Abstract: A motif-arraying apparatus for arraying motifs such as a hot fix or the like in mounting grooves formed in a mold plate. The motif-arraying apparatus includes a shaking member for loading motifs in the mounting grooves formed in the mold plate, wherein the shaking member includes a vertical board and a horizontal board coupled to an edge thereof, and a plurality of shaking knives coupled to the bottom surface of the vertical board at a predetermined interval. The apparatus not only enables motifs to be correctly arrayed in the mounting grooves formed in the mold plate in a quick and easy manner, but also enables a motif inserted in a wrong direction to be removed from the mounting groove and correctly arrayed, thereby improving productivity, minimizing defects, and reducing costs.

Abstract: An integrated apparatus comprises a sheet supply maintaining cut sheets of media and a printing device positioned to receive the cut sheets of media from the sheet supply. The sheet supply may comprise a plurality of sheet feeders. The printing device places markings on the cut sheets of media. Further, this apparatus includes an adhesive applicator positioned to apply adhesive to one side of the sheets to produce labels; and a roll apparatus maintaining a continuous supply roll of backing media. The roll apparatus is positioned to receive the labels from the adhesive applicator, and the backing media is positioned within the roll apparatus to contact the adhesive-applied side of the labels.

Abstract: An apparatus for the production of a fuselage shell for an aircraft made of fiber composite, which is to be equipped with a plurality of stringers disposed spaced apart for reinforcement, comprising a main frame to form a supporting substructure having an outwardly curved mounting surface for positive mounting, having longitudinal mounting grooves for receiving of formed parts for deformably positioning the stringers relative to the mounting surface, wherein a plurality of short formed parts spaced apart from each other are disposed in each mounting groove, and which are adjustable relative to the corresponding mounting groove in the transverse direction (Y) by means of adjusters, and which can be raised in the vertical direction (Z) by means of lifters for guiding the stringers in the direction of a laminating adhesive bonding unit brought over the mounting surface.

Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes: a plurality of pressure-bonding units which are arrayed in line and each of which includes a pressure-bonding head for pressure-bonding a component to a component pressure-bonding area of the substrate, and an edge-portion support member for supporting an edge portion of the substrate during the pressure bonding; a guide support member for supporting the pressure-bonding units so that their movement along the edge portion for execution of substrate pressure-bonding can be guided; a common head up/down unit for integrally moving up and down the individual pressure-bonding heads; and a plurality of unit-moving devices which are provided for the plurality of pressure-bonding units, individually and respectively, to move the pressure-bonding units along the edge portion so that placement of the pressure-bonding units is changed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for high speed manufacture of swatch bearing sheets wherein each sheet is directed through various operating stations via a single set of sheet engaging members. Individual sheets are removed from a stack of sheets at a feeding station. The sheets are aligned into a predetermined position for feeding to the sheet engaging members. A single set of sheet engaging members directs each sheet through an adhesive applying station where glue spots are placed on the sheets at predetermined locations. Each sheet is then advanced by the same set of sheet engaging members through one or more swatch applying stations where swatches are applied to the glue spots on the sheets. The sheets are then discharged from direction via the sheet engaging members at a disengaging station. The sheets are then fed through a pressing station to firmly adhere the swatches to the glue spots on the sheets.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a packaging or cushioning product made from grains comprising an essentially flat support, means for driving the support in translational movement, means for depositing on the support a first fiber sheet, means for distributing popped or unpopped grains on the fiber sheet; means for spreading the grains on the fiber sheet to thereby form a layer of grains, means for depositing a second fiber sheet on the layer of grains, and means for attaching the fiber sheets to each other to at least partially separate said grains to form the packaging or cushioning products.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus and method for facilitating, locating and securement of supports or cushioning blocks on a container panel includes a table for receiving the container panel and a bi-directionally, vertically movable frame which receives a template. The frame is raised and lowered by one or more linear actuators which may be double acting, hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders, ball screw operators or similar devices. The template includes a specific pattern of openings which correspond to the desired locations of supports or cushioning blocks. A container panel is placed on the table, the template is disposed in the frame and the frame is lowered onto the panel. An adhesive such as a hot melt adhesive is distributed on the panel through the openings and the supports or cushioning blocks are positioned according to the template on the panel. The frame and template are then lifted off the pad and the completed panel is removed from the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting electronic parts on a printed circuit board is disclosed. Plural electronic parts to be mounted on a printed circuit board are arranged as a set and loaded in a loading member for electronic parts. A set of such loading members for electronic parts, each carrying a set of electronic parts of the same type, are arrayed in a loading member furnishing casing. This set of the loading members for electronic parts, arrayed and held in the loading member furnishing casing is inserted and held by a loading member holder by which the set of the loading members for electronic parts can be held in register with an electronic part mounting portion of the printed circuit board. The loading member holder holding the set of the loading members for electronic parts is loaded on a electronic part loading device. The set of the electronic parts held by the loading member holder is loaded at a time on the sole printed circuit board by the electronic part loading device.

