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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361308 | Spot picker device and method for picking gel plugs The present invention relates to devices and methods for removing gels plugs (47) from a gel(3) bonded to a surface (5) wherein means are provided for rotating the gel plug before lifting it from said surface. The rotation of the gel plug is int... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357057 | Paper cutter A paper cutter includes a base with a rail secured thereon, a slide unit, a cutter seat and at least two blades. The base is provided with the rail for the slide unit to slide thereon. The cutter seat is pivotally connected to the slide unit. The cutter seat is prov... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356930 | Method and apparatus for removing dust from a workpiece A duct mechanism for directing a flow of air onto a working member of a power cutting tool generally includes a housing, a motor in the housing, a working member actuated by means of the motor and a shoe pivotally mounted relative to the working member and adapted t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347418 | Method and apparatus for overlapping sheets in a sheet feeder and providing the overlapped sheets to a printing press The present invention is directed to a sheet feeding apparatus and method. In particular this invention comprises a sheet feeding apparatus having a first conveyance member, a second conveyance member, and a sheet bending member. The first conveyance member conveys ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7281710 | Conveyor system and method of setting operation thereof A conveyor system has a monitor for entering information about sheets, an input/output control console for setting operating conditions of a first conveyor and a second conveyor based on the information about the sheets, and a power control console for operating the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258051 | Arrangement for cutting an optical fibre An arrangement for cutting an optical fibre comprises a fibre cutter for cutting the fibre. A motor is provided to operate the cutter. To start a cutting movement, the motor is controlled by a control unit in response to a start signal. The start signal is generated... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7220938 | System and method for removing particulate created from a drilled or cut surface A system and method for receiving and collecting particulate matter from drilled or cut holes in a tablet on a turntable and transporting said particulate to a remote location is described. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213514 | Extension arm for a sheet-processing printing machine A sheet delivery mechanism for a sheet-fed printing machine which is adapted to reduce changes in the position of sheet material in a stack during a stack changeover operation and which facilitates the formation of a stack with properly aligned edges. The sheet-deli... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211923 | Rotational motion based, electrostatic power source and methods thereof A power system includes a member with two or more sections and at least one pair of electrodes. Each of the two or more sections has a stored static charge. Each of the pair of electrodes is spaced from and on substantially opposing sides of the member from the othe... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7162940 | Unit for preparing leaves of paper material Tipping papers are cut from a continuous strip of material advancing along a set feed path by a unit comprising a suction roller and a roller equipped with blades, which combine to separate the single papers from the strip at a prescribed frequency; the tension of t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146891 | Device for transferring two-dimensional products onto a transportation device A method for segregating and transferring a product from a web of material includes the steps of conveying the web of material between a punching roll and a counter pressure roll, the punching roll having at least one cutting edge and at least one suction orifice; p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7117775 | Method and apparatus for transferring a paper web A method of, and apparatus for, transferring a web, in particular a paper web or cardboard web or an insertion tail severed from the web, from a web-discharging web-guiding surface, via a web conveying apparatus, to the next structural unit of a machine for producin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114422 | Method and device for producing a product made of strip tape, especially a medical product and/or a product containing active substances as well as fillable receptacles or pouches whose edges can be sealed A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a vacuum roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their way to the c... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107887 | Rotary knife having vacuum attachment A rotary knife having a ring blade that defines a closed loop cutting surface for cutting material which the ring blade contacts during rotation. Materials cut using the blade such as meat cut from a carcass or trimmed from a piece of meat are suctioned away from th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096529 | Box finishing machine with cleaning apparatus and method A corrugated box finishing machine has a station where dust, debris and other particles are cleaned from the corrugated boards before they are conveyed to the printing station. Electrostatic charges on the particles are neutralized by a static bar and the particles ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089839 | Method and apparatus for transferring a paper web A method of, and apparatus for, transferring a web, in particular a paper web or cardboard web or an insertion tail severed from the web, from a web-discharging web-guiding surface, via a web conveying apparatus, to the next structural unit of a machine for producin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082745 | Clump cutter apparatus of elastic yarn To provide a clump cutter apparatus of an elastic yarn for improving a success ratio of clump cutting when cutting the elastic yarn running in a draft state. A clump cutter apparatus of an elastic yarn configured by overlapping and combining a plurality of laminate ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073441 | Image recording apparatus A punch unit includes punch blocks supported by an arm through support plates. The arm has, arranged thereon, a motor for rotating a drive rod, a detector for detecting rotation angles of the drive rod, and a sensor for detecting a forward end of a recording materia... