Abstract: Device for printing Braille characters on cardboard blanks travelling in a folder-gluer along a substantially planar path, the device comprising rotary embossing tools carried by two respective parallel shafts rotatably mounted above and below of the plane of said path and operable for printing Braille characters on their blanks during their run through the folder-gluer. The tools are supported on shafts and the tools are adjustable axially and angularly with respect to each other.

Abstract: Device for printing Braille characters on cardboard blanks travelling in a folder-gluer along a substantially planar path, the device comprising rotary embossing tools carried by two respective parallel shafts rotatably mounted above and below of the plane of said path and operable for printing Braille characters on their blanks during their run through the folder-gluer. The tools are supported on shafts and the tools are adjustable axially and angularly with respect to each other.

Abstract: This retractable central conveyor (1) being used in a folder-gluer converting plate-like workpieces such as paper or cardboard for producing packagings. Such a folder-gluer comprises two frames between which are arranged two lateral conveyors (100, 110), the conveying means of which being belts (101, 111). The conveyor of the present invention comprises a structure consisting of four associated components (4, 5, 8, 11) which are transversely movable between the frames of the folder-gluer with respect to the travelling direction of said plate-like workpieces. Among these components of this structure, an upper longitudinal bar (4) can easily be manually lowered, in a vertical slanted movement, from a working position to a retracted position, and inversely raised by independent damping means (15).

Abstract: An arrangement for monitoring the security status of an object includes affixing to the object a passive two way communication circuit such as a frangible radio security tag or smart label. The tag or label, when operational, is arranged to receive a remotely generated request for status information and, responsive to the request, to transmit status information to a remote device. The radio tag or label is affixed to the object in a manner so that it is rendered inoperative if the object is tampered with. By remotely monitoring the status information on a periodic basis, the security of the object can thus be determined. The tag can include a circuit built on a substrate that is scored or otherwise rendered breakable along a predetermined axis or in a predetermined direction. This assures that when the object to which the radio tag is affixed is subject to authorized manipulation or tampering, critical components in the tag will in fact break.

Abstract: A device for aligning box blanks in a box blank processing machine including a frame supporting a lengthwise guiding rail, an upper carrier and lower carrier which are directly interconnected by brackets and have one end pivotably mounted to the frame adjacent an exit end of the device so that the entrance end of the carriers can be spaced from the rail to provide a lateral movement of a blank against the rail. The position of the entrance end of the carriers is adjustable relative to the guide rail. The upper carrier preferably is formed of a series of rollers and the lower carrier has a series of rollers supporting a belt which is driven by a drive pulley.