Cutter Actuated By Or Secured To Bonding Element Patents (Class 156/530)
  • Patent number: 12145755
    Abstract: A strapping device includes a handle, a body, and an actuator. The handle includes an input device and a switch, the input device spaced from the switch by a biasing element that applies a bias force to the input device. The input device moves from a first state spaced from the switch to a second state contacting the switch responsive to receiving a force greater than the bias force. A circuit of the switch is closed responsive to the input device moving from the first state to the second state. The switch outputs an actuation signal responsive to the circuit being closed. The body includes a tensioner and a base including a strap receiver opposite the tensioner. The actuator moves the tensioner from a first tensioner position to a second tensioner position further from the strap receiver based on a movement force greater than the bias force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samuel, Son & Co. (USA) Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Graef, Nathan C. Mellas
  • Patent number: 11942339
    Abstract: A sheet attaching apparatus includes a sheet attaching section that attaches a sheet to a workpiece, and a sheet cutting section that cuts off the sheet from the workpiece along an outer edge. The sheet cutting section includes a chuck table that holds the workpiece, a sheet holding section that detachably holds a peripheral portion of the sheet, a cutting section that cuts the sheet along the outer edge of the workpiece, and a sheet accommodating section that accommodates an unnecessary part of the sheet cut and dropped due to release of holding by the sheet holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori Kakinuma
  • Patent number: 11249338
    Abstract: A laminating machine and process for applying an optically clear adhesive film to a glass substrate includes a porous belt assembly with a plurality of vacuum pumps. The vacuum pumps define different, separately adjustable vacuum zones on the surface of the porous belt. The porous belt is driven linearly so that an optically clear adhesive does not move relative to the porous belt, but does move relative to the table, allowing the adhesive to be controlled to a compressive, neutral, or tensile state while being nip-rolled to the substrate. Since there is no motion of the film relative to the belt, scratching, stretch elongation, dimensional errors, and other slip induced damage is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron T. McCalley, James D. Sampica, Ryan N. Klaassen
  • Patent number: 10766203
    Abstract: A thermal bonding assembly for sheets made of polymeric material includes at least one pair of jaws that can be moved mutually closer, at least one of which is provided with a heater at its surface for abutment against a corresponding complementary surface of the other jaw of the pair. The assembly includes a shaft that can rotate by virtue of the action of a respective motor. The rotatable shaft includes at least two eccentric rings which are arranged side by side so that the eccentric portion that protrudes the most with respect to the rotation axis is substantially mutually opposite. Each jaw of the pair includes a respective through hole for the accommodation of the shaft. The shaft is accommodated in the hole of a respective jaw with the interposition of a rotatable disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ILAPAK ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Daniele Civolani, Francesco Marchioni
  • Patent number: 10342709
    Abstract: A machine for making absorbent sanitary articles includes a feed conveyor on which a continuous web of material for making the articles is advanced along a feed line in a first direction. A forming and application unit forms and applies by which at least one pair of accessory elements for each article and includes a device for feeding a continuous succession of accessory elements and a conveying unit. The conveying unit includes a conveyor roller for the continuous succession of accessory elements, and a separating device defined by a first and a second spacer roller which are substantially tangent to the conveyor roller at a first and a second pickup station, respectively. The first and the second spacer roller have retaining and alternate movement devices including respective pickup pads which are slidable along a second direction and which are driven by a respective linear electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GDM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Piantoni, Alberto Perego
  • Patent number: 9908286
    Abstract: The present invention concerns A sonotrode with a wheel-shaped portion having a wheel axis and of a diameter d, which has two substantially circular main surfaces and a substantially cylindrical sealing surface of the width b, that connects the main surfaces. To provide a corresponding sonotrode in which the triangular frequency differs markedly from the main frequency it is proposed according to the invention that at least one main surface has a non-central thickened portion which in a sectional view perpendicularly to the main surface has a convex region which is not arranged on the wheel axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Vogler, Stefan Zendler
  • Patent number: 9038688
    Abstract: An active anvil assembly for use in forming a looped suture is provided. The active anvil assembly includes an anvil member, a first sensor operably connected to the anvil member, and a control assembly. The first sensor is configured for measuring at least one of force, torque, and distance feedback. Also provided are systems and methods for forming a looped suture including an active anvil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Nicholas Maiorino, Timothy Kosa, Mark Buchter, Keith Kroeber, Richard Casey Hart, Gary Suszynski
  • Patent number: 8925610
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding device for the transverse welding of a continuous chain of package blanks movable in a longitudinal direction, the continuous chain of package blanks including a continuous succession of products spaced apart in a longitudinal direction and wrapped in a tubular packaging film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Cavanna S.p.A.
