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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343958 | Overhead door lift system A garage door cable drum is disclosed for a sectional overhead door of a type having a substantially non-linear lift-weight to lift-height characteristic. The drum includes a generally spiral cable groove having a variable minor radius. The groove minor radius at an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7269890 | Slotless rotary electric machine and manufacturing method of coils for such a machine In a slotless permanent magnet rotary electric machinery, comprising a substantially cylindrical rotor (53) incorporated with a permanent magnet (52), a stator iron core (54) surrounding the rotor; and a coil (55) provided between the rot... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6643979 | Tensioning device for drum and cable window regulator assembly A window regulator assembly is provided that includes a guide defining a path. A window bar assembly having a window mounted thereon is supported on the guide and is movable along the path. A manual or automatic actuator is interconnected with a drum for ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6616091 | Cable winding drum An automatic sliding door cable mechanism with a take up guide member (46) mounted in a drum (14) for taking up slack of a cable during installation of the cable. A second drum (16) has an elliptical profile drum helix (96) for increasing durability of th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6601794 | Cable drum A cable drum, having a substantially cylindrical drum body with drum walls arranged at its axial ends and a groove arrangement arranged on the drum body, enables winding of a cable in a rotational direction clockwise as well as counter-clockwise thereto. ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6357690 | Axially adjustable coil winding mandrel A coil winding mandrel comprises a mandrel core and two end flanges, a stationary flange and an adjustable flange. A spring provides a predetermined force between the end flanges.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 5497954 | Line spool for a fishing reel A line spool for use in a fishing reel has two side plates and an intermediate hub which is connected to the side plates and on which a fishing line is to be wound. The hub has a line-receiving, helical circumferential groove which has a small pitch and e... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5494235 | Apparatus for projecting devices through tubes and conduits An apparatus for storing a flexible lance whereby the lance may be projected from the apparatus and into and through a tube to be cleaned or surveyed, the apparatus comprising a storage drum with a peripheral helical groove into which a lance is placed in... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5492281 | Base layer of coated glass fiber for a bobbin A bobbin for holding a filament pack having a base layer wound of optical waveguide fiber. A method for winding the base layer on the bobbin base is disclosed. The optical waveguide base layer closely matches the properties of the glass and coating of the... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5335883 | Overhead door cable winding drum A drum for winding a cable attached to an overhead door includes a hub having a central aperture for accepting a shaft, a radially extending boss formed on the hub and a threaded aperture extending through the boss for retaining a threaded fastener for re... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5279474 | Mandrel for high density filament winding Method and apparatus for making a filament winding amenable to inside payout and having squared-off ends providing optimal volumetric efficiency. The filament crossovers are distributed so as to reduce crossover stacking in one or a few places which can i... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5253820 | Captive cable coil and its application to a regulator for deploying a lengthening piece of a space instrument So as to adjust the deployment of a lengthening piece of a space instrument, a captive cable coil (34) coupled to a centrifugal brake by a speed multiplier is used. The cable (40) is wound onto the coil (34) in the form of a single strand imprisoned in a ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5127593 | Safe packaging for detonating cord The invention relates to a method of packaging a detonating cord comprising explosive material contained in a sheath, intended to meet safety regulations of air transportation. The detonating cord is wound on a support in such a manner that every portion ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5067665 | Base layer for an optical fiber wound pack A winding form baselayer (20) has a flexible insulative substrate (22) on which a plurality of parallel spaced apart filament cable guides (24) are located. Optionally, the guides (24) can be formed by depositing a metal layer and etching out spaces (W) b... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5064067 | Christmas light organizer A Christmas light organizer provides a frame for the handling and storage of a string of Christmas lights. A generally rectangular, planar frame includes two opposing sides having a series of tooth-like projections extending outwardly from the frame which... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5050813 | Cord retaining and winding device A cord retaining device is used for retaining at least one cord of an appliance therein to shorten lateral length. The cord retaining device comprises an elongated body shaped in a spiral form, and at least one groove formed in the elongated body. At leas... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5025591 | Varying radius helical cable spool for powered vehicle door systems An improved cable spool arrangement is disclosed for use in powered vehicle door operating systems, or in other cable-actuated devices, having one or more actuating cables. In one form of the invention, a groove, or other open channel-like opening, is for... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5007230 | Safe packaging for detonating cord The invention relates to a method of packaging a detonating cord comprising explosive material contained in a sheath, intended to meet safety regulations of air transportation. The detonating cord is wound on a support in such a manner that every portion ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4925125 | Deep nested filament winding This invention relates to a technique for forming filament windings which are designed to enable filament (52) to be paid out at a high rate used particularly for guided missile systems using a filament as a data link. Numerous prior art techniques exist ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4644694 | Winding device for cables A winding device for cables which is used to wind cables round take-up drums along grooves provided on the outer circumferences thereof, said grooves formed such that the cables will not cause chafing against the side walls of the grooves, so that no unus... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4634078 | Rope guide A rope guide having a threaded guide segment and a threaded holding segment with a holddown device covering at least a part of a single rope loop on a grooved drum; the segments are made of a synthetic material and their threadings engage the groove of th... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4600352 | Spare tire handling mechanism A spare tire handling mechanism is disclosed which is of the character mounted on a vehicle for displacing a spare tire between a stored position beneath the vehicle chassis and an accessible position therebelow and in which the spare tire engages ground ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4583696 | Method of precision winding a rotor According to the invention, an insulator is provided at the axial ends of a rotor core. The insulator has radially spaced rows of notches at intervals approximately equal to the diameter of the winding wire for guiding placement of the turns of the windin... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4477036 | Method of winding strip material and lining strip The winding of a tacky sealant strip by applying a non-sticking liner into contact with one surface of the strip such that the liner provides marginal edges on either side of the sealant strip. The strip and liner are wound progressively into a reel such ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4453309 | Manufacture of dense, flat conductor connectors The present invention relates to manufacture of electrical conductors by winding small gauge wires helically on a drum, bonding the wires to a flexible sheet of polymeric material also wrapped on the drum, and stripping from the drum the composite of wire... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4349162 | Device for receiving and packaging a strip of electrical components A strip (11) of pairs of orthogonally projecting fragile terminals (14 and 16) with components (10) bonded therebetween is wound in a trackway (58) formed by a helical fin (57) extending from a cylinder (51). The cylinder (51) is mounted on a drum (52) th... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4105389 | Method of winding a tube coil, and an arrangement for performing said method A heat exchanger coil is formed by winding a plurality of flexible tubes to form a coil. The turns of the coil are separated in the axial direction of the coil by means of radially disposed separator elements. The turns of the coil are separated in the ra... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4090675 | Adhering device for general rope winding up An adhering device for winding up any kind of ropes, comprising a loop forming track, means for supporting said track so that one section or length of the track is helically wrapped or wound about a first ideal cylindrical surface forming a number of turn... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4066093 | Hose feeding winch The invention relates to a hose feeding winch intended for use in charging drill-holes with pulverulent or pumpable explosives through a hose inserted into each individual drill-hole. The winch comprises a drum rotatable about a central shaft, a drum cage... | 01/03/1978 |
