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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354480 | Stent mandrel fixture and system for reducing coating defects A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7261271 | Folding wire reel carrier A device that has as simple frame that pivots at the center instead of the top. The axels are stored in the device when not needed. They are simply slipped through holes in the frame for use. Reels are placed on the outside of the frame, which makes changing reels s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7179637 | Apparatus and method for using intestinal segments or their substitutes in high-throughput analysis of compound absorption An apparatus for high-throughput analysis of compound absorption in a controlled environment that closely resembles in-vivo conditions. The apparatus includes at least one tissue-receiving enclosure that is capable of interfacing (e.g., via transfer of fluids, elect... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176411 | Wire feeder A wire feeder for supplying consumable welding wire to a welding gun includes a housing and a wire advancing mechanism connected to the housing for paying wire from a wire spool to a welding gun. A storage tray is formed with the housing. A wire spool support is con... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6935040 | Cable installation system and related methods A cable installation system for use by a cable installer may include a plurality of cable dispensers having different lengths of cable. In particular, each cable dispenser may also have a non-numeric, length-identifying marking associated therewith corresponding to ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6086013 | A-frame spool caddy A frame that folds to a compact, folded, generally flat shape, and that unfolds to an A-frame with spool-receiving bars hung preferably on both the front side frame and back side frame of the A-frame. The spool-receiving bars are removably received in the... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5948296 | Wire wheel adapter for mig welder An adapter enables a conventional MIG welding machine to successfully use spoked wire wheels on which weld wire is wound. The adapter assembles over a rotatable hub that is also conventional. The adapter has a notch that mates without backlash with a post... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5806787 | Folding wire reel stand A wire reel stand that is capable of supporting multiple wire reels in its open position and is easily collapsed for storage. The stand includes a pair of "U"-shaped frame supports, with a central wire reel support rod disposed between the open ends of th... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5743396 | Rope stowage device and method The invention provides a method of stowing a rope or the like. The method comprises the steps of: placing a first looped portion of a rope in a longitudinally extending cavity; and placing successive adjacent looped portions of the rope in respective next... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5687928 | Rack for wire dispensing spools A rack for rotatably mounting one or more wire dispensing spools. A set of four rollers extend horizontally between a pair of spaced parallel side walls and are positioned in a substantially square-shaped configuration and rotatably mount and retain the s... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5577745 | Personal material handling system A hand dolly or personal material handling system is provided having a removable reel holder which can be loaded with reels of wire in an extended position, or retracted. The handling system is adapted to carry attachments, including a long stock holder f... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5522565 | Adjustable yarn package holder An adjustable yarn package holder which can support one of a plurality of variously sized yarn packages on a creel. The yarn package holder includes a pair of longitudinally adjustable elongate support arms which define a mandrel for receiving the core of... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5516059 | Electrical wire spool guide A wire guide to control and contain electrical wire as it is pulled off a standard spool that is rotating about a spindle. The guide has side plates that rest alongside the spool and rotate about the same spindle upon which the spool turns. An adjustable ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5492280 | Pallet for transporting a textile bobbin or tube relative to a textile machine A pallet for transporting a textile cop or tube in a textile machine transport system accommodates tubes of differing inside diameters by providing at least three independently radially positionable support elements spaced circumferentially about a tube-s... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5398879 | Carrier for preventing relative movement between bobbin tube and carrier An improved carrier for textile bobbins of the type having a disk-like base plate and a bobbin mounting pin upstanding therefrom of an outside diameter slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the tube of the bobbin to be supported and transported, wh... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5359160 | Peg tray type yarn tube carrier with transmitting-receiving device A peg tray type carrier for transporting textile yarn tubes has a codable, readable and erasable electronic information carrying device such as a memory chip connected to a transmitting-receiving antenna arranged in the area of the central axis of the peg... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5263658 | Spooled rope display and dispensing rack A rack (10) for displaying and dispensing spools of rope one behind the other in limited spaces. The rack has a base (13), a plate (12) reciprocally mounted to the base, and a frame (11) pivotably mounted to the plate. The frame includes rods (22) for rot... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5222677 | Apparatus and method for the drawing off of threads, ribbons and the like A device for drawing a thread, ribbon or the like off from a package (1), in which the thread or the like can be withdrawn overhead from the package and, in order to obtain a practically twist-free drawing off of the thread, ribbon or the like, the thread... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5203518 | Creel adapter A creel adapter is provided for the securing of yarn spooled on parallel and tapered type yarn package tubes which are to be placed into position for further processing in the carpet industry. The entire device rests on a base plate which contains a hole ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5143316 | Spool assembly A spool assembly having an elongated spindle and a pair of spaced end plates. Each end of the spindle is formed with a resilient locking arrangement and each end plate is formed with a centrally located opening. A locking arrangement is formed on the peri... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5110064 | Bobbin carrying tray A bobbin carrying tray having an air passage extending through a peg adapted for insertion in a bobbin, and through a base underlying it. Some linear members are provided at the midway portion of the air passage to prevent the passing of yarn which is sus... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5056732 | Spool winding apparatus In accordance with the invention, a cable winding apparatus is provided which includes a stand, a race on the stand, a manually rotatable handle including a clutch having a mating surface for engaging and rotatably driving a spool positioned between the h... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4948064 | Universal spool support system By providing spool supporting plates which are moveably positionable relative to each other, a universal product bearing spool support system is attained. Preferably, the support plates also incorporate a plurality of aligned shaft receiving holes, thereb... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4763855 | Floss bobbin holding device A device for holding a plurality of floss bobbins is described. The invention comprises a floss bobbin holding carrier which has a peripheral surface and a plurality of mounting sites on the surface. A plurality of modular floss bobbins are detachably mou... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4685633 | Unwinding module for packing reels containing electric conductors A module for receiving a reel having an electric conductor wound thereon and permitting the conductor to be unwound from the reel. The module is a six-sided frame made of wire and having at least one open side for inserting the reel within, and removing t... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4671409 | Disposable light-tight canister A light-tight, self-contained canister for preventing a roll of core wound photosensitive media, used in a microfiche or microfilm reader-printer, from being damaged or exposed to actinic light during shipping, storing and dispensing. The canister include... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4669681 | Cord-dispensing spool caddie A plurality of cord spool mounting spindles are arranged in parallel relationship in a planar row within an elongated case. The case has in it one or more dispensing ports through which cord can be dispensed from spools mounted on the spindles.... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4611645 | Creel apparatus for electrical wire A creel for reels of electrical wire. A creel member has spindles extending out to receive reels of electrical wire, and a support leg is pivoted at the upper end of the creel member and movable out to provide a tripod arrangement. A chain extends from th... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4553711 | Modular holder for rolls The modular roll product holder 10 of this invention comprises two support panels 20,22 each adapted to be secured to a mounting surface 16,18 and a hinged connector 24 adapted to be removably secured to the two support panels, 20,22 and two roll support ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4552323 | Cable dispensing apparatus A cable dispenser stores and dispenses cable from one of several coils of cable held on separate interchangeable cable coil holding reels stacked one above another on shelves on a cart each reel including a spool on a turntable platform that has four outs... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4541586 | Rope reel display and dispenser assembly for perforated panel boards A rope reel display and dispensing assembly for perforated panel boards often referred to as Pegboards in which reels of ropes, wire, cable, chains, tubing, hose products can be dispensed in measured continuous lengths and which are supported in rows upon... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4537106 | Stand for dispensing filamentary material from reels A display and dispensing rack is disclosed in which reels of filamentary material are rotatably supported upon a pair of roller covered, spaced, parallel bars so that the filamentary material may be withdrawn therefrom, passed through a measuring device a... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4368858 | Portable drum reel A portable drum reel consisting of a drum portion onto which an electrical cable or a hose can be wound. The drum portion is flanked by two circular flanges. An aperture leads into the interior of the drum; a slit extends radially from the edge of one fla... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4330095 | Free standing, multiple skein yarn holder and dispenser A free standing yarn holder and dispenser comprising a floor contacting base, an upstanding stem supporting a capital with outstanding, spaced apart circumferential hooks, and one or more bags each adapted to contain a skein of yarn and to be held general... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4327880 | Releasable spool for fishing reels A spool of a spinning reel is retained on its shaft by latch means released by an axially shiftable push button. The reel shaft has an annular latch groove near its forward end and a spool supporting hub. The spool is suitably recessed to receive and reta... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4318428 | Warp beam The warp beam is constructed with a hollow tube on which flanges can be symmetrically mounted as well as with a tubular extension at one end to permit asymmetric mounting in the bearings of a weaving machine. The warp beam is shaftless and the extension e... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4112711 | Direct-from-skein yarn feeder A flat circular base having a ball bearing, comprising co-planar inner and outer races, the outer race of which is co-axially mounted on said base, the inner race of said bearing supporting a tubular skein holding mast having a circular sheet masonite pla... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4077586 | Drop wire payout apparatus This specification discloses simplified wire payout apparatus for paying out wire directly from a box in which the wire is shipped, thus eliminating the necessity of providing mechanical payout equipment such as has been required on utility service trucks... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4034930 | Spool holding device A device for holding a spool of line on a fishing rod to allow the line to be wound from the spool onto a fishing reel. The device includes a clasping member for releasably securely fastening the device to the rod shaft and a pair of arms springably urged... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3980250 | Device for holding tube shaped objects A device for holding tube-shaped objects which objects are placed on or off a casing having a fixed portion, a slideable portion, and expandible members connecting said casing fixed and slideable portions, a piston inside said casing connected to said sli... | 09/14/1976 |