    Inventor: Elio Brolli
  • Publication number: 20140348934
    Abstract: A rotary die system that includes first and second axially aligned, coacting rotary dies positioned adjacent one another. Each die includes a working surface having a plurality of recesses defined therein. The recesses in the first die are each configured to align with a recess in the second die to form a product cavity upon coaction of the first and second dies. The product cavity is configured to receive a product. Each recess in at least one of the first or second dies includes a pin therein that is configured to puncture a film that at least partially surrounds the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: BARLEAN'S ORGANIC OILS, LLC
    Inventor: John Puckett
  • Publication number: 20140299258
    Abstract: A method of preparing a pipe for joining to another pipe, the method including the steps of fixing a cutting tool to one side of a fusion welding machine; fixing a pipe to an other side of the welding machine; moving the cutting tool with respect to the pipe so that the cutting tool engages an internal wall of the pipe to thereby cut the internal wall of the pipe, preparing the pipe for joining to another pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Murphy Pipe & Civil IP Pty Ltd
    Inventor: James Francis Darcy
  • Patent number: 8695673
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminator with a corner cutter including a main body, a laminating device and a cutting device. The main body includes a receiving space. The main body is horizontally formed with an entering slot, an exiting slot, a penetrating groove and a corner-cutting recess. The main body having two lateral sides formed between the entering slot and the exiting slot, the corner-cutting recess being disposed at one of the lateral sides. The laminating device disposed in the receiving space includes two rolling rods, a driving portion and two heaters. The two rolling rods are heated by the two heating members. The driving portion drives the two rolling rods to rotate. The cutting device includes a pushing portion and a cutting portion. The cutting device is disposed at one side of the receiving space where corresponding to the corner-cutting recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
  • Patent number: 8573279
    Abstract: A coating film transfer tool in which refills can be replaced and which can be switched between a useable state and a non-useable state through a pushing operation includes a case main body accommodating a refill having a front case and a rear case. The rear case is detachably attached to the front case. An opening from which a transfer head can project is formed at a front end of the front case. The rear case has a push mechanism having an elastic member configured to cause the transfer member to appear from and disappear into the opening, a push button which operates the push mechanism, and an engagement portion extending to the front from the push mechanism that moves in a front-to-rear direction within the case main body in response to the push mechanism. The engagement portion attaches near a rear end of the refill to support the refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Kazui Fueki
  • Patent number: 8555946
    Abstract: Disclosed is a apparatus for manufacturing pole-piece pockets, comprising a framework, an pole-piece supplying assembly, an pole-piece transporting and regulating assembly, a vertically thermal-welding assembly, a transversely thermal-welding assembly, a film clamping and drawing assembly, and a film cutting assembly for cutting the films. The vertically thermal-welding assembly comprises a press welding cutter having two blades for simultaneously welding the two lateral edges of the pole-piece pocket. The transversely thermal-welding assembly comprises a first thermal welding cutter for welding the base of the pole-piece pocket and a second thermal welding cutter for welding the opening of the pole-piece pocket. The press welding cutter has two blades so that the two lateral edges of a pole-piece pocket can be welded in just one welding operation. Thus, the parallelity and welding consistency of the welding joints can be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Geesun Automation Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenghua Luo, Rukun Yang
  • Patent number: 8550138
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a disk-shaped filtering unit includes a conveying unit, a hot-pressing unit and a punching unit. The conveying unit conveys a laminate including a screen-related substrate sandwiched between two membrane-related substrates. The hot-pressing unit hot-presses and welds the laminate dot by dot to bond the substrates along a closed curve eventually, thus making a semi-product of the filtering unit out of a portion of the laminate within the closed curve. The punching unit punches the semi-product with an aperture, thus making a final product of the filtering unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: New Century Membrane Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi-Chang Kuo
  • Patent number: 8506745
    Abstract: A modular reciprocating heat seal jaw assembly is disclosed for sealing reclosable fastener strips to a web of thermoplastic film and for sealing the web of thermoplastic film into a series of reclosable bags. The jaw assembly includes first and second sealing jaws and means for slidably mounting the sealing jaws on a pair of parallel shafts near the lateral ends of the first and second sealing jaws in a horizontal configuration. A method of performing the sealing of the fastener strips and web thermoplastic film into a series of reclosable bags is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventors: Donald K. Wright, Christopher L. Pemberton, James K. Hankins
