Abstract: In some examples, a system transfers, in a first transfer operation, data of a first storage volume of a first storage location to a second storage volume for a second storage location. Responsive to a completion of the transfer of data of the first storage volume to the second storage volume, the system activates tracking information to track changes to data portions of the second storage volume, the tracking information comprising a plurality of indicators that map to respective different data portions of the second storage volume. As part of a second transfer operation following the first transfer operation, the system transfers changed data indicated by the tracking information from the second storage volume to the first storage volume, without transferring unchanged data in the second storage volume to the first storage volume.

Abstract: A device for removing particulates from plant matter that includes a shelf through which the product is introduced into the device where the plant matter is moved through toward an output wherein the machine includes a lower conveyor belt, an upper conveyor belt, drive assemblies for both conveyor belts with adjustable speed wherein each conveyor belt is supported by a shelf and wherein the upper portion of each conveyor belt is moving in the direction opposing the other one resulting in the conveyor belt portions in contact with the product traveling in the same direction. An air source is provided that forces air through product as it travels between both conveyor belts through a fixed lower conduit and an upper conduit that is movable in an upward direction through a pivoting mount across the top conveyor belt that allows for displacement of the conduit from the lower conveyor belt as the product moves through the device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wood material panel pressing device for pressing a fibrous press cake in order to produce a wood material panel, including an inspection device that is designed to emit a signal in the event of a disruption. According to the disclosure, the inspection device has a camera and an evaluation unit, the camera is arranged in an intake region of the wood material panel pressing device and the evaluation unit is designed to automatically carry out a method featuring the steps: (i) continuous recording of images (B) of the intake region, (ii) continuous detection of measurement data for evaluation region pixels of images (B), which belong to a predefined evaluation region comprising at least one region bordering a target horizontal of the fibrous press cake at the top, such that evaluation data is obtained, and (iii) emission of a signal if the evaluation data changes by more than a predefined tolerance value (DT).

Abstract: A method is used in managing data inconsistencies in file systems. A data inconsistency is detected in a file system data block of a file system. The file system includes a set of file system data blocks. Information regarding the data inconsistency is provided to a client of the file system. Based on the information, the client is enabled to determine an action for recovering from the data inconsistency.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing three-dimensional models in a continuous process, comprising a build surface which has a first end in the direction of movement and a second end in the direction of movement, at least one dosing device and at least one solidification unit, characterized in that the build surface is designed to transport heavy components, and the components are transportable over the build surface essentially without distortion, and also comprising a method therefor.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to improve the production efficiency in sealing a thin film integrated circuit and to prevent the damage and break. Further, it is another object of the invention to prevent a thin film integrated circuit from being damaged in shipment and to make it easier to handle the thin film integrated circuit. The invention provides a laminating system in which rollers are used for supplying a substrate for sealing, receiving IC chips, separating, and sealing. The separation, sealing, and reception of a plurality of thin film integrated circuits can be carried out continuously by rotating the rollers; thus, the production efficiency can be extremely improved. Further, the thin film integrated circuits can be easily sealed since a pair of rollers opposite to each other is used.

Abstract: A hot-stamping device (1) is described, having a stamping device (2) for transferring a transfer layer (15u) disposed on a carrier layer (15t) of a hot-stamping foil (15) on to a substrate (14). The hot-stamping device comprises a heatable stamping roller (11) and a counter-pressure roller (12), between which a stamping gap (16) is realized, and comprising a separating device (3), disposed downstream, for separating the carrier layer (15t) from the transfer layer (15u) transferred on to the substrate (14). A flat support element (18) is disposed under the stamped substrate (17), between the stamping gap (16) and the separating device (3), directly adjoining the stamping gap (16) or at a distance of <1 mm from the stamping gap (16) or overlapping the stamping gap (16).

