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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052078 | Wire dispensing device A wire dispensing device for containing a roll of wire having a free end. The device includes a plurality of enclosure walls connected to each other and forming an enclosure, where at least one of the walls is operable between an open position, thereby providing acc... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7441657 | Cover for a welding wire container A cover for a welding wire container has a top side and a slot in the top side. The slot allows for welding wire to be pulled from a welding wire container. On the outside of the cover, a holding-down device is provided. The holding-down device is adapted to hold an... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7357167 | Transfer device A transfer device A that is used for transferring a transferring paste T on an object on which the transferring paste T is to be transferred comprises a pair of first outside panel 21 and the second outside panel 11 that hold the transferring paste T, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341214 | Cassette spool lock A cassette for use in delivering a continuous length of filament. The cassette includes a housing having a first aperture and a spool rotatably mountable in the cassette housing. The spool contains a first female receptacle alignable with the first aperture, and a f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7309038 | Endless wire container and method of using the same A container for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one the container to another container. The coil of welding wire, including a coiled portion having a top and a bottom, a first extension of wire e... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7228882 | Tape dispenser with a cushioned applicator tip A transfer tape dispenser includes a case, a supply spool, a return spool, and a substantially rigid applicator tip having an application edge. The applicator tip is disposed in a path of a transfer tape that originates from the supply spool and terminates at the re... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204287 | Transfer devices Transfer devices are disclosed. At least one transfer device includes a housing, a supply roll rotatably mounted to the housing, a take-up roll rotatably mounted to the housing, and an application head. The supply roll has a wound supply of liner wound thereon, and ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7178573 | Mark transfer tool, mark transfer tape, and manufacturing method of mark transfer tape A mark transfer tool utilizing a coat film transfer technology, concerning various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape has multiple pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks adhered and held at specified interval... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163040 | Correction tape applicator tip with cylindrical projection A transfer tape dispenser comprises a housing and a supply spool and a take up spool disposed within the housing. A carrier ribbon has a first end and a second end, with the first end connected to the supply spool, and the second end connected to the take-up spool. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7124976 | Apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a roll An apparatus is disclosed for dispensing sheet material from a roll comprising a base supporting a shaft for extending through a core of a roll of the sheet material. A handle is slidably mounted relative to the shaft with a magnetic force located therebetween. The ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6945298 | Device for dispensing two sided adhesive tape pieces and a refill roll for the device The device has a roll (1) of a carrier strip (2) holding pieces (3) of two sided adhesive tape and wound on a hub (5) with an outer radius and provided with a circular cogging (6), a support (7) for the roll (1) compr... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6715608 | Package for welding wire A transporting and feeding package for a coil of welding wire comprising a wire receiving container with a vertical wall having a lateral shape and defining an opened top of the container, a wire feeding hat with a wire outlet and a downwardly extending skirt having... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6576305 | Package having a multilayer film disposed around a layered coil of filament strands A package comprises a layered coil of filament strands, and a multilayer film surrounding, and in direct contact with, the layered coil of filament strands. The coil has an outer surface comprising a bottom surface region, a side surface region, and a top... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6564943 | Container for welding wire A container for packaging and unwinding a welding wire comprising: a square cardboard box with four vertical side walls and four vertically extending corners, each defining an apex, a center cylindrical core, an inner vertically extending tubular liner wi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6398146 | Device for maneuvering a shutter or roller-type closure member and process for manufacturing such a closure member A device for winding a strap or strip of material for maneuvering a shutter, roller blind or equivalent device comprising a member for winding and tensioning the strap disposed inside a box formed by two shells each including at least one edging extending... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6341691 | Package for a strip-shaped or band-shaped product For a better handling of strip-shaped or band-shaped products made of plastic, paper or foam plastic in roll form, a package (100) with a removal opening for the product provided in one of the package walls comprises a cubical or a right parallelepiped pa... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6257512 | Magnetized pre-wound sideless bobbins Magnetized bobbin cores are preferably wound with sewing thread to obtain sideless, pre-wound bobbins that have beneficial draw-off tensions, draw-off tension uniformity and overspin characteristics. The pre-wound sideless bobbins may thus be satisfactori... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6186847 | Painter line assembly A bung plug assembly (30), of a type including a tubularly-shaped housing (32) having a grommet cap (34) at one end thereof, also includes a hard-material bulkhead adapter assembly (37). The bulkhead adapter assembly includes a bulkhead adapter (69) with ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6016911 | Package for a reel of wire The invention relates to a package for a reel of wire. The package has a cover, a connecting plate foldably connected with the cover and a bottom foldably connected with the connecting plate. The cover, the connecting plate and the bottom are able to be a... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5957282 | Package for musical instrument strings A method and package for housing and dispensing at least one musical instrument string. The package includes a housing adapted to contain the at least one string in a generally coiled configuration. The package further includes at least one opening from w... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5702066 | Optical fiber spool and method of loading spool Optical fiber must be adequately protected during manufacturing, testing, and transportation from physical damage due to over-bending, crushing, and chafing. Prior art methods of packaging optical fiber have been ineffective in protecting against these fo... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5667155 | Suture dispenser winding fixture Suture dispensers for retaining armed sutures are disclosed. The dispenser disclosed is comprised of two flat panels of material that each have a central opening. A needle park is provided so that the needle is visible in and accessible though the central... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5536094 | Protective ink ribbon unit holder An ink ribbon unit has supply and take-up spools which are fastened securely and locked against free rotation inexpensively and reliably in a manner not to impair the quality of an ink ribbon thereof. The supply and take-up spools are fastened securely an... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5522561 | Fiber optic cable payout system An inside fiber optic payout system uses winding and packaging techniques th an inner stabilizing tube to ensure reliable cable payout. Stiff, elastic cable is rapidly non-precision wound onto a collapsible core spool at a preferred winding pitch. Stand-o... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5245687 | Optical fiber coil unit for a fiber optic gyro A cylindrical bobbin having flanges at both ends thereof is formed as a unitary structure, using a material of thermal conductivity nearly equal to or lower than that of an optical fiber coil, and the optical fiber coil is wound on a housing portion defin... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5222677 | Apparatus and method for the drawing off of threads, ribbons and the like A device for drawing a thread, ribbon or the like off from a package (1), in which the thread or the like can be withdrawn overhead from the package and, in order to obtain a practically twist-free drawing off of the thread, ribbon or the like, the thread... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5212760 | Device by which the end of an optical cable incorporated in a power cable unwindable from a drum is maintained fixed relative to an optical reader A device by which the end of an optical cable incorporated in a power cable is maintained fixed relative to an optical reader while the power cable is being wound onto or unwound from a cable winding drum. The device comprises a first roller on which ther... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5193756 | Figure eight linear dispenser A figure eight linear dispenser (10) having an optical fiber winding configuration adapted to dispense an optical fiber waveguide (14) at high speed. The dispenser (10) is built up of a series of flat winding layers, with each layer comprising an interlac... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5181271 | Optical fiber storage system and method of installing optical fiber using same An optical fibre storage system comprising a container in which turns of fibre (4) are wound in a substantially helical formation, the diameter of the turns and container being such the turns of fibre are maintained in position by their natural resilience... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5170732 | Sewing machine bobbin A bobbin comprises a hollow hub adapted to cooperate with a latch and post on a bobbin casing housed in a sewing machine. The latch and post enter the hub and guide the bobbin into place in the sewing machine. Thread previously wound around the hub is ada... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5161208 | Optical fiber canister and process with overcoat adhesive layer to prevent dispensing end breaks An optical fiber payout canister (22) comprises a bobbin (30) having a dispensing end and an optical fiber pack having a plurality of optical fiber layers (34, 36) wound upon the bobbin (30). The pack has a transition winding pattern between the optical f... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5104057 | Gas damped filament dispenser A missile data link filament (12) dispenser (10) is located within an enclosure (20) having a single eyelet opening (26) through which the filament feeds on launch. A quantity of a damping gas having an effective density of at least about two times that o... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5052636 | Damped filament dispenser A missile data link filament (12) dispenser (10) is located within an enclosure (20) having a single eyelet opening (26) through which the filament feeds on launch. A quantity of a particulate material (28) located within the enclosure (20) is converted t... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5033618 | Installation cable unwinder An installation cable unwinder for dispensing a wire leader and pintle, which joins the ends of a papermachine fabric in a pin seam, includes a spool attached to a larger plate-like member. The pintle is wound onto the spool with the wire leader extending... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4967978 | Wire storage reel A wire storage reel includes a pair of resilient walls forming inner and outer annular wire storage cavities together with closure means which selectively operates to separate the cavities. The closure means comprise applying external pressure to the wall... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4842216 | Folding cone package design A folding cone for retaining the windings of a wound package containing coils wound in a Figure-8 configuration with an axial opening extending through the longitudinal axis of the coil and a radial opening extending from the inner surface to the outer su... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4685636 | Reel and reel handling system A wire harness is partly assembled by winding a number of wires on individual reels, fixing terminal pins to the wire ends, stacking the reels in the carousel support, upon which a multiple pin connector is mounted, and withdrawing individual wires for co... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4673140 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the withdrawal of strand from wound packages The present invention pertains to method and apparatus for facilitating the withdrawal of strand from the interior of a wound package a strand comprising biasing a movable manifold means against a portion of the arcuate periphery of the package, the manif... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4667824 | Coil package An improved coil package comprises a closable carton formed from a folded blank of cardboard and having a pair of oppositely disposed major side walls, each of which has an aperture in axial alignment with the aperture of the other major side wall and, re... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4651948 | Package for a fragile filled strand A package has a toroidal coil of a filled wire generally centered on an axis and having axially oppositely directed end faces and radially oppositely directed inner and outer peripheries and a holder having one axial end lying against one end face of the ... | 03/24/1987 |
