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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7066422 | Axial center dispensing plastic sheet roll and method of use An axial center plastic sheet roll with a coreless roll of multiple, discrete consecutive plastic sheets with an area of overlap on each other in the circumferential direction of the roll such that opposite edges of the sheets in sum total define the opposite ends o... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6923401 | Method for unwinding elastomeric yarn from coiled packages A method for unwinding tacky elastomeric yarn from one or multiple coiled yarn packages includes the steps of (a) removing tubular cores from each yarn package to expose the beginning end of the yarn strand at the inner diameter of the yarn package; (b) forming a te... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6802467 | Method for axial feeding of ribbon material and a stock of ribbon material coils for axial feeding A method of preparing coils of wound ribbon to reduce twisting thereof during continuous axial ribbon feed to a processing machine. Each coil has a sequence of turns wound about a central axis and includes a central end at an inner-most turn of the sequence of turns... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6702212 | Method for axial feeding of ribbon material and a stock of ribbon material coils for axial feeding A method of preparing connected coils of wound ribbon in an alternating pattern to reduce twisting thereof during continuous axial ribbon feed to a processing machine. Each coil has a sequence of turns wound about a central axis and includes central end a... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6663032 | Multi-segment roll package A multi-segment roll package comprises a continuous length of plastic tape [117] wound about a core [105] resulting in a center spooled roll segment [109] sandwiched between two end spooled portions [400A, 400B]. In one embodiment, the end spooled portion... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6595448 | Multi-segment roll package A multi-segment roll package comprises a continuous length of plastic tape [117] wound about a core [105] resulting in a spooled roll segment [109] sandwiched between two end roll segments [107A, 107B]. A tape guide winds one or more spiral windings [113]... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6454014 | Method and apparatus for a multi-string composite coiled tubing system A reel assembly having three reels disposed side-by-side on a shaft pays out coiled tubing to an injector. A conveyor is used to support and guide the coiled tubing during travel from the reels to the injector. The conveyor is selectively rotatable such t... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6340126 | Devices and methods for unwinding elongate materials Devices and methods for paying off an elongate material between two coaxially aligned packages without interruption. The elongate material from a first wound package is connected to the elongate material of a second wound package by joining the tail end o... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6138934 | Multi-roll segment package for plastic tape and winding machine for same A multi-roll segment package provides a method of winding a single length of plastic tape on a plurality of closely spaced roll segments. The roll segments are wound on a core with the length of tape continuous from the inner diameter of the first roll se... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6027011 | Method and device for producing long metal tubes During the production of long metal tubes with small diameters, where a metal tape is drawn from an annular coil, is gradually formed into a tube with a longitudinal slot and the longitudinal slot is welded, the internally and externally located metal tap... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6007016 | Multi-roll segment package for plastic tape and winding machine for same A machine for winding plastic tape on a core comprises a first tape guide fixed transversely on a frame of the machine. A second tape guide attached to a telescoping pivot arm remains aligned to the first tape guide as a linear slide translates the pivot ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5988556 | Method and apparatus for winding fiber on a spool A continuous length of fiber from a fiber supply is wound onto first and second sections of a spool by an apparatus and method that collect a first portion of the continuous length of fiber from the fiber supply, wind the collected first portion onto the ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5895009 | Transfer method of coils and coil taking-up and stacking equipment A method of joining a plurality of coils of strip material into a continuous strip and stacking the coils in a multi-coil arrangement is provided. A first coil is conveyed from a carry-in table by a transfer means to an exit side turn table and is designa... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5603464 | Low abrasion resistance fiber cake and method of manufacturing the same A cake of glass fibers or the like has a waste yarn which is provided by winding a strand, which continues from an end yarn extending in contact with a winding tube, on the winding tube to cover the end yarn before a usual winding work for forming a cake ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5228631 | Apparatus for winding a spool composed of a plurality of flat coils formed from a single filament A continuous filament (40) from a supply spool (50) is wound onto a takeup spool (52) in an amount to form one flat coil (54). A first winding device (42) forms a first flat coil (54) in winding space (36) between guides (28 and 30) while simultaneously a... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5183217 | Cable pack winding and payout system A cable-pack winding and payout system is disclosed that will provide a tue-free cable payout from a wound cable pack, such as are found in ocean-deployed buoy packages. Dual feed spools are arranged so that the two halves of the cable can be simultaneou... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5129593 | Method of making a spool wound with optical fiber A method of making a spool wound with optical fiber where the spool has at least one payout end and providing, at the payout end of the spool, a wear-away adhesive coating or foam rubber flange. Where payout of optical fiber is from both the outer and inn... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5022603 | Coil of very long optical fibre usable on a wire-guided missile The coil according to the invention has normal dimensions, but contains a considerable optical fiber length. It is constituted by a main cylindrical support (12) about which is wound a first part (18) of the optical fiber (16), which is to be unwound by p... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4863029 | Apparatus and process for packaging yarn and product therefrom A layered yarn package is formed of continuous filament yarn wads wherein the yarn alternates between compacted and extended lengths by axially compacting the yarn into a length, segmenting the length into alternating extended and compacted lengths then a... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4854523 | Twisted yarn feed spool and process for producing same In the case of a process for producing a twisted yarn from slivers that are drawn to the desired size and subsequently are prestrengthened by means of pneumatic false twisting, it is provided that the fiber ends in the form of helixes are wound around the... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4699451 | Optical fiber coil having juxtaposed ends in same or adjacent layers for rotation rate measuring instrument An optical fiber is coiled in an instrument in such a way that its beginning and its end belong to the same layer or to adjacent layers and are close together.... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4696438 | Spool for holding optical fiber A spool (20) which is used in the taking up and the paying out of a relatively long length of optical fiber includes two flanges (24, 26) and a hub (22) with each flange being tapered. The spool includes a collector (30) which is formed adjacent to one of... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4667896 | Three flange cable spool A three flange cable spool having first and second spaced-apart flanges, a tubular-shaped medium portion attached to and disposed between the first and second flanges delimiting a first outside surface between the first and second flanges, a plurality of ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4603817 | Package of tape Tape is wound into a package by traversing the winding position along a cylindrical core such that the winding position is intermittently and repeatedly halted at a plurality of positions arranged axially of the core so that at each position the tape is w... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4103834 | Apparatus for winding an improved yarn supply package An improved yarn supply package comprising a yarn package holder is provided with a first yarn waste bunch wound on the package holder at one end portion thereof and a second yarn waste bunch connected to the first waste bunch and wound on the package hol... | 08/01/1978 |
