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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7028781 | Deep-well, continuous-coiled-tubing apparatus and method of use A system and method for injecting or withdrawing a fluid into or from a well includes an injector vehicle having a longitudinal axis and operable to position tubing into the well. The system also includes a tubing supply vehicle operable to provide the tubing to the... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6915980 | Winding and cutting machine for rolled paper A winding and cutting machine for rolled paper provided with a roller shaft holding a roll from an inner side, a feeding roller and a feeding aid roller to hold and pull the paper for a predetermined length, and a fixed cutting blade disposed between the feeding rol... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6712309 | Method and means for packaging draperies for purposes of storage or transportation A method and system for packaging draperies includes the use of a packaging element. The packaging element has a central core having a C-shaped configuration which is sandwiched between two side panels. A drapery is wound around the core to define a drapery package ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6659389 | Expanded hose coil deployment system A dual-mode hose roller including a crank and a mounting plate may be used to roll up collapsed hose into either a compact hose roll or an expanded hose coil. The crank and mounting plate are arranged to facilitate transmission of torque from the crank to... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651922 | Toilet paper dispenser and folder system A toilet paper dispenser and folder system has a frame subassembly having front and rear parallel panels, an upper feeder roller and a lower feeder roller. Each panel has a large aperture and a paper roll holder aperture and a lower roller aperture and an... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6390411 | Cores formed by at least three segments having obiformal curved surfaces Core for winding self-adhesively coated materials in web form, wherein the outer contour of the core is formed by at least one substantially round, self-contained segment, the ends of which run together in an edge, with a) the round segment being shaped convex... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6267319 | Method and apparatus for rolling up hose into an expanded hose coil A dual-mode hose roller including a crank and a mounting plate may be used to roll up collapsed hose into either a compact hose roll or an expanded hose coil. The crank and mounting plate are arranged to facilitate transmission of torque from the crank to... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6112796 | Tape dispenser The tape dispenser has a housing accommodating a tape. The tape consists of a carrier ribbon carrying a coating of a composition. The housing also accommodates used carrier ribbon from which the composition has been removed. The supply of tape is held in ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5988559 | Fire hose winding apparatus A fire hose winding apparatus. The apparatus includes an elongated, horizontal frame, or extension arm, having an inner end detachably coupled to a fire truck, or other available support. A horizontal spindle extends transversely from an outer end of the ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5867745 | Film roll carrier and camera A non-lighttight carrier for an unexposed film roll has a body having three closed sides and an open side. The body has at least one open end. The body has a curved inner wall. The body has a plurality of external, longitudinally extending rib members. A ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5849357 | Method of producing a coreless roll of fibre-based, web-like material A method of producing a coreless roll from a web of fiber-based material, comprising laying a leading end (2a) of a material web around a non-expandable winding-on axle (3) having a fixed diameter of at least 35 mm and rotating the axle so as to wind the ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5735482 | Apparatus and method for winding, transporting, and unwinding conveyor belts A method of winding a length of a conveyor belt onto a support structure which is delivered to the location where it is to be used, and then unwound. The length of conveyor belt is then spliced to other lengths of conveyor belt to form a continuous convey... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5730387 | Apparatus for making coreless roll of web material An apparatus for making a coreless roll of web material comprises a mandrel. The mandrel has a plurality of radially extending projections at spaced intervals. The free end of the web material is then pressed against the mandrel by a pressure roller for t... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5704564 | Apparatus for producing a plurality of identical lengths of ribbon An apparatus for cutting ribbon which utilizes a reel that is mounted on a frame. The reel is to be manually rotated with a length of ribbon to be wound on the peripheral surface of the reel which comprises a plurality of elongated arms. One revolution of... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5657943 | Flexible bag winding and unwinding apparatus A vertical winding apparatus includes a winding core generally formed from a flat sheet and having an irregular trapezoidal shape for supporting a continuous belt of packaging blanks. The winding core includes an upper bar separated from a lower body by a... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5584604 | Apparatus for winding-up a self-expanding boom An apparatus for booms, preferably so-called self-expanding booms, which includes a plate arranged on a platform, which plate is rotatable by a motor unit. The apparatus also includes a winder for winding up the boom. The winder is placed in the middle of... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582360 | Adjustable length ribbon cutting system An adjustable ribbon cutter for cutting large quantities of rolled ribbon quickly and uniformly to selected lengths is disclosed. Two posts extend upwardly from base elements attachable or adherent by weight to a table at different selectable spaced apart... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5524843 | Winding device for web structure such as wallpaper A winding device is provided for winding a web to expose its underside. When wallpapering, rolled prepasted wallcovering is first cut into appropriate lengths. The cut lengths have a memory of their rolled condition and tend to automatically re-roll into ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5316226 | Apparatus for winding a film condensor element material An winding apparatus, particularly for winding a film condensor element material. The apparatus includes a plate jig having a winding axis, with the plate jig rotating as a pressing roller presses the film onto the plate jig. The pressing roller is mounte... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5312064 | Method and apparatus for plate winding of long sheet A method of winding a long sheet continuously around the plate bobbin comprises the steps of repeatedly moving in one direction on an approximately circular locus a rotary shaft for winding, rotating the plate bobbin, repeating on a certain moving locus, ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5259562 | Cloth winder drive A cloth winding machine has a winding shaft supported in ball bearings at the end of plural support braces positioned in different directions to reduce vibration of the winding shaft and increase its stability while winding at relatively high speeds non-s... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4500044 | Apparatus for winding bolts of cloth or the like Apparatus for converting an intermittently running web into a series of discrete bolts by winding the web onto flat strip-shaped cores has two parallel winding devices each of which has two spaced-apart coaxial rotary bolt holders with jaws which can enga... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4475698 | Apparatus for coiling a flexible member An apparatus for coiling a flexible member such as a hose. The coiling apparatus comprises a coil mechanism which is located at the distal end of an elongated body member. The coil mechanism is designed to receive the end of the hose and to coil the hose ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4280672 | Compact fire hose washer and winder A fire hose washer and winder having two reels on opposite sides of a frame. On one side, a hose path is defined along hose guides from one end of the machine to a reel and on the other side of the machine a similar hose path over hose guides is establish... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4266740 | Strap winding device A device for winding up elongated flexible belts comprising a reel of generally square cross-section rotatably mounted on a frame member and extending laterally from one side thereof. A crank extends from the other side and a pair of guide rollers are ali... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4265414 | Apparatus for winding fire hose A collapsible, hand-operated apparatus for winding a length of fire hose of the type having male and female interlocking members on opposite ends is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support member on which is mounted a horizontally disposed shaft havin... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4198010 | Hose winding apparatus Apparatus for winding canvas fire hose or the like into a compact coil comprising a rotatably mounted winding disc for coiling the hose, an electric drive assembly for rotating the winding disc, and a mobile base with an offset leg arrangement for support... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4148441 | Fabric package, fabric package core, and fabric packaging method In order to form a package which includes a length of fabric which at one side edge region is substantially longer than at its other side edge region, the fabric is wound so as to form a wound body of fabric surrounding a given axis, and along the latter ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4117991 | Hose winding mechanism A relatively inexpensive but highly reliable electrically powered hose winding mechanism, particularly well adapted for rewinding auxiliary fire hose and the like. In the disclosed perferred embodiment, a smooth horizontally disposed rolling table has a f... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4057198 | Fire hose winding apparatus Disclosed is a hand-operated apparatus for winding lengths of fire hose of the type having male and female interlocking coupling members on opposite ends thereof. The apparatus has a horizontal base mounted on four wheels and an upright support structure ... | 11/08/1977 |
