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Class 270/52.12 - Web bursting


Subclass of Class 270 - Sheet-material associating
Definition: Subject matter including means such as a gripping roller
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 11/13/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7293735Roll storage system for guiding sheet members
A roll storage system for guiding a number of sheet members. The roll storage system includes a housing that encloses a supply roll and a storage roll. The supply and storage roll are rotatably mounted for guiding a storage film between them. A guide member is also ...
11/13/2007
7273142Packaging cushion delivery system
A system for conveying a string of packaging cushions includes a machine capable of manufacturing the string and a conveyor adapted to transport the string. The conveyor has an inlet end to receive the string and an outlet end to deliver the string of packaging cush...
09/25/2007
7178437Method and device for drawing-in a material web
A web of material is drawn into a printing press. A part of the tip of the web, which is laterally projecting over the edge of the web, is separated lengthwise at least once by the use of a slitting device. A device for accomplishing the drawing in of the web is als...
02/20/2007
7124671Method and device for reducing web breakage in a web cutter
In a web cutter where a blade is used to cut a continuous paper web into sheets, a tractor is used to move the web past the blade for cutting. The tractor operates in a start-and-stop cycle so that the web is temporarily stopped to allow the blade to lower and shear...
10/24/2006
7059519Man/machine interface method and device for a ticket processing device comprising a magnetic stripe
The invention concerns a man/machine interface method for a ticket processing device (DIS) comprising a magnetic read/write station (PIL), a thermal printing station (TT) and control means (UC), including the following steps: a) writing on the magnetic stripe of a c...
06/13/2006
7029001Form having abutting tape-interconnected substrates and method of making same
A business form product (10) broadly including a printable sheet (12), a magnetic sheet (14) aligned edge-to-edge with the printable sheet (12) to define a seam (16), and a heat-resistant tape (18) applied over the seam (...
04/18/2006
7000665Stacking apparatus and method for assembly of polymer batteries
A stacking apparatus and a method for assembly of electrochemical cells. The stacking apparatus includes at least one stacking head having an adjustable holding member adapted to hold an electrochemical laminate of a pre-determined length and means for adjusting the...
02/21/2006
6910570Transport system for containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system
A container transport system includes a first conveyor assembly at one transport plane, and a second conveyor assembly at another transport plane, and a transfer device for moving the containers between the conveyor assemblies. Each of the conveyor assemblies has a ...
06/28/2005
6500293Contact adhesive patterns for sheet stock precluding adhesion of facing sheets in storage
The invention includes methods and products which use contact adhesives to secure separate sheets of multiple ply documents to form finished documents, such as integrated letters and envelopes, billing statements, invoices, etc. Sheet material for product...
12/31/2002
6419217Drawings-in- of paper webs
A paper web is drawn into a printing and can be guided along a selected one of several paths. The paper web is weakened along a line of separation and is then held by a retaining system that can move the web in a conveying direction along a first path. Th...
07/16/2002
6244584High speed pneumatic document input system
The present invention relates to an input system for feeding one-up sheets from a paper web to a high speed mass mailing inserter system. The input system includes a feeding module for supplying a paper web having two web portions in side-by-side relation...
06/12/2001
6193227Continuously feeding sheets with coil unwind control
A method of and an apparatus for feeding a processing machine with flat products, such as printed sheets, cards, patterns or the like. Over a conveyor path arranged between a storage unit and the processing machine and forming a product storage unit, the ...
02/27/2001
6139003Process and device for producing multi-layered newspaper products with a tabloid section
A device is provided for the production of multi-layered longitudinally folded newspaper products with a tabloid section having a variable number of pages in one layer of the newspaper product. An additional longitudinal separating device is placed upstre...
10/31/2000
6131053High speed document processing machine
The invention is directed to a high-speed document-processing machine, comprising a diverse-set-compilation section, comprising a burster having a local non-Distributed Control System controller; a reader and an accumulator having a reader/accumulator Dis...
10/10/2000
6092798Ticket issuing apparatus
A ticket issuing apparatus includes a feed passage which is branched into plural guides at one end thereof which are connected with each of a plurality of medium accommodating parts and arranged in strata, and merged into one. The apparatus has a feed pas...
07/25/2000
5947461Apparatus and method for collating documents cut from a continuous web
The present invention relates to an input system for feeding one-up sheets from a paper web to a high speed mass mailing inserter system. The input system includes a feeding module for supplying a paper web having two web portions in side-by-side relation...
09/07/1999
5785224Inserting apparatus and method using a snap-and-burst technique
Apparatus uses a burster method to bow a continuous web of inserts and thereafter separates the forwardmost insert from the continuous web. A pair of feed rollers advances the forwardmost insert along a predetermined path toward a pair of burst rollers. U...
07/28/1998
5707055Method and system for producing multiple part business forms
Multi-part business forms having speciality electronically imaged indicia are produced in a low-cost, high speed, low waste, and enhanced flexibility method. While two part or four or more part forms may be produced, especially advantageous is the product...
01/13/1998
5685531Process for accumulating unfolded paper sheets and collating with folded sheets
A method of collating unfolded sheets of paper into a collation and combining the collation with a folded sheet of paper. The method comprises: feeding a plurality of unfolded sheets of paper seriatim along a feed path from an upstream position to a downs...
11/11/1997
5681035In-line burster for inserting system
Apparatus for inserting sheets of paper into an envelope. The apparatus includes: a first bursting module for separating a first web of paper into discrete sheets; a conveying device for conveying the discrete sheets from an upstream location to a downstr...
10/28/1997
5573232Parallel sheet processing apparatus
Apparatus for folding paper sheets of different length or into different folding patterns and for combining the folded sheets into a single collation. The apparatus includes: a first, right angle paper path for folding paper sheets s of a given size; and ...
11/12/1996
5451037Modular card processing system
An inserter module for attaching processed cards to associated card carrier forms having cardholder information printed thereon is provided. The inserter module includes a chassis, printer for printing cardholder information on serially connected card car...
09/19/1995
5297783Apparatus and system for handling cut sheets and web forms to form discrete batches
Thus the present invention provides an apparatus for conveying both individual sheets of paper and a web of forms having equally spaced, successive, transverse lines of weakening along a longitudinal path and for separating the forms along the transverse ...
03/29/1994
5191540Sheets processing apparatus including memory means removably connected thereto
Apparatus for processing an elongate web of sheets including a marginal edge portion bordering each sheet, wherein each marginal edge portion includes a code marked thereon, and said code includes data identifying the bordered sheet, the apparatus compris...
03/02/1993
5104104Web processing apparatus
Apparatus for processing an elongate portion of a web of sheets, wherein the web portion includes a plurality of uniformly dimensioned successive sheets bordered by an elongate marginal edge having a plurality of sprocket holes formed therein at equal int...
04/14/1992
4862378Perforated web separator
A perforated web separator for separating a web of paper or forms which include a tractor feed strip. The tractor feed strips provide a plurality of holes that are used to control movement of the web through the separator in order that the web is separate...
08/29/1989
4851075Machines for collating forms
A machine for providing a collation of a series of forms with partial overlap defined by a predetermined stagger from a continuous web of such forms has; a tractor feed for feeding the web into a separating station; bursting rollers for separating the web...
07/25/1989
4606534Combined separating, bursting and sorting apparatus for a continuous web of multi-forms
A combined separating, bursting and sorting apparatus for a continuous web of multi-forms having sheet divisions fixed by perforation lines, provided with a bursting device, a path of travel, and a sorting device consisting of a plurality of receptacles f...
08/19/1986
4593893Method and apparatus for sequentially advancing and cutting forms from two continuous form-webs
A method of sequentially advancing, cutting and sorting forms attached together serially in two single-path form-webs in which the forms carry a code to identify forms to be assembled together by sorting, comprises the following consecutive steps: introdu...
06/10/1986
4527468Apparatus for separating multiple webs of documents into discrete documents and forming the discrete documents into predetermined batches
A document inserter system having an improved control system is disclosed. The system includes a sheet inserter system and one or more web modules for, receiving a web of forms, scanning the forms for information, storing and retransmitting the informatio...
07/09/1985
4473218Feeder tray for continuous forms bursting
A feeder tray for feeding a continuous form into a friction feed folding machine. A continuous form, which is typically a printout generated by a computer's printer, is pulled through a pair of tensioning rollers mounted on the feeder tray. The continuous...
09/25/1984
4384196Apparatus and system for preparing data cards and mailer forms and for attaching data cards to respectively associated mailer forms
A system for attaching data cards to mailer forms including apparatus having a supply of serially connected mailer forms, a paper drive for the forms and a printer therefore, a card holding station for holding up to two data cards in position for pickup b...
05/17/1983
4118022Bursting apparatus for continuous forms
Bursting apparatus for continuous forms having modular guiding, trimming, bursting, and decollating units. A folding forms tray is provided to hold forms to be burst. Paper feeding and guiding is accomplished by the use of laterally adjustable curved, fla...
10/03/1978
4018431Separator for handling multi-folded paper
A separating device is provided for multiple layer business forms which consist of long, super-imposed webs with perforations thereon which enable one set of forms to be retrieved as individual sheets while another set of forms is separated as a continuou...
04/19/1977
3972283Removable imprinter with latch for burster
An improved burster for separating continuous business forms stationery assemblies into individual form lengths of the type including an infeed mechanism for driving the continuous assembly into a burster which, in turn, separates the assembly into indivi...
08/03/1976
 
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