| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 156433000 | Indefinite or running length flexible strand, rod, tube, or filament uniting | 45 |
| 20080223525 | UNIT FOR CATCHING A FLEXIBLE COVER FOR FITTING UP A CUSHIONING - A system for catching a flexible cover for fitting up an automobile seat intended to cover a cushioning provided with at least one unit for catching on self-adhesive elements, the filling-up cover being provided with complementary catching elements intended to catch on the self-adhesive elements of the cushioning, the catching unit being of generally cylindrical shape and supporting at its cylindrical surface the self-adhesive elements. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090229760 | Fiber application machine - A fiber application machine including a fiber application head with an application roller for the production of parts made of composite materials. The fiber application head further includes a guiding system to guide the fibers onto the application roller and/or means for the application of resin to each fiber as the fibers leave the guiding system. The fiber application machine can also include a fiber storing system and conveying means for conveying the fibers from the fiber storing system to the application head. The conveying means can comprise flexible tubes each tube being able to receive a fiber in its inner channel. The conveying means can further include a tension limiting system positioned between the application head and the storing system. The fiber application machine can further include a system for moving the application head. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090229761 | Device for producing a fiber preform with virtually any desired surface geometry by the tfp process - Disclosed is a device for producing a fiber preform with virtually any desired surface geometry by the TFP process, wherein a fiber strand can be laid by a guiding device in virtually any desired path curve on a backing layer and the fiber strand can be attached on the backing layer by at least one fixing thread by means of a sewing head. The backing layer can be positioned in an xy direction in relation to the guiding device and the sewing head, wherein the sewing head and/or the guiding device can be positioned in a z direction. As a result of the separation of the positioning capabilities of the backing layer (xy direction) and the guiding device, the sewing head and the lower thread guide (z direction), a relatively simple construction of the device is obtained. By means of the device according to the invention, it is possible, for example, to produce fiber preforms for dome-shaped composite components that are used inter alia as pressure bulkheads for cabins in aircraft with virtually optimum properties. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100043982 | Add Roller for a Fiber Placement Machine - An apparatus and invention are provided for accelerating an added tow to match the lay-down speed of other tows exiting a compaction roller of a fiber placement head, by driving the added tow with an add roller operatively coupled to be driven at the same peripheral speed as a feed roller having a peripheral speed matching the peripheral speed of the compaction roller. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100276087 | ROTARY CLAMP MECHANISM FOR A FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD - A rotary clamp mechanism for a fiber placement head comprises a one-way bearing and a freewheeling roller mounted upstream of the restart mechanism. An actuating mechanism brings the freewheeling roller and the one-way bearing into contact with the fiber tow and allows the tow to be fed through the head from the upstream to the downstream end, but prevents the fiber tow from traveling in the reverse direction through the head. The rotary clamp is put into contact with the fiber tow prior to cutting the tow, and remains in contact with the tow until the restart mechanism has advanced the cut tow to the delivery end of the head. The rotary clamp eliminates the need for precise timing between the cutting and clamping mechanisms, and increases the application rate of fiber tow by the head. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110126987 | OPTICAL FIBER WIRING APPARATUS - An optical fiber wiring apparatus provides an optical fiber on a sheet having a surface on which an adhesive layer is formed, and includes a bobbin on which the optical fiber is wound, a guide member, and a wiring roller. The guide member has a groove portion which guides the optical fiber drawn from the bobbin to the surface of the adhesive layer. The wiring roller is rotatable about an axis which is in parallel to the sheet and orthogonal to the length of the groove portion. The wiring roller presses the optical fiber guided by the groove portion onto the adhesive layer. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110198035 | ADHERING JIG FOR ADHESIVE CONNECTING MEMBER - An adhering jig for an adhesive connecting member is provided, in which the adhesive connecting member can be adhered without being broken even if it is twisted during connection of an optical fiber. The adhesive connecting member of the present invention has a tabular member having insertion holes fitting a shape of the optical connector, and an adhesive connecting member having a certain size. The adhesive connecting member has a strongly adhesive layer and non-adhesive layer, and the adhesive connecting member was arranged at a bottom of the insertion hole via the weakly adhesive layer, so that the non-adhesive layer is lower. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120103528 | APPARATUS FOR CREATING AN ENCASED CABLE SEAM - An apparatus for creating an encased cable seam includes a transportable support frame with a roll of encased cable material supported by a support bar, boom and spindle. Heating units supported by the frame heat the bottom surface of the membrane portion of the encased cable material. The encased cable material released from the roll toward the substrate to create an overlapping seam of the encased cable material on the membrane substrate of a roof deck. The apparatus includes a handle and a roller, whereby the roller presses the encased cable material causing a welded bond as the handle moves the apparatus forward. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120138232 | END EFFECTOR AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING COMPOSITE MEMBERS - An end effector, and methods for constructing composite members, in which a compaction roller and redirect rollers translate synchronously along the compaction axis. Additionally, the end effector includes an advantageous arrangement of spools and rollers that directs tow to the redirect rollers at substantially a right angle. Movement of the compaction roller along the compaction axis induces little, if any, changes in tow tension. The substantially constant tow tension advantageously reduces rewinding of the tow supply spools. which can degrade the quality of the lay up and contribute to despooling problems. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120168088 | Filament Winding Apparatus - Provided is a filament winding apparatus ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120261075 | PLASTIC OPEN MESH NET MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MACHINE - A device for twisting plastic wires to form a plastic open mesh net comprises a front twist mechanism and a back twist mechanism which have corresponding pairs of front and back thread-holes for receiving plastic wires to be twisted. Each couple of a front thread-hole and a back thread-hole is connected by a corresponding heat-conductive thread guide, preferably in the form of a pipe, which provides a uniform heating of the plastic wire which is guided therein. A machine for manufacturing a plastic open mesh net comprises a holding device downstream of the twisting device to maintain a uniform shape of the just formed open mesh net. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130192765 | APPARATUS FOR A PLASTER TAPING DEVICE - The present invention resides in an apparatus for use with a plaster taping device, the apparatus comprising a base for removably attaching the apparatus to the plaster taping device and a frame having a first end coupled to the base and a second end for supporting a wheel member rotatably connected thereto, wherein the wheel member facilitates application of a tape material along an internal corner joint. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130240150 | PREFORM FOR MOLDING FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN BEAM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN BEAM - A preform for the molding of a fiber-reinforced resin beam, the preform comprising: a reinforcing-fiber beam which has been formed from a reinforcing-fiber base made up of many reinforcing fibers and has a cross-sectional shape comprising at least one linear part and at least one curved part connected to the linear part; and a release sheet bonded and united through an adhesive resin to at least part of a surface of the reinforcing-fiber base along the lengthwise direction for the base. A process for producing a preform comprises: a step in which a continuous flat reinforcing-fiber base having a release sheet bonded and united to a surface thereof is shaped so that the cross-sectional shape of the base comes to have a curved part to thereby produce a preshaped object; and a preshaped-object uniting step in which the preshaped object is bonded and united to another preshaped object. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130269878 | DEVICE FOR WELDING A TUBULAR LINING OF A WASTEWATER PIPE - The invention describes an apparatus for welding a tubular lining of a wastewater pipe, comprising a retainer for the butt-jointed longitudinal edges ( | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130284377 | OPTICAL FIBER FUSION-CONNECTING DEVICE - An optical fiber fusion-splicing device is equipped with a fusing unit disposed on a housing, which fuses optical fibers F to each other, and a windproof cover that prevents winds from entering the fusing unit. The windproof cover is provided with a blocking elastic body arranged so as to block, in cooperation with a blocking elastic body of the housing, an inlet for introducing the optical fiber F into the fusing unit, a bias spring that biases the blocking elastic body toward the blocking elastic body, and a transmission member that transmits a biasing force of the bias spring to the blocking elastic body. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130327483 | GROOVED ELECTRIC WELDING SLEEVE - Electric welding sleeve having a cylindrical sleeve body for the welding of pipes made of thermoplastic material or other weldable plastics, containing at least two heating zones having respectively a plurality of electrically conductive windings and contacts for the supply of the electric current, wherein at least one longitudinally running groove is arranged along the outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve body. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140083620 | FIBER APPLICATION HEAD INCLUDING A SEGMENTED COMPACTION ROLLER - A fiber application head for a fiber application machine for the production of parts made of composite materials, comprising a compacting roller, said compacting roller comprising several independent roller segments mounted side by side on an axial rod. Each roller segment comprises a tubular central portion through which said segment is mounted on the axial rod, a tubular peripheral portion having a cylindrical outer surface and one or more curved spring plate arranged between the outer surface ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140182787 | FIBER APPLICATION MACHINE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE FIBRE-CONVEYING TUBES PROVIDED WITH FLEXIBLE BLADES - The present invention relates to a fiber application machine, for making components out of composite materials, comprising a fiber application head, fiber storing means, and means for conveying the fibers from said storage means to the application head. The conveying means comprises first flexible tubes, that receive one fiber into its internal passage. Each flexible tube is provided with at least one longitudinal flexible blade of rectangular cross section. Each first flexible tube and its associated flexible blade are placed in a second flexible tube so that the second flexible tube holds the flexible blade substantially against the first flexible tube, while allowing relative longitudinal movement of the flexible blade in relation to the first flexible tube. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140262049 | THREAD MATERIAL CUTTING DEVICE - A thread material cutting device is provided which is used in an extraction bag sheet manufacturing apparatus, the thread material cutting device having a compact apparatus configuration without the use of a cutter. An extraction bag manufacturing apparatus with the thread material cutting device incorporated therein includes welding means (first sealing device) in which tags retained on a carrying face of a carrier at prescribed intervals and a thread material arranged so as to be placed over the tags are press-heated and thereby welded on the carrier. The thread material cutting device has tension application means such as a pressing plate configured to engage with the thread material placed between adjacent tags so as to apply tension to the thread material. While the welding means is press-heating the thread material onto the tags, the tension application means applies tension to the thread material so as to cut the thread material. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140338837 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FIBER PREFORM BY MEANS OF WINDING AND SET OF TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for producing a fiber preform by winding at least one thread in a groove of a mold. The method involves using a flexible element which is capable of becoming deformed by means of flexion, in a plane which contains the winding axis, in order to penetrate into the groove in order to push the sections of the thread(s) towards the base of the groove and/or towards zones which cannot be accessed directly by the thread(s). A set of tools for implementing the method is also provided. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150107776 | NON-RETURN VALVE FOR A RESIN INJECTION SYSTEM AND RESIN INJECTION SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME - The present invention provides a non-return valve for a resin injection system, especially for use in electrical cable joints, comprising: a valve housing which includes an outlet for a fluid flowing through the valve; and a valve body which is held by the valve housing and is freely movable between a closed position, in which the outlet is substantially sealed or closed to fluid flow by the valve body, and an open position, in which the outlet is substantially open to fluid flow. Thus, with the present invention, the valve body can be loosely held by the valve housing and the valve need not include any spring means to bias the valve body to the closed position. The invention also provides a resin injection system for sealing a localised breach in an object, such as an electrical cable joint. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160194102 | LONGITUDINAL SEALING DEVICE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160200008 | Fuselage Mandrel Insert and Method | 07-14-2016 |
| 156436000 | To indefinite or running length web | 16 |
| 20100193138 | System for High-Speed Continuous Application of a Strip Material to a Moving Sheet-Like Substrate Material at Laterally Shifting Locations - Disclosed are examples of a system for laterally shifting a longitudinally moving strip material as it enters a joining mechanism that urges the strip material into contact with a moving sheet material. The system may include a continuous supply of the strip material longitudinally moving in a downstream direction toward and into the joining mechanism, an electric motor having a drive shaft; and a strip guide arm connected to the drive shaft and situated upstream of the joining mechanism, the strip guide arm having a downstream strip retainer that slidably retains the strip material on the strip guide arm at a downstream location on the strip guide arm. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100282415 | Rotary Laying Arm Comprising an On-Board Thread Feed Means - Device for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread laid directly in its final place by casting lengths of the said thread onto a receiving surface, the said device comprising a feed means ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110011537 | Fiber application machine comprising a flexible compacting roller with a thermal regulation system - A fiber application machine for the production of parts made of composite materials comprising a compacting roller for applying on an application surface a band formed of at least a resin pre-impregnated flat fiber, and a heating system able to emit a heat radiation towards the band. The compacting roller comprises a rigid central tube provided with radial holes, and a cylinder made of an elastically deformable, flexible material, assembled on the central tube, and having a fluid communication assembly that brings the radial holes into fluid communication with the external surface of the cylinder. The machine includes a thermal regulation system that injects a thermal regulation fluid in the central tube internal passage. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011538 | Fiber application machine with compacting roller transparent to the radiation of the heating system - A fiber application machine for the production of parts made of composite materials comprising a compacting roller for applying on an application surface a band of at least a resin pre-impregnated flat fiber, and a heating system able to emit a heat radiation towards the band. The compacting roller comprises a cylinder made of an elastically deformable flexible material and substantially transparent to said heat radiation. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110290423 | Method And Assembly For The Manufacture Of An Absorbent Sheet, and Absorbent Sheet Obtained - The invention relates to a process for manufacturing an absorbent sheet comprising at least two plies of cellulose wadding, consisting in combining said plies under pressure by passing between two steel cylindrical components, the first being smooth on the outside and the second being equipped with raised components on the outside and the hardness of the first cylindrical component being lower than that of the second cylindrical component. According to the invention, the first cylindrical component has a treated hardened surface layer and a deformable underlayer; the second cylindrical component has a hardened outer surface, and the sheet, when it passes between the two cylindrical components is compressed at a specific pressure between 40 and 250 N/mm | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120125540 | NONWOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An apparatus for fabricating a nonwoven fabric having the appearance of a woven fabric includes a supply station for parallel warp yarns, a support structure for orienting the parallel warp yarns into a cylindrical orientation, a weft yarn applicator for wrapping weft yarns around the cylindrically oriented warp yarns after an adhesive scrim has been overlaid onto the warp yarns, a heating station for activating the adhesive and a cooling station for setting the adhesive, and a cutter for severing the cylindrically formed fabric laminate so that it can be flattened and wrapped onto a take-up roller. A warp yarn alignment station includes two sets of rollers spaced apart to allow the warp yarns to pass between the two sets of rollers, wherein the of rollers are over-driven to provide a roller surface speed greater than a predetermined speed of the warp yarns. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120152462 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHING ONE-WAY POURING NOZZLE - There is provided a device for attaching a one-way type pouring nozzle, which includes a simple and small-size mechanism capable of efficiently fusion-joining the one-way type pouring nozzle to a film for package bag. In this device, a nozzle template film formed with a plurality of one-way type pouring nozzles templated by tear-inducing flaws is fed to a continuously running film for package bag to fusion-join a base portion of each of the one-way type pouring nozzles through its outer sealant layer to an inner sealant layer on one-sided portion of the film for package bag, while an unwanted portion of the nozzle template film is cut out and removed. The device also includes a pair of fusion rollers pushing and fusion-joining the one-way type pouring nozzle in the nozzle template film to the running film for package bag under the running at equal speed, and the fusion roller pair is constituted with a heating roller always energizing toward the side of the running path of the film for package bag, and a heat roller for attachment provided with protrusions intermittently pushing the film for package bag to positions of one-way type pouring nozzles in the nozzle template film on the heating roller. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120193032 | INSTALLATION AND PROCESS FOR MAKING PANELS - Described are an installation ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20140124144 | PLASTIC PRESSURE HAMMER FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER WELDING MACHINE - This present disclosure discloses a plastic pressure hammer for the optical fiber welding machine. The pressure hammer includes a pedestal with a mounting hole, a spring, a main body and a cap. The upper part of the main body said above is installed inside the mounting hole of the pedestal. The said cap is fixedly installed on the upside of the pedestal. The said spring is installed between the cap and the main body of the pressure hammer. At the bottom of the main body, there is a tablet. The main body of the pressure hammer is lineal contact installed inside the mounting hole of the pedestal. At the rear end of the tablet at the bottom of the main body, there is a fixing component adaptive to the V-shape groove of the optical fiber welding machine. This disclosed embodiment improves the defect of big shaking gap of the main body, thus the fiber bounce caused by it is avoided, and the accurate positioning of the main body is realized. The adjustability of the pressure hammer is enhanced and at the same time the fracture probability of the fiber is reduced, making the work more efficient. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150013915 | FASTENER MATERIAL ADVANCING DIRECTION CHANGING APPARATUS - First and second bodies of fastener material | 01-15-2015 |
| 20160046109 | PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR CORRUGATED PAPER - A production equipment for corrugated paper comprises a bonding device having a base, and a guiding assembly is installed in base and a driving mechanism is installed adjacent to guiding assembly, in which space is created between driving mechanism and guiding assembly for mutually squeezing and bonding glue layers among lining paper, paper material and sandwiched core-paper to form paper board, and bonding device is configured with a heating tool. A pre-heater capable of heating sandwiched core-paper is installed on input side of base to perform pre-heating to sandwiched core-paper by means of pre-heater before heating lining paper, paper material and sandwiched core-paper in heating tool, so speed for solidifying and bonding between glue layers of paper material and sandwiched core-paper can be effectively accelerated through the temperature contained in itself thereby lessening the number of elements installed in the subsequent heating process and reducing manufacturing costs of corrugated paper. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160250803 | TAPE APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY AND TAPE ASSEMBLY | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160251186 | TAPE APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY AND TAPE ASSEMBLY | 09-01-2016 |
