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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281677 | Strip winding machine A take-up roll forming apparatus for flexible strip material comprises a motor-driven shaft journaled for rotation on a frame where the shaft extends through a circular plate that is affixed to the shaft. A plurality of magnets is affixed to the plate in a predeterm... | 10/16/2007 |
| 6691945 | Spool drive for tension control device A spool drive (70) for selectively retaining a spool (S) having end flanges (96) with radial ribs (97) and a central contact area (98) about a bore (99) while filamentary material (F) on the spool is payed out under tension having, a spindle (25) adapted ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6268005 | Sheeter wire apparatus An improved sheeter wire device providing constant tension on a feeder spool even during wire breakage. A constant speed motor draws wire across the face of the sheeter while a drag motor maintains constant tension on the wire. A pair of pinch rollers pro... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6239362 | Device for compensating variations in the length of tensioned cables, with substantially constant traction A device for compensating length variations of tensioned cables, with a substantially constant tension, including a contrast element, which is meant to be interposed between one end of the tensioned cable and an anchoring element and is adapted to generat... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6039286 | Inertial strap tensioning apparatus and method for strapping machine A strap tensioning apparatus for a strapping machine comprises a large pulley which is power rotated during strap feeding by powered rollers pulling strap off of a feed strap coil. Tension is maintained on the end of the strap being pulled from the feed s... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5911383 | Tape winder A tape winder including a supply spindle for supplying tape, a take-up spindle for taking up tape from the supply spindle, and opposing sidewalls with slots therein wherein the spindles are rotatably received. A drive mechanism located on the sidewalls en... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5794881 | Gel tensioning device A gel tensioning device maintains tension on a gel. The gel is wound between two rollers as the diameters of the rollers change by rolling and unrolling the gel, the amount of movement between the two rollers also changes. This difference in movement is a... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5137223 | Precision wire feeder for small diameter wire A device for feeding small diameter wire having a diameter less than 0.04 mm (16 mil) to a welding station includes a driving wheel for controllably applying a non-deforming driving force to the wire to move the free end of the wire towards the welding st... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4692063 | System to control tension in a cable during underground placement A tractor provided with a cable reel at one end and a plow at the trailing end includes a system to monitor tension applied to the cable during underground placement. A capstan engages the cable while driven by a hyraulic motor and the pressure of the flu... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4591879 | Winding mechanism for tape-like web The disclosure concerns a winding mechanism for a rolled tape-like web, like a composite label or tag web or a carbon ribbon, for eliminating the slackening or meandering of the web. The web is fed from a feed reel to a take-up reel. The take-up reel driv... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4569489 | Cable tension control device A cable tension control device for an electrically powered mine vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle is of the type having an electric trailing cable wound on a cable reel mounted on the vehicle. The cable reel has a motor for rotating the reel in the direct... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4545548 | Equal tension wire winding device A wire winding device pays out thin wires from a plurality of wire reels with the same tension in an orderly manner and winds them on a take-up bobbin. The winding device is comprised of a plurality of revolving shafts juxtaposed to one another on a base ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4364527 | Tension take-up and speed control Apparatus for controlling the tension and predetermined rate of movement of a continuous strip of elongated material being fed to and/or withdrawn from a processing station for processing at a predetermined processing rate is disclosed. The apparatus incl... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4241884 | Powered device for controlling the rotation of a reel To control the rotation of wire being fed from a reel, the tension of the wire is sensed by a pivotable arm which, through a valve system, controls operation of a pneumatic cylinder having a reciprocatable piston rod which coacts with a friction clutch. T... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4058270 | Strap dispensing system A system for dispensing steel strapping material from a heavy coil thereof includes a pallet having laterally spaced-apart elongated feet and adapted for supporting the coil on its side with its axis disposed vertically to form a strapping material assemb... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4009674 | Method of stacking rolls This invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling tape, such as knit or woven tape employed in the manufacture of zippers, and is more particularly directed to an improved apparatus and method for reeling and dereeling tape.... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3980246 | Automatic tape winding system An automatic tape winding system having a supply reel and a takeup reel adapted to receive a predetermined quantity of tape from the supply reel is disclosed. A reduced quantity of tape, less than the predetermined quantity is initially selected and input... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3934837 | Web winder and compensator apparatus An improved web winder and compensator apparatus with automatic web winding speed compensating controls for selectively winding or unwinding at a uniform tension a roll of traveling continuous web material being selectively fed from or taken up by an asso... | 01/27/1976 |