Abstract: A double belt press having a first, lower circulating plastic belt and a second, upper circulating plastic belt. The plastic belts have a first, low flexural strength, and a product gap is formed between facing strands of the plastic belts for forming a plate-like product. A first circulating lower steel belt and a second circulating upper steel belt are provided and have a second flexural strength which is high in comparison to the flexural strength of the plastic belts. A forming section is formed between the facing strands of the steel belts, which forms part of the product gap. The first, lower steel belt runs parallel and bears against a rear face of the first plastic belt in the forming section during operation, and the second upper steel belt runs parallel and bears against a rear face of the second plastic belt in the forming section during operation.

Abstract: The method of production of a web having a tow according to the present invention has a transfer step of transferring a product form web member which is formed by a continuous web member being cut, which product form web member is configured having a plurality of fibrous members formed from tows, to a packaging step which packages the product form web member, the transfer step has a stacking step of stacking a plurality of product form web members to form a stacked member and a variation correction step of suppressing variation of bulk of the stacked member by pressing the stacked member from above the stacked member.

Abstract: A combinational service is made enjoyable on the terminal of a user of a communication network in a simplified way. The user establishes a call on the circuit domain, and on his/her terminal, menu options are made available related to the enjoyment of the combinational service in consequence of the establishment of such call on the circuit domain.

Abstract: A method and capping apparatus is provided for securely seating a closure with curvilinear top surface onto a container in a manner that avoids damage from excessive force applied to the closure. The apparatus has a cap locking unit with a circulating compression belt that contacts a top surface of the closure/container as the combination is being transported from underneath by a conveyor. A dancer contacts an inner surface of the compression belt. Pressure is applied from the dancer through leading and trailing leg components that converge from a common pivot. Ends of the leading and trailing legs are spaced from one another less than the length of the closure. Force is applied to the closure by simultaneous pressure from both legs on different first and second areas of the closure top surface.

Abstract: A caterpillar traction apparatus (110), wherein two pairs of pulleys (122 & 123, 132 & 133) can be driven at different speeds, so that the linear member (40) being driven by the mechanism is subjected to either compression or extension forces.

Abstract: A generation section periodically generates access frequency information for identifying an access frequency of each data item according to a status of write access of the data item transmitted from a host device to a storage device. Whenever access frequency information is generated by the generation section, a determination section determines whether to write data saved in a hard disk into the storage medium, or to hold a saved state of the data. A write section writes data into the storage device according to determination by the determination section.

Abstract: A cylinder is usable for shaping or processing flat material and includes a cylindrical body, which can be rotated about a cylinder axis, and at least one group of a plurality of tools which are distributed uniformly about the periphery of the cylindrical body. These tools are able to perform a working movement in relation to the cylindrical body and are coupled to first and second control levers, which drive the working movements of the tools. A fixed cam plate is followed by the first control lever of each tool. A rotating cover disk is followed by the second control lever of each tool. The rotation of the cover disk is coupled to the rotation of the cylindrical body. The cover disk comprises a plurality of congruent sectors each having at least one section with a first radius which, when it is traced by the second control lever of each tool, allows that tool to accomplish its working movement corresponding to the cam plate traced by the first control lever.

Abstract: A pressing apparatus for continuous pressing of panels, which apparatus consists of two pressure chambers juxtaposed with a vertical clearance. Each of the chambers occupying a platen in a sealed sliding contact to the vertical inner side walls of the chamber. The mutual distance of the platens define the clearance. A transport band is in sliding contact to the platen of each chamber. The chambers are pressurized. The platen edges in contact with the band are provided with a seal having a protrusion directed towards the middle area of the platen, and means are provided to exert and maintain a pressure in the volume defined by the platen, the band and the seal.

Abstract: A method and device for providing hidden storage in non-volatile memory. A memory device is disclosed comprising a main flash array. A hidden storage area is connected to the main flash array. The hidden storage area can not be accessed without a valid password according to the present memory device.

