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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735766 | Seatbelt retractor A seatbelt retractor reduces the temporary weight during seatbelt withdrawal to increase an occupant's comfort. When a seatbelt is not being worn by an occupant (off), projections of an internal gear are placed in a circumferential center between adjacent projection... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7665685 | Modular carousel assembly and method A modular rotating carousel assembly for storage and unspooling of pipe or cable is provided that comprises a plurality of triangular subassemblies; each triangular subassembly comprises a base member and at least one pair of connecting members; the connecting membe... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7360752 | Apparatus and method for installing lines in conduits An apparatus for placing lines in a conduit is disclosed. The apparatus uses a battery powered electric fan in an aerodynamically shaped body to fly through the conduit pulling a jet line. The apparatus is used instead of “fish” tape, vacuum, or compressed air t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331252 | Braking system This braking system (S) is adapted to be used with a mechanism having one or several turning members (34), and comprises a toothed wheel (6), connected in rotation with at least one turning member (34) to be braked, and an endless screw (8 | 02/19/2008 |
| 7237763 | Electrical fish tape An apparatus that attaches to the end of the electrical fish tape to eliminate or reduce drag and friction while the fish tape is pushed through bends in electrical pipe with a roller attached to the end of an electrical fish tape or snake to drastically reduce fric... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216849 | Winch, vehicle including the same and method of operating associated thereto A winch (1), a vehicle including the same and a method of operating associated thereto. The winch (1) is used with a strap (15) for fastening a load onto a transportation vehicle, and comprises a tightening assembly (3) and a gear assembl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6997277 | Automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus An automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus for an automotive vehicle has a seatbelt and operates to restrain an occupant of the automotive vehicle by the seatbelt to protect the occupant. An electric retractor has a DC motor for retracting and protra... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988854 | Cable dispenser and method Fiber-optic cable is dispensed underwater into a trench from a vehicle moving along the bed of the body of water. The cable is wound on a stationary spool and dispensed over the end of the spool by a rotary arm driven by a motor controlled to maintain a desired tens... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6923398 | Mechanism for winding sheet material A winding mechanism retains a sheet material in a state in which the sheet material can be pulled out. The winding mechanism includes a flexible sheet material, a winding shaft attached to one end of the sheet material, a force application device that always applies... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920722 | Elongated truss boom structures for space applications An elongated truss boom structure is adapted to be flattened and coiled to a stowed configuration. The truss boom includes longerons, battens, and diagonals A fixed ladder shaped structure is formed by a plurality of fixedly coupled battens which interconnect two ad... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6571914 | Lifting apparatus for high-place work A lifting apparatus for high-place work which includes a moving supporting leg having a guiding case with opposite open ends and plural walls, guiding grooves attached to said walls, plural elastic strips, a plurality of connecting pieces transversely att... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6474588 | Motorized retractable ski tow rope A water ski tow rope retrieval and payout system is disclosed. The system includes a reel having a quantity of tow rope wound therearound. The reel is powered by an electric motor through a drive shaft which is also coupled to an electrically controlled b... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6431488 | Dual drive pool cover A motorized pool cover system, having a drum assembly and a reel assembly, located proximate one another, with a reversible electric motor coupled to each, and a pool cover, having a first end coupled to the drum assembly, and side edges with lines extend... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6254026 | Apparatus for electric wiring An apparatus for electric wiring, including a housing having a folding stand and a handle, a reel including a flexible tape, a rolling ball-equipped tape leader detachably connected to the lead end of the flexible tape outside the housing, a motor drive c... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6178992 | Hose reel An improved reeling device including a reel driven by an electric motor. The device further includes a hose having first and second ends and two electric conductors running along the entire length of the hose between the first and second ends of the hose.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6112474 | Retractable web column A retractable column formed from a set of at least three flexible webs with each of the webs having a set of teeth located along opposite edges of the webs, each of the teeth having a first ear obliquely extending from a first side and a second ear obliqu... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5901931 | Retractable supporting arm A supporting arm includes a plurality of links coiled upon one another in retracted position in a housing. When the support arm is withdrawn from the housing, an extension means then urges the links of the arm into load-supporting position. A latch holds ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5875987 | Power operated tape measure A hand-held measuring device including a case and flexible steel spring-biased measuring tape wound about an annular reel fitted within a circular housing within the case, a single battery-powered motor having an output shaft, a driving wheel fixedly moun... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5865390 | Variable-length antenna element Continously variable-length antenna, operating in a wide frequency range that's simple, lightweight and reliable, and can be constructed by using a metal case-resided, coiled steel band spring returnable metal tape for the actual antenna, and pulling or r... | 02/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5494234 | Multiple spheres and cable deployer A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated spheres from a vehicle such as a spinning satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the cable that is driven by a drive shaft and gears form a drive... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5373925 | Diving apparatus An underwater deployment and storage apparatus for a diving bell or the like has a reel assembly (7) with spaced flanges (9,10) to contain an umbilical services assembly (5) wound around a hub (7A) of the reel. A rotary union (12) mounted in the hub has a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5370334 | Apparatus for driving rod antenna element for expansion/contraction An apparatus for driving a rod antenna element for expansion or contraction according to the invention is characterized in that its rotary drum for winding or unwinding a base portion of a rope for expanding or contracting the antenna element is provided ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5332166 | Method and apparatus for winding or unwinding cable onto a reel An apparatus for winding or unwinding a cable from a flanged reel, comprising an assembly for rotatably supporting the reel and a reel drive including an endless belt tensioned around pulleys and frictionally engaging the peripheral edge of the reel flang... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5326040 | Sphere and cable deployer A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated sphere from a vehicle such as a satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the cable that is driven by a drive shaft and gears form a drive motor to ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5181668 | Apparatus for running a wire through a pipe An apparatus for inserting a coil of wire into a pipe which includes a rotatable drum for taking up a coil of spring wire, a guide for guiding the coil drawn from the rotatable drum, a push-pull device for applying external forces to the coil for feeding ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5139751 | Apparatus for thrusting a hose along a conduit An apparatus for pushing a hose along a conduit includes a rotatable reel, a hose wound on the reel, and a driving arrangement for drawing the hose off the reel and for pushing the hose into and along a conduit. The apparatus can also include an arrangeme... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5105876 | Multiple-unit probe pusher and system for driving eddy current inspection probes in the heat exchanger tubes of a nuclear steam generator Disclosed is a system for driving inspection probes through steam generator tubes of a nuclear power plant, particularly eddy current probes. The system utilizes a single conduit that is connectable to the tube sheet of a steam generator and comprises a m... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5083722 | Equipment handler The invention relates to a device for handling an elongate flexible member such as a hose, comprising a reel device for paying in and retrieving the hose, a carrier means for the reel device, and mounting means whereby the reel device is mountable on and ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5044089 | Power-operated measuring tape A measuring device in which a flexible steel measuring tape is wound around a spool within a housing. A motor-powered sprocket wheel has teeth engaged with openings spaced along the tape for extending the tape out of the housing. A separate electric motor... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5005777 | Seat belt retractor with an electric motor A seat belt retractor includes a spool driven by an electric motor. Seat belt webbing is wound around the spool. A worm wheel rotates with the spool and meshes with a worm that is axially movable. A set of electrical brushes is axially movable with the wo... | 04/09/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4738407 | Manipulating large sections of artificial turf A method of removably covering a smooth, rigid surface such as a floor, with a large section of heavy duty, artificial turf which involves pulling it across the surface while supported on a pneumatic cushion to minimize frictional drag and then relieving ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4708533 | Method and a device for guiding a concrete feeding hose in connection with the grout feed in rock bolting The invention relates to a method and a device for guiding a concrete feeding hose in connection with the grout feedin rock bolting. The concrete feeding hose is therein passed by means of a feeder froma reel into a guide head supported on a feeding beam ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4678132 | Traction device for line handling equipment A traction device using grooveless traction rollers. An angled roller mounting arrangement allows a number of line wraps to traverse back and forth across the rollers, following the spooling on the storage reel without the aid of a fairlead system for dep... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4661660 | Cable drum driven by an electric motor A cable drum 1 powered by an electric motor (2) for multi-conductor cables of heavy cross-section. To provide for insertion of the cable (4) into the cable drum (1) to be carried out without the use of slip-rings, twistable conductors (10) of high-elastic... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4655399 | Irrigation or other machine having a rotatable drum carrying a hose or other flexible element wound thereon A hose-drum irrigation machine having a tensioning device engaging the hose at a position adjacent the hose-guide by which the hose is pulled from the drum as the hose is being unwound or by which a drag is applied to the hose as it is being re-wound on t... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4640469 | System for rolling and unrolling a ground cover A system for tightly rolling and unrolling a web employed as a ground cover includes the use of unrolling tapes for unrolling the web, and an unpowered gear motor which serves to retard unrolling, rollup tapes and/or the gear motor being employed for roll... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4625475 | Extensible mast An extensible mast is shown which is erected from a portable base having a plurality of tape reels mounted thereon. The tape reels are angularly oriented on the base with respect to a common, vertical axis, and each of the tape reels is adapted to receive... | 12/02/1986 |
