| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4902194 |
Collecting and stacking apparatus |
February 20, 1990 |
| Apparatus for collecting tickets cut from ticket stock, and for stacking these tickets in a horizontal array. Tickets are collected and oriented to stacking position by a vacuum transport belt assembly, and uniformly aligned by a horizontal stacker. The transport assembly is mounted on a |
| 4901854 |
Loop connected attachments |
February 20, 1990 |
| A loop attachment in which each attachment has a plurality of filaments, joined in a loop by a seamless connector. Each attachment is insertable through at least one object and has an elongated filament that extends from a flattened object-penetrating part to the seamless connector. The |
| 4898405 |
Bindable cover folders |
February 6, 1990 |
| Cover folders for permanently binding a stack of paper sheets without the use of fasteners. The cover folder has a binder spline which contains a quick drying adhesive which is protected by a removable protective film. The film is removed just prior to use to expose the adhesive. The cov |
| 4896001 |
Anti-electric protection |
January 23, 1990 |
| A method and apparatus for protecting an object against adverse electric effects which comprises:applying a continuous multiplicity of layers of a light weight protective continuous wrapper which is metallized on opposite sides and wider than the object, thereby to control the extent of |
| 4894687 |
Pressure transfixing of toner images using skewed rollers |
January 16, 1990 |
| Electrostatic transfer imaging in which a latent electrostatic image is formed on a dielectric image roller, toned, and transferred to an image receptor medium. The dielectric roller contacts a transfer roller, and receptor sheets are fed between the two to receive toner images. Image |
| 4884718 |
Container with a releasable hinged closure panel and a fixed closure panel |
December 5, 1989 |
| Containers of one piece construction for labels, stick on items and the like. The containers are provided with an integrally molded cover which is easily opened to provide ready access to the contents. The cover is easily closed and automatically relocks to protect unused contents. The |
| 4877172 |
Dispensing of attachments |
October 31, 1989 |
| Method and apparatus for dispensing of attachments comprising a pair of side members linked by a connector. A roll of fastener stock is fed to a reciprocatively driven slide head assembly at which the roll is advanced over an elastomeric feed belt to a pair of needles secured to a shuttl |
| 4876423 |
Localized microwave radiation heating |
October 24, 1989 |
| A medium formed by a mixture of polymeric binder with conductive and semiconductive particles that can be coated or printed on a substrate to convert electromagnetic radiation to heat without arcing and produce increase heating of foods. Conversion efficiency can be controlled by the |
| 4870251 |
External heating of transfer pads |
September 26, 1989 |
| A heat transfer pad molded over elongated projections, such as bolts, to conduct heat to the pad interior, and securely maintain the pad on a support. A heater assembly slideably retains the pad and support, and includes replaceable heating elements, which are insulated from a mounting |
| 4864089 |
Localized microwave radiation heating |
September 5, 1989 |
| A medium formed by a resin binder with conductive and semiconductive particles that can be coated on a substrate to convert electromagnetic radiation to heat. Conversion efficiency can be controlled by the choice and amount of materials used in the medium, which can be used repeatedly |
| 4857398 |
Electrosensitive recording |
August 15, 1989 |
| Electrosensitive recording using a composite structure formed by a base support, a resinous contrast layer containing silicon dioxide and a lubricating agent, and a vapor deposited metallic surface. The electrosensitive substrate provides improved print quality for information record |
| 4855005 |
Web transport motion compensation apparatus |
August 8, 1989 |
| A compensated web transport for decorators, in which the motion of the web is matched with that of a container being decorated. Controlled motion of the web is used to reduce distortion in the transfer of labels to irregularly shaped containers. |
| 4840406 |
Method of mounting index tabs upon stenographic notebooks |
June 20, 1989 |
| Two methods for mounting index tabs to coiled wire bound stenographic notebooks are disclosed. The first method involves providing one or more elongated transparent plastic envelopes having a plurality of aligned apertures adjacent a lower envelope edge, the apertures surrounding turns |
| 4832783 |
Apparatus for rotational decoration of articles |
May 23, 1989 |
| Application of heat transfer labels to articles. A roller having a smooth elastomeric coating turns against a moving web. The web carries heated labels which are transferred to the roller. The roller, with a transferred label thereon, turns against a moving article, and transfers the lab |
| 4830268 |
Adjustable file folder |
May 16, 1989 |
| An adjustable folder is disclosed with an overlap to accomodate variable contents. As the quantity of filed paper exceeds the current size of the folder, the overlap is moved to provide additional capacity. |
| 4828502 |
Convertible dry wipe board |
May 9, 1989 |
| A dry wipe marking board which is wall mountable and convertible to display a picture or painting while concealing the writing panel. The convertible dry wipe board is composed of a wall mountable support panel to which is secured a foldable dry wipe writing panel. When not in use the bo |
| 4824517 |
Multipurpose dispenser |
April 25, 1989 |
