Abstract: This invention relates to an improved wide format color digital print engine, and in particular to a drum-based large format digital ink jet print engine having a vertically articulated carriage portion which carries both the print heads and an imaging array, adjustable saber angles for print heads, a novel service station, and an extremely robust weight-bearing carriage architecture. In particular, the present invention provides a highly manufacturable print engine benefiting from a discrete few controlled mounting locations so that accurate mounting of the cooperating sub-assemblies allow a very stable carriage assembly for driving said carriage laterally with respect to a printing medium coupled to the exterior of a drum.

Abstract: A rotary speed detector includes a rotating angle sensor for outputting digital signals which constitute rotating angle data of a rotating member, an angle variation calculator for calculating an angle variation with respect to a predetermined interval of time and a revolving speed calculator for calculating rotary speeds from the angle variation.

Abstract: A dust bag for vacuum cleaners including a bag shaped member of an air permeable material, adjacent to an inlet opening attachable by an adhering layer to a plate shaped member to facilitate mounting of the dust bag in an intended vacuum cleaner. The adhering layer is protected before use by a removable protective film. The adhering layer includes a number of parts joined with the bag shaped member surrounding an inlet opening, adjacently located and having an increasing distance in relation to each other from the inlet opening, each having an individual protective part of the removable protective film, preferably divided in separate segments by tear off indicates facilitating removal of individual parts of the protective film to adapt the area of resulting adhering layer to utilized plate shaped member, as well as adaption of the inlet opening by tearing off such segments together with underlying bag material.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the transverse position of a strip of packaging material on a packaging machine for producing packages containing a pourable food product, the device having a slide movable crosswise with respect to the strip and carrying a gripping member for moving the strip transversely; and a system for automatically adjusting the position of the slide in response to signals generated by optical sensors for detecting respective limit positions of the strip.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive stencil master making system includes a thermal head having an array of a number of heater elements which extends in a main scanning direction substantially perpendicular to a sub-scanning direction in which the thermal head is moved relatively to heat-sensitive stencil master material when imagewise perforating the heat-sensitive stencil master material. Each of the heater elements is longer in the main scanning direction than in the sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: A method of event analysis in an intelligent electronic device is presented. The intelligent electronic device includes a microprocessor and associated memories. An algorithm (program) stored in a memory of the intelligent electronic device analyzes events of an electrical distribution system at the intelligent electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved bead wire letoff assembly and method of operation that controls the tension of wire being pulled from a wire spool mounted to the bead wire letoff assembly. The improved wire letoff assembly can accurately control the rotational speed of the wire spool and incorporates a cam plate and tension arm linkage to control the braking force applied to the wire spool.

Abstract: A roll quadrant conveyor for conveying strip material generally includes a plurality of support members for supporting a plurality of rolls around a quadrant roll of any desired wrapping angle and, further, a plurality of rolls journaled for rotation in the support members. The rolls are positioned on opposed sides of a conveyor centerline, with each roll positioned at an angle of less than 90° with the conveyor centerline. The rolls define a chevron pattern around the wrapping angle. The strip material, in motion, is centered on the conveyor by the rolls arranged in the chevron pattern. The rolls are profiled rolls.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the invention is specifically configured to allow a printer's or a user's account to accumulate a credit balance and for all or a portion of this balance to be presented to the corresponding user or users as a collection of “points”. If the printer account has a credit balance, then the corresponding points may be redeemed by the user or users for particular products or services. Users thereby learn to associate fee-earning activities in relation to the printer, such as the printing of advertising and online purchasing, with the accumulation of points, thus maximising the likelihood that a particular printer will not become a cost burden to its provider.

Abstract: A method and device for improving the throughput of a continuous web cutter, which is operated in move-and-pause cycles to allow the web to be cut into cut sheets. To avoid tear and web breakage, the web is fed at a low cycle rate at the starting stage. The cycle rate is progressively increased. When a feed rhythm is developed at the higher cycle rate, a constant cycle rate is maintained for the rest of the web operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides yarn winder that can provide a vibration suppressing function for the yarn winder over a long period despite minor differences in vibration characteristic among individual yarn winders. A vibration suppressing device is provided in a yarn winder comprising rotatable bobbin holders 105 and 106 supported on a body frame 102, the bobbin holders each having bobbins installed thereon and around which packages P are formed. The vibration suppressing device comprises an impact damper 10 comprising a mass body 11 and a regulation member 13 for holding the mass body 11 in such a manner as to have degrees of freedom. The impact damper 10 is provided in a site that vibrates as the bobbin holders 105 and 106 rotate, for example, at a tip of an elevating bracket 109.

Abstract: A filter cartridge is made of an accordion fold pack folded in a zigzag-shape. At the end faces (4) of the accordion fold pack, running parallel to the folds, provision is made for the closing elements (5) which include stiffening strips (6), partially covering the accordion fold pack (2), at least on its discharge side, and sealing elements (7) integrally connected to the stiffening strips (6).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reel for winding yarn. The reel is formed from a plurality of identical modular elements. Each modular element is a single rod having a plurality of bends. The modular elements are disposed in a series of adjacent elements which are welded to one another at two points between each adjacent element.

Abstract: The problem to be solved by this invention is a conventional printing web position adjusting apparatus poses a problem in which angularly displacing means having excellent accuracy is difficult to install, large power is needed, fabrication cost is high, an adjustment result cannot be detected since a side edge position is detected on an inlet side of the apparatus and space saving cannot be achieved. A printing web position adjusting apparatus for adjusting a side edge position of printing web to a previously,determined position based on an output signal of an edge sensor provided on a downstream side of the apparatus by angularly displacing integrally two of guide bars provided between two guide rollers orthogonal to a travelling direction of printing web and in parallel with each other and respectively having different angular displacement centers arranged such that printing web is made to wrap over substantially 180 degree of peripheral faces thereof while maintaining parallelism therebetween.

Abstract: A device and method for guiding a transversely stable material web. The device contains at least one roller and one counter roller disposed on opposite sides of the material web. The roller and counter roller can be swiveled synchronously with each other, thereby holding the material web between each other with a clamping grip. This device provides a substantially higher guiding force in relation to the running direction of the web than devices with stationary abutments.

Abstract: A transmission vent assembly includes an apparatus having a central, internal passage extending therethrough. The internal passage has a larger diameter portion defining a pocket. A filter is disposed in the pocket to condense and return fluid to the transmission through the internal passage. The apparatus includes a shoulder adjacent the upper surface and a double lead thread initiating at the shoulder and terminating at a lower end. The assembly further includes a cup-shaped cap, press fittingly disposed over the apparatus. The cap and shoulder define an annular cavity and the cap and the double lead thread define first and second threaded passages. The cap includes an outward impression in the closed end which cooperates with the upper surface of the apparatus to define a connecting passage. Two bi-directional air flow paths extend between the transmission and the atmosphere through the internal passage, connecting air passage, annular air cavity, and each of the two threaded passages.

Abstract: An air treatment appliance having an external body at least partially constructed of a translucent material. An air inlet and an air outlet in the external body permit airflow through the device. A fan inside the body is operable to draw in air through the air inlet and to expel it through the air outlet and the air may be passed through a filter mechanism in the device. At least some components of the interior of the air treatment appliance having a condition capable of visibly changing during an operation of the appliance, such as the filter mechanism and the fan, are visible from the exterior through the translucent material of the external body such that the condition is visible from the exterior of the external body through the translucent material. The translucent material may be clear, colored, or a predetermined combination of colors.

Abstract: A printer for printing on both sides of a document includes first printing document guides, through which a document is driven for printing on a first side of the document, second printing document guides, through which the document is driven for printing on a second side of the document, and transfer document guides, into which the document is driven between motions within the first and second printing document guides, with a deflector determining the printing document guide into which a document is driven from the transfer document guides. A print head is pivotally mounted between the printing document guides, being pivoted between a position adjacent the first printing document guides and a position adjacent the second printing document guides.

Abstract: A method for producing a cheese, wherein the cheese rotates around its longitudinal axis and the yarn is subjected to a cross-winding movement while being fed to the cheese and wound thereon, and having a crossing angle, a winding angle and a placement distance associated therewith. The method including the steps of controlling the crossing angle and the winding ratio as a function of the cheese diameter during the winding process while controlling the placement distance so that it increases in conjunction with an increasing cheese diameter thereby preventing deformations and improving the production of cheeses. A cheese produced in accordance with the method of the present invention offers advantages for stacking and during transport.

Abstract: A filter apparatus (10) for use in a hopper section (11) of a sweeper truck includes: (a) a horizontal, rectangular, screened main frame portion (20) for attachment within the hopper section (11), (b) a mechanism for attaching the filter apparatus (10) to the hopper section (11); and (c) at least one V-shaped filter section (26), which extends downwardly to a point from the main frame portion (20) in a vertical direction, an upper portion of the V-shaped filter section being attached to the main frame portion, the V-shaped filter section being covered with a screen.