  • Patent number: 8403017
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a looped suture having a tapered cut is provided. The system includes a base for selectively retaining a portion of thread, a clamping device for receiving a first end of the thread, a tensioning device for receiving a second end of the thread, and a welding/cutting assembly configured to join a first section and second section of the thread to form a loop and to form a tapered end on the first section of the thread. A die for forming a looped suture having a tapered cut is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Nicholas Maiorino, Timothy Kosa, William R. Bowns
  • Publication number: 20130032287
    Abstract: Composite tape is laminated onto a substrate using a gantry to move a tape laminating head along the length of the substrate. The laminating head is mounted for movement along a beam on the gantry that extends across the width of the substrate. The direction of lamination may be altered by changing the angular orientation of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas J. Hagman, Gregory Lowman Branch, James P. Dwyer, Brian Edward Hood, Erik Lund, Wade Matthew Morris, Jonathan Richard Schwedhelm, Thomas C. Stone
  • Publication number: 20120325409
    Abstract: A tape dispenser adapted to dispense lengths of adhesive tape from a roll of adhesive tape wound upon a cylindrical tape core having a first sidewall, a second sidewall generally parallel to the first sidewall, a hub structure and a tape retaining tab extending inwardly from at least one of the first and second sidewalls. A rearwardly extending tongue is supported between the sidewall front portions, the tongue includes a rear edge approaching the tape retaining tab and defining therewith a gap. An unwound portion of the tape passes through the gap between the retaining tab and the tongue, and the tongue is movable between a first position for holding the unwound portion of the tape against the tape retaining tab and a second position allowing the unwound portion of the tape to separate from the retaining tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Brian A. Vulpitta
  • Publication number: 20120325398
    Abstract: A composite structure is fabricated by laying up at least one ply of fiber reinforcement and at least one layer of resin on a tool. The resin film layer is formed by laying strips of resin film. The fiber reinforcement is infused with resin from the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Michael D. Silcock, Christopher A. Howe, Brice A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120279664
    Abstract: A tape applicator uses a tape feeding device that holds a tape and performs a series of operations of feeding, applying, and cutting the tape with one hand. The tape applicator includes the tape feeding device including a drawing roller rotated together with a tape, a releasing roller feeding the tape in the forward direction while releasing the tape together with rotation of the drawing roller, and a belt coupling the drawing roller and the releasing roller, as well as a tape holding body holding the tape and supporting the tape feeding device, an application unit supported by the tape holding body and that causes the tape to contact with an application target surface, a cutting blade supported by the tape holding body and that cuts the tape, and a case accommodating the tape holding body, wherein the leading end of the tape is reserved in the released state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Eizo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8057620
    Abstract: Multilayer absorbent pads for nappy/diaper pants are manufactured on a unit (1) comprising a first device (3a) and a second device (3b) by which respective first and second layers (4a, 4b) of absorbent material (5) are taken up from two infeed stations, shaped, and transferred to two release stations. The devices (3a, 3b) are synchronized in operation, and associated by way of a transfer station (8) at which the first layer (4a) of absorbent material is joined directly to the second layer (4b), positioned selectively and with the second layer still retained by suction on the second device (3b); the two layers are thereupon compressed simultaneously to form an absorbent pad (2) that emerges from the unit as a stable, one-piece core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: GDM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Perego, Stefano Nanni, Matteo Piantoni, Luca Aiolfi
  • Patent number: 8056599
    Abstract: A system for forming a looped suture having a tapered cut is provided. The system includes a base for selectively retaining a portion of thread, a clamping device for receiving a first end of the thread, a tensioning device for receiving a second end of the thread, a welding assembly configured to join a first and second section of the thread to form a loop, and a cutting assembly configured to form a tapered end on the first section of the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Nicholas Maiorino, William R. Bowns
  • Patent number: 7959754
