Abstract: An order sorting system for sorting and assembling a batch of purchaser orders, comprises a plurality of stationary dispensable item dispensers for dispensing dispensable items with on-demand printed literature and a dispensable items conveyor for conveying the dispensable items to a lower level of a sorting station. A tote conveyor conveys a plurality of purchased articles to the upper level of the sorting station. Stationary sorting bins are disposed along an upper level of the sorting station in alignment with the dispensable items conveyor. The purchased articles are moved onto the dispensable items conveyor, either manually or preferably the sorting bins each have a releasable bottom for dropping contents of the sorting bins onto the dispensable items conveyor.

Abstract: A roller comprising a magnet is used to apply a force to a material between the magnet of the roller and a magnetically susceptible surface. A handle of the roller may be moved by a user to roll the roller over the material to apply the force along a length of the material.

Abstract: A drum rotating device enables a drum and a driving device mounted in the drum to be supported with a simple structure and which reduces the possibility that the driving shaft of the driving device may be offset with respect to the rotation axis of the drum. The drum rotation device includes the drum and the driving device arranged to drive and rotate the drum. The drum includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder arranged inside the outer cylinder coaxially therewith, and a support wall arranged to connect the outer and inner cylinders to each other at an approximately intermediate portion in the axial direction. The outer and inner cylinders are substantially cylindrical. The driving device is fixed to a frame at one axial end. The driving shaft of the driving device extends through the drum and is rotatably supported by the frame through a bearing at the other axial end.

Abstract: A combined paint roller and paint roller cleaner quickly and efficiently removes paint from the paint roller cleaner while preventing fluids from splashing outwardly and away from the paint roller cleaner. The paint roller cleaner includes a main chamber having a first slot formed at an outer surface thereof, and an auxiliary chamber statically coupled to the main chamber. Such an auxiliary chamber protrudes outwardly from the outer surface of the main chamber and preferably has an outer surface provided with a second slot formed therein. Notably, the second slot may be offset from the first slot in such a manner that an external fluid stream, after passing through the first and second slots, is caused to enter the main chamber at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the outer surface of the main chamber and thereby rotate a portion of the paint roller located within the paint roller cleaner.

Abstract: Provided is a glass roll formed by winding a glass film into a roll, in which a minimum winding radius of the glass film is optimized. Thus, the glass film is reliably prevented from breaking due to static fatigue, and is able to be stored for long periods. A glass roll (1), which is formed by winding a glass film (2) into a roll, has a configuration in which the glass film has a minimum winding radius (R) satisfying the following relation: R?(T/2)[(2.3/?)×E?1], where ? represents flexural strength of the glass film (2) obtained by a 3-point bending test, T represents a thickness of the glass film, and E represents a Young's modulus of the glass film.

Abstract: A fluid supply assembly for a shaft mounted device, such as an oscillating roller, is disclosed having a fluid powered apparatus comprising a shaft comprising a first fluid passageway extending through a portion of the shaft and exiting at an exit point on the shaft wall; a connector arranged on the device having a bore for receiving the shaft comprising a first seal spaced apart from a second seal within the bore along an axis parallel to the shaft, the first seal, second seal, the bore and the shaft wall defining a fluid annular chamber, and a second fluid passageway leading from the fluid annular chamber to the fluid powered apparatus wherein, in use, the exit point on the shaft wall remains between the first and second seals. The fluid supply assembly allows quick release application of fluid powered rotating devices.

Abstract: An aspirating roller (1) for transferring labels, comprising at least a pair of pads (20;21) projecting relative to a lateral surface (1a) of the roller (1). The roller (1) is characterised in that at least a portion of the lateral surface (1a) of the roller (1) present between the pads (20;21) is elastically deformable. A method for removing/mounting an elastically deformable plate-like element (6), of the type present between a pair of pads (20;21) and defining a lateral surface (1a) of a roller (1) for transferring labels.

Abstract: A roller assembly includes a hermitically sealed roller defining a longitudinal axis of rotation. An external bearing supports the roller. In one embodiment, the bearing includes a plurality of fingers defining a bearing surface. In one embodiment, the roller is laterally moveable through an opening in the bearing to a support position. In one embodiment, the roller may lock the bearings against a support structure. An external bearing and a method of assembling a roller assembly are also provided.

Abstract: A novel paint roller “cage” having improved tracking and ease of use is adapted for receiving different length axle shafts of various sizes of paint roller frames. An outer tubular support, upon which a paint roller cover or other paint absorbing material may be mounted, contains a pair of support bearings secured at either end of an inner tubular chassis, with one support bearing at a first end of the outer tubular support, and the other support bearing at approximately its mid point. The two support bearings are connected by an inner tubular chassis, which both maintains the two bearings at a desired axial spacing and also holds the walls and radial bearing surfaces of a bushing chamber that is integrally molded with each support bearing in proper position about a tubular bushing that is adapted to be frictionally secured to the axle shaft. In one embodiment, the outer tubular support has a diameter of about 1? and a length of about 9?, and can be used with both 6.5? and 9? roller frames.

