Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7959103 | Film unwind system with hinged spindle and electronic control of web tension A film supply apparatus supplying film in a foam-in-bag system having a film feeding device for feeding film from a film source to a location for bag formation, a bag forming apparatus, a foam material dispenser positioned for feeding foam material for reception in ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7350463 | Spindle assembly 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... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331542 | Film unwind system with hinged spindle and electronic control of web tension A film supply apparatus supplying film in a foam-in-bag system having a film feeding device for feeding film from a film source to a location for bag formation, a bag forming apparatus, a foam material dispenser positioned for feeding foam material for reception in ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7306185 | Universal toilet paper dispenser system An improved toilet paper dispenser system that employs an elongated support arm having, as a component, a flexible arm segment which is bendable in three dimensions. The support arm is secured at one end to a toilet tank or rigid structure using a mounting attachmen... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7128291 | Spool having an extractor bar A spool suitable for winding material thereon includes an axially extending body having a proximal end and a distal end joined by an outer surface. An extractor bar is mounted for slidable movement relative to the body for urging material wound onto the body toward ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048222 | Cord storage device A lightweight, portable cord storage device is provided which is adapted to store and organize a cord member in a manner which prevents twisting, tangling, or crimping of the cord by wounding a selected cord around a pair of cord wounding posts utilizing a figure-ei... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6805271 | Single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser The present invention is directed to a single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser comprising a base and a core holder operable to hold a roll of paper towel segments. A paper towel dispensing bale is pivotally connected to the base, the dispensing bale includes in inn... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6786377 | Single hand, paper towel dispenser The present invention is directed to a single hand, paper towel dispenser comprising a base, a core holder operable to hold a roll of paper towel segments connected together end-to-end along perforated tear lines. The invention has a paper towel dispensing bale incl... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6698683 | Bathroom tissue dispenser and holder A bathroom tissue dispenser and holder has arms positioned between and interconnected to the arms of a conventional wall mounted tissue holder. A roller is pivotally connected one arm of the tissue dispenser and holder and pivots away the mounting wall to... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6071061 | Multi-purpose hand cart A multi-purpose hand cart for permitting a single user to transport a variety of heavy loads. The multi-purpose hand cart includes a rear base frame having a spaced apart pair of side members and an elongate rear cross member connecting the side members o... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5913491 | Paper roll holder A back plate and a pair of transversely spaced vertical side plates extending forwardly therefrom. A first of the side plates is rigid with the back plate, and the second side plate is pivotal on a forwardly extending horizontal axis. A spindle is secured... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5901921 | Toilet tissue roll holder A toilet tissue roll holder has a flanged, generally semi-cylindrical housing and a spindle fixed at one end to a member slideable along one side of the housing. To replace a roll of toilet tissue, the spindle is pulled forward with the slideable member l... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5772152 | Interacting spools for a cord holder A cord holder having an outer rotatable housing with an inwardly extending inner spool which engages and rotates within a concentrically mounted larger stationary hollow cord storage spool support. The inner spool fits within the hollow larger spool suppo... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5765775 | Paper roll holder with pivotable cross bar for loading and removal of paper roll A paper roll holder having both a first and a second support mounted to a back wall. A cross bar is pivotally mounted on the first support to allow a paper roll to be inserted on the cross bar when the cross bar is pivoted away from the second support. Du... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5636812 | Dispensing apparatus A gravity-operated apparatus for sequentially dispensing sheet material from rolls of sheet material. The apparatus includes a housing having an opening; a rotatable turret; cantilevered spindles adapted to receive a roll of sheet material; and a limit ga... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5482425 | Conveyor sheet cargo container and method An unloading apparatus for use with a cargo container. The unloading apparatus having a supporting frame with a mandrel rotatably supported by the supporting frame and laterally extending across the frame. The unloading apparatus having devices to detacha... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5390867 | Yarn take-up machine A yarn take-up machine capable of decreasing vibration at the time of elevating frame resonance and operating at a wide range of take-up speeds from low to high speeds. Bobbin holders for holding a bobbin to package winding are mounted on a machine frame ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5123604 | Clamping mandrel and stripping combination for a core sleeve of a rolled web, particularly a paper roll to supply a printing machine An ejector ring (18) surrounds an axially movable mandrel (6), on which a core sleeve or tube (19) for a paper web roll, for example a newsprint roll, can be supported. The ejector ring is resiliently supported on the holder structure, for example on a ho... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5094395 | Apparatus and method for dispensing plastic stretch film An apparatus and process for stretch-dispensing stretch wrap film is disclosed wherein a hollow core supply roll of stretch film is dispensed in a controlled manner utilizing a brake means mounted within the core which urges by its own resiliency against ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4934625 | Holder and carrier for elongated flexible members A holder and carrier for elongated flexible members such as rope, garden hoses or electrical cables is disclosed. The holder has a planar base member having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top of the base member has an elongated aperture or openin... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4865261 | Spooler system with temporary, larger diameter spooling surface A spooler system including a special spool having slotted openings in its side flange walls to allow a set of paddles to be inserted through them when the spool is mounted on the spooler, which paddles are located above the spool core and provide a tempor... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4780982 | Fishing line dispenser A fishing line dispenser having an elongated shaft that is pivotally mounted on a tackle box tray for pivoting from a folded storage position to an extended position where a spool of fishing line can be positioned on the shaft. A removable mounting frame ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4747561 | Reel assembly A reel assembly for winding and unwinding filamentary strand or wire-like material such as electric fencing wire is disclosed. The reel includes a cylindrical core with larger-diameter side plates removably attached thereto. The assembly may include a fra... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4690343 | Paper roll holder with tension arm Paper roll holders are formed of wire rod and provide a pair of holder devices on opposite sides of a central support. Each holder device has a support arm and a resilient tension arm together defining a push-on, pull-off type paper roll holder. The tensi... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4630786 | Apparatus for dispensing plastics stretch film An apparatus for stretching a plastic film around a package is disclosed wherein two handles are secured to the core of the plastic film, one handle effectively extending the core and having a braking cover for dispensing speed control. The other handle i... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4602748 | Automatic cassette loading machine with a reciprocating takeup spindle A novel winding or takeup mechanism is disclosed for use in a machine for automatically loading tape into empty cassettes containing leaders, i.e., C-zero cassettes. The novel winding or takeup mechanism, which provides extended machine life and faster ma... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4595153 | Paper roll holder A holder for rolls of paper and the like comprises a frame of rod-like material formed into a loop on which the roll may be held by resiliently flexing one of the loop arms toward the other. The loop has a headed end portion over which the roll is manipul... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4429839 | Water ski tow rope reel apparatus Water ski tow rope apparatus includes a reel rotatably secured to a housing and the reel and housing have a slot through which water ski tow rope extends through the housing to be wound about the reel within the housing. The water ski tow rope is complete... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4387556 | Apparatus for lifting a bobbin from a spindle An apparatus for lifting a bobbin set up on a spindle of a textile machine, in particular a wrap spinning machine characterized in that at least an end of the bobbin remote from the free end of a spindle has a ring of electrically conductive, non-ferromag... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4114819 | Apparatus for supporting a bobbin holder shaft in a high speed winder A bobbin holder shaft is journalled in a bobbin holder shaft support that is, in turn elastically supported relative to a fixed frame. When the support weighs more than the shaft plus the full amount of yarn to be wound thereon, and the lowest order reson... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4060209 | Coil holding device A coil holding device which has a bed plate with an upright support situated thereon. To the upright support are rotatably mounted a pair of rotary drums which are designed to hold two coils thereon. Each of the drums has a spiral groove around the circum... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4003528 | Mounting and braking apparatus for coiled welding wire A mounting and braking apparatus for use in providing a controlled feeding of welding wire to a welding torch or gun, wherein the welding wire is arranged in a pre-coiled, continuous roll. The mounting and braking apparatus comprises an upstanding mountin... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3991458 | Apparatus for use in repairing rolls supporting web material Apparatus for replacing a damaged core having web material wound thereabout comprises an elongate fixture having longitudinally aligned separably stackable sections, one fixture section having configuration in part facilitating insertion of the fixture wi... | 11/16/1976 |
