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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7448130 | Tape feeder for component mounter providing stable tape feeding Provided are a tape feeder for use in chip mounters that can reduce a chip feeding duration and prevent chips from being turned over or assuming wrong postures to feed the chips stably, and a chip mounting method. The tape feeder includes a second link having one en... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7360291 | Method of manufacturing a recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge including: a reel, and gear teeth are provided at an inner side of a floor portion of a reel hub on which a recording tape is wound; a case which accommodates the reel, and an engaging projection is formed at a surface of the case opposing... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7267286 | System and method for batch conversion of RFID tag to RFID label A system for batch conversion of RFID tag onto a label in a liner, to produce a RFID label, the system having at least a RFID tag dispenser having a plurality of RFID tags, a liner having a plurality of labels, each label spaced apart and marked with pitch marks, a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254878 | Apparatus for and method of manufacturing film A supply unit supplies a film strip from a film roll, and a winding unit cuts off a film strip into a fixed-length film and winds the fixed-length film around a spool to produce a wound-film assembly. An assembling unit introduces the wound-film assembly into a one-... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7165320 | Apparatus for manufacturing film cartridge and for feeding plate material A film cartridge assembling apparatus including one or more assembly chucks each including two die elements formed by combining partial cylindrical inner surfaces thereof together. The circumference of a resulting cylinder being partially cut to form an opening. One... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155814 | Method for assembling a magnetic tape cartridge A method of assembling a magnetic tape cartridge where an opening, through which a magnetic tape is drawn out, is provided in part of a sidewall of a cartridge case across a lower half and an upper half of the cartridge case. A slide door that opens and closes the o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157729 | Storage phosphor media service and jam access in a CR reader A storage phosphor reader. The reader comprises a receiving station adapted to receive a cassette containing a removable storage phosphor. The reader further comprises a path along which the storage phosphor is transportable in a first and second direction when remo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7080450 | Apparatus for terminating wire assemblies A machine for terminating wire assemblies comprising: a means for holding a wire assembly; a linear movement means for moving said means for holding between a first area and a second area; an insertion head; and, a means for dislodging; wherein, after a wire assembl... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7032284 | Assembling method of magnetic tape cartridge and component holding jig therefor The present invention provides an assembling method facilitating building-in work of a door and tensile coil spring in a cartridge case. In an assembling of a magnetic tape cartridge, hold the door and coil spring with a component holding jig, grip a part of the doo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030763 | Method for manufacturing electronic tag In the event of the shipment of electronic tags from a manufacturer to a customer, a number of the electronic tags required by the customer are adhered to a double-faced adhesive tape and then the double-faced adhesive tape is wound on a reel. Then, this reel is con... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6948237 | Methods for manufacturing film cartridge and for feeding plate material A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a film cartridge operable at high speed. A film cartridge comprised of a rounded ribbon plate and a cap clinched to the end of the rounded ribbon plate is produced using an apparatus including plural assembly chucks... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6898843 | Assembly supporting device for magnetic tape cartridge A magnetic tape cartridge includes an opening 1C through which a magnetic tape is drawn out, and a slide door 6 that slides along a sidewall 1D provided with the opening 1C to open and close the opening 1C. The cartridge having an ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6862791 | Method of manufacturing film case A casing and a lid which are supplied to a casing/lid supply machine are fed to a main assembly line where a light-shielding sheet is mounted on the casing and a film cover supplied from a film cover assembly line is mounted in the casing. Pressers supplied from a p... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6851169 | Method of assembling a magnetic tape cartridge The object of the invention is to provide a magnetic tape cartridge, in which a release pad can be assembled securely by a robot. A magnetic tape cartridge including: a reel around which a magnetic tape is wound; a cartridge case which houses the reel in a locked po... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6752896 | Method of detaching a film of material from a substrate A method of detaching a film of material (2) from the surface (5) of a substrate (1). An outlet (11) of a fluid delivery device (10) is engaged with an aperture (7, 8) in the substrate (1) from the opposite side of th... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6704999 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film which may ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6694607 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing film cartridge A cartridge positioning and holding mechanism has a fixed guide for positioning a single-open-ended cartridge when the single-open-ended cartridge is inserted in an axial direction thereof with a cap positioned ahead, and a movable chuck openable and clos... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6681478 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6662428 | System for manufacturing film case A casing and a lid which are supplied to a casing/lid supply machine are fed to a main assembly line where a light-shielding sheet is mounted on the casing and a film cover supplied from a film cover assembly line is mounted in the casing. Pressers suppli... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6614993 | Lens-fitted photo film unit and manufacturing method therefor A lens-fitted photo film unit has a body section, a front cover and a rear cover, all of which are plastic parts. These plastic parts are made of raw materials restored from used plastic parts. A plastic parts recycling line is constisuted of a pelletizin... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6591489 | Apparatus for manufacturing photographic films and photographic film cassette A photographic film cassette manufacturing apparatus, has a perforator for providing a long film with perforations and a cutter for cutting the long film into individual filmstrips to be contained in the film cassette driven synchronously with transport o... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6519839 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing film cartridge A cartridge positioning and holding mechanism has a fixed guide for positioning a single-open-ended cartridge when the single-open-ended cartridge is inserted in an axial direction thereof with a cap positioned ahead, and a movable chuck openable and clos... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6519827 | Method and apparatus for assembling magnetic tape cartridge In the method and apparatus for assembling a magnetic tape cartridge, a plurality of assembling stations, each of which includes an assembling robot 130 for assembling the respective parts of a magnetic tape cartridge 1, respectively comprise pallet deliv... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6490783 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6430808 | Apparatus for manufacturing photographic film and photographic film cassette A photographic film cassette manufacturing apparatus, has a perforator for providing a long film with perforations and a cutter for cutting the long film into individual filmstrips to be contained in the film cassette driven synchronously with transport o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427322 | Registration mechanism and method A registration mechanism has a datum unit and a bolster movable toward and away from the datum unit. First, second, and third pins are mounted to the bolster. At least one spring resiliently biases the pins outward from the bolster. A pallet is supported ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427306 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412162 | Method for manufacturing photographic film and photographic film cassette A photographic film cassette manufacturing apparatus, has a perforator for providing a long film with perforations and a cutter for cutting the long film into individual filmstrips to be contained in the film cassette driven synchronously with transport o... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6393695 | Automatic assembling method and apparatus for assembling photographic film cassettes Automatic assembling method and apparatus using a plurality of pallets on a conveyer belt for assembling photographic film cassettes, or the like. Each pallet has a secondary work holder and a primary work holder. Parts of a secondary assembly are sequent... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6385838 | Method for manufacturing lens-fitted photo film unit To manufacture a film unit, a filmstrip is advanced out of a cartridge shell by rotating a spool of the cartridge shell through a spool drive shaft. The spool drive shaft stops when the filmstrip is advanced a predetermined length out of the cartridge she... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6317951 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6292994 | Method and device for the disassembly of cassettes Processes and apparatuses for partly disassembling tape cassettes having at least one closure flap comprise separating the closure flap from the cassette or from the cassette housing at an early time, before, during or shortly after the opening of the cas... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6289653 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing photographic film and photographic film cassette A photographic film cassette manufacturing apparatus, has a perforator for providing a long film with perforations and a cutter for cutting the long film into individual filmstrips to be contained in the film cassette driven synchronously with transport o... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6237217 | Apparatus and method for processing a web, more particularly a transponder strip For removing defective transponder units or electronic transponder equipment a web (6)is parted in a station (23) firstly in front and then at the rear of the individual unit. Thereafter the picked out unit is conveyed off transverse to a working plane (3... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6171000 | Gimbaled roller assembly process and device An assembly technique has been developed which reliably inserts the outer disk of an exposed film indicator into the crimp diameter of the cartridge end cap. This process gimbals the fixture containing the film cartridge, and rocks it in a manner that cre... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6145279 | Method of and system for producing and packaging film A process for producing packaged products from a film roll includes the steps of detecting whether an elongate film is defective or not, detecting whether a spool is defective or not, detecting whether an assembled cartridge is defective or not, and detec... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6141852 | Method for assembling photographic film and photographic film cassette A photographic film cassette manufacturing apparatus, has a perforator for providing a long film with perforations and a cutter for cutting the long film into individual filmstrips to be contained in the film cassette driven synchronously with transport o... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6128885 | Method of and system for producing and packaging film A process for producing packaged products from a film roll includes the steps of detecting whether an elongate film is defective or not, detecting whether a spool is defective or not, detecting whether an assembled cartridge is defective or not, and detec... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6094810 | Object-separating device A device for separating at least one item from a housing part includes a gripping device, a pushing-out means and, if appropriate, a sensing device for identifying the item. The separating device can be used expediently for installations for the disassemb... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092352 | Method of and apparatus for packaging film cartridge A packaging apparatus includes a film cartridge inserting mechanism has a case holder for holding case nonrotatably in an assembling position, a film cartridge holder for holding the film cartridge nonrotatably and inserting the film cartridge into the ca... | 07/25/2000 |
