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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7455262 | Printer/plotter roller adaptor system An adapter assembly for paper roll holders in a printer/plotter comprising ring shaped spacers that increase the diameter of the existing end mounted surfaces of the holder such that a larger size paper roll and be installed. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7210649 | Membrane packing dispenser A membrane packing dispenser includes a rotary shaft sleeve and a holding sleeve. The cylindrical portion of the rotary shaft sleeve is step-shaped and formed with a lower portion to be fitted with a membrane reel and an upper portion for receiving the cylindrical p... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6942176 | Ribbon supply spool A printer ribbon spool comprising an integral element, molded in one piece from a durable plastic composition, such as of nylon, has an elongate cylindrical ribbon support shaft of substantially uniform, relatively small diameter. One end of the support shaft functi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6783093 | Ornamental lighting string storage device Described is a reel that comprises a single side element that, when attached to a second identical side element, forms a complete reel structure. The side element comprises a ring. The preferably form of the ring comprises an inner ring attached to an outer ring by ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6612515 | Telecommunications cable storage spool A ribbon cable storage spool, tray and method of use. The spool comprising a center post and a plurality of radially extending top and bottom fins. The spool may also comprise a guide wall, a ribbon retention tab, a channel wall defining a channel and a l... | 09/02/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6196493 | Apparatus for conveying photosensitive material An apparatus for conveying photosensitive material includes a core for holding a roll of photosensitive material in a paper magazine, drive rollers disposed in a conveyance path of the photosensitive material, two sets of nip rollers disposed to oppose th... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6065708 | Cord winder A cord winder for winding a cord comprises a first structure having a bottomed cylindrical shape and a second structure rotatably held in the first structure. The second structure includes a circular base portion, a center cylindrical stud raised on a cen... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5322233 | Guide head for heavy winding rolls The guide head for heavy rolls includes a bracket, a nonrotatable trunnion formed with three parts each having a respective outer surface, a rotatable hollow guide formed with a an annular surface, a radial bearing spaced radially inwardly from the inner ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 4752046 | Videocassette tape spool having a wear button A tape spool provides resistance to disassembly from shocks caused by rough handling by providing an annular hub projection extending axially of the spool hub to define a shoulder which interacts with an inner radial wall of a disk providing the second fl... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4741487 | Apparatus for winding a continuously arriving imbricated formation of flexible flat structures into a wound product package A winding core and a wound product package to be formed thereon are rotatably mounted on a core bearing or support arrangement. A conveyor defining a product conveying path tangentially delivers the arriving imbricated formation to the winding core or to ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4685634 | Portable retractable reel system The present invention provides an extension cord reeling mechanism having electrical or telephone jacks for connecting the plugs of an appliance or the insert for a telephone. A truncated reeling member is rotatably connected to the flat rear wall of a cy... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4564156 | Videocassette wear button Videocassette tape spool including a wear button piece which is formed as a separate, small piece and which projects beyond one of the flanges of the tape spool. The wear button piece is molded of a highly abrasion-resistant polymer and is mounted to the ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4538775 | Apparatus for the spindleless mounting, as well as the cutting and cutting to length and simultaneous measurement of spools The invention comprises a frame having open bearings for removably receiving the spindle of a reel therein. Each of the bearings is mounted for vertical movements to control the operation of a brake for automatically regulating the braking force against t... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4523727 | Non-oscillating spool for belt driven cartridge A tape spool adapted for mounting on and rotation relative to a cylindrical pin extending perpendicularly from a first wall toward a parallel second wall defining an enclosure and adapted to engage both of the walls and resist movement toward either, incl... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4520969 | Videocassette tape spool having a wear button Videocassette tape spool, the wear button of which is a protuberance of a small plastic piece which may serve to lock the parts of the spool together. By using a small piece for the wear button, substantial savings in raw material can be realized since hi... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4487376 | Holder for roll of paper towels A support for conventional roll of perforated paper towelling includes a base for mounting on a vertical or horizontal surface, a support rod perpendicular to said base for holding the towel roll, and a manually operable braking device for impeding the un... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4473198 | Spool for video cassette This invention relates to a spool for video cassettes comprising at least one flange which is raised from or deposited onto the base of the cassette against the force of a spring. The spool has a hollow-cylindrical projection (11) which is open to the out... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4447015 | Toilet tissue dispensing device A toilet tissue holder consisting of a tubular roller having flexible ribs to frictionally hold a roll of tissue and providing for the inclusion within the roller of such a particular adjusted weight with regard to the tear strength of the tissue carried ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4244536 | Extension cord reel A hollow axially short and generally cylindrical body is provided and is open at one end. The other end of the body includes a closure end wall having a central portion which is displaced longitudinally of the body approximately one-half the length thereo... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4198012 | Collapsible reel A metal reel for cable wire or the like having a cylindrical drum which can collapse longitudinally whereby the reel can be substantially reduced in width, when empty, for economy of space in shipment or storage.... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4171781 | Copying apparatus A copying apparatus with a paper roll wound on a sleeve, a pair of roll holders having lugs frictionally held in the ends of the sleeve, each roll holder being provided with a journal pin adapted to engage an associated guide mounted on the copying appara... | 10/23/1979 |
