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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762494 | Image generating apparatus An image generating apparatus capable of stably taking up an ink sheet on a take-up bobbin with proper tensile force by performing proper torque control on the take-up bobbin is obtained. This image generating apparatus comprises a driving source transporting an ink... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7431236 | Two-piece end plug for insertion into an end of a paper roll An end plug (1) for insertion into an end of a paper roll includes an inner (2) and an outer piece (3), the pieces being rotatably attached to each other and prevented from axial movement in relation to each other by at least one protrusion (... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7128292 | Device for lifting paper rolls A lifting device for temporarily supporting a trunnion of a paper roll to relieve a bearing and its bearing block of load to facilitate replacement of the bearing. The lifting device includes an arch yoke and a cradle yoke having torque arms which are rigidly interc... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104493 | Dispensing apparatus and method Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for dispensing elongated material, such as tape, from a spool or roll of such material are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dispenser includes a rotatable spindle for supporting the roll of material and a brake assembly ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096915 | Tape-roll supporting device A tape-roll supporting device consists of a shaft, a threaded tube and two side covers. The shaft is to be assembled on a machine body and the threaded tube is rotatably fitted around the outer side of the shaft for fitting and positioning thereon a tape roll of dif... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6651919 | Fishing line winder A device for transferring fishing line between a supply spool (90) and a fishing reel (94) has a post (22) mounted between two rotatable footholds (30, 60) which are adapted to allow the user to hold the device between his feet as the line is fed from the... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6619579 | Take-up reel, veneer reeling apparatus, tape feeding unit for veneer roll, veneer roll unwinding apparatus and a production method for laminated wood A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in wi... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6460799 | Toilet paper holding device A toilet paper holding device for releasably securing a spare roll of toilet paper to a spindle includes a tubular member is which elongated and has a first end and a second end. The tubular member has a pair of apertures extending therethrough. Each of t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450439 | Toilet paper roll dispenser A toilet paper dispenser for use in connection with conventional mounting brackets. The dispenser includes a U-shaped bracket having mounting points extending horizontally outwardly from each end which are configured to engage conventional toilet paper di... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6375116 | Core end plug for sheet roll material A core end plug for mounting a roll of sheet material on a shaft. The plug comprises a cylindrical band of stiffly flexible plastic material having ends defining a longitudinal gap therein. A plurality of radial webs extend inwardly from the band. A pair ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6199791 | Dispenser for roll material strip without winding core comprising an improved supporting spindle The invention proposes a dispenser for a web wound into a coreless roll, the roll (11) being mounted on an irrotational, substantially cylindrical support spindle (14), the web in this dispenser being dispensed by rotationally unwinding the roll (11) arou... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6073878 | Method and device for unwinding or winding up a sawing wire A device and method for unwinding or winding a sawing wire from a reel or to a reel which rotates. The sawing wire runs from the reel or toward the reel over a pulley and in so doing, assumes a defined axial position on the reel. In the method, the reel i... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6059220 | Wire rack with puller roller A wire dispensing rack for holding a wire spool such that wire may be dispensed from the spool includes a first frame assembly. At least first and second support rollers are carried by the first frame assembly. The support rollers are adapted to seat diff... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6053448 | Coil bobbin and winding jig for use in forming a wound coil and method of winding a wire on the coil bobbin In a coil bobbin for use in forming a wound coil, a plurality of open portions are made to at least one of a first and a second flange which are outwardly extended from both axial ends of a tubular portion, respectively. The first and the second flange po... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5988561 | Rolled product dispenser with braking mechanism A rolled product dispenser with an automatic brake and release, in which a compression spring maintains mounting shaft pressure to hold the product dispenser in a housing, with holding caps wedged into the ends of the roll that rotates coaxially with resp... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5927642 | Wire dispensing spool attachment device A removable auxiliary spool device is provided including a spool having a pair of end plates maintained fixed in parallel planes via a central portion about which a string of material may be stored. Further provided is a pair of end assemblies each having... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5871170 | Telescopic paper roll holder A holder for paper rolls that include a centrally disposed through opening. A pivotally and rotably mounted telescopic tubular assembly holds to paper roll through the opening and includes other articulations that permit the selective pivoting movements o... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5860618 | Slidable stop member for rewind bar A hardened stop member for attachment to a header portion of a rewinder bar. The stop member is provided with a bore and has a pair of spaced apart recesses located on an inner surface of the bore. Each one of the recesses accommodates a C-shaped clamping... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5785270 | Combined support, adjustment and braking mechanism for use in unwinding a roll of web material A support for rotatably mounting a roll of web material includes a braking and roll position adjustment mechanism. The support is in the form of a series of support rods extending between a pair of end plates, which engage the internal walls of the roll c... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5755397 | Braking device for toilet tissue dispenser A new apparatus for saving toilet tissue for reducing the amount of tissue used. The inventive device includes a spring biased ring member mounted around the spindle and between the end of the roll and one of the support arms for producing a pressure on t... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5749539 | Dunnage-creating machine with plugless paper roll and method A cushioning conversion machine of the type that converts sheet-like stock material into resilient-like dunnage product has associated therewith a stock roll holder and loading method characterized by a pair of laterally spaced apart mounts and a stock ro... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5709350 | Device for transferring fishing line A rotatable shaft supports supply spools having new fishing line thereon and a take-up spool for receiving worn-out line. An electric motor is provided to rotate the shaft in a take-off direction. The motor by being energized applies tension to line as it... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5549218 | Paper towel dispenser Spaced arms position a fixed curved guide surface in front of a roll of paper towels in about the same plane as the axis of the roll of paper. The paper can come off the top or bottom of the roll and passes over the guide surface and then goes down behind... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5544839 | Spool holder for transferring line A spool holder for holding a spool and transferring a quantity of line under tension between the spool and a reel. The holder is a generally U-shaped member having a horizontal bottom wall and vertical side walls fixed in laterally spaced relation and eac... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5351901 | Hub tensioning device A tensioning device for hubs, comprising a winding shaft having rotatably and drivably mounted on it individual winding elements as hub holder for hubs with inner cylindrical bores, the tensioning device including measures for locking the hubs in the axia... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5186099 | Method of saving space occupied by toilet rolls in transportation and storage processes and related special devices A method for substantially saving transportation costs and storage space n transporting and storing toilet rolls. The method comprises the steps of pressing the cylindrical toilet rolls, before transportation and storage, into a flattened shape which red... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5165620 | Expanding roll core spindle A pair of mount rings are mounted upon a tubular body of a roll core spindle in axially spaced relation and have a plurality of elongated spacing members disposed and secured between corresponding peripheral portions of the rings. A conical sleeve wedge i... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5121885 | Sheet fabric slitter and reroller A machine for slitting roller material such as plastic sheet into strips or ribbons including a device for loading the roll of material onto the machine, simplified tension controls, so that materials can be rolled onto different diameter rolls and adjust... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4741490 | Mandrel for applying wrapping material A mandrel for use in winding a web around an article, the mandrel including a support for a roll of the web, a handle rotatably attached at each end of the support and a brake which retards rotation of the support relative to at least one handle by an amo... | 05/03/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4572692 | Positive drive positioning collar A positioning collar clamping device comprising, a generally rectangular body member having a projecting portion, said member being adapted to receive a shaft through a central longitudinal opening therein, means defining a first transverse opening throug... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4494708 | Paper tape rewinding device The device includes a spool and a mounting structure for mounting the spool on a machine which uses paper tape. The mounting structure rotatably mounts the spool in a manner that the spool can rest on the paper tape roll of the machine and includes elemen... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4451010 | Reusable rod assembly for mounting boxed rolls of material A rod assembly for mounting a roll of sheet material within its own box including a rod member with a cylindrical bearing and an enlarged diameter end-cap which collectively form a first component, and a second component collectively formed by a matching ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4422590 | Stub shaft A stub shaft comprising a hollow shaft having a pair of resilient rubber gripping rings mounted thereon. Each resilient gripping ring is mounted between a chuck and a pressure plate. Pressure bars hold the pressure plates in spaced but operative relations... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4363455 | Take-up roll mandrel slip clutch tensioning device A tensioning device for the take-up roll in an automatic laminating apparatus is characterized by a clutch member attached to the roll, the clutch member having a clutch material thereon biased into an abutting interface with respect to a drive member. Th... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4327301 | Magnetic clutch housing A rotatable housing for a magnetic clutch contains a circumferential mounting portion thereon for receiving a rotary member, as, for example, a spool of recording tape. The mounting portion defines a surface therearound which contains detents for axially ... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4325522 | Reel brake clamping assembly A cable reel support and brake clamping device such as may be used in connection with stringing power transmission lines, which includes a pair of spaced upright columns terminating in generally U-shaped ends, a reel support shaft having provision to fixe... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4325518 | Reel spool pneumatic core clamp A core clamp mechanism serves to grip a core on a winder shaft by means of a plurality of ring elements and an expandable elastomer tube. A spacer sleeve abuts at one end with the free end of the core and receives, at its other end, a locking disc in pref... | 04/20/1982 |