Abstract: A drum rotating device enables a drum and a driving device mounted in the drum to be supported with a simple structure and which reduces the possibility that the driving shaft of the driving device may be offset with respect to the rotation axis of the drum. The drum rotation device includes the drum and the driving device arranged to drive and rotate the drum. The drum includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder arranged inside the outer cylinder coaxially therewith, and a support wall arranged to connect the outer and inner cylinders to each other at an approximately intermediate portion in the axial direction. The outer and inner cylinders are substantially cylindrical. The driving device is fixed to a frame at one axial end. The driving shaft of the driving device extends through the drum and is rotatably supported by the frame through a bearing at the other axial end.

Abstract: A method for producing a motorized roller formed by accommodating a motor in a roller body so that the roller body is rotated when being driven by the motor, including the steps of: providing at least one elastic body; providing a bag for accommodating the elastic body; inserting the elastic body into the bag; removing air from the bag; inserting the bag accommodating the elastic body into a cavity of the roller body; and taking air in the bag so as to expand the elastic body so that the cavity is filled with the bag accommodating the elastic body.

Abstract: An apparatus for balancing a tubular cylinder roll having an inner annular face comprises an annular body defining inner and outer faces. These annular body is outwardly biased so as to provide the outer face thereof to sufficiently engage the inner annular face of the tubular cylinder roll so as to stay in position. Weight receiving elements are disposed on the inner face of the annular body for removably receiving balance weights. When the apparatus is mounted to the cylinder roll, the balance weights can be selectively and removably mounted thereto thereby balancing the cylinder roll.

Abstract: A cover for a roller having at least one roller (2) for transporting a substrate (1) in a deposition system and at least one cover means (6), wherein the roller is retractable away from the substrate and the cover means is adapted for at least partly covering the retracted roller against contamination by a substance present in the deposition system. The cover for a roller has the advantage that the uptime of the deposition system is increased.

Abstract: An impression cylinder in the form of a hollow cylinder made of metal, e.g., aluminum, for printing machines, having an essentially constant wall thickness over its length. The cylinder may have a predetermined inner diameter and may have various different outer diameters. The hollow cylinder includes a cylinder jacket. The cylinder jacket is provided with longitudinal openings, such as longitudinal bores. The employment of these longitudinal openings, e.g., bores, in various different numbers, sizes and shapes, enables impression cylinders having different external diameters and equal internal diameters to have substantially similar weights or mass per unit length.

Abstract: A combi roll comprising a roll shaft and a roll ring mounted on the same against which at least one other ring is axially pressed, such as a spacer ring, the contact surfaces of the rings pressed against each other serving as torque-transferring friction joints. In the individual interface between two end contact surfaces there is distributed a great number of small grains of a material harder than the hardest material of anyone of the rings, the grains having the purpose of partially penetrating into each one of the contact surfaces so as to increase the torque-transferring ability of the friction joint.

Abstract: A roll has a roll body having a central bore and a first end and a second end. Roll necks are flange-mounted to the first and second ends of the roll body, respectively, for supporting the roll body in bearings. At least one compensation weight is eccentrically arranged in the central bore. The at least one compensation weight is adjustable with regard to its mass, an angular position within the roll body, and/or a radial spacing relative to a central axis of the roll body. The at least one compensation weight is adjustable while the roll necks are flange-mounted on the first and second ends.

Abstract: A roller assembly for a production machine having an inner wheel base capable of attachment to the driving axle of a production machine and an expandable outer ring which is cooperatively connectable to the inner wheel base is disclosed. The circumference of the expandable outer ring is adjustable. An outer roller cover mounts circumferentially around the adjustable expandable outer ring.

Abstract: A compliant pressure roller (10) for creating uniform pressure at a nip comprises a stationary inner core (12). A plurality of shoes (14) is pivotally mounted to the stationary inner core. Dividers (16) create a plurality of annular chambers (18) wherein each of the shoes occupies one of the chambers. A non-Newtonian fluid (70) fills each of the chambers. A plurality of actuators is connected to at least one of the shoes. A thin, rotatable shell surrounds the plurality of chambers, shoes, and stationary inner core.

Abstract: An improved method for producing a metallic core for use in the production of a blanket cylinder or an image cylinder sleeve for use in electrophotographic processes. The sleeves includes aluminum or other suitable metal, which is rendered more suitable for use as a sleeve surface by oxidation.

