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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350740 | Automatic and continuous unwinder device for supplying web-like material from reels The unwinder device includes an unwinding station (7), with unwinding members for unwinding reels and a splicing device (151) for splicing together web-like materials (N1 and N2) coming from a first reel (B1) and from a second reel... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7306184 | Splicing vehicle A roll transport and splicing vehicle is disclosed which is adapted to splice a new roll onto an expiring roll supported in an unwind station. The vehicle lifts and transports new rolls of material prepared with an adhesive splice pattern in the conventional manner ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7264194 | Machine-detectable adhesive tape The invention relates to an adhesive tape for a flying reel change of a flat material wound up over a reel, provided with a main support, a self-adhesive composition on the face side and at least, on the back side, one strip of a double-sided adhesive tape which has... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7240874 | Machine-detectable adhesive tape An adhesive tape for a flying reel change of a flat material wound up over a reel, provided with at least one detachable adhesive system. The adhesive tape has a main support made of a material to which a machine-detectable admixture has been added. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240873 | Machine-detectable adhesive tape An adhesive tape for a flying reel change of a flat material wound up over a reel, provided with at least one detachable adhesive system. The adhesive tape is provided with at least one transponder which can be detected by means of a detector. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7204449 | Cover strip The invention concerns a cover strip for at least partially covering an adhesive tape in the contact area with a drive belt for automatic reel change, comprising two longitudinal edges, a front side and a rear side, characterized in that positioning aids are placed ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7135083 | Web material advance system for web material applicator An apparatus for feeding and cutting lengths of tape and advancing the lengths to a vacuum wheel applicator, the feed section of the apparatus comprising a feed roll, an anvil vacuum roll, and a rotary knife adjacent to the anvil vacuum roll, and means for adjusting... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7037397 | Splicing tape with separating portions A splicing tape (100) is provided having a base layer (10), an adhesive layer (20) on the top of the base layer (10), a first adhesive strip (30a) and a second adhesive strip (30b) on the bottom of the base lay... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6955320 | Unwinding system for handling reels of tissue An unwinding system for handling reels of tissue, which for each laminar ply of tissue to be applied consists of two reel-carrier units onto which are mounted the respective reels, one of which supplies the laminar band for processing, whilst the other remains on st... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938529 | Shortening the flap of paper following a supply-roll change A flap projecting from a glue joint between two paper strips after an on-the-fly supply roll change is shortened by continuously displacing the strips in a straight line, in a travel direction, and at a travel speed along a path such that the flap lies flatly agains... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935396 | Splicing tape application device with rigid electrostatic charge eliminator The invention is in the field of devices enabling the sticking of splicing tapes to the ends of strips put into rolls, to prevent their later unwinding. The present invention relates to a device (1) for applying splicing tapes (22) on a strip (30 | 08/30/2005 |
| 6905119 | Pressurized roller A roller for use in an imaging system includes a variable hardness, fluid-pressurizable roller core, and a roller cover surrounding the roller core. A source of pressurized fluid can be used to pressurize the roller core to a fixed, predetermined pressure prior to i... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899933 | Splicing tape with separating portions A splicing tape (100) is provided having a base layer (10), an adhesive layer (20) on the top of the base layer (10), a first adhesive strip (30a) and a second adhesive strip (30b) on the bottom of the base lay... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6887329 | Method of operating a dunnage conversion machine A supply of sheet stock material for use in a cushioning conversion machine is disclosed. The supply of stock material includes at least one ply of sheet stock material rolled or folded into a compact configuration such as a roll of wound stock material or a stack o... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6834826 | Film connecting/feeding apparatus Film rolls at the delivery position and the standby position are supported by supporting units. The roll is passed from the standby position to the delivery position by means of the conveying member provided in the roll conveying unit. As a result, it is not necessa... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6820837 | Unwind system with flying-splice roll changing A roll unwinding system having a kitchen rail, a primary drive assembly, and an elevator assembly is disclosed. The unwinding system stages and positions multiple rolls, which are spliced together on the fly. A method for unwinding sequential rolls of web material t... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814123 | Method and apparatus for applying a splicing tape to a roll of sheet material Methods and apparatus for applying a flying splicing tape to a roll of sheet material. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides methods and apparatus for lifting a portion of the outer-most layer of sheet material away from a roll of sheet material to form a... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6808581 | Method and apparatus for automatically applying a flying splicing tape to a roll of sheet material A method and apparatus for automatically applying a flying splicing tape to a roll of sheet material. The roll of sheet material is defined by a width and includes an outer-most layer. With this in mind, the method includes lifting a portion of the outer-most layer ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805765 | Method and apparatus for the preparation of a paper reel for flying reel change A roll (22) is rotatably mounted in a slide (17) which is mounted so as to be perpendicularly displaceable in a carriage (11) which can be moved above a paper reel (8) transversely to its axis. The carriage (11) can be moved in a r... