Abstract: There is disclosed an improved tag banding apparatus which conveys a tag to a stop position, positions tags one-by-one and accumulates the tags in a stack, and bands the stacks in a connected series.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for fabricating belts are disclosed in which the leading edge of a web is conveyed from a supply roll into a belt loop forming station, the web is cut a predetermined distance from the leading edge to form a web segment having the leading edge at one end and a trailing edge at the opposite end, the lower surface of the web adjacent the leading edge is inverted, the lower surface of the web adjacent the trailing edge is inverted, the inverted leading edge and the inverted trailing edge are overlapped to form a loop of the web segment loosely suspended from the joint formed by the overlapped leading edge and trailing edge, the loop of the web segment at the belt loop forming station is transferred to an anvil, the loop of the web segment on the anvil is conveyed to a welding station and the overlapped leading edge and trailing edge are welded together on the anvil to form a belt welded at the joint.

Abstract: A process for fabricating belts are disclosed in which the leading edge of a web is conveyed from a supply roll into a belt loop forming station, the web is cut a predetermined distance from the leading edge to form a web segment having the leading edge at one end and a trailing edge at the opposite end, the lower surface of the web adjacent the leading edge is inverted, the lower surface of the web adjacent the trailing edge is inverted, the inverted leading edge and the inverted trailing edge are overlapped to form a loop of the web segment loosely suspended from the joint formed by the overlapped leading edge and trailing edge, the loop of the web segment at the belt loop forming station is transferred to an anvil, the loop of the web segment on the anvil is conveyed to a welding station and the overlapped leading edge and trailing edge are welded together on the anvil to form a belt welded at the joint.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved tag banding apparatus which conveys a tag to a stop position, positions tags one-by-one and accumulates the tags in a stack, and bands the stacks in a connected series.

Abstract: A cap for securing a printing plate, sheet of paper, or other flat piece of material to a plate or bed having one or more registration pins, is provided. The cap has a resilient O ring for securing it to the pin. The cap is actually applied to, and removed from, the pin by a cap holding and releasing device. The cap holding and releasing device is mounted on an elevator which carries the printing plate (or paper etc.) to the bed and deposits it on the bed.

Abstract: A microfiche having one or more frames to be deleted is mounted in accurate registration and alignment on a microfiche deck, and a light is energized in the deck underneath each frame of the microfiche to be deleted. The operator then moves a knife carriage mounted on an "X-Y" detented slide system and having a solenoid-operated knife blade, on top of the microfiche, to the proper position with respect to each frame to be deleted, and then energizes the solenoid to cut that frame from an adjacent frame on the same filmstrip. After each edge of the frame is cut, the operator uses a spatula to pry up an end of the frame which is then grasped and stripped off of the microfiche. After all of the unwanted frames are deleted, the microfiche is removed from the deck.

Abstract: A microfiche mounter is fully automatic and uses preprogrammed instructions from either a computer or a filmstrip in placing the image frames of the filmstrip in predetermined destination regions of a transparent base to make or update a microfiche. The mounter receives instructions and displays information enabling an operator to select the proper base for placement on the machine. The mounter then advances a filmstrip into a transfer device, cuts off a proper length of the filmstrip, pivots the transfer device over the base, moves the base in X and Y coordinates to register the destination region of the base under the transfer device, insures accurate registry between the base and the transfer device, and presses the filmstrip from the transfer device into engagement with the base for adhesively securing the filmstrip to the base. All this is done fully automatically, and the machine also has the capacity for manual operation of each step or keyboard entry of mounting instructions.

Abstract: A magnetic brush development system for developing latent electrostatic images carried by a photoconductively coated substrate has a split housing comprising a movable section with a sump for storing a supply of developer, a stationary section including one or more development rolls which are fed with developer from the sump to carry out the development process, a latching mechanism for releasably securing the movable section of the housing to the stationary section, and a flow gate which is interlocked with the latching mechanism so that the flow gate is closed to interrupt the flow of developer from the sump whenever the latch is released.

Abstract: Microfilm is converted into microfiche by feeding the film through a cutter, cutting the film into one or more frames, and then mounting the frame(s) upon a transparent microfiche base. The microfilm has a pair of adhesive strips along the top and bottom edge of its bottom surface for attaching the microfilm to the base. The microfiche base is mounted on a fiche deck by means of registration pins; lights are provided below the fiche deck for informing the operator where to place the frames on the base; and a margin grid having guide bars overlies the base to aid the operator in mounting the frames in precise alignment on the base. The film cutter removes a slice from the cut frames to aid the operator to mount the frames.The microfiche is updated by mounting all "updatable" frames in the same row and pre-cut from each adjacent frame. A solenoid and its push pin are positioned beneath each updatable frame and a clearance opening for each push pin is located in the microfiche base.

Abstract: Microfilm is converted into microfiche by feeding the film through a cutter, cutting the film into one or more frames, and then mounting the frame(s) upon a transparent microfiche base. The microfilm has a pair of adhesive strips along the top and bottom edge of its bottom surface for attaching the microfilm to the base. The microfiche base is mounted on a fiche deck by means of registration pins; lights are provided below the fiche deck for informing the operator where to place the frames on the base; and a margin grid having guide bars overlies the base to aid the operator in mounting the frames in precise alignment on the base. The film cutter removes a slice from the cut frames to aid the operator to mount the frames.The microfiche is updated by mounting all "updatable" frames in the same row and pre-cut from each adjacent frame. A solenoid and its push pin are positioned beneath each updatable frame and a clearance opening for each push pin is located in the microfiche base.