    Abstract: An appliance for sealing elastic hoses with a sleeve, which is plastically deformable and slipped onto the hose, has two jaws which are movable towards and away from each other. One jaw has two straight bars which project towards the other jaw and extend transversely of the sleeve to make two transverse indentations in the sleeve and the hose when the jaws are moving towards each other. The same jaw has a cutting edge which projects towards the other jaw and is directed transversely of the sleeve, the cutting edge making a substantially transverse cutting indication in the sleeve and the hose when the jaws are moving towards each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Millipore AB
    Inventor: Nils â„«rthun
  • Publication number: 20110036504
    Abstract: A method and apparatus enables linered label applicators to use labels on thin liners. Linered labels comprise a composite of an elongate sheet of thin or light-weight temporary liner having a precut label adhered to a low adhesion surface. The cut-out labels on the liner are fed into the linered label applicator. The use of support mechanisms other then vacuum application on rollers enables the use of thinner liner sheets on labels. A die head for cutting or perforating labels comprising adhesive on label stock comprising a die head having at least 80% of its outer surface comprising flat areas between cutting edges, multiple cutting edges on the outer surface, and an internal volume in the die head, the internal volume for carrying coolant liquid into and out of the volume so as to cool the outer surface of the die head when the coolant temperature is at least 10° C. cooler than the outer surface of the die head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANCED LABEL SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Robert Phillips
  • Patent number: 7833367
    Abstract: A strip-shaped supporting adhesive tape is joined to a ring frame, and then is stuck with a cutter blade such that the cutter blade penetrates the adhesive tape. In a state where a cutting edge of the cutter blade is brought into contact with a tape joined side of the ring frame, thereafter, the adhesive tape is cut along a contour of the ring frame while electric current is fed to each of the cutter blade and the ring frame. Herein, a sensor monitors a conduction status in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamamoto, Masaru Irie
  • Patent number: 7810540
    Abstract: A hand-held electric sealer with dual heads includes a seat, a sealing module, a press cover, a supporting casing, and a battery cover. The seat has a central engaging rod and a first replacement element. The sealing module can be attached to, or detached from, the seat. The press cover includes a central engaging piece, a heat insulation block, and a second replacement element. Through engagement of the central engaging piece with the central engaging rod, the press cover can be selectively swung to press the heat insulation block against the sealing module, or to press the second replacement element against the first replacement element. The first replacement element and the second replacement element can be substituted with an appropriate module element upon demand on various functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Publication number: 20100108250
    Abstract: The invention is based on the aim of providing a novel office tool, and a corresponding method, wherein various application advantages of known office tools are combined. The invention provides an adhesive tape stamp 1 that is configured to implement a course of movement, wherein an adhesive tape section having a defined length is pressed onto an object in a stamping device, having a separating device 12, which is configured and/or disposed in order to separate an adhesive tape end as the adhesive tape section 23 from a continuous adhesive tape 19 at a separation point 22, and having a stamping device 11, wherein the stamping device 11 is configured and/or disposed to press the adhesive tape end and/or the adhesive tape section 23 onto the object in the stamping direction 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: BOEHLER GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Boehler, Dieter Lessig
  • Patent number: 7563336
    Abstract: A sonotrode and an anvil have a spacing determined by a manually adjustable mechanical device. The adjustable mechanical device includes an abutment device which maintains the distance between the sonotrode and the anvil greater than the minimum space, and which is provided with an elastic device for elastically attracting the sonotrode and the anvil to each other. Thus, it is possible to control efficiently the melting of material between the sonotrode and the anvil, for reliable welding, or for efficient cutting, or for welding along the cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Texti Sonics SAS
    Inventor: Pietro Abate
  • Publication number: 20090145558
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated label applicator for linerless labels (18-20) that are cut from a linerless adhesive strip (1) by means of a cutting device having a cutting knife (7), wherein the automated label applicator incorporates a roller pair (4) defining between them a roller gap (5) through which the adhesive strip (1) is transported, and wherein downstream of this roller pair (4) the cutting knife (7) is disposed, characterized in that a second roller pair (14) with a roller gap (13) is disposed downstream in such a way that the cutting knife (7) is situated in the space between the two roller pairs (4, 14), and that a tension onto the adhesive strip (1) being cut is generated in the region of the cutting knife (7) between the two roller pairs (4, 14). The technical teaching of the claimed subject matter provides the advantage that a linearly movable cutting knife can be used, permitting the cutting to take place with the adhesive strip at standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: PAGO AG