Abstract: System and method for performing restores from backups while applications are active and accessing the data being restored. A map correlating destination locations on primary storage to source locations on backup storage for files to be restored may be generated. A restore of the files from the backup storage to the primary storage may be started. During the restore, one or more blocks of data of a file needed by an application may be determined. The map may be accessed to determine if the blocks have been restored. If the blocks have not been restored, the blocks may be restored from the backup storage to the primary storage. The restored blocks of data are accessible by the application while the restore is in progress. The map may be updated to indicate blocks of data that have been restored to the primary storage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for positioning a shoe of a shoe press/shoe clender in a paper machine. In the method, the position of the shoe (11) of the shoe calender/shoe press is measured and, based on the results of the measurement, the position of the shoe is controlled so as to be as desired in the direction of nip compression. The invention also relates to an arrangment for positioning a shoe of a shoe press/shoe calender in a paper machine, which arrangment comprises a shoe roll (10) or equivalent which includes a shoe (11) and hydraulic cylinders (12) connected thereto for moving the shoe (11). The arrangement comprises further at least two measuring devices (15) for measuring the position of the shoe (11) and means (12) for controlling the position of the shoe (11) based the results obtained by means of the measuring devices so as to be as desired in the direction of nip compression.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuously operating press for pressing planar products. The press comprises facing platens (7, 7′) between which the product (1) to be pressed is passed in order to subject the same to compression. The press further includes slat elements (2, 2′) introduced as a continuous line of adjacent slat elements between the product (1) being pressed and both ones of the press platens (7, 7′) so as to make the slats to travel with the product being pressed and to slide along the press platens, the surface of the slats facing the platens being provided with a tray recess.

Abstract: A machine for manufacturing corrugated board that includes a row of pressure applicators aligned substantially transverse to the direction of machine flow and configured to press a web of corrugated board against a heated platform. To prevent the pressure applicators from tilting when incompletely overlying the web of corrugated board, the machine includes a stabilizer configured to prevent one or more of the pressure applicators from tilting. The stabilizer may include support plates connected to the pressure applicators and a stabilizer strap connecting two of the support plates to prevent the pressure applicator from tilting. Alternatively, the stabilizer may include support plates connected to the pressure applicators and one or more alignment members to prevent the pressure applicator from tilting. The alignment members may be alignment blocks or rollers.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved flattening device for flattening pieces of meat so that said pieces of meat have a larger surface and a reduced thickness. The inventive device comprises a conveyor device (15, 31) on which the pieces of meat to be flattened are supplied to the flattening zone. In the area of the flattening zone mallet rolls or flattening rolls (29) are provided that can be displaced relative to the piece of meat. The distance between the mallet rolls or flattening rolls (29) that can be moved across the piece of meat to be flattened and a counter pressure device or surface (33) can be preferably reduced while the piece of meat is flattened.

Abstract: In a first embodiment, this invention relates to a continuously operating press, preferably for the manufacture and/or printing, lamination or the like of a one or multiple layer board web of pre-manufactured material and/or raw material, wherein the lubricant used in the press is at least one phenyl-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane-polyphenylorganosiloxane random copolymer fluid. In a second embodiment, this invention relates to a continuously operating press, preferably for the manufacture and/or printing, lamination or the like of a one or multiple layer board web of pre-manufactured material and/or raw material, wherein the lubricant used in the press is a composition comprising (i) at least one phenyl-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane-polyphenylorganosiloxane random copolymer fluid and (ii) at least one stabilizing agent.

Abstract: A method for producing pressed board deforms the mat with compression and decompression between heated plates upstream of the platens.

Abstract: A lamination machine for adhesively heat laminating adjacent surfaces of two lengths of material to each other. The machine includes a flatbed pre-laminating station with upper and lower pre-lamination conveyor belts and banks of heater components immediately above and below. At least one pre-lamination belt is vertically movable to establish and adjust a gap between belts while its associated bank of heating elements is vertically pressuredly movable to thereby tightly maintain proximity of heater elements, belts, and laminate materials. Situated immediately downstream is a pressure roller independently vertically movable to establish and adjust laminate gap distance and, during lamination operation, tensioned against a lower conveyor belt guide roller and movable by a roller pressure driver toward the guide roller.

