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| 20080197164 | Web Hadling Process and Equipment - The present invention relates to a method and equipment for the handling of web materials ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080210732 | WIRELESS INVENTORY RE-ORDERING SYSTEM FOR SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY PICK AND PLACE ASSEMBLY MACHINES - A system and method for determining when a component supply reel for an automated assembly machine is close to depletion. The supply reel tape has indications such as marks that can be optically or magnetically read by a reader through which the tape passes as it is fed into the automated assembly machine, such as a surface mount technology (SMT) pick and place machine. Or, an RF tag may be used. The reader activates a transmitter, which transmits a signal to a local computer. The computer generates a message such as an e-mail for a supply facility computer to notify a worker to deliver a replacement reel. The marks are provided at a desired location along the length of the tape. In another approach, a message is generated when depletion of the reel is detected by a switch. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080283567 | Inertia Compensating Dancer Roll For Web Feed - A printing apparatus, an associated method, and computer program of designing a floating roller in a tensioning system adapted to supply a web of material from a web supply to a processing machine, or to send out a web of material from a processing machine such as printing device to another processing machine such as finishing device, comprises inputting an external radius of the floating roller, a measure of elasticity of the material, a thickness of the material, a width of the material, and angles at which the material contacts the floating roller; and adjusting a mass of the floating roller and a rotational inertia of the floating roller such that the floating roller maintains a constant tension on the web of material as the material is passing through the tensioning system based on the following equation: | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090026243 | Method and System for Feeding a Continuous Rod of Elastomeric Material Automatically to a User Unit - A method and system for feeding a continuous rod of elastomeric material automatically to a user unit along a feed line having at least one powered portion and extending between an extruder, for forming the rod, and the user unit, and wherein, upstream from the powered portion, the rod is fed along a supporting device defining, for the rod and when at rest, a first path of given fixed length; and wherein, once the rod reaches and is engaged by the powered portion, a movable part of the supporting device is withdrawn from the first path to feed the rod along a second path, one portion of which is a bend of variable length. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090039130 | METHOD FOR AXIAL CORRECTION IN A PROCESSING MACHINE, AS WELL AS A PROCESSING MACHINE - A method for axial correction in a processing machine ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090050663 | Method and Device for Processing Pliable Material - The present invention relates to a method and to a device for processing highly flexural material in strip form. In order to provide a method and a corresponding device for processing highly flexural material | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090108042 | MODULAR STRAP DISPENSER WITH FEED MOTOR - A modular strap dispenser for a strapping machine comprises includes a mount for rotatably mounting a coiled spool of strap and a feeding mechanism for drawing strap directly from the spool, feeding the strap directly to the strapping machine and retracting and tensioning the strap. The feeding mechanism is driven by a variable speed feed motor controlled by a feed motor controller. The feed motor controller is operatively connected to a strapper control system that controls both the feed motor controller and the strapping head of the strapping machine. The dispenser may include a braking system to control the rotation of the spool. The dispenser also may include an accumulator box configured to accept and store take-up strap generated during strap tensioning. The dispenser may further include a strap guide for guiding the strap from the spool to the feeding mechanism. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090108043 | Device and Method for Feeding at Least One Material Web or Web Strand into a Folding Device - A device is usable to feed at least one material web and/or at least one strand that is comprised of several material webs into a folding device. A superstructure is part of the device, as is a former that can be displaced in relation to the material web, and a transverse cutter which is usable to separate the material web or webs into individual products. At least one guide rail is provided in the superstructure and carries a retaining device that can be displaceably guided on the path of travel of the material web through the superstructure. A leading edge of at least one of the material webs can be attached to the retaining device. The guide rail passes the former and includes at least one flexible guide rail section whose form can be altered. In particular, the length of the flexible guide rail section can be adjusted in the region adjoining the former. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090145943 | METHOD FOR THE AXLE CORRECTION OF A PROCESSING MACHINE, AND A PROCESSING MACHINE - In a method for the axle correction of a processing machine which includes—in order to convey and process a continuous material—at least two driven conveyance axles, at least one non-driven or driven processing axle, and at least one further non-driven axle, while the rotational speed of a driven axle is being changed, a precontrol of this axle and/or a processing axle is carried out with consideration for the elasticity module of the web material, and with consideration for a rotational inertia of at least one non-driven axle, the elasticity module of the material which comprises the continuous material being determined automatically; and a related processing machine is provided. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090218380 | Web Inspection and Repair Machine with Retractable Inspection Zone - A web processing machine permitting inspection and repair of a roll of web material includes an inspection zone vertically juxtaposed to a splicing zone. The inspection zone is structured to be removed from the juxtaposed position to a retracted position in which the splicing zone is exposed to permit an operator to perform a modification of the web without having to substantially move physically from the position in which the operator was located to perform inspection while the machine is running. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090255971 | Method of controlling paper transportation in an apparatus, and an apparatus using the method - A paper transportation control method for an apparatus enables conveying paper with appropriate tension on the paper by appropriately controlling the paper delivery operation of a delivery roller. When paper is conveyed by the paper feed roller pair | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090308904 | WIRE FEED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A wire feed system for a wire bonding machine is provided. The wire feed system includes (1) a wire supply, and (2) an air guide for receiving a length of wire from the wire supply. The air guide has an air inlet for receiving a pressurized fluid. The wire feed system is configured to apply a variable tension to the length of wire received by the air guide. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100025450 | Method of controlling printing in a printer, and a printer - A printer enables setting roll paper in a center-referenced position based on received paper width information, and printing correctly to the printing area of the paper set to the centered position. When the paper width of the paper | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100032466 | LABEL PAPER INDEXING CONTROL METHOD AND LABEL PRINTER - A label paper indexing control method for a label printer, including steps of conveying label paper having labels affixed with a specific gap there between to a continuous liner through a paper transportation path passed a printing position of a print head, detecting a reference position of the label paper at a detection position upstream from the print head, determining the position of a downstream label end of a label on the paper transportation path as a first distance from the detection position based on when the reference position is detected, updating the first distance each time the label paper is conveyed, executing a power shutdown operation that writes the first distance to nonvolatile memory and turns the power off when a power off command instructing turning the power off is asserted, and reading the first distance from nonvolatile memory when the power turns on without the label paper having been replaced. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100044408 | TWISTED PAIR CABLE FEEDING MECHANISM AND METHOD - A mechanism ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100059567 | TURN-BAR - A turn-bar for adjusting orientation of a web includes a plurality of roll bars. Positions of at least two bars of the plurality of roll bars are movable with respect to a direction of travel of the web through the turn-bar. An orientation of the web passing through the plurality of bars may be changed by adjusting a position of the at least two bars without removal of the web from the turn-bar. A method of selectively inverting or not inverting a web includes changing a position of at least two roll bars of a turn-bar apparatus with respect to a direction of travel of the web through the turn-bar apparatus, where the web is not inverted by passing through the turn-bar apparatus when the at least two roll bars are in a first position, and the web is inverted by passing through the turn-bar apparatus when the at least two roll bars are in a second position. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100089962 | Method and Device for the Control of a Feed Mechanism - A method for the control of a feed mechanism of a web-fed printing press, i.e., for the control of tensile stress and/or web tension of a printing material web to be taken into the printing unit by the feed mechanism, wherein thereby an actual value is compared with a desired value. According to the discrepancy between the actual value and the desired value, a control device for the tensile stress and/or the web tension produces a correcting variable for the feed mechanism. The actual value of the tensile stress and/or the web tension is determined by calculation based on a model. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100108733 | WEB CONVEYANCE CONTROLLING METHOD, WEB SLIP AMOUNT MEASURING MEANS, AND WEB CONVEYANCE CONTROLLING DEVICE - A method of controlling the conveyance of a web comprises a web measuring step of measuring the conveyance speed (V) and the tension force (T) of the web ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100133312 | Pre-wound sheet cut-off mechanism for thin material sheet winding device and method thereof - Disclosed is a pre-wound sheet cut-off mechanism of a thin material sheet winding device, including a first winding roller, a plurality of curved guide plates arranged at a predetermined distance below the first winding roller and distributed and spaced from each other by a predetermined distance along an axial direction of a shaft of the first winding roller, a plurality of pre-winding plates each coupled between adjacent curved guide plates, a second winding roller, and a rider roller. In a winding operation, a core is conveyed into a curved-guide-plate channel defined between the first winding roller and the curved guide plates to adhere to and pre-wind a thin material sheet that is conveyed to the first winding roller, and is thereafter transported to a winding nip to form a roll with the thin material sheet. The winding speed of the roll is reduced for preparing a next core to reach the pre-winding plates, accordingly, the thin material sheet is slacked, such that the slacked thin material sheet can be pre-wound, thereafter, the thin material sheet pre-wound continuously and the thin material sheet is gradually tensioned on the next core until the thin material sheet is torn apart. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100140311 | Ribbon transport apparatus and method - A ribbon transport apparatus for a printing press is provided. The ribbon transport apparatus includes a vacuum conveyor belt transporting a ribbon and a manifold supporting the vacuum conveyor belt. The vacuum conveyor belt and the manifold are arranged to draw the ribbon towards the vacuum conveyor belt via a suction. A method of transporting a ribbon in a printing press is also provided. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100187277 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING THE POSITION OF A WEB - Methods and systems for indicating the displacement of a flexible web are described. An elongated, flexible web includes an integral scale having scale features configured to modulate energy directed towards the web. A transport mechanism provides relative movement between the web relative to a transducer. The transducer detects energy modulated by the scale features and generates a signal indicting a continuous web displacement based on the modulated energy. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100206931 | NIP APPARATUS AND NIP METHOD - The present invention provides a nip apparatus and a nip method which reduce consumption of gas used without scratches which are produced when a material to be treated (such as a band-shaped film and the like) is pressed against a support (such as a roll and the like). The invention is characterized in that a gas storage chamber, which stores gas with a pressure higher than outside atmospheric pressure, is disposed at a position facing a film, and the film is conveyed while being pressed against a roll with a reduced consumption of gas. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100213231 | WEB CONVEYOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - The web conveyer for manufacturing an absorber including an absorber core and a covering member covering the absorber core, conveys an absorber web including the absorber core sandwiched by a pair of webs to form the covering member. A thickness of the absorber core is larger than a thickness of the covering member. The web conveyer includes a direction changing mechanism which changes a conveyance direction of the absorber web by 90° or more. A rotation distance of the absorber web, that is, the length of a semi-circumference of the changing roller, is larger than is longer than a length of each of the absorber cores in the conveyance direction MD of the absorber web. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100219224 | CONVEYOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A conveyor conveys a continuous stretchable web. The conveyor includes a press mechanism configured to press the web in at least a center region C in a cross direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the web, or at least side edge regions S located in positions shifted from the center region toward both side edges of the web in the cross direction. The press mechanism is provided in a position shifted from a conveyance plane R of the web when viewed along a surface of the web in the cross direction. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100282812 | VELOCITY-CHANGING APPARATUS FOR WEB - A velocity-changing apparatus of the present invention includes: a drum | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100327036 | Device for Spreading a Foil Web - A device for spreading foil webs, with the device guiding apart the strips of a foil web that has been separated into at least two web sections in such a way that at least two packages can be packed, i.e. in particular wrapped, simultaneously in parallel next to each other. The foil web that has been separated into at least two web sections is guided over at least two adjustable bodies, said bodies including microopenings at least in the area whereover the foil is guided, with said microopenings being impingeable with compressed air. Preferably, the bodies can be arranged at an angle relative to one another. A method is also provided for separating and guiding the foil web, which has been split into at least two web sections, by a device wherein the described foil web is guided over bodies that are at least adjustable and impingeable with compressed air. According to the invention, the foil web is held at a distance from the said bodies with the aid of a multitude of fine-pored openings that are impingeable with compressed air. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110057012 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Included is a tip end portion being a feeding position from which a filiform elastic member is fed. By an arm member guiding the elastic member, the tip end portion is alternately moved in a first direction and a second direction, and thereby the elastic member is brought into contact with the web and is arranged in a gather waveform. Here, the first direction is from the center portion of a web being conveyed in a predetermined direction and having sequentially-arranged component parts forming one part of an absorbent article, to a first end portion in a cross direction crossing with a conveyance direction, and the second direction is from the center to a second end portion which is an end portion opposite to the first end portion. At this time, in a planar view of a composite web, when a nip point exceeds a position where an angle between the conveyance direction and a tangent to the gather waveform is largest, a distance between the tip end portion and the nip point is largest. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110168751 | PRINT SHEET SUPPLYING SHAFT DEVICE, SUPPLYING METHOD OF THE PRINT SHEET AND PRINTER FOR THE PRINT SHEET - A print sheet supplying shaft device and a supplying method of the print sheet and a printer for the print sheet which is capable of stably transferring the print sheet | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110192878 | GLASS ROLL AND METHOD OF PROCESSING GLASS ROLL - A roll-to-roll apparatus reliably reduces breakage of a glass film even in a case of sequentially performing predetermined processing on the glass film. Provided is a glass roll ( | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110215130 | SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS AND SHEET COLLECTING METHOD - A sheet handling apparatus includes a feeding mechanism which is configured to feed a rolled paper to a paper path and a conveying mechanism which is configured to convey the rolled paper along the paper path. The sheet handling apparatus further includes a detecting mechanism which is configured to detect whether the rolled paper is running out, and a control mechanism which is configured to convey an end portion of the rolled paper remaining on the paper path to a collection position when the detecting mechanism detects that the rolled paper is running out. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110240706 | WEB DIVERTING APPARATUS - A web diverting apparatus capable of diverting a web to one of two or more downstream web paths and a method for managing a web is provided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120000958 | TAPE FEEDER AND CARRIER TAPE FEEDING METHOD USING SAME - To provide a tape feeder capable of reducing absorption dislocation, a tape feeder according to the present invention is a feeder feeding a carrier tape including a plurality of component storage units of a rectangular shape provided at predetermined intervals in a feed direction. The tape feeder includes a first magnet which is provided below a bottom surface of the component storage unit fed to a feed region so as to extend in the feed direction below one side of the bottom surface of the component storage unit in a width direction, and which attracts a component of the component storage unit fed to the feed region to one side of the bottom surface of the component storage unit in the width direction. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120006875 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING A MOVING WEB - Devices and methods related to a web stabilizer for stabilizing a moving web with a surface adjacent the moving web and with a supply of moving fluid in a direction parallel to the moving web and a supply of moving fluid in a direction perpendicular to the moving web. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120024929 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR A GLASS FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A GLASS FILM - A manufacturing apparatus prevents small defects from being formed in a surface of a glass film ribbon to the extent possible when the glass film ribbon is transported toward a downstream side while curved. The apparatus includes a direction converting device for converting a traveling direction of the glass film ribbon, which is drawn downward vertically from a forming device, from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction by transporting the glass film ribbon toward a downstream side while curved in a longitudinal direction of the glass film ribbon. The direction converting device includes a curve-supporting unit for supporting the glass film ribbon curved in the longitudinal direction. The curve-supporting unit includes two lines of end portion supporting parts for supporting widthwise end regions of the glass film ribbon without supporting a widthwise central region of the glass film ribbon. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120223116 | DUAL OPERATION DE-CURLER - Methods and devices control a de-curling apparatus. A roll of material is fed through a nip formed between a first roller having a concave shape and a second roller contacting the first roller. The second roller has a convex shape mirroring the concave shape. The methods and devices automatically and continually adjust the amount of pressure applied at the nip between the first roller and the second roller as the material is unrolled from the roll into the nip. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223117 | WEB MEDIA MOVING METHOD - A method of moving a continuous web of print media includes providing a roller having an axis of rotation. The roller includes a pattern of recesses and ridges positioned along the axis of rotation of the roller. A second section of the roller is located between a first section of the roller and a third section of the roller as viewed along the axis of rotation. The roller includes a profile as viewed along the axis of rotation in which the diameter of the ridges located in the first section of the roller and the diameter of ridges located in the third section of the roller are greater than the diameter of the ridges located in the second section of the roller. A web of print media is caused to contact and wrap around a portion of the roller as the web of print media moves past the roller. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120228353 | DEVICE FOR ACCUMULATING FLAT MATERIAL IN FLEXIBLE STRIP FORM - The invention relates to a device for accumulating flat material in flexible strip form, the device comprising an accumulator box having a bottom on which the strip accumulates, at least during accumulation stages, between two end walls and between two side walls that extend so as to face edges of the strip. The accumulator device includes at least one of the following means:
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| 20120261454 | WIRE TRANSPORTING SYSTEM - In a wire-processing machine, a belt-drive feeds a wire to a first swivel-arm with a first gripper. To feed the leading wire-end to processing stations, the first swivel-arm is set in a swiveling motion and/or in a linear motion. To feed the trailing wire-end to processing stations, the second swivel-arm is set in a swiveling motion and/or in a linear motion. After processing of the leading wire-end, by means of the belt-drive the desired cut-off length of wire is advanced and, by means of a transporting system, is transported further. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120305620 | TAPE FEEDER AND A TAPE INSTALLING METHOD IN THE TAPE FEEDER - In a structure that exfoliation is performed in the pitch sending of a carrier tape ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312854 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - The control circuit controls the plotter provided with the feeding means for feeding out a roll paper and the processing means for processing the roll paper which is fed out by the feeding means. The control circuit includes the feeding control section which controls the feeding means so that, before the processing means starts processing on one page of the roll paper, a plurality of pages including the one page is fed out in advance and then, the page having been fed out in advance is pulled back and retreated at a position on an upstream side with respect to a processing position of the processing means, and the processing control section which controls the processing means so that processing of the one page is started when an elapsed time of the one page having been fed out in advance has reached a predetermined stand-by time. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120312855 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND CONVEYANCE METHOD - A conveyance device including an upstream roller that supplies a sheet medium to be processed to a conveyance path; a downstream roller that conveys the supplied medium to a processing position; and a control unit that, in order to convey the sheet medium at a constant speed, controls driving the upstream roller and the downstream roller using the constant speed as a target speed. The control unit changes the target speed of the upstream roller to eliminate a conveyance difference, which is the difference between the length of media conveyed by the upstream roller and the length of media conveyed by the downstream roller from the start of the conveyance operation, based on the conveyance difference in each conveyance operation. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130062388 | AUTOMATED AIR-PILLOW DISPENSER - A transfer and dispensing apparatus is disclosed for the conveying and separation of packaging material, cushions or pillows when needed by the operator. When a packer working over a conveyor receives a box that requires void fill, an operating switch such as a foot pedal is depressed to dispense pillows from the apparatus and into the box in a connected strip. When the operating switch is released, the apparatus stops dispensing pillows, separates the continuous strip of pillows along a transverse perforation in the strip, and ejects the end of the separated segment. The packer can then complete packing the box by placing the severed end of the pillows into the box, advance to the next box, and repeat the process. The transfer and dispensing apparatus may be positioned in any convenient location including adjacent to, above or attached to the inflation device. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130068814 | WEB CONVEYING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND TENSION CONTROL METHOD - A control unit allows a rotational position of a tension generating roller to be changed depending on a width of a web at time of the beginning of conveyance of the web, controls a motor according to a detection signal of a second sensor such that a tension guide maintains its position within a predetermined range during conveyance of the web, causes position data at time of keeping the same value of the position data of the motor for a predetermined period to be stored, calculates an initial operational position of the tension generating roller using the position data and a predetermined correction coefficient, and sets the calculated initial operational position as an initial operational position of the tension generating roller at time of the beginning of next conveyance of web. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130112728 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A CONVERTING UNIT FOR CONVERTING A WEB SUBSTRATE, FEEDING STATION AND PACKAGING PRODUCTION MACHINE - A method for protecting a unit for converting a web substrate to limit a jam of the substrate ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130153618 | METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING PRINT MEDIA - A turnbar for use in a turnover module in a printing system includes one or more air-cushioned sections and one or more friction sections. Each air-cushioned section includes holes formed in a portion of a perimeter of the turnbar. Each friction section includes a friction-inducing material disposed over or affixed to another portion of the perimeter of the turnbar. Pressurized air or gas is output through the holes to produce a cushion of air or gas between a print media and the air-cushioned section. The turnbar can include one or more pistons within the turnbar, or one or more sleeves within or around the turnbar, or a combination of pistons and sleeves, to adjust airflow through the air-cushioned section. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130161367 | INSERTION METHOD FOR INTRODUCING STAMPING FOILS INTO A SYSTEM THAT FEEDS THEM, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD - An insertion method for introducing at least one stamping foil | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130193181 | Device and Method for Guiding Bands to be Joined to one Another Along Their Longitudinal Edges - The invention relates to a method and a device for guiding bands to be joined to one another along their longitudinal edges, comprising guide elements which form tracks for guiding the bands that are configured such that the bands approach one another in the transport direction and the longitudinal edges thereof rest on one another at a non-overlapping contact point. At least one of the tracks may be configured to undulate with a wavelength of ¼≦λ≦2, such that transverse displacement of the band guided thereon occurs. The axes of rotation and/or longitudinal central axes of the guide elements may also be inclined towards one another at different angles of inclination in relation to a horizontal plane of reference, such that the band guided on said track is rotated about its longitudinal axis in the transport direction. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130200126 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING LOOPED BELT AND METHOD OF DETECTING INDEX - An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, an index provided at part of an end edge of the belt, a detecting member, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The detecting member changes an output value thereof based on the passing states of the index and the end edge of the belt in a detection area of the detecting member. The processing unit processes the output value and determines whether the index is present in the detection area by comparing the present output value with a threshold value. The storage unit stores the processed output value. The processing unit acquires a reference value based on the stored output value. The processing unit, when determining whether the index is present in the detection area, sets as the threshold value a value obtained by changing the most recently acquired reference value by a predetermined value. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130214023 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TENSION APPLIED TO A MEDIA WEB - In a web printer, tension on the moving web is controlled by monitoring the tension on the web between two rollers and selectively operating an actuator driving the second roller to restore the tension to an acceptable range. The operation of the actuator includes modulating the speed at which the second roller is driven. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140001223 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING A FABRIC | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140110449 | Wire Pulling Device - The current disclosure describes and teaches a wire pulling device having a base member. A vertical post and a horizontal post are attached to the base member, serving as anchoring posts for a clevis that may be opened and closed. The device may be attached to installation sites for wires and cables. Using an attachment mechanism, the base member may be affixed to a joist, a rafter, or an angle iron. Wires or cables may be threaded or disposed into the clevis and suspended to the installation sites. An installer may pull the wire or cable to proper positions before permanent affixations such as wire ties may be applied. The current device and its associated method facilitate the wire installation process. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140175142 | WEB-GUIDING OR SHEET-GUIDING MAHCINE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The invention relates to a web-guiding or sheet-guiding machine, in which webs or sheets are transported along a transport path (z), and which has at least one roller nip, it being possible for at least one of the rollers, which delimits the roller nip or is located downstream of the roller nip on the transport path, to be driven by an electric drive. A power controller is assigned to the electric drive, and the web-guiding or sheet-guiding machine is equipped with a safety device, which makes it possible to monitor whether foreign bodies are penetrating into the roller nip and/or whether a specified torque for the drive is being maintained. The safety device here comprises a first measuring device, which can monitor at least one first electric variable of the power made available to the drive by the power controller. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140209652 | One-Way Projection Snare Apparatus and Method for Isolating A Broken Elastic Strand - The present disclosure relates to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. During the process of making the elastomeric laminate, elastic material may be advanced and stretched in a machine direction and may be joined with one or more substrates advancing the machine direction. The methods and apparatuses according to the present disclosure may be configured to automatically isolate elastic materials that may break during the assembly process. The apparatuses may include a base member and one or more one-way snares projecting from the outer surface of the base member. The one-way snares are adapted to permit advancement of continuous elastic strands in a first direction, and are also adapted to prevent an end portion a broken elastic strand from retracting in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140284368 | CONVEYING DEVICE FOR LEADS - The invention relates to a conveying device for conveying electrical or optical lines ( | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140291374 | TENSION MEMBER FEEDING DEVICE - The present invention concerns a tension member feeding device for feeding a tension member into a channel in a construction element. The feeding device comprises: tension member feeder and a resistance or speed detector. The feeding device is arranged to stop feeding of the tension member once the resistance or speed detector detects that the tension member meets a given resistance. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150041514 | SUBSTRATE ROLLERS - A magnetically enhanced roller for handling of magnetically attractable substrates comprises a rotatably fixed shaft and a sleeve circumscribing the rotatably fixed shaft. The sleeve configured to rotate around the shaft. The roller further includes an array of magnets adjacent to the shaft. Individual magnets of the array of magnets are oriented to provide magnetic field lines along a direction orthogonal to the rotatably fixed bearing shaft. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150108196 | PACKAGING MACHINE AND PROCESS - A conveyor system pre-inserts a portion of the web into a first belt before the portion is gripped between the first belt and a second belt. In one exemplary embodiment, a pair of lips of a web are inserted into a corresponding first pair of belts and then the pair of lips are secured in the first pair of belts by inserting a second pair of belts into the first pair of belts over the pair of lips. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150122865 | STRIP DEFLECTION DEVICE - A strip deflection device ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150360896 | CONVEYING OR TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDED VACUUM - Provided are methods and apparatus for transporting either an entire web or discrete components of disposable products. The invention is a means of conveying the web or diaper components down the machine using mechanical forces to grip the nonwoven web and transfer it from one belt or roll to another without or reducing added vacuum. There is a carrier nonwoven web that goes down the length of the machine and other substrates are added on top of this. Methods and apparatus are disclosed to provide sufficient gripping to allow transport of diaper components through the fabrication process. Securing and releasing forces are supplied so that the components can be retained at some points and released at others. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160122146 | SHRINK FILM STAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of delivering film to a tubular shrink film applying machine involves the use of one or more containers that may include wheels enabling film transport, where film is unwound from rolls into the containers. A machine for dispensing tubular shrink film from rolls into containers in a controlled manner is also provided. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160185549 | STATIC REDUCTION ROLLER AND METHOD FOR REDUCING STATIC ON A WEB - The present disclosure describes a looped pile static reduction roller ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160198598 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT SUPPLY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING COMPONENT SUPPLY TAPE IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT SUPPLY APPARATUS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160198690 | Fishing Line Container | 07-14-2016 |
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