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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6135384 | Device for detecting near end state of roll of paper A device has a pivoted lever for detecting a near end state of a roll of paper, and the lever is held at a first position by the weight of a roll of paper, but is resiliently biased toward a second position by a spring. When the roll of paper does not hav... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6024322 | Device for detecting near end state of roll of paper A device has a pivoted lever for detecting a near end state of a roll of paper, and the lever is held at a first position by the weight of a roll of paper, but is resiliently biased toward a second position by a spring. When the roll of paper does not hav... | 02/15/2000 |
| 4422402 | Apparatus for detecting the remaining amount of rolled paper An apparatus for detecting the remaining amount of rolled paper, the diameter of which decreases as it is unrolled, comprises a detection lever which is swingable in a manner such that its free end is always in contact with the decreasing outer diameter o... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4358066 | Apparatus for supporting paper reels in winding machines Apparatus for supporting the core of a reel of convoluted paper in a winding machine has two trunnions which extend into the end portions of the core from opposite ends of the reel and are surrounded by ring-shaped stops which are normally closely adjacen... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4333172 | Metronome cartridge A metronome cartridge comprises a cartridge body adapted to be removably mounted in a cassette player having a pickup head, and tape free mechanical means carried by the cartridge body generates metronomic time signals to the pickup head for amplification... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4118744 | Tape end detection release device for tape recorder A release device is provided which disables a tape end detection in a tape recorder which is provided with an apparatus for indicating a tape end, such as an end alarm unit or auto "shut-off" unit (which returns a sliding plate carrying a head assembly, t... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4111378 | Means and method for providing indicating of end portion of web material Method and apparatus for providing an indication of when the web material remaining on the supply spool has been depleted to a predetermined amount, such as the end portion. An end portion of the web material is coupled to the supply spool hub and a prede... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4085698 | Device for detecting rotational speed of a tape reel A device for detecting rotational speed of a tape reel in a tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus by displacing a magnet from a first position where said magnet does not actuate a magnetically sensitive element to a second position where said magnet... | 04/25/1978 |
| 3943879 | Tape cartridge including edge marked magnetic tape Cue indicia applied to one or both side edges of a magnetic tape may be directly viewed through the conventional cartridge viewing window as the tape is being reeled in either direction. The application of edge marked cue indicia may be performed automatically... | 03/16/1976 |
