Abstract: A tie gun for tying elongated bundles with a polymeric material tape loop, the loop having overlapped tape lengths, the overlapped material being welded with an ultra sonic horn, this horn embodying a horn tip end which with a clamp, and an anvil arrangement holds the loop in such way that a tape stock section just upstream of the weldment is weakened by horn operation disrupting at least some of the molecular orientation in the material so that the stock can be separated from the loop with an upstream directed pulling force applied to the tape stock resulting in a severance that leaves no objectionable protuberance or tab at the weldment. The tie gun also includes a quick release for freeing a tape build up in the gun incident a tape feed jam. A face of the clamp, face surfaces of the anvils and the horn tip end define a funnel envelope to facilitate tape stock feed to tape loop forming jaws on the gun at the outset of a tying cycle.

Abstract: A heat-sealing apparatus includes a casing, a pair of lower and upper binding members for vertically binding a portion of a heat-fusible wrapper therebetween, a heater attached to a binding face of the lower binding member which is in turn fixed to the casing. The heater is operable to heat-fuse the portion of the wrapper. The apparatus further includes a switching mechanism for switching over the upper binding member between a binding position where the upper binding member is pressed against the binding face of the lower binding member and a releasing position where the upper binding member is retracted in an upper-rear direction away from the binding face of the lower binding member. The upper binding member is a heat-resistant elastic pressing roller rotatable about an axis extending along a length of the heater.

Abstract: A multi-purpose clamping apparatus to join the confronting edges of two boards together during a gluing process having a pair of base plates, a central hub about which the base plates may be rotated, a rail projecting laterally from the hub on which one of the base plates is connected and a press mounted on one of the base plates and engaging the rail for drawing the base plates together. Respective clamps overlie the upper surface of the base plates.

Abstract: Holding means for a component in a friction welding operation consists of a hollow cassette which is open at one end. The component is inserted into the cassette through an aperture at the open end that is shaped to frictionally engage a thickened portion of the component with a force greater than forces transmitted to the component during a friction welding operation. The component is pressed into the cassette to a predetermined depth so that a portion of it protrudes and forms the weld interface. Material upset during the welding operation may be sheared by increasing the weld generating force to overcome the frictional holding force so the end face passes over the weld region.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the continuous application of surface cover foils to the surfaces of particle boards wherein the particle board is surfaced and roughened as it leaves a double band press in which it is manufactured. A grinding and roughening tool includes a carrier studded with grinding crystals which carrier is pressed against the surface of the particle board by pressurized air while it is oscillated in a direction normal to the movement of the particle board. Subsequently, decorative foils taken from rolls are applied to the particle board surfaces and attached thereto under heat and pressure while the particle board with the decorative foils thereon is moved through an isobaric double band press.

Abstract: In an ultrasonic welding method and apparatus for molded resin materials, molded resin materials, whose corresponding parts to be welded to each other have been superposed one upon the other, are held between a welding horn and a molded material receiving section, and the corresponding parts of the molded resin materials are welded to each other with an ultrasonic welding process. A plurality of parts of the molded material receiving section are supported independently of each other by a plurality of receiving section support members. When the corresponding parts of the molded resin materials are welded to each other, the supporting forces of the plurality of the receiving section support members are adjusted independently of each other such that a welding pressure applied by the welding horn onto each pair of the corresponding parts of the molded resin materials may become equal to a predetermined value.

Abstract: A component holder for a friction welding apparatus has upper and lower clamp members which can be urged towards each other in order to clamp between them a component to which second or further components are to be friction welded. The first component is held in the component holder substantially entirely by friction clamping forces. The component holder is particularly suited to use with friction welding apparatus in which the component holder is carried by an angularly reciprocable workpiece mounting member.

Abstract: A method of molding an elongated, tapered seamless and hollow member or tubular of net shape comprising providing an elongated, tapered mandrel, applying a composite material consisting of reinforced fibers with a resin on the mandrel, providing a shell having an elongated, tapered bore, inserting the mandrel with the composite material applied thereon into the bore of the shell to provide a mold assembly, heating the mold assembly, displacing the mandrel and shell longitudinally toward each other to compress the composite material of the article being formed by simultaneously applying a tensile force at one end of the mandrel and a compressive force at the other, allowing the mold assembly to cool, and then separating the shell and mandrel from the molded article.

Abstract: A UV-hard coat protective layer atop an ink transfer surface is provided and a method for manufacturing same. A UV-hard coat layer is applied over a heat transfer ink decal. The invention is primarily directed to the manufacture of rear illuminated instrument dials made from a transparent substrate and heat transfer ink decal. The UV-hard coat layer is applied over the ink decal using a dry heat transfer process and protects the decal from scuffs and abrasions.

Abstract: A laminating apparatus for performing a laminate treatment by sandwiching a laminate object with laminate films, comprising a laminate film containing device for containing laminate films, a sandwiching device for sandwiching a laminate object with the laminate films fed from the laminate film containing device, and a feeding device for feeding the laminate films from the laminate film containing device to the sandwiching device. The laminate film containing device and the feeding device are formed as a unit which is removably mounted on the laminating apparatus.

