Abstract: A conveying device for testing and reprocessing objects (25) processed by a processing station (27), especially labelled objects (25), as for example ampoules, containers or syringes. A conveyor device conveys objects (25) to be processed in a continual, uniform motion through the processing station (27). The objects (25) are held therein in pickups (23). A feeding device (33) leads the objects individually toward the conveying device (21). A checking station (31) examines the processing result. A control stops, in case of determining an insufficiently processed, for example not labelled objects (25b), the feeding device (33) and gradually brakes the conveying device (21). The control then reverses the direction of movement of the conveying device (21) until the insufficiently processed object (21b) has reached again the processing station (27).

Abstract: The apparatus for applying decorative elements (47) to textile and non-textile flat articles (49) comprises a movable gripper (9) whose axially displaceable punch member (15) is connected to a suction source. The decorative elements (47) are taken by the punch member (15) from the shaker device (23) or with a disc (29) provided with a suction opening and pressed against the flat article (49). The adhesive is melted either by a heating plate (45) arranged beneath the flat article (49) or by a heating element at the punch member (15) and/or in the disc (29).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for bonding a printing plate to a flexible endless printing belt passed around and between a plate cylinder and an adjustable cylinder. Marked on the surface of the printing belt are a first reference line perpendicular to a center line of the printing belt and a second reference line parallel to said center line. Set below the transparent plate is a third reference line parallel to the longitudinal reference line. A turned over printing plate is placed on said transparent plate at an intersection of the third and transverse reference lines and has an adhesive on its rear surface. The first marked reference line on the surface of the printing belt is aligned vertically with said transverse reference line. The plate cylinder is rotated to bring the first marked reference line to a position just above said transverse reference line.

Abstract: A machine for depositing powder in a selected configuration, fusing the configured powder into a laminate and adhering the fused laminate to a shoe substrate. A heater raises the temperature of configured powder to fuse the powder into a laminate. A pair of radially spaced holes extend downwardly through the heater through which a fused laminate underlying the holes can be observed. Configured powder is conveyed past the heater to fuse the configured powder into a fused laminate, and a remote temperature sensor is controllably displaceable from one location to a second location so that the temperature of a fused laminate below either one of said apertures can be sensed. The temperature sensor is secured at either of the two discrete locations, and the holes can be closed by pivotally mounted caps.

Abstract: A method and related fixtures are disclosed which permit formation of stacks of thin circuitry-carrying layers. The layers terminate in an access plane having a two dimensional array of closely-spaced electrical leads. The method includes the steps of measuring the thickness of separate chips, selecting groups of chips having appropriate thicknesses, applying appropriate amounts of epoxy between adjacent chips, aligning the chips (and their electrical leads) in the direction parallel to their planes (i.e., the X-axis), and closing the cavity with an end wall which (a) exerts pressure on the stacked chips and epoxy in a direction perpendicular to the chip planes, and (b) establishes a fixed height of the stack in order to align the leads in the Y-axis. The final fixture provides a fixed-size cavity for confining the layers during curing of thermo-setting adhesive which has been applied between each adjacent pair of layers.

Abstract: An apparatus which successively and incontinuous action ensures the winding of bands from skeins, the retraction of the unwound bands, the drying of the retracted bands, and the winding by predetermined lengths, with checking of the quality of the possible variations of the lengths.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are presented for taping color separation films on a transparent base film to be used for making a printing plate for reproduction by photoengraving. The method comprises the steps of inputting to a computer taping orders of the separation films and taping positions on the transparent base film at which the separation films are to be taped on the basis of the X-Y coordinates and setting angle determined from punched holes formed in the transparent base film and register marks put on the separation films; arranging the separation films in the order in which they are to be taped on the transparent base film; positioning in sequence the separation films to be taped on the base film to a predetermined point of origin; holding in sequence the separation films positioned at the point of origin; transferring in sequence the separation films to the taping positions previously stored in the computer; and taping in sequence the separation films on the base film.

Abstract: A continuous web which is drawn off a roll is perforated on its way toward the wrapping station of a machine for the making of plain or filter tipped smokers' products or filter rod sections. The perforating device is adjustable by a control system which receives signals from a photoelectronic testing unit serving to monitor the permeability of successive increments of the web between the perforating device and the wrapping station. The combined cross-sectional area of holes per unit area of the web is increased or reduced, depending upon whether the monitored permeability is less than or exceeds a preselected optimum permeability.

Abstract: An inspection system for use in the fabrication of circuit boards of multiple, precisely registered layers. Each layer that is to be precisely registered within the circuit board is formed with at least two targets, each target corresponding in position to a target of another layer, and the targets of each layer defining a pattern that is unique to that layer. Radiography techniques allow a viewing of the registration of each target of a layer relative to a test target pattern. The test target pattern may be carried on a master template for the testing of individual layers for dimensional stability prior to stacking of the layers for lamination. Alternatively, the multiple layers may be stacked in their desired order, in which case the test target pattern for the targets of one layer are formed by the targets of at least two other layers.

Abstract: A component-insertion table is provided with a receptacle (take-up device) for the circuit carrier, a programmable adhesive dosing feeder and a programmable component dispensing unit. The receptacle containing the circuit carrier is moved coordinately below a cover of the component-insertion table to a centrally located position for the automatic application of an adhesive with the aid of the adhesive dosing feeder, as well as into a centrally located insertion position for the manual placement of the components. The adhesive-application position and the insertion position be within a window in the cover through which the individual component insertion locations on the circuit carrier are made from above in a programmed order of succession.

Abstract: Fixture means and method for accurately positioning a carrier member or button with a magnetic slider head having a gap, in a carriage to be mounted in magnetic information storage equipment, particularly adapted for use with micro and mini computers. The fixture embodies a pair of parallel rods on which the carriage can be mounted for relative sliding movement. The fixture has a transparent panel at one end. The carriage is positionable in the fixture with the carrier button and the magnetic slider head directly underneath the transparent panel. A plunger and spring is provided in the fixture to provide a holding force against the magnetic slider head against the underside of the transparent panel. A video camera is provided having a lens with a reticle in it positioned with the optical axis aligned to provide an image of the magnetic gap.

Abstract: For the adjustment and mounting of an optical component in an optical instrument, the optical component is held by an adjusting device not forming part of the instrument. After the adjusting process is completed, the component is attached to the instrument by a liquid or pasty substance which solidifies with slight change in volume. The optical component or its mount and the instrument are so developed that a form-locked, force-locked, or adherence-locked attachment is produced between them. The adjusting process can be made objective by a position-resolving receiver; the evaluation of the adjustment image and the carrying out of the adjustment movements can be effected by a computer which can also carry out the entire adjustment process completely automatically. After the firm attachment of the optical component to the instrument, the adjusting device is removed.

Abstract: A printed circuit board operation system includes a work station for receiving, orienting and retaining a printed circuit board to be operated upon. A product storage array is located adjacent the work station and comprises structure for storing and designating individual components to be assembled onto the printed circuit board in the work station. A visual image projection system is provided for generating a series of visual images each comprising an operational step to be performed on the printed circuit board. Each image is projected in a location and in an orientation corresponding to the correct positioning and orientation of the operation to be performed on the printed circuit board. Verbal instruction generating structure is also provided for producing a series of verbal instructions corresponding to the operational steps. The printed circuit board operation system may be utilized to direct the assembly, repair, modification or testing of printed circuit boards.

Abstract: Described is a machine for pre-gluing raw circuit surfaces of printed circuit boards (P.C. boards) at an adhesive station and properly positioning the P.C. boards at a placement station for placement of leadless electronic components (chips) onto the adhesive. A carousel provides program preselected vertical supply of taped components to a feeder assembly which feeds individual chips onto a nozzle of a turret-type vacuum head at a pick-up station. The turret-type head has four nozzles spaced 90.degree. apart about the central axis of the head. As the turret is rotated, a chip is transported by a nozzle, sequentially, from the pick-up station to a centering and testing station, a centering and orienting station, and a placement station. Located between the testing and orienting stations is a chip removal station for ejecting defective or inverted chips. Sensors are located at the adhesive and placement stations to detect defective P.C. boards so that they may be bypassed.

Abstract: A flexible printing plate is mounted on a print cylinder by first disposing the plate on a porous transparent panel and securing the plate in place by drawing a vacuum on the side of the porous panel opposite the plate. The panel is pivoted to a position where an operator may view the printing side of the plate and adjust the same according to indicia on the panel to insure proper alignment. Next the panel is rotated to a position where the exposed surface of the plate may be brought into contact with a properly aligned print cylinder. Adhesive on the cylinder will bond it to the plate in line contact and after the vacuum is released the free ends of the flexible plate will be drawn around the print cylinder.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing packages for LSI chips starts with the usual steps of punching holes in green sheets, screening patterning paste (adapted to form cermet conductors or the like after firing) onto the green sheet, and inspecting the green sheets optically. Here, subsets of green sheets are then stacked and compressed into sublaminates. The sublaminates are then functionally inspected electrically. Inspection is done by means of electromechanical contact, scanning electron microscope like techniques, or by other means of irradiating the conductors to energize them for electrical measurement. Measurement may be made between pairs of terminals on only one side of the device being tested, or on both sides of the device. Beams can be applied both top and bottom from a single source or plural sources. Measuring instruments employ various electromechanical techniques as well as electrons, light used photoelectrically, ions, or pneumatic ion jets.

Abstract: A process for replacement of damaged parts of a vehicle or the like is disclosed. The process includes placing a manufactured overdimensioned part over the damaged part and adhering the overdimensioned part to the damaged part. The part may be fabricated from acrylic and may include an aperture. The acrylic part or any acrylic material may be illuminated by placing an illuminating means within the aperture.

Abstract: A method for forming a traffic regulating line or like sign on a roadway pavement even if the surface pavement is very wet and generally during very unfavorable weather, the method comprising maintaining the surface area on which the sign is to be formed and the means for forming it into a confined environment sheltered from the weather, and includes the sequential steps of washing said area, drying it and locally heating the pavement up to a temperature near to that at which a primer layer composition essentially melts where contacted to said surface, and then applying on said surface an at least predominantly thermoplastic primer layer and a sign forming tape material bonded thereabove. There is also described a machine designed to be driven along said road pavement and including means designed for performing the said sequential steps in said sheltered environment.

Abstract: A fabric repairing assembly is provided with an impact cutter which is operable by a plunger that is slidably mounted in an embracing housing. The assembly is further provided with a heater which includes a sleeve that slidably receives the said housing and wherein the housing can be moved to cause the plunger to press the heater against cloth undergoing repair.

Abstract: Several flat cable embodiments (10, 10', 10", 10'", 10"") are disclosed, as are methods and apparatus (30) for the selective manufacture and connectorization of same. In accordance with one preferred flat cable embodiment (10), adapted for telephone under carpet applications, two precisely offset arrays of rectangularly shaped conductors (13, 14) are separated by a center film (16), with each array being adhesively bonded through an associated adhesive coating (21 or 22) to only the respectively adjacent one of two outer films (18 or 19).

Abstract: A process for labelling a system of file folders comprises printing a label for the system, where each printed label is different from other printed labels for the system. Each label has a field in which a set of indicia is printed, where the indicia are both machine and visually readable. The printed indicia is machine read for directing a labeler's application to a file folder flap of individual color coded labels. Each color coded label, as applied, has an indicium corresponding to one of the machine read indicium.

Abstract: A restoration apparatus for restoring a painting and bonding a canvas backing to a painting having a panel member and a frame attached thereon. A flexible mat is stretched over the frame to form an airtight chamber which is in communication with a source of vacuum. A planar heating device is yieldably disposed over said mat. The heating device is comprised of a clear glass panel with heating elements in contact therewith. A heating control means is in communication with the heating device.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with an improved construction of apparatus for adhesively joining together each end of thin and pliable tapes such as magnetic tapes usable for tape recorders and computers.

Abstract: Alphabetic labelling of articles includes the use of a label having on a portion of its face a first set of indicia and on another portion of its face a second set of indicia which relate to the same subject matter as the first set. The second set of indicia is oriented in reverse and upside down relative to the first set. A machine readable code unique to the subject matter of the sets of indicia is located on one of the face portions of the label. The label when folded about its length isolates the two fields and on application to an article, provides visual identification of the article from two of its sides. The label may be provided with a machine readable indicia code which is representative of at least one indicium of either of the sets. An article labelling system may be adapted to read the indicia code and apply as controlled by the reading operation, one or more labels having letters corresponding to the coded indicia.

Abstract: The splicer comprises a stationary block provided with a first V shaped groove for accommodating opposing ends of optical fibers, and an opening perpendicular to the groove. On the opposite sides of the stationary block there are provided a pair of slidable blocks provided with second grooves in alignment with the first groove and clamping means for clamping the fibers. The slidable blocks are moved toward and away from the stationary block by micrometers. A heater is provided in the opening for heating and fusing together the opposing ends of the optical fibers.

Abstract: A method of making an optical coupling between a first dielectric optical waveguide and a second dielectric optical waveguide comprising, launching light into one of said first or second dielectric optical waveguides, moving an end of said first dielectric optical waveguide towards an end of said second dielectric optical waveguide, observing light radiated from the end of said first dielectric optical waveguide, and when said radiated light reaches a minimum value, fixing said first dielectric optical waveguide relative to said second dielectric optical waveguide to form a permanent coupling.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising an edible web having deposited thereon or at least partially thereon a particulate medicament, the webs being thereafter fabricated and finished to pharmaceutically elegant solid dosage forms having no medicament exposed on an exterior surface. The dosage forms have a consistency of release of medicament which can be controlled to exacting specifications. The disclosed solid dosage forms are prepared by high speed automated equipment and the process by which they are made is characterized by non-destructive quality control analysis and performance evaluation both conducted on-line and integrated into the manufacturing operation. Included in the scope of the disclosed invention are certain apparatus and methods of manufacture.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising an edible web having deposited thereon or at least partially thereon a particulate medicament, the webs being thereafter fabricated and finished to pharmaceutically elegant solid dosage forms having no medicament exposed on an exterior surface. The dosage forms have a consistency of release of medicament which can be controlled to exacting specifications. The disclosed solid dosage forms are prepared by high speed automated equipment and the process by which they are made is characterized by non-destructive quality control analysis and performance evaluation both conducted on-line and integrated into the manufacturing operation. Included in the scope of the disclosed invention are certain apparatus and methods of manufacture.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising an edible web having deposited thereon or at least partially thereon a particulate medicament, the webs being thereafter fabricated and finished to pharmaceutically elegant solid dosage forms having no medicament exposed on an exterior surface. The dosage forms have a consistency of release of medicament which can be controlled to exacting specifications. The disclosed solid dosage forms are prepared by high speed automated equipment and the process by which they are made is characterized by non-destructive quality control analysis and performance evaluation both conducted on-line and integrated into the manufacturing operation. Included in the scope of the disclosed invention are certain apparatus and methods of manufacture.

Abstract: A continuous clear surfaced web adapted to be fed from a supply roll thereof for a converting operation thereon is preprinted with a succession of identical repeat patterns extending over the entire width of the web. Each pattern consists of areas which contain printed matter and at least one longitudinable discontinuous area or segment which, except for the presence of a printed register mark therein, is clear and unprinted. A photo sensitive scanner is directed at the register mark track of the feeding web for detecting the register marks and controlling in accordance therewith the timing of an associated machine operation, such as web splicing, so as to be performed in register with the web pattern. The operation of the scanner is controlled by a digital reset counter of pulses fed from a pulse generator driven by the web feeding mechanism. The counter is reset to zero upon the detection of each register mark.

Abstract: This invention relates to a mounting apparatus for aperture cards comprising cutting means for severing individual filmed images from a strip of film, said cutting means including a knife unit and a counter-knife unit, said knife unit being part of a plunger means which serves to simultaneously press the severed filmed image upon a mounting card,Resilient counter-pressure frame means mounted opposite said plunger means,And projection means including a light source and a condenser lens, the latter being mounted in said plunger means.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for lining container closures with seals, and for testing the closures. The apparatus includes means for forming an infeed stream of closures and means interacting with the stream for forming closure groups. Conveyor means accept the groups and convey same to the various stations. At an initial station the shell integrity of the closures is tested; and closures are rejected at a following station if found to be the product of short molding shots or so forth. Thereafter, an adhesive is dispensed to the closure interior, and at a successive station seals are punched from a web and emplaced in the closure. A loose liner detector and removal station detects and removes loose liners from the closures. The sealing characteristics of the closures are then tested at a further station, and closures found to be imperfect are rejected; after which the closures which successfully pass through the several stations are discharged from the apparatus.

Abstract: Microfilm is converted into microfiche by feeding the film through a cutter, cutting the film into one or more frames, and then mounting the frame(s) upon a transparent microfiche base. The microfilm has a pair of adhesive strips along the top and bottom edge of its bottom surface for attaching the microfilm to the base. The microfiche base is mounted on a fiche deck by means of registration pins; lights are provided below the fiche deck for informing the operator where to place the frames on the base; and a margin grid having guide bars overlies the base to aid the operator in mounting the frames in precise alignment on the base. The film cutter removes a slice from the cut frames to aid the operator to mount the frames.The microfiche is updated by mounting all "updatable" frames in the same row and pre-cut from each adjacent frame. A solenoid and its push pin are positioned beneath each updatable frame and a clearance opening for each push pin is located in the microfiche base.

Abstract: A labeling machine, system, and method capable of accommodating offset printed label tapes or other label tapes having discontinuities between the individual labels of a repeat print pattern, with feeding and severing such in controlled fashion utilizing a printed indicia code and a two stage feeding and cutting cycle, while uniquely securing and advancing articles or containers to be labeled with novel equipment, both in a manner to allow extremely accurate and dependable label application and subsequent label verification on the article as well as label position checking, and with discharge means positively governing discharge of the labeled articles according to acceptability or non-acceptability.