| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6895859 |
Rack-and-pinion lock-up system for attaching print carrier sheets to print rolls |
May 24, 2005 |
| A low profile linear movement lock-up system that uses a rack-and-pinion gear mechanism to open and close a sliding jaw to selectively tighten and loosen a print carrier sheet on a print roll. The rack-and-pinion gear mechanism includes a sliding cam with diagonal cam slots and locking c |
| 6755773 |
Double box glue and tape machine with separable conveyors, semi-automatic alignment and feed sys |
June 29, 2004 |
| A double box glue and tape machine that includes upper and lower seam conveyors with separately positionable gluing conveyors and idler rollers, which allows the idler rollers to be moved out of the way so that the upper and lower seam gluing conveyors may be positioned opposite each |
| 6752074 |
Machine for manufacturing corrugated board with pressure applicator stabilizers |
June 22, 2004 |
| A machine for manufacturing corrugated board that includes a row of pressure applicators aligned substantially transverse to the direction of machine flow and configured to press a web of corrugated board against a heated platform. To prevent the pressure applicators from tilting when |
| 6682468 |
Rotating scoring head with curvilinear nib |
January 27, 2004 |
| A scoring head configured for rotating about an axis of rotation and impressing score lines into corrugated board. The scoring head includes an inner wheel portion extending axially along an axis of rotation, extending radially about the axis of rotation, and defining first and second ra |
| 6601500 |
Low friction machine for manufacturing corrugated board |
August 5, 2003 |
| A low friction machine for manufacturing corrugated board is described. The machine effectively extends the life expectancy of critical machine components such as the feet used in pressure applicators as well as a conveyor belt by reducing friction. The machine includes a foot operative |
| 6557465 |
Printing machine with dual ink applicators |
May 6, 2003 |
| Two ink applicators, each with an ink roll and an ink chamber, for supplying ink to a print roll, and one or more applicator adjustment mechanisms for retracting one ink applicator away from the print roll while the other ink applicator contacts and supplies ink to the print roll. Th |
| 6390963 |
Corrugated board manufacturing apparatus including a preheater section with a variable heat tran |
May 21, 2002 |
| A variable heat transfer system and a passive, segmented hold-down mechanism for a preheater section and a hotplate section of a machine for manufacturing corrugated board. The preheater assembly having the variable heat transfer system includes a plurality of actuators to urge a con |
| 6206995 |
Moving-web slack reducing system including a deformable tension roller |
March 27, 2001 |
| A moving-web slack reducing system including a deformable tension roller, such as a brush-type tension roller having an outer surface defined by the ends of a plurality of bristles. The slack reducing system may be deployed in a preheater assembly for a machine for manufacturing corrugat |
| 5979316 |
Belt-driven printer-cutter machine for corrugated paperboard of varying thickness |
November 9, 1999 |
| A disclosed embodiment of the invention is a belt-driven printer-cutter machine 10 including a roller-mounted feed/print machine section 14 and a fixed cutting machine section 16. A spline-type separable coupling 30-32 between these machine sections allows the feed/print section to be ro |
| 5873807 |
Scoring assembly |
February 23, 1999 |
| The present invention is directed to a scoring head assembly and method for creating score lines on corrugated board. The scoring head assembly includes a scoring head and an anvil. The scoring head is fixed to a first rotatable shaft and the anvil is fixed to a second rotatable shaft th |
| 5791239 |
Machine for manufacturing corrugated paperboard with independently controlled pressure applicato |
August 11, 1998 |
| An apparatus and method for applying variable pressure to a moving surface, such as a moving web of corrugated paperboard. The apparatus includes a frame secured to a fixed structure and located proximate to a heated platform. A number of pressure applicators having movable pressure- |
| 5716314 |
Optimal angle corrugated board folder |
February 10, 1998 |
| A corrugated board folder is disclosed for folding the flap of a corrugated board onto the base of the corrugated board along a fold line having an inside fold line and an outside fold line. The corrugated board folder includes a conveyor mounted on a frame for supporting the corrugated |
| 5611267 |
Apparatus and method for applying variable pressure to a surface in corrugated paperboard manufa |
March 18, 1997 |
| An apparatus and method for applying variable pressure to a surface. The apparatus includes a frame secured to a fixed structure and located proximate to the surface. A foot is mounted for movable relation relative to the frame in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface. |
| 5588945 |
Method and device for spacing a corrugating finger relative to a corrugating roll |
December 31, 1996 |
| A device for and method of spacing a corrugating guide finger relative to a corrugating roll. The device includes a tail and a head. The head has a slot therethrough for sliding receipt of the corrugating guide finger. To space the finger, the slot is slidingly received onto the finger a |
| 5526739 |
Apparatus for applying variable pressure to a surface |
June 18, 1996 |
| The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for applying variable pressure to a surface. The apparatus includes a frame secured to a fixed structure and located proximate to the surface. The frame is in movable relation with a pressure applicator in a direction substanti |
