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A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177158 | Reel and recording tape cartridge At a reel, an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical tube portion of a reel hub is a tape winding surface around which a magnetic tape is wound. In a free state, the tape winding surface forms a substantial taper shape in which an outer diameter is greater at an ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7954751 | Roller structure for fabric winding machine A roller mounted onto a fabric winding machine to roll up fabric aims to solve the shortcomings of the conventional rollers that tend to cause fabric skewing during fabric rolling and are difficult to remove due to a lengthy structure. The roller of the invention ha... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7497402 | Storage and transportation of aluminium strip The invention is particularly directed to the problem of creep deformation in a coiled aluminum strip, which occurs during coiling and for a period thereafter. The problem arises because the profile of the strip across its width is not flat, and is in fact usually t... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7318561 | Light saver A storage apparatus for decorative and holiday lights. The storage apparatus has a central rod with two disc-shaped ends, with the rod having a plurality of nodules. Each of the ends has a groove for insertion of an end of a string of decorative and holiday lights. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7243475 | Bagger or bag dispenser with reversible take-up reel and method An improved bagger or bag dispenser for supplying bags attached to strips in a bag assembly to a workstation includes a reversible drive that pulls the bag assembly from a supply to the work station and returns unused bags to the supply when changing bag assemblies.... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7205036 | Anti-telescoping adhesive tape product An adhesive tape product comprises a length of adhesive tape mounted on a core with a reduced tendency to telescope. A layer of compressible foam is provided between the core and the body of tape wound on the core. Alternatively, the core is fabricated to have a sli... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7115316 | Anti-telescoping adhesive tape product An adhesive tape product comprises a length of adhesive tape mounted on a core with a reduced tendency to telescope. A layer of compressible foam is provided between the core and the body of tape wound on the core. Alternatively, the core is fabricated to have a sli... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6915831 | Drum for wrapping a cord A cord-wrapping device has a cord attached to a drum and includes a steeply inclined inlet portion and a second less inclined portion adjacent to said steeply inclined inlet. A cord feed guide directs the cord to begin wrapping onto the steeply inclined portion of t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6783833 | Protector for sheet metal coils A protector for sheet metal coil is formed of plastic with a flange and sleeve which are joined together at a ridge portion. The protectors incorporate symmetrically disposed groupings of stacking features or components which include a finger within a stacking acces... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6758428 | Tape reel for use in magnetic tape cassette A receiving surface (625) for use in the supersonic welding of the welding boss (620) of an M cassette tape reel (612a) is composed of the lower surface of a ring portion (626) which is formed so as to extend annularly along the ba... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6712309 | Method and means for packaging draperies for purposes of storage or transportation A method and system for packaging draperies includes the use of a packaging element. The packaging element has a central core having a C-shaped configuration which is sandwiched between two side panels. A drapery is wound around the core to define a drapery package ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6557792 | Device and method for storing holiday light strings An apparatus and method is provided for storing and handling holiday light strings such as icicle lights. The device in accordance with the invention includes a vertically disposed rotatable spindle. The icicle light string can be conveniently wound on th... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6523770 | Winding mechanism for a sun screen In a winding mechanism for a sun screen comprising a winding tube which is rotatable about a central axis for winding and unwinding the sun screen and driving means for said winding tube, the central axis is curved and the winding tube is flexible. A poss... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6398148 | Device and method for storing holiday light strings An apparatus and method is provided for storing and handling holiday light strings such as icicle lights. The device in accordance with the invention includes a vertically disposed rotatable spindle. The icicle light string can be conveniently wound on th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6145780 | Portable device for dispensing cables An apparatus for dispensing electrical or nonelectrical cables, such as television coaxial cables, and a spool to be used together therewith. The apparatus includes a container having a cover for introducing and extracting a spool holding a cable coil and... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6102319 | Device for removing fishing line from fishing reels A fishing line removal device and method is shown with two frustoconical spool portions, each having a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end, and being arranged on a rod with the smaller diameter ends of the two spool portions contacting each oth... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5941477 | Virtually fully engagable stacking reel component A stacking reel component having cooperative locking members which when engaged with the cooperative locking members of a second reel component exert and receive axial forces in forming a reel. The reel component is formed to allow compact stacking with o... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5884857 | Pre-stretched film, and apparatus and a method for outer packaging The present invention relates to a pre-stretched film, and to apparatus and a method of applying outer packaging to packages and to loads, optimized as a function of the structure and in particular the shape of the package or the load, in particular a pal... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5762289 | Core for winding a web of plastic film prior to heat treatment of film A core for winding a web of plastic film prior to heat treatment of the film is provided with annular collars having a height of 1 to 10 times the thickness of the film. The core includes a rigid cylindrical member of GFRP, CFRP, or a composite structure ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5755396 | Photo film spool and mold set for forming the same A spool core for winding photo film has two disk-like portions about which lateral edges of the photo film is wound. A claw support plate is disposed between the two disk-like portions, and has a substantially flat top face. Two claws are disposed to proj... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5746382 | Fishing spinning reel with spool having tapered portion and guide A fishing spinning reel in which is so designed that the fishing line is prevented from being bound together when let out of the reel, whereby the fishing line is let out of the reel stably at all times. The spool (1) includes a tapered portion (4) which ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5695140 | Fishing reel A fishing reel of simple mechanical design includes an electrical drive motor, a drive shaft coupled to the electrical drive motor, and a cylindrical reel member mounted on the drive shaft. The cylindrical reel member includes a circumferential slot cut i... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5529186 | Boxed pay-out reel for optic fiber cable or wire or the like, with smooth pay-out, high-impact and cable end holding features A boxed spool assembly of the present invention includes a spool assembly, a pair of end plates for supporting the spool assembly for rotation, and a box in which the spool assembly and end plates are placed. The bottom of the box is self-locking and requ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5524835 | Tissue dispenser including low friction mandrel A dispenser for a roll of tissue material wound around a tubular roll core having an inner surface, the dispenser comprising a housing including a base; and a mandrel mounted on the base for supporting the roll for rotation about a generally horizontally ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5381981 | Garden hose reel A garden hose reel is provided that is light weight, durable, and easily assembled. The reel is made of right and left, molded, synthetic resin halves that are easily joined together by complementary interlocking structures on the matable faces of each re... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5340051 | Wound spool of web material A wound spool (10) of film strip (24) of the type having a full width portion (26b), a reduced width lead end (26) and a transition portion (26a) extending between the full width and reduced width portions, the spool including a core... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5335883 | Overhead door cable winding drum A drum for winding a cable attached to an overhead door includes a hub having a central aperture for accepting a shaft, a radially extending boss formed on the hub and a threaded aperture extending through the boss for retaining a threaded fastener for re... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5333805 | Wound spool of web material A spool (10) for a strip (24) of web material such as a photographic film strip of the type having a lead end (26), the spool including a core (12) to which the lead end is attached, a pair of radially extended end flanges (18) at respective opposite ends... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5127597 | Tape reel assembly with improved reel plate mounting A lower reel plate structure for a video tape cassette which is characterized in that the lower reel plate is formed such that an extended portion is provided on the tops of a hub wall and a boss, a space formed between the hub wall and the boss is provid... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4991784 | Apparatus for guiding a curved strip An apparatus for guiding a strip consisting of a stiff material and cambered in the transverse direction includes a rotary member having a contact surface against which at least a portion of the strip bears in such a way that in that portion the strip exh... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4911373 | Toroidal winch A winch having a torodially-shaped drum with an axis of rotation and at least one cable wound on the drum having a cable length extending from the drum parallel to and substantially equally spaced from said axis at all times during rotation of the winch. ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4795105 | Package 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 |
| 4754358 | Magnetic tape cassette hub with flush tape clamp A hub for a tape cassette comprising a cylindrical core with a surrounding girdle and a clamp for clamping the tape into a cutout in the girdle. The clamp has the same curvature as the girdle. Two legs of the clamp fit into axial grooves in the core. The ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4678135 | Control of line wrapping on reel, by reel groove design Apparatus is provided for wrapping a line, the line having an average cross section dimension D, and includes a reel having an axis of rotation, a hub outer surface extending about said axis, and two axially spaced flange surfaces which face one another, ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4637568 | Mandrel for winding flexible metal catalyst core There is provided a mandrel for winding a thin metal catalyst support useful in an automobile catalytic converter said mandrel having a circular central cross section and bilaterally extending arms along a common axis, each arm having an oval cross sectio... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4589601 | Method of winding braze strip material A spool for L-shaped brazing alloy strip comprises a flange with a hub acutely angularly disposed thereto. The strip is wound on the spool so that the turns nest into each other.... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4422595 | Stud holders for reel assembly A wire reel having an elongated hollow barrel with two circular flanges maintained on respective ends thereof by a plurality of bolts passing through the barrel and flanges and fitted with nuts to secure the flanges to the barrel. To improve assembly of t... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4324603 | Hosiery repair kit A hosiery repair kit includes a repair strip, textured as original hosiery material, adhesive-backed and carried in strips or a tape on a peel-off backing. The backing may be in the form of a sheet carrying several strips. As a tape, the repair material m... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4293882 | Endless loop tape magazine, and a recording and/or playback machine utilizing the magazine A magazine including a fixed hub having a central opening and an endless loop of tape. The tape is wrapped about the hub to form a coil and extends from the innermost wrap in the coil through a slot in the hub, across the central opening and then around o... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4274606 | Self-tailing winch An improved winch is disclosed which possesses means for increasing the coefficient of friction on the surface of the spool only in an area substantially at the intersection of the drum and flange sections of the winch so that only the last turn of rope o... | 06/23/1981 |