Abstract: The rotating cylinder for processing a web material comprises an essentially rigid cylindrical core (13), on which is fitted an interchangeable sleeve (45) of elastically expandable material whose rigidity is less than that of the material of the core; the sleeve is axially and angularly fixable to the core and is provided on its outer surface with a relief pattern. For each end of the 3 cylinder, there is provided at least one corresponding mechanical locking member which can be fixed to the corresponding end of the core of the cylinder and which interacts with the corresponding end of the interchangeable sleeve to lock the interchangeable sleeve angularly with respect to the core of the cylinder.

Abstract: There is provided a variable pressure roller system for installing a preform having contact surfaces onto a configuration of a mold surface by applying pressure thereon. The roller system of the present invention comprises a roller carriage. A grasping handle may be mounted to the roller carriage. Moreover, the roller system may further comprise a plurality of rollers, wherein each respective one of the plurality of rollers is defined by a weight to generate a specific pressure corresponding thereto. Furthermore, each respective one of the plurality of rollers may be removably engageable to the roller carriage. Each respective one of the plurality of rollers may be adapted to uniformly distribute the specific pressure corresponding thereto on the contact surfaces for conforming the preform to the configuration of the mold surface when engaged to the roller carriage.

Abstract: An industrial sponge device wherein the sponge is made from a polyvinyl acetal material with a process in which the pores are formed by gas to provide an open pore structure having no fibrils. Additionally, the sponge is purified by an extracting process which includes alternating exposure of the partially cross-linked sponge to solutions of high pH and low pH. The sponge is sterilized by electron beam radiation to destroy micro organisms that can cause contamination of the final product. The resulting sponge material is formed into an industrial sponge having a cylindrical body and a plurality of projections extending from the body. The projections are tapered truncated cones having a cross-sectional radius that decreases with distance from the body. The extracting process permits residual amounts of calcium, zinc, and other elements to be 2 ppm or less; preferably 1 ppm or less.

Abstract: Continuous photo film includes a support of resin film having a back surface. A photosensitive layer of photographic emulsion is disposed on a surface of the support opposite to the back surface. A conveying roller conveys the continuous photo film. The conveying roller includes a roller body of metal. A hardness reinforcer layer is formed on a surface of the roller body by thermal spraying of ceramic or cermet, so that the roller body surface is prevented from being scratched or ground by the back surface of the film.

Abstract: A fluted feed roll has inner replaceable flute inserts which abut and are bolted to anchor pieces welded in place on a cylindrical roll body. Part of the inner longitudinal edge of the flute inserts bears directly against the surface of the roll body. Traction elements on the outer longitudinal edge of the flute inserts protrude radially outwardly beyond the anchor pieces.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a cylindrical member welding method that can weld a cylindrical member without causing cracking. In order to achieve this object, in a cylindrical member welding method of welding, to an end portion of a cylindrical first member containing aluminum as a major component, a cylindrical or disk-like second member having substantially the same outer diameter as that of the first member and containing aluminum as a major component, a space is formed on a slightly inner side of an outer circumferential surface of a welded portion of the first and second members.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a grinding roll in which a roll tire made from a highly wear-resistant bainitic cast material is applied to the basic roll body. In order to create a roll tire with particularly high reliability against fractures and with relatively high wear resistance and compression strength, the roll tire is produced from a ductile bainitic spheroidal graphite cast material having a breaking elongation of approximately 0.1 to 2.5% and a compression strength of approximately 1,000 to 1,800 Mpa.

Abstract: A roll for use in a paper machine including a bendable roll shell disposed around a continuous roll carrier. The roll shell is supported at least in the radial direction on the roll carrier only in an axial central region. Axially outside the central region, the roll shell and/or carrier are respectively shaped and positioned that there is radial spacing between them for allowing the roll shell to bend in relation to the roll carrier under the weight of the roll shell and the force exerted by the belt, web, or the like, partially wrapped around the roll shell. To improve the behavior of the roll, the roll shell is of such material and/or shaped so that beginning from the central region, the rigidity of the roll shell decreases toward the axial ends of the roll shell in such a way that loading resulting from the dead weight of the roll shell and the operational loading on the roll shell causes desired curvature of the bending line of the roll shell.

Abstract: For changing demands in terms of the support of printed sheets as they are deflected in a sheet-fed printing press, the sheet-fed printing press is equipped with a retrofittable sheet guide drum. The drum includes segments on its face end and which in a first setup state has skeleton-shaped sheet supports separably connected to the segments and in a second setup state has a flexible drum jacket separably connected to the segments.

Abstract: A hot rolling method of steel products comprises rolling steel products while forming a film of an oxalate (such as iron oxalate, calcium oxalate and the like) on the roll surfaces which have contact with the steel products to be rolled and a hot rolling roll for steel products which has an oxalate film on the roll surfaces having contact with the steel products to be rolled. The oxalate film is effective in preventing steel products, particularly stainless steel products, from seizing between the rolls and the steel products to be rolled, preventing wear of the rolls, and preventing the deterioration of both the rolls and the steel products, when the steel products are subjected to hot rolling.

Abstract: A heat and pressure roll fuser is disclosed for fixing powder images to various substrates. Each of the rolls has a deformable outer layer. One of the rollers is crowned such that its center has a larger diameter than its ends. The other roller has a uniform diameter along its entire length. The difference in the center diameter and the end diameters is such that the fuser produces a nonuniform nip and a uniform nip velocity.

Abstract: A distributor roll for use in a headbox of a paper-making machine, includes at least two support plates, with each said support plate having a circumferential edge. A plurality of square elongate members connect between the circumferential edges of the support plates. The support plates have at least one opening therein, whereby fluid pressure differentials on opposite sides of the support plates are equalized.

Abstract: An oil feed system for a variable-crown roll which includes a stationary roll axle, a roll mantle arranged revolvingly on the roll axle and hydraulic loading elements acting upon an inner face of the roll mantle in a radial direction and supporting the roll mantle on the roll axle. The loading elements function to regulate the axial profile of the roll mantle. In the roll axle, an axial through hole is formed which communicates with cylinder bores in which the hydraulic loading elements are arranged through substantially radial bores or equivalent ducts. In the axial through hole, at least through one of the roll ends, oil feed pipes are installed and through which pipes, a pressure fluid is fed to the hydraulic loading elements. Into the axial through hole in the roll axle, at the location of the loading elements, an intermediate flange is installed, which operates as a distributor piece and is connected with the loading element.

Abstract: A printing device (10) for a printing press (12) having a cylinder (14) having at least one journal (16 or 18) extending from an end (20 or 22) of the cylinder (14), and a bearing (30 or 32) on the journal (16 or 18) and having an inner edge (44 or 46) located in the range of 1/16 inches to 11/2 inches from the end (20 or 22) of the cylinder (14).

Abstract: An oil applying device includes a housing having a base for receiving oil and includes an upper oil tank. A lower roller is rotatably supported in the base and a middle roller is rotatably supported above the lower roller such that the lower roller may apply the oil onto the middle roller. An upper roller is rotatably supported above the middle roller for engaging with a work piece between the upper roller and the middle roller. A number of nozzles are secured to the bottom of the oil tank for applying the oil onto the upper roller so as to apply the oil onto the work piece.

Abstract: A donor roll having a ceramic coating for use with an electrode structure in a scavengeless development unit of an electrostatographic printer. The ceramic coating consist essentially of a suitable mixture of alumina and titania by weight giving the donor roll a desired resistivity within a range of 2.0.times.10.sup.7 -4.2.times.10.sup.8 (Ohm-cm), a discharge time constant of about 550 microseconds, and a dielectric constant within a range of 16-24 at 100.KHz.

Abstract: A hollow shaft tube and shaft member with functional members like a paper feed roller for business machines etc., and its manufacturing method.The shaft tube has a bulge and dent, thereon a functional member to be fixedly secured. The bulges and dents having spring effect are formed symmetrically concerning the shaft tube center axis. The shaft and the functional members are fixedly secured by the spring effect.The shaft tube is made with half molds, having punchs in holes of both halves. The punchs hit the tube set in the molds to form the bulge and dent. The shaft tube is pressed in the functional member, using a press-in tool, to construct the shaft member.

Abstract: A device for fixing a material used for balancing of a roll in which a support and fixing construction for a fluidized balancing material is placed into the roll interior in contact with an inner face of the roll. The fluidized balancing material is then placed inside the roll at the location required by the balancing, where it is fixed and hardens. The support and fixing construction includes openings, which permit the balancing material to be placed at both sides of the support and fixing construction before it hardens and is fixed at the location required by the balancing.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of producing a metal-contained composite material from a metal and a sinterable material such as a ceramic material, and to a metal-contained composite material produced by the method. Conventional composite materials consisting of metal and ceramic material do not have sufficient mechanical and electrical properties, under some conditions in use, and are too expensive to be applied extensively. To solve this problem, the invention provides a manufacturing method comprising a process of fabricating a roll of a laminate consisting of a metal strip and a sinterable material, by winding up the laminate, and a process of subjecting the roll to plastic working; a manufacturing method including a heat treatment process carried out at a predetermined temperature, in addition to the above processes; and metal-contained composite materials produced by these methods.