved from a standby position to a position under the completed sheet roll or rolls and the winding shaft used to wind the roll or rolls is then extracted to free the roll... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4420124 | Carpet rolling machine A carpet roll machine having a pair of drivable rollers arranged to define a supporting nip on which a roll of carpet can be formed. A lower deflector between the rollers and in sliding contact with at least one of them selectively presents an upwardly fa... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4346855 | Stripping method and apparatus for the processing of a continuous laminated web A method and apparatus in the processing of a continuous web and specifically a method and apparatus for stripping a waste matrix from a web substrate such as in the production of labels. The matrix is separated from the substrate and skewed as it is sepa... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4316586 | Process for winding, on a take-up shaft, a sheet material fed from a supply source A process for winding, on a take-up shaft, a sheet material fed from a supply source, for example a strip of aluminum, paper, cardboard, etc. coming from a wider strip cut longitudinally. The sheet of material is taken up on an idler shaft driven by means... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4305552 | Beamer for fabrics of any type A beaming device for fabrics and in particular for very elastic fabrics is described which comprises a first pair of rollers (3,5) for entraining the fabric from a textile machine, a second pair of rollers consisting of a winding roller 13 around which th... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4227678 | Cable tensioning device A tensioning device for the cable of a winch or hoist transmits rotational power from the drum, on which the cable is wound through a gear train to a traction roller which rubs against the cable as it passes into and out of the hoist. The gears rotate the... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4227554 | Device for regulating the winding tension of woven fabric on a loom A loom has a winding system comprising a tension roller and a storage roller connected by means of an endless chain whereby the storage roller is driven by the tension roller with the interposition of a friction mechanism. A follower roller, in contact wi... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4186893 | Apparatus for winding strips Disclosure is made of an apparatus for winding strips, preferably in longitudinal cutting of a tape of separating material for storage battery electrodes, wherein at least two drawing rollers are connected to a drive for their rotation so as to provide fo... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4135676 | Automatic tensioning mechanism for a continuous web A mechanism for taking up the slack in a continuous web being fed to the take up mechanism by independent control means. The take up mechanism is automatically switched on whenever feeding of the continuous web by the independent control means commences. ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4111379 | Cassette for strip material A cassette for feeding unexposed photographic film to or receiving exposed film for an automatic printer. The cassette having a light tight casing in which is a hub for receiving either a spool of unexposed film or taking up exposed film fed to it through... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4103840 | Stretchable material rewinding machine Web tension in a creped paper rewinder is controlled at two stations along the web route by respective counterweighted dancer rolls which also serve as sensors for a drive speed control mechanism. Primary drive speed is under programmed control whereby a ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 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 |
