PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging machine capable of preventing a disadvantage caused by a displacement between film feeding and a seal. SOLUTION: A packaging machine 1 comprises a film feeding means 3 for feeding out a belt-like film 2 and forming it into a cylindrical shape, a transferring means 5 for use in transferring a packaged item 4 to as to supply it in sequence into the film 2...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bag forming tube for a vertical bag forming, filling and packaging machine in which an item filling efficiency for an item to be charged into a packaging material can be improved by a simple structure, and a superior general application is attained in regard to either air supplying into or air discharging out of the packaging material. SOLUTION: A bag forming tub...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically and efficiently perform the whole operation of packaging case-enclosed articles which are different in packaging. SOLUTION: The automatically packaging apparatus includes an arrange and feed station 12 for arranging and feeding the case-enclosed articles 5 so that their case caps 4 face upward, a first carry path 14 for carrying the articles 5 which have been...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a speed reduction gear maintaining a specified strength without increasing the thickness of a flange and free from oil leakage even if planetary pin holes (shaft supporting holes) on the speed reduction gear side and connection hole forming positions for a mate machine interfere with each other. SOLUTION: A planet gear 14 is supported by a planetary pin 30 supporte...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a constitution of a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission. SOLUTION: In this toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, wherein rollers 29, 30 are rotatably held by input discs 16, 23 and output discs 15, 25 rotatably mounted oppositely to each other on the same axis, and the rollers 29, 30 are longitudinally moved in the direction along a plane ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spectral reflectance measuring apparatus and method capable of measuring the reflectance of light with a specific wavelength, over a wide wavelength range including the ultraviolet range, and easily obtaining a reference value. SOLUTION: The spectral reflectance measuring apparatus comprises a light source part having a xenon lamp, an incoming fiber, a measuring ...

An ambient condition detector 10 having multiple sensors S1-Sn coupled to control circuitry 12 to produce one or more processed outputs 14 indicative of one or more ambient conditions to be detected. The outputs 14 can be transmitted via a communications medium 16 and used to control functions associated with detected conditions. In another embodiment a multi-sensor detector is provided which main...

A reel (10), particularly for an electric cable (12), has a rotatable drum (14) supported at (16) and optionally swivel-mounted on a plinth (30) or other member. A removable motor module (60) can be attached to convert the drum to a motorised reel controlled by a switch (82), which allows the user to rewind the cable (12) onto the drum (14), when required.

Media printed in a printer is fed in an integrated operation to a laminator to be at least partly laminated, the media between the printer and the laminator device forming a loose media buffer. Synchronization is provided between the advance of the media in the printer and in the laminator. This is done preferably using counting devices associated to the printer and the laminator, or buffer shape ...

An apparatus includes a printer and a laminator operating in line with said printer, and a feeding device arranged along the media path between the printer and the laminator for feeding to the laminator the media that is outputted from the printer. The feeding device includes an arrangement to cause media advance by friction, such as belts, and an arrangement for generating an air stream, such as ...

A sealed lead-acid cell comprises a cell container (10), a cell element positioned in the cell container and comprising a plurality of positive and negative plates (68) and an absorbent separator (66) positioned between adjacent plates, the positive and negative plates and the separator being positioned in a pancake orientation to minimize separator saturation and electrolyte stratification and th...

The invention relates to a method for linking two adjacent plastic work pieces (2, 3). The inventive method is characterized in that the intended contact zone (K) of at least one of the two work pieces (2) with which the latter adjoins to the other work piece (3) is at least partially subjected to a high-energy radiation to such an extent that the glass transition temperature is reduced in a margi...

On a building drum (14) a cylindrical carcass sleeve (3) is made which comprises at least one carcass ply (4) having end flaps (4a) turned up at respective annular reinforcing structures (5). An outer sleeve (19) comprising a tread bend (9) externally applied to a belting structure (8) is buildingd on an auxiliary drum (18). The carcass sleeve (3) is transferred onto the intermediate drum (18) on ...

An apparatus to unwind a roll (1) of material (12), with a self-adhesive coating on one side, has two holders (2) each with a recess (21) to hold the roll (1), to give a sliding guide for the roll (1) between them. A powered take-off roller (5), with an elastic foam mantle (52), is positioned to draw out the wound material (12) by contact with its non-adhesive side. The sliding guide for the roll ...

The present invention is a method and apparatus for centering a belt-shaped material. A conveying direction leading end portion and a conveying direction trailing end portion of triangular portions of the belt-shaped material are displaced in advance in directions opposite directions in which the conveying direction leading end portion and the conveying direction trailing end portion of the belt-s...

This simple arrangement supports and guides a band of material for processing. The material typically comprises nylon- or steel cords and is supplied or withdrawn continuously or intermittently, altering the position in which a loop of the material hangs. In the novel arrangement, the material (2) is divided into two loops (8, 9) by supportive, smoothing- (i.e. evening out the flow of material) ro...

The present invention discloses a coated cemented carbide cutting tool(indexable inserts) for the wet or dry milling, particularly at high cutting speeds, of stainless steels of different composition and microstructure, but also for the milling of non-stainless steels such as low carbon steels and low and medium alloyed steels. The coated WC-Co based cemented carbide insert is characterized by a s...

Porous pipe formed of particles of vulcanized rubber dispersed in a binder resin such as polyethylene are stabilized to reduce degradation by ultraviolet light by dispersing in the binder resin an effective amount of an ultraviolet stabilizer such as 0.1 to 10% by weight of carbon black.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for connecting film capable of selectively connecting an intermediate position between adjacent sprocket holes to a central position of the hole without fixing a connecting end of the film to the intermediate position between the adjacent holes when the ends to be connected of the film and connected to each other by an adhesive tape, and a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a damage of a cord while performing thinning of a belt layer. SOLUTION: A method for manufacturing the pneumatic tire comprises a first step of forming a long-sized woven yarns-like rubber-coated member in which belt cords are rubber-coated, and a belt layer forming step of forming a cylindrical cage of a first cord array obtained by obliquely arraying the rubber-c...