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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431156 | Film cassette, rack and relief trolley for the film cassette, and method of handling the film cassette The present invention relates to a cassette for storing cinema film rolls (7). The cassette (14) comprises a first portion (15) and a second portion (16) which are essentially plane-parallel and separated by a spacing which exceeds the th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7374803 | Band-like matter fastening seal, roll photo film, apparatus and methods for manufacturing a band-like matter unit A band-like matter fastening seal for fixing a wound end of a band-like matter that is wound in a roll form to the body of said band-like matter, includes: a first attaching part adhered to said end of the band-like matter; a second attaching part having an attachin... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357252 | Protective device for spooled and/or reeled materials A reusable device for protecting spooled materials such as wire, cable, fiber or others during their transport, storage, and warehousing. The device is wrapped circumferentially around the spooled material, secured, and is sufficiently impact resistant to prevent un... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7306100 | Protective cover for fiber cable reels and method for protecting same The present invention is an apparatus and method for protecting an optical fiber cable stored on a fiber cable reel. A wrapping member is placed around the circumference of the fiber cable in the reel. The wrapping member includes insulating members that may be bond... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7236166 | High-resolution rapid manufacturing The present invention is a method for forming an object, the method comprising jetting a first material to form a plurality of layers that define a support structure increment, and extruding a second material to form a layer of the object. The layer of the object su... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7191968 | System for handling welding wire and method of handling welding wire using the system A coiled supply of welding wire in combination with a container. The container has a main body defining an upwardly opening receptacle with bottom wall and a radially inwardly facing surface on a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The container... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191897 | Container cylinder for a sanitary brush A container for a sanitary brush has a cylinder container with a cover affixed thereover. The cover has a handle extending outwardly therefrom and a brush positioned on an interior of said container. The container has internal edge bondings at an upper end and a low... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7152735 | Cover for a recyclable container A removable cover for a container and a container having the removable cover. The cover may be adapted with an opening to enable wire to pass through the cover with the cover disposed on the container. The container may be adapted to be lifted by inserting a fork, o... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7080734 | Industrial reel wrap with scored folding An industrial reel wrap is designed for wrapping an industrial reel having a central spool and a pair of end plates connected thereto. The reel wrap includes a central portion that is spannable across a distance between the end plates of the reel. The reel wrap addi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070044 | Suture reel dispenser with end of suture indicator A dispenser for suture, including a suture reel on which the suture is mounted and an indicator that the suture is soon to be depleted. The indicator can be a visual marking on the suture, or it can be an audible and/or vibratory effect obtained by the dispenser hou... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7041932 | Apparatus and method for supplying a continuous source of wire An apparatus and method for supplying a continuous source of wire includes a base supporting at least first and second sources of wire, a wire joining apparatus adjacent the base configured to weld a first wire from the first source with a second wire from the secon... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6948680 | Device and method for storing electric cable and electric cable components A device and method for storing an electric cable of predetermined length and at least one electric cable component. The device comprises a reel having a drum around which the electric cable can be wound and a pair of flanges disposed about the drum, the drum and fl... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935502 | Industrial reel wrap with overlapping end tabs An industrial reel wrap is designed for wrapping an industrial reel having a central spool and a pair of end plates connected thereto. The reel wrap includes a central portion that is spannable across a distance between the end plates of the reel. The reel wrap addi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6814232 | Industrial reel wrap with double crease separating center and tabs An industrial reel wrap is designed for wrapping an industrial reel having a central spool and a pair of end plates connected thereto. The reel wrap includes a central portion that is spannable across a distance between the end plates of the reel. The reel wrap addi... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6776602 | Filament cassette and loading system Disclosed are a filament cassette and a filament loading assembly for supplying filament in a three-dimensional deposition modeling machine. The filament cassette contains a rotatable spool of filament, and has an exit orifice through which a filament strand may exi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6655618 | Indicator of the proper direction of exit of paper and of other materials in rolls It is presented here an invention which aims at providing a simple indicator of direction for the exit of paper and of other materials in rolls of the respective materials installed as rotate reels. The invention is characterised by presenting a column fo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6540077 | Photographic roll film having sealing tape The invention relates to a photographic roll film such as Brownie film, particularly to a sealing tape, used for the photographic roll film, which can seal a roll of film easily and reliably without the need for licking adhesive on a sealing tape as in a ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6458448 | Edge protector An edge protector for the edges of roll shaped articles, e.g. pallets, reeled steel and paper products is made from an elongated sheet (10) of plastics material, the sheet having an indentation (11) extending longitudinally along a major surface of the sh... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6409017 | Use of inhibitor in optical fiber reel covers The disclosed invention includes a composition for an optical fiber reel cover. The cured composition includes a polymer and a light inhibitor. The invention also includes a method of making an optical fiber reel cover with the inventive composition. The ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6186326 | Wrapped paper roll A wrapping machine for a paper roll having a first wrapping head including at least one supply of a first wrapping material. A first movement device moves the first wrapping head in a first predetermined direction. The wrapping machine further has a secon... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6183840 | Edge protector strip An extruded plastic strip (1) adapted for use in protecting the edge of an article having a curved surface: said strip including alongitudinal groove (6), a flexible covering portion (2) extending from one side of the longitudinal groove adapted to be pla... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5971316 | Optical fiber spool and spool cover In an optical fiber spool, an optical fiber is wound around a barrel, a resilient pad covers the outer surface of the barrel, for relieving impacts, and two flanges face each other to support the barrel. A reinforcing rib is fixed on each of the flanges, ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5960955 | Safety system The safety system is usable for a container for photographic products in strip form wound on cores which container comprises a substantially horizontal cantilevered spindle having a free end and designed to support the cores and a door which can be locate... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5960954 | Packaging for thermal transfer ribbons A packaging apparatus for packaging thermal transfer ribbons and other material having similar packaging requirements is provided. The packaging apparatus includes a pair of flat pieces having protrusions for locating pairs of thermal transfer ribbons and... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5873464 | Film bubble wrap interleaf A method for protecting a roll of pressure-sensitive paper and a package produced by the method uses bubble wrap and film to protect the roll of paper. The bubble wrap has a plurality of bubbles which permanently entrap air. These pockets of air in the bu... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5803255 | Lighttightly packaged roll of light-sensitive film A lighttightly packaged roll (10) of light-sensitive film wound on a hollow supporting core (15), which comprises a lighttight flexible end cover (11, 12) for each end surface of the roll, and a lighttight flexible circumferential cover (13) secured to th... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5515970 | Light-tight package An improved light-tight package for a roll (10) of a length (14) light-sensitive material such as photographic film or paper includes an opaque leader (22) wound around the roll. Folded-over portions (48, 50) of opaque end disks (32, 34) are held in place... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5492221 | Light-tight package An improved light-tight package for a roll (10) of a length (14) light-sensitive material such as photographic film or paper includes an opaque leader (22) provided with adhesive elements (44, 46) which adhere more strongly to the leader that to folded-ov... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5462165 | Paper reel, paper reel unpacking station for unpacking the paper reel, and process for unpacking the paper reel A paper reel having a tear-off wire on its curved outer surface. The tear-off wire in turn has a catch clip at its front end. The paper reel is deposited on a paper reel unpacking station so as to be rotatable. The unpacking station includes a tear-off ta... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5396990 | Vertical packaging of webbing rolls The invention relates to a system for the vertical packaging of webbing rolls. The system consists of a tier of webbing rolls consisting of a bottom tray, a plurality of webbing rolls positioned thereon, each roll enclosed within a cushioning sleeve and a... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5353933 | Package of rolled photosensitive material A package of rolled photosensitive mateiral comprising a core, a photosensitive strip material wound around the core, a light-shielding leader connected to the end of the photosensitive strip material to shield the peripheral surface of the photosensitive... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5287964 | Packing process, packing for photographic web materials The invention relates to the packing of photographic rolls. The packing comprises a base 200 adapted to the handling by lift truck, a lightproof envelope 230 and horizontal spindles 220 to receive rolls 191 provided with winding tubes 190. The diameter of... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5277314 | Retainer ring for welding wire container disclosure A retainer ring for a container of low twist welding wire which container includes a cylindrical outer wall, a lower partition and an upper opening through which the welding wire is drawn from a hollow, cylindrical spool of welding wire formed from a mult... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5226610 | Motion picture film shipping and handling means A motion picture film shipping and handling case unit is adapted to be used in conjunction with a motion picture film that is supported on a flange, [such as a flange and hub unit as defined in U.S. patent applications Ser. Nos. 07/715,684, 07/641,298 and... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5226609 | Motion picture film shipping and handling means A motion picture film shipping and handling case unit is adapted to be used in conjunction with a motion picture film that is supported on a flange, or which is supported only on a hub, including a hub unit such as disclosed in these two patent applicatio... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5205428 | Large cubic volume cargo container A cargo container generally includes a floor, a roof, a pair of parallel side walls, and first and second end walls, at least one of the side walls and end walls including an opening to permit the entry and exit of cargo from the enclosed space. The floor... | 04/27/1993 |
| 4863028 | Reel land crate containing one or more reels according to the invention The invention relates to a reel (1) comprising a core (2) and two flanges (3) holding elongated material (4), such as wire, ribbon-like material, etc. wound on the core (2) between the flanges (3) and whereby each flange (3) of the reel (1) is a substanti... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4844373 | Line storage and dispensing device A disposable, corn dispensing device comprising a rigid, shatterproof plastic housing defining an internal cord holding cavity of substantially cylindrical shape. A spool having two circular flange portions connected by a stem portion is provided to be re... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4762223 | Tying and storage ring for a reel of recording tape A tying and storage ring for a reel of recording tape has a strip of extensible flexible material intended for surrounding a reel. It is equipped with closing means having a buckle made in one piece with a suspension hook and fastened rigidly to one of th... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4754878 | Container for shipping and handling feature-length films A container for shipping and handling a motion picture film of feature length ready for projection using turntable-type projection equipment without the need for splicing or cutting the film. The device has spaced upper and lower main walls with central o... | 07/05/1988 |
