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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360282 | Lace blocking device A device for blocking at least one strand of a lace or cord, including a hollow body, a blocking member, and a control member. A cavity of the hollow body defines a housing of the blocking member. The control member allows biasing the blocking member for a displacem... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328776 | Brake device for a strap-reel frame A brake device for a strap-reel frame is installed on the frame body of the strap-reel frame for braking the inner and the outer disc pivotally fitted on the horizontal shaft of the frame body. The brake device includes a swinging rod having one end pivotally connec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7261138 | Child safe cord lock A cord lock for window coverings has one or more cams adjacent a surface over which a one or more lift cords travel. The cams are spring biased to a locked position in which they press the lift cords against the surface. A cam lock with a release cord is provided wh... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7222840 | Rope-guiding device A rope-guide device suitable for marine use as a crab-pot puller, an anchor puller, a shrimp-pot hauler, and the like includes an arcuate, side-entry slot running the entire vertical length of its cylindrical body. A unique lock-mechanism prevents rope slippage by c... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7152718 | Damper A damper includes a frame, a main gear mounted to the frame for rotation about an axis of rotation, and a spring operably connecting the main gear and the frame such that rotation of the main gear tensions the spring. The main gear has a circumferential recess forme... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7055653 | Escape device A shaft with a gear and a small-diameter drum mounted and a different shaft with a gear and a large-diameter drum mounted are axially mounted in a rotatable condition across the inside of a housing. The gears are engaged with each other. A case has a horizontally lo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7028815 | Double-wrap brake band apparatus A double-wrap band brake apparatus which has a double-wrap brake band comprising an annular intermediate band with a frictional surface formed on the inner periphery thereof, a pair of annular outer bands secured to the free end of the intermediate band in a state t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 5549183 | Motor locking unit A locking unit for a motor which is to be locked in which a plurality of fingers at the ends of flexible arms, coupled to a locking motor, move into and out from engagement with a plurality of spaces bounded by ridges in a member which is connected to the... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5222428 | Piston cylinder unit for pressure fluids A piston-cylinder unit for pressure fluids includes a housing bounded by a head piece at each end thereof; a cylinder disposed within the housing; a piston reciprocatingly movable within the cylinder; a pulley having a circumferential outer surface is mou... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5052524 | Wheel brake A brake assembly for a rotatable wheel in which the rim of the wheel has an integrally formed lip extending from the side thereof and forming a trough. A Kevlar™ aramid fiber jacketed cable, positioned in the trough, encircles the lip in the direction o... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4456131 | Remote controlled line locking, slack pulling cable logging carriage A remote controlled slack pulling log skidding carriage is provided for feeding a slack drag line toward a log to be skidded. A drive sheave rotatably mounted in the carriage is operated by a hydraulic motor. The fluid to operate the motor is stored in on... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4225119 | Continuous winch A continuous winch with two wheels of which at least one is driven and in case of a multi-groove design is provided with a run-off groove for the non-loaded cable section, while the unloaded run-off cable section in the run-off groove is adapted to be cla... | 09/30/1980 |
| 3999633 | Pressure device for applying a band against a driving or braking cylinder The invention relates to a band pressing shoe. Such shoe includes a rigid body to which is attached a thin flexible and inextensible strip. When the rigid body is subjected to a pressing thrust, the strip assumes an arcuate shape and tautens. Between the ... | 12/28/1976 |
