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A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7429013 | Unwind for printer Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind or unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web r... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7125182 | Printer Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6955320 | Unwinding system for handling reels of tissue An unwinding system for handling reels of tissue, which for each laminar ply of tissue to be applied consists of two reel-carrier units onto which are mounted the respective reels, one of which supplies the laminar band for processing, whilst the other remains on st... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6338452 | Centering photographic material spooling device A centering photographic material winding device for the winding or unwinding of a photographic material web onto or from a winding core. The winding device includes a winding core seat which is adapted for receiving a winding core moveable on the winding... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6332734 | Method and apparatus for mounting a supply roll or recording media to a support shaft in an imaging system A method and apparatus for mounting a supply roll to a rotatable support shaft in an imaging system. The apparatus includes a first collet/collar assembly for accurately positioning the supply roll at a desired location on the support shaft, and a second ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5535955 | Apparatus for selectively placing yarn reserve windings on opposite ends of a yarn tube An apparatus for automatically forming yarn reserve windings selectively on either end of an empty tube prior to winding a yarn package thereon utilizes a threaded spindle and spindle nut assembly for supporting one of a pair of tube clamping plates for s... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5333809 | Reel support with horizontal and vertical adjustment A cable take-up and payoff apparatus for the controlled payout of a continuous cable from a reel comprises a pair of laterally movable housings which support a reel on a pair of pintles and are horizontally spaced from one another by a telescoping member.... | 08/02/1994 |
| 4732345 | Hose reel A hose reel is described which permits hoses to be reeled in sections and removed from the apparatus for storage, testing, etc., in the rolled condition, the reel is designed to reel hoses, be they of a flattened nature when not in use, as for example a f... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4652117 | Photographic printing apparatus A photographic printing apparatus has a supply spool with a flange which is movable in the lateral direction of the photographic paper to be used, a guide roller with a flange which is movable in the lateral direction of the photographic paper, a printing... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4610123 | Apparatus for covering bales in baling presses An attachable apparatus for covering round bales of agricultural harvested goods with a section of a covering inside a molding chamber of a baling press includes a supply roll freely rotatable about a tranversal axis and having an adjustable braking force... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4500047 | Spool adaptor An adaptor for use with flangeless spools of coiled tie material having cylindrical central cores about which the tie material is wound, includes a cylindrical center section, a pair of circular flange sections, each of which is mounted to an end of the c... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4428546 | Adjustable spool assembly An adjustable spool comprises a pair of engageable, substantially identical, hermaphroditic components, each component including an end flange axially spaced from the other by an adjustable drum portion. The drum portion is defined by a plurality of axial... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4378095 | Methods and apparatus for retaining tubular objects Apparatus and methods for releasably retaining any one of several tubular objects of different lengths between first and second retention members provide a rod insertable into any one of said tubular objects and a carriage slidable along that rod. The len... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4350277 | Photographic print paper guide spool In a photographic printer, photographic print paper is transported from the print paper supply to a print mask location. The print paper is guided by an interchangeable guide spool to ensure proper centering at the print mask location. The guide spool, be... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4284995 | Methods and apparatus for recording information, supplying wound materials and retaining tubular objects Apparatus and methods for releasably retaining any one of several tubular objects of different lengths between a pair of mutually adjustable retention members employ a supporting rod. One of the retention members is mounted on the supporting rod which is ... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4183475 | Apparatus for mounting a hollow cylindrical member An apparatus for mounting a hollow cylindrical member, such as a magnetic tape reel hub, has an arbor and a chuck longitudinally slidable on such arbor. The chuck includes an expansible device for releasably retaining the hollow cylindrical member and a p... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4101095 | Adjustable and expandable spool or reel assembly An improved expandable reel assembly is disclosed having a pair of mating hub members which allow ready assembly of the reel as well as adjustability for expansion of the width of the reel. The reel assembly includes a pair of sidewall members, a spacer m... | 07/18/1978 |
