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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293735 | Roll 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 |
| 7273142 | Packaging 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 |
| 7178437 | Method 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 |
| 7124671 | Method 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 |
| 7059519 | Man/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 |
| 7029001 | Form 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 |
| 7000665 | Stacking 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 |
| 6910570 | Transport 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 |
| 6500293 | Contact 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 |
| 6419217 | Drawings-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 |
| 6244584 | High 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 |
| 6193227 | Continuously 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 |
| 6139003 | Process 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 |
| 6131053 | High 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 |
| 6092798 | Ticket 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 |
| 5947461 | Apparatus 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 |
| 5785224 | Inserting 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 |
| 5707055 | Method 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 |
| 5685531 | Process 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 |
| 5681035 | In-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 |
| 5573232 | Parallel 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 |
| 5451037 | Modular 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 |
| 5297783 | Apparatus 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 |
| 5191540 | Sheets 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 |
| 5104104 | Web 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 |
| 4862378 | Perforated 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 |
| 4851075 | Machines 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 |
| 4606534 | Combined 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 |
| 4593893 | Method 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 |
| 4527468 | Apparatus 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 |
| 4473218 | Feeder 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 |
| 4384196 | Apparatus 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 |
| 4118022 | Bursting 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 |
| 4018431 | Separator 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 |
| 3972283 | Removable 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 |