Abstract: A magnetic head chip bonding device for bonding plural magnetic head chip to a base member to produce a composite type magnetic head is disclosed. The device includes a magnetic head chip retention unit for applying the pressure to the magnetic head chip for applying the magnetic head chip against the base member, and a magnetic head chip holding unit for holding the magnetic head chip. The device also includes a magnetic head chip detection unit for detecting the position of the magnetic head chip and a magnetic head chip shifting unit for shifting the magnetic head chip and the magnetic head chip holding unit responsive to an output of the magnetic head chip position detection unit. The pressure exerted by the magnetic head chip retention unit on the magnetic head chip is preferably variable, and the magnetic head chip holding unit preferably is made up of a pair of supporting members clamping the magnetic head chip in- between.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the high volume manufacture of fluid infusion devices which embody a self-contained, stored-energy source for expelling fluids from the reservoir of the device into an ambulatory patient at precisely controlled rates over extended periods of time. In accordance with the method of the invention, the base and cover infusion components of the devices of the invention are manufactured in injection molded arrays which comprise a cover array which is superimposed over and connected to a base array with the elastomeric membrane being captured therebetween. The elastomeric membrane material, which forms the stored-energy source of the infusion devices, is continuously unrolled from a large roll of film-backed membrane material which is rotatably mounted on a turret assembly upon which a second back-up roll of elastomeric membrane material is also mounted.

Abstract: A system for aligning and attaching together a plurality of thin film transistor tiles for constructing a flat panel display. A coverplate loading station where a coverplate that the tiles are to be attached to is arranged on a coverplate support. A coverplate bonding material dispensing station where a bonding material for bonding the tiles to the coverplate is applied to a surface of the coverplate. A tile placement station where the tiles are arranged on the coverplate. A tile aligning and securing station where the tiles are aligned relative to each other and the coverplate by the tile aligner and where the tiles are at least partially bonded to the coverplate. A tile assembly bonding material dispensing station where a bonding material is applied to a surface of the tiles opposite the side that the coverplate is bonded to. A backplate placement station where a backplate is arranged on the tiles.

Abstract: Color swatch charts are formed by feeding sheets eighteen inches or longer in length with this long dimension of the sheet disposed transversely to the sheet travel direction. Ribbons in a row of eighteen inches or longer are simultaneously severed with the first and last swatch in each row of identical size and with the swatches having four square corners to form a rectangular shape. This orientation of the long axis of the sheet reduces the number of stations and the length of travel of the sheets, thereby increasing production. The sheets are fed through an adhesive applying station where spots of adhesive are applied in rows to the sheet. The sheet travels through a series of swatch forming and applying stations. At each such station, a plurality of swatch ribbons are fed forwardly and severed to form the individual swatches in a row; and a row of swatches is then transferred to and adhered by the adhesive spots on the sheet.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bead-inlaid picture by inputting a desired original image as a motif for a bead-inlaid picture by an image input device, dividing the inputted original image into each of pieces in a size equal with that of a bead, comparing numerical data for the hue and the brightness obtained for each of the pieces and numerical data for the hue and the brightness predetermined for each of the beads and replacing the numerical data for each of the pieces with a color code allocated to a bead having numerical data most approximate with the obtained data and outputting signals corresponding thereto by an image processing device, feeding beads allocated with color codes while dividing them on every color codes by a feeder, arranging the thus fed beads in accordance with the arranged sequence for each of the pieces in the original image by an actuator and, fusing the arranged beads on a glass plate.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for automatically affixing cards to a moving printed web which has a plurality of repeat lengths, each of the cards being automatically applied at the same relative location in each of a plurality of repeat lengths of the printed web. The apparatus includes a card feed device adapted to receive a web of cards having no registration holes formed therein and having a plurality of weakened links disposed between pairs of adjacent cards. The card feed device is adapted to cause the web of cards to pass through the card feed device so that there is substantially no slippage between the card feed device and the web of cards. The apparatus also includes a card handler operatively coupled to separate the web of cards into individual cards and cause them to be applied to the printed web and a controller adapted to control the card feed device so as to cause each of the cards to be applied to the printed web in a predetermined position in each of the repeat lengths of the printed web.

