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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4136840 | Cord take-up reel for an electric lawn mower A cord take-up reel for use on an electric lawn mower. The reel is telescopically constructed to permit its axial dimension to be adjusted for mounting between a pair of opposing mower handles. A pair of shafts extending outwardly from opposing sides of t... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4133416 | Electric cord winder An electrical cord winder comprises a mechanical section and an electrical section. The mechanical section includes a rotatable cord drum rotatably journalled on a hollow journal secured at one end to a frame, the drum being axially retained between the f... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4102445 | Double cable reel A double cable reel utilizes a cylindrical core and a pair of flanges affixed thereto. The reel, thus formed, is journaled to a cover plate and has two pair of wiper and contact washers arranged in concentric arrangement such that one pair is secured to t... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4091318 | Charger/converter console with reel arrangement A console for charging a portable communications device and converting it for mobile operation can accommodate portable units of varying lengths. The contacts for the charging current are positioned by the insertion of a portable unit by means of a unique... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4080291 | Cleaning device for sedimentation tank A cleaning device for a water treatment sedimentation tank and characterized by the highly efficient removal of the sediment from the bottom of the tank and without requiring the draining thereof, and which comprises a cleaning assembly positioned within ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4072278 | Drop cord reel A drop cord reel having a spool assembly including a spool rotatable by a knob connected to the spool along an axis offset from the axis of rotation of the spool for winding and unwinding a cord attached to a winding surface of the spool. Also included in... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4065066 | Cable handling A cable handling mechanism for an X-ray tomographic scanner having a rotor assembly for making a scan of about two revolutions and then rewinding to an initial position includes two axially displaced drums. One drum is attached to the rotor housing and ro... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4061290 | Extension cord reel and case A hollow, axially short and generally cylindrical body is provided and is open at one end. The other end of the body includes a closure end wall and a generally centrally disposed stub shaft portion is supported from and projects inwardly of the closure e... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4053118 | Reversible reel unit The reel winds in hose or electric cable lines without troublesome rotating connections for the fluid or electric circuits involved. As line is unwound from the reel, another section of the line is first unwound from a small hub extension adjacent the ree... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4047599 | Electrically powered vehicle and feed cart A vehicle and, in particular, a feed cart as used in a barn to feed the livestock, which vehicle or feed cart is distinctively provided with an electric motor, an electric plug in cord supplying electric power to the motor from an electric outlet of the b... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4008791 | Takeup reel for combined hose and cable A takeup reel for a combination hydraulic hose and electrical cable including a rotatable storage portion for taking up and paying out hose and cable, a stationary mounting member on which the storage portion is mounted for rotation, and a rotatable conne... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3959608 | Reel arrangement for electric wiring The operator's station of a lift truck is optionally elevatable with the carriage and the electric control interconnection between the operator's station, and the truck main frame includes a novel reel mechanism for the multiple lead electric conduit whic... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3943306 | Electric loader with excessive unwind preventive means An electrically driven earth-moving or construction machine provided with an electric motor as a main motor and a reel assembly to wind or unwind a cable extending to the machine from an electric source away from the machine with the advance and reverse o... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3940577 | Method and apparatus for controlling a transfer car from a remote station A remote control method and apparatus for use in association with a movable carriage illustrated as a transfer car for handling radioactive materials. The car has a self-contained drive motor energized from a remote power source, and travels in forward an... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3937308 | Cable take up for traversing mechanisms A motorized traversing power unit includes a take-up reel, with a power supply cable which is anchored at one end adjacent one end of the path of the power unit and is wrapped in one direction around the reel, and a drive cable anchored at one end adjacen... | 02/10/1976 |
