75328082
Jul 21, 1997
Linear actuators comprising motors, belts ball screws and nuts, hydraulic reservoir assemblies comprising motors, hydraulic pumps, relief valves and plumbing, and hydraulic servo control valves, all used to move and laterally position webs or strips of metal, paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber or textiles so that they may be printed with one or more colors, or cut or slit, or surface treated or measured; Magnetic clutches for web processing machines, bottle capping machines, wire coating machines, and tension machines; Pneumatic friction brakes for web processing machines; Magnetic brakes for bottle capping machines and tension machines; Electromechanical positioners comprising servo motors, belts, ball screws and nuts, used to move and laterally position webs or strips of metal, paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, or textiles so that they may be printed with one or more colors, or cut or slit, or surface treated, or measured; Winding systems comprising air expanding shafts and mandrels, mechanical expanding shafts and mandrels, hydraulic expanding shafts and mandrel, solid shafts and mandrels, rollers, air expanding chucks, mechanical expanding chucks, or hydraulic expanding chucks, all used to grip cores or rolls of paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil, or textiles along their inner axis or on the inside edges of rolls; hydraulic expanding apparatus used to open cruhed cores onto which are wound paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil, or textiles; Tension systems comprising transducers, dancer rolls, follower arms, web velocity sensors, stand velocity sensors, roll revolution-per-minute sensors, position sensors, sonic sensors, open loop tension controllers, closed loop tension controllers, manual tension controllers, electromagnetic clutches, magnetic clutches, pneumatic clutches, electromagnetic brakes, magnetic brakes, pneumatic brakes, adjustable speed drives, or adjustable torque drives, such tension systems used to maintain preset tension during winding and unwinding of rolls of paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil,or textiles; Cutting and slitting systems comprising free rotating slitting knives, powered slitting knives, air actuated knife holders, air expanding shafts and mandrels, mechanical expanding shafts and mandrels, or solid shafts and mandrels, all used for cutting and slitting paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil, or textiles; Automatic slitter knife positioning systems comprising electromechanical positioners, servo motors, belts, pulleys, ball screws, encoders, and computer input devices, used to position knives to slit paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil, or textiles; Surface treatment systems, namely, corona treaters comprised of high frequency electric power supplies, computer interfaces, bare dielectric rolls, covered dielectric rolls, or dual dielectric rolls, used to improve bond strength between plastic, film, or foil by etching the surface of such materials; Surface treatment systems, namely, web cleaners comprised of upper and lower air units with parallel plates and linearly extending hoods that provide a suction outlet, used to clean webs of paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, film, metal, foil, or textiles while they are being fed; Material handling systems comprised of unwind stands, rewind stands, roll dollies, roll rotators, roll lifters, scissors lifts or roll carts, used to lift, transport, position and handle rolls of paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil, or textiles; Measuring systems, namely, registration systems comprised of location sensors, press drive controls and print cylinder side motion controls, used to control the registration and placement of webs of paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard film, and foil; Measuring systems, namely, viscosity controls comprised of circulating pumps, sensors and reservoirs, used to automatically meter, supply, mix and deliver solutions to printing presses; Imaging systems comprised of image collection devices, computer software and computer hardware, used for machine vision applications including locating, guiding, identifying, measuring and inspecting objects; Thickness measurement and control systems comprised of computer software, computer hardware, sensor transport devices, electromechanical assemblies, radiation sensors, pulse radar sensors, ultrasonic sensors, hydrostatic sensors, radio frequency capacitance sensors, vibration sensors, or microwave sensors, used for gauging and controlling mass, thickness or density of paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, film, foil, coatings, fiberglass, rubber metal, and textiles
MachineryCharge couple device camera sensors, infrared sensors, ultrasonic sensors, tension sensors, capacitive sensors, pneumatic sensors, and position sensors namely, edge sensor, roll diameter sensors, follower arm sensors, and dancer sensors, all used in process control systems, drive systems, guiding systems, tensioning systems, winding systems, cutting and slitting systems, surface treatment systems, material handling systems, brake systems, clutch systems, automatic quality control, defect detection and inspection systems, measuring systems, imaging and recording systems, thickness measurement and control systems; Electronic motor controllers, used to control direct current servo motors used in linear actuators and other material positioning systems; Guiding systems comprising pneumo-hydraulic motors, electro-hydraulic motor, pneumo-mechanical motors, electro-mechancial motors, actuators, signal processors, capacitance sensors, diode array cameras,inductive sensors, pneumatic sensors, infrared sensors, visible light sensors, ultrasonic sensors, ultraviolet sensors or laser sensors, used to automatically maintain a preset web direction during winding and unwinding through a closed loop system of paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil, or textiles; Automatic quality control, defect detection and inspection systems comprising strobe lights, timing devices, high-resolution color video cameras, touch screen monitors, signal processors, computer software, used for continuously monitoring printing and coating processes for print accuracy, or bar code readability on paper, paperboard, corrugated paper products, cardboard, plastic, rubber, film, metal, foil, and textiles
Electrical and Scientific ApparatusInstallation, maintenance and repair services in the field of process control systems, drive systems, guiding systems, positioning systems, tensioning systems, winding systems, cutting and slitting systems, surface treatment systems, material handling systems, brake systems, clutch systems, automatic quality control, defect detection and inspection systems, measuring systems, imaging and recording systems, thickness measurement and control systems
Building Construction and RepairConsultation and advisory services in the field of design, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and repair of process control systems, drive systems, guiding systems, positioning systems, tensioning systems, winding systems, cutting and slitting systems, surface treatment system, material handling systems, brake systems, clutch systems, automatic quality control, defect detection and inspection systems, measuring systems, imaging and recording systems, thickness measurement and control systems
Computer and Scientific