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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438677 | Chopper table A chopper table comprises table bodies for guiding a signature transported by transport belts, and a pair of inlet guides for guiding the signature pushed in by a chopper blade. The table bodies are detachably supported on chopper frames, and the inlet guides are de... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7402129 | Folding-box gluing machine for producing folding boxes from blanks A machine for folding and gluing folding boxes has a first folding station and at least one second folding station that follows downstream. Machine components are provided which can be positioned transversely and which contain conveying elements for blanks for the f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7377892 | Device for conveying signatures between two cylinders of a folding machine A device for conveying signatures from a gripper cylinder to a folding cylinder comprises, in a free gap formed between the two cylinders, a supporting element supporting a plate which can be pivoted about a fulcrum, the plate rotatably supporting a signature guidin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7316643 | Carton flap gripping system A gripping system uses a pin mounting block having at least one passage for accommodating holding pins of a holding pin member that cooperate with a dome to hold a laminate ply there between, the improvement being a releasable latch positioned to engage the pin memb... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7258656 | Packaging machine and process A packaging machine utilizing side connected chains of open bags is disclosed. The machine has loading and closure sections which are moveable between operating and cleaning/service positions. A resistance heater subassembly is removeable to enable washdown. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7231748 | Adjusting device of film packaging machine An adjusting device that is mounted in a film packaging machine includes a moving mechanism that selectively moves two support blocks in opposite directions and toothed wheels mounted to the support blocks in a symmetric manner and driven by a timing belt that is me... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7192393 | Carton flap gripping system A gripping system uses a pin mounting block having at least one passage for accommodating holding pins of a holding pin member that cooperate with a dome to hold a laminate ply there between, the improvement being a releasable latch positioned to engage the pin memb... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7143569 | Calibrated shrink wrap packaging system and associated method An automatic high-speed wrapping system for wrapping packages in heat sealable thermoplastic film includes a film delivery unit wherein the film is dispensed and wrapped around the packages at a high rate of speed as the packages travel through the system. The packa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128703 | Flush mounted presser assembly A flush mounted presser assembly for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member having an upper surface which defines a substantially horizontal plane, a presser movable vertically in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the su... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7060016 | Device for rotary converting a web or sheet matter A device for rotary conversion of a web or sheet material by cooperating cylindrical tools. The tools are arranged in a cassette. A driving device connects with the tools for rotating them. The cassette with the tools is placed in an adaptive cassette receiver. The ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7037251 | Machine for the production of flexible material sheets Machine for the production of flexible material sheets comprising at least one folding unit housing at least one cutting cylinder, to which a suction cylinder is opposed, and a gripping cylinder for transversal folding and/or conveying flat products by suction. A se... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017852 | Multiple fixed-position film centerwinder and method for winding web material The invention is a centerwinder for receiving and winding web material sequentially on one of at least two fixed shafts. The two or more shafts are desirably positioned vertically to one another in a stationary structure and eliminate the need for a powered turret a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003926 | Strip tape mounting device and bag manufacturing and packaging apparatus having the same The present invention provides a strip tape mounting device that stabilizes an upper portion of a bag that will be attached to a strip tape, while preventing the bag from being crushed. The strip tape mounting device of the present invention includes an attaching me... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994662 | Machine for punching blanks out of a web of corrugated cardboard and for forming folding lines in said blanks A machine for punching blanks (10) of corrugated cardboard out of a web or plates of corrugated cardboard and for forming folding lines (5) in said blanks. The machine has two cylinders (2, 3) rotating towards each other and of which at least on... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974407 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A conversion machine and related method for making a dunnage product by converting a sheet-like stock material of at least one ply into a dunnage product is characterized by a manual reversing mechanism that is useful, for example, for clearing paper jams. The conve... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6953422 | System and method for replacing web folding boards A system and method for selectively replacing one set of folding boards with another set of folding boards is provided. In one embodiment, a first set and a second set of folding boards are secured to carriage assemblies that are moveable in and out of a web-receivi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6910314 | Random automatic case sealer A case sealer has a frame with a conveyor for moving boxes into a pair of spaced-apart lateral conveyors. The lateral conveyors have converging centering conveyor belts that center the boxes and first advancing conveyor belts that open to the width of the box to be ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910997 | Machine and method for making paper dunnage Dunnage making machine and method in which a web of paper is drawn across a forming bar with curved end sections to roll the edge portions of the paper, then drawn through a first throat section to urge the rolled edge portions toward each other and cause them to ga... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902520 | Folding machine having at least one pair of knife shafts The folding machine includes at least one pair of knife shafts, the knife shafts (22, 24) of which are, in a working position, mounted parallel to each other between two spaced-apart side walls (18, 20) of the folding machine (10). In order, in ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6827678 | System for making folded boxes from blanks Known methods for producing folded containers, especially folding boxes, from blanks use folding-box gluing machines and accessory units comprising machine elements (2, 6, 10, 13) for processing and/or conveying the blanks or containers, which can be manually... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6783489 | Cushioning conversion machine and method An improved cushioning conversion machine and related methodology characterized by one or more features including, inter alia, a feeding/connecting assembly which enables an operator to easily vary a characteristic, for example, the density, of the cushioning produc... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6758801 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A cushioning conversion machine (20) including a conversion assembly (30) which converts a continuous sheet of multi-ply stock material (22) into a three dimensional cushioning product (32) and a stock supply assembly (550) which s... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6702728 | Moveable tape head for box erecting machine A moveable tape head mechanism for a box erecting machine having a fixed guide rail and an adjustable guide rail includes a cradle which carries a tape head, the cradle being horizontally slidable between operational and loading positions to expedite repl... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6699167 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A cushioning conversion machine having a novel former around which a sheet material is folded to form an improved cushioning product. The former has longitudinally spaced side surfaces inclined from bottom to top toward a downstream end of the machine. Th... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6676588 | Automatically closing surface element at the periphery of cylinders The present invention relates to a copy-carrying cylinder which has a peripheral surface (2) supporting sheet-like copies and which is provided with retaining elements for fixing the sheet-like copies in place on the peripheral surface (2). A folding devi... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666810 | Device for controllable stretching of thin materials A worktable that can be used to support a substrate while forming a hole therein. The worktable may include one or more actuators that stretch the substrate. The worktable may also have a control unit that is connected to the actuators and strain gauges t... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659927 | Folding presser assembly A presser assembly for supporting blanking scrap during a blanking operation is provided. The presser assembly includes a support rail; a presser rail connected to the support rail; and a connecting rail connecting the presser rail to the support rail and... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6629403 | Mandrel with variable pocket widths for automatic packaging machines An automatic packaging machine has mandrels with a plurality of fingers for gripping an object. A cam track has contours which defines the location of positions along a conveyor carrying the mandrels. The fingers are closed by a spring and opened by a cam... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6610001 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A cushioning conversion machine (20) including a conversion assembly (30) which converts a continuous sheet of multi-ply stock material (22) into a three dimensional cushioning product (32) and a stock supply assembly (550) which supplies the multi-ply st... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6589148 | Moveable presser rail assembly The invention is a moveable presser rail assembly for supporting blanking material during operation of a blanking tool for making packaging blanks. The moveable presser rail assembly includes a mount housing having a cavity that pivotally secures a pivot ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6582348 | Machine for the creasing, perforation or circular cutting of paper and the like A machine is provided for the creasing, perforation or circular cutting of a material in the form of sheets such as paper, plastic and the like. The machine includes a bed, a horizontal loading plane (11) that is intended to accommodate at least one stack... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6574520 | Flexible manufacturing system A flexible manufacturing system including at least one module, a operational unit mounted to said at least one module and a local controller operatively connected to the operational unit. The local controller is adapted to control the operational unit. Th... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6540652 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A cushioning conversion machine (20) for converting sheet-like stock material (22) into a three-dimensional cushioning product (P) including a device (400; 400'; 500; 600; 600'; 700) which controls the width of the strip and which may be selectively adjus... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6457300 | Plastic film guiding device of packaging machine The present invention proposes a plastic film guiding device of a packaging machine, which comprises a frame, a screw rod, a walking block, a positioning rod, a pair of slanting rods, and a pair of slide bodies. The plastic film guiding device of the pres... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6425846 | Moveable tape head for box erecting machine A moveable tape head mechanism for a box erecting machine having a fixed guide rail and an adjustable guide rail includes a cradle which carries a tape head, the cradle being horizontally slidable between operational and loading positions to expedite repl... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6422552 | Movable folders and former board arrangement A movable folder assembly includes one or more folders slidingly supported on a pair of rails and an actuator for moving the folder on said pair of rails. The actuator may include a hydraulic cylinder and a control unit for controlling said hydraulic cyli... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6319183 | Method and apparatus for setting up a box erecting machine A box erecting machine that can readily be set up to assemble boxes of different sizes contains pointers and scales permitting the vertical and horizontal adjustment of the box magazine, the centering of the flap folding structures, and the vertical adjus... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6318048 | Case sealer mast and trolley assembly A mast and trolley assembly for a case sealer machine includes a set of fixed bearing members mounted upon the trolley assembly, and a set of movably adjustable bearing members mounted upon the trolley assembly such that opposite sides of the trolley asse... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6267713 | Tabber apparatus and method A tabber apparatus includes a frame, a friction drive roller rotatably and operatively connected to the frame, and a take-up spool rotatably and operatively connected to the frame and operatively connected to the friction drive roller to allow backing pap... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6224530 | Buckle folding mechanism with two or three folding pockets A buckle folder machine includes two or three folder pockets and several folding rollers mounted in a folding block which can be detached from the machine frame. The sheets are fed to the folding block via transport devices along an input plane in the dir... | 05/01/2001 |
