Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7562871 | Pressurized air assist system for feeding overlapping sheets to an interfolder A sheet supply system, for use in supplying overlapped sheets to an interfolder, includes a bed roll on which a web is cut into successive sheets. The sheets are supplied to a sheet supply passage leading to retard rolls, which overlap the sheets within the supply p... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7392981 | Device for aligning stacked sheets into a book The invention concerns a device (01) for aligning at least along one edge several stacked sheets (09) into a book, while maintaining the serial order of sheets, said device comprising an editing table (11), having on one of its sides, a front st... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7367558 | Machine for processing printing material sheets A machine for processing printing material sheets has a signal generator for position monitoring and a sheet delivery. The sheet delivery has a first conveying device, for example with a holding crossmember, for leading sheet ends and a second conveying device, for ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7328899 | Device for guiding sheets An apparatus for fixing a sheet on the surface of an electrically conductive cylinder of a printing machine for processing sheets, in particular, a sheet-fed offset printing machine. The apparatus includes an electrode that extends over the width of the cylinder for... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7222846 | Sheet take-out apparatus and method of taking out sheets A sheet take-out apparatus is disclosed that includes a sheet-feeding member on which sheets are placed. The apparatus includes an air spout unit to spout out air towards a right or left side of a front portion of the sheets with respect to a take-out direction of t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7187899 | Fuser having reduced axial temperature droop An apparatus is provided for fixing toner to a substrate including a heated fusing roller having a fusing surface. A heater element is located inside the fusing roller. A nip forming member cooperates with the fusing roller to define a fusing nip. A passive temperat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7024153 | Skiving device and methods of use A skiving device including at least one nozzle tip and at least one roller is described, as well as methods of using the skiving device. Skives made with the skiving device are clean, neat, and do not damage underlying layers. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017491 | Printing apparatus having plate discharge mechanism with air blowing unit A plate discharger includes a peeling claw, a transport device and an air blowing device. The transport device has a rotary shaft, first transport rollers rotatable about the rotary shaft, a driven rotary shaft connected to a drive gear meshed with and driven by a t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011307 | Paper sheet detection apparatus A paper sheet detection apparatus comprising a conveying belt which conveys a paper sheet along a conveying surface, a detection sensor which is provided opposite to the conveying surface and detects a paper sheet conveyed by the conveying belt, a sensor guide which... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6983692 | Printing apparatus with a drum and screen A printing apparatus includes a drum having a peripheral surface having passageways therein. A screen having apertures therein is placed over the peripheral surface of the drum. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6722277 | Device for turning sheet material, printing unit, and multicolor rotary printing press A device for turning sheet-like material from a printed side onto an unprinted side uses an impression cylinder which guides the sheet-like material and which is preceded by a transfer cylinder and followed by a further transfer cylinder. The sheet-like, flexurally ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6681696 | Turning or reversing device with a storage device for flat or sheet-like material Provided, in combination, is a device for turning sheet-like material, with an impression cylinder for guiding the sheet-like material, the impression cylinder being preceded by a first transfer cylinder and followed by a second transfer cylinder, the she... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6394445 | Apparatus for slowing down and guiding a signature and method for doing the same An apparatus for decelerating signatures moving in tandem fashion through sheet processing equipment is provided. A pair of counter-rotating cams lying in general face-to-face relation along a travel path of the signatures reach into the travel path of th... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6318719 | Transported-object stacking apparatus A transported-object stacking apparatus includes first fluid discharge unit and second fluid discharge unit. The first fluid discharge unit is disposed on one side of a transported object and is adapted to discharge working fluid in order to press the tra... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6293541 | Sheet feed unit having guide with sheet guide surface placed at confluence of two transport paths Featured is a sheet feed unit including a first transport path in which is transported a first sheet, a second transport path and a protrusion. A second sheet is transported in the second transport path and guided at a prescribed angle relative to the fir... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6254094 | Method and device for transferring a trailing edge of a sheet in a reversing device of a sheet-fed rotary printing machine A device for transferring to a downline sheet-guiding cylinder of a reversing device in a sheet-fed rotary printing machine, a trailing edge of a sheet guided on an upline sheet-guiding cylinder, includes at least one lifting device for lifting the traili... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6243556 | Claw apparatus for liquid electrophotographic printer A claw apparatus for a liquid electrophotographic printer prevents a sheet of paper passing through a transfer roller and the fixation roller from adhering to and curling around the transfer roller due to a peel force. In the claw apparatus, a guide porti... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6208827 | Dual function air skive assembly for reproduction apparatus fuser rollers A fuser apparatus having a pair of rollers in nip relation to transport a receiver member therebetween to permanently fix a marking particle image to such receiver member, and a dual function air skive assembly for stripping a receiver member adhering to ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6000695 | Device for the transport and deposit of sheets in a stacking region of a rotary press A device for the transport and deposit of sheets in a stacking region is provided. The device includes pneumatic guiding elements below the conveying path and extending across the entire width. A chain-conveyor system and a pneumatic conveyor system follo... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5518781 | Stripping fingers for copying machine Stripping fingers for use in a copying machine, molded of a liquid crystal polyester resin composition made up of a liquid crystal polyester having a flow temperature of 340° C. or higher and titanium oxide whiskers. The stripping fingers have excellent ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5445372 | Device for depositing printed sheets on a sheet pile Device for depositing printed sheets on a sheet pile, including at least one pair of mechanical grippers for seizing the printed sheets at a respective leading edge thereof, the gripper pair being movable over the sheet pile and being controllable for rel... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5344519 | Apparatus for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles having improved vacuum and air pressure porting for label transport drum An apparatus for applying thin film polymer labels onto small cylindrical articles includes a label transport drum that is constructed for aiding the transfer of a label onto a cylindrical article. The apparatus includes a label transport drum having a cy... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5293797 | Multiple point delivery apparatus for separating of sheet-like elements A sheet diverter apparatus diverts sheets into alternate paths by guiding the leading portion of each sheet through a gap in a horizontal conveyor into alternate diverter belt conveyor units where the sheet is firmly grasped for transfer. The one conveyor... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5271323 | Sheet reversing assembly for rotary press A sheet reversing assembly for a rotary printing press utilizes one or more arcuately and radially movable gripper assemblies on an impression cylinder to elevate a gripped leading edge of a sheet to be reversed. As the trailing edge of the sheet is engag... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5114307 | Apparatus for stacking slices A stacker is provided for stacking the slices from the forming, sealing and cutting machines into a plurality of stacks. The stacker includes a conveyor belt, which includes a plurality of apertures, onto which the slices of product are disposed. A vacuum... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5108085 | Apparatus and method for the production of flexible products An apparatus and method for making individual flexible web products whereby a web material is tucked outwardly from the surface of a product drum by fixed projections, severed and sealed, and provided to one or more transfer points. The products are there... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5011132 | Load accumulator having positive drive conveyor A load accumulator which has one or more stacking wheels mounted for high speed rotation is provided with an improved conveyor for conveying load items to the stacking wheel. The conveyor includes platforms that extend toward each stacking wheel in a plan... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4850948 | Apparatus and method for production of package insert A laminated package insert is provided having increased compressive strength for a given weight of board stock, and being easier to erect, as compared to previously known inserts. The insert is made from two substantially identical blanks, with identical ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4835947 | Load accumulator for carton loading machine A load accumulator for accumulating a load which consists of a plurality of items and transferring the accumulated load into a receptacle of a carton loading machine. The accumulator has a load accumulator spool which has a plurality of pockets formed the... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4834361 | Vane wheel laying out device for printing products A vane wheel laying out unit for sheet-by-sheet laying out of printing products for high speed roller rotary printing machines comprises a vane wheel including a shaft and a plurality of thin vane star discs fixedly mounted on the shaft in a lamellar fash... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4811547 | Device for loading and unloading X-ray film cassettes In a device for loading and unloading X-ray film cassettes at least one air blowing nozzle is provided which is positioned at the front open end of the cassette below the film inserting rollers so as to generate an air cushion between the film being inser... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4786046 | Handling of sheet materials The invention provides that a vacuum drum with rows of vacuum ports over its surface is used to transport self adhesive labels from a first location at which the labels are applied (adhesive surface outwards) to the drum to a second location at which the ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4667949 | Sheet stacking device In a printing machine or the like wherein sheets are delivered seriatim into a receiving tray whereat the sheets come to rest by gravity onto a stack in the tray, a device for facilitating stacking the sheets into the tray at high speed. Each sheet is dir... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4643414 | Sheet-delivery control and regulating apparatus A control and regulating apparatus for a sheet-delivery device for sheet-processing machines, and in particular, for sheet-printing machines, is provided. Several of the adjustable elements of the delivery device have separate control motors with feedback... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4625952 | Signature inserter A high speed signature inserter packer box to operate with a saddle stitcher at a rate in excess of 225 books per minute includes a very simple and rapid way to convert from operation with a feed hopper signature supply to operation with a stream feeder s... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4625956 | Apparatus for forming a stack of sheets In the case of an apparatus for forming a stack of sheets comprising a brake means placed at (in terms of sheet motion) the leading edge of the stack and downstream from a sheet transport means, the brake means having at least one brake roller driven at a... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4609108 | Tobacco sorting method and apparatus Method of and apparatus for sorting tobacco into two groups: a group of satisfactory leaves and a group of unsatisfactory leaves. Tobacco leaves, spaced so that they pass one by one along a conveyor, travel through a zone illuminated by pulsed polychromat... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4420152 | Apparatus for peeling or separating a record paper from a photosensitive drum of an electrophotographic copying machine An apparatus for peeling or separating a record paper from a photosensitive drum of an electrophotographic copying machine immediately after a toner image formed on the photosensitive drum has been transferred onto the record paper comprising a pair of pa... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4410262 | Sheet transportation and separation apparatus A sheet transportation and separation apparatus separates a sheet, which is moved in close contact with the surface of a member moving in synchronization with the sheet, from the surface of the moving member by deforming the corner of a leading edge of th... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4399991 | Mechanism for stacking and accumulating stacks of flat flexible articles A mechanism for stacking and accumulating a plurality of stacks of predetermined numbers of flat flexible articles, such as pillowcases and like products, sequentially received therein, such as from a machine fabricating such articles. A plurality of bar ... | 08/23/1983 |