Abstract: A lamination machine for adhesively heat laminating adjacent surfaces of two or more layers of material to each other. The machine includes upper and lower opposing conveyor belts disposed one above the other to form a lamination passage therebetween and through which layers of material travel during lamination. At least one pressure roller is tensioned against the layers to be laminated. A heating module is disposed between the entrance and pressure roller, while a cooling module is disposed between the pressure roller and an exit. The heating module provides a plurality of rigidly maintained single-structure extruded heater components for melting an adhesion constituent disposed between the layers of material in preparation for lamination.

Abstract: A laminator assembly and method utilizes an endless belt (17a, 17b, 300) and roller arrangement to apply pressure to media (100) to be laminated and to convey the media in a controlled manner to heated pressure rollers (11a, 11b, 301, 307). In one feature of the invention, control nips can be provided on one or both sides of the heated pressure rollers so as to minimize or eliminate flutes or ripples in the media to be laminated. The control nips can be applied by plate assemblies (29, 30, 315) which create the control nip and also serve to gain control of the media to be laminated prior to the media reaching the heated pressure roller arrangement. In the case where the plate assembly is downstream of the heated pressure roller arrangement, the plates can serve to hold the media flat while it cools down. The endless belts apply a tapering and controlled pressure to the media prior to the media reaching the heated pressure rollers where lamination occurs.

Abstract: A device for adhering a protective film to a personal data recording surface of an individual identification booklet comprising a heat press board and a pressure receiving board disposed in vertically opposed relationship, an upper and a lower belt disposed between opposing surfaces of the heat press board and the pressure receiving board, and a booklet transfer mechanism interposed between opposing surfaces of the upper and lower belts and adapted to intermittently transfer an identification booklet. The upper and lower belts and the identification booklet interposed between the upper and lower belts are heated while being held under pressure between the opposing surfaces of the heat press board and the pressure receiving board so that the protective film bound into the identification booklet is thermally adhered to the personal data recording surface when the book transfer mechanism stops transferring of the identification booklet.

Abstract: A press for pressing a mat into a thin panel has a press frame, upper and lower press plates on the frame, upper and lower press belts having confronting lower and upper stretches defining a press gap extending in a horizontal and longitudinal transport direction and respectively running below and above the upper and lower press plates, respective arrays of rollers between each press plate and the respective stretch, and upper and lower flexible intake plates juxtaposed respectively above and below upstream ends of the lower and upper stretches of the belts and defining therewith an intake mouth flaring upstream. An array of spaced differential hydraulic actuators is braced between at least one of the intake plates and the frame and is operable to deform the one intake plate and thereby change the spacings of the belts at the mouth. A controller connected to the actuators can therefore steplessly change the shape and position of the belts at the mouth.

Abstract: A heating device (1) for a corrugated cardboard facility includes several heating plates (3) arranged sequentially along a path in the advancing direction of a sheet of corrugated cardboard (2). Compression elements (4) are arranged above the heating plates (3) in position to act on the sheet of corrugated cardboard (2) as it advances along the path. An intake belt (e) is located in a starting area (a) of the heating plates (3) between at least a part of the sheet of corrugated cardboard (2) and at least one compression element (4.1, 4.2).

Abstract: A continuous press for pressing a thick mat into a thin panel has a press frame, upper and lower press belts having confronting lower and upper stretches defining a press gap extending in a horizontal transport direction, upper and lower flexible intake plates juxtaposed respectively above and below upstream ends of the lower and upper stretches of the belts and defining therewith an intake mouth flaring upstream, and a plurality of hydraulic actuators braced between at least one of the intake plates and the frame and operable to deform the one intake plate and thereby change the spacing of the belts at the mouth. A desired shape of the one intake plate at the mouth is established in accordance with the thickness of the mat, the density of the mat, and the thickness of the panel.

Abstract: A continuously operating press is described for the manufacture and/or coating of board webs consisting of a fleece or mat in which the press belts are supported on a lubricant film formed on a slide lining. For the marginal width adjustment of the press zone the slide linings are subdivided into a main zone and adjoining marginal strip zones respectively. In one embodiment of the invention transition zones are in each case provided between two of these slide lining zones and are either made groove-free or provided with blind grooves, which serve neither as supply nor as discharge for lubricant. In a further embodiment of the invention adjacent grooves in these slide lining zones are alternatively provided with supply and discharge openings for the lubricant.

Abstract: A press for pressing a mat into a thin panel has a press frame, upper and lower press plates on the frame, upper and lower press belts having confronting lower and upper stretches defining a press gap extending in a horizontal and longitudinal transport direction and respectively running below and above the upper and lower press plates, and upper and lower flexible intake plates juxtaposed respectively above and below upstream ends of the lower and upper stretches of the belts and defining therewith an intake mouth flaring upstream. An array of spaced fluid-powered actuators carried on the frame each have outer ends juxtaposed with one of the intake plates. Thermal insulation is provided between the actuator outer ends and the one intake plate to protect the actuators from the heat of the intake plates. Swivel joints, normally ball joints, are provided between the actuator outer ends and the one intake plate.

Abstract: A double press for making and/or coating of web-shaped or plate-shaped workpieces of all types includes a reaction zone in which the pressure load of the workpiece passing through the press, and the intensity of the heat transfer or the heat removal are designed to be adjustable for individual products over an extended range. Between the pressing rolls (9) and the pressure plate (6), there are disposed bearing rollers (10) associated with the pressing rolls. A liquid pressure-transmitting medium flows turbulently in a short circulatory loop through the pressure chamber and a heating or cooling unit (13) located outside the pressure chamber. The double band presses can be employed in the furniture and electrical industry as well as in other branches of industry where laminated materials are used or processed.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously produced pressed board has a structuring belt in the form of a metal wire screen which is fed with a respectively endless steel belt and the wood-based mat passing through a continuous press whose heated upper and lower press platens have the belts guided therealong via rollers displaceable along closed paths. The wire mesh configuration of the structuring belt is continuously impressed into the pressed board strand which is produced.

Abstract: Transferring and extracting sticky blanks. The apparatus including a thin layer disposed under tension stress in contact with the top of the go length and extending in the travel direction of said length downstream beyond the zone in which said length bends and as far as a zone where said layer co-operates with a takeup transporter. The apparatus is applicable to lines for shaping after prior pressing and heating.

Abstract: A double-belt system for processing viscous melts includes a driven upper belt having a lower working run, and a driven lower belt having an upper working run spaced beneath the lower working run to form a gap therewith for receiving a viscous melt. A gap-adjusting mechanism includes upper rollers engaging an upper surface of the lower working run, and lower rollers engaging a lower surface of the upper working run. A distance between the upper rollers and lower rollers is adjustable to vary a size of the gap. A compensation mechanism is disposed over the lower working run to apply an upward force thereto for pulling the lower working run against the upper rollers, thereby resisting sagging of the lower working run. At least one delivery mechanism applies a temperature-controlled liquid across an entire width of the lower working run for controlling a temperature thereof. The liquid is extracted by an extraction mechanism disposed downstream of the delivery mechanism.

Abstract: A continuously operating press for the production of particleboards, fiberboards or similar wooden-material boards and plastic sheets allows for the free longitudinal expansion or contraction of the press heating plates by having a press force frame structure of individual press frames positioned between support carriers and mounted on sliding members on the lower support carriers. The sliding members are designed as rolling wheel segments that are assigned to each individual frame of the press force support structure.

Abstract: A machine and method for manufacturing corrugated board, including several machines for applying heat to both sides of the corrugated board during the manufacturing process. Different types of heat exchangers may be used on the top and bottom sides of the moving surface to transfer sufficient heat to the moving surface, to remove moisture and to cure the adhesive of the corrugated board. Independently controlled heat exchangers enable the manufacturer to regulate the heat applied to the corrugated board across the width of the machine and in the direction of the machine flow, in response to varying the desired width and thickness of corrugated board. Unused areas of the hotplate section may be isolated to minimize the heat loss in the machine when narrow width corrugated board is manufactured.

Abstract: A method of controlling the press force on at least one press heating plate along the press length of an operating cycle. For a reduction of specific press force from a maximum press force towards a zero press force, a setting force for a longitudinal deformation of the at least one press heating plate is increased accordingly. For an increase in the specific press force from a zero press force towards a maximum press force, the setting force for the longitudinal deformation of the press heating plates is reduced accordingly. For a reduction of the specific press force from the maximum press force towards the zero press force, the longitudinal gradient tan .beta. is set to be approximately twice as large as the gradient tan .alpha. at the press force maximum. The longitudinal gradient and setting force can thus be controlled along an entire pressing path for an increase or decrease in the specific press force.

Abstract: A double backer for curing the web bonding adhesive and drying the corrugated paperboard web utilizes a web holddown apparatus for maintaining the web in intimate drying contact with the lower heating units which does not require the use of a driven holddown belt. The holddown is provided instead by a series of parallel, flexible, closely spaced strips suspended above the web in the heating section and extending in the direction of web travel. Supplemental holddown force may be provided by banks of spring fingers supported above and in contact with the holddown strips on a transverse support rod which may be rotated to vary the amount of supplemental holddown force. Alternately, the holddown strips may comprise continuous cables in which one run of the cables rests upon the moving web to provide the web holddown and a second run includes high friction cable portions which are movable into driving contact with the upper surface of the web to pull it through the heating section, as for initial web thread up.

Abstract: A heat transfer system in which a continuous web of material (13, 14) is carried past a hot plate surface (12) with one face of the web in contact therewith, and a series of fluid-filled vessels (15) above the web to apply a load on the upper surface thereof to maintain uniform contact between the web and the hot plate surface irrespective of any undulation thereof. A transport section to convey the web past the hot plate surface comprises upper and lower traction belts (16, 17) disposed entirely beyond the end of the hot plate surface (12) with a fixed plate (18) beneath the lower belt (17) and a series of fluid-filled vessels (19) above the upper belt (16) which serve to maintain adequate drive contact between the belts (16, 17) and the web (13, 14).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying variable pressure to a moving surface, such as a moving web of corrugated paperboard. The apparatus includes a frame secured to a fixed structure and located proximate to a heated platform. A number of pressure applicators having movable pressure-applying feet are mounted on the frame. The moving surface moves between the heated platform and the feet of the pressure applicators. The pressure-applying feet are movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the moving surface. This allows the pressure-applying feet to press the moving surface against the heated platform as the moving surface moves between the heated platform and the feet of the pressure applicators. Each pressure applicator may be independently controlled, typically by an inflatable air bladder, to apply variable pressure to the moving surface.

Abstract: A continuously operating press includes a press ram, a press table, flexible, endless steel bands which draw in a pressable material and transmit press pressure to the pressable material, drive and, deflecting rollers for guiding the steel bands around the press table and the press ram, upper and lower heating plates disposed between the press ram and the press table and between which a press nip is defined, and press cylinder-piston arrangements for adjusting the press nip. Tensioning brackets which are connected to the press table have openings within which the press cylinder-piston arrangements are received. Further, short-stroke cylinder-piston arrangements are arranged transversely with respect to the pressing path and beneath the lower press heating plate to permit a concave or convex deformation in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A zipper fusing machine is mounted on an open frame and includes a zipper supply mechanism, a zipper material fusing mechanism and a plastic web tensioning assembly. The zipper supply mechanism supplies zipper material to the fusing mechanism by a nip-roller assembly. A zipper tension assembly includes a two series of pulleys, one rotatably mounted on a support extending from the frame, the other series of pulleys are rotatably mounted on a pivot rod. The zipper material is wound between the series of pulleys in a serpentine manner. The fuse mechanism includes a pair of endless belts configured to have one vertical leg facing each other and spaced apart such that belts move passively as the zipper material and plastic web pass between the adjacent sides of the belts. A heat bar is located behind each belt and fuse the zipper material to the plastic web as they pass over the heat bar.

Abstract: A continuously operating press produces particle, fiber, plastic and wood boards continuously from pressing stock. The press includes a heating platen provided on one side of the press and a plurality of press platen segments arranged on a side opposite to the heating platen. The press platen segments are resiliently coupled to one another by snap-action hinges and the separation space between the press platen segments and the heating platen is independently adjusted. The pressing stock is pulled through the separation space which has been optimally controlled to produce boards with desired density profiles at a maximum production speed.

Abstract: A machine for manufacturing corrugated board including one or more flexible, disposable covers for the pressure-applying feet of the machine. The covers prevent wear and tear to the bottoms of the pressure-applying feet and may be easily replaced, as needed. In a belt-driven machine, the disposable covers may be located between the pressure-applying feet and the conveyor belt. In a machine with a beltless hotplate section, the conveyor belt is replaced by a pulling section located downstream from the hotplate section and the disposable covers may be located between the pressure-applying feet and the moving surface. The covers allow the thickness of the corrugated board to be varied while the board is moving through the machine without causing the leading edge of an added layer to catch on the upstream edges of the pressure-applying feet. In addition, the covers and/or the pressure applicators may be moved in the cross-machine direction to minimize waste when manufacturing different widths of corrugated board.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for applying variable pressure to a surface. The apparatus includes a frame secured to a fixed structure and located proximate to the surface. The frame is in movable relation with a pressure applicator in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface. The pressure applicator is connected to a pressure source. The pressure applicator contacts the surface. A mechanical compensator is mounted integrally with the pressure applicator to enable the pressure applicator to compensate for any variations in the contour of the surface. The present invention also includes a control device for varying the pressure supplied to the pressure applicator that is ultimately applied to the surface.

Abstract: Continuous 3-D forming machine using upper and lower revolving endless, flexible, forming belts produces three-dimensional patterned products from heated thermoplastic material. The mold belts revolve synchronously in elongated oval paths around their respective carriages moving in opposed face-to-face relationship defining one or more travelling mold channels progressing from an entrance to an exit. Formable heated thermoplastic material feeds into the entrance, and attractive 3-D products proceed from the exit. Revolving mold surfaces are operated at least 25.degree. F. above room temperature, for example in a range of 110.degree. F. to 140.degree. F., for providing aesthetic surface qualities on products having content which may be foamed to densities in the range of about 0.9 to about 0.4. Thermoplastics in such travelling mold channels are appropriately chilled when differentials .DELTA.

Abstract: A zipper fusing machine is mounted on an open frame and includes a zipper supply mechanism, a zipper material fusing mechanism and a plastic web tensioning assembly. The zipper supply mechanism supplies zipper material to the fusing mechanism by a nip-roller assembly. A zipper tension assembly includes a two series of pulleys, one rotatably mounted on a support extending from the frame, the other series of pulleys are rotatably mounted on a pivot rod. The zipper material is wound between the series of pulleys in a serpentine manner. The fuse mechanism includes a pair of endless belts configured to have one vertical leg facing each other and spaced apart such that belts move passively as the zipper material and plastic web pass between the adjacent sides of the belts. A heat bar is located behind each belt and fuse the zipper material to the plastic web as they pass over the heat bar.

Abstract: A method for converting a board manufacturing plant from a discontinuous method of operation to a continuous one. A pre-assembly and trial start-up of the to-be-installed continuous press is performed at a close-by location during operation of the to-be-replaced press. An appropriate set-up area of sufficient floor strength is established close to the production hall, and the continuous press is designed to have vertical mechanical junctions for the transport of individual modules. These modules, being provided with assembly bridges and lifting devices, are transportable as units resistant to flexure and torsion.