Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922473 | Roller with interchangeable sleeve for embossing units and embossing units comprising said roller An embossing roller for processing a web material comprises a central axle (53) and a removable and interchangeable outer sleeve (51); the interchangeable sleeve has an essentially cylindrical outer surface provided with protuberances and/or cavities. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 6905119 | Pressurized roller A roller for use in an imaging system includes a variable hardness, fluid-pressurizable roller core, and a roller cover surrounding the roller core. A source of pressurized fluid can be used to pressurize the roller core to a fixed, predetermined pressure prior to i... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6468461 | Process for forming sheet products In a process and apparatus for producing long plastic sheets by pressing molten plastic materials between the forming roller and the forming drum unit, the forming drum unit including a thin cylindrical sleeve supported from inside by a drum support unit ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6325960 | Calender for fibrous material webs and method of operating same Calender for a fibrous material web and method of operating a calender for a fibrous material web. The calender includes a first roll stack and a second roll stack each arranged in a common plane on a stanchion, each roll stack having a top deflection adj... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6261487 | Method of and machine for controlling the nip of the rolls of a calender as an endless planar web is continuously passed through the nip In order to control and optimize, without stopping production, bowing in the outer wall of a calender roll in which bowing is produced by the action of pressure on an incompressible liquid enclosed in the roll, the invention proposes that, based on error ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6077065 | Apparatus for forming sheet products In a process and apparatus for producing long plastic sheets by pressing molten plastic materials between the forming roller and the forming drum unit, the forming drum unit comprising a thin cylindrical sleeve supported from inside by a drum support unit... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5984658 | Thin sheet forming roll, sheet forming machine, and sheet forming method A thin sheet forming roll includes a metallic elastic external cylinder (102) comprising a metal tube capable of elastic deformation, a shaft portion (103) for closing both ends of the metallic elastic external cylinder (102), and a cooling fluid (104) fi... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5952017 | Pressure roll, and molding apparatus using the pressure roll The present invention is directed to a pressure roll including a cylindrical core member having a center shaft, an intermediate layer surrounding the core member and formed from a flexible material, and an outermost layer surrounding the intermediate laye... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5762979 | Apparatus for forming cut arcuate blanks An apparatus for continuously stretching a web of thermoplastic sheet into an arcuate form of desired curvature for manufacturing laminated windshields. The apparatus comprises conventional heating rolls, but employs at least two adjustable multispoke pyr... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5597592 | Middle sole sloping machine with length/height adjustable rolls A middle sole sloping machine includes a base plate, upper and lower roll assemblies each including a first and second rolls separated from each other and an elastomeric sloping section fixedly attached to one of the rolls, a fixed mount plate and a movab... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5505605 | Middle sole sloping machine with length/height adjustable rolls A middle sole sloping machine includes a base plate, upper and lower rolls each including first and second roll sections, a fixed mount plate and a movable mount plate extending upward from the base plate, the movable mount plate being movable relative to... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5364257 | Middle sole sloping machine with length/width adjustable rolls A middle sole sloping machine includes a base plate, upper and lower rolls each including first and second roll sections and a flexible sloping section which connects the first and second roll sections, a fixed mount plate and a movable mount plate extend... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5306129 | Molding deformable materials with use of vibrating wall surfaces An apparatus for shaping, and/or directing the flow of deformable materials, wherein the apparatus includes a novel vibrating wall assembly having at least one surface which defines a specific geometric shape over which the deformable material will pass. ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5015317 | Method and apparatus for making a multi-cellular collapsible shade A machine (300) and the process for manufacture of a unique completely pleated product (110) which is made from a continuous, flexible web (311) for the covering of windows and the like. The machinery consists of a production line (300) with at least a sc... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4859392 | Process and device for the production of plastic films A smooth film web is used as a smoothing surface in the nip between a cooling roll and a pressure roll. The pressure roll need not be coolable, and it preferably has an elastic surface layer. Since the elastic surface layer does not come into immediate co... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4639346 | Method and apparatus for calendering magnetic tapes A magnetic audio or video tape is smoothed and/or otherwise treated by causing it to pass through one or more calenders wherein a large-diameter primary calender roll is heated from within and the major part of its peripheral surface is surrounded by the ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4233011 | Rolls of controllable flexure, especially for machines for the production and processing of webs of paper or plastic A roll of controllable flexure having a cylindrical inner part and a tubular outer part surrounding the inner part and mounted rotatably at both its ends on the inner part. A heating strip is disposed along a generatrix on the inner part. At least one ele... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4231729 | Powder rolling apparatus Powder rolling apparatus, for the production of strip equal in width to the length of the roll faces, is provided with edge restraint devices in the form of wheels fitted with pneumatic tires and mounted in the roll gap region to be freely rotatable about... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4000242 | Web material treating system including an inflatable platen roller A system for treating paper webs and the like including a platen roller and a plurality of support rollers angularly spaced thereabout. At least one of the support rollers is an embossing roller cooperative with the platen roller to emboss a web advanced ... | 12/28/1976 |