Abstract: Machine for automatically forming hard folders for bindery, comprising:--means for individually feeding the folder's two mirror-sections and central backbone matched to the respective lining sheet--means for pressing each paired elements thus fed;--means for horizontally moving each pair thus pressed;--means for beating the first and then the second trasverse rim projecting from the lining sheet onto the trasverse edge of the corresponding cardboard mirror-section;--means for moving backwards the angular portion of each trasverse rim being beaten and protruding out of the corresponding cardboard mirror-section;--means for beating the protruding longitudinal rims of the lining sheet onto the corresponding sides of the cardboard mirror-sections and backbone;--means for pressing the said pair with the thus beaten rims of the lining sheet. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A tool for frictionally welding and binding art overlapped part of thermoplastic strap wound about an object by an vibrator. In order to horizontally vibrate the vibrator, an upper part of flange of the vibrator is abutted to a lower part of needle holder, a lower part of the flange is engaged with an elastic member, and the vibrator is lowered by direct pressure of needle holder, and lifted by the elastic member. Thus, by the leading end of vibrator that is horizontally vibrated, an upper strap is vibrated in the direction of width against a lower strap, while applying a pressure to the overlapped strap part, and the overlapped strap part is frictionally welded.

Abstract: To weld together thermoplastic foils to form folders or binder jackets (1), in which the thermoplastic material is difficult to weld by externally supplied heat, an ultrasonic generator is coupled to a plurality of sonotrodes (41), assembled in a sonotrode system (17), against which a welding head (16) is reciprocated, with the foils (24) between the welding head and the sonotrode system (17). The sonotrodes are excited by ultrasonic energy, and secured to a machine frame (14) by attachment posts (45, 45') which are coupled to the sonotrodes (41) or the machine frame (14), respectively, at locations where the sonotrodes or the posts, respectively, have wave nodes when excited to ultrasonic oscillations, so that, effectively, no ultrasonic energy is coupled to the machine frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of distributing opening devices and preparing the opening devices for application individually to a packaging containers. The opening devices are positioned, closed and marshalled together to form a web or a sheet. The prefabricated opening devices are arranged in rows of length x. Two or more of the opening devices in each row are provided with projections which are placed against corresponding opening devices in a neighboring row and are welded together using ultrasonic means.

Abstract: A machine for making bags or pouches for transporting animal organs for transplantation. The invention machine is small and light weight, and completely sterilizable for use in this environment. The invention also includes additional features of a special corona treatment for the films forming the laminates from which the pouches are made, and heat seals added to the finished pouches to facilitate tearing open of the pouch in a proper manner even in the event of delamination of one of the films.

Abstract: A heat applied transfer press includes a manual actuator for displacing platens between open and closed positions as well as a pneumatic engager for pressing the platens together when the actuator has been moved to the closed position. A sensor determines when the actuator has moved the upper platen to the closed position so as to permit application of pressure to urge the heated upper platen toward and against transfer indicia and the apparel arranged on the lower platen. Another sensor determines when the pressure application has been initiated to time the duration of the pressure application. The control automatically releases the pressure and opens the press after the time duration matches a selected time duration set by the control.

Abstract: A simple combination of conventional operations uses a twin press configuration of tandem stationary, vertically acting heating and cooling platen presses in separate frames which share a fixed, hybrid bottom platen in a laminating machine. The machine therefore has aligned daylight openings ("daylights"). A set of sheets to be laminated is sandwiched between cover plates of a book which is loaded by rollingly transferring it with an edge-conveyor means, into the heating press. The path in which the book is processed ("process-path") starts at an entrance station and progresses linearly through the daylights. The system operates with a minimum cycle time based on the physical properties of the sheets to be laminated. Successive books may be loaded, in a machine using only two single daylight openings; or, in ganged single daylights; depending upon the capacity per unit time sought. A novel quick-locking carrier is provided in which a sandwich to be laminated is held.

Abstract: A method for protecting a surface from radiant heat such as for protecting an outer surface portion of an automobile from heat during radiant heating to cure paint on another newly painted outer surface portion of the automobile. Exposed adhesive on tape along one edge of masking material comprising a polyester backing layer with a reflective aluminum coating on one surface is adhered to a surface with the masking material extending between the source of radiant heat and the portion of the surface to be protected from the radiant heat.

Abstract: A system is shown and described wherein a portable printer is used to produce tags for attachment to mail trays. The printer is uploaded with plans that are the same as sort plans stored in the memory of a sorting machine with which the printer is to be used. The same sort plan that is selected for operation of the sorting machine will be input into the printer so that tags can be printed and attached to mail trays on an as needed basis. These tags can be colored coded so that the targeted day of delivery of the mail can be indicated. Act tags can be printed by scanning the mail tray tags.

Abstract: A simple combination of conventional operations uses a twin press configuration of tandem stationary, vertically acting heating and cooling platen presses in separate frames of a laminating machine which is loaded by rollingly transferring a book into the heating press in either of two loading-paths. One is at right angles to the path in which the book is to be processed ("process-path") so as to avoid using an entrance station. The other uses an entrance station which provides a loading-path parallel to the processing path through daylight openings ("daylights") in the presses, so as to support each book on the edge-conveyor means while it is stationary and coplanar with the loading-path. The system operates with a minimum cycle time based on the physical properties of the sheets to be laminated.