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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334751 | Tape reel, cartridge case, and information recording medium A tape reel includes a bottomed cylinder-shaped hub, on an outer surface of a base plate of which driven teeth capable of meshing with driving teeth are disposed. Contact surfaces capable of being contacted by front end surfaces of the driving teeth in a state where... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7252258 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge which can be loaded into a drive device having a reel on which a recording tape is wound and which is rotatably accommodated in a case, the reel including: a resin-formed main portion which includes a reel hub formed in a tubular shape hav... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7222818 | Shipping spool A spool is provided having opposing identical end flanges coupled to a central barrel. An annular rim portion of the flanges is provided with a plurality of openings positioned at different radial and circumferential positions. The openings are sized such that if th... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7147179 | Reinforcement binding machine and reel used for the machine A reinforcement binding machine (20) capable of binding reinforcement (22) by winding wire (27) in loop shape around the reinforcement (22), wherein irregular parts (43) are formed on the peripheral surface of a reel mounting shaft... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134626 | Tubular core assemblies for rolls of paper or other sheet material A stand-alone lug of non-isotropic polymeric or cellulosic material for installation in a recess in a core member of paperboard material for a roll of paper or other sheet material. The lug has a width in the range of from about 0.25 to about 4 inches, a length in t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118061 | Tape reel and tape cartridge having the same A tape reel in which molding quality of a flange unit is improved so as to improve reliability at the time when a magnetic tape runs at high speed, and a tape cartridge having the same. A plurality of reference planes (152v) formed between a chucking g... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7066425 | Device with retractable anti-roll means, and use thereof in wire dispensing reels The invention a device with retractable anti-roll means designed in particular for a wire dispensing reel (10) having a cylindrical body (11) and end flanges (12, 13). The end flange (12) comprises a circular peripheral rolling edge (2... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6955322 | Uniform deflecting hub For use in a media tape cartridge reel, a hub and flange assembly including a hub and a flange. The hub having a first lip and a second lip at opposite ends of the hub. The flange is integral with the hub at the first lip, the hub includes an inner coupling having a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6817562 | Tape drive system with radial alignment feature A drive chuck of a tape drive system for operatively engaging a tape reel of a data storage tape cartridge. The tape reel includes a circular ring of outwardly projecting reel teeth that defines inner and outer circumferential faces. The drive chuck includes a circu... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6676055 | Tape reel assembly with tape drive clutch engagement feature A tape reel assembly including a hub, opposing upper and lower flanges, a plurality of reel teeth, and three engagement features. The opposing upper and lower flanges extend in a radial fashion from opposing sides of the hub. The reel teeth extend axially... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6651917 | Tape cartridge There is provided a tape cartridge which is capable of reliably preventing dropout of a magnetic tape without lowering durability. A tape cartridge includes a cartridge body formed by a pair of cartridge halves, one of the cartridge halves being formed wi... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6651921 | Spool winder A spool winder includes a holder for a filament bulk roll, a cantilever member to receive a weed trimmer filament spool, and a crank handle device rotating on the member while holding and interlocking into openings in the trimmer spool.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6491247 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus including a reel disc having a magnetic circuit element and drive teeth realized by insert-molding In a recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) having a reel drive device (35) with a drive shaft (46A) and with a disc-shaped drive member (47) made of a plastic and with drive teeth (48), and with a second magnetic circuit element (49), and with a thir... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6386470 | Takeup reel for single reel tape drives The takeup reel comprises a pair of segmented flanges connected in a parallel relationship to a takeup reel hub and define a first tape containment section and a second tape containment section. The segmented flanges are ultrasonically welded to the hub a... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6315227 | Bobbin cores for sideless pre-wound sewing thread bobbins and methods of winding the same Cylindrical bobbin cores have at least one radially oriented slot formed in at least one end thereof. The slot is sized and configured to mate with a radially extending blade associated with the drive head of the winder so as to achieve positive rotationa... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6230999 | Paper magazine core A paper magazine core for rotatably supporting a roll of photosensitive material in a paper magazine includes an inner core divided into two inner core members that can be screwed together. The surface of each inner core member is provided with rows of sc... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6154342 | Data storage tape cartridge with reinforcing tape reel lock A data storage tape cartridge having a reinforcing tape reel lock. The data storage tape cartridge includes a housing defined by a first housing section and a second housing section, a hub pin extending from an interior surface of the first housing sectio... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6065716 | Self-alignment element for a spool having wound web thereon A spool for thread-type or strip-type wound material in a version for correct-sided insertion into a device, the spool on the one hand having a substantially cylindrical tube-type or cylindrical double tube-type winding core with flange disks of greater d... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5759342 | Hand-held tape dispenser A hand-held tape dispenser has a tape support hub and a support frame. A brake assembly is pivotally mounted on the frame, and has a curved brake actuator and flat brake plate. The brake plate is aligned to engage a tape roll mounted on the tape support h... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5415357 | Product roll with rotation impedance A product roll includes, in its most preferred embodiment, a cylindrical core defining a core central passage for receipt of a dispenser spindle and including a core outer surface and a core inner surface, a roll of product coaxially wound around and atta... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5348241 | Romex wire dispenser A Romex wire dispenser for use by the building trade in constructing buildings. The coiled cable usually packaged in 250 foot rolls is centrally located on rotatable radius bars. A spindle mounting assembly pivotally supports the radius bars at one end an... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5346159 | Pay out system and tension limiter device included therein A pay out system for paying out a flexible elongated element such as a filament, connecting a first object such as an air vehicle, to a second object such as a launcher, includes a bobbin carried by the first object and having a first flexible elongated e... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5332169 | Method of preventing clockspringing of a wound web within a cassette A method of preventing clockspringing of a web wound inside a cassette (10) having a tubular web core (12) onto which is wound a web (14) of photosensitive material to form a web roll. The web roll is housed within a substantially rectangular jacket (16) ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5197689 | Spool for winding filiform elements and the like A spool for winding filiform elements and the like, comprised by two parallel rings joined by means of a plurality of U-shaped braces, including diametrally opposed accessory elements fixed at least to some of said braces and which, in turn, support a cen... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5052634 | Static tape cassette reel lock A static tape cassette reel lock is described. In one embodiment a tape reel flange has on the outer circumference thereof a plurality of teeth, and the cassette base includes a plurality of slanted vertical ribs and a centered slanted horizontal rib. The... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5044574 | Reel hub latch assembly Disclosed is a reel hub latch assembly used in magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus. The disclosed reel latch assembly accurately locates a reel on a hub and prevents slippage between the hub and reel when the reel is rotated to transport tape on... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4951890 | Drill-operated adapter for unwinding fishing line from reels Apparatus for unwinding fishing line from a fishing reel comprising a hand-held electric drill, a conventional, preferably plastic, used beverage container, and an adapter having a first threaded connecting portion for receiving the threaded neck portion ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4919358 | Rewind shell for textiles A rewind shell having particular utility in the textile industry is comprised of radially extending webs arranged in an angularly displaced array symmetrically about a common longitudinal axis of the rewind shell, the webs each having flanges at their rad... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4887926 | Torque transmitting coupling for reels and the like A coupling which serves to transmit torque from a shaft to the end portion of a rotary mandrel in a web winding or unwinding machine has a socket which is defined by a sleeve-like insert in the end portion of the shaft. The socket has a lateral inlet whic... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4838725 | Driving unit for mandrels and the like A driving unit which can transmit torque to one end portion of a driven part, such as mandrel or a spindle for convoluted textile or other material, has a rotary driving member one end portion of which has a socket for the one end portion of the driven pa... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4593865 | Winding mandrel for a coil or wound package formed of flexible, substantially flat products, especially printed products The winding mandrel comprises a cylindrical winding drum or body which has two circumferential web members on its inner side. Each web member lies substantially in a plane which lies outside the center of gravity of the winding mandrel together with the c... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4564411 | Apparatus for producing labels An apparatus having a friction-feed and surface-driven roller mechanism for producing laminated labels from a strip of base-tape material and a strip of transparent overlay-tape material. The apparatus is readily mountable to and adapted for use with many... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4520966 | Wire canister for a robotic wire harness assembly system A wire canister capable of being used by robots during the assembly of a wire harness. The wire canister is capable of accepting, storing and dispensing random lengths of wire, i.e., a wire segment. The leading and trailing ends of the wire segment are co... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4512535 | Tape cassette with clutch assembly A tape cassette having a body and two reels rotatable with respect to the body, one of the reels having a roller clutch between it and the body, the roller clutch having rollers, a ring extending around the rollers, and a roller cage, the rollers being co... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4458857 | Security device for use with magnetic tape reels Magnetic tape reels, using file protect rings disposed within an annular channel concentric with the spindle opening within the tape reel, can be provided with a unique, access coding by defining a first plurality of recesses or projections on the bottom ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4410202 | Passive vehicle occupant restraint belt system A drive device for a movable belt guide in a passive vehicle occupant restraint belt system which includes a rotatable sprocket wheel having a multiplicity of sprocket teeth that provide positive winding and unwinding of a flexible drive tape having holes... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4074875 | Textile carrier An improved textile carrier is described and disclosed herein for improved spinning stability at high speeds and includes a molded plastic barrel having an outside taper inwardly from a large bottom end to a smaller upper end, with the outside surface of ... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4065075 | Tape transport for a cassette In a tape transport for a cassette for recording and reproducing apparatus, wherein reversibly driven feed reels and take-up reels are rotatably located in said cassette and providing tape tensioning means in the form of assist rollers to exert a continuo... | 12/27/1977 |
