| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 156730400 | Sheet or web splicing | 21 |
| 20080210360 | Ultrasonic Assembly Method - A method for assembling at least two rigid thermoplastic material based parts. The two parts are superposed to have at least one interface zone, wherein at least one of the two parts includes one or plural energy directors, protruding, situated in the interface zone. At least one excited ultrasonic source is brought into contact with one of the two parts, the ultrasonic source applying a compression effort to the two parts in a region of the interface zone located opposite the ultrasonic source. The ultrasonic source is continuously displaced at the interface zone to form a continuous welded joint by fusion of the thermoplastic material in the region positioned opposite the ultrasonic source. Such a method may find particular application for assembly of stratified parts. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080223502 | Manufacturing method of printed wiring board and a laminate Jointing apparatus - This invention provides a manufacturing method of printed wiring board which enables a plate-like substrate to be carried and processed without any contact to its product surface. End portions of plate-like copper clad laminates are overlapped vertically and then joined linearly by rotating an ultrasonic horn along the end portions. Consequently, copper foils can be metal-joined and a joining strength necessary for transportation with a roller is obtained. Because belt-like copper clad laminate is obtained by joining the plate-like copper clad laminates and after that, processed, thus, the belt-like copper clad laminate can be carried without any contact to its product surface as it is carried with the roller, and then processed. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090050255 | Flexible imaging member belt seam smoothing process - Post treatment processes of an ultrasonically welded seamed flexible imaging member belt for providing a smooth surface and substantially eliminating protrusions by applying heat and/or pressure to an overlap region of the seam to compress and reform the seam. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090218032 | ULTRASONIC WELDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WELDED PRODUCT - In an ultrasonic welding apparatus, ultraviolet-curable ink droplets are discharged to an upper surface of stacked sheets by means of an ink-jet head to land the ink droplets in a predetermined area on the upper surface of the sheets. The sheets, on which the ink droplets have been landed, are interposed and pressed between a welding horn and a receiving stand, while the welding horn is ultrasonically vibrated. Accordingly, the stacked sheets are welded to one another at portions opposed to the predetermined area in which the ink droplets are landed. In this way, the ultrasonic welding apparatus is provided, which makes it possible to perform the ultrasonic welding irrelevant to the shape of the area to be subjected to the welding. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100051171 | COATED TRANSFER MEMBER - An intermediate transfer member that is coated with a crosslinked acrylic resin. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100078116 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE TEXTILE - A method of manufacturing a composite textile having a textile face layer and a non-woven backing layer. The textile face layer may be bonded to the non-woven backing layer using various techniques such as by providing an adhesive or adhesive material associated with at least one of the layers. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100096065 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE - The manufacturing method of an absorbent article according to the present invention includes: a step A of bonding, by using an ultrasonic bonding device, a continuum of a front waistband region and a continuum of a rear waistband region in predetermined regions each corresponding to a bonded region of the front waistband region and the rear waistband region after overlapping the continuum of the front waistband region and the continuum of the rear waistband region under conveyance; a step B of outputting a first predetermined signal indicating a failure state when it is determined that an output signal from the ultrasonic bonding device does not satisfy a first specified condition; and a step C of outputting a second predetermined signal indicating a failure state when it is determined that a bonded area in any of the predetermined regions does not satisfy a second specified condition. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100154972 | FLEXIBLE IMAGING MEMBER BELT SEAM SMOOTHING PROCESS - Post treatment processes of an ultrasonically welded seamed flexible imaging member belt for providing a smooth surface and substantially eliminating protrusions by applying heat and/or pressure to an overlap region of the seam to compress and reform the seam. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100206458 | ADHESIVE TAPE APPLYING APPARATUS AND TAPE SPLICING METHOD - An adhesive tape applying apparatus includes a stage on which a terminal end portion of a first tape member and a leading end portion of a second tape member are placed so as to be superimposed on each other, an ultrasonic tool in which a plurality of protruding portions are provided on its contact surface that is to be put into contact with the leading end portion or terminal end portion of the superposed tape members, an ultrasonic vibration generator for applying ultrasonic vibrations in a tape's thicknesswise direction to the ultrasonic tool, and a pressing device for making a stage-directed pressing force act on the ultrasonic tool. As a result, the terminal end portion of the in-use first tape member and the leading end portion of the second tape member rolled out from a new reel can be spliced together with a simple, low-cost construction while the possibility of occurrence of trouble in tape feed is eliminated. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100307659 | Filter Media and System and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Filter media and a method for manufacturing filter media is disclosed. The filter media includes a corrugated porous filter media layer including a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the corrugated porous filter media layer includes one or more peaks separated by valleys, a second porous filter media layer including a top surface and a bottom surface, the valleys of the corrugated porous filter media proximate the second porous filter media layer, and an ultrasnoically weldable material disposed between one or more of the valleys of the corrugated porous filter media layer and the top surface of the second porous filter media layer. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100307660 | Device and Method for Ultrasonic Treatment - A device for the ultrasonic welding of two films of plastic includes a sonotrode ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110030877 | POLYMER FILM SPLICING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STRETCHING METHOD - An off-line stretching device includes a film supply chamber, a tenter section, a relaxation chamber, a cooling chamber, and a winding chamber. The film supply chamber includes a splicing section, where a rear end of a preceding film and a front end of a trailing film are overlapped to be spliced to each other by thermal welding. The thermal welding is performed from above and below the film while a temperature of welding heads of a heat sealer, contacting with the film, is kept at a level equal to or less than a decomposition temperature of the preceding and trailing films. The spliced film is stretched in the tenter section and subjected to heat treatment for stress relaxation in the relaxation chamber, to shrink in a film width direction. Since the shrinkage amount of a spliced area and that of a peripheral area become equal to each other, the occurrence of wrinkles in the spliced area and tears of the film in the peripheral area can be prevented. Additionally, since a heat transfer distance between a film surface and a film splicing surface can be shortened, the heating from above and below the film enables high-speed welding. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110079342 | Device for ultrasonic welding of at least two plastic foil layers - The invention relates to a device for ultrasonic welding of at least two plastic foil layers for manufacturing for example a package. The device comprises at least one sonotrode and at least one anvil positioned opposite each other and each being provided with a pressure surface. The pressure surfaces can be moved away from each other and towards each other from a position of rest to a welding position and vice versa, the pressure surfaces in the welding position forming a welding section as well as a flow-out section. The pressure surfaces in the flow-out section have at least two pressure surface areas extending substantially parallel to each other for supporting the foil layers. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120186720 | Simplified method for making an impermeable joining on three-layer or bi-layerfabric materials, either with or without a complex construction on a Joining side thereof and being preliminarily joined by a stitching or ultrasound joiningarrangement - A simplified method for making an impermeable joining on three-layer or bi-layer fabric materials, either with or without a complex construction on a joining side thereof, and being preliminarily joined by a stitching or ultrasound joining arrangement, wherein said method comprises only two method steps, a first joining step of joining two fabric material panels and a second impermeabilizing step carried out by cauterizing and sealing a strip element, and being performed by a single machine in a single operation thereof. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120205028 | SOLAR SUBSTRATE RIBBON BONDING SYSTEM - An ultrasonic solar substrate bonding system is provided. The system includes a first ribbon bonder including a first bonding tool, and a first ribbon feeding system configured to continuously supply a first ribbon material to the first bonding tool during bonding of the first ribbon material to a backside of each of a plurality of solar substrates. The system also includes a mechanism configured to manipulate each of the plurality of solar substrates after bonding by the first ribbon bonder to expose an opposite, frontside of each of the plurality of solar substrates for bonding. The system also includes a second ribbon bonder including a second bonding tool, and a second ribbon feeding system configured to continuously supply a second ribbon material to the second bonding tool during bonding of the second ribbon material to the frontside of each of the plurality of solar substrates. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130025767 | BONDING OF NONWOVEN MATERIALS - This invention relates to a technology for bonding pieces of nonwoven material to each other by fluid entanglement or needling technology. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130248081 | Apparatus and Method for Providing a Localized Speed Variance of an Advancing Substrate - Methods and apparatuses discussed herein provide for localized speed changes of an advancing substrate. Embodiments of a localized speed varying apparatus may include first and second substrate guides positioned upstream and downstream of a processing station, respectively. The substrate guides may utilize orbital motion of guide members to change the length of the substrate within the substrate guides upstream and downstream of the processing station. The changes in substrate length within the substrate guides result in localized speed changes of the substrate between the substrate guides. Coordination between the substrate guides allows for localized speed changes of the substrate passing through the processing station without affecting the speed of the substrate upstream of the first substrate guide and downstream of the second substrate guide. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140000786 | Method of Making Sport Ball With Indented Casing | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140102618 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRETCH SHEET - A method for manufacturing a stretch sheet draw a nonwoven fabric conveyed in a continuous state by teeth formed on an outer circumferential surface of a pair of rotating rollers by passing the nonwoven fabric through a gap between the rotating rollers meshing with each of the teeth. The method includes a step of joining a first end of the first nonwoven fabric roll and a second end of the other nonwoven fabric roll through a joint portion. The joint portion is arranged intermittently in a cross direction that crosses the conveyance direction. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140367022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TEXTILE STRUCTURE - A method and system for manufacturing complex, three-dimensional textile structures is disclosed. These textile structures may be large and heavy and difficult to maneuver without damaging them. The method enables various types of joints to be constructed between textile panels plus the application of patches and details onto the surface of these panels. The method minimizes handling and damage to the textile material. The method also reduces the manpower required during the manufacturing process, thus minimizing manufacturing time and cost. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150020950 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOCALIZED DWELL IN AN ADVANCING WEB - A method for dwelling a portion of a web is disclosed. A web can be conveyed at a first velocity by an apparatus comprising a first traversing guide and a second traversing guide operatively connected in a fixed spatial relationship. The first traversing guide and the second traversing guide can be moveable from a start position in a substantially linear path. The first traversing guide and the second traversing guide can be moved in a first direction at a second velocity equal to about one half the first velocity for a dwell time. One or more processing stations can bond the at least two layers of the web. The first traversing guide and the second traversing guide can be accelerated and decelerated in a second direction opposite the first direction until the first traversing guide and the second traversing guide are returned to the start position in a return time. | 01-22-2015 |
