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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| 7274853 | Fiber guiding helical ring An apparatus and method for winding an optical fiber of arbitrary diameter on a smooth conical bobbin. The apparatus includes a slotted helical ring (148) attachable to, or integrated with a bobbin, the ring used to guide a fiber (152) in its initial f... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7131980 | Surgical suturing instrument and method of use A device is disclosed for passing a flexible elongated element through a portion of a subject. In an embodiment, the device includes structure for retaining said flexible elongated element; and advancement structure for longitudinally advancing the flexible elongate... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7059085 | Vehicle window arrangement having an angled opening for inserting a cable end during assembly A window-raising device for a vehicle provides a two-cable winding drum, a hood to support and partially surrounding the drum on a support plate to form a cable passage. A flange extends from the winding drum to support sliding movement of an end of one of the cable... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053515 | Rotor for dynamo-electric machine The present invention provides a rotor for a rotary electric machine that suppresses the occurrence of winding disturbances in the process of winding a coil wire and has a coil field having a uniform outside diameter that is less likely to collapse. A coil fi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6578823 | Antioverlap apparatus and method for winching devices Apparatus and methods for preventing overlap of coils on a cable of a rotatable winch drum have a rotatable roller which is mounted at a certain location with respect to the axis of rotation of the winch drum. The rotatable roller has an outer surface whi... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6073917 | Capstan guide ramp coupling structure and method A guide structure for guiding rope into turns of a helically wound arrangement of the rope upon a generally cylindrical capstan rotating to receive helical turns of the rope thereon, includes a helically ramped guide surface upon which the rope travels in... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5890674 | Involute reel guide To provide a spool wrapped length of conductor cable with an exposed cable end at the outer perimeter of a spool flange for the starting wrap of the cable, a cable end guide is secured to the inside face of a spool flange by means of staples or adhesives.... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5779226 | Anchoring system A composite storage winch for use in the deployment and retrieval of anchor systems employed with motive offshore drilling platforms. The stowage winch includes: i) a pair or spaced apart pedestals on the drilling platform; ii) a drive shaft journaled in ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5593101 | Apparatus for and method of continuously spooling a filament on reels with accessible long inside ends Spooling apparatus and method utilizing reels having generally radial slots in the end flanges. A filament is guided to a selected reel by a reciprocating traverse sheave. The traverse sheave is moved to one axial end of the full reel to arrange the filam... | 01/14/1997 |
| 4519556 | Universal cable winding drum A universal cable winding drum for winding and unwinding a cable connected thereto. The drum has a hollow central hub for securement to a rod associated with a winding mechanism to impart rotation to the drum. A cylindrical cable supporting wall is connec... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4483496 | Method of winding filamentary goods, in particular cables To wind heavy filamentary materials such as cables, ropes, hawsers and the like on a drum or reel, without tangling of the material, the cables (for short) (6) are wound over a major portion of the drum in ring-shaped non-spiral form, with a transition zo... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4354645 | Collapsible mandrel for precise winding of a coil Th collapsible mandrel includes a core upon which the coil is wound removably secured to a pair of spaced parallel flanges. The core includes a pair of hollow, partially semicircular members each having an arc length less than 180° and a pair of transiti... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4071205 | Spooling drum including stepped flanges A spooling drum for spooling multiple layers of wire rope or cable and having a structure preventing localized wear or crushing of the wire rope, the spooling drum including a cylindrical core and a stepped flange at each end of the core. The stepped flan... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4034932 | Methods for imparting a grooved surface to cable drum shells Methods are provided for imparting a grooved surface to cable drums for winding in spaced fashion rope, wire or cable onto the drum surface without the need for expensive machining operations. This is achieved by providing elongated strands of material, p... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3960340 | Winch drum provided with side flanges and a separate flange A winch drum provided with side flanges and a separating flange arranged between two adjacent drum parts, to transfer a hawser from one part of the drum to the other. Said hawser is arranged to be stored in one or more layers on one part of the drum where... | 06/01/1976 |
