Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100296853 | Hold-Down Device for Multiple-Ply or Integrated Forms in Printer Trays - A hold-down device is disclosed for holding down the leading edges of sheet materials, such as multiple-ply sheets or integrated forms, disposed in a tray of a printer in a horizontal or flat position prior to feeding the leading edge of the top sheet or integrated form into the printer feed mechanism. Because some sheet materials are prone to curling, which causes jamming in the feed mechanism or downstream in printing path within commonly used printers, the disclosed hold-down device maintains the leading edge of the top sheet in a flat or horizontal position so it can be reliably and evenly received in the feeder mechanism of the printer, thereby reducing the chances of jamming when sheet materials that are prone to curling, such as multiple-ply sheets or integrated forms, are being printed. The hold-down device includes a base with two ends. Each end may include a retainer or other means for detachably connecting the base to the paper tray of the printer. The base is hingedly connected to a pair of parallel arms. Each arm includes a distal end that engages or rests on the top sheet adjacent, but proximal to the leading edge of the top sheet to prevent curling. | 11-25-2010 |
20110234720 | Multi-Part Form Made Using Single Pass/Single Web Manufacturing Process - A method is disclosed for manufacturing a multi-part form (MPF) in a single pass process wherein at least some of plurality of parts of the MPF may include variable data such as a serial number, tracking number or barcode. One disclosed method may include passing a single web through a plurality of print-heads wherein each of the plurality of print-heads prints a top or bottom side of a different part of the MPF on a different portion of the web. The copy printed on the parts by the plurality of print-heads may include indicia for the sequence of parts of the MPF. The web may then be passed through a digital printer for the printing of variable data on at least some of the parts. The method may further include passing the web through at least one additional print-head for printing a CF coating on the top surface of one or more parts. The printing of the CF coating on the top surface of the one or more parts preferably does not overlap any variable data. | 09-29-2011 |
20120037302 | Sheet Comprising a Plurality of Hospital Wristbands Connected to a Backing Sheet Without Perforations Between The Bands - A group of size-adjustable wristbands is disclosed. The group of wristbands includes a backing sheet that is connected to a stub area disposed at an end of the backing sheet. A plurality of elongated strips is connected to the stub area in a side-by-side fashion. Each strip includes a first end attached to an additional stub area and a second end attached to the stub area. Each strip further includes a top surface. The group of wristbands further includes a plurality of top sheets, each top sheet having a first end and a second end. The first end of each top sheet is attached to one of the strips along a top surface thereof. Each top sheet is clear and includes a bottom side coated with a top adhesive layer. Finally, the group of wristbands includes a plurality of top liners with each top liner being sandwiched between one of the top adhesive layers and one of the strips. | 02-16-2012 |
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20140259606 | Seal - A shaft seal includes a lip at the low pressure end with a tapered cylindrical body extending from the lip. The tapered cylindrical body has a first diameter where the tapered cylindrical body meets the lip and a second diameter at a distal end that is exposed to a high pressure fluid. An aperture is formed through the lip and through the tapered cylindrical body following an axis of the tapered cylindrical body. The aperture has a first end at the lip and a distal second end. At the first end, the aperture has a first inner diameter that is slightly greater than the outer diameter of the shaft at the distal end, the aperture tapers to a second inner diameter which is approximately the diameter of the shaft. An o-ring, is positioned around the tapered cylindrical body applying pressure on the tapered cylindrical body against the shaft. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263686 | Spray Gun with Interchangeable Handle Grips - A spray gun has a spray gun body with at least one fluid input port. A nozzle is removably affixed to the spray gun body and valves are in fluid communication between each of the at least one fluid input ports and the nozzle. A trigger is movably attached to the spray gun body and is operatively coupled to the valves such that operation of the trigger opens each of the valves and fluid flows from the at least one fluid input port through the valves to the nozzle. Included are at least two pairs of handle grips. Each of the at least two pairs of handle grips are of a different size, each size corresponding to a hand size, and one of the at least two pairs of handle grips is removable affixed to the spray gun body. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263699 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Mixing and Spraying Resin and Catalyst - A dual input valve includes a valve stem having a compressed air valve that includes a captured o-ring held in a circumferential groove. A catalyst valve is also on the valve stem. The housing has a catalyst input port in fluid communication with a catalyst valve seat, a compressed air input port in fluid communication with a compressed air valve seat, a mixing area in fluid communication with the catalyst valve seat and the compressed air valve seat, and an output port in fluid connection with the mixing area. A spring urges the valve stem towards a closed position in which the compressed air valve closes against the compressed air valve seat blocking flow of a catalyst from the catalyst input port into the mixing chamber and the catalyst valve closes against the catalyst valve seat blocking flow of a catalyst from the catalyst input port into the mixing chamber. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263700 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Mixing and Spraying Resin and Catalyst - A dual input valve includes a valve stem having an air valve that includes a captured o-ring held in a circumferential groove. A catalyst valve ball abuts the valve stem. A housing has a catalyst input port in fluid communication with a catalyst valve seat, an air input port in fluid communication with a air valve seat, a mixing area in fluid communication with the catalyst valve seat and the air valve seat, and an output port in fluid connection with the mixing area. A spring urges the catalyst valve ball, and hence, the valve stem towards a closed position in which the air valve seats against the air valve seat blocking flow of a air from the air input port into the mixing chamber and the catalyst valve ball seats against the catalyst valve seat blocking flow of catalyst from the catalyst input port into the mixing chamber. | 09-18-2014 |
20140264126 | Reduced Wear Valve - A reduced wear single input valve includes a valve stem that has a first end and a distal end, and a valve housing that has an input port and an output port. The valve stem pass through a seal interfaced to valve housing at the output port side. A valve seat is within the valve housing has one side in fluid communication with the output port and an opposing side in fluid communication with the input port. A ball is urged against the valve seat by a force of a resilient member, thereby preventing flow of fluid from the input port through the valve seat and to the output port until an opposing force is applied on the ball by the valve stem, thereby counteracting the force of the resilient member. The valve stem is isolated from a pressure from the input port while the ball is seated. | 09-18-2014 |
20150375182 | Collider Mixer - A collider mixer includes a collider mixer element of cylindrical shape. Partitions form cylindrical channels around the collider mixer element. An input port is coupled to a first channel and an output port is coupled to a last channel. Exactly one inter-partition passage is formed in each of the partitions and a mixing chamber with a cylindrical inner surface holds the mixer element such that outer edges of the partitions seal against the inner surface of the mixing chamber, forming the channels. Fluids enter the input port and splits. A first portion of the fluids flow one direction through each channel and a remaining second portion of the fluids flow in an opposite direction through the same channel. The first portion of the fluids and the second portion of the fluids meet and collide at the inter-partition passages, then pass through the inter-partition passage to an adjacent channel. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375986 | Rod Valve - A dispensing system has a head assembly affixed to a mixing chamber. The head assembly is fluidly interfaced to a first rod seat and the second rod seat. The first rod has a first rod head and the second rod has a second rod head. Distal ends of both rods are interfaced to a system for moving. In a closed position, the first rod head seats in the first rod seat and the second rod head is seated in the second rod seat, blocking fluid communication between the first input port and the mixing chamber and between the second input port and the mixing chamber. In an open position, the first rod head is separated from the first rod seat and the second rod head is separated from the second rod placing the first input port and the second input port in fluid communication with the mixing chamber. | 12-31-2015 |