Abstract: A universal fixture for holding printed circuit board assemblies during stencil printing and other PCB assembly processes. In one embodiment, a universal printed circuit board holder has a plurality of supports adapted to be moveably connected to a platform of a printed circuit board processing machine. Each support has a connection end for engaging the platform, a support end to support a first side of a printed circuit board populated with components, and an attachment element at the support end to releasably hold the PCB to the support. The connection ends of the supports are moveably attachable to the platform at a plurality of different positions to selectively locate the attachment elements in alignment with support points on the first side of the printed circuit board. Accordingly, the universal printed circuit board holder preferably supports the populated first side of the printed circuit board in a manner that allows the second side to be manipulated by the printed circuit board processing machine.

Abstract: A machine for embedding copper nuts in pasted holes of a workpiece, including a machine base holding two horizontal sliding rails and four upright guide rods, a mold carrier reciprocated along the sliding rails, a mold carried on the mold carrier and having upright heating elements for holding and heating copper nuts, a slotted workpiece carrier reciprocated along the upright guide rods, a holding down plate moved along the upright guide rods and controlled to hold down the workpiece on the slotted workpiece carrier, a first air cylinder controlled to move the mold carrier and the mold into the working position, a second air cylinder controlled to lower the workpiece, permitting pasted mounting holes of the workpiece to be respectively forced into engagement with heated copper nuts on the heating elements of the mold, and two third air cylinders controlled to move the slotted workpiece carrier relative to the holding down plate for loading/unloading of the workpiece.

Abstract: In an apparatus for forming pipe insulation discrete panels of generally rigid planar board insulation are fed through a sizing apparatus to control thickness, then fed into a vertically oriented conveyor where adjacent ends of the panels are adhered to one another to form a continuum of panels passing through the conveyor. A horizontally moving severing station cuts the panels into transverse trapezoidal segments, such that each succeeding segment is reversed relative to the adjacent segments with the severing plane being common. A tipping mechanism tips the segments according to their orientation such that all of the segments are received on a horizontal conveyor in the same orientation. An accumulator conveyor abuts the base of each segment against each adjacent segment such that a solid surface is formed for the application a backing to integrate the trapezoidal segments. Alternatively, the panels are sized and end glued on a horizontal conveyor prior to forming a series of trapezoidal segments.

Abstract: A package design and a method of assembling an array of CCD image devices on a substrate to provide an assembly with an optically flat surface. A tolerance of approximately between 2 and 3 microns is achieved by a process requiring less finishing of the substrates used by conventional processes. The assembly package can be used to bond an array of image sensors on a substrate having less than optimum flatness while still maintaining the optical surfaces of the image sensors within a single focal plane.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing sample parts arranged in an array on a base sheet. The apparatus includes a roller about which webbing of the sample material is drawn, the webbing being severed to form the sample parts and to transport the sample parts to a transfer station. Needle take-down apparatus at the transfer station engages the sample part with a plurality of retractable needles to moving the sample parts to a base sheet.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for positioning spacer beads on a plate of a flat display screen formed by two adjacent plates constituting a flat air-tight chamber. The method includes providing a hollow needle mounted on a mobile head which is connected to a vacuum/overpressure system. The hollow needle sucks a bead from a bead tank, applies the bead onto a plate covered with an adhesive material to adhere adhesive onto a section of the bead, then removes the bead from the plate. Finally, the needle deposits the bead onto one of the two adjacent plates.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically creating a simulated mosaic controllably discharges tile pieces onto plate material and secures the tile pieces in place such that the plates with the tile pieces are freestanding permitting the plates themselves to be an ordered arrangement of sections of the mosaic once cemented to the substrate. Many different forms may be had for the plate material, including ones that are pressure or heat activatable to bond with the tile pieces or ones that are mechanically connectable.

Abstract: An apparatus for the application of adhesive coated slips to a moving web or to workpieces being conveyed, and preferably to the drawn up and still open bottoms of bags, consists of pairs of feed rolls for a web of material and means for perforating and tearing off, or means for detaching, the slips from the web of material and of a transfer folding gripper cylinder for receiving and subsequent transfer of the slips or pieces of tube.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for manufacturing corrugated pallets from a base panel of corrugated material, a top panel of corrugated material and a plurality of spacers blocks. Each of the spacer blocks is bonded to the base sheet and top sheet. The apparatus comprises a loading station for receiving the base panel and top panel, and a glue applicator for extruding a plurality of continuous sheets of glue to predetermined areas of the base panel and top panel. An assembly station includes a locating system for receiving and locating the base panels, spacer blocks and top panel in relation to the base panel when the top panel is placed upon a plurality of spacer blocks to form the corrugated pallet. A transfer compression station for applying a continuous initial pressure to the corrugated pallet at the base and top panels of the corrugated pallet while simultaneously transferring the corrugated pallet in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying ornaments to a web of material, comprises providing a web of material to which ornaments are to be applied to at least one surface and having a longitudinal axis, step-wise advancing the web along the longitudinal axis into an application zone perpendicular to the longitudinal axis by alternately moving and stopping the web and applying ornaments to at least one surface of the web in the application zone when the web is stopped by moving a plurality of applicators perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis and towards the at least one surface of the web.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making an insulation assembly is disclosed. A plurality of mineral fibers are moved along a conveyor system after having been cut to desired sizes. A section having a major surface is moved in a direction generally normal to that of following sections, while maintaining the major surface in a plane parallel to the plane of the major surfaces of the following sections. A plurality of the individual sections move through an encapsulation module where they are assembled and covered to form the insulation assembly.

Abstract: The apparatus and method employ upper and lower laminating films, having opposed layers of heat activated adhesive. The laminating films are brought together at the surface of an infeed roller which is positioned in front of two opposed heated laminating rollers. The laminating films are brought together at the infeed roller at such angles that an infeed shelf is formed and such that an article may be fed between the upper and lower films as they pass about the infeed roller. The article being laminated may be adjusted until the article has progressed into the nip between the laminating rollers.

Abstract: A five-piece expanding pocket having front inner and outer panels secured to each other by cohesive glue, rear inner and outer panels secured thereof by cohesive glue, and a gusset having outer edge portions with cohesive glue on opposite sides thereof bonded between edge portions of the front and rear inner and outer panels which are bonded to each other. A fixture for assembling a five-piece expanding pocket including locating plates for retaining front and rear inner panels in a predetermined position, a positioning member for locating a gusset relative to the front and rear inner panels on the locating plates and permitting the gusset to be secured to cohesive glue on the front and rear inner panels, and the locating plates also permitting the locating of the front and rear outer panels relative to the front and rear inner panels, respectively.

Abstract: A cohesive layered sheet of thermoplastic fiber material formed by two outer layers of material, each outer layer having a standard full width, and an inner layer made from strips of scrap material. The strips of scrap material each have a width substantially less than the standard full width and are arranged side-by-side so as to have a combined width approximately equal to a standard full width. The layers are ultrasonically bonded together so as to form a cohesive layered sheet. A method and apparatus are provided for manufacturing such a sheet.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encapsulating a porous article in plastic film without employing supporting molds. The article is deposited onto a lower web and an upper web is moved into overlying position. The edges of the webs are gripped by moving teeth to move the webs and the article in unison. The webs are then pinched together adjacent the article to form an enclosed volume. The film is heated to its fusing temperature and the enclosed volume is evacuated through a tube inserted through the lower web and into the article. The tube is removed and the fused webs are trimmed adjacent the edges of the article, resulting in an encapsulated article.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for marking flat objects (4) by means of bar code (4). The object of the invention is to form a code, preferably a bar code, in that with the aid of an adhesive, for example, a thermoplastic adhesive, a two-component adhesive, an adhesive solution or the like, glass beads are applied to the objects in the form of a code, such glass beads having a diameter of 0.01 mm to 1 mm, preferably 0.05 mm to 0.8 mm, particularly 0.08 mm to 0.5 mm, and having a refractive index greater than 1.5, preferably 1.85 to 2.0.