    Inventor: Rodolfo SALUZ
  • Publication number: 20090095429
    Abstract: A combined scissors and tape dispenser configured as a unitary construction. The combined scissors and tape dispenser apparatus includes a pair of blades. A first blade includes a first elongated cutting member integrated with a first looped handle portion. A second blade is pivotally connected to the first blade. The second blade includes a second elongated cutting member integrated with a second looped handle portion. A dispenser reel including a cutting implement is integrated as part of at least one of the first looped handle portion and the second looped handle portion. The dispenser reel includes a through-hole adapted to be gripped by at least one of the user's fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Scott BLAND
  • Patent number: 7513286
    Abstract: A heat seal die assembly for heat sealing plastic sheets, both solid wall and mesh, which comprises the following: first and second heat seal bars forming heat seal lines in said plastic sheets, with the bars being spaced from each other. Each heat seal bar faces a separate backing plate, against which the plastic sheet heat sealing is effected by the heat seal bars. The separate backing plates are respectively carried by a single support plate. The backing plates are connected to the support plate by threaded members which permit adjustable spacing of each backing plate from the support plate, to correspondingly adjust the spacing of each backing plate and heat seal bar during heat sealing operations. Also, optionally, a third, separate backing plate faces a heated cutter, with the third backing plate being adjustably carried in similar manner on the support plate to provide adjustable spacing, and corresponding adjustment of cutting conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventor: Michael J. Recchia, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20080302483
    Abstract: A motorized head for applying fiber composite material to an application surface includes a drive roll and a backup roll for feeding fiber composite material toward the application surface, a compaction roll for pressing fiber composite material onto the application surface, and a restart pinch roll assembly located between the drive roll and the compaction roll for driving fiber composite material received from the drive roll to the compaction roll. The drive roll nip between the drive roll and the backup roll forms a drive zone that grips and drives the composite material, a clamp zone that prevents movement of the composite material after it has been cut, and a free zone that allows composite material to be freely pulled through the head. Two cutters mounted on the drive roll mesh with a single anvil on the backup roll to cut the composite material to the desired length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Milo M. Vaniglia
  • Publication number: 20080264571
    Abstract: A tape applicator for taping boxes or the like is provided with a cutting element mounted on the applicator out of the normal path of said tape but relatively positioned to the path so that relative movement between the tape and cutting element at the end of a threading operation to insert a tape into operative position in the applicator severs said tape and defines a free end of a tab at a free end of the tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Joe Augustine S.T. Lam
  • Patent number: 7422045
    Abstract: A sealing unit (8) for applying a plastic foil (7) to a planar substrate material (1) by means of heat and pressure using a sealing plate (11) with a heated active surface and a back plate (9) which is movable relative thereto. In accordance with the invention, sealed material from the sealing unit is provided to a die cutting unit (16) and preferably the sealing unit (8) is linked to the die cutting unit (16). The die cutting unit is provided with at least one die cutting knife (15) and a counter plate (21) for subsequently making die cuts (6) at selected locations in the planar substrate material (1) in the region of the applied plastic film (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Steffen Polster
  • Patent number: 7412998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing device for making a longitudinal seal on and simultaneously trimming the excess material from a web of material during the formation of a continuous tubular wrapping of filter paper in a station forming part of an automatic machine for making filter bags containing infusion products such as tea or coffee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industrie Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rodolfo Caroli
  • Publication number: 20080135181