| A dispenser for correction tape, reinforcement tabs and the like which is singularly capable of housing and dispensing one at a time of a permanent correction tape or permanent reinforcement tabs each of which includes a releasable backing sheet. The dispenser is also capable of housing |
| 4822631 |
Process electrostatic imaging and developing |
April 18, 1989 |
| An imaging member employed in the high temperature transfer of toner onto paper. The imaging member operates at temperatures above the melting temperature of the toner by sealing the porous structure of the imaging member with a material having suitable dielectric, thermal and fluid |
| 4819013 |
Ion generation compensation |
April 4, 1989 |
| An ion generation system employed in forming electrostatic images on a dielectric surface in which compensation is made for variations in the electrostatic images. The desired compensation is accomplished by spacial or electrical adjustments of electrode apertures, or by adjusting their |
| 4816322 |
Anticounterfeit metallized labels |
March 28, 1989 |
| An electrosensitive substrate from which a metallized surface layer is selectively removed using electrosensitive printing to expose a patterned underlayer. The patterned underlayer may be randomly exposed, or exposed in prescribed portions. Tags, labels or the like of this description m |
| 4816321 |
Anticounterfeit metallized labels |
March 28, 1989 |
| An electrosensitive substrate from which a metallized surface layer is selectively removed using electrosensitive printing to expose a patterned underlayer. The patterned underlayer may be randomly exposed, or exposed in prescribed portions. Tags, labels or the like of this description m |
| 4804430 |
Metallization of support members |
February 14, 1989 |
| Method and apparatus for the metallization of support members, such as paper sheeting and other cellulosic products. A metallic film is transferred to a preheated paper support from a plastic sheet carrier and adhered to the paper by a thermoplastic material. The carrier is typically |
| 4781485 |
Continuous ring loose leaf notebook |
November 1, 1988 |
| Loose leaf retention mechanism, having a ring position shift mechanism, an elongated housing for containing the shift mechanism, coupling means for coupling first terminal portions of one or more continuous unitary (non-split) rings to the shift mechanism, and actuation means, coupled to |
| 4778095 |
Variable pitch advance of fasteners |
October 18, 1988 |
| Advance of fasteners by a feed wheel having involute shaped teeth, acting in cooperation with a side engaging pawl. |
| 4777106 |
Electrostatic toning |
October 11, 1988 |
| An electrostatic toning system employed in applying toner to latent electrostatic images on the surface of a dielectric material. Toning is accomplished by fluidizing the toner in a gaseous stream, charging the toner in the fluidized bed, and conveying the charged toner to the dielec |
| 4772355 |
Multipurpose dispenser |
September 20, 1988 |
| A dispenser for correction tape, reinforcement tabs and the like which is singularly capable of housing and dispensing one at a time of a permanent correction tape or permanent reinforcement tabs each of which includes a releasable backing sheet. The dispenser is also capable of housing |
| 4770733 |
Molten heat transfer labeling process |
September 13, 1988 |
| Product and process for heat transfer labeling. A transfer layer containing a design print is superimposed upon a contoured release layer that is desirably imprinted on a carrier. When the carrier, together with the release layer and the transfer layer are applied to an object to be |
| 4770557 |
Edge marking of sheets |
September 13, 1988 |
| Marking of edges and sides adjacent edges by a fibrous, porous member having a transverse slit. A barrel houses one or more fibrous, porous members which serve as reservoirs for a marking fluid. Openings in the barrel permit the passage of a sheet between the slits. |
| 4759650 |
Retractable marking pen with tip protection mechanism |
July 26, 1988 |
| A retractable marking pen having a tip guard to protect the writing tip (nib) from contact with external material when the ink cartridge to which the tip is connected is retracted into the pen casing. The tip guard is composed of a pair of guard flaps which open allowing the writing tip |
| 4755550 |
Readhering and removable adhesive |
July 5, 1988 |
| A gelled solid adhesive for coating substrates, typically paper. The adhesive can be made available in stick form and is easily applied in even coats to any surface area of the substrate. The adhesive has sufficient tack enabling the coated substrate to instantly adhere to essentially an |
| 4754529 |
Bundling of objects |
July 5, 1988 |
| Bundling of objects using a harnessing device with a locking head and a strap with teeth that are controlled by stretching. The locking head contains a pawl or tang that engages the teeth of the strap by wedging. One or more wedging teeth are desirably located on the locking tang as |
| 4749427 |
Method of binding and reinforcing loose leaf sheets |
June 7, 1988 |
| Method of binding loose leaf sheets together having multiple superposed punched holes while reinforcing the holes including providing a binding element having a tab portion and an elongated strip portion, affixing the tab portion to a face portion of one of the sheets and passing the str |
| 4745517 |
Multi-vector discharge of static electricity |
May 17, 1988 |
| A lightweight anti-static panel electrically connected to a satellite pad. The panel comprises a cellulosic material impregnated with a conductive material. A grounding wire with a serial resistor connects the panel to an earth ground. The satellite pad is positioned at a convenient acce |
| 4739541 |
Clipboard mounted retainer for writing instruments and the like |
April 26, 1988 |
