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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052079 | Coiler and method for manufacturing a coil A swivel machine for wire processing includes a coiler arranged between a cutting-off/insulation-stripping unit and a second swivel arm. The cut length of wire whose leading wire-end has been processed is coiled by means of a coiling disk of the coiler. After the le... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7322161 | Suture winding device and methods of use thereof A suture winding device having a rotatable base and a holder is provided. The rotatable base includes a needle holder for receiving a needle having a quantity of attached suture. A plurality of rods is disposed on the base for aligning a retainer thereon. Rods may b... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7299846 | Tool for removing material strip from surface A tool is used to remove a material strip from a surface. The tool has a collapsible body configurable in expanded and collapsed configurations. The expanded configuration allows the strip to be wound about the body while the strip is being removed from a surface. W... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7266283 | Fiber optic storing and dispensing apparatus Storage and dispensing apparatus for use with a unitary length of coilable fiber optic cable having a minimum bending radius, such apparatus having a casing within which is journaled a rotatable spool having two grooves in which relatively long and relatively short ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246767 | Winding machine for rolled or drawn wire/rod with a turn clutch device for automatic winding Winding machine for rolled or drawn wire/rod with turn clutch device for automatic winding of the type comprising a reel with a mandrel and base flange and an external mobile containment counter flange, wherein the counter flange is openable to allow the axial extra... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222839 | Cable slack and guide monitoring apparatus and method for a lift device The present invention is a method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a cable in a human power amplifying lift system. The method and apparatus employ a cable slack sensor and a cable end sensor to override and prevent the lift from continuing to unwind th... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7120349 | Fiber optic cable device with retractable operation A device for providing variable length fiber optic cable and storing any excess not used. Means are provided to allow for extending and retracting fiber optic cable to prevent excess slack when in use. Optical coupling units provide optical coupling of fiber optic c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116885 | Spool having a universal flange and method of making same A spool comprises: a hub sandwiched between two flanges. At least one of the flanges includes at least one smoothly curving arcuate fiber groove on a side facing the hub. The fiber groove extends substantially to the outer edge of said flange. The groove is situated... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7004419 | Apparatus for packing wire in a storage container by use of reverse winding A method and apparatus for packing welding wire in a storage container to reduce the amount of shifting of the welding wire in the storage container and the number of incidence of tangles (e.g., bird nesting, etc.) occurring during the payout of the welding wire fro... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6948675 | Apparatus and process for winding cable-like material The invention proposes an apparatus (100) for winding a cable-like material (200), having a winding arrangement (150), a first gripping arrangement (130), for linearly advancing the leading end of the cable-like material (200) and ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6915978 | Method of rod coil forming and set of equipment for its realization This invention relates to rolling and in particular to the process of rod coil forming, for instance, of steel and nonferrous metals, and to a set of equipment for its realization. The method of rod coil forming includes continuous rod feeding through a wire-... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6796106 | Rotating vacuum assisted carousel for packaging cable A carousel device (10) has a rotatable platform (12) with vacuum assisted suction cups (14) placed circumferentially about the rotational axis of the spindle (32). The spindle protrudes through a bushing (30) and forms an annular c... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6554217 | Fiber optic cable winding tool A fiber optic cable winding tool having a disk-shaped base with a central axis, and four quarter-circle spools. Each spool has a fiber optic cable contacting surface with a radius of curvature exceeding a minimum bend radius of the fiber optic cable. The ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6533205 | Fiber optic cable winding tool A fiber optic cable winding tool having concentric upper and lower disk-shaped bases that are rotatable relative to each other. Four quarter-circle spools are slidably mounted on the upper base, and are radially adjustable towards and from the central axi... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6334237 | Sliver accommodation-conical method and device This invention relates to a method and apparatus for loading sliver onto a sliver tray placed in a designated location in a semi-truncated conical shape without using spindles. This invention enables sliver S spun out of a coiler system C to be accommodat... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6276625 | Tether storage system A method of ROV tether storage without the use of electrical rotary slip rings, and a tether storage drum. The heart of the Tether Storage System (TSS) invention involves the rotating beam with a powered tether sheave and guide plate on a circular track. ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6149091 | Coiling method and relative device Method to coil metal wire made of steel arriving directly from an in-line rolling plant, in which the metal wire is delivered to a rotating loop-forming head (11) cooperating coaxially with a hollow drum (12) to form the coil (13), the hollow drum (12) ha... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6102319 | Device for removing fishing line from fishing reels A fishing line removal device and method is shown with two frustoconical spool portions, each having a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end, and being arranged on a rod with the smaller diameter ends of the two spool portions contacting each oth... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6089489 | Pipeline storage A storage system for storing continuous lengths of rigid pipe, particularly for storage of pipe prior to the spooling of the pipe onto the pipe storage reel of a marine pipelay vessel. The system comprises a loop of rail track with a plurality of rail bog... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6065703 | Vertical coil winder for winding up hot rolled products A vertical coil winder for winding hot rolled products. A reel includes a cylindrical container and a plurality of vertical rods provided within the container. A gap is defined between the container and the rods to receive a hot rolled product which is wo... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6056225 | Apparatus for handling wire rod from a laying head or laying cone A winding cone in a high speed wire rod rolling mill has a replaceable glide shell which is suspended by a cable and can be dropped into the mounting pockets on opposite sides of the winding cone. By changing the angle of conicity of the glide shell and i... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5927634 | Coiling steel rod A method of coiling steel rod arriving continuously comprises the steps of rotating about an upright axis a coiling basket defining a space centered on the axis and defined by an annular inner wall, an annular outer wall, and a floor between the walls, an... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5823456 | Coiling assembly for iron and steel products Coiling assembly for iron and steel products, which cooperates with an element (16) to feed the rolled product and includes a stacking element (11) associated with a coaxial cylindrical drum (13) so as to define an annular channel (14) to contain, form an... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5667155 | Suture dispenser winding fixture Suture dispensers for retaining armed sutures are disclosed. The dispenser disclosed is comprised of two flat panels of material that each have a central opening. A needle park is provided so that the needle is visible in and accessible though the central... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5427327 | Method and apparatus for capturing and positioning a cable A cable handling apparatus uses a reeling mechanism to reel a cable into a coiled configuration by securing one end of the cable to the reeling mechanism. A capture mechanism is used to locate the other end of the cable by using a channel to guide the cab... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5170653 | Method for coiling twist free steel bars Disclosed is a method of coiling steel bars, especially hexagonal bars, with a twist free coil in a continuous rolling mill equipped with pouring reels. Disclosed is the use of pinch rolls to prevent the twisting of the bar as it is being coiled.... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4930715 | Rotary basket winder with water cooling A rotary basket winder with water cooling for winding a material includes a tank in the shape of an open topped point containing a rotatable winding carrier with two upwardly extending concentrically arranged rings of winding rods defining an annular wind... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4883237 | Wire reel A reel for wire with a rotary basket, a reel bottom which can be raised and lowered and a spiral tube which can be raised and lowered and swiveled. The reel bottom has an axially directed projection whose circumference corresponds to the inner diameter of... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4784344 | Yarn withdrawal apparatus and method Advancing yarn is directed onto a larger diameter portion of a tapered yarn winding roll having a smaller diameter free end. The yarn is formed into windings that extend about the roll and that are continuously displaced along its length toward and, in mo... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4768364 | Continuous coiling machine for rod and strip stock A continuous-acting take-up, coiling, cut-off and spooling machine is adapted for use with continuously producing metal casting equipment that casts metal rod or strip stock at a constant rate, and which produces the cast rod or strip stock at a relativel... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4747557 | Apparatus for inserting and feeding flattened metal wire into and from containers An apparatus for inserting a flattened metal wire, the flat surfaces of which are set vertical, into a cylindrical container while forming the flattened wire into continuous spiral loops, in such a manner that these loops are stacked in this cylindrical c... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4491284 | Process and apparatus for winding an electrically conductive wire into an inductive coil An insulated wire is wound into a cylindrical coil by being continuously introduced into an annular space between a cylindrical core and a cylindrical sleeve coaxially surrounding same above a supporting surface which is rotated about their axis at an ang... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4309887 | Production of copper tubing Apparatus for the continuous production of half hard copper tubing wherein the copper tubing is fed from a roll to a tube storage means in which a continuous length of tube is stored in one or more lengths in such a manner that the front end of the tube c... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4293103 | Metal wire winding apparatus A winding apparatus for metal wire is provided where a carrier table for receiving wound turns of the wire is rotated at a periodically varying speed to change the diameter of the wire turns shed from a winding drum onto the carrier table in such a manner... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4261396 | Machine for straightening metal wire A machine for straightening metal wire comprises a wire unwinding device rotatable about an axis which is at right-angles to the axis of rotation of a drum forming a part of the unwinding device and which passes through guide means at the outlet of the un... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4151965 | Apparatus for coiling An apparatus for coiling, storing and uncoiling a wire rope. The apparatus includes a closed container rotatable about an axis thereof and defining a circular space in which to receive the wire rope. A conduit for guiding the wire rope into the interior o... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4013433 | Method and apparatus for preparing container packages of glass strand A method and apparatus for forming containerized packages of glass strand is disclosed. The apparatus includes a novel attenuator for forming glass strand comprising a pair of double gear belts between which the strand is pulled, a pair of deflectors for ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3955773 | Wire rod coiler for large bundles or coils A wire rod coiler for large bundles or coils has a vertically displaceable coiler plate and support structures outwardly limiting the coiling or reeling space. Each support structure guides a flexible member, such as an endless link chain, which is in dri... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3941146 | Apparatus for storing a flexible elongated member, such as a flexible drill column The present invention relates to an apparatus or device for storing elongated flexible elements, such as drilling pipe, in a coiled form. This apparatus includes an inner cylindrical framework supported about a vertical axis, an outer cylindrical framewor... | 03/02/1976 |
