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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182188 | Book and a method of making same An instant book binding system and book cover for rapidly binding single- or double-sided documents, photographs, pages, and other forms of hardcopy media into soft or hard cover books is disclosed. The book binding method using the book cover or system can be perfo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177260 | Coupon redeemable upon completion of a predetermined threshold of physical activity A coupon for providing an incentive for a user to participate in physical activity. The coupon detects the physical activity of a user and indicates to the user when the threshold of physical activity has been reached. Once the coupon has indicated that the threshol... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167336 | Identification labels and methods of using the same Labels and methods for removing a portion of a release liner from a label are disclosed. An example labels includes a substrate, a layer of adhesive on the substrate, a layer of release coating in contact with the layer of adhesive, and a release line in contact wit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162556 | Actuator for a ring binder mechanism A ring binder mechanism includes an elongate housing and a ring support supported by the housing for movement relative to the housing. The ring support has an upper surface and a lower surface. A plurality of rings is provided for holding loose-leaf pages. Each ring... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157493 | Book binding device A milling unit of a book binding device removes a coating material adhered to cutting surfaces of coating sheets. A book binding device binding a bunch of sheets fed from a sheet aligning unit includes a sheet aligning plate aligning a section of the bunch of sheets... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151614 | Variable adjustable cutoff device for roll formers A cutoff unit for cutting a variably swept continuous beam extending from a roll forming mill includes a pickup subassembly for tracking a shape of the continuous beam, and a cutoff subassembly that engages and supports sides of the continuous beam while a blade sli... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146950 | Diffractive color system A method in a diffractive color system that specifies visual color effects and/or target colors that are formed by mixing together two or more diffractively produced primary colors. The primary colors and the characteristics of the elementary gratings used in produc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147160 | Ring binder mechanism with polymeric housing and actuator A ring binder mechanism includes a housing and a ring support supported by the housing for movement relative thereto. Each ring of a plurality of rings includes first and second ring members. The first ring member is mounted on the ring support for movement with the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146903 | Booklet maker with spaced crease rollers Embodiments described herein include as apparatus for folding printed sheets. The apparatus including first crease roller and a second crease roller longitudinally aligned with the first crease roller. A spacing device separating the first and second crease rollers ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141407 | Multi-tool technology A multi-tool having a plurality of tool-receipt openings adapted to receive respective tools. The multi-tool can be used on turret presses, single-station presses, other industrial presses, or other fabrication equipment. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141908 | Security device and method A security device comprises a substrate having a viewing region. A first pattern of a first color and a second pattern of a second color are printed on one side of the viewing region. A third pattern of the first color and a fourth pattern of the second color are pr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132994 | Bookbinding system A punching processing unit punches holes in a paper bundle delivered from a preprocessing device. A bookbinding unit includes a cartridge for stocking a plurality of rings, and performs a ring binding by binding the paper bundle with the rings. A detecting unit dete... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132438 | Closing method and closing machine A closing machine (1) for closing a rotating work piece (9) by pressing a heated die (4) against the work piece (9) comprises an air purge box (510) which opens onto the vicinity of the work piece (9), air supply means for s... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132440 | Roll bending device The invention relates to a roll bending device for the control of profile and flatness in the rolling of metal plates or strips. In particular the invention relates to the well known principle of roll bending by using hydraulic cylinders to modify the load distribut... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132830 | Security and/or valuable document The invention concerns a security and/or value document, in particular a banknote. The security and/or value document has a support (1) of a paper material and an in particular strip-form or thread-form film element (2) which contains one or more optic... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132995 | Book binding machine with a book block transport system and lubrication clamp for a book block transport system in a book binding machine A book binding machine includes a book block transport system and a plurality of clamps for clamping stacks of leaves. The clamps are disposed at a distance from each other and are guided in guide tracks of a machine frame. The book block transport system includes a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128305 | Device and method for aligning and securing a ring binder mechanism A ring binder mechanism having at least one pair of half-ring members that are movable between a first position, wherein the half-ring members are closed, and a second position, wherein the half-ring members are open, and at least one generally tubular member to fac... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127803 | Reinforcing bar binding machine A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with: a guide tube for guiding a wire from a wire reel mounted on a binding machine body; a curl guide; a wire cutting mechanism disposed between the guide tube and the curl guide; a first guide pin that is disposed at a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127590 | Die cushion device of pressing machine In a die-cushion device of a press machine a controller controls an opening degree of a proportional flow-rate control valve to an appropriate opening degree in order to control the flow rate flowing out of a lower chamber of a hydraulic cylinder supporting a cushio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128331 | Methods and apparatus to score book covers Apparatus and methods to score book covers are described. An example scoring apparatus includes a first scoring roll to oppose a corresponding second scoring roll to process a cover at a first location on a first side of the cover, and a third scoring roll to oppose... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123255 | Security device for confidential information This security device for confidential information, mentioned in a document (D), includes an element (1, 4) forming a data storage medium and removable element (6), masking the information (C). It includes, in addition, at least one zone of structural w... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123448 | Apparatus and methods for automatically binding a stack of sheets with a nonspiral binding element The present invention includes an automated binding machine configured for binding a stack of perforated sheets with a binding element. The automated binding machine includes a support member supporting the stack of perforated sheets, a binding element feeder, a plu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123449 | Single axis apparatus for manufacturing hard book cover An apparatus for producing hard book cases (covers) can make cases including tucked and folded corners. The apparatus can track the progress of the book case throughout the assembly process and can accurately align the unfinished assembly with the tucking and foldin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122748 | Hose fitting A machine, tooling and method for cold forming complex metal parts such as a banjo style hose fitting starting with a near net shape volume of wire and continuing with multiple forging blows and an intermediate rotation of the blank to produce a hose coupling shell ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123254 | Method for mounting artwork reproductions printed on a deformable substrate and for incorporating a printed deformable substrate in a publication A non-cellulose based deformable substrate having at least one fold line is configured to be able to be directly mounted on a frame or included in a publication. The substrate is configured to reduce the propagation of stress along the at least one fold line. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123447 | Method and apparatus for backing printed products A method for backing printed products includes feeding signatures to a transport and stitching line of a gatherer stitcher by a plurality of feeders. A plurality of signatures are gathered on the transport and stitching line and forms a folded sheet assembly. The fo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123450 | Apparatus for pressing a book casing against the adhesive-coated outside surfaces of a book block to be encased in a casing-in machine A saddle plate is disposed on a circulating conveyor which moves the saddle plate vertically upward. The saddle plate is arranged to receive a book block in a straddle like fashion with first and second adhesive-coated outside surfaces of book block being exposed. A... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118513 | Binder lock mechanism including a manually adjustable locking bar A binder lock mechanism includes a manually adjustable locking bar and co-operative locking-hook parts. Pair-wise mutually overlappable locking-hook parts are connected with and project from a respective binder end half, and are situated at mutual distances from eac... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117880 | Billet-rearranging device This invention provides a billet-rearranging device which receives billets fed in a row and rearranges two billets in tandem. The billet-rearranging device “A” is disposed between a chute “S” with an outlet to feed billets “b” in a row to the device “A... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118514 | Combination flipbook and pull-up focal header A display system includes a binder, a header, a retaining bracket and an extension assembly. The binder includes a plate, a plurality of sheets and an attachment assembly. The plate has a front surface, a rear surface and an edge. The attachment assembly secure the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117882 | Multi-layer pipe and method for its manufacture A method for manufacture of a multi-layer pipe (5) by means of a bending roller with individual material layers (1, 2) to be combined into the multi-layer pipe (5) being placed one upon the other, and the multi-layer material thus formed being s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113031 | Crimping tool The present invention relates to crimping pliers for crimping connecting elements. The crimping pliers comprise crimping jaws building a nest for the connecting element. The crimping jaws are designed and arranged for being moved in radial direction versus a longitu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109302 | System and method for trimming wood blocks There is disclosed a system, apparatus and method for preparing wood blocks. The embodiments disclosed may comprise paddle designs, trimming unit designs and methods, scanner unit designs and methods, for use in the trimming of wood blocks. The blocks may be used fo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104795 | Expandable card form An expandable card form is described that includes a plurality of foldable leafs that are foldable onto one another at fold lines which separate each adjacent pair of foldable leafs. A slot can be cut through the fold line separating one of the adjacent pairs of fol... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104702 | Apparatus for uniformly dispersing additive particles in fine powders Blending methods for adding and uniformly mixing a small fraction of relatively small particles (additives) to a bulk particulate powder of larger size than the additives. In particular, the present invention provides blending methods for adding and uniformly mixing... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100435 | Adhesive fastener binder and method of filing a paper A revised adhesive fastener pack, and its arrangement in a book-like ringless paper binder, enables inserted pages to be turned, and the immediate filing of a paper by eliminating a separate fastening and unfastening step. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100436 | Data support with an optically variable structure The invention relates to a security element with an optically variable structure, which has an embossed structure and a coating, wherein the embossed structure and the coating are combined such that at least parts of the coating are completely visible upon perpendic... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096584 | Document authentication using template matching with fast masked normalized cross-correlation Techniques are described for authenticating security documents having security images that incorporate multiple security features. The techniques may produce robust template matching results in situations of lighting unevenness, even with stronger occluding objects.... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096726 | Sheet lifter Sheet Lifter for use with multi ring sheet or page holders and multi ring binders. The Device is made from a thin ridged panel with a plurality of notches and slots. The Device is positioned in order to interact with the rings and binder spine of the page holder or ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091396 | Method for forming an end portion of a cylindrical workpiece A method for forming a part of deformed cross section with non-rotation symmetry on an end portion of a cylindrical workpiece. The method includes steps of performing a first relative motion of a roller against the workpiece toward its one open end, and performing a... | 01/10/2012 |
