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Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus

This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.

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Class 493/390 - And securing by interfitting


Subclass of Class 493 - Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web
Definition: Method or apparatus wherein fastening is accomplished by
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 10/14/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7435209Contact-bonding film insertion means included in contact-bonding paper manufacturing apparatus
A contact-bonding film insertion device included in a contact-bonded paper manufacturing apparatus which produces releasable and expandable contact-bonded paper such as postcards (Q) by inserting a contact-bonding film (F) carried on a vertically movable support pla...
10/14/2008
7434376Machine for packaging articles into box-like containers
In a machine for packaging articles into box-like containers, obtained from tubular blanks in flat folded configuration, tubular blanks are conveyed from a feeding station to an erecting station, by an erection unit, moving between the erecting station and a station...
10/14/2008
6568150Apparatus for making reinforced reclosable package seals
Apparatus for making packages having interlocking closures from a web of film, the closure having male and female portions and being formed in line with or transversely to the direction of film flow. A converter fanfolds the film into spaced apart stacks ...
05/27/2003
6364819Fastening device for joining two plates together
A fastening device includes a cylindrical shell with an opening extending over the entire length of the cylindrical shell, a gripping member formed on the periphery of the cylindrical shell by extending outward and a pair of hooks linked with the tip end ...
04/02/2002
6289651Panel interlocking means for cartons
Panel interlocking means secures together first and second panels in overlapping relationship. The first panel comprises a locking tab struck therefrom adjacent the free edge thereof The locking tab extends away from the free edge of the first panel and d...
09/18/2001
6116568Apparatus for forming voids under concrete floors
A reinforced box-like structure for forming a void area in a concrete formation. The structure includes a bottom panel having a plurality of spaced apart, parallel base partitions and a top panel having a plurality of spaced apart, parallel top partitions...
09/12/2000
6110086Method of manufacturing plastic enclosures
A rigid plastic enclosure is made from flat blanks. The enclosure is particularly well suited for use as an electrical or electronic component enclosure. The top, bottom, back, and side walls of the enclosure are parts of a structure made by cutting and/o...
08/29/2000
6053684Folded product
A method and a device for the production of folded products utilizes a row of folding jaws and a row of counter folding jaws. A signature to be cross-folded is inserted between the jaws by a folding blade. The folding jaws and counter folding jaws form a ...
04/25/2000
5901904Package to be provided on and around a container and a tool and a method to do so
A package to be provided on and around a box-shaped container having a flanged edge, manufactured from a material having resilient properties and an inherent stiffness and including an open tubular element composed of at least three sidewall panels and th...
05/11/1999
5755654Method and apparatus for pinch perforating multiply web material
A method and apparatus for pinch perforating multi-ply web material to increase the perforation ply bond and/or perforation ply bond retention by pinching the multiple plies of web material together and then perforating the material using an anvil and per...
05/26/1998
5538178Sleeve pack assembly
An improved sleeve pack assembly to be used to form a container comprises four vertical wall panels having hinged side flaps wherein the flaps and panels form doubled panel edge structures with securing edges along the flap edges. Four cornerposts hold th...
07/23/1996
5415613Apparatus for making a locking join for boxes
A non-releasable mechanical join useful for permanent joins of plastics material cartons is formed by a row of a plurality of engagement tabs interlocked in a complementary row of slots. The engagement tabs have heads able to passthrough the slots in one ...
05/16/1995
5334129Cross-cutter for final treatment or finishing of webs of material
Rotary cross-cutter for final processing of at least one web of material from which excess portions have been removed includes a cross-cutting unit disposed at a given location along a travel path of the web, rotary bodies disposed at locations along the ...
08/02/1994
5207631Method and apparatus for folding of sheet material
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for folding of sheet material into symmetrical and nonsymmetrical shapes. The method and apparatus is shown as applied to making a pallet construction wherein a series of symmetrical stringer members made on the a...
05/04/1993
5177932Apparatus for producing a packing
In order to connect at least two layers of paper or the like, the layers are cut into strips in the connection area and forced out of the plane of the layers alternately and in pairs. To this effect punching and pressing tools with punching teeth may be p...
01/12/1993
5047002Apparatus and method for making Z-folded zippered film
A method and apparatus for producing rolls of thermoplastic film stock wherein zipper elements are interlocked for structural support while the web is open, resembling a "Z" in cross-section, and ready for use on container and packaging machines....
09/10/1991
4981463Device for positioning fitments in a perforated film
A device for positioning fitments in a perforated film. The device according to the invention includes a transporting member that brings the fitments into the vicinity of a perforated film, preferably below the latter, a member for positioning the fitment...
01/01/1991
4968291Stitching gear assembly having perforating projections thereon, for use in converter adapted to produce pad-like cushioning material, and method
A gear-like stitching assembly adapted for use in a converter mechanism of the type providing for the production of pad-like cushioning dunnage product from sheet-like stock material which is conventionally disposed in multi-ply, roll form for use with th...
