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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367523 | Polarized tape dispenser A tape dispenser having a frame and a pair of opposed, unequal diameter hub mounts for rotatably mounting an adhesive tape roll thereon. The tape roll includes a hub about which the tape is wound and has first and second open ends with unequal diameter openings. Eac... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341229 | Spindle supporting assembly A spindle supporting assembly includes a pair of brackets each removably positioned on one of a pair of studs. The studs are spaced from each other. Each of the brackets has one of a pair of arms attached thereto. The arms extend outwardly from one of the studs and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7243876 | Method and apparatus for handling wire spools An apparatus for handling wire spools is disclosed. The apparatus includes a brace and a spool handle removably connected to the base. A spool is mounted on the handle and thereafter a user picks up the handle and mounts it on the base. Thereafter, wire can be dispe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044419 | Rotating transfer tape dispenser A rotating transfer tape dispensing device mounts to a table top surface to allow application of transfer tape to a sheet of “weeded” vinyl for use in the sign industry. The device is a rotating assembly of four spaced rods that each accept any combination of di... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025300 | Optimus csb (installation) dispensing tool and multi-belt hoisting clamp A method and apparatus for installing a plurality of coated steel belts as tension members for an elevator system. A dispenser is employed that retains a plurality of rolled steel belts aligned vertically in said dispenser. An axel passing through the side walls of ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6974060 | Multiple roll tape dispenser A multiple roll tape dispenser consists of a spool unit and a spool housing assembly. The spool unit consists of a first end cap connected to a second end cap by at least one inner tape roll supporting cross member for rotatably supporting a first tape roll having a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6913178 | Tape dispenser for installation of multi-roll A tape dispenser for two or more tape rolls installed therein includes a housing having a first casing and a second casing coupled with each other in which a chamber is formed and a roll mount is provided in the chamber, wherein the housing has an outlet and a cutte... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905089 | Guide and brake system for wire reel terminal holder A wire reel mounted on a support having a pivoting brake arm with improved brake pads at one end and an enclosed eyelet at a second end. A separate L-bar is also mounted on the support and includes an eyehook aligned with the eyelet to further smoothly guide the wir... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6729512 | Ribbon dispenser A ribbon dispenser for storing and dispensing selected lengths of safety ribbon for use by construction workers, particular. The ribbon dispenser includes a housing having side and end walls, and also having an open end; and also includes a cover being removably dis... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6634592 | Wire and cable despooler The invention is a portable and detachable wire and cable despooler firmly attaching to dimensional lumber at a construction site, the despooler accepting pre-wound spools of cable, flexible hose or wire, or accepting unspooled rolls of wire, flexible hos... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6595462 | Method and device for measuring multiple strands of material dospensed form a single spool A device and method for dispensing and measuring a plurality of strands from a single spool of stranded material is disclosed. The device is comprised of a mobile portion on which a plurality of pulleys is mounted. The mobile portion includes a frame moun... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6540170 | Multiple coil dispenser A multiple coil dispenser supports a pair of coils for dispensing a flexible material from one of the coils. The dispenser includes a frame and at least one coil support for supporting the coils for rotation. A fixed arm is mounted to the frame and includ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6508434 | Bailing and automatic stowing system for electric conductors The bailing and automatic stowing system is designed for the winding of electric conductors, particularly for automotive harnesses, and is characterized by an arrangement consisting of: a conventional cutting table with electronic control arranged in the ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6502783 | Carrier tape recycling apparatus and method of recycling carrier tape A carrier tape recycling apparatus for receiving bare carrier tape from a manufacturing system and for winding the carrier tape onto a plurality of tape reels for reuse. The carrier tape recycling apparatus includes a reel drive mechanism configured to su... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6435450 | Multi-compartment paralleling reel having independent compartments A multi-compartment paralleling reel that allows different sets of wire to be drawn from the paralleling reel independently of each other. The multi-compartment paralleling reel includes a plurality of independent compartments. Each independent compartmen... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6400133 | Test lead retraction system A test lead retraction system for retracting test lead cables on a spool. The test lead retraction system includes a base having an upper surface, a pillar is fixedly mounted to the upper surface, and a first bore extending through the pillar. An axle hav... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6260791 | Foldable and stackable device for winding flexible tubular pipes A device for spooling flexible tubular pipe comprising at least one spooling wheel comprising a hub and spokes extending from the hub in a radial plane, wherein the spokes are articulated to the hub so that they can be folded towards the axis of the hub. ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 5915947 | Tippet dispenser A tippet dispenser apparatus with several different spools each of which has a different diameter tippet on it. A common support shaft mounts each of the spools on it and this shaft is supported by a frame structure with two separate leg members. The fram... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5873541 | Magazine arrangement for receiving film cartridges A magazine arrangement for receiving multiple film cartridges, that, for processing of the filmstrips present in the film cartridges, can be attached to a processing machine. A magazine includes a cylindrical member that has chambers, arranged in a circle... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5868342 | Apparatus for dispensing toilet tissue from coreless rolls Apparatus for alternately dispensing toilet tissue from coreless rolls of toilet tissue includes a dispenser having a cover movable between two positions to alternately expose rolls of coreless toilet tissue within the dispenser. A partition having an ope... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5842662 | Tension device and storage rack for fishing line spools An apparatus comprising a rack like structure for holding fishing line spools for storage and an attached tension device for applying tension to the line spools for fishing reel loading applications; the line spools being held on the structure by a remova... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5829803 | Magazine for film cartridges An apparatus for receiving multiple film cartridges that, for processing of the filmstrips present in the film cartridges, can be attached to a processing machine. The apparatus, configured as a magazine includes a cylindrical member that has chambers, ar... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5794886 | Rotatably releasable wire reel caddy A caddy for supporting a plurality of reels or spools includes a rod movably mounted to a frame. The rod is normally used in a first position for allowing reels mounted thereon to be freely rotatable when wire is dispensed from the reels. Rotation of the ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5738297 | Leader dispenser The present invention incorporates a one-piece yoke for dispensing leader from a leader spool. The yoke is provided with first and second wings joined by a foldable hinge. A decurling element is located on the hinge through which element leader can be dra... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5725175 | Single tension adjustment for dual wire rolls A spool support assembly for supporting the wire spools for a thermal spray gun, the assembly including a stand having a pair of axially aligned keyed openings, a bolt aligned in the openings and having a keyway matingly engaging the keyed opening, a hub ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5718365 | Plural bobbin dispenser In general, the medical apparatus provides contamination-free dispensing of a desired supply of cut-separable, intraoral ligators from a chain of such ligators. Preferably, the apparatus also provides quick loading/unloading of bobbins holding coil-wound ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5690495 | Incentive device for toilet training children An incentive device for toilet training children including a housing having a lid hingedly secured to an open upper end thereof. A pair of horizontally disposed slots are formed through a front wall of the housing. Each of a pair of side walls has a rod e... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5570938 | Toilet paper roll holder A holder for storing multiple rolls of toilet paper in a box-like enclosure mounted to a wall, either to the surface of the wall or in a recess. The enclosure is provided with a tilt-out front panel and an integral floor having multiple rods affixed ortho... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5535962 | Doubling coupler for toilet roll holders The new doubling coupler is a generally cylindrical sleeve which connects two standard, spring-action cores for standard, toilet tissue paper roll holders to form a double-length core which can be held between two standard, toilet roll holder mounting bra... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5490624 | Tippet tamer A post for separately supporting, separating and labeling a number of spools of thread, wire or fishing line, the post being formed of a resilient material such as rubber with a number of rings spaced at a distance from each other greater than the width o... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5456421 | Toilet tissue dispenser A toilet tissue dispenser adapted to be mounted on a toilet facility wall for retaining a plurality of paper rolls. The toilet tissue dispenser secures a plurality of paper rolls against theft and includes a body having a mounting plate, and a pair of spa... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5407509 | Process and apparatus for production of toilet paper rolls having no core Rolls of toilet paper are produced by winding a paper web around each of a plurality of air permeable cylindrical cores each having a fixed, outer diameter while applying a liquid to only a leading portion of each web so that wound webs each having a wet ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5390872 | Package for rolls of photosensitive web A package 10 for storing and delivering rolls of photosensitive web (A) to a photoprinter has a housing 12 comprising an interior compartment 14 and a removably mounted shaft 32 for supporting the rolls of web (A) . A top wall 24 is removably mounted to t... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5261619 | Toilet tissue dispenser with lock A toilet tissue dispenser having a frame with a central arm and spaced side arms, and spindles for rolls of tissue, with each of the spindles having opposed spindle pins for rotation in the frame between the central arm and a side arm, opposed slots in th... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5135601 | Ply material server apparatus A ply server for applying a preselected length of ply material drawn from a supply roll thereof onto a tire carcass building drum. The desired length of ply material is measured by a programmable mechanism, then severed at the length desired. The incoming... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5092697 | Web handling method and apparatus There is disclosed a web handling apparatus including a printer for printing on longitudinally extending multi-portion webs, with the web including a plurality of longitudinally extending web portions and connected at a longitudinal line of weakening betw... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5085532 | Multiple ribbon mandril for multiple print head printers In medium to high volume printers using more than one print head, multiple documents may be printed side by side in one pass. Multiple rolls of ribbon are utilized on the ribbon mandril to accommodate the documents. The ribbon is kept taut across its prin... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4978085 | Wire-dispensing spool and casing A dispenser for stiff resilient wire such as guy wire is disclosed. It comprises a box-shape casing having an upwardly rearwardly opening diagonal cover and a spool rotatably removably mounted therein on three corner-mounted transverse rollers in the casi... | 12/18/1990 |
