Abstract: A machine for producing weatherproofed multi leaf shipping labels including means for holding a pre-printed form web, means for relieving successive portions of the web longitudinally thereof, means for applying top and bottom sheets to the web, means for encapsulating the web between the successive relieved portions of the web by pressure bonding the top and bottom sheets in face contact with each other at successive relieved portions of the web, and receiving means including means for delivering the encapsulated web to the receiving means and also the method for producing weatherproofed shipping labels.

Abstract: A marginally reinforced hole is provided in a sheet of weldable material by first welding a reinforcing ring to one sheet surface by means of a tubular electrode applied to its opposite surface while locating said ring by means of a pressure shoe presenting an internal cavity that is open at its bottom, and then admitting a pressurized gaseous fluid to said cavity to blow away the waste sheet material within the ring after the temperature of the sheet material within the welding area has reached the melting point.

Abstract: System for rapid preparation of an identification card comprising(a) photographing the subject with an automatic rapid development camera in which the view finder is focused offcenter to produce a photograph wherein the subject's head appears at a predetermined offcenter location;(b) placing the developed photograph between the two halves of a single folded card having a back half and a front half with a precut aperture which opens over the head of the subject in the photograph;(c) trimming the excess of the photograph that extends beyond the edges of the card; and(d) sealing the two halves and the photograph to each other to produce a three-layer laminate.

Abstract: An apparatus disclosed comprises a manual hole punch which is modified to provide reinforcing rings for punched holes during the punching operation. The modified hole punch includes a tape dispenser mounted at one end of the punch to dispense perforated tape, one side of which has an adhesive applied thereto. The modified hole punch aligns dispensed perforated tape both longitudinally and laterally so that when a piece of paper is inserted within the hole punch, punching units of the hole punch punch holes through the paper and through designated portions of the tape. Simultaneously, staple-shaped cutting members which are mounted on their associated punching elements of the punching units to move therewith, cut through the paper and through portions of the tape between the perforations in the tape to separate the reinforcing rings from the remainder of the tape. The cut tape is collected on a tape collector mounted at the opposite end of the hole punch.

Abstract: A compact, manually operable apparatus for sequentially cutting sections of an elongate strip of photographic film containing a plurality of distinct, individual exposures or images and mounting the same in individual frames for subsequent viewing, e.g. in a slide projector. The apparatus includes structure for folding an apertured portion of a frame onto another apertured portion of the frame so as to enclose a section of the film therebetween as the frame is being moved toward a station whereat the two frame portions are fixedly secured to each other.

Abstract: A machine which forms openings in can ends and seals the openings with manually removable lengths of tape. The machine comprises a wheel and a plurality of plates having through passageways across which the can ends are supported. The plates are slidably mounted around the periphery of the wheel and are slid relative to the wheel between a first position at which punches carried by the wheel punch openings in the can ends when the wheel moves the plates along a first portion of the path, and a second position at which taping means mounted on a frame of the machine applies lengths of tape over the openings as the wheel moves the plates along a second portion of the path.

Abstract: An improved water mattress can be fabricated by a method which involves folding a rectangular sheet of thermal plastic material into a smaller rectangular sheet to form a dual-layered sandwich having three open edges; thereafter lap-sealing these three open raw edges to form a flat closed envelope, open at its corners; subsequently cutting specific sized rectangular notches in each corner of the envelope whereby the several apexes of each notch can be separated to form an overlapping slit which is reinforced with a separate piece of vinyl that is integrally bonded with the laps of the slit while it is in its stretched condition to completely seal the mattress.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the continuous manufacture under sterile or at least non-pyrogenous conditions of plastic bags provided with connecting nipples to be used for the storage of blood plasma or serum, milk and other vulnerable liquids.For the welding of connecting nipples to the outer wall of the bag a counter-electrode is employed and is inserted into the bag's interior. Normally the plastic bags are formed out of an extruded plastic tube after it has been flattened and coiled to a spool.The present method starts from a wider flat tube than that used in the prior art and which has a width equal to the length dimension of the bag to be made so the bag is open at its sides. A counter electrode formed as a sliding-block is located in the interior of the tube whose leading end is closed now. The sliding-block is displaced in a direction towards the spool and each time that the welding of the connecting nipples onto a given bag is completed, the sliding-block is passed to the next bag to be treated.

Abstract: In a method of severing developed photographic film strips into film sections at a severing station and immediately mounting same in slide frames which are spread open ready to receive them and which are conveyed away from the severing station, each severed film section is guided along an edge which is oblique with respect to the conveying direction of the slide frames. An apparatus for performing this method comprises severing means for the strip, a guide path for the slide frames and a guide rail with an oblique guide edge arranged downstream of the severing means to present a leading guide edge portion which extends into the gap between the spread-open slide frame portions.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for supporting and maintaining tire reinforcing elements relative to an opening of a tire carcass base during forming of a tire carcass.

