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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404684 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a roll sheet holder storage part of which a bottom is formed with a positioning recess which is rectangular in plan view and long sideways and has a predetermined depth. A discrimination recess rectangular in plan view is provided between the... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7299846 | Tool for removing material strip from surface A tool is used to remove a material strip from a surface. The tool has a collapsible body configurable in expanded and collapsed configurations. The expanded configuration allows the strip to be wound about the body while the strip is being removed from a surface. W... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7093786 | Take-up cores for flexible materials and methods In one embodiment, a take up reel comprises a core having a generally open interior and an outer surface that is adapted to hold a sheet-like material that is wound around the core. Also, the core defines at least one slot. A slider member is slidable within the slo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6745974 | Collapsible roller assembly A take up roller for use in a continuous roll towel cabinet is shown which can after taking up the desired amount of toweling, be simply collapsed to have a smaller daimeter facilitating easy removel from the center of the accumulated toweling. A three segment cylin... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6554217 | Fiber optic cable winding tool A fiber optic cable winding tool having a disk-shaped base with a central axis, and four quarter-circle spools. Each spool has a fiber optic cable contacting surface with a radius of curvature exceeding a minimum bend radius of the fiber optic cable. The ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6328249 | Adjustable position web supply mechanism for a rotary printing press At least two pairs of carrier arms are mounted to a rotary shaft for independent travel axially thereof while being constrained to joint rotation therewith. Each pair of carrier arms are disposed opposite each other axially of the shaft for rotatably hold... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6299099 | Hydraulic web roll shaft A web material roll rotatable retention assembly, comprising a shaft adapted to be inserted into a web material roll core and having a hydrogel filled chamber is disclosed. A hydrogel pressure applying assembly controllably applies pressure to the hydroge... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6095704 | Media release mechanism for a printer A novel media release mechanism is provided for a printer and includes a housing, at least one wedge member mounted on the housing, a blade member mounted on each wedge member, and a knob which can be rotated to allow movement between each blade and wedge... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5875992 | Supporting journal for winding tube A retractable and extendable support journal for engaging and supporting paper web winding tubes in a printing press utilizes a plurality of spaced radially extendable and retractable clamping strips to securely connect the winding tube to the support jou... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5863011 | Core securing device in web winding apparatus An apparatus for winding a web material such as paper or plastic film about a hollow core. The core is disposed between a pair of shafts spaced from and axially opposed and aligned with each other. The core is fixed at opposite ends to the shafts respecti... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5702045 | Roll for the pressure treatment of cloth webs A roll for the pressure treatment of cloth webs comprising: a stationary beam, a shell mounted for rotation relatively to the beam, support elements for equalizing roll shell deflection, and a biasing system so acting on the support elements that the same... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5169084 | Apparatus for winding webs on core tubes A device for winding webs on core tubes includes mutually opposite trunnions (38), which are aligned with each other and rotatably mounted in a machine frame and at their confronting ends are provided with mandrels, which are adapted to be inserted into t... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4953806 | Winding reel for rolled strip A reel for winding and unwinding rolled strip into a reel shaft with a reel drum axially movable in a stationary reel housing. A positioning drive formed by a non-rotatable but axially movable piston-cylinder unit is utilized for spreading apart the segme... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4801109 | Roll core holding device The present invention relates to a roll core holding device equipped with a roll core release mechanism which can facilitate to automatically and certainly release the empty roll core from a rotary printing machine. The roll core holding device for each e... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4742968 | Beam winder and method of using same A winder for textile fabrics or other web materials including a frame having spaced apart support arms pivotally secured thereto. Each support arm has a core holding chuck at the outer end of same, at least one of which is torque driven. A surface drive r... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4694559 | Expanding arbor The present invention relates to an expandable arbor which is removably attached to a standard decoiler mechanism. The expandable arbor has at least two opposed sections, each having an elongated transversely curved outer surface interconnected by a guide... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4500046 | Strip material take-up apparatus A device for rolling up strip material such as paper on a reel or spool for temporary storage purposes, which maintains a relatively uniform tension on the strip material regardless of the movement of that strip material, is disclosed and employs an elect... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4284251 | Bearing for supporting rolls of paper A bearing for supporting rolls of paper includes a pair of identical devices, each of which is formed of two telescopically coupled elements jointly forming an axially expandable cone. The free end of a first element has a flange to be connected to a memb... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4172565 | Apparatus for winding strip material An apparatus is disclosed for winding a strip of thin material such as paper. The apparatus is particularly suited for use with variable speed printer-plotter machines which discharge paper over a wide range of speeds. Such machines require that the tensi... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4120464 | Take-up roll mechanism An improved take-up roll mechanism for strip matarial such as paper comprises a central tube on which the paper is wound, the tube having a longitudinal slot through its wall and clamping elements located within the tube which grip the strip material when... | 10/17/1978 |
