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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7481394 | Wire spool caddy A caddy for carrying spools such as those for electrical wire. The caddy has complementary T-shaped slots in opposite side walls and members affixed between the side wall that support the spools, forming a cage, and one member rides within the T-shaped slot. The mov... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7261271 | Folding wire reel carrier A device that has as simple frame that pivots at the center instead of the top. The axels are stored in the device when not needed. They are simply slipped through holes in the frame for use. Reels are placed on the outside of the frame, which makes changing reels s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7128251 | Stackable bag roll dispensing system A system for dispensing thermoplastic bags or the like from a roll of bags. The present system is configured for point of use dispensing to a customer, such as in the produce section of a grocery store or market. The preferred, exemplary embodiment of the present sy... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6991106 | Modular container for holding labels A modular container system for storing and dispensing labels, the container system including a plurality of individual container modules configured for mutual coupling. Each container module having a first engagement element on a first wall and a complementary secon... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6869040 | Method, system and arrangement for handling component tapes A method, a system and an arrangement for handling component tapes in connection with mounting components onto circuit boards in a component mounting machine are disclosed, which utilizes a carrier for carrying component tapes. Each component tape is held by a compo... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6502783 | Carrier tape recycling apparatus and method of recycling carrier tape A carrier tape recycling apparatus for receiving bare carrier tape from a manufacturing system and for winding the carrier tape onto a plurality of tape reels for reuse. The carrier tape recycling apparatus includes a reel drive mechanism configured to su... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6059216 | Taping member supporting device for an electronic component feeding apparatus A taping member supporting device is used in an electronic component feeding apparatus, and supports a taping member having electronic components thereon and wound around a tape reel. The supporting device includes an elongated supporting member contactin... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6047874 | Method and system for supplying circuit components A system is provided for supplying circuit components, including tape holding devices which hold carrier tapes, respectively. Each of the tape holding devices carries circuit components at a predetermined pitch in a lengthwise direction thereof. Tape feed... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5967451 | Cable wire spool The invention is a carrier of one or more wire spools. The carrier is portable, and is suitable for the separate or simultaneous dispensing of wire from one or more wire spools housed within the carrier. The carrier includes a central rod through which th... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5944280 | Hand carried wire spool rack for dispensing wire and method of manufacturing same A hand carried wire spool rack for dispensing wire is disclosed. The rack includes a frame having a pair of horizontally extending parallel members for rotatably supporting at least one removable wire spool. The members are spaced apart by a distance that... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5716024 | Yarn supplying device A feeder device for feeding elastomer yarns in knitting machines has a housing split into two parts, on which bearing and drive rollers are rotatably supported, spaced apart from and parallel to one another. The housing encloses an internal chamber that a... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5634610 | Portable wire dispenser A portable wire dispenser for holding and dispensing one or more spools of electrical wire or television or computer cable. The wire dispenser of the invention allows for replacement of exhausted wire spools without disturbing remaining non-exhausted wire... | 06/03/1997 |
| 4775109 | Toilet paper holder A multi-compartmented toilet paper holder includes a mounting plate, which is attachable to a vertical wall. A housing pivotally engages the mounting plate to permit pivoting of the housing between open and closed positions. In one embodiment of the inven... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4632326 | Coil handling apparatus A coil handling apparatus for association with a punch press in which a series of side-by-side cradle devices, each comprising a pair of spaced rigid plates with rollers therebetween, support a coil of strip material permitting the coil to rotate as strip... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4512530 | Apparatus for handling split-batt rolls The apparatus includes a plurality of small rollers disposed in an arcuate, upwardly concave arrangement for rotatably supporting a composite two-batt roll, a large rotating roller for winding up one of the batts while the other is pulled intermittently f... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4366933 | Apparatus for fire hose deployment Apparatus for deployment of fire hose includes a receptacle for supporting coils of fire hose and for allowing selective, free rotation of the individual fire hose coils during deployment. The receptacle may take the form of a mobile wheeled cart which is... | 01/04/1983 |
| 3982711 | Sod laying machine A sod laying machine has a body portion connected with a pulling vehicle and mounted on an inflated cylindrical ground engaging roller. A plurality of rolls of sod are supported on the body portion rotatably in axial adjacency by a group of freely rotatin... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3948455 | Dispenser package An esthetic dispenser package for shipping, displaying and dispensing convolutely wound rolls of ribbon material, which package permits the visible inspection of the ribbon as to quantity and color and the controlled dispensing during use. The package con... | 04/06/1976 |
