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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866592 | Revolving rack for chain spools The present disclosure relates to a revolving rack for the distribution and storage of chain on spools and a method of distribution and storage thereof, and more specifically, to a revolving rack with multiple spools placed on removable spool holders attached to a m... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7360740 | Telescopic carpet conveyor Apparatus for storing and dispensing portions from a bulk roll of carpet. The apparatus is portably mounted in a vehicle or the like and telescopically extends from the vehicle in position for the dispensing measured portions of the carpet from the roll, following w... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331542 | Film unwind system with hinged spindle and electronic control of web tension A film supply apparatus supplying film in a foam-in-bag system having a film feeding device for feeding film from a film source to a location for bag formation, a bag forming apparatus, a foam material dispenser positioned for feeding foam material for reception in ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314196 | Apparatus for handling a finished roll and a winding shaft on a winding apparatus for webs of material The apparatus for handling a finished roll and a winding shaft on a winding apparatus for webs of material is configured with spaced apart rails pivotal independently from one another between a winding station and a setting-down station. Each of the rails supports a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7264195 | Barbed wire installing system using all terrain vehicle (ATV) A barbed wire installation mechanism is provided that is supported on an ATV rack with one or more poles extending vertically from the ATV rack onto which one or more barbed wire spools are placed. The mechanism includes a base plate to which the poles are attached.... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7185839 | Razor wire dispensing and retrieving apparatus A razor wire dispensing and retrieving apparatus for installing razor wire along a perimeter to create a protective border and collecting the wire when the border is no longer desired. The razor wire dispensing and receiving apparatus essentially comprises a frame w... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7121501 | Wire spooling system A wire spooling system for spooling and dispensing wire. The wire spooling system includes a first spool member, having a tubular member with a locking cap and first collar, and a second spool member, having an engagement aperture and second collar. The tubular memb... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7059557 | Rotating station for wound laps A method and apparatus are provided for changing the unwinding direction of wound laps supplied by a delivery station in order to form a group of wound laps in which the face sides of adjacent wound laps are provided with the same distance and the longitudinal axes ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056076 | Method of and apparatus for transferring rolls, and roll supply carriage After a roll supply carriage housing rolls in a light-shielded case is coupled to a film manufacturing apparatus, shutters are opened, and a roll retainer shaft and a roll loading shaft are connected to each other. A motor in a roll transferring apparatus is energiz... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049823 | Ionization vacuum gauge An ionisation vacuum gauge for measuring the residual pressure of a gaseous material remaining in a container (10), more particularly after operation of a vacuum pump comprises an electron-emitting cathode (31) made by exploiting the nanotube technolog... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6983909 | Roll changing apparatus An apparatus exchanges a roll remnant and a full roll. The apparatus comprises a dump cradle and a roll-transfer surface. The roll-transfer surface includes an extension element capable of transitioning between a retracted position and an extended position. The appa... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6962307 | Rotating station for reels The invention relates to a method for changing the winding-off direction of reels (W,W1) which are delivered in succession by a delivery station (1) in order to form a reel group (WG) in which the front faces of adjacent reels (W) are equally spaced (a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6848641 | Actuating valve for bidirectional pneumatic cylinder and use of such actuating valve for bobbin creels controlled by pneumatic cylinders An actuating valve has two relay valves connected to a compressed air source and a pneumatic cylinder with two pressure chambers. When one relay valve is actuated, one pressure chamber is pressure-loaded and the other is relieved. Two 3/2 port directional control va... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6786441 | Bobbin creel for textile machines and actuating valve for adjusting such a bobbin creel A bobbin creel is supported on a holder so as to be pivotable by a four-bar linkage arranged on the machine frame of a textile machine. The holder forms the stationary member of the four-bar linkage. The bobbin creel is pivotable from a lower loading position into a... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6733058 | Winding roll lifting device with adjustable supporting arm and chuck member A winding roll lifting device is provided in which the base end side of a supporting arm (5), having a tip side installed rotatably on a hook part (34) of the lifting device (1), is installed on the upper side of a main body (2), and a ba... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6679451 | Device and method for unwinding reels of web material The device comprises in combination: a carriage (1) movable in a direction of displacement between a loading and unloading position and an unwinding position; on said carriage, at least one oscillating arm (25) for supporting at least one reel (B) of web ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6663041 | Apparatus for storing, transporting and delivering roll-formed flat printing material for a machine processing such material A device for storing, transporting and feeding a roll-forming web of printing material for a machine for processing the material. The device has a housing that surrounds and includes a receptacle for the roll. The housing is manipulatable in a manner anal... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6631867 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the type dealing with relatively wide documents of the present invention includes a generally L-shaped bar. The bar extends from one side of an apparatus body to a position above a document table and is angularly movable in t... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6619711 | Device to automatically attach a bobbin-bearing shaft to a mandrel of a machine Device to automatically attach a first bobbin-bearing mandrel (11) to a second mandrel (15) of a machine, wherein the first mandrel (11) and the second mandrel (15) have substantially the same outer diameter and are suitable to be inserted selectively int... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616087 | Rotary tape dispenser A rotary tape dispenser comprises a container including an inlet, an outlet, and a pin; a circular rotary plate having a portion exposed at the inlet and including a center hole, a plurality of cylinders around the center, a plurality of pairs of adjacent... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6604704 | Method of and apparatus for manipulating bobbins Bobbins containing convoluted webs of sheet material, particularly wrapping material for smokers' products, are transferred from a stack--wherein the axes of the cores of bobbins are vertical--onto the horizontal stub of a receiver in a web processing mac... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6536706 | Self-lifting shaftless unwind stand An apparatus for lifting a roll of previously wound material and for unwinding the material from the roll is disclosed. The apparatus includes a hollow column around which a lift arm assembly is moved from a load position to an unwind position. A lifting ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6491250 | Rotary-type circuit-component supplying apparatus A rotary-type circuit-component supplying apparatus including a plurality of feeders each of which stores a plurality of circuit components of a same sort and which supplies the components one by one from a component-supply portion thereof, at least one r... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6484964 | Welding wire dereeler A dereeler for welding wire capable of dispensing wire from very heavy loaded reels wherein the reel may be rolled upon the reel spool peripheries into the dereeler and manually raised to a reel rotatable position. A carriage upon which the cradles suppor... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6402213 | Device to automatically attach a bobbin-bearing shaft to a mandrel of a machine Device to automatically attach a first bobbin-bearing mandrel (11) to a second mandrel (15) of a machine, wherein the first mandrel (11) and the second mandrel (15) have substantially the same outer diameter and are suitable to be inserted selectively int... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6276628 | Apparatus for handling reels Apparatus for handling reels (10) by means of a vertical reel conveyor (15). The latter is provided with a lifting head (18) which can be moved up and down on a vertical bearing column (17) and has a projecting conveyor journal (19) for moving into a cent... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6267320 | Unroll device In an unroll device provision is made for at least one unroll stand which comprises two lugs lodged in bearing supports. The bearing levers are horizontally movable individually. Furthermore, a supporting shaft is run on the bearing supports of an unroll ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6247665 | Nudging device A nudging device that can be used for aligning the core of a roll of paper with a caliper used for loading the roll into a roll stand. The nudging device has a nudging plate with a pivoted end and a free end. The pivoted end of the nudging plate is pivota... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6213423 | Self-lifting shaftless unwind stand A machine for lifting a roll of previously wound material and for unwinding the material from the roll is disclosed. The machine includes a turret shaft around which a lift arm assembly is moved from a first position to a second position. A lifting mechan... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6116669 | Device to automatically attach a bobbin-bearing shaft to a mandrel of a machine Device to automatically attach a first bobbin-bearing mandrel (11) to a second mandrel (15) of a machine, wherein the first mandrel (11) and the second mandrel (15) have substantially the same outer diameter and are suitable to be inserted selectively int... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6076763 | Reel feeding method and device A method and device for feeding reels from a store, in which the reels are aligned along a first axis coaxial with the reels, to an unwinding unit having a platform rotatable about a second axis, and at least one unwinding pin movable with the platform be... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6059221 | Apparatus for changing a lap The apparatus for receiving and forwarding a reserve lap roll employs a trough to receive the lap roll and pivotally mounted arms for pivoting the trough from the reserve position toward the working position. The arms may be pivoted by a piston and cylind... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6042046 | Reeling and unreeling apparatus, system and method A device for unreeling and/or reeling spools of material. The device has a horizontal frame assembly formed of a drawbar and a cantilever frame wherein the drawbar is for connection to a vehicle; a vertical frame that is affixed to the horizontal frame an... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6012668 | Method for the controlled winding or unwinding of an elongated object on or from a reel body In a method for controlled winding of an elongated object, at least one elongated object (11) is guided by a guide head (35) to a reel body (15, 16), which is mounted to rotate and is rotated by a drive member (20). A program controlled adjustment of the ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5938145 | Wire carousel A powered carousel for storing spools of wire. The wire carousel comprises an upright support frame having a carousel on the support frame mounting a plurality of carrier frames, each carrier frame has a plurality of removable shafts for mounting spools o... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5906333 | Center drive unwind system A center driven unwind system including a pair of horizontally spaced-apart side frames defining the beginning of a path of travel of the web being unwound from a parent roll for processing by a rewinder, a U-shaped arm structure pivotally mounted adjacen... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5863175 | Loading device for material rolls, particularly for paper rolls The lower movement path (25) of the gripping head (6) of a loading device (1) is straightened with a cam control (14), the latter being located on the side of the associated lift bearing (7) remote from the gripping head (6). Thus, with a single lift driv... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5836538 | Cushioning conversion system with stock roll lifter A cushioning conversion system that converts sheet stock material into resilient cushioning product has associated therewith a stock roll support assembly, including a mount, a pedal, and a linkage assembly. The pedal is supported on the mount for pivotal... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5810283 | Apparatus and method for wire coil payoff An improved apparatus and method for dispensing wire includes a shuttle system such that the wire may be rapidly and efficiently changed. In addition, improvements are made to the individual dispensing mounting plates and mandrels to facilitate the changi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5755395 | Paper roll conveying and orienting systems for paper processing unwinding systems A paper roll conveying and orienting system for a paper processing unwinding system comprises a conveyor which is displaceable in a conveying direction extending parallel to a receiving axis. A loading plate for receiving a paper roll is arranged on the c... | 05/26/1998 |