| 156437000 | With means forming web by calendering | 2 |
| 20090151874 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A STAMPABLE REINFORCED COMPOSITE SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT - A process for producing a stampable reinforced composite semi-finished product comprising one or more plastics and chopped fibres or continuous filaments, the softening temperature of which is above the highest of the softening temperatures of the materials, comprises the steps of: depositing the fibres or filaments, especially by gravity, onto a conveyor; sprinkling particles of a powder of the plastics onto the fibres or the filaments, in a proportion of between 5% and 90% of the total weight; blending the particles with the fibres or the filaments; and heating the blend to a temperature above the softening temperatures of the materials. The blending step includes subjecting the blend to at least one electric field approximately perpendicular to the direction of advance of the conveyor. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20120318461 | HIGH FREQUENCY INDUCTION HEATING DOUBLE STEEL BELT PRESS APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a thermoplastic/filament hybrid composite, and more particularly, to a high frequency induction heating double steel belt press apparatus which uses an induction heating unit and double steel belts to allow rapid heating through accurate and uniform temperature control. | 12-20-2012 |
| 156439000 | Transversely of web | 1 |
| 20100024987 | PROTECTIVE MEMBER AND NOZZLE ASSEMBLY CONFIGURED TO RESIST WEAR - A protective member ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 156441000 | Means gathering strands or filaments only into indefinite length | 6 |
| 20080202691 | DEVICE FOR USING FIBERS WITH FLEXIBLE FIBER-ROUTING TUBES - A fiber application machine, for making components out of composite materials, that includes a system for displacing a fiber application head, fiber storage means, and fiber conveying means for conveying fibers from said storage means to the application head. The conveying means include flexible tubes connecting the storage means to the application head, each flexible tube being fitted with at least one longitudinal flexible blade of rectangular transverse cross-section, said flexible blade being placed substantially parallel to the plane of transport of the fiber received in the inner passage of the flexible tube. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090008036 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING A SPUNBOND WEB - An apparatus for making a spunbond web has a foraminous deposition belt, a system for depositing fibers on the belt such that some of the fibers engage through the belt, and an output roller over which the belt is spanned for normally advancing an upper stretch of the belt in a transport direction toward the output roller. The output roller has a radially outwardly directed outer surface engaging the belt and formed with a profiling in turn formed by high spots contacting the belt and low spots out of contact with the belt so that fibers engaged through the belt are only pinched between the belt and the output roller at the high spots. The web is pulled downstream off the belt at the output roller. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100200168 | FIBER DELIVERY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM HAVING A CREEL AND FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD SANS FIBER REDIRECT - A fiber delivery apparatus having a creel assembly and a fiber placement head is provided. A plurality of fiber spools are stored in the creel assembly. The tow paths from the spools to the fiber placement head are substantially fixed such that movements orienting the fiber placement head relative to a tool are simultaneously applied to the fiber spools as well. As such, the length and orientation of the tow paths between the spools and the fiber placement head are constant. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100218902 | APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING FIBER BUNDLES - A connection pipe | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110240227 | JOINTING HOLDER OF CORD FABRIC - The invention enables easy jointing of cord fabric performed when cord fabric (F) for topping is alternately drawn from two supply positions (P | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120090788 | FIBER DELIVERY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM HAVING A CREEL AND FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD WITH POLAR AXIS OF ROTATION - A fiber placement system including positioner and a fiber delivery apparatus having a creel assembly and a fiber placement head is provided. The positioner moves the entire fiber delivery apparatus including the creel assembly and the fiber placement head via at least three linear degrees of freedom. The fiber delivery apparatus includes an articulating wrist for moving the fiber placement head relative to the creel assembly. The fiber placement apparatus is substantially free of linear degrees of freedom within the fiber tow paths between the spools and the fiber placement head. One or more rotational degrees of freedom may be provided along the tow path. In one embodiment, the interface between the fiber delivery apparatus and the positioner is laterally offset such that a portion of the creel axially overlaps with vertical ram of the positioner. | 04-19-2012 |
