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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980505 | Method for calculating the diameter of a continuous-material reel on a roller, and a reel-control system In a method for calculating the diameter of a continuous-material reel on a roller, with which the roller is mounted on a swivel arm that is swivelable about a swiveling axis; the roller rotates at a changeable winding speed, and the continuous material is unwound f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7681830 | Film feeding device and packaging device having the same A film feeding device etc. in which, even if film rolls in which tapes are applied to joint between films of the rolls are used, an occurrence of a bag making failure caused by the tape is prevented. A film feeding mechanism (10A) has a receiving member (7... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7431234 | Automatic reel unwinding apparatus in a machine for packaging products An automatic reel unwinding apparatus in a machine for packaging products having a bearer structure (14, 15) carrying a pair of rotating arms (16), centrally hinged to the bearer structure (15) through a rotation shaft (17) and carrying a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7392961 | Hybrid winder A winder for winding continuous webs or interleaved web segments into rolls is disclosed. The winder comprises first and second rollers, each having a generally mutually parallel longitudinal axis. The winder also has a continuous belt. The continuous web is dispose... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7334382 | Self-threading sheet wrapper for round baler A round bale wrapping mechanism that employs a pivoting carrier for two wrapping material rolls, one a stored roll and the other the working roll being dispensed. When the storage roll is to be employed, it is pivoted into contact with the material being dispensed f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7201345 | Reeled material splicing method and apparatus A system and method for splicing reeled media using operational feedback. According to certain embodiments, the method of operating a media production system involves sensing speed parameters of first and second reeled media, tracking an unwinding parameter of the f... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7156340 | Strip continuous supply apparatus and method A feeding apparatus comprises a rotatably supported turret arm for supporting a new web roll and an old web roll, and a turret arm turning motor for rotating the turret arm, and splices a web of the new web roll to a web of the old web roll, thereby continuously sup... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6978963 | Web feed method and web feed apparatus Continuous web feed is provided by using an apparatus for unwinding a web on a continuous basis by means of an automatic web splicing apparatus. An arm supporting a web roll is rocked when unwinding of the web is switched between web rolls. When the web is switched ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6764040 | Method for controlling a device for continuously supplying web and device therefor In the case where the width of a web roll for the next job is much different from that of the web roll for the former job, the rotational position of the new web roll is moved to a position at which a web of the new roll is easily pasted to the web of the old roll a... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6082661 | Method and device for handling adhesive webs Method and device for handling material webs coated on one side with an adhesive (15). The material web (14) coated on one side with adhesive (15) is drawn from an (active) reel (16). A replacement reel (18) is prepared (manually) for connecting an initia... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5853141 | Method and apparatus for automatically exchanging foil rolls, particularly in the manufacture of folding boxes with foil windows A method and an apparatus for automatically exchanging foil rolls, particularly in the manufacture of folding boxes with foil windows, wherein the end of one foil web is automatically connected to the beginning of the next following foil web. The method i... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5083718 | Automatic material extension machine The present disclosure is related to an automatic material extension machine, and more particularly to a rotatable abutment type extension machine adapted for continuously drawing out rolled up material mounted on rolls by friction for further processing;... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4337903 | Method of and a device for controlling the exchange of rolls of a web-like material The method of and device for controlling the roll exchanging operation in an unrolling device includes the provision of a set of control numbers computed from the counted number of revolutions of the old roll and from the length of the withdrawn web prior... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4129265 | Reeled web unwind stand A continuous web converting machine is supplied with web material from a spider wheel unwind stand having a shiftable wheel axis. Movement of the spider wheel axis is regulated by a double acting fluid cylinder for controlled force application of the work... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4077580 | Method for controlling the on-the-fly splicing of a web from a second roll to a web running off a first roll A method for controlling the on-the-fly splicing of a web wound on a first roll to a web wound on a second roll, wherein the first roll is being unwound and the second roll is set in rotation. The method comprises the steps of: transferring a roll carrier... | 03/07/1978 |
