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Nexicor LLC

Crosfield Ebway, Inc.

Charles A Kuecker

David R Pacholok

Adam Gregg Malofsky

John P Barber

Robert Carl Cravens, Ii

Gary L Claypoole

Bernard Miles Malofsky

Edward Allen Riess

Gary M Klawinski

Edward A Reiss

An apparatus and system for using magnetic fields to heat magnetically susceptible materials within and/or adjacent to adhesives, resins, or composites so as to reversibly or irreversibly bond, bind, or fasten opaque or non-opaque solid materials to one another. The system makes use of the effect that alternating magnetic fields induce eddy currents and generate heat within susceptors, and the effect that alternating magnetic fields additionally induce magnetic hysteresis that occurs in magnetic materials and thereby generate heat. An induction heating tool is used to emit the magnetic field at its work coil, and an electronic controller measures the energy being used by a power converter that generates the alternating current driving the work coil which creates the magnetic field. The distance between the susceptor and work coil is repeatedly analyzed based upon the power converter's input energy, and the work coil is driven at a repeatedly corrected power level during the heating cycle. Once a sufficient accumulated energy has been delivered to the susceptor, the magnetic field is turned off automatically by the tool, thus preventing overheating of the susceptor.

Integral hand-held induction heating tool

Hand held induction tool

A mechanical tire deflating device provides a mechanism to deploy a folded deflating spike under a vehicle desired to be stopped. When the mechanical tire deflating device is under the vehicle being pursued, tire deflating spikes are extended in order to deflate the tires of the pursued vehicle.

Mechanical tire deflating device

An apparatus for detecting and guiding a web includes a web scanner bar unit that extends across the entire width of the web path for controlling a steering mechanism to maintain a more precise edge and/or center alignment. The web scanner bar unit is formed of an infrared light-emitting diode array and a phototransistor array formed on opposite sides of the web. A microprocessor-based controller unit is provided for controlling the operation of the web scanner bar unit to form right and left eyespots in order to determine the respective right and left edges of the web. Further, the web scanner bar unit is capable of detecting a break in the intermediate area of the web.

Microprocessor-controlled apparatus for detecting and guiding a web

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Cary, IL, United States of America

Charles A Kuecker