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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7533841 | Fiber optic cable spool A spool for holding cable is disclosed. The spool has an S shaped cable pathway for connecting a first circumferential cable pathway with a second circumferential cable pathway. In one embodiment, the spool includes an S shaped groove extending through the middle po... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7314572 | Methods of and apparatus for low-angle-tray settling with multi-zone configuration Settleable-particles are separated from a dirty flow of settleable-particles and fluid by trays having a planar section configured with opposed ends and opposed sides, and an entrance edge and an exit edge on opposed ends. The section has opposed side edges, and an ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7237746 | Spool having reversing spiral guide A winding device includes a barrel defining a primary winding area and an auxiliary winding area. A flange wall separates the primary and auxiliary winding areas. A guide pathway directs a flexible material between the primary and auxiliary winding areas and include... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229042 | Packaging reel with an optical fiber unwinding device A cable packaging and unwinding device. The device enables the exact length of cable necessary for connecting two connection points to be unwound easily and quickly and a residual surplus length of cable to be stowed in a protected area, to prevent the cable from be... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7036761 | Dual reel unwinder/rewinder with a slack take-up mechanism A cable unwinder/rewinder with continuous electrical connection which is suitable for use with heavy gauge cable and in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. A general embodiment is comprised of a frame; a user-side reel; a slack-side reel and a slack take-up ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028580 | Rotational cable shortening device A rotational cable shortening system for shortening the effective length of a cable by bending a section of the cable. The shortening system comprises a rotatable bridged channel through which the cable is threaded. Upon rotation of the bridged channel, the cable is... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6811110 | Reeling device for fire hoses A reeling device for fire hoses. The device includes a winch, a gearing kit that controls the winch and an operating handle. The device is installed on a structural rack in which of the two protruding axles arranged on the winch, one is secured and turns along with ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6612515 | Telecommunications cable storage spool A ribbon cable storage spool, tray and method of use. The spool comprising a center post and a plurality of radially extending top and bottom fins. The spool may also comprise a guide wall, a ribbon retention tab, a channel wall defining a channel and a l... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6520444 | Toolbox containing a least one cable reel Toolbox having closable cover with first cable reel and second cable reel being rotatably mounted in an interior of the toolbox, and first electrical cable, including a first connection end with an electrical plug, wound on said first reel and second elec... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6511009 | Fiber optic cable spool A cable storage apparatus including a spool for holding cable. The spool having an S shaped cable pathway for connecting a first circumferential cable pathway with a second circumferential cable pathway. In one embodiment, the spool includes an S shaped g... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6494396 | Cable reel structure A cable guide is mounted into a cable reel structure, so as to form an inner enclosure and an outer enclosure. The cable guide is divided into at least two guide portions, so that, when the guides are assembled, the guides form at least two reverse path c... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6488225 | Temporary rotation clamping mechanism for a cable reel A mechanism is provided for removing rotation clamping members in which a rotor of a cable reel is temporarily clamped to a stator. Rotation clamping members which are temporarily positioned over the stator and the rotor of the cable reel are connected wi... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6095450 | Pivot for a winding device A winding device includes a hand crank, a securing substrate plate, and two unidirectional gears pivotally coupled between the hand crank and the substrate plate by a pivot member. A pivot member is inserted, in one operation, through axial holes of pivot... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5772152 | Interacting spools for a cord holder A cord holder having an outer rotatable housing with an inwardly extending inner spool which engages and rotates within a concentrically mounted larger stationary hollow cord storage spool support. The inner spool fits within the hollow larger spool suppo... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5526997 | Reeling device A reeling device includes a housing having multiple chambers within which are respectively mounted, for rotation in unison, main and secondary reels. Preferably the main and secondary reels include a common hub member that is formed with a hole extending ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5388480 | Pretensioning mechanism for tension element drive systems A pretensioning mechanism for tension element drives includes a drive pinion including a pinion shaft and a pinion sleeve; a first tension element end anchor on the pinion shaft for securing one end of a tension element wound around the drive pinion in a ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5246179 | Optical fiber take-up assembly An imaging system comprising a source of light movable with respect to a writing element and projectable thereon to generate an image, a focusing means is provided for focusing a light source which generates a first beam of light of a wavelength selected ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4778125 | Extension cord winding device An extension cord winding device includes: a frame body integrally formed with an upper frame and a lower frame; an extension cord having a plug at one end and a terminal socket at the other end uniformly wound around the upper frame; and a relay socket e... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4653833 | Retractable booster cable device A retractable booster cable device comprising a container which rotatably supports a spool by means of two spool end walls. The spool is divided into two substantially equal portions by means of a divider wall intermediate the end walls. A twin element ca... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4653702 | Stunt kite string winder A stunt kite string winding device, including a main shaft rotated manually by means of a crank with two string handles removably attached to the main shaft; the main shaft has a stake end opposite the crank end; the main shaft slides back and forth and r... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4193563 | Apparatus for carrying and dispensing cable A method and apparatus for storing and carrying cable, more particularly, insulated electrical cable having male and female terminals, so that a desired length is readily accessible for unwinding or rewinding at either end without disturbing the other end... | 03/18/1980 |