Abstract: A tire tube making apparatus is to continuously apply tube valves onto a tube material around air introducing bores perforated in an upper half portion of the tube material.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a flexible non-skid strip of flattened semi-circular cross-section.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing large disposable specialty drapes, particularly surgical drapes such as cystoscopy sheets and lithotomy sheets. Two strips of various stock material are automatically drawn to length from separate supplies, processed, and mated in the required configuration. The processing includes making of one or more fenestrations and, for those drapes requiring it, attachment of a filter. The material is then cut to length to provide the finished sheet. The work stations, at which the fenestrations are made, the filter attached, and the sheet cut, are spaced to permit these operations to be performed simultaneously on different sheets in a line. A control unit synchronizes and controls these operations. The finished sheet is provided with an improved filter which is attached to the sheet body by a heat sealing process, thus avoiding the separation of the filter due to excessive exposure to fluid in the course of a surgical procedure.

Abstract: A portable paper hole punch and hole reinforcement tape applicator comprising a housing including operating mechanism for feeding a pressure sensitive tape over a sheet of paper. Punch means and a pressure pad are provided for punching a hole through the tape and paper and applying pressure to seal or bond the tape to the paper. Tape feed means are provided and include means for imparting a transverse curl to the tape so that the latter is stiffened lengthwise to prevent bunching or jamming during the hole punching operation.The surfaces of all parts of the device contacted by the adhesive side of the tape are coated with "Teflon" or other suitable material, so that the tape will not adhere thereto as it is moved thereover.

Abstract: The forming of an inlaid article by carving the object to be inlaid into the article with ultrasonic energy to form a recess having the same peripheral configuration as the object, and then positioning the object within the ultrasonically carved recess in the article such that upon securing the object within the recess the object forms the inlaid portion of the article.

Abstract: This invention relates to a mounting apparatus for aperture cards comprising cutting means for severing individual filmed images from a strip of film, said cutting means including a knife unit and a counter-knife unit, said knife unit being part of a plunger means which serves to simultaneously press the severed filmed image upon a mounting card,Resilient counter-pressure frame means mounted opposite said plunger means,And projection means including a light source and a condenser lens, the latter being mounted in said plunger means.

Abstract: Tap attachment means are secured to an elongate web of heat sealable plastics material. The web is formed into a plurality of sealed liquid filled bags, each bag being formed from a length of the web to which is secured a tap attachment means. Each tap attachment means facilitates the draining of the liquid from the bag.

Abstract: A repair tool for performing quick, inexpensive and almost invisible repairs on fabrics which have been subjected to local damage. The tool comprises a base plate having core pins and ring pins projecting upwardly therefrom. An annular holding ring overfits the base plate and sandwiches the fabric to be repaired therebetween. A rotary knob including a circular razor turns within the holding ring central opening to cut a perfect circular hole in the fabric to remove the damaged area. The tool is utilized to cut a similar circular patch from an undamaged portion of the fabric. The patch is then applied to the circular hole in the damaged fabric and is secured thereto by rearwardly positioned adhesive faced material to provide an almost invisible repair.

Abstract: The machine includes a horizontal support for a plastic bag and a vertically movable heat-sealing head pivoted to the support for upward movement through an aperture in the support to contact the plastic bag. A vertically movable pressure platen having a vacuum head for holding a patch thereon is mounted directly above the heat-sealing head and is adapted to be moved into engagement with the plastic bag so that the patch can be heat-sealed to the bag. A cutter is mounted adjacent the pressure platen for reciprocating movement along an oblique path to intersect the aperture in the support directly beneath the pressure platen to provide a slit in the plastic bag prior to the heat-sealing of the patch on the bag over the slit.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying plastic handles to tubular plastic bag stock. A drive mechanism feeds the bag stock through the apparatus intermittently in discrete lengths and each length corresponds to the length of a bag. A float piece is positioned inside the bag stock and is restrained to remain in a predetermined position as the bag stock is fed over the float piece by the drive mechanism. A handle transport mechanism feeds pairs of handles to respective positions one at either side of the float piece immediately adjacent respective outer sides of the bag stock and a clamping mechanism moves axially to apply a compressive force whereby the bag stock is clamped between respective handles and the float piece. A cutter is movable to pierce the bag stock inside the handles and an actuator is provided to move the clamping mechanism and the cutter assembly in sequence to first create said compressive force and then to pierce the bag stock.

Abstract: This invention is a method and apparatus for securing snap fasteners to supporting material. An aperture is formed in the supporting material and the socket or stud of the fastener, as the case may be, is allowed to project through the aperture. The supporting material is then heat sealed to the fastener around the aperture. Preferably, both the supporting material and the snap fasteners are made of heatsealable, thermoplastic material.