Roll or roller inventions 09/06

20060211555 - Rolling pin with a yieldable rolling surface: A rolling pin including a hard core, a jacket of a softer material over the core and defining a rolling surface. In one variation, the jacket may be of such length and so positioned on the core as to define end regions of the jacket extending beyond the ends of...

20060211556 - Heating and cooling roller: In a cooling roller which cools a molten resin strip discharged from a die, a temperature of a place where a resin comes into contact with the cooling roller, and that of a place where the resin is detached from the cooling roller are individually controlled. The cooling roller comprises:...

20060205578 - Fixing roller: Disclosed is a fixing roller which comprises a core 16, a porous material layer 22 disposed in surrounding relation to an outer peripheral surface of the core 16, and a thin-walled metal sleeve 26 covering an outer peripheral surface of the porous material layer 22. The porous material layer 22...