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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380742 | Level wind winch cable tensioner A winch cable storage device includes a cable-tensioning mechanism for attachment to a cable winch. The manual cable tensioner is removably attached to the cable winch and includes a level wind feature. The level winder includes a flexible frame attached between the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363968 | Umbilical reel safety release The method of preventing over tension to an umbilical wrapped on the spool of an offshore reel when the umbilical is unexpectedly pulled from the spool on the reel, comprising providing a main disk, mounting the main disk on the spool of the reel with a slip connect... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7261278 | Powered rope ascender and portable rope pulling device A device for pulling an elongate member includes a powered rotational motor having an output and a rotating drum connected to the output of said rotational motor where the rotating drum has a longitudinal axis and a circumference. The device further includes a guide... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249725 | Thread carrying apparatus and a textile machine, in particular a weaving machine, including a thread carrying apparatus for this kind In accordance with the invention a thread carrying apparatus is proposed with a thread (2) lying in contact with or passing along the thread carrying apparatus with friction in the operating state. The thread carrying apparatus includes excitation means (3... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234685 | Apparatus for raising and lowering a banner An apparatus for raising and lowering an article includes a tube, a motor coupled to the tube for rotating the tube, a plurality of cables secured to the tube and to the article in spaced relation to each other, and a cable indexer synchronously coupled with the tub... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7182319 | Roller assembly for a lifting device for a personal-transportation vehicle A preferred embodiment of a roller assembly for a lifting device for a personal-transportation vehicle includes a shaft member for mounting on a lifting arm assembly of the lifting device and having an outer surface, and a roller member for supporting a lifting stra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7111804 | Device and apparatus with magnetic thread-guide for winding a thread onto cylindrical supports Thread-guiding device for apparatus for winding a thread onto a support rotatable by associated actuating means, at least one element for receiving and guiding the thread to be wound, the element for receiving and guiding the thread to be wound being integral with a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7014172 | Electric hoist The present invention is to provide an electric hoist using a suspended electric winch that maintains a horizontal posture in any cargo handling operation. A hoist in one aspect includes a winch including a drum axially connected to a drive shaft of a motor, a suspe... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6978962 | Wire winding machine with arcuate moveable traverse and wire directional control device A wire winding machine includes two mandrels for winding wire alternately thereon. A traverse positions wire axially along each mandrel, and moves in an arcuate path to position wire adjacent one or the other mandrel. A single transfer arm transfers wire from a woun... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6910679 | Variable controlled guide device for wireline spooler A guide device for a wireline spooler having an axis. A carriage is spaced from the spooler with the carriage including an upstanding fairlead to receive a wireline. A first mechanism reciprocates the carriage laterally parallel to the spooler axis. A second mechani... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910654 | Apparatus and method for winding multi-layer coil in trapezoidal winding space A multi-layer coil is wound around a bobbin having a center pillar and a small and a large flanges connected to longitudinal ends of the center pillar. A winding space having a trapezoidal cross-section in a plane cut through the center axis of the bobbin is formed ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6811112 | Active feedback levelwinding system An active feedback levelwind apparatus and method for winding cable on a drum has a rotary encoder providing signals representative of drum rotation and a shuttle adjacent the drum receives, bidirectionally moves and wraps the cable on the drum. An outboard sensor a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6616090 | Wire supply control assembly for feeding wire A wire supply control assembly for creating a length of slack wire in readiness for use. The slack wire is stored by arching a length of wire upward along a feeder arm and downward to a baling machine. The wire feeder arm is biased in an upward position b... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6543714 | Feeding device A feeding device for the simultaneous feeding of several continuously incoming threads on bobbin cases of a winding device located on a bobbin holder for the simultaneous winding with a carrier bracket with thread guides located thereon for each incoming ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6443431 | Load compensated right angle diamond screw levelwind A cable winding system has a powered spool for receiving the cable in continuous evenly distributed coils. A levelwind mechanism is attached to the spool and guides the cable onto the spool by a pawl traversing a powered diamond screw groove. The levelwin... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435448 | Winding machine with yarn traversing device A winding machine (1) includes a yarn traversing apparatus (2) including a housing (3) having an elongated opening (11). A reversing screw thread shaft (5) has an outer surface (14), it is rotatably supported in the housing (3) and it includes an endless ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435447 | Coil tubing winding tool A winding tool operating in conjunction with a level wind spools coiled tubing in a helical pattern onto a reel. In one embodiment, the winding tool includes a plurality of rollers that are urged against the winds of coiled tubing with a biasing member. A... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6332583 | Device to form spirals in a coiling machine for rolled stock Device to form spirals in a coiling machine for trolled stock located downstream of a rolling train provided with drawing rollers, wherein the coiling machine includes a reel able to rotate around an axis of rotation, including a guide element suitable to... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6264128 | Levelwind system for coiled tubing reel A levelwind system for a coiled tubing reel (26) including an arcuate guide arm (48) extending over the upper surface of the reel (26). A universal joint (50) mounts the lower end of the arm (48) for pivotal movement both vertically and horizontally. A gu... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6131845 | Fiber guide A fiber guide for spooling glass fiber from an automatic coil winding machine onto a spool. The guide has a body or pay guide assembly with a receiving aperture. Two similar sections are held together with a slight gap between them. Left and right paralle... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6073878 | Method and device for unwinding or winding up a sawing wire A device and method for unwinding or winding a sawing wire from a reel or to a reel which rotates. The sawing wire runs from the reel or toward the reel over a pulley and in so doing, assumes a defined axial position on the reel. In the method, the reel i... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6045083 | Strand guide eye and method of winding a package using the same A guide eye for use with a traverse mechanism of a strand package winder is positioned with respect to the surface of the package during the package build process so that the guide eye contacts the package surface in the larger diameter, end regions of th... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6027062 | Optical fiber dual spindle winder with automatic threading and winding An apparatus for threading a fiber that is being continuously supplied by a supplying device for winding on a spool, includes a collecting device, adjacent to the supplying device, that collects the fiber by urging the fiber from the supplying device into... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6014592 | Cheese-producing textile machine A cheese-producing textile machine 1 with a central control unit 37 and a plurality of winding stations 2 which are serviced by an autonomously operating service unit 23. The central control unit 37 of the textile machine 1 is connected via a machine bus ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5950953 | Reel with adjustable fleet angle A reel for receiving, storing, and paying out a cable, hose at a predetermined fleet angle between upper and lower guides which control the position of said cable, hose on a drum, said predetermined fleet angle being adjustable to a higher or lower angle ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5947406 | Fiber guide A fiber guide for spooling glass fiber from an automatic coil winding machine onto a spool. The guide has a pay guide assembly with a receiving aperture. Two similar sections are held together with a slight gap between them. Left and right parallel strand... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5865392 | Coiled-tubing reel having a mechanical restraint A coiled-tubing system having a reel onto which steel tubing is wound in layered coils. A layon roller comprised of a compliant material is maintained in physical contact with the tubing on the reel to prevent premature unwinding of the tubing during oper... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5762277 | Traverse mechanism for yarn guides of a winding device A traverse mechanism for a cheese producing textile machine includes a traverse housing having a longitudinal slit formed therein, a drive drum rotatably disposed within the housing, two yarn guides respectively disposed to move along the slit adjacent on... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5564637 | Method and an apparatus for winding up round material on a drum provided with terminal flanges A pressure roller in a winding machine is axially shifted in accordance with the progress of winding so that the winding turns are tightly engaged with each other. At the end of a winding layer, the pressure roller is positioned adjacent a flange of the w... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5549347 | All weather mechanically reciprocatable roll top cover apparatus The present invention is directed toward an all weather, mechanically reciprocatable, roll top cover apparatus for conveniently and reliably covering and uncovering the open top side of receptacles and the like. The apparatus consists of a support structu... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5524841 | Apparatus and methods for winding a plurality of strands The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for winding a plurality of strands into a multilayered package. The preferred method includes: (a) supplying a plurality of strands; (b) aligning each of the strands in generally adjacent and coplanar... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5499773 | Yarn guide rod for a machine producing cross-wound bobbins A machine producing cross-wound bobbins or cheeses has a yarn guide rod including axially coupled-together partial rods. Each partial rod includes a tubular abrasion-proof jacket, and a compact bar body being formed essentially of fibers embedded in a pla... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5487512 | Take-up apparatus for and package of tape type non-twisted carbon fiber bundle A take-up apparatus is disclosed for tape type non-twisted carbon fiber bundles, in which a traverse guide unit consists of an introduction guide roller disposed so that an angle θ1 between the introduction guide roller and the axial direction... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5009353 | Cable tensioning device The cable tensioner has a pair of elongated platforms mounted side-by-side on a base with each having drive and driven geared pulleys with geared idler pulleys therebetween arranged along the edge of the platform confronting the other platform. A geared e... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5002238 | Level wind cable guide A guide for controlling and insuring level wind of cables onto winch reels particularly when there is no load on the cable. The guide unit consists of a spring loaded, arcuately shaped bar to provide pressure against the incoming cable entirely across the... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4967973 | Wire dispensing machines An apparatus for the spooling, storage and dispensing of reels of wire in which thre is provided means for measuring the pulling force on the wire so that the speed of rotation of the reel is in proportion to this pulling force. In one embodiment this com... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4953804 | Active lag angle device An active lag angle device in which a structure is provided for mounting an ptical fiber to be wound on a bobbin and providing a structure whereby the optical fiber is dispensed along a substantially straight line reference relatively to a reference struct... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4905626 | Wire intake device for a wire enameling machine An automatically operated wire intake device is proposed for a wire enameling machine. In this machine the wire that is to be enameled is wound a number of times around roller blocks that stand at some distance from one another. The wire runs through the ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4892262 | Level winder for winch A level winder for a winch has a cable control element movable between the edges of the drum of the winch in a manner that defines two cable path segments, the sum of the lengths of which remain constant. The first cable path segment extends from a fleet ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4884764 | Yarn winding machine This invention relates to yarn winding apparatus having a split traverse yarn guide. The yarning winding apparatus includes a mechanism to control the position of the traverse yarn guide relative to the axis of the package being wound so as to maintain a ... | 12/05/1989 |
