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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316368 | Direct current powered hose rewinding apparatus The present invention relates to portable hose carts for handling and storage of flexible hoses, such as garden or air hoses. The cart is primarily constructed of plastic components having a centrally rotatable spool for winding of the flexible hose, an enclosure fo... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7175120 | Electric fishing reel An electric fishing reel which is provided with a speed change mechanism excellent in silence and durability while realizing the size reduction. The electric fishing reel comprises: a drive motor for rotationally driving a spool rotatably supported on a reel body; a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150425 | Adjustable reel assembly A reel assembly for storing a hose, an electrical cord, or other items. The reel assembly includes a base, a spool rotatably mounted to the base, and a guide arm adjustably mounted to the base for guiding the direction in which a hose, for example, is extended from ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7114674 | Electromechanical brake in a slitter An idler roll brake in a paper handing machine wherein the roll brake employs a brake shoe mounted to the roll end bearing. The brake shoe slides forward to bring the brake shoe against the interior surface of the roll. An electromagnet positioned external to and mo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080800 | Controlling method of seat belt retractor In controlling a seat belt retractor, at least one of signals selected from a state signal showing a movement of an occupant wearing a seat belt and an external signal obtained from detecting means installed in a vehicle during running thereof is received. Then, a r... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7024790 | Double-axis belt-driven tape measure A measuring tape having a housing for receiving a spring-powered double-axis reel assembly. The reel assembly includes a primary spool having a length of measuring tape wound around it, and a secondary spool having a spring. The primary and secondary spools are conn... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6924615 | Magnetic encoder for powered window covering A motor for turning the rod of an object such as a window covering is attached to an elongated ferromagnetic bar. Magnets are closely spaced from the bar, and as the bar rotates to cut the magnetic field lines, pickup coils generate signals that can be used to deter... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6431224 | Catalyst removal workstations and systems incorporating same for tubular reactors A system is used for removing catalyst from a tubular reactor vessel. A power box with a 110 volt to a 12 volt DC transformer is mounted outside the vessel and connected to a 110 volt power supply. An air manifold, also mounted outside the vessel, is conn... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6360786 | Catalyst removal workstations and systems incorporating same for tubular reactors A system is used for removing catalyst from a tubular reactor vessel. A power box with a 110 volt to a 12 volt DC transformer is mounted outside the vessel and connected to a 110 volt power supply. An air manifold, also mounted outside the vessel, is conn... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6182716 | Catalyst unloading device An electric motor is operatively connected to a reel for selectively storing, paying out, and rewinding an air lance of a device for unloading catalyst from tubular reactors. The electric motor powered reel provides improved on/off control of the air lanc... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5709349 | Motorized roller device equipped with adjustable automatic stop A device for the roll-up of blinds or the like that has a tubular motor mounted in a roller tube. An automatic stop and a detector for detecting that the motor is blocked, causing the motor to be stopped. The automatic stop has a screw carrying a travelin... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5558370 | Electronic seat belt tensioning system A method and system (10) for controlling the tensioning of a vehicle seat belt utilizes a control processor (20) and a motor (12) to provide initial tensioning of the seat belt. After initial tensioning, the control processor (20) removes substantially al... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5495995 | Motor driven hose reel A reel assembly for carrying a flexible elongate member. The reel assembly includes a reel for connection to one end of the elongate member, a frame rotatably supporting the reel, an electric motor supported by the frame and rotatably driving the reel in ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5238200 | Power driven winding device with spool axially movable to engage a clutch A rope winding device having a spool rotatably coupled to the device for receiving the rope, a drive motor attached to the device for rotating the spool to wind the rope on the spool and a solenoid coupled between the device and the spool for selectively ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4948325 | Control apparatus for a loading-moving system A loading and unloading system for trucks and trailer has a conveyor belt extending along a bed of a truck or trailer between front and rear wind-up rolls. For loading the vehicle the conveyor belt is wound onto the front roll and for unloading the vehicl... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4890713 | Pan and tilt motor for surveillance camera A pan and tilt mechanism for a surveillance camera that can pan through two full revolutions. A bell crank has one arm in the path of rotation of a pair of switches, and the bell crank can be shifted to extend the opposite arm. Each arm can be shifted by ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4787569 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor for a vehicle includes a webbing take-up shaft which winds up an occupant restraining webbing with a relatively weak biasing force from a spiral spring, thus reducing the pressure applied to the body of an occupant from the webbing. Wh... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4667892 | Downrigger up stop A downrigger UP stop for powered downriggers used primarily in fishing in which a nonconductive link is located in a cable line to the weight, mass or cannonball. A flow of current through the cable, water and boat is sensed by a sensing control circuit a... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4666097 | Method and apparatus for winding seat belt thereof A seat belt winding apparatus with a rotation detection unit, for detecting a rotation of a belt winder shaft, and a driving unit, controlled by a detection signal from the rotation detection unit so as to apply a winding force to the belt winder shaft. W... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4651940 | Screen-taking-up device The present invention relates to a screen take-up device characterized in that the output from the normal-reverse turn motor of outer-rotor type contained in a screen take-up shaft is transmitted to the take-up shaft after being reduced in speed; brake is... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4616791 | Irrigation or other machine having a rotatable drum carrying a hose or other flexible element wound thereon A hose-drum irrigation machine including a hose-laying device by which a hose-guide through which the hose passes is reciprocated parallel to the axis of rotation of the hose-drum as the drum is rotated. The hose-laying device includes a carriage to which... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4569489 | Cable tension control device A cable tension control device for an electrically powered mine vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle is of the type having an electric trailing cable wound on a cable reel mounted on the vehicle. The cable reel has a motor for rotating the reel in the direct... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4372367 | Roller blinds A roller blind includes a reversable electric motor disposed in and arranged to drive a roller winder via a reduction gear to roll-up and unroll the blind. The motor is switched off at an open and closed position of the blind by limit switches actuable by... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4191340 | Electric operated automatic downrigger A downrigger apparatus for trolling in which an electric motor is energizable for winding and unwinding downrigger line from a reel. A rotor is driven in reduced speed synchronism with the reel and automatically actuates up and down limit switches to stop... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4189107 | Coilable rule with automatic recoil A measuring tape is contained in a housing which includes an electric motor for rotating the spool on which the tape is wound to wind the tape up. A safety mechanism is provided to switch the motor off when the tape is fully wound, and a reduction mechani... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4172563 | Shut-off unit in a drive unit for awnings and roller blinds A shut-off unit is disclosed. The shut-off unit is to be used to shut off a drive unit which drives a tubular shaft, the latter shaft being employed, in turn, to wind an awning or a roller blind up and down. More particularly, the drive unit includes an e... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4125230 | Golf ball retrieval apparatus Golf ball retrieval apparatus characterized by reduced drag on the ball after it is driven from the apparatus, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, a take-up reel driven by a selectively actuatable reel motor connected to the base and adapted to d... | 11/14/1978 |
| 3964425 | Water ski line retractor A water ski line retractor which comprises a reverse polarity motor which functions a drive pulley through a worm gear drive. The drive pulley is connected by a belt to a spool pulley which is loosely mounted upon a shaft. A line winding spool fixedly mou... | 06/22/1976 |
| 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 |
