Patents Examined by Cheryl N. Hawkins
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Patent number: 6971431Abstract: A tape dispenser for applying adhesive tape to a substrate surface. The dispenser includes an exterior application surface with an opening therein. A plurality of rotatable cylindrical rollers are mounted within the housing, wherein the surfaces of the rollers coact with each other and the tape surfaces to retain, guide and feed the tape through the tape dispensing opening to the exterior application surface. At least two of the plurality of rollers are opposed rollers that engage the tape surfaces therebetween. The outer surface of at least one of the plurality of rollers protrudes through the opening enabling frictional contact of the roller surface with the substrate surface. When the dispenser is drawn over the surface, the outer surface of the this roller engages and rolls over the substrate surface. It also coacts with the outer surfaces of the other rollers, causing them to grip the tape and feed it through the opening, enabling the adhesive tape to be applied to the substrate surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Inventor: Robert Steinberger
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Patent number: 6945298Abstract: The device has a roll (1) of a carrier strip (2) holding pieces (3) of two sided adhesive tape and wound on a hub (5) with an outer radius and provided with a circular cogging (6), a support (7) for the roll (1) comprising a stub shaft (9) with a direction of axis around which the roll rotates when dispensing tape pieces (3), a brake pawl (23) for engagement with the circular cogging (6), a pressure base (15) being in connection with the brake pawl (23) such that the engagement of the brake pawl (23) with the cogging (6) is released by pressure on the pressure base (15), a peripheral wall (10) extending along a part of the periphery of the roll (1), and a path for the carrier strip (2) extending past the pressure base (15) and along a part of the outside of the peripheral wall (11), the pressure base (15) comprising an outer sliding surface (16, 17) defining a part of the path for the carrier strip (2) with the two sided adhesive tape where the path at the pressure base (15) comprises a portion with a relativType: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: 3L - Ludvigsen A/SInventor: Frits Ludvigsen
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Patent number: 6932135Abstract: The present invention relates to a label-pasting method and a label-pasting device which do not require peeling-off paper and hence enable low-cost label pasting. A label-pasting device comprising (i) an adhesive applier for applying pressure-sensitive adhesive to a label-material sheet composed of only label material and fed from its roll, (ii) a die cutter for cutting out labels from the label-material sheet with pressure-sensitive adhesive, and (iii) a label paster for pasting the cut-out labels on a packing sheet. Because the label-material sheet is composed of only label material and no peeling-off paper is used, the label-pasting cost is low.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Toa Machine Industry, Inc.Inventor: Kunihiro Tabuchi
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Patent number: 6913060Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser having an improved mechanism for gripping the device while dispensing tape. The dispenser has spaced apart side walls and an upper wall connected thereto. The upper wall has a leading edge that is provided with a blade for cutting the adhesive tape. The upper wall is also provided with a shallow recess for placement of the index finger of the user. The recess may include a plurality of corrugations. The position of the recess allows the user to have both an improved grip on the dispenser and to apply directed pressure to the upper wall thereby allowing the tape to be cut more easily. The upper wall of the dispenser is also provided with wings that offer increased protection to the palm of the user's hand so that the rotating roll of tape does not cause injury to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Conros CorporationInventor: Ashok V. Chandaria
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Patent number: 6896025Abstract: In an adhesive tape adhering device, a small distance is provided between a bottom surface of an outer case and lower end surfaces of a pair of left and right side wall plates. A portion of the bottom surface behind a tape exit opening of the outer case is the same horizontal surface as that of a lower end surface of the side wall plate of the outer case. It is preferable that the pressing roller passes through the tape exit opening by a forward swinging operation of the inner case, and projects from the lower end surface of the side wall plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Inventor: Sakae Urushizaki
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Patent number: 6883573Abstract: In a lamination system for laminating a film with a heat adhesive layer on at least a surface of a plastic card applying heat and pressure by heat rollers, each of two rectification devices for rectifying warp in the laminated card is provided independently of each other, at the downstream of the heat rollers, respectively along each of sides of the card along card transfer direction. Each of the rectification devices comprises a pair of rotatable rollers.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naotaka Sasaki, Kenji Sugaya, Shunichi Kawamata, Kensuke Shoji
