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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7731120 | Mandrel for wound materials A mandrel and the blank from which the mandrel is formed is constructed so as to enable shipment in flat form to a manufacturer of material, e.g., fabric, who, in turn, assembles the mandrel and uses such to wind material thereon to form a fabric bolt. The blank is ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7575189 | Holders for linear material A holder for wire material is disclosed. The holder includes a unitary body having interconnected and substantially planar expanses each having a discrete opening configured to receive and support a portion of the wire material as the wire material is wrapped around... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7213784 | Plastic bobbin and a method of manufacturing such a bobbin A bobbin (1) of plastic has a cylinder (2) and, formed integrally therewith, circumferential end flanges (3) and is made of a U-shaped channel. Each end flange (3) consists of a plurality of spaced-apart, essentially radial flange element... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6941651 | Pulley and bearing assembly and a method and apparatus for inserting and fastening a bearing within a pulley A pulley and bearing assembly and a method of inserting and fastening a bearing within a pulley having an axially extending cylindrical hub portion with an axial bore forming an inner periphery of the pulley and a pair of opposite ends, an annular belt groove portio... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6575398 | Reel for embossed carrier tape A pair of flanges (12, 12) which have through-holes (17) for a rotating shaft, and a shaft part which connects the central parts of these flanges (12, 12) at a specified spacing, are formed from cardboard plates; furthermore, the above-mentioned shaft par... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6485859 | Resilient mandrel for battery electrode assembly An improved electrode assembly for batteries and the like including a central mandrel configured to exert a resilient outward force on a multilayer web wound around the mandrel. The multilayer web includes a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6290169 | Free standing paper towel dispensing apparatus A free standing paper towel dispensing apparatus (10) including a free standing support unit (11) having a generally rectangular base member (20) provided with a rectangular shaped central recess (21) which has a centrally disposed elongated support post ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5967454 | Twin sheet reel core A winding or storage reel for large, continuous lengths of flexible materials such as cable, rope or paper is collapsible into substantially flat components for recycling transport. The reel core is preferably twin sheet, vacuum formed of thermoplastic sh... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5513819 | Flanged reel from a unitary blank A flanged reel of the type produced from a unitary, elongated blank of material (10) that is foldable without tearing or fracturing. A base (10) is trisected longitudinally by two nonparallel, broken perforated scores (22, 24) which allow two flanges (14,... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5318235 | Cores for compressed core wound paper products A core for compressed core wound paper products such as toilet tissue and paper toweling is disclosed. The core is selectively cut and scored to form folding tab portions that fold radially inward when the core is in a generally flattened configuration. U... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5287965 | Light storage device A storage device for storing Christmas lights assembled from a vertical core section, a pair of horizontal end sections, and a sheath. The device is constructed from corrugated cardboard. Each opposing end of each of the four sides of the core section inc... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4616790 | Excess tubing retainer for a fluid or gas delivery system A tubing retainer for use in fluid or gas delivery system for releasably retaining excess tubing in the system. A member is provided for receiving coils of the excess tubing and a hole and slot arrangement are provided for releasably receiving opposite en... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4437618 | Spool dispenser A spool dispenser made from a one piece blank which is folded and adhered to form front, rear walls and side walls as well as top and bottom walls. The spool dispenser is adapted to lie flat until it is to be used and may be provided with separation teeth... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4019692 | Reinforced reel A paperboard reel especially suitable for ribbon, lace and the like is an improvement upon U. S. Pat. No. 3,838,602 is made of paperboard and has a unique folding pattern for the various panels so that only one piece of paperboard has to be used and that ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4003529 | Reel and blank therefor A reel assembled from a pair of generally planar blanks and the blanks for assembling such reels, each of the blanks having a plurality of co-planar core members at least partially severed from the blank at radially offset circumferentially spaced locatio... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3993262 | Tape spool A tape spool for supporting an endless magnetic tape in a magnetic tape cartridge is cold formed from a single piece of flat plastic stock with upstruck hub segments of a predetermined configuration. The spool also is formed with a central bent configurat... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3958768 | Package of gusseted bags on a roll Smearing of graphics and scoring of gusseted bags on a roll during dispensing from a shipping, storage and dispensing container are inhibited by providing support in the container for that roll only at the margin and between the margin and the thickened p... | 05/25/1976 |
