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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7194227 | Imaging member belt support module Disclosed are various embodiments of a belt support module design for use in an imaging forming apparatus or machine. The belt support module is utilized in association with an electrostatographic imaging belt. The belt support module has at least one flexible sprea... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6973702 | Web expander This invention provides a web expander comprising means for carrying a web 2 having longitudinal slits, means 5 for expanding the width of the web, and opening control means 6 for uniformly forming size and form of openings of the web expanded b... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969061 | Roller element for hardcopy apparatus A printer or other hardcopy apparatus comprises a pinch system (20) comprising a pinch wheel (21) and a drive roller (23) in which the pinch wheel is arranged to contact a print media at locations which move continuously transversely of the dire... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969479 | Tooling with helical coils for structured surface articles Tool rolls and methods of using the tool rolls to manufacture articles with one or more structured surfaces are disclosed. The tool rolls include an outer surface that, when used in connection with materials of the proper viscosity or formability, can form a structu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6145174 | Stretcher roller A stretcher roller for spreading out moving flexible strip material such as for example plastics film, paper or textiles, has a cylindrical outer surface of elastomeric material, with inclined incisions which are separated from one another by webs. The tr... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5791030 | Web widening apparatus A relatively inexpensive web widening apparatus which is suitable for the manufacture of a widened web having a large width and a lightweight web while maintaining a high widening ratio and the uniformity of the web and can be operated with ease at a high... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5781973 | Spreader for calendar line A spreader for spreading a fabric having upper and lower sides, transversely spaced edges and longitudinally extending tire reenforcing cords spaced laterally across the fabric between the edges preparatory to rubberizing the fabric in a calender, where t... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5729878 | Web spreading apparatus A web spreading apparatus for transversely spreading a web, such as a split web formed of a longitudinally uniaxially stretched film, includes a spreading means arranged in a travelling path of the web for transversely spreading the web. The spreading mea... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5188273 | Expander roller for webs of paper and the like An expander roller for running webs of paper, textile material or the like has a straight metallic or plastic core and an outer layer consisting of two helically convoluted strips of rubber or other elastomeric material. The two convoluted webs are mirror... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5101864 | Loom guide bar for stretching a fabric laterally A weaving machine including a device for stretching a fabric in the weaving machine includes a guide bar over which the fabric is bent to thereby bring a surface of the fabric into contact with the guide bar. An array of notches on each end of the guide b... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5041255 | Softening and bulking stitchbonded fabrics A process in which a stitchbonded fabric is stretched and then allowed to recover from the stretch decreases the stiffness of the fabric while greatly increasing its thickness and bulk.... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5011060 | Roll for spreading and guiding a fabric web A combined fabric stretching and straightening apparatus is comprised of a pair of cylinders having helical configurations on their periphery the cylinders being mounted for rotation on a shaft adapted to be driven in a direction opposite the direction of... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4760626 | Guiding and spreading device There is disclosed a device for guiding and spreading out a moving material web, which includes a spreading station, a guide station and at least one edge-sensing system downstream from the guide station. The spreading station is arranged downstream from ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4566162 | Stretcher/expander roller An improved stretcher/expander roller is disclosed. The roller includes a rigid core which is rotatably mounted downstream from where a traveling web is slit. An elastomeric covering around the core has at least one pair of helical lands formed in it whic... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4554714 | Moving web expanding and guiding apparatus A moving web expanding and guiding apparatus comprises, in combination, an expander device having three screw rolls arranged side by side, and a guide device having a required number of centering rolls, wherein the intermediate screw roll is movable in a ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4474644 | Felt conditioning system for papermaking machines and the like A felt conditioning system for a papermaking machine in which a stationary air supply plenum chamber is positioned on the back side, i.e., obverse of paper side, of the felt for delivering heated conditioning air to and through the felt to remove water an... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4464815 | Multidirectional orientation apparatus Apparatus for orienting a mailable film comprising means for pulling the film through at least one pair of multi-directional orientation rollers having helical grooves thereby imparting a random multi-directional orientation to the film.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4330909 | Apparatus for flattening and guiding an elongated web An elongated knit web is flattened and guided by an apparatus having a support frame which extends longitudinally in a plane and which has an upstream and a downstream end. A pivot supports this frame for pivoting about a pivot axis transverse to the plan... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4301579 | Widening-narrowing guide for textile filament bundle A cylindrical guide for varying the width of a bundle of continuous filaments has a surface in contact with the bundle that has an array of nonparallel grooves. The grooves converge until a minimum distance is reached on the guide surface and from thereon... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4291441 | Apparatus for opening textile fabrics in rope form Apparatus for opening a textile gathered in rope form includes a spreading device and a centering device, downstream of the spreading device, including two cylinders, maintained with their axes parallel but pivotable in a common plane parallel to the gene... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4276911 | Take-off apparatus for the fabric web of a textile machine, especially a loom At a fabric take-off apparatus the deflection rod arranged forwardly of the cloth take-off roll, is provided at both halves thereof with opposite pitch threaded grooves and, if desired, at the ends thereof with spreader-needle rolls. The fabric, directly ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4224724 | System for opening fabrics in rope-form A system for opening fabrics in rope-form comprises a combination of a spreader device, and a centering device downstream of the spreader device a distance of 250 to 750 mm. The spreader device comprises two double spirally scored spreader rolls rotatably... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4173929 | Printer ribbon anti-fold mechanism An anti-fold apparatus for high speed printers to prevent the folding or creasing of a printer ribbon riding over rollers. The rollers each have spiral angular serrations thereon, and are mounted in two pairs with each roller in a pair having one end abut... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4085700 | Apparatus for sculpturing pile fabrics A device for sculpturing pile fabrics which have been treated by stiffening the fibers thereof in selected regions. The device includes means for advancing the fabric, a support and a blade which severs the stiffened fibers as they pass over the support b... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4068789 | Method and apparatus for controlling a moving web Apparatus is disclosed for controlling the position of a moving web. The web passes between a driven roll and a pair of pressure applicators that are positioned on either side of center of the web path. Edge sensors are located adjacent the driven roll an... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4021894 | Textile spreader roller A spreader roller for textiles which is fabricated by positioning a smooth cylindrical supporting member coaxially within a corrugated tube having inner and outer helical ridges, the outer ridges on one longitudinal half of the tube being of opposite hand... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3995457 | Continuous padding type dyeing machine A continuous padding type dyeing machine particularly suitable for handling elastic fabrics, the machine including a padding bath with at least a pair of main and auxiliary padding rollers and a dryer having a pair of spaced endless conveyors means provid... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3958309 | Motorized expander for one, two or more cloth width Motorized expander comprising on a single driven shaft at least two cylinders rigid with the shaft at its ends, a central cylinder idly mounted between the cylinders and separated from them by free spaces, and at least one clutch member for transmitting r... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3942735 | Viewing table A web of material is drawn by the machine from a removable supply roll over a first self-centering pulley, across a flat reviewing surface, over a second set of self-centering pulleys arranged in a figure S fashion, and is wound on a removable takeup shaf... | 03/09/1976 |
