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Class 242/615.3 - With material confining portion


Subclass of Class 242 - Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Definition: Subject matter wherein the guide device includes structure
No. of patents: 283
Last issue date: 09/13/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8016224Edge guide for flexible web
An edge guide is described that is adapted to restrict lateral movement of a flexible web as the web advances past the guide, the web comprising top and bottom face surfaces and two lateral edge surfaces, the guide comprising (i) a multi-sided body, and (ii) a cavit...
09/13/2011
7648099Handheld power cord arranging device for vacuum cleaner
A power cord arranging device for a vacuum cleaner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises first and second