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6792987 | Automatic label splicing apparatus An automatic splicing apparatus for use in combination with a selected automatic labeling apparatus which uses a sensor and a splicing station through which a first web of stick-on labels passes; a second web of material from a standby roll is held in a ready positi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790302 | Adhesive means for connecting a web end on a material roll and corresponding method An adhesive strip is usable to prepare a material roll for a flying roll change. A support strip has at least one adhesive layer or stripe on its upper surface. A further adhesive zone is provided on the undersurface of the support strip. The adhesive zone includes ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6758431 | Device for linking two webs of material Two webs of material, each rolled on a separate roll of material, are linked or spaced together during a web-roll change, without stoppage of the web travel. A linking or splicing device is used for linking, particularly by gluing the fresh web of material to the ex... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6733608 | Methods for making and processing high bulk tissue webs A method for processing high bulk tissue webs is disclosed for forming a wet web, drying the web, winding the dried web to form a plurality of parent rolls, unwinding the parent rolls by transmitting torque through the roll center and/or ends, moving the partially u... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6623586 | Product and process for strip lamination of a polymer film and nonwoven webs A product, apparatus and process for lamination of a sheet of polymer film onto a sheet of light weight web material. An incoming sheet of material is slit into narrow webs, which may be folded by a folding guide, and separated by use of turning bars and ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6588696 | Method and apparatus in unwinding In the method in unwinding, paper web (W) is discharged from a reel (R1) that is becoming empty and the paper web of a new full reel (R2) is spliced at the discharge speed to the paper web discharged from the reel that is becoming empty. The terminal end ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6554220 | Device for joining the trailing edge of a reel of paper about to finish to the leading edge of a new reel A device for joining the trailing edge of a reel of paper about to finish to the leading edge of a new reel comprising, on a supporting structure (11), a support (12) for the reel as it unwinds (13), a device (15) for transferring the reel (13) to a unit ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6547909 | Flying web splice apparatus and method A flying web splice apparatus and method for splicing a moving web of material to another web of material without tape or adhesives being used at the splice. Two splicer assemblies are provided which each have a rotatable parent roll feeding web material ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547179 | Method and apparatus for shortening the splice tail in a flying splice roll changer In a flying splice roll changer a splice tail occurs at the splice joint that may induce problems in a downstream processing station. The present invention is directed to shortening of the splice tail (2) by directing the paper web (1) around a deflection... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6431240 | Splicing unit and method of splicing In the manufacture of plastics bags using reclosable zipper strip (10, 14) with engageable male and female profiles (12, 16), a butt splicing operation is used to speed up the changeover from one reel of zipper strip to another. The trailing end of one st... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6432241 | Splicing tape, splicing method and assembly comprising the splicing tape Splicing tape for splicing a leading edge portion of a roll of sheet material to a further sheet comprising a carrier layer having on a first major surface a first adhesive layer and on a second major surface opposite to the first major surface in the ord... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6386477 | Station for continuous unwinding of a material web An unwinding station continuously unwinds a material web, notably a paper or cardboard web, for a machine, specifically a coater, for conversion of the material web. The station includes a primary unwinding system, a secondary unwinding system and a splic... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6241179 | Method and apparatus for web flutter containment, and application to web splicing A wall is provided on one side of a web of paper or the like traveling along a predefined path, and an airstream is produced between the wall and the traveling web approximately in the direction of web travel. A transverse static pressure gradient is esta... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6214147 | Process for strip lamination of polymer films and nonwoven fibrous webs A process for in-line lamination of a non-oven fibrous sheet to an extruded polymer film. A non-oven fibrous sheet is slit into a plurality of narrow non-oven fibrous webs. The narrow non-oven fibrous webs are spaced by turning the webs around a plurality... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6085820 | Heat seal butt splice assembly A heat seal splice assembly for heat splicing first and second webs together, with each web alternately constituting a running web moving in first direction and a new web to be spliced to the running web upon depletion of the running web from a roll, incl... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5942080 | Apparatus for strip lamination of a polymer film and non-woven webs An apparatus for lamination of a non-woven fibrous sheet and an extruded polymer sheet including a web slitter to divide the fibrous sheet into a plurality of webs, a plurality of folding means to fold each web, a plurality of separated turning bars to tu... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5902448 | Method and device for preparing the beginning of a paper web feed roll for changing rolls in motion A leading edge of a paper web on a paper web feed roll is prepared for use in a flying web splice. The paper web feed roll is supported adjacent a carriage which is movable generally parallel to an axis of rotation of the paper web feed roll. The carriage... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5797561 | Unwinding station for fiber webs including a device for performing a flying splice An unwinding station for fiber webs, particularly paper webs, features a support each for a new web roll (primary paper roll 16) and for a previous web roll (secondary paper roll) as well as a system for splicing the web leader of the primary paper roll o... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5783029 | Paper web leading edge preparation device A leading edge of a paper web supply roll is prepared for utilization in a flying web splice. The paper web supply roll is supported adjacent a work carriage that is movable transversely across the face of the supply roll. As the work carriage moves acros... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5779184 | Device and method for stabilizing a paper web at a time before the web is cut A device is provided for stabilizing a paper web in an unwinding and splicing station. The splicing station includes a primary paper roll and a secondary paper roll. A suction trough extends across a width of the paper web and includes a suction zone adja... | 07/14/1998 |
