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| 156361000 |
Of feed or motion of indefinite length work or transfer carrying tape
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Of cutter
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Of feed of articles to assembly station
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| 156358000 |
Of application of bonding pressure
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| 156359000 |
Of temperature and/or motion of heat exchange means
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| 156351000 |
Plural interrelated sensing means
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Of application of fluent material to work
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Means responsive to weight or dimension
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To stop operation of complete machine | 3 |
| 20100175835 | LAMINATING DEVICE - A laminating device includes first and second rollers, a motor, a first drive element associated with the motor and configured to be driven thereby, a second drive element associated with at least one of the rollers, and adapted to engage the first drive element so that the motor may drive the rollers to rotate in respective first directions, and a support arrangement which at least partially supports at least one of the rollers and the second drive element. The support arrangement is movable with respect to the first drive element between a first position, in which the first and second drive elements engage one another, and a second position, in which the first and second drive elements are disengaged from one another, allowing rotation of the rollers in respective second directions without this motion being transmitted to the motor. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20130139969 | LABELLING MACHINE - There is described a labelling machine for applying labels onto articles, comprising a protective wall; one first labelling group which may move between an operative position in which it applies a plurality of labels onto corresponding articles, and a rest position; wall comprises at least one first opening which is at least partially engaged, in use, by first labelling group when it is set in operative position; first labelling group is arranged completely on a first side of wall as it is arranged in rest position, and is arranged at least partially on a second side, opposite to first side, of wall when it is arranged in operative position; wall comprises at least one first panel which may be moved between a closed position in which it covers opening, and an open position in which it leaves free opening; labelling machine comprises connecting means for connecting first panel to first labelling group at least when first labelling group moves, in use, between rest position and an intermediate position, which is arranged between operative and rest positions; the movement of first labelling group between intermediate position and rest position causing, in use, the movement of first panel between open and closed position. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20150107774 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - An apparatus for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly to selectively drive/stop by checking whether temperature control of transfer rolls is normal is provided. The apparatus includes transfer rolls, the temperature of which is controlled by a temperature control unit, to pass a transfer film on which a polymer electrolyte membrane and electrodes are formed therebetween in order to press the transfer film and to transfer the electrodes onto the polymer electrolyte membrane; a thermochromic pigment inserting device installed at a front end of the transfer rolls to coat the thermochromic pigment on the polymer electrolyte membrane; a color information acquiring unit installed at the rear side of the transfer rolls to acquire color change information of the thermochromic pigment; and a controller to check whether temperature control of the transfer rolls is normal from the color change information of the thermochromic pigment acquired by the color information acquiring unit. | 04-23-2015 |
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| 20080236756 | Web Welding System - An object of the present invention is to provide a welding system wherein the positional accuracy of welding and the quality of welding are improved. The present welding system includes an ultrasonic welder for welding a plurality of webs W together while carrying the webs W. The ultrasonic welder includes: an anvil roller | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080289768 | Label design producing apparatus - A label design producing apparatus of the present invention comprises a first memory unit in which a plurality of designs are stored, a second memory unit in which label combination information expressing each design by combination of a plurality of rectangular labels is stored, a selecting unit for selecting a design to be employed from designs stored in the first memory unit, a reading-out unit for reading out the label combination information corresponding to the design selected by the selecting unit from the second memory unit, and an output unit for outputting labels constituting the design according to the label combination information read out by the reading-out unit. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090020229 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP BONDING APPARATUS - A semiconductor chip bonding apparatus maintains a semiconductor chip a parallel state with a lead frame when applying a bonding load. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090032193 | Tag label producing apparatus - This disclosure discloses a tag label producing apparatus comprising: at least one feeding roller; a printing device; and an apparatus antenna; and a coordination control portion that controls in coordination the feeding roller, the printing device, and the apparatus antenna, such that information transmission/reception is performed between an RFID circuit element and the apparatus antenna when an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element provided to a tag medium is fed downstream in a transport direction from a segment from a nearest roller to the apparatus antenna along a feeding path. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090090468 | FLIP-CHIP MOUNTING APPARATUS - A flip-chip mounting apparatus includes a variable-shape mirror | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090211709 | BONDHEAD ALIGNMENT TOOL FOR A BONDING APPARATUS - An alignment tool for a bonding apparatus comprises a loading surface for receiving a pushing force from a surface of a device which is attached to the bonding apparatus, the loading surface being arranged and constructed to experience a tilting moment upon receiving an unequally distributed pushing force from a misaligned device acting on it. The loading surface transmits the tilting moment experienced by it to a sensing surface which is operatively connected to the loading surface through a columnar body, which has a smaller width than the loading surface and the sensing surface, and which connects the loading surface and the sensing surface. An array of piezoelectric elements communicates with the sensing surface and produces electrical signals in response to the tilting moment such that a computing unit operatively connected to the piezoelectric elements may detect a direction of tilt of the loading surface from the electrical signals produced by the piezoelectric elements. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100038034 | LABELLING MACHINE AND DISPENSING APPARATUS FOR LABELLING MACHINES - The invention relates to a dispensing apparatus for labelling machines ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100175834 | WAFER SPLITTING LAMINATE MECHANISM - A wafer splitting laminate mechanism mounted onto a wafer spitting machine to anchor a wafer includes a cantilever bar, an activating mechanism and a suppressing element. The activating mechanism is fixedly located on the wafer splitting machine to connect and drive the cantilever bar to move. The suppressing element is located at one end of the cantilever bar. The wafer is held by a fixed clip and positioned on a work station of the wafer splitting machine. During preparing the wafer splitting process, the activation mechanism drives the cantilever bar to move and suppress the wafer before the splitting process is performed. Thus warping of the wafer can be reduced during the splitting process. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100181026 | Infrared welding device - An infrared welding device comprising a machine base ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110126986 | EASY-TO-OPERATE BAG SEALER - The item is an easy-to-operate bag sealer that can inflate as well as vacuum, for normal household use, to keep foodstuff fresh. In the front portion of the surface of the body is the bottom frictional pressboard bar that has a frictional surface on one side. Under the cover, facing the frictional surface of the bottom frictional bar is fitted with the upper frictional pressboard bar for vacuuming or inflating. The diagonal frictional force produced by the frictional surface of the bottom frictional pressboard bar and that of the upper frictional pressboard bar is enough to enable the cover to stay closed during the process of realizing the vacuuming and inflating functions. A heat wire is located in parallel to and in the front of the bottom frictional pressboard bar and under the cover is fitted with another coordinating pressboard bar for bag sealing. Also included is an indirect switch to be pressed down to activate the vacuuming and inflating functions control, placed underneath the body, through a hole opened on the body at a corner position formed by the bottom frictional pressboard bar and the surface of the body. Under the cover, at the exact position facing the hole on the body through which the indirect switch is protruding, a cave-like opening is made on the upper frictional pressboard bar or wherever deemed appropriate. The coordinating factor of this cave-like opening and the indirect switch has a procedural function to control the activation of vacuuming and inflating. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110146912 | Multi-layer, light markable media and method and automatic and manually operated apparatus for using same - A multi-layer laminate media is provided on which information may be applied in machine or human readable form on a visible front surface by the output of one or more lasers, or other high intensity light source. In a preferred embodiment, the media has three layers including preferably transparent substrate, a thermochromic layer and a light absorbent layer located intermediate the media substrate and the thermochromic layer. The light absorbent layer is adapted to absorb light from the light source and convert the absorbed light into heat. The heat is immediately conducted into selected portions of the thermochromic layer which is in thermal contact with the light absorbent layer, causing portions of the thermochromic layer to change visual appearance such as color to create the desired mark. The media optimally includes obscuration materials to reduce the visibility of the light absorbent layer to the naked eye. The light absorbent layer absorbs light in the NIR and visible light wavelength ranges of light and is preferably a low cost absorber such as carbon black. The invention also includes a manually operated produce labeling system utilizing the multi-layer laminate media. A rewinder is also provided which utilizes the multi-layer laminate media. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110155323 | BONDING CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES THROUGH A REACTANT LAYER - An apparatus for bonding a first carbon composite to a second carbon composite through a reactant layer includes a housing, and a pair of conductive press plates electrically isolated from the housing. The press plates are adapted to position the two parts to be bonded with a reactant layer therebetween. The press plates are subjected to an electrical potential and a clamping force, sufficient to initiate a combustion reaction that creates a molten ceramic to bond together the carbon-carbon composites. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110174442 | BONDING APPARATUS - A bonding apparatus includes: a bonding head having a bonding tool for sucking and holding an electronic part; elevator means lifting up/down the bonding head; a stopper provided to the bonding head; a stopper support that regulates a descending height of the bonding head with engagement with the stopper; distance detection means that detects a distance between the stopper and the stopper support; stopper support elevator means that lifts up/down the stopper support independently from the bonding head; and control means that controls the stopper support elevator means. The control means controls a height of the stopper support so as to keep the distance between the stopper and the stopper support at a predetermined distance by using a signal from the distance detection means until the bump is melted in heating and pressing the electronic part to the substrate. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110277935 | ROBOTIC BASED FIBER PLACEMENT CELL WITH STATIONARY DISPENSING HEAD AND CREEL - A system for applying composite fiber to a lay-up tool has a fixed creel for supplying fiber to the fiber placement dispensing head and a fixed arm having a first end attached to the creel and having a second end attached to the dispensing head. The dispensing head is fixed on the end of the arm. A robot having a first and second pivot axis and at least a first wrist supports the lay-up tool. The robot manipulates the tool for application of fiber from the head to the tool. Manipulating the tool instead of the dispensing head allows the path length for the fiber between the creel and head to be fixed in length and orientation during application of fiber to the tool. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110284168 | Tire Belt Manufacturing Method And Apparatus - In obliquely cutting a belt band-shaped material (B) to a predetermined length and joining belt material pieces (b) as cut to fabricate a belt member (B | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120024480 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A TIRE BEAD - A triangular-shaped can be held in an upright posture to be stuck to an outer peripheral surface of a bead core and a leading end and a trailing end can be butted against each other a crack. A filler rubber is held uprightly to be wound around an outer peripheral surface of a bead core supported by a rotary support body, and in joining a leading end and a trailing end of the filler rubber cut to a predetermined length, the neighborhood of the leading end and the neighborhood of the trailing end, respectively, are interposed by first and second interposing means and one of the interposing means is displaced toward the other from a state, in which the leading end and the trailing end are opposed to each other whereby end surfaces of the leading end and the trailing end are butted against each other. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120080149 | TREATMENT MACHINE FOR TREATING PACKAGING MEANS - The invention relates to a device for treating packaging means, particularly in the form of bottles and similar containers, comprising a conveying element that can be used to move the packaging means past at least one treatment module provided on at least one operating position, which module can be coupled to and decoupled from the treatment position, and mechanical coupling and/or centering means determining the position of the at least one treatment module after docking. The invention is characterized in that, in order to detect possible deviations of the treatment module coupled to the treatment machine from the target position, and/or to realign the coupled treatment module into the target position, at least one optical centering and adjusting means is provided, some of the functional elements of which are provided on the treatment module, and some are provided on the treatment machine. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120090786 | MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF STEROSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL - A manufacturing device of a stereoscopic image display panel includes a first unit for transferring a display panel provided in a display panel preparation space to an attachment space, a second unit for transferring a control film provided in a control film preparation space to the attachment space, and a drum unit positioned in the attachment space. The drum unit adsorbs the control film transferred to the attachment space by the second unit in a non-vacuum manner and rotates so as to attach the control film to a display surface of the display panel. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120097334 | Edge folding tape applicator - A commercial tape applicator capable of folding at least one side edge of a tape as it is fed to the applicator to provide an easily a gripped edge on the tape after it has been applied to the case. The invention provides a folding station on a dancer platform mounted on a dancer arm that has a nip roll at its free end and the arm is biased so that the nip roll is in contact with the periphery of a tape roll forming the source of tape and is usable to align the tape path through the folding station with the tape leaving the tape roll and accommodate deformation of the roll. A latch and cooperating cog wheel may be used to control the off feeding of the tape for the supply roll. