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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136753 | Transporter for box of spooled wire or cable Apparatus for manually transporting cartons or reels of goods include a support structure that includes a horizontal support member having first and second components, first and second vertical support members, and first and second bushings attached to the vertical ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7942364 | Film packaging applicator adjustable A film packaging applicator adjustable includes a first tube and a second tube that join with each other. A guidance groove is formed axially on the first tube. Further, at least one side of the guidance groove, several equidistant hemispheric orientation slots that... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7284725 | Recording paper storage device A paper holder is attachable to a recording paper storage chamber of a printer. The paper holder has a loading lid to cover a part of the recording paper storage chamber. And a press mechanism to press the rolled recording paper to a paper-supply roller is incorpora... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261253 | Rewind arms for plastic film slitting apparatus A winding core 1 of small diameter is mounted at each end on a locking core chuck 3 coupled to a shaft 14 supported by spaced bearings 4 and 8 located within a housing part 5 at the free end 6 of a rewind arm structur... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7191979 | Bung for a paper roll The invention consists of a bung (10) for a paper roll. The bung is comprised of a body (12) and a roll contacting element (14) frangibly coupled to the body. When the bung (10) is inserted into the cylindrical opening of the paper roll, ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175129 | Drive for magnetic tape adjustable for use with tapes of different widths A tape drive has a take-up reel assembly and a tape guide arrangement that are each selectively actuatable for interchangeable use with magnetic recording tape of a first width or a second width. The take-up reel assembly includes at least one actuatable, retractabl... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140794 | Apparatus to guide label stock in a printer A label printing apparatus for accommodating a plurality of widths of rolled label stock is provided. The label printing apparatus includes a frame, a label stock support arm extending from the frame, and a print head located for having label stock pass thereby for ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125182 | Printer Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7111806 | Spool for supply of image receiving medium A spool for a supply of printing material includes a first part having a shaft on which the supply of printing material is mountable, and a second part having an opening and being arranged to retain the supply of printing material mounted on the first part. The open... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7051971 | Feeding bobbin and method for recycling said feeding bobbin A feeding bobbin including a winding shaft including two ends each having a flange detachable mounted thereon, the shaft being common to various feeding bobbins for a thermal transfer printer, wherein the flanges are separated by a width corresponding to the width o... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7011270 | Fencing rewinder A rewinder for fencing fabric hooked to a utility vehicle and including a pair of spaced apart side plates mounted on a framework to be adjustable towards and away from each other by telescoping tubes included in the framework. A core is driven by a motor on one sid... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011267 | Method and device for winding a paper or board web In paper winding, separate rolls are formed side by side around roll cores (10a, 10b) placed one after the other while supported by support members. The cores are pressed at their ends against one another by core chucks (20) arrang... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6918557 | String of lights reel A holiday decorations string reel including a vertically disposed hollow column with a top end and a bottom end and having a generally cylindrical configuration and a longitudinal centerline with an outer wall spaced a distance from said centerline, a substantially ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6908060 | Retail electrical wire reel caddy A retail electrical wire reel caddy has a steel frame which may be rested upright, the upper portion of the caddy serving as a handle. The back has a slight angled configuration allowing easy grasp for lifting from prone to upright positions. The reel is of identica... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6824091 | Holder device for recording sheet roll A pair of support members provided in a feeding part may selectively contain plural types of recording sheet rolls having different widths. In order to mount the recording sheet roll, the first and the second holders are attached to both ends of the recording sheet ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6736349 | Device for supporting a strip in the wound or spooled condition A device for supporting a strip in the wound or spooled condition, includes two half-hubs each having at least one flange (1A, 2A) made by molding with the half-hub, these half-hubs being assembleable together to form a spool. At least one of the half-... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6695500 | Paper holding device for label printer Disclosed is a paper holding device for a label printer. The paper holding device comprises left and right holders for supporting both ends, respectively, of a paper roll; left and right guide links respectively locked to lower ends of the left and right ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6676069 | Modular holiday light storage and dispensing system A holiday light storage system, for storing holiday string lights, having a central hub and extension hubs. The central hub has a pair of parallel flange disks and a core extending perpendicularly between the flange disks. The core allows adjustment of th... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6561453 | Paper roll supporting apparatus A paper roll supporting apparatus in which circular cylindrical flange members are tightly fitted to both ends of the paper roll and the outer circumferential surface of the respective flange members are pivotally supported by rotatable bodies. The respec... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6352215 | Payoff device for a reeless package This invention relates to a payoff device particularly suited for coiled wire which is packaged without a reel. The device includes a clamp assembly rotatably supported at one end by a frame which may be affixed to a truck or other vehicle. The clamp asse... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6315235 | Roll tensioner An image forming device includes a roll tensioner adapted to hold a medium roll rotatably mounted thereon for providing a printable medium strip to the imaging device. The roll tensioner comprises a torsion mechanism exerting torsion to the printable medi... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6302604 | Rack and pinion medium roll support A rack and pinion medium roll support includes a support holder, a generally circular shape support shaft perpendicularly coupled to the support holder, and a rack and pinion mechanism, said rack and pinion mechanism comprising a pinion rotatably coupled ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6230999 | Paper magazine core A paper magazine core for rotatably supporting a roll of photosensitive material in a paper magazine includes an inner core divided into two inner core members that can be screwed together. The surface of each inner core member is provided with rows of sc... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6158686 | Device for quick coiling and wrapping of wire and other flexible strand materials An improved device is provided for quick coiling and wrapping of wire or other flexible strand materials such as ropes, cables, hose or the like. In a presently preferred form, the device comprises a handle portion and a base portion, the base portion hav... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6027066 | Carpet strip rolling machine A device for winding a carpet strip into a compact roll for handling and transport winds the carpet strip about a motor powered winding spindle controlled by, for example, a foot pedal, the strip being guided onto the spindle by a pair of selectively spac... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5954293 | Caddy for maintaining packages and tubes in an erect position for their transport and positioning within textile machines A caddy for packages having tubes for use in a yarn production process includes a disc-shaped base in which there is coupled a hollow tubular peg about which a package support slider is slidably mounted coaxial to the peg, to offer to the package mounted ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5911382 | Auxiliary printing media roll holder for printer/plotters An auxiliary printing media roll holder use with printer/plotters to accomodate a large feed roll of printing media and increase the printing/plotting capacity and operational efficiency of the printer/plotter and reduce downtime due to reloading printing... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5816524 | Mainspring decoiler and method A mainspring holder has a body portion to which is mounted a handle disposed at one end and a mount for rotatably holding a coiled spring thereon. The mainspring holder is capable of being moved relative to a support to unravel an otherwise coiled length ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5791586 | Masking device hub providing two position tape support A tape hub including a support portion defining a peripheral surface around an axis adapted to frictionally receive a cylindrical inner surface of a core wound with tape, and axially spaced radial projections and locating members on the tape hub for posit... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5743484 | Building wrap dispenser and method of use A device for dispensing building wrap in the form of a continuous sheeting from a supported supply roll wherein the device is capable of metering the rotation of at least one of two rotatingly mounted spindles. Brackets are provided to facilitate the temp... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5683058 | Roll supporting hub A roll supporting hub is adapted for acceptance of a plurality of rolls (one at a time), with each roll having a different predefined core width. The hub includes a hub body with a plurality of core support surfaces spaced circumferentially about a centra... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5667626 | Masking device hub providing two position tape support A tape hub including a support portion defining a peripheral surface around an axis adapted to frictionally receive a cylindrical inner surface of a core wound with tape, and means on the tape hub for positioning a first edge of the length of tape wrapped... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5622333 | Adjustable wire reel An adjustable wire reel that is formed of a pair of identical reel members made of plastics material which are interlocked to one another. Each reel member is provided with a series of circumferentially spaced barrel sections having at their extremities t... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5564646 | Winding core for winding flat objects A winding core for winding flat articles. The winding core is substantially cylindrical and hollow and thereby defines a longitudinal axis and a cylinder cavity. The winding core is further rotatable about the longitudinal axis, includes a retaining devic... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5551647 | Cable storage and feeding device A portable, cable feeding or dispensing device having a base adapted to to be placed on and rest firmly on a floor, the ground or other support, stanchions affixed to the base and extending generally normally therefrom, shoulders on the stanchions formed ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5364042 | Spool adapter A C-shaped adapter for mounting on a spool on which a web of material is to be wound shortens the effective winding width of the spool. The adapter has a web-blocking portion which blocks the web by forming a flange. A holding portion positions the web-bl... | 11/15/1994 |
| 4895316 | Molded sectional reel A reel is formed of a plastic molded hub and side, disk-like flanges. The hub is made of thin-wall, cylindrical rings that are arranged end-to-end, and the flanges are made of two or more separate radial sections having radially oriented, overlapped edges... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4726534 | Convertible reel assembly A tape accommodating reel assembly having reel sections with hubs that are interlocked together. Each hub has ears and locking lips. The ears and locking lips of mating hubs interengage each other to hold the hubs together. The widths of the hubs vary so ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4570869 | Spool for ribbons, tapes, etc. This spool for ribbons, tapes, string, and the like comprises a plastic first cylinder, which ribbons or tapes are coiled around. A projecting flange along one edge of the cylinder helps to hold the ribbons or tapes coiled around it. Fitted inside the fir... | 02/18/1986 |