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055816 | Method of processing sheet-like products, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for processing a stream of sheet-like products, such as printed magazines and newspapers, whereby the orientation of the products in the stream is changed to facilitate subsequent processing. The products are conveyed in an imbricated stream, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051632 | Magnetic rotary die A rotary cutting die which is mountable on a metal cylinder. The rotary cutting die includes a rotary die plate having a concave, inner surface which is magnetically attractable and magnetically mountable on a metal cylinder. A cutting blade is mounted on a concave,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047852 | Feedforward control system for an elastic material A process for providing feedforward control to control the feed rate of an elastic material. The process involves measuring the distance between registration marks on the elastic material prior to cut-off. These measurements are compared to a target cut length. The ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045031 | Method of optimizing spacing between elastic members in applying leg elastics A method of applying leg elastics to absorbent garments involves optimizing the spacing between multiple elastic members. The elastic members are bonded to a substrate with variable spacing along the length of the leg opening. More particularly, narrower spacing is ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032488 | Device for supporting a material web A support for a material web for use with a longitudinal cutting device for cutting the material web, includes a support shaft having an axis of rotation. At least one bearing mechanism positions the at least one support shaft, wherein the at least one bearing mecha... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024977 | Window blind cutting machine A window blind cutting machine includes a machine base; two cutting units respectively disposed at two ends of the machine base, each cutting unit having a cutter movable along a respective cutting path across a longitudinal axis of the machine base for cutting off ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013776 | Device for cutting optical fiber and a method for cutting optical fiber An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blad... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011004 | Trimming apparatus and method for fuel cell membrane/electrode coupling and transporting apparatus A membrane/electrode assembly trimming apparatus (10) made up of a lower trimming die (14) on which a membrane/electrode assembly (65) is set, an upper trimming die (16) having a trimming blade (15) and a pressing member (17... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997093 | Cross web shear apparatus In order to selectively reinforce portions of a material web, a cutting and laminating device efficiently produces the required reinforcing strips and then laminates them to the web. In order to efficiently and accurately produce these reinforcing strips, a cross we... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6968764 | Blade cleaner for a continuous loop blade on a food slicing machine A cleaning device for a continuous loop band blade food processing machine. A pair of scrapers is positioned on, and seated against, opposite sides of the blade for scraping matter from the blade as it passes between the scrapers. The scrapers are biased against the... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6949059 | Two cylinder one piece pin stripping device A device used to separate and discard a skeleton formed when a blank is cut into the pattern of a folding carton, envelope, or other desired shape is provided. The device includes first and second separating cylinders. The second separating cylinder includes at leas... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938529 | Shortening the flap of paper following a supply-roll change A flap projecting from a glue joint between two paper strips after an on-the-fly supply roll change is shortened by continuously displacing the strips in a straight line, in a travel direction, and at a travel speed along a path such that the flap lies flatly agains... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932689 | Apparatus for severing the link between two sausages In an apparatus for severing a link between two sausages, in particular for cutting out a clip at a twisting point by means of a cutting device which has a cutting edge, comprises at least two cutting edges lying opposite one another and movable toward one another w... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912788 | Blade storage compartment for power tool vacuum port A power hand tool of the type adapted to operate with one of a variety of elongated blades and being configured for vacuuming debris from an area near the blade during operation of the tool, wherein the tool includes a housing, a motor located within the housing, a ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6755803 | Single operator exchange fluid jet thrombectomy device A single operator exchange fluid jet thrombectomy device having an outer catheter assembly and separable and exchangeable components in the form of an inner catheter assembly allowing functioning as a rheolytic thrombectomy catheter or as a crossflow thrombectomy ca... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6729213 | Manufacturing method of monolithic electronic components When the step of transferring a ceramic green sheet held on a chuck head having a holding surface with a plurality of vacuum ports distributed thereon onto a depositing table is repeated to obtain a laminated product, undesired deformation or damage is produced on t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6615698 | Dual-end blinds trimming machine A dual-end cutting machine for trimming assembled blinds has fixed spacing between a pair of trimming units, which are adapted from conventional power miter saws. The blind assembly is clamped to a carriage that is movable on tracks between the trimming u... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6526854 | Method for cutting a web feeding tail and a corresponding cutting device The invention relates to a method for cutting a web feeding tail and a corresponding cutting device. In the method the web feeding tail is detached from a roll and tension ed for cutting. The web feeding tail is cut by the blade of a cutting device, witho... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6474205 | Device for cutting off and conveying streaks and method for cutting off and transferring a threading streak The invention relates to a device for cutting off and conveying strips, for a machine. The device is used for producing a continuous web, especially of paper or card, for a threading strip, and has a knife. Finally the device is characterized in that it h... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6358367 | Pulping system for a paper machine A paper machine includes a traveling belt for carrying a fiber web, and a cutting device disposed below the belt for cutting the fiber web into smaller pieces. The cutting device has an inlet and an outlet. A guiding device guides the fiber web from the b... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6325952 | Continuous gasket making machine and method A machine for continuously making gaskets and similar flat products. Sheet gasket material is fed from a roll and through tooling that successively: cuts the outline, separates the center scrap, then separates the gaskets from the remaining sheet stock wa... | 12/04/2001 |
