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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370395 | Heating apparatus and process for drawing polyolefin fibers A heating apparatus and process useful for drawing ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin fibers, such as polyethylene fibers. The heating apparatus includes a first set of rolls and a plurality of aligned ovens. The apparatus includes a second set of rolls at the ex... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7128802 | Manufacturing method of compressible printing layer and manufacturing method of blanket for printing The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a compressible printing layer, comprising a vulcanizing step comprising a first heating process in which one surface of a compressible printing layer including an unvulcanized compressible layer containing mic... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6996921 | Web positioning device A web positioning device includes one or more ports positioned in or adjacent at least one platen of a gap drying system, wherein upon generation of a vacuum force through each port, movement of a web of material conveyed through the gap drying system is arrested by... | 02/14/2006 |
| 5787606 | Fabric softner sheet dispenser A clothes dryer fabric softener sheet dispenser with a fabric softener sheet dispenser mounted on a door of a clothes dryer, a filling chamber in the dispenser for holding a roll of fabric softener sheets, a sheet guide inside the filling chamber guiding ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5298121 | Method of controlling the axial stretch property of a strip of paper In a paper making machine, a strip of paper is caused to pass around part of the periphery of a rotary device comprising a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged side-by-side across the width of the strip and each body has means for producing a signal r... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5190201 | Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a web within a web dryer A method and apparatus for reliably detecting the occurrence of a web break in a web processing system is disclosed employing a non-contacting, non-optical sensor to detect the presence of the web. Cushion pressure in a cushion pressure zone adjacent the ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4846060 | Printing web tensioning system A printing web tensioning system that is activated in response to a break in the printing web. The system includes a pair of tensioning rollers which bracket the paper web and are movable between a spaced disengaged position and a contacting engaged posit... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4235000 | Method for straightening textured yarn The temperature of a heating fluid used in a yarn crimping zone is controlled in response to whether a yarn plug is detected at a predetermined point, and in another embodiment a fluid is heated, passed to a yarn heating zone and a yarn is heated in the z... | 11/25/1980 |