| Retainer for convenient storage of writing implements or the like upon a clipboard having a movable clip member with an upper circular catch member aperture, and an elongated lower edge portion; an elastic band member for retaining the implements against the clip member, having an upper |
| 4736746 |
Method of fastening tissues |
April 12, 1988 |
| A method of fastening biological tissues using a fastener having two opposing heads joined by a connector. The fastener is installed by driving the heads through needles having a slotted bore. The needles are pierced through the tissues and rods are then used to drive the heads through t |
| 4735664 |
Integrated decoration of articles |
April 5, 1988 |
| A decorator controlled by a signal processor for applying heat transfer labels and the like to articles. Servo circuits accept processor commands and direct operation of label feed and transfer elements. A transfer roller moves in a continuously variable manner to follow the contour of |
| 4727383 |
Burnish protected electrosensitive recording |
February 23, 1988 |
| Electrosensitive recording using a composite structure formed by a base support for a resinous contrast layer containing amorphous silicon dioxide, polycrystalline silicon dioxide, and a polyolefin, which provide an anti-abrasion characteristic. The contrast layer has an overlying me |
| 4726979 |
Heat transfer barrier label |
February 23, 1988 |
| Product and process for heat transfer labeling. A transfer layer containing a design print is superimposed upon a contoured release layer that is desirably imprinted on a carrier. When the carrier, together with the release layer and the transfer layer are applied to an object to be |
| 4726131 |
Identification tags |
February 23, 1988 |
| A tag includes a primary panel capable of bearing identification indicia and a secondary panel capable of bearing identification indicia. The secondary panel is detachably secured to the primary panel along a line of separation, and coated, adjacent the line of separation, with a pressur |
| 4712677 |
Method and apparatus for dispensing fasteners |
December 15, 1987 |
| An improved system is described for attaching price tags to garments and for other joining applications using plastic fasteners dispensed through hollow, slotted needles. The system comprises a new method and tool for dispensing fasteners supplied in long lengths, together with improved |
| 4704310 |
Heat transferable laminate |
November 3, 1987 |
| An improved release coating for heat transferable laminate and improved method for curing the release coating for heat transferable laminates wherein an ink design layer is transferred from a carrier web onto an article such as a plastic or glass container upon application of heat and |
| 4696300 |
Fastener for joining materials |
September 29, 1987 |
| A fastener comprises a filament having two opposing heads. The heads have two ends defining non-parallel planes, forming acute angles which share a common ray. The fastener is installed by being driven through two needles having slotted bores. |
| 4684685 |
Readhering and removable adhesive |
August 4, 1987 |
| A gelled solid adhesive for coating substrates, typically paper. The adhesive can be made available in stick form and is easily applied in even coats to any surface area of the substrate. The adhesive has sufficient tack enabling the coated substrate to instantly adhere to essentially an |
| 4675703 |
Multi-electrode ion generating system for electrostatic images |
June 23, 1987 |
| An ion generator for the formation of electrostatic images includes two electrodes (a "control electrode" and a "driver electrode") at opposite faces of a solid dielectric member which are electrically actuated to form ions in an air region adjacent the control electrode; a third, "scree |
| 4658478 |
Bundling of objects |
April 21, 1987 |
| Bundling of objects using a harnessing device with a locking head and a strap with teeth that are controlled by stretching. The locking head contains a pawl or tang that engages the teeth of the strap by wedging. A wedging tooth is desirably on the locking tang as well, and a further |
| 4655339 |
Conveyance and grouping of stringed tags |
April 7, 1987 |
| A conveyor for conveying and grouping stringed tags. The conveyor carries stringed tags away from a production unit. A counter monitors the number of stringed tags delivered to the conveyor. After a predetermined number of strings have been delivered, the counter sends a signal to the co |
| 4654935 |
Structure, use and manufacture of fasteners |
April 7, 1987 |
| An attachment device, method of producing the same, and method of using in which the attachment has a cross bar joined to a head by a connector forming different angular transitions with the respective head and cross bar. The result is a toggle effect which promotes proper orientation of |
| 4651913 |
Variable pitch feed of fasteners |
March 24, 1987 |
| Variable pitch feed of fasteners by a unitary, single toothed feed member. Back-up of the fasteners from the feed position is prevented and the individual fasteners are securely positioned for ejection. |
| 4650360 |
Antistatic marking |
March 17, 1987 |
| A marking implement in which an antistatic material is incorporated in the housing of the implement. The antistatic material is a nonionic fatty acid ester and the housing is of plastic. The antistatic material effects a significant reduction in surface resistivity of the polyethylene. |
| 4644026 |
Readhering and removable adhesive |
February 17, 1987 |
| A gelled solid adhesive for coating substrates, typically paper. The adhesive can be made available in stick form and is easily applied on even coats to any surface area of the substrate. The adhesive has sufficient tack enabling the coated substrate to instantly adhere to essentially an |
