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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370823 | Method and device for laying of elongated winding material A method for laying elongated winding material, such as for example wire, insulated or non-insulated strands, glass fibers, and the like, in which the strand-type material is wound in layers onto rotationally symmetrically shaped winding spools, the winding material... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7017853 | Apparatus for manufacturing an adjustable covering for architectural openings An apparatus is disclosed for fabricating a laminate product having a pair of sheet materials spaced by a plurality of flexible parallel vanes which are secured to the sheet material so that planar movement of the sheet materials in opposite directions cause the van... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6983927 | Level wind apparatus for use on a snow grooming vehicle A level winder is provided for winding cable in a winch system. The winch is suitable for use on a tracked vehicle, such as a snow grooming vehicle, to assist the vehicle in maneuvering on steep inclines. The level winder uses a pivoting pulley assembly to feed cabl... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6811112 | Active feedback levelwinding system An active feedback levelwind apparatus and method for winding cable on a drum has a rotary encoder providing signals representative of drum rotation and a shuttle adjacent the drum receives, bidirectionally moves and wraps the cable on the drum. An outboard sensor a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6676066 | Spiral winder wrinkle remover A spiral winder wrinkle remover capable of wrapping a material of varying thickness into a structurally stable, smooth coil. As a material is supplied to the spiral winder, the collecting device, such as a spool, rotates and oscillates linearly along the ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6443431 | Load compensated right angle diamond screw levelwind A cable winding system has a powered spool for receiving the cable in continuous evenly distributed coils. A levelwind mechanism is attached to the spool and guides the cable onto the spool by a pawl traversing a powered diamond screw groove. The levelwin... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6354531 | Apparatus and method for continuously reeling a web material The invention relates to an apparatus for continuously reeling a paper web, especially a high-gloss magazine paper web, around a reel spool. The apparatus comprises means for guiding the paper web towards the reel spool, means for winding the paper web ar... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5494237 | Oscillatable web guide roll and method of winding An oscillatable web guide roll and method of winding uses a cylindrical roll (A) with as recess at one end for receiving a cylindrical cam (C) upon a shaft which forms part of a mounting (B) for the cylindrical roll so that a cam follower (D) fixed to the... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5487512 | Take-up apparatus for and package of tape type non-twisted carbon fiber bundle A take-up apparatus is disclosed for tape type non-twisted carbon fiber bundles, in which a traverse guide unit consists of an introduction guide roller disposed so that an angle θ1 between the introduction guide roller and the axial direction... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487513 | Photographic film cassette machine with film anchoring device A photographic film cassette, having a spool with a slit therein, in which a film trailer is anchored. Abutting walls are formed on the inside of the slit so as to receive the end of the film trailer, and transmit the rotation of the spool to the roll of ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 4763852 | Oscillating guide roll An oscillating guide roll for use in winding cloth onto a take-up roll distributes the cloth so that the edge or selvage portions which are thickened do not remain in register. A stationary non-rotating shaft has a hollow guide roll mounted thereon. The g... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4759512 | Multiple winding machine for lace bands and the like A multiple winding machine for winding lace bands or similar type fabric material onto cores uses a plurality of cup-like guides through which the lace bands pass. The guides are positioned horizontally and vertically with respect to each other so as to b... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4700905 | Arrangement for tape winding machines for the compensation of a unilateral tape tension An arrangement for tape winding machines for the compensation of a unilateral tape tension of tapes to be wound which can be easily attached to a winding machine or integrated into the same. This is achieved in that the arrangement consists of a compensat... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4568034 | Method for uniformly winding elongate sheet materials An apparatus for uniformly winding elongate sheets of punched material, typically used for grouping and packaging beverage containers, includes a reciprocating shuttle which evenly distributes the material as it is wound on a reel. The shuttle includes a ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566647 | Decorative winding method for magnetic tape or the like In a decorative winding method for a magnetic tape or the like, a tape reel comprising a lower flange and a reel shaft one end of which is secured to the lower flange is supported with the other end of the reel shaft facing up. One end of a tape is clampe... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4498640 | Apparatus and method for uniformly winding elongate sheet materials An apparatus for uniformly winding elongate sheets of punched material, typically used for grouping and packaging beverage containers, includes a reciprocating shuttle which evenly distributes the material as it is wound on a reel. The shuttle includes a ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4492257 | On loom cloth takeup with oscillating guide roll A loom is illustrated having an oscillating guide roll receiving cloth made on the loom for guiding same to the center wound takeup. Means are provided for oscillating the guide roll which includes a drive roll also driven by the cloth for driving mountin... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4390139 | Oscillating guide roll assembly for cloth winder An oscillating guide roll assembly is illustrated for use with a cloth winder in building a cloth roll in such a manner as to avoid registry of the selvage portions throughout the build of the cloth roll. The subject oscillating guide roll is especially u... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4252154 | Loom takeup apparatus A loom takeup apparatus is illustrated wherein cloth is fed directly from the loom to the takeup utilizing an oscillating roll which is slidably mounted for axial oscillation on the longitudinal axis of the roll for distributing the cloth so that the edge... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4219168 | Slitting and rewinding assembly A slitting and rewinding system having a tension stand assembly with at least one pressure pad is provided. The system includes a payoff, a slitter, a tension stand, and a coil rewinder. A roll of material, usually metal, is positioned on the payoff so th... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4199117 | Winding device for metal strips Winding device for metal strips, in which the metal strip is braked between two rollers which are pressed against one another. One of the rollers has a larger angle of wrap for the metal strip of at least 75° and the other roller has a smaller angle of w... | 04/22/1980 |