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120145327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SHEETS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A product sheet of composite material can be made by disposing composite materials of composite material in adjacent (side-by-side) relation with each other. The composite materials comprise fibers in a thermoplastic matrix material. The adjacent composite materials are bonded together to provide a product sheet of composite material. Preferably, a cross ply of composite material is disposed on the composite materials. The cross ply may be a unidirectional sheet and the fibers in the cross ply may be disposed in transverse relation to the fibers in the composite materials. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120216956 | Device for Two-Sided or Multi-Sided Labeling - A device for two-sided or multi-sided application of at least one self-adhesive label to a three-dimensional object, which has a protrusion defining a fillet, including a transport or support surface supporting the object to be labelled, at least one applicator body or compressed air nozzle, by which the label can be applied to the protrusion of the object, and at least one pressing body or compressed air nozzle, by which the label can be smoothed onto the fillet of the object. The pressing body or the compressed air nozzle is mounted on a transmission, which is coupled to a drive and can be displaced back and forth from an initial position, at a vertical distance from the transport or support surface, to an operating position, in which the pressing body is arranged in the operating position, at least in part below the protrusion defining the fillet. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120241093 | DOCKABLE CUT CLAMP AND RESTART MECHANISM FOR A FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD - A fiber placement machine has a fiber placement head and a K-axis housing that is supplied with fiber tow from a creel. The fiber placement head is mounted on the front of the K-axis housing. The fiber placement head has a compaction roller and a cut, clamp, and restart mechanism positioned adjacent to the compaction roller that receives fiber tow from the K-axis housing. A separable coupling connects the fiber placement head to the K-axis housing, whereby the fiber placement head may be disconnected from the K-axis housing for docking purposes. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120291956 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HELICALLY WOUND STRUCTURES - An apparatus ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120298304 | FRICTION STIR WELDING APPARATUS - Provided is a friction stir welding apparatus which performs friction stir welding on a work piece by bringing a tool into contact with a surface of the work piece and rotating and moving the tool about the axis thereof, the friction stir welding apparatus including: a hot air and cool air separating unit which separates a supplied gas into hot air hotter than the gas and cool air cooler than the gas and ejects the hot and cool air, wherein at least one of the hot air and the cool air is supplied to the surface of the work piece. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130139968 | Linear Friction Welder with Helical Groove - A linear friction welding system includes a power shaft defining a power shaft axis and including a first eccentric portion and a first power transfer portion, a power transfer rod engaged with the first power transfer portion, an actuator assembly operably coupled with the power transfer rod and configured to move the power transfer rod axially along the power shaft axis, a crank including a second eccentric portion operably coupled with the first eccentric portion, and a second power transfer portion engaged with the power transfer rod, the linear friction welding system configured such that axial movement of the power transfer rod causes rotational movement of the crank with respect to the power shaft about the power shaft axis, a cam follower operably connected to an outer surface of the second eccentric portion, and a ram operably connected to the cam follower and configured to vibrate along a welding axis. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20140027061 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE STRENGTH EXHIBITING UNIT, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LABEL ISSUING DEVICE, AND PRINTER - A pressure-sensitive adhesive strength exhibiting unit including: a thermal head being configured to heat a pressure-sensitive adhesive label, which is conveyed along a conveyance direction, from the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer side to form holes in the non-pressure-sensitive-adhesive function layer; a control part controlling the thermal head; and a discharge mechanism including a first discharge member and a second discharge member, wherein the control part applies the thermal head so as to form the holes and to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive strength non-exhibiting region in which the non-pressure-sensitive-adhesive function layer extends continuously from a downstream end of the label along the conveyance direction, and the second discharge member includes a discharge roller configured to sandwich the label with the first discharge member via the pressure-sensitive adhesive strength non-exhibiting region and to run relatively on the pressure-sensitive adhesive strength non-exhibiting region along with the conveyance of the label. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140034244 | SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - The present invention relates to a pin-less registration and inductive heating system involving the use of a pre-alignment station for imaging an initial position of a laminate element, an imaging and computer operation control system for determining a required correction factor between an alignment of the laminate element at the pre-alignment station and a preferred stack orientation for the laminate element, and an alignment and transfer system for securely gripping, transferring, and repositioning a laminate element from atop position to the preferred stack orientation employing a preferred four-axis orientation. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140124140 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A CONNECTOR TO AN OPTICAL FIBER - A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140251543 | DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING LENS ELEMENT ON SUBSTRATE - A device for precisely assembling a lens element on a substrate includes a vacuum nozzle for lifting and carrying the lens element and a driver for moving and positioning the nozzle to position the lens element onto the substrate. The substrate supports a light receiver. The lens element includes a first lens facing the light receiver and a second lens optically coupled with the first lens. The device also includes a light emitter arranged on the driver and aligned with the second lens when the lens element is being held in place by the vacuum nozzle. The driver adjusts the placement of the lens element on the substrate until the intensity of incident light recorded by the light receiver reaches a maximum value. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140283996 | ULTRASONIC BONDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer, a distal-end tool, an ultrasonic horn and an ultrasonic oscillator. The ultrasonic oscillator includes an oscillation circuit and a control device. The ultrasonic oscillator applies the voltage oscillated by the oscillation circuit to the ultrasonic transducer. The control device is configured to detect a voltage reflection ratio from the voltage and current supplied from the oscillation circuit and to control the frequency of the voltage generated by the oscillation circuit, thereby to minimize the voltage reflection ratio. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140332162 | SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CIRCUIT BOARDS - The present invention relates to a pin-less registration and inductive heating system involving the use of a pre-alignment station for imaging an initial position of a laminate element, an imaging and computer operation control system for determining a required correction factor between an alignment of the laminate element at the pre-alignment station and a preferred stack orientation for the laminate element, and an alignment and transfer system for securely gripping, transferring, and repositioning a laminate element from a top position to the preferred stack orientation employing a preferred four-axis orientation. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140352891 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION HEATER - An electromagnetic inductive heating device is described for bonding a sheet to anchoring members comprising a conductive base and a thermoplastic resin layer, characterized by bonding the anchoring members to the sheet by heat deposition of the thermoplastic resin layer by heating of the conductive base. The device can include: a heating means for heating the conductive base via the sheet by electromagnetic induction; a temperature measurement means for measuring the temperature of the sheet; and a heating time setting means for setting heating time by the heating means according to the temperature of the sheet. The electromagnetic inductive heating device can bond the anchoring members and the sheet even if there are large temperature changes in a covering surface due to seasons, weather, etc., and can reliably anchor a sheet, uniformly and without unevenness, to all anchoring members even if time is required to lay down the sheet. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20160023496 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARKING COLLECTIBLES TO INCREASE THEIR UNIQUENESS - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for marking collectible items to increase their collectible uniqueness includes creating a multiplicity of unique date codes, each of the multiplicity of unique date codes including a representation of a calendar month and a representation of a day in the calendar month, randomly selecting one of the multiplicity of unique date codes, and affixing the randomly selected one of the multiplicity of unique date codes to a collectible item. According to other embodiments, a system with a computer and a marking device may apply a date code to a collectible item. According to yet other embodiments, a method for marking collectibles includes creating at least three hundred sixty-five collectibles in a time period shorter than a year, and marking each with a unique date code combination such that no two visually identical collectibles share the same date code. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160101887 | Syringe Labeling Device - A labeling device for a syringe that includes a first labeling subsystem adapted to print a first label having machine readable information and a second labeling subsystem adapted to print a second label having human readable information is disclosed. The first labeling subsystem includes a label applicator adapted to automatically apply the first label to a portion of the syringe. The first labeling subsystem includes a syringe clamp assembly that securely holds the syringe while the label applicator automatically applies a first label to the syringe. The second labeling subsystem includes a removal device adapted to automatically remove a backing material from the second label. | 04-14-2016 |
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| 20220135364 | COMPONENT SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COMPONENT SUPPLY DEVICE - The component supply device includes a body, a first carrier tape transporter, a second carrier tape transporter, and a controller. The body includes a tape transport path. The first carrier tape transporter transports a carrier tape to a component pickup position. The second carrier tape transporter transports the carrier tape to the first carrier tape transporter. The controller is configured to communicate with the component installation device and control the first carrier tape transporter and the second carrier tape transporter in one operation mode selected from a plurality of operation modes. | 05-05-2022 |
