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Behavior Modification Wristwatch

A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.

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Class 242/603 - With multiple coiling areas


Subclass of Class 242 - Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Definition: Subject matter comprising a barrier dividing a unitary spool
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 08/28/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7261253Rewind arms for plastic film slitting apparatus
A winding core 1 of small diameter is mounted at each end on a locking core chuck 3 coupled to a shaft 14 supported by spaced bearings 4 and 8 located within a housing part 5 at the free end 6 of a rewind arm structur...
08/28/2007
7237746Spool having reversing spiral guide
A winding device includes a barrel defining a primary winding area and an auxiliary winding area. A flange wall separates the primary and auxiliary winding areas. A guide pathway directs a flexible material between the primary and auxiliary winding areas and include...
07/03/2007
7239053Vibrator motor
A vibrator motor has a stationary piece and a moving piece hinged at one end. The moving piece does not generate substantial internal spring forces under the influence of an electromagnetic field, because it does not have a tail bracket. Other parts of conventional ...
07/03/2007
7236079Transformer bobbin for preventing excitation peak voltage insulation damage
A transformer bobbin for preventing excitation peak voltage insulation damage that is applicable for application in cold cathode tube resonant inverters or backlight modules, wherein such transformers must frequently endure relatively high voltages, and, moreover, a...
06/26/2007
7213784Plastic bobbin and a method of manufacturing such a bobbin
A bobbin (1) of plastic has a cylinder (2) and, formed integrally therewith, circumferential end flanges (3) and is made of a U-shaped channel. Each end flange (3) consists of a plurality of spaced-apart, essentially radial flange element...
05/08/2007
7111805Dispenser with cam controlled blades
A dispenser for feeding perforated paper towels from a continuous roll of paper towels. The apparatus includes a dispenser body for containing the towel roll and an adjustable nozzle attached to the dispenser body for dispensing an end portion of the continuous roll...
09/26/2006
7028781Deep-well, continuous-coiled-tubing apparatus and method of use
A system and method for injecting or withdrawing a fluid into or from a well includes an injector vehicle having a longitudinal axis and operable to position tubing into the well. The system also includes a tubing supply vehicle operable to provide the tubing to the...
04/18/2006
6722607Knockdown, changeable reel system and method
A reel for use with flaccid material, such as cables, conduits or the like, includes flanges that are connected together by an adjustable hub. The hub is formed of a plurality of crossbeams that are releasably connected to the flanges whereby the reel can be disasse...
04/20/2004
6644580Take up assembly for wrapping spaced tape portions
A control mechanism for loading/unloading data storage tape is provided. The control mechanism is part of a tape drive that receives a removable tape cartridge. The tape cartridge stores the data storage tape that is movable using the control mechanism. T...
11/11/2003
6616091Cable winding drum
An automatic sliding door cable mechanism with a take up guide member (46) mounted in a drum (14) for taking up slack of a cable during installation of the cable. A second drum (16) has an elliptical profile drum helix (96) for increasing durability of th...
09/09/2003
6598824Electrical and mechanical coil system for dual and single action solenoids
A coil bobbin structure comprising a series of axially spaced bobbin members including integrally formed tubular base portions supported on a tubular support member. The base portions each have edges facing one another and including stepped edged portions...
07/29/2003
6554219Transport device
A transporting device is essentially configured in the form of a cable reel and which is provided for an energy guide chain preferably equipped with cables. In order to simplify the handling and transport of the chain, the transporting device includes: a ...
04/29/2003
6540168Retractable cord assembly
A retractable power cord assembly, which may be incorporated into the rear cover of a steam iron, has two cord-receiving cavity sections. To increase the capacity of the assembly, the first section is so narrow that turns of the power cord wound into the ...
04/01/2003
6533216System and methods for providing under-wrap access to optical fiber wound onto spools
An optical fiber shipping spool, winding system and method for allowing automated winding of an accessible lead meter portion of optical fiber onto the spool. The spool comprises primary and lead meter barrels separated by an outboard flange. The outboard...
03/18/2003
6527220Knockdown, changeable reel system and method
A reel for use with flaccid material, such as cables, conduits or the like, includes flanges that are connected together by an adjustable hub. The hub is formed of a plurality of crossbeams that are releasably connected to the flanges whereby the reel can...
03/04/2003
6340126Devices and methods for unwinding elongate materials
Devices and methods for paying off an elongate material between two coaxially aligned packages without interruption. The elongate material from a first wound package is connected to the elongate material of a second wound package by joining the tail end o...
01/22/2002
6311912Shuttle bobbin for sewing machines
A shuttle bobbin (1) for sewing machines having a first (11) and second (12) disc-shaped end walls concentrically and integrally formed at both ends of a hub. The diameter of the first end wall (11) being larger than that of the second end wall (12). A pa...
11/06/2001
6015112Arrangement for leading flexible elements to a rock drill, and a hose reel structure
An arrangement for leading flexible elements, such as hoses, around a hose reel to a rock drill moving along a feed beam, in which the flexible elements are coupled immovably to the feed beam and to the rock drill, characterized in that the flexible eleme...