    Abstract: A convenient adhesive tape dispenser with improved cutting operation of the adhesive tape at a lower part of a case body. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a case body having a body case formed with a holding part to mount an adhesive tape inside, a coupling case coupled with the body case and formed with an assembling space at a rear part, and a cover case formed with a fitting piece at a front part to be coupled in the assembling space. The case body is formed with a mounting hole at a front part and an exposure space at an upper part of the mounting hole. A cutter part is mounted in a mounting hole of the case body. An elastic pressing plate is positioned at an upper part of the holding part for pressing the adhesive tape downward elastically to keep tension when the adhesive tape is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Dong Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20080099135
    Abstract: A bow taper having a clamping and cut-off station wherein the tape is pulled from a clamping and cut-off station to an extended position to provide a length of tape extending between said clamping and cut-off station to said extended position, and is clamped via a clamp in the station so that when the tape is applied to a case positioned to be taped by said taper on a leading corner of the case that is adjacent to said extended position tension is applied to a free span of tape between the leading corner and the clamp, cutting off tape adjacent to said clamping and cut-off station to leave a free end and releasing said clamp from clamping said tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Chris Peter Makar, Peter Clive Sewell
  • Publication number: 20080093028
    Abstract: A laminator assembly comprising a pair of rollers, the rollers defining a compression zone therebetween for compressing a substantially flat lamination pouch as the pouch is fed between the rollers and advanced through the compression zone for exit on the exit side of the rollers, a heat source being provided for heating the lamination pouch as the lamination pouch is compressed between the rollers, the laminator assembly further comprising two sets of blade members positioned on the exit side of the rollers and spaced from the compression-plane of the rollers, each set of blade members being arranged axially along a respective roller and in close proximity to the exterior surface of the respective roller for preventing the lamination pouch from passing between the roller and respective blade members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: ACCO UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael James, Sam Bradley
  • Patent number: 7207367
    Abstract: In an adhesive tape joining method for joining an adhesive tape to a surface of an article, cutting out the adhesive tape along an outer peripheral edge of the article and, then, collecting the unnecessary adhesive tape which has been cut out, the unnecessary adhesive tape is wound and collected so as not to shrink at a cut portion of the adhesive tape in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7067037
    Abstract: A modular reciprocating heat seal jaw assembly is disclosed for sealing reclosable fastener strips to a web of thermoplastic film and for sealing the web of thermoplastic film into a series of reclosable bags. The jaw assembly includes first and second sealing jaws and means for slidably mounting the first and second sealing jaws on a first pair of parallel shafts near the lateral ends of the first and second sealing jaws in a horizontal configuration. A mechanical system is providing for selectively effecting reciprocal movement of the first and second sealing jaws together and apart as required. A modular frame is provided for supporting the first and second sealing jaws and the first and second pairs of parallel shafts and for maintaining the lateral and vertical position of the first and second sealing jaws as they are moved toward or away from each other. The modular frame and heat seal jaw assembly may be inserted into existing form-fill-seal machine to make them more efficient and accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Com-Pac International, Inc
    Inventors: Donald K. Wright, Christopher L. Pemberton, James K. Hankins
  • Patent number: 7024976
    Abstract: Pieces are cut out from a sheet material by means of an installation comprising a cutting-out table (12) receiving the sheet material (30) from a loading station (12), and an unloading station (16) for unloading cut-out pieces. A flexible sealing film (32) is brought onto the sheet material upstream from the cutting-out table, and it is applied by establishing suction at the surface of the cutting-out table. After cutting-out, at least the skeleton (32?) of the sealing film is separated at the downstream end of the cutting-out table in order to be recovered. The recovery is preformed by automatic winding-up outside the unloading station, it being possible to deposit fastenings on the sealing film so that they straddle the cutting-out lines, or else said recovery is performed by sucking up the fragments of sealing film by means of a rotary member bearing against the sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Lectra SA
    Inventors: Didier Chabirand Garconnet, Thierry Badie
  • Patent number: 6966352
    Abstract: A welding device has two mutually engaging welding wheels, together with a separating device having a blade with a cutting edge. Two film webs can be welded together in conventional manner using the welding device. The blade is able to separate a projecting length from the welded film, the blade being heated. Heating takes place by a heat bridge, which connects the blade to a heater of the welding device. This economizes a separate heater for the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Kallfass Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Co.
