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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7222780 | Inline printer assembly An inline printer assembly includes a chassis. A media supply bay is mounted on the chassis for storing sheets of print media. A feed mechanism is mounted on the chassis for feeding the sheets of print media from the paper supply bay along a feed path. A printer is ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7185773 | Apparatus and method for storing and shipping products A product storage apparatus or rack comprises a base having a product placement portion capable of receiving a product; means for clamping the product to the apparatus when the product is positioned on the apparatus; and, a linkage assembly that operates the clampin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6152438 | Floor supported fabric spreading machine A fabric spreading machine including a dispensing system frame, a fabric dispensing assembly secured to the frame, a floor mounted track and a drive system secured to the frame for traversing the track. Also disclosed is a loading and unloading system for... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5685529 | Dual action printed sets transport In a reproduction apparatus with a set collator, finisher, stacker, and a set transport system for transporting printed sets therebetween, with first and second double jawed clamping systems for concurrently moving two sets of sheets at a time, a single p... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5499564 | Method and apparatus for forming a spread An apparatus for forming a spread of generally thin, pliable material from a roll thereof onto a table includes a cradle for holding the roll of the material which is selectively operable to rotate the roll of material for feeding a web of material genera... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5046709 | Apparatus for cutting or stacking web materials Apparatus for stacking a web in a cut or zigzag folded condition. A supply conveyor overlies a reciprocating transport conveyor. The transport conveyor passes over a skid onto which cut or stacked web is to be disposed. The velocity of reciprocation of th... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5024429 | Method and apparatus for piling plural sheets of material having a repetitive pattern thereon, while ensuring the vertical alignment of the patterns from one sheet to the next The invention uses a carriage that is longitudinally displaceable with respect to a cutting table, and a light transporting band whose width is at least equal to that of the sheets. The carriage is comprised of two separable movable members, one of which ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4741233 | Cluster spreading and cutting system A system for spreading and severing material utilizing a roller movable over a lower substrate and carrying with it a loop of material for spreading without tension. One or two plies are spread as a function of roller travel prior to severing from a sourc... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4457505 | Web laying apparatus A web laying machine for laying a web in superposed layers on a laying table has a laying carriage traveling back and forth along the length of the laying table between first and second end position, a web laying unit vertically displaceably mounted on th... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4392646 | Spreading machine cutter box and clamp assembly A cutter box and clamp assembly is provided in a spreading machine for laying fabric or other sheet material on a cutting table, for the purpose of cutting off the sheet material at the end of each layer which is spread. The assembly includes a housing mo... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4285506 | Cloth spreading and clamping apparatus An improved cloth clamping or catching apparatus is provided for a cloth spreading arrangement of the type having a table with a cloth spreader reciprocally moveable along the length of the table for laying down superimposed layers of cloth with reversing... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4155543 | Catcher construction for cloth-laying machine An end catcher for a one-way cloth-laying machine having a protruding cutter box assembly, including an actuator rod adapter mounted on the cloth-laying machine, an end catcher assembly including a base secured to a cloth-laying table, first and second fr... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4086835 | Resilient knife guide for cloth spreading machine A transversely reciprocating cutting apparatus mounted on the frame of a cloth spreading machine to cut a cloth web spread by the machine, including a knife guide having an elongated transversely extending, highly frictional surface for holding a portion ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 3942783 | Clamping mechanism for cloth spreading machine catcher Remotely operated mechanisms for quickly clamping and unclamping one or both sides of an automatic catcher for a cloth spreading machine to a cloth cutting table. These mechanisms permit the automatic catcher to be clamped to and released from the cutting... | 03/09/1976 |