01/18/2000
5975458Device to store and feed yarn
A spool adapted for holding and dispensing yarn for crocheting and knitting. The spool is substantially cylindrical, with a gradual slope toward the two ends. The slightly bulging middle portion is circumferentially lined with closely spaced ridges adapte...
11/02/1999
5971316Optical fiber spool and spool cover
In an optical fiber spool, an optical fiber is wound around a barrel, a resilient pad covers the outer surface of the barrel, for relieving impacts, and two flanges face each other to support the barrel. A reinforcing rib is fixed on each of the flanges, ...
10/26/1999
5934606Knock-down, reusable modular transmission cable reel and method of making same
A knock-down, reusable modular transmission line cable reel assembly having at least two side-by-side compartments for coiling transmission line, and including a pair of spaced apart, generally circular parallel end flanges, at least one intermediate, gen...
08/10/1999
5779226Anchoring 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
5441215Slitted winding wheel for optical fiber
A winding reel for optical fiber is provided with a drum and a flange. The flange is provided with first and second slits therein for receiving leading and trailing (frontward and rearward) portions of the optical fiber. The length of the slit that receiv...
08/15/1995
5215279Cable reel with off-set spokes
A cable reel has first and second sets of spokes extending radially from a hub, the spokes of the first set being spaced axially of the hub from the spokes of the second set so as to snugly accommodate a monospirally-wound cable between the first and seco...
06/01/1993
5193756Figure 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
5145390Apparatus having a mechanism for the acceptance of an electrical conductor
An apparatus having a stationary part and a movable part, with an electrical conductor running between one or more components on each part, includes a mechanism for winding and unwinding the electrical conductor as the movable part is moved relative to th...
09/08/1992
5085532Multiple ribbon mandril for multiple print head printers
In medium to high volume printers using more than one print head, multiple documents may be printed side by side in one pass. Multiple rolls of ribbon are utilized on the ribbon mandril to accommodate the documents. The ribbon is kept taut across its prin...
02/04/1992
4901939Reel
A reel containing first and second spaced-apart flanges, a first tubular member disposed between and attached to the first and second flanges at a point spaced apart from the free edges of the flanges so that the first tubular member and a portion of the ...
02/20/1990
4832273Method of and apparatus for, interim storing of printed products, typically newspapers, periodicals and the like, arriving in an imbricated product formation
The apparatus contains a winding unit for winding up printed products arriving in an imbricated product formation. The winding unit comprises a hollow substantially cylindrical winding core. Upon the outer surface of the winding core there is wound up a w...
05/23/1989
4795105Package support device for the intermediate storage of wound-up printed products, such as newspapers, periodicals and the like
The package support device comprises a hollow cylindrical rotatable winding core member possessing a substantially cylindrical support surface for the wound-up printed products. At the winding core member there is formed a ring-shaped groove extending in ...
01/03/1989
4770357Arrangement for storage of the fibers of glass-fiber cables in distribution devices in a telecommunication network
An apparatus is described for the storage of the fibers of glass-fiber cables (23) in distribution devices in a telecommunication network, such as, for example, in casings (9) of end distributors or distribution frames (10). In order to be able to store, ...
09/13/1988
4760976Transfer tail receiving structure for a yarn carrier
In a collapsible polymeric yarn carrier having at least one end flange, a transfer tail receiving structure comprises a groove formed in the end flange for receiving the windings of the transfer tail, a thin protective layer of material overlying and cove...
08/02/1988
4569491Spool package
An improved spool for packaging and handling ribbon material or cable. The spool has a cylindrical hub with a central spindle opening extending therethrough, two opposite flange portions, and one or more central flange portions. Each of the flange portion...
02/11/1986
4519554Device for driving a protection awning
This invention relates to a device for driving a horizontal sheltering awning having one end adapted to be rolled on a first winding shaft and another end adapted to be connected through flexible straps to another winding shaft on which these straps can b...
05/28/1985
4444363Device for driving a flexible protection web rolled up on a shaft
This invention relates to a device for driving a flexible protection element rolled up on a winding shaft, the free end of the element being connected through one or a plurality of flexible bonds to a winding drum. The winding drums and the winding shaft ...
04/24/1984
4386621Wind-up mechanism for a tiltable umbrella
A wind-up mechanism for a tiltable umbrella is mounted on the umbrella pole for opening the umbrella and then tilting same in response to the winding of respective first and second portions of the same flexible cable. The wind-up mechanism comprises a rot...
06/07/1983
4274538Package and method of packaging for flat elongated material
A method and a package are described for the takeup, shipment, storage and individual dispensing of a plurality of rolls of flat elongated material, for example, conveyor belting. The package includes a plurality of side-by-side rolls of flat elongated ma...
06/23/1981
4098470Movie reel system
A center unwinding reel assembly including first and second reel members which are combined to form a takeup assembly on which the film or tape can be wound. After the film is wound these members are separated with the wound film remaining on the first me...
07/04/1978
3960340Winch 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
 
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