    Inventors: Dominique Storck, Jens Kallfass
  • Patent number: 6962185
    Abstract: The device for sticking a protective sheet on the substrate surface according to the present invention comprises a sticking unit for sticking a surface protective sheet on a semiconductor wafer, and a thermocompression and cutting unit which conducts thermocompression bonding for the periphery of the semiconductor wafer and cuts the surface protective sheet along the edge of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Takita
  • Patent number: 6929708
    Abstract: A splicing device comprising: an elongated anvil having an elongated slot therein; an elongated splicing head having a pair of spaced apart tips extending therefrom and having a longitudinal aperture therein; a heating element in the longitudinal aperture; and an actuator mechanism for driving one of the tips toward and into the elongated slot to weld two overlying polymer films together and the other of the tips into cutting contact with a polymeric film from a spent roll of film. According to various preferred embodiments, the splicing device further includes a pair of retaining members on either side of the anvil that serve to retain films to be spliced in taut contact with the anvil during splicing, and a turret section for rotating full and spent rolls of polymeric film into position for continued operation and reloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Bakery Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Eric Wyman, Thomas Pearce, Mark Manzi, Roland Lomerson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6915828
    Abstract: A punch apparatus for punching and laminating simultaneously a plural number of thin sheets is disclosed. This punch apparatus includes a punch provided on an upper portion of the punch apparatus, a die provided on a lower portion of the punch apparatus and used for punching a material to be processed, a stripper for guiding the punch during punching operation, a device for laminating punched materials using the punch as a laminating axis, a device for adjusting a relative position between the punch and the stripper when the upper and the lower portions of the punch apparatus are separated, and a device for adjusting a clearance between the die and the stripper during punching operation. The punch apparatus can open precisely almost straight very fine through-holes of a diameter of 100 ?m or less even in a sheet of thin, soft and deformable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Tsuji, Kazumasa Kitamura, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Satoshi Matsubayashi, Syusaku Kabe
  • Patent number: 6877540
    Abstract: An apparatus and device for fusing two or more foam components together by thermal welding, has an interface blade adapted for placement at an interface of foam components to be fused together, and a nozzle proximate to the interface blade for distributing a heated gas at the interface of the foam components. The nozzle may be located in a shroud proximate to the interface blade. An automated foam welding apparatus has a platform for supporting foam components or other components, a clamp for applying pressure to one or more of the foam components, and one or more welding heads mounted upon a track for translation proximate to the foam components to be welded together, the welding heads having an interface blade and a heated gas distribution nozzle, and optionally a trimmer for trimming excess material from one or more of the foam components. A hand-held foam welding device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Sealy Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bruce G. Barman, Larry DeMoss
  • Patent number: 6863108
    Abstract: An applicator and reinforcer dispensing assembly for reinforcing holes in sheets of paper and other sheet materials that applies flat reinforcement rings about holes formed in those sheets is provided. A plurality of reinforcement rings are stacked one atop each other and are dispensed by the applicator. Various mechanisms for ensuring that the reinforcing rings are properly positioned in the applicator prior to application are also provided. A combination hole punch and reinforcing ring applicator is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Inventor: Lap-Sun Hui
  • Patent number: 6805181
    Abstract: A rotary mechanism for cutting and/or sealing a web has a pair of counter-rotating rotors mounted on parallel axes and having radially projecting arms between which the web is momentarily gripped for cutting and/or sealing. Sealing is performed by heated pressure outer faces on the rotor arms. Cutting is performed by cutter and anvil bars on the opposed arms engaging the web. Bearer faces on the arms beyond the pressure faces set a gap between the pressure faces and a rectangular-section tongue and groove in mating contact faces one side of the pressure faces locate the pressure faces laterally. The cutting means are adjusted by a wedge bar bearing on the inner face of the cutter bar or anvil. The wedge bar is movable in the direction of rotation and has an outer face inclined in the same direction. Means accessible from the leading and/or trailing faces of the rotor arms are provided for adjusting the wedge bar and clamping the cutter and anvil bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Francis Blundell, Michael John Cahill, Kevin Richard Fincham, Paul Franklin, Geoffrey William Vernon, Peter Ernest Willett
  • Patent number: 6799622
    Abstract: Bags for produce or the like are prepared by advancing a thermoplastic sheet and a mesh sheet, each having an upper edge, along a process line. The plastic sheet has a bottom portion which is folded to define a lower edge of the thermoplastic sheet at the fold line. One seals the folded portion of the solid-wall thermoplastic sheet to a lower edge of the mesh sheet. Transverse slits are then formed in the sheets, and the sheets are heat sealed together near edges of the slits to form separate bags between the slits. The slits extend across both lower edges of the bags, but are preferably spaced from the upper edges. One drops produce between the sheet upper edges into the bags, and the bags are then heat sealed adjacent to the upper edges thereof, and subsequently separated by cutting. A novel heat seal die is also shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Inventor: Michael J. Recchia, Jr.
  • Patent number: RE41169
    Abstract: An appliance for sealing elastic hoses with a sleeve, which is plastically deformable and slipped onto the hose, has two jaws which are movable towards and away from each other. One jaw has two straight bars which project towards the other jaw and extend transversely of the sleeve to make two transverse indentations in the sleeve and the hose when the jaws are moving towards each other. The same jaw has a cutting edge which projects towards the other jaw and is directed transversely of the sleeve, the cutting edge making a substantially transverse cutting indication in the sleeve and the hose when the jaws are moving towards each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Millipore AB
    Inventor: Nils Arthun