Abstract: A sealing and severing apparatus is disclosed for sealing plastic bags formed in succession from stock plastic film material and then severing the sealed bags from one another. The bags are filled with a foamable composition while they are being formed so that when the formed and filled bags are placed in a container, the foamable composition fills the bag with foam to thereby produce a customized foam cushion for any objects in the container.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a machine for the application of sealant to lids includes a turret head rotatable about a vertical axis. A main drive motor is coupled for driving the turret head for rotation about the vertical axis. A ring of teeth is mounted for rotation about the vertical axis and relative to the turret head. A plurality of sleeve shafts carries plates for the accommodation of lids. The sleeve shafts are mounted for rotation about axes that are parallel to the vertical axis. Each sleeve shaft includes a pinion that is in engagement with the ring of teeth. An auxiliary drive motor is provided which is independent of the main drive motor. The auxiliary drive motor is connected with the ring of teeth for driving the pinions by way of the ring of teeth at a rate of rotation independent of the rate of rotation of the turret head caused by the main drive motor.

Abstract: A board to be coated is conveyed by means of first transport means in the form of a roller conveyor to a curtain coating device. The latter comprises second transport means in the form of two conveyor belts, each of which runs round an associated straightening bar in the direction of transport of the board. The straightening bars are movable and as they move towards one another they align the boards at the side edges thereof in such a manner that the side edges extend approximately parallel to the direction of transport of the board. Conical rollers are connected to the straightening bars. During alignment, that is to say, when the straightening bars are moved towards one another, the board to be coated is at the same time lifted from the roller conveyor by means of the conical rollers and conveyed via the surfaces of the conical rollers to the conveyor belts. The latter engage laterally at the board edges and transport the board through a pouring curtain for the purpose of coating.

Abstract: In the case of an apparatus for coating a substrate with a substance, in particular a film with an adhesive, the substance is applied by means of a feeding head (4) through perforations (5) of a template (2) to the substrate in interaction with a backing roll (3) or the like within a coating nip (8). In this arrangement, the backing roll (3) has a screening cover (7) with holes (12). A radially aligned suction stream is generated in the backing roll in a region in and/or after the coating nip (8).

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for use on a curtain coating apparatus. In a curtain coater, edge guides (12) guide the free falling curtain from the hopper lip to the substrate to be coated. Lubricating liquid (15) is introduced near the hopper lip from the top of the edge guide (12). The present invention is a method and apparatus for introducing lubricating liquid (15) as close to the hopper lip as possible while avoiding any turbulence in the flow of the lubricating liquid (15).

Abstract: Relatively short sections of photographic roll films (such sections can consist of a single film frame or of two or another small number of film frames) are provided with elongated strip-shaped extensions for convenient transport through a copying machine. Extensions are severed from the leader of a roll of convoluted flexible material having a width matching the desired length of an extension, and one end of a freshly severed extension is caused to overlap one end of a film section so that the extent of overlap is not more than the width of a frame line between two neighboring frames of a roll film. One side of each extension is fully coated with a layer of hotmelt, and the extension is sealed to the respective film section by a narrow elongated heating element which is moved against the overlapping ends of the film section and the properly oriented extension. The roll can be subdivided into wider or narrower extensions, depending upon the width of film sections which are to be connected with extensions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive applicator apparatus having an adhesive applicator roller (16) rotatable in an adhesive tank (12) and a doctor blade assembly (18) associated with the applicator roller.So that the adhesive in the tank does not become aerated, the applicator roller (16) is located wholly above the level of adhesive in the tank (12), and a rotatable pick-up disc (20) is provided to feed adhesive to a receiving reservoir (24) formed in the doctor blade assembly (18).

Abstract: A label printer and applicator system which determines the height and position of moving objects on a conveyor while printing labels and positioning the labels for application on the moving objects. The printer/applicator includes a controllable label buffer, applicator actuator and label ejector to receive and apply the printed label, or eject the label when it has been determined that the application to the object cannot be made. Further embodiments include multiple applicators deployed along the conveyor to permit higher conveyor velocities and avoidance of unlabeled objects due to height/proximity relationships with adjacent packages.

Abstract: A parts feeder, comprising a feed table, a plurality of parts feed units arranged on the feed table, each parts feed unit including a carrying tape carrying parts, a cover tape covering the parts, a device peeling the cover tape, a tape dispenser, and a shutter shutting a space above the position of the dispensation of the parts, a sucker sucking the parts at a position of a suction of the parts, each of the parts feed units including a tape feed drive driving the tape dispenser and shutter drive separate from the tape feed drive, the shutter drive driving the shutter, a tape feed drive provided outside the parts feed units and driving the tape feed drive of the parts feed unit positioned at a position other than the position of the suction of the parts so that the parts feed unit at the position other than the position of the suction of the parts feeds a part forward before the sucker sucks the part at the position of the suction of the parts, and a shutter drive positioned outside the parts feed units drivi

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for welding overlapping foil edges with a heater, with contact rollers for the exterior contact at the foil edges as well as at least one height adjustment device, whereby the height adjustment device has a guide device for movement control of the respective contact roller essentially transversely to the processing direction of the foil edges, as well as a drive for moving the contact roller.

Abstract: A labeling device including a release liner and a label where the release liner is imprinted with variable information prior to being equipped with the usual release material, i.e., silicone coating.