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Patent number: 6874554Abstract: A tape dispenser having a frame, a cutter blade and at least one pair of projections disposed on the opposed interior surfaces of the side walls is disclosed. The distance between the projections is less than the distance between the interior surfaces of the side walls and is also less than the width of the tape held in the dispenser. The tape dispenser may also include a pair of tabs either associated with the projections or positioned between the projections and the tape mount. The dispenser is adapted to hold a roll of adhesive tape therein and because of the decreased distance between the projections, the tape assumes a convex shape when viewed from the front end of the dispenser. The shape of the tape and position of the tabs and projections causes the tape to be biased into contact with the interior of the front end of the dispenser. This helps to keep the free end of the tape out of contact with the roll in the dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Inventor: Ashok Chandaria
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Patent number: 6860309Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing continuous supply of transfer tape to an applicator machine. The method includes unwinding the tape from the rolls to erase the roll memory in the tape, advancing the tape along a web path through knife elements to staging areas and past pinch rollers to the applicator. A second tape is placed on the staging plate for splicing to the first tape at the pinch roller. The first tape is cut and the second tape is advanced to the applicator.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Adalis CorporationInventors: James N. Hartman, Peter M. Downie
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Patent number: 6858105Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing continuous web material to an applicator machine, comprising a placement arm for supporting a length of splicing tape and the end of a substitute roll for attachment to a supply web, and a knife holder mounted for movement from a standby position to a position engaged by the substitute web to trigger movement of the cutting knife of the knife holder for cutting the supply web.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Adalis CorporationInventors: James N. Hartman, Peter M. Downie
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Patent number: 6848490Abstract: A double-sided adhesive tape dispenser. The dispenser includes a main frame for mounting a rotatable adhesive tape roll thereon, a guide roller rotatably mounted on the main frame, and a driven roller rotatably mounted on the main frame. The driven roller is parallel to the guide roller and has an outer surface contacting an outer surface of the guide roller such that the driven roller is driven to roll by the guide roller.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Inventor: Hung-Chieh Ho
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Patent number: 6848489Abstract: A dispenser comprises a frame that supports a roll of adhesive tape, a handle, a flexible spatula for applying the cut end of the tape, and a cutting blade. The flexible spatula forms a right-angled member having a main arm and another arm which supports the cutting blade. The right-angled member is mounted so as to be rotatable between a rest position, in which the cutting blade is pressed by a spring against a protective member, and a working position, in which the cutting blade is lifted from the protective member so that serrations thereon intersect the path of the adhesive tape. This protective member has a face, on which the blade rests, and which ends in a projecting lip, forming a frontal protection for the serrations on the blade.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignees: Ben Clements & Sons, Inc., Societa'Internazionale Applicazioni Techniche S.p.A.Inventor: Adelio Lissoni
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Patent number: 6830089Abstract: A coat film transfer head device having a coat film transfer head held at a tape pressing and transferring position suited to the user's manner of holding a writing tool, and capable of checking the tape pressing and transferring position directly and visually. It comprises a head main body for pressing and transferring a coat film transfer tape, a head holder for supporting the head main body rotatably about its axial center, and a rotating operation unit for positioning the head main body in the rotating direction, and this rotating operation unit functions also as the head position indicating unit for indicating the tape pressing and transferring position of the head main body. Therefore, the user can check the tape pressing and transferring position directly and visually.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2000Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Seed Rubber Company LimitedInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Kouhei Koyama, Masatoshi Shintani
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Patent number: 6817398Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held device for applying a film from a backing tape onto a substrate. The device has a housing in which a supply of the backing tape and a take-up device for the backing tape are arranged, and an application member which projects from the housing. The application member has an application gib and is pivotably connected to an application base supported at the housing about a swivelling axis extending transversely to the projecting application gib. The application member has two lateral support legs arranged at a distance from the application edge and defining an abutment plane with the application edge which abuts on the substrate in the mode of operation of the hand-held device. In order to enhance the bearing characteristics of the application member, the joint is provided in the projection onto the abutment plane between the support legs and the application edge.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2004Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Societe BicInventors: Winfried Huthmacher, Roland Schneider