11/06/1990
4949527Method of forming a reclosable tray
A tray for foodstuffs or the like having a continuous edge rim and a flexible cover placed over the top of the tray and sealed to the rim with an elongate continuous interlockable separate rib and groove profile on strips sealed to the surface of the cove...
08/21/1990
4929225Method of making bags and bag material having hinged zipper strips
A method of making reclosable bag material and bags made therefrom, wherein the bag making film providing bag walls is provided with an extruded plastic profile reclosable fastener strip across a portion of the longitudinal formation axis of the film and ...
05/29/1990
4905449Packing platter for foods, with decorative tab-engaged strip
A decorative packing platter for foods has a planar member such as a cardboard plate having a central area for receiving the foods and a periphery. Receptacle tabs are formed, for example by die cutting, each tab having a proximal end attached to the plat...
03/06/1990
4897074Mechanism for joining a carrier tape cover to a base stip
A carrier tape system includes an elongated base strip and an elongated cover strip both formed of a plastic film material. The cover strip is substantially coextensive in length with the base strip. The cover strip has a top surface and opposed sidewalls...
01/30/1990
4807300Plastic zipper bag with anchor-socket attachment arrangement
A bag structure especially adapted to be made from bag body web material, and fusibly incompatible extruded plastic zipper, comprises a pair of zipper strips having reclosable zipper profiles located below upper ends of pull flanges. Fused connecting anch...
02/21/1989
4792325Method and apparatus for manufacturing cardboard pallets
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for continuously making cardboard runners and stringers and assembling them into a cardboard pallet. Whether a runner or stringer is involved, the method involves essentially supplying a fiberboard blank of approp...
12/20/1988
4682366Attachment of plastic zipper to incompatible bag wall web
Bags especially adapted to be made from fusibly incompatible bag body web material and extruded plastic zippers comprising in each instance a pair of zipper strips having reclosable zipper profiles located below upper ends of pull flanges, and fused conne...
07/21/1987
4666423Method of aligning fastener elements on a folded web and device for implementing the method
A method of folding a continuous web of a thermoplastic film material incorporating complementary interengagable profiled fastener elements, and aligning and interengaging the complementary fastener elements. Moreover, also provided is a device over which...
05/19/1987
4612753Method and apparatus for locking a carrier
A method and apparatus for closing a carrier about a one or more articles. The invention includes one or more fingers which are urged into contact with locking tabs on the carrier to force the locking tabs through an opening on the carrier. The fingers ma...
09/23/1986
4534751Thermoplastic container end and method and apparatus for inertial spinwelding of thermoplastic container ends
A thermoplastic end (110), particularly a bottom, for a container which has upstanding paperboard sidewalls (112) and which is inertially spinwelded onto the paperboard sidewall for bonding. The end portion (110) has an annular groove (148) for snugly rec...
08/13/1985
4429486Construction and method for models with interlocking tab/slot assembly
A construction set for model houses and other enclosures formed of cooperating components of cardboard or similar material is disclosed wherein a combination of cooperating tabs and slots that interlock are provided on the components to produce simple and...
02/07/1984
4407063Method and apparatus for fabricating battery plate envelopes
A method and apparatus are provided for fabricating battery plate envelopes from a sheet formed of microporous plastic material having a width greater than that of a battery plate to be enveloped. A battery plate is pushed edgewise into the sheet to fold ...
10/04/1983
4384708Feeding process for a defibrator
A process for feeding defibrators with sheet pulp delivered in batches. Rectangular sheets are deposited one behind another on a feed belt with their longitudinal axis offset by 45° with respect to the direction of advance of the belt, whereupon two equa...
05/24/1983
4364737Method for connecting together a plurality of webs of flexible material
An apparatus for connecting together a plurality of webs of flexible material. The apparatus comprises a base having an anvil with a sharp edged opening therein the opening comprising a shank region and an enlarged head region. A punching head movable tow...
12/21/1982
4332580Piecing machine for non-fabric ribbons
The invention relates to a piecing machine suitable for end-wise joining of non-fabric ribbons by means of a jet of fluid (20) under pressure acting on the ends of the ribbons to be pieced together, at least one of the heads (16, 17) from which the fluid ...
06/01/1982
4068565Method and apparatus for making business form dummy
The following specification describes a method together with portable apparatus for forming on site test dummies of stacks of business forms to provide a facsimile of actual conditions under which the paper is imprinted. This is done by simultaneously man...
01/17/1978
4004500Panel interlocking method
A unitary wrapper blank having top, bottom and side walls interconnected to form a tubular structure about a plurality of articles incorporates one composite wall formed of a pair of overlapping panels one of which incorporates at least one specially conf...
01/25/1977
3969992Method of fastening sheet material
A method of providing an improved mechanical bond when fastening a plurality of paper sheets together. The body of sheet material is punched or cut through to form a flap. The flap is then folded over upon the body of sheets, and the flap and body of shee...
07/20/1976
3953634Seam structure
A pair of paper board panels are joined together by means of a seam structure comprising interlocking portions of the two panels. The first panel has a plurality of spaced partial perforations which define the plurality of flat first tabs each of which is...
04/27/1976
 
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