Abstract: To form a seam of attractive appearance, a heated platen having a shaped lip acts to engage and press the central surface of an adhesively-backed sheet of a polymeric fabric against the top appearance surface of a panel and the peripheral edge of the sheet into a groove formed in the surface, the platen activating the adhesive and the lip forcing a portion of the adhesive inwardly adjacent to the sheet edge against one wall of the groove. An insertion blade presses a portion of the sheet edge towards the bottom of the groove, the blade acting as a heat shield to space and protect the other wall of the groove from the heated platen.

Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a rotating and holding mechanism which holds and rotates an object to be coated, a container which encloses the rotating and holding mechanism and prevents the dispersion of coating liquid supplied to the object, a washing fitting provided to the rotating and holding mechanism and which supplies washing liquid for washing off coating liquid which has attached to the inside of container. This washing fitting has a collection pool for collecting the washing liquid, and discharge holes through which the washing liquid in the collection pool is discharged by rotation of the rotating and holding mechanism. Thus, it is possible to evenly wash off coating liquid which has attached to the inside of the container in a short time with a small amount of washing liquid.

Abstract: A handicraft is created on a first medium and temporarily retained thereon for transfer and permanent attachment to a second medium. More particularly, a pattern is printed on one side of a transparent or translucent sheet material. On the opposite side of the sheet material there is a coating of a pressure sensitive temporary adhesive through which a reverse image of the pattern is visible. The outer surfaces of a craft material are then placed onto the sheet material over the pattern and are held thereon by the temporary adhesive. When satisfied with the arrangement of the craft material on the sheet material, a permanent adhesive is applied to the exposed surface of the craft material. The assembly of the craft material and the underlying sheet is then pressed against a desired transfer surface, such as an item of clothing, and kept in place until the permanent adhesive dries.

Abstract: A method wherein a hologram is transferred from a transfer foil formed with a fine dimple pattern and having a reflecting layer, and information, e.g., an image or a character, other than information originally recorded on the hologram is added to the transferred hologram. The method comprises preparing a transfer foil having a reflection relief hologram comprising a resin layer having a fine dimple pattern, e.g., a relief hologram, a relief diffraction grating, etc., formed on the surface thereof, and a reflecting layer formed on the dimpled surface of the resin layer, transferring at least a part of the hologram to the surface of an object, and heating a part of the transferred portion with a heating device, thereby destroying the reflecting layer to record another information.

Abstract: An optical fiber stripper is formed with an interior cylindrical elongate passage for housing a fiber length and for containing stripper fluid. To assure ample room for expansion of the fiber coating during stripping, the passage has a greater volume than that of the coated fiber after the coating expands from contact with the fluid. The passage has a fluid inlet at its interior end for introducing stripping fluid. A relatively sharp shoulder disposed at the interior end of the passage and formed by a short cylindrical neck section coaxial with the passage has a diameter only marginally greater than the diameter of the coated fiber. Once the coating in the passage is softened by the stripper fluid, the fiber is withdrawn allowing the shoulder to cleanly strip away the coating. Advantageously, the stripper is made from graphite, so that any incidental contact with the fiber during the draw-stripping operation has no deleterious effect on the fiber surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating a splicer operator's pre-splice preparation and positioning of the leading end of a new web for splicing, in a splicer, to the running web of an expiring roll. The webs both include regular and longitudinally spaced registration marks and identical, repeating and longitudinally spaced patterns.A movable table is used for the initial, off line, pre-splice web preparations. It includes a fixture for guiding the leading end of the new web along a longitudinal path and a hole puncher adjacent to the path. An optical instrument is also mounted on the table and is movable transversely across the path. The optical instrument is spaced longitudinally a preselected distance from the hole puncher. The operator moves the new web along and the optical instrument across the path until a registration mark is aligned beneath the optical instrument. The operator then punches holes in the new web using the hole puncher.

Abstract: A releasable fastener, a method of fastening together a number of pieces of paper, and a dispenser carrying a supply of releasable fasteners are disclosed. In a first embodiment, a releasable fastener is disclosed which includes a first portion having front and back oppositely-facing sides which are substantially covered with an adhesive, and a second portion having front and back oppositely-facing sides which are free of adhesive. A releasable fastener dispenser carrying a supply of releasable fasteners is also disclosed which includes a strip of carrier material, and a plurality of releasable fasteners releasably adhered to the strip of carrier material.

Abstract: A frame sheet (24) provides a frame which surrounds and supports a photograph (22). The frame sheet (24) includes a border section (40) with a center section (48) which is surrounded by the border section (40). The center section (48) is removable from the border section such that an adhesive (46) is exposed on a back surface (36) of the border section (40) for holding a margin (30) of the photograph (22). The border section (40) surrounds and supports the photograph (22) while the removable center section (48) can be secured on the rear surface (28) of the photograph (22) for providing additional support for the photograph (22).

Abstract: The cabin walls (30) and preferably also the cabin floor (34) and/or the cabin ceiling (36) each consist of a double-walled construction with an inner wall (40), an outer wall (44), and spacer elements (46) which keep the two walls spaced apart. Each wall consists of several layers (1 to 9), in sandwich construction, where the layer (1), which delimits the spray space (42) of the cabin, consists of polypropylene or of polyvinyl chloride plastic.