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Patent number: 6811647Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing extra-wide veneers and using them for the production of continuous laminated wood boards by gluing and pressing them from a chain of extra-wide veneers assembled in several layers over and behind one another. The method invention consists in the fact that the veneers arriving with a producible width and grain running crosswise are brought together end to end to form a chain of veneers, stitched together at the junctions or attached with adhesive tape and the veneers thus assembled are cut to a given oversize in the direction of the grain so that the seams or junctions between the veneers are distributed irregularly across the width of laminated boards, not in line one over the other.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2000Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Dieffenbacher GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Matthias Graf, John Holbert
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Patent number: 6808574Abstract: The present invention is a label system and method for label alignment and placement on a container. The label system includes a first label or a container whereby the first label includes alignment symbology and a second label having an alignment area corresponding to the alignment symbology of the first label. The second label is positioned on the container whereby the alignment area of the second label is aligned with the alignment symbology of the first label. The method for label alignment and placement comprises the steps of (i) providing a container with identification information and a label bearing area; (ii) scanning the identification information; (iii) processing the identification information; (iv) printing indicia on a label at a position defined by the identification information; and (v) placing the label on the container with the indicia positioned at the desired predetermined location.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2000Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Timothy A. Stevens, Steven R. Savitz, Alexander Gelbman, Neil A. Moore, Jeff Campbell
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Patent number: 6802354Abstract: A hand-held device for applying correction tape on an application surface having at most only a supply spool for a stock of the correction tape. An applicator element, which can be a roller, applies the correction tape in its entirety on the application surface. No backing tape or the like is rewound back into the casing. Therefore, a second take-up spool can be omitted. In the vicinity of the application element a cut-off/separating element is provided for cutting off or separating the applied correction tape from the rest of the correction tape when lifting the device off an application surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2002Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Societe BICInventor: Jeanne-Antide Bouveresse
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Patent number: 6799623Abstract: An adhesive tape cutter includes a control mechanism, an operation mechanism located on the control mechanism and a dispensing mechanism connecting to the control mechanism and located above the operation mechanism. The control mechanism has a protective mechanism, a wiper and a cutting mechanism. When the tape cutter is not in use, the protective mechanism is extended over the cutting mechanism outside the tape cutter to avoid hurting users.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Tai-Ray Industries Ltd.Inventor: Wen-Shu Cheng
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Patent number: 6799622Abstract: Bags for produce or the like are prepared by advancing a thermoplastic sheet and a mesh sheet, each having an upper edge, along a process line. The plastic sheet has a bottom portion which is folded to define a lower edge of the thermoplastic sheet at the fold line. One seals the folded portion of the solid-wall thermoplastic sheet to a lower edge of the mesh sheet. Transverse slits are then formed in the sheets, and the sheets are heat sealed together near edges of the slits to form separate bags between the slits. The slits extend across both lower edges of the bags, but are preferably spaced from the upper edges. One drops produce between the sheet upper edges into the bags, and the bags are then heat sealed adjacent to the upper edges thereof, and subsequently separated by cutting. A novel heat seal die is also shown.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Inventor: Michael J. Recchia, Jr.
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Patent number: 6796355Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transferring a film of adhesive, covering, or colored material from a backing tape onto a substrate, having a housing in which a supply reel and a take-up reel for the backing tape are rotatably mounted. The backing tape extends from the supply reel, loops around an application member protruding from the housing, and extends to the take-up reel. A rotating member is arranged in the drive connection between the supply reel and the take-up reel. The rotating member is connected to the take-up reel by a first gearing and has a rotational axis which is radially offset in relation to the rotational axis of the supply reel. The rotational axis of the supply reel is radially offset relative to the rotational axis of the rotating member.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Winfried Huthmacher, Georg Semmler, Roland Schneider
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Patent number: 6789594Abstract: A tape dispenser with a hidden blade includes a body, a press plate provided at a front side of the body and possible to be pressed to move rearward elastically to push down a blade fixed on a blade base to force the blade to protrude out of the body a little for cutting a tape. After the tape is cut and the press plate is released manually, the blade with the blade base together is raised up to the original position elastically and automatically, kept safe to use and prevented from damage by accidental collision by something.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen