Plural Sequential Bending Means Patents (Class 156/463)
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Patent number: 11001015Abstract: A tool for shaping non-cured reinforcement fibers into a substantially T-shaped profile, comprising a web-shaping tool and a forming tool, wherein the forming comprises an inflatable diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Alexander Gillessen, Jorve Kohls
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Patent number: 9540207Abstract: A tape applicator having an edge folding structure includes a main body and an edge folding block. The edge folding block is provided with a transverse press board, a longitudinal reverse folding block, a longitudinal reverse folding reinforcement block, and a longitudinal flattening board. A distance is defined between the flattening board and the reverse folding reinforcement block. An outer side of the reverse folding block is pivotally connected with a folding post. The tape applicator has a simple structure and can be assembled easily with the folding post to be pivoted to the outer side of the reverse folding block. The tape applicator enables the tape to form a nonstick side edge exactly for the user to tear off the tape from a packing.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8795457Abstract: A fabrication method of forming a thermoplastic composite laminate material with tailored and varying thickness in a continuous process. This process utilizes automated equipment or hand lay-up to collate parts or components into a multi-layer stack. Each stack contains all plies, including ply build-up areas, tacked in the proper location to maintain orientation and location. The consolidation tooling contains all necessary part features and is coordinated to the customized multiple ply stacks to form a single integrated thermoplastic composite laminate potentially having areas of differing thickness from these multiple ply stacks.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Alex Rubin, James Fox, Randall Wilkerson
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Patent number: 8627868Abstract: Apparatus (30) for making pre-shaped insulating sheets (10) for use in a stator or in a rotor comprising shaping elements (40-44) such to produce, starting from a continuous strip (15) made of electrically insulating material having a flat or substantially flat cross section, a strip portion having a cross section comprising a central septum (20) and two lateral portions (21-23, 21?-23?) joined to a respective end portion of the central septum (20), each of the lateral portions comprising a first section (21,21?) joined to the central septum (20), a second section (22,22?) joined and perpendicular, or essentially perpendicular, to the first section (21,21?), a third section (23, 23?) joined to the second section (22,22?) and inclined with respect to the latter towards the central septum (20).Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Tecnomatic S.p.A.Inventor: Sante Guercioni
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Patent number: 8529721Abstract: A method and apparatus for a tray, a folding section connected to the tray, and a tape application system. The tray has a channel for receiving an elongate insert for a composite material with a number of layers for a release system. The folding section is capable of folding a number of layers around the elongate insert to cover the elongate insert as the elongate insert is moved through the folding unit. The tape application system is capable of applying a tape to the number of layers for covering the elongate insert to form the release system.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brian G. Robins, Darrell D. Jones, Kurtis S. Willden, Daniel M. Rotter
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Patent number: 8257536Abstract: A method and apparatus for a tray, a folding section connected to the tray, and a tape application system. The tray has a channel for receiving an elongate insert for a composite material with a number of layers for a release system. The folding section is capable of folding a number of layers around the elongate insert to cover the elongate insert as the elongate insert is moved through the folding unit. The tape application system is capable of applying a tape to the number of layers for covering the elongate insert to form the release system.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brian G. Robins, Darrell D. Jones, Kurtis S. Willden, Daniel M. Rotter
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Patent number: 7972457Abstract: A device for draping and pre-shaping curved profiled structural components of fiber materials includes at least one shaping tool having a curved shaping face which has a profiled cross-section and which defines the outer contour of the profiled structural component. The device also includes a plurality of unwinding devices each for discharging a web-like fiber material, a device for performing a relative movement between the shaping tool and the plurality of unwinding devices for tangentially winding the web-like fiber materials onto the curved shaping face under tension, and a fixing device for finally fixing the shape of all of the web-like fiber materials wound on the curved shaping face. A method of draping and pre-shaping curved profiled structural components of fiber materials is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Jan Schoppmeier, Rolf Sundermann, Holger Purol, Axel Herrmann
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Patent number: 7954532Abstract: An apparatus for forming a hem is provided. The apparatus has a tape station for use in application of tape to a blank. A hemmer is used for folding the blank. A driving roller is present for use in moving the blank and for use in compressing the blank and the tape to form a hem. A method of forming a hem is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: U.S. Banner Corp.Inventor: Terry Puleo
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Patent number: 7905975Abstract: A process for manufacturing a preform, and apparatus therefor, wherein a preform with a branched portion in its cross-section profile is continuously manufactured by delivering a raw form of reinforcing fiber base material with a branched portion in its cross-section profile, among multiple reinforcing fiber base materials for constructing the preform, intermittently in the longitudinal direction thereof; at each delivery discontinuation, performing heat and/or pressure application to the raw base material so as to tentatively obtain a preliminary shaped matter with given configuration; and uniting the obtained preliminary shaped matter with given configuration with raw forms of other reinforcing fiber base materials for constructing the preform.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Tamotsu Suzuki, Haruhiko Tsuji, Kounosuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7807005Abstract: A fabrication method of forming a thermoplastic composite laminate material with tailored and varying thickness in a continuous process. This process utilizes automated equipment or hand lay-up to collate parts or components into a multi-layer stack. Each stack contains all plies, including ply build-up areas, tacked in the proper location to maintain orientation and location. The consolidation tooling contains all necessary part features and is coordinated to the customized multiple ply stacks to form a single integrated thermoplastic composite laminate potentially having areas of differing thickness from these multiple ply stacks.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Alexander M. Rubin, James R. Fox, Randall D. Wilkerson
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Patent number: 7735448Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of bonding garments with elastomers and particularly to a system and method to cut and hem in a garment in a continuous process and also a system and method to incorporate an elastic strip into a garment in a continuous process and a system and method to provide computer control of hemming, bonding, gathering and inserting an elastic strip into a garment.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2008Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Rahimi Textile Technologies Ltd.Inventor: Shmuel Rahimi
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Patent number: 7537036Abstract: An adhesive tape cutter provided with a double-portion forming means that folds a longitudinal side edge of a predetermined width of adhesive tape in the direction that its adhesive face is facing to form a double portion as a non-adhesive portion by pulling out the adhesive tape through between adhesive face-side members disposed on the side faced by the adhesive face and non-adhesive face-side members disposed on the side faced by a non-adhesive face thereof with both the members contacting and pressing against the adhesive tape.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Inventors: Hidejiro Namekawa, Mitsuaki Imazeki
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Patent number: 7357285Abstract: The adhesive tape cutter comprises a body bracket with a support that rotatably supports an adhesive-tape roll and a cutting section to cut adhesive tape pulled out from the adhesive-tape roll supported. A path to pull out the adhesive tape from the support to the cutting section is a double-portion forming section that comprises adhesive face-side members disposed on a side faced by an adhesive face of the adhesive tape and non-adhesive face-side members disposed on a side faced by a non-adhesive face thereof that folds a longitudinal side edge of a predetermined width of the adhesive tape in a direction that the adhesive face is facing to stick when the adhesive tape is inserted between both the member groups and pulled out pressing against the members. A tape cover is provided outside the support and pivotably coupled to the body bracket.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Inventors: Hidejiro Namekawa, Mitsuaki Imazeki
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Patent number: 7347913Abstract: Apparatus (20) and methods for segmenting a blood-filled tube (42) into multiple, blood-containing, sealed segment are disclosed. The apparatus (20) includes a tubing locating surface (22) for mounting the tubing and sealing means (24) cooperatively associated with the tubing locating surface (22).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2002Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.Inventor: Joseph Dallapiazza
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Patent number: 7334620Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive tape cutter capable of, when attaching an adhesive tape to an object, automatically forming a non-adhesive area that constitutes a tab in order to make it easier to peel off the adhesive tape. An adhesive tape cutter 1 comprises: a support member 5 located at one end of a main bracket 2 to support a wound body of adhesive tape 4 so that the wound body of adhesive tape 4 can rotate; a cutting member 6 located at the other end of the main bracket 2 to cut an adhesive tape 3 drawn from the wound body of adhesive tape 4; an overlapping-area-forming mechanism 7 located between the support member 5 and the cutting member 6 to form an overlapping area 3E along one margin of the adhesive tape 3 in its lengthwise direction; and a pressing member 8 that is located near the cutting member 6 and comes into contact with the non-adhesive surface 3B of the adhesive tape 3, thereby pressing the adhesive tape 3 to the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: CPC Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshiaki Imazeki
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Patent number: 6945297Abstract: Tape, such as masking tape, that is used during the painting of automobiles to mark the boundaries of various areas on the vehicle, is fed from a device that automatically folds the edges of the tape over onto the remaining portion of the tape. The tape thus has areas adjacent to the edges that do not adhere to the substrate and thus permits paint to move under the tape at such defined areas wherein no tape line will be produced during the painting process.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Inventors: Greg Gonzalez, Tina M. Gonzalez
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Patent number: 6920907Abstract: A process for forming irrigation drip tape includes, broadly, the steps of a) supplying a longitudinally continuous strip of flexible plastic material in a first direction; b) heating a narrow band of the strip along a longitudinal axis thereof; c) depositing a continuous bead of material on an upper surface of the strip, along the narrow band, while the strip moves in the one direction; d) cooling the strip and the bead; e) folding the strip longitudinally so that the longitudinal edges overlap; and f) sealing said longitudinal edges to form a tubular drip tape with a longitudinal, overlapped seam, with the bead extending parallel to the seam and in opposed, facing relationship thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2002Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Nelson Irrigation CorporationInventors: Charles R. Harrold, Theodore J. Bren, Jr.
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Patent number: 6884763Abstract: A waterless hand cleaner formulation includes an organic solvent, a quantity of water and a surfactant present to form a gelatinous emulsion. The gelatinous emulsion is loaded with 0.1 to 25 total weight percent of a natural essential oil having topical antimicrobial activity. Oil of oregano is particularly well suited for this application.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Permatex, Inc.Inventors: Dean M Willard, George Barraza, Jonathan D. Zook
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Patent number: 6860308Abstract: A method and apparatus for the manufacture of a two-sided image product is disclosed, comprising the steps of: providing a web of media having an image bearing side and a non-image bearing side; printing a plurality of undetermined images on the image bearing side; applying an adhesive to the non image bearing side; moving the web of media in a direction longitudinal to the web; forming a crease line on the web of media, the crease line running in the longitudinal direction along the web; and folding the web of media along the crease line so that the non-image bearing side contacts itself so as to adhere the non-image bearing side to itself.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William C. Archie, Jr., Frank Pincelli, Dale F. McIntyre, Joseph A. Manico
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Patent number: 6748992Abstract: Described is an installation (10) for producing multi-layer composite tubes (116). The installation (10) has a metal strip unwinding device (44), a metal strip storage device (48) adjoining the metal strip unwinding device (44), a metal strip shaping device (36) adjoining the metal strip storage device (48), an extruder station (12) adjoining the metal strip shaping device (36), and a cooling device (50) adjoining the extruder station (12). The metal strip shaping device (36) serves for shaping the metal strip (38) which is unwound from the metal strip unwinding device (44) into a metal tube with overlapping longitudinal edges which are welded to form the metal tube by means of a welding station (32) at the extruder station (12). In the extruder station (12) the metal tube is covered with an inner plastic layer in fixedly adhering relationship and with an outer plastic layer in fixedly adhering relationship. The composite tube produced in that way is cooled to ambient temperature in the cooling device (50).Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Unicor GmbH Rahn PlastmaschinenInventors: Gerhard Neubauer, Frank Gerber
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Patent number: 6701990Abstract: The roll forming machine comprise a series of rollers 14, 20, 28 and 36 for shaping a fabric 13 such as a fabric impregnated with a curable matrix. A feed roller 36 is provided for feeding a length of material 37 such as a tow of fibres onto the fabric during or subsequent to the shaping process. The roll forming process is particularly useful in the manufacture of blade stiffeners for an aircraft wing.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2000Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Airbus UK LimitedInventors: Graham J. Burley, Stephen Williams, Allan J. Kaye
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Patent number: 6637488Abstract: A tape-sheathing device is provided to eliminate peeling of a tape adhered to an electric wire, in which a first die, a second die and a third die having tapered holes are serially arranged. An electric wire fed by a feed roller and a tape are inserted together into respective dies, and the tape is installed incrementally on the electric wire by the respective dies. Opening portions are provided in the first die and the second die by notching a portion in the range of about 90° of the downstream end portions of the first and second dies, in a condition in which the opening in the first die and the opening in the second die are shifted by about 90° relative to each other. When the tape passes through the first die, it is adhered to a partial peripheral portion of the electric wire, adhered to about three quarters of the wire by passage through the second die, and adhered completely around the periphery by passage through the third die.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Inc.Inventor: Takahiro Okamura
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Patent number: 6502616Abstract: An apparatus and method for folding an adhesive face of tape upon itself and dispensing the folded tape is disclosed. Tape is dispensed from a roll, through a guiding collar having a curved space extending around and defined by a core mounted within a central opening of the guiding collar. As the tape exits the curved space, the tape is correspondingly curved in cross-section, with a portion of the sticky, adhesive face of the tape confronting another portion of the adhesive face. The correspondingly curved tape passes under an element for compressing or pinching the tape, which folds the tape upon itself and compresses the confronting portions of the sticky, adhesive face of the tape together. Rotation of the guiding collar varies the position of the curved space to permit adjustment of the fold width of the tape.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Inventor: Scott Whasuk Row
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Patent number: 6153047Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing, on an automatic continuous basis, successive album pages, each of which consists of a base sheet having a reinforcing tape bound thereto in overlapping relation with each side edge thereof, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a registration station for guiding and initially folding a pair of tapes in proper laterally spaced relation to receive a base sheet therebetween. A compression station is positioned downstream from the registration station and includes a pair of releasable clamps having engagement surfaces for completing the folding of the pairs of tapes into adhering relation with respective side edges of the base sheet thereby forming a web of album pages interconnected by the pair of tapes. A drive mechanism includes a servo-motor driven linear actuator for pulling at least one of the base sheets and the web of album pages downstream.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: The Antioch CompanyInventors: Frank Bernard Gunasekera, David Jon Thomsen
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Patent number: 5885409Abstract: A filter and method and apparatus for manufacturing the filter. The filter includes a first filter layer and a second filter layer. The first and second filter layers are joined by a ribbon. The ribbon is attached to the first filter layer and the second filter layer through ultrasonic welding. The apparatus includes fist and second ultrasonic welders for attaching the first filter layer to one end of the ribbon and the second filter layer to the other end of the ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Inventor: George Gil
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Patent number: 5714027Abstract: A method of folding and handling a web of material in a continuous manufacturing operation is disclosed. The method can be used during the process of making disposable absorbent articles, such as sanitary napkins and the like which have side flaps. During the method, a discontinuous portion (or tab) defined by the distal edge of the web of flap material is held stationary and the continuous portion (or continuous ribbon) of the web of flap material is folded.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Stewart Lawrence Taub
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Patent number: 5605596Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for applying unvulcanized gumstrips in precise overlapping relation on the marginal edges of an unvulcanized tire reinforcement belt or breaker to enhance the adhesion between the reinforcement belt or breaker and surrounding components of a finished, vulcanized tire.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1995Date of Patent: February 25, 1997Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: James L. McLaughlin
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Patent number: 5540798Abstract: The shaft of a dilation balloon catheter includes three lumens; a dilation balloon lumen, a guidewire lumen, and an inner balloon lumen. A dilation balloon near the distal near the distal end of the catheter is inflated and deflated through the dilation balloon lumen. An inner balloon within the guidewire lumen provides a means for releasably securing a guidewire disposed within the guidewire lumen, thereby allowing the catheter to be configured as a fixed-wire catheter and an over-the-wire catheter. The inner balloon is inflated and deflated through the inner balloon lumen. A longitudinally-extending separable area in the wall of the guidewire lumen allows the guidewire to pass transversely therethrough, thereby allowing the catheter to be removed from a patient while leaving the guidewire in place within the patient. A method for constructing the shaft is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Inventors: Samuel J. DeMaio, Paul J. Durfee
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Patent number: 5527420Abstract: The protection of the straight edges of multilayer panels (10), such as spacecraft thermal protection panels or heat shields, is ensured by an adhesive protection edging (14) having two adhesive, lateral zones bonded to the faces of the panel and a non-adhesive zone (18) placed on the edge of the panel. Following the removal of a non-adhesive protection (30b), a first adhesive, lateral zone (20b) is brought onto a working plane (22), through a slot (32), and is progressively bonded to the lower face of a panel (10) moving on said plane. The second lateral, adhesive zone is then turned down and pressed onto the upper face of the panel, after which the non-adhesive protection (30a) of said zone is removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: June 18, 1996Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale IndustrielleInventors: Daniel A. Mauduit, Gerard Sisani
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Patent number: 5094710Abstract: A tape dispenser for taping 90.degree. box corners includes a housing (12-20) for supporting a roll of tape to be dispensed therein, a first guiding member (30) for aligning the tape from the roll along the 90.degree. box corner to dispense a predetermined length of tape from the roll, a second guiding member (32, 34) for guiding initially the tape onto each side surface of the box forming the 90.degree. corner, and a third guiding member (42) for subsequently applying the tape onto the side surfaces of the box. A pair of blade carrying brackets (52, 54) is mounted for reciprocating vertical movement relative to the housing. A holder (58) is provided for receiving the blade carrying brackets for the reciprocating vertical movement therein. A cutting blade (56) is mounted to the lower ends of the blade carrying brackets. A cam actuating mechanism (76) is used to drive the blade carrying brackets downwardly to cause the blade to cut the tape which has been dispensed to the predetermined length.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1990Date of Patent: March 10, 1992Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventor: Paul J. Sokolovsky
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Patent number: 5091038Abstract: A plastic welding machine for producing connection seams with thermal plastic foil or thermal plastic film. The folding device includes a fix support plate and a folding plate which is provided with a U-shaped guide stop and can be pivoted back and forth between a feed position and a working position. Folding device can be folded open for introducing the edge strip of the material to be welded and then folded up where the edge strip is folded over in the shape of a U. A flat U-shaped guide sleeve is provided which may be pivoted into the folding device to produce lap joints on the two layers of the material to be welded.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1990Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Assignee: Pfaff Industriemaschinen GmbHInventors: Peter Greller, Werner Schauss
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Patent number: 5004516Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for bonding an adhesive rubber tape to both ends of a steel cord fabric. The apparatus comprises a unit for carrying the fabric, a unit for supplying the tape, and unit for folding and bonding the tape to both ends of the fabric. The folding/bonding unit includes a press rollers for bonding a widthwise half of the tape to upper end surfaces of the fabric, oblique rollers for folding an unbonded portion of the tape at both ends of the fabric, and taper rollers for bonding the folded tape to the fabric. The surfaces of oblique rollers are formed of transformable elastic materials, these rollers on each side of the steel cord fabric being disposed at different inclined angles.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1989Date of Patent: April 2, 1991Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Koga, Yukio Koyama
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Patent number: 4927488Abstract: A rotatably supported annular tire bead is rotated by drive rollers held in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the bead, and during rotation of the bead a tape is fed and stuck onto the inner circumferential surface of the bead. The opposite side edge portions of this tape extending from this bead are stuck onto the opposite side surfaces of the bead by being pinched from the opposite sides by flange portions of the drive rollers and flange members opposed thereto, subsequently the opposite side edge portions of the tape are folded back onto the outer circumferential surface of the bead by means of scraper members, and thus the bead is perfectly covered by the tape. The above-mentioned flange members are fitted around the drive rollers so as to be slidable in the axial direction, and they are biased to reduce the intervals between the flange members and the flange portions of the drive rollers. Furthermore, there is provided expanding means for expanding the above-mentioned intervals.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1988Date of Patent: May 22, 1990Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Norio Abe, Osamu Fukaura
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Patent number: 4900384Abstract: An apparatus for forming at least one elasticized flap section on a substantially continuous web comprises a web supplying mechanism for delivering a moving, substantially continuous web having first and second, oppositely-facing major surfaces, and having first and second side edges. An elastic supplying mechanism delivers at least one elastic member into contact with the web, and an attaching mechanism secures the elastic member to the web. A first folding mechanism bends the web along a primary foldline located inboard from the first side edge of the web to define at least one primary panel portion of the web. The folding mechanism operably moves the primary panel portion to overlie the first major web surface with the elastic member located between the primary panel portion and the first major web surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1988Date of Patent: February 13, 1990Assignee: Kimberly-Clark CorporationInventors: Donald J. Sanders, Keith G. Bellin, Karl R. Dehn
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Patent number: 4750968Abstract: A device for applying tape to an elongated exterior corner has a unitary head and a handle attached to one end thereof, the head being adapted to releasably and rotatably mount a roll of tape therein. A roller assembly at the other end of the head includes a triangular frame pivotally attachable to the head, and guide and applicator rollers rotatably mounted therein. The guide rollers are cylindrical and spaced apart on one shaft. The applicator rollers are frustoconical and are mounted on another shaft to define a V-shaped zone therebetween. During use, tape taken from the roll is preformed about the corner by the guide rollers and is stretched against the corner by the applicator rollers. The outer surface of each roller is softer than an inner core thereof to facilitate stretching of the tape and the ultimate conformance thereof to the corner.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1987Date of Patent: June 14, 1988Assignee: Swenco LimitedInventor: Henry D. Sweeny
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Patent number: 4750966Abstract: The apparatus comprises an application roller pair which rolls an adhesive tape in a U-shaped manner about the rim of a shaped sheet metal part. The adhesive tape is located initially on a carrier ribbon and is drawn jointly with the former off a storage reel by means of conveyor rollers. After its separation from the carrier tape, the adhesive tape is guided via a loose pre-folding roller to the application roller pair, and the carrier ribbon is led off. The application rollers are pivotable about axes extending parallel with the shafts of the application rollers, and are arranged at the same time resiliently displaceably together with the pre-folding roller in the direction of the shafts. The longitudinal section of the pre-folding roller is concave or V-shaped and is additionally supported, displaceably in the direction of the shafts of the application rollers, by means of softer springs, so that they can follow continuously the edge of the metal sheet and urge the adhesive tape against this edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1986Date of Patent: June 14, 1988Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventor: Hans Koller
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Patent number: 4720255Abstract: A straight length of tape (100) is confined in a cavity having a thickness and width essentially the same as the thickness and width of the tape (100). The cavity is defined by upper and lower opposing sets of thin flexible strips (24). In each set, strips (24) are positioned with their faces abutting each other and their inner side edges confronting the inner side edges of the strips (24) in the other set to define the thickness of the cavity therebetween. A series of longitudinally spaced clamps (28) press the strips (24) against the tape (100) to exert on the tape (100) pressure of sufficient magnitude and uniformity of prevent buckling and wrinkling of the tape (100). With the tape confined, a series of longitudinally spaced drive units (50) bend the strips (24) and tape (100) into a desired planform configuration. The tape (100) is held confined in this planform configuration until the tape (100) stabilizes in its new configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1986Date of Patent: January 19, 1988Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Robert F. Mittelstadt
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Patent number: 4645549Abstract: A composite tape primarily for use in transformer winding as an electric screen and having a backing layer of Melinex plastics tape (112) folded around a metal foil strip of copper (110), and a strip of adhesive PVC tape (114) applied to the folded round edges, is formed by a machine having a braked spool (48) of PVC tape (52) which is fed around a roller (36) with a copper foil strip (58) from a braked second spool (56), sandwiched between the tape (52) and the roller (36), and guide rollers (40, 42) which turn in the outermost edges of the tape (52) to overlie the foil (58), whereafter adhesive tape (66) from a braked third spool is applied to the overlapping edges of the tape (52) by a roller (68) and the composite tape is fed through an outlet roller guide (74).Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1985Date of Patent: February 24, 1987Inventor: Walter T. Lalor
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Patent number: 4622092Abstract: A bonded ASP cable includes a multiconductor core which is filled with a waterproofing material. The core is enclosed by a plastic layer (28) which is flooded with a waterproofing material. Wrapped longitudinally about the plastic layer is a corrugated inner shield (31) having a longitudinal seam (35) and having an outer surface covered with a waterproofing material. The inner shield is enclosed by a corrugated outer shield (36) which has an overlapped longitudinal seam (38) and which has an outer surface coated with a layer of an adhesive material. As the outer shield is being formed, a sealant material is introduced into engagement with the inner shield in the vicinity of the longitudinal edge portions of the outer shield. Then as the longitudinal edge portions of the outer shield are overlapped and engaged with each other, the sealant material is caused to flow into cavities between the two shields adjacent to the seam of the outer shield to form a gasket (66).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1985Date of Patent: November 11, 1986Assignee: AT&T TechnologiesInventors: William D. Bohannon, Jr., Herbert E. Brent, Alfred S. Hamilton, Michael D. Kinard
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Patent number: 4584051Abstract: A visible file pocket (100) having a laminar central web (101) and front and back, lower and upper pocket tips (102-105) for receiving the lower and upper edges of documents to be supported thereon and wherein the upper edge (108) of the file pocket (100) is provided with a transversely extending hinge pin receiving bore (109) adapted to receive a hinge pin (110) and laterally projecting hinge elements (112).Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1985Date of Patent: April 22, 1986Assignee: Davies Office Equipment, Ltd.Inventor: Alan F. Davies
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Patent number: 4576674Abstract: An edge blending masking tape dispenser has an upright support plate and a base with a tear off edge above the base. A roll of adhesive coated masking tape is journaled and yieldably retained upon the support plate and passes over a tape edge folding and forming die which has a cam surface so as to constrict and upwardly deflect and form the leading one edge portion of the tape. The tape further passes over and around the tape support in tension with the upwardly deflected one edge of the tape folded down upon the adhesive side thereof. This provides a non-stick free floating edge along the tape to permit feathering and blending of new paint with an existing tape finish, when the masking tape is adhered thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1984Date of Patent: March 18, 1986Inventor: Walter Le Tarte
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Patent number: 4486261Abstract: An apparatus for the application of an adhesive film strip about the edge of a shaped part of sheet metal comprises a pair of application roller which rolls on the adhesive tape about the metal sheet edge, imparting to the strip a U-shaped cross section. The adhesive film strip is originally on a carrier tape and is on a storage reel from which it is drawn off by conveying rollers. After being separated from the carrier tape, the adhesive film strip is fed via free-wheeling pre-folding rollers to a pair of application rollers, and the carrier tape is removed by means of further conveying rollers. The pair of application rollers and the pre-folding rollers can be swivelled together about an axis extending parallel with the shafts of the application rollers, and are at the same time resiliently displaceable in the direction of this axis. The distance of the application roller shafts from the said swivelling axis is adjustable in order to achieve a leading or a trailing run.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1984Date of Patent: December 4, 1984Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Hans Koller, Heinz Zingel
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Patent number: 4482413Abstract: A strip (56) of non-metallic material and one (59) of a metallic material are wrapped simultaneously about an advancing cable core (32) to enclose partially the core. Then longitudinal edge portions (71, 72) of the strip of non-metallic material are separated by a shoe (150) which permits movement of the edge portions in a direction circumferentially of the core. One longitudinal edge portion (72) of the non-metallic strip becomes confined in a guideway (118) of a tool (99) and longitudinal edge portions (73, 74) of the metallic strip (59) are guided along guideways (117, 118) of the tool as the strips are moved through a converging passageway (103). This controls the relative circumferential movement between the edge portions as the strips are moved through the passageway to form a core wrap (33) and a shield (34).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1983Date of Patent: November 13, 1984Assignee: AT&T Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William D. Bohannon, Jr., Alfred S. Hamilton
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Patent number: 4451322Abstract: The apparatus accepts dry stripped crude fiber such as straw or sugar cane wastes, coconut husks, or elephant grass, compacts them into a relatively dense sheet, and bonds a strong surfacing material such as a heavy paper to the faces and edges. The sheet, continuously flowing from the apparatus, is cut into standard lengths and the cut ends are capped with the same surfacing material. A precompactor near the end of an entrance chute into the apparatus uniformly predensifies the incoming fiber prior to its compaction by means of a ram. The ram is carried on roller bearings especially adapted to withstand the weight and other forces associated with the continuous movement of the ram. The compacted material is continuously propelled by the ram and enters a press, where heat and pressure produce a dimensionally stable sheet bonded together partially by natural resins released from the fibers by the heat, and partially by mechanical interlinking between fibers.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1982Date of Patent: May 29, 1984Assignees: Richard A. Moerman, Barry SullivanInventor: Bolek Dvorak
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Patent number: 4428787Abstract: A device and method for wrapping a wrapping material to form S-shaped shields around a cable core of two side-by-side core units in which two tubes are provided for passage of the core units. A space between the tubes accepts the thickness of a central region of the wrapping material which has side portions extending away from the central region. Concave turning surfaces extend partially around the tubes and approach each other as they extend towards an outlet end of the tubes. The core units pass along the tubes and the wrapping materials passes along between the tubes while the turning surfaces progressively turn the side portions inwardly towards and around the tubes whereby the side portions are turned around the core units when these emerge from inside the tubes. In a practical arrangement, the turning surfaces are formed by the inside surface of a frusto core.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1982Date of Patent: January 31, 1984Assignee: Northern Telecom LimitedInventors: Ali Pan, John R. Ellwood
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Patent number: 4410390Abstract: A belt folding apparatus wherein a first conveyor orientates belt material along one edge for folding over the belt material that is in excess of the desired amount by a pair of vertically asigned discs in cooperation with inclined rollers that complete the turn over or folding operation. A pair of pressing rollers in cooperation with a second conveyor complete the folding process, afterwhich the folded belt is wound up.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1982Date of Patent: October 18, 1983Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich CompanyInventor: Robert E. Farrell
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Patent number: 4404720Abstract: The invention relates to the formation of a substantially circular metallic shield (37) about a cable core (32) by wrapping a metallic tape (64) longitudinally about the core with longitudinal edge portions of the tape being overlapped by a forming key (100) to provide a closed seam (38). As the seam is formed, an underlying longitudinal edge portion (48) of the shield is supported while an overlying longitudinal edge portion (45) at the overlap is directed inwardly toward the cable core to preclude its protrusion into a jacket (39) which is subsequently extruded over the shielded cable core. A relatively thin strip (145) of metal attached to an inner surface of the forming key assures formation of the seam before juxtaposing the longitudinal edge portions and the core, and avoids penetration of a priorly formed inner shield by the longitudinal edge of the outer shield to prevent rotation of the inner shield and undesirable alignment of the shield seams.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1981Date of Patent: September 20, 1983Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.Inventor: William D. Bohannon, Jr.
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Patent number: 4401503Abstract: An adhesive web is to be pressed on to the edge of a shaped sheet metal part, so that the web portion on the metal part has a U-shaped cross-section. To this end, the adhesive web is first peeled off a carrier tape and is then folded with the aid of a deflecting and pre-folding roller having a profile whose cross-section is a wide V. The pre-folded web is then folded further continuously in a funnel-shaped pre-folding channel.The sheet metal part whose edge is to be covered is then introduced with that edge, within the reach of the pre-folding channel, into the folded bend of the adhesive web, and both the sheet metal part and the web thereon are conveyed together by a pair of feed and press-on rollers which press the adhesive web on the edge and sides of the sheet metal part.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1982Date of Patent: August 30, 1983Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventor: Helfried Hertel
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Patent number: 4360395Abstract: A method for producing a laminated sheath product utilizing a single layer tape and providing good waterproof characteristics. A tape is longitudinally supplied, if desired, with a core, into a first die which preliminarily shapes the tape to a partial tubular form. The tape is then passed through a second die which completes the tubular formation of the tape while applying an adhesive thereto. The adhesive at the second die completely fills the area around the overlapping edges of the tape to provide a tight waterproof seal.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1981Date of Patent: November 23, 1982Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Fumio Suzuki
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Patent number: H1184Abstract: A method for making uranium-tungsten alloy of high strength comprising raly chilling a molten solution of tungsten in uranium to form a ribbon. Subsequent to pulverizing and consolidation, heating effects a precipitation of tungsten in the uranium to effect significant strengthening. A strengthened uranium with 1/2-5%, by weight of tungsten is particularly useful for KE penetrators.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1991Date of Patent: May 4, 1993Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Ravi Batra, Sheldon Cytron, Jerry C. LaSalle