Abstract: A wafer mounting device for automatically adhering wafers individually on a polishing plate surface for polishing the surface of the wafers. The wafers are stacked in a wafer cassette and are taken out from the wafer cassette one-by-one, and transferred to an adhesive coating section of the device by a wafer carrying means. The surface of each of the wafers is coated with an adhesive wax in a coating section. Afterward the adhesive coated wafers are carried out from the coating section by the carrying means. The wafers are taken out from the carrying means and the surfaces thereof are reversed by a reverse chuck means. The polishing plate is disposed in a position automatically where the reversed wafers arrive, and the wafers are automatically adhered onto the surface of the polishing plate.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a full width array in which plural smaller chips are bonded end-to-end onto the metallic covering of an elongated substrate by an electrically conductive heat activated adhesive, in which a photocurable adhesive is used to temporarily retain the smaller chips in position while the heat activated adhesive is cured, the process accommodating the inability to cure the photocurable adhesive through the opaque chips and substrate covering by locating the photocurable adhesive so that it extends outside of the boundary of the smaller chips and forms an adhesive fillet or bridge between one side of the smaller chips and the substrate when cured by ultraviolet light.In an alternate embodiment, the photocurable adhesive is located within the boundary of the smaller chips initially but is squeezed out from below the smaller chips to form the exposed adhesive bridge when the smaller chips are placed on the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a positive stop, pick up tool for use in precisely placing a die and leaving the required die attach material thickness between the die and the package substrate. The tool comprises: a body; a pad attached to the body for picking up dice; and positive stop pins attached to the body and extending a distance from the body equal to the distance the pad extends from the body plus the thickness of the die plus the required thickness of the die attach material.

Abstract: A apparatus is described for producing optically satisfactorily laterally spaced letters which have been sequentially transferred from a dry transfer sheet. The sheet (28) is held in a holder (20) which incorporates a short free-motion linkage enabling the sheet so held to be moved horizontally over a short distance, the short distance being accurately repeated each time such movement is effected. By butting the letter next to be transferred to the letter just transferred and then moving the fixed distance away, visually pleasing letter spacing may be simply achieved without the use of extra transferable markings which need to be transferred to the working surface and subsequently removed, and without the need for excessively complex apparatus or for drawing alignment or spacing lines on the receptor.

Abstract: The invention relates to an unit tile pack manufacturing apparatus. The apparatus comprises a tile pack conveying passage (8) for conveying a plurality of pallets (9), a combination tile pack forming unit (100), a joint alignment correcting unit (15), an adhesive dropping unit (30), and a connecting sheet supplying and pressing unit (45). These units (100, 15, 30 and 45) are disposed along the tile pack conveying passage (8). In the combination tile pack forming unit (100) a plurality of tiles of different tones of the same color or a plurality of tiles of different color are arranged side by side in lines and rows. The adhesive dropping unit (30) includes adhesive dropping nozzles (35) disposed at a predetermined interval from the tiles and intermittently dropping an adhesive on the upper surface of each of the tiles at positions close to the side adjacent to corresponding positions of the adjacent tiles.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and device for applying an object (11), e.g. an antibiotic patch onto a receiving adhesive surface (19), e.g. an agar surface. The objects (11) are piled in a storage container (10), which is upwardly open, and the receiving surface (19) located above this is turned downwards. For application of the object (11) onto the surface (19) the whole pile is lifted towards the surface while the storage container (10) is not moved so that the uppermost object in the pile is pressed against and adheres to the receiving surface (19), after which the pile is lowered again.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling large panels, e.g. solar panels, from smaller, preformed sections comprising a plurality of press tables which are coupled to a carousel structure whereby each table can be located at one work station and then moved through a series of controlled stops to an unloading station. Each press table is comprised of a frame having a smooth surface onto which the preformed sections of the panels are positioned and, a press rack which is lowered to bring supports into contact with the adhesive on the backs of the preformed sections to form the large panel.

Abstract: Apparatus for securing together rectangular-section cartons (13) in groups of, for example, five cartons comprises tape dispensers (14,14') for dispensing adhesive tape (15a,b,c) on to the tops and bottoms of cartons in a row of cartons, and perforating rollers containing pins (21) for perforating the tape with spaced rows of perforations arranged to be located between adjacent cartons, each fifth row containing more perforations and means for breaking the tape at each fifth row to separate the cartons into batches of five.

Abstract: A tape laying machine is disclosed carrying a tape laminator unit which forms in situ from individual strips of composite material.The strips are first spaced apart on a carrier sheet and next compressed to a relatively thin widened state where the widened strips are contiguous to one another, forming a unitary wide composite tape.The tape is conveyed to a tape laydown station where it is transferred from the carrier sheet and deposited on a work surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for fitting spacer frames to panes of glass in the manufacture of insulating glass has a support wall and a frame which is movable towards and away from the support wall and the upper horizontal limb of which can be moved upwardly and downwardly for the purpose of adaptation to the height of a spacer frame, while retractible pins, clamp means and pressure pins for the spacer frame are provided on the frame of the apparatus.

Abstract: For the purpose of processing individual, integrated circuits into film-mounted, integrated circuits (micropacks), a plate having recesses exhibiting the size of the individual chips disposed matrix-like is secured to a highly plane-parallel carrier plate consisting of material exhibiting poor thermal conductivity, the individual chips are placed in the recess of said plate, and the overall arrangement is further processed in an automatic contacting machine in a known manner.

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: Device for the fastening of buttons (12) to a piece of garment (56), exhibiting a first portion provided with a number of button holes, and a second portion, to which the buttons shall be fastened without sewing with their projections. A holding means (5) is arranged to hold the buttons (12) in a position in between them corresponding to the position in between the buttonholes and means for holding the first portion of the garment. A feeding device (3, 4) for the buttons (12) extends to the mentioned holding means (5). A second holding means (6) with means (50) is arranged to hold the second portion of the piece of garment, and a processing means (52) for the fastening of the projections. The second holding means (6) is fixed and has its device for holding the second portion of the piece of garment substantially pointing in upwards direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for locating chip type circuit elements on a printed circuit board includes an accommodating assembly for temporarily storing said circuit elements supplied from hoppers, a movable shutter placed under the accommodating assembly, and which supports and rotates circuit elements within the accommodating assembly, and a template placed under the shutter to receive the circuit elements dropped from the accommodating assembly when the shutter is removed laterally from under the accommodating assembly.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to production machinery used in manufacturing electrical circuit boards, and in particular to a machine for producing a continuous strip conveyor package for feeding quantities of electronic components into automatic component insertion equipment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for the production of stamp or photo album leaves with slip-in pockets for the stamps. Two transparent sheets in web form are linearly bonded to one another, and slip-in pockets are stamped out of the bonded sheet material to form double sheet pockets joined along a linear edge. The slip-in pockets are stamped out of the double sheet web by a stamping tool assembly in a predetermined arrangement corresponding to the pocket placement intended for the album leaf, and holds them firmly in this arrangement by a partial vacuum. In the meantime, an adhesive has been applied to the album leaf in the places provided for the slip-in pockets. The album leaf is then brought into contact with the slip-in pockets held fast by partial vacuum on the stamping tool so that the pockets are secured to the album leaf.

Abstract: Individual, relatively small sheets of type elements bearing different characters are disposed in an indexed selector board and are removed from it and placed in a fixture proximate the adhesive surface of a type backing strip. A bridge across a strip guide way prevents the shingle style build-up of the type elements as type is set into a long continuous strip.

Abstract: A hanger rod transfer assembly for transferring hanger rods from a magazine to the edge of a file folder blank, the transfer assembly including a pair of transfer wheels for each edge of the blank, each transfer wheel having a plurality of corresponding grooves for supporting hanger rods, and guide plates covering a portion of the peripheral surface of each of said transfer wheels to retain the hanger rods in the grooves in the transfer wheels and a pad positioned below each edge of the blank to move the edge of the blank into a position to receive a hanger rod as the hanger rod is released from the guide plates.

Abstract: The manufacturing of at least one photothermal converter element according to the invention consists essentially of implanting a multiplicity of substantially uniformly distributed parallely projecting transparent fibers onto a baseplate element provided with an absorbing coating of a normally solid material capable of being temporarily converted to a plastic state, thanks to the use of an array of guiding means arranged above the baseplate element. The implantation proper of the desired fiber structure is then performed by advancing a series of bundles of fibers through the array of guiding means, to the desired level above the baseplate element, and by clipping the advanced bundles to the desired length above the guiding means, so as to cause the falling with limited transverse spreading of the clipped fibers onto the coating of the baseplate element.

Abstract: Apparatus for sign-making using dry transfer of letters from carrier sheets allows any of a number of different character sizes and row spacings to be provided. A carrier sheet bearing characters of a desired size is positioned relative to a carriage in dependence upon whether a row to be formed contains all upper case characters, or some or all lower-case characters. The carriage is movable smoothly in a horizontal direction to allow any desired horizontal spacing of characters, but movable vertically only in discrete increments. A plurality of row spacing indicators are positioned adjacent a sign blank to afford a preview of how characters of a given size having a given spacing will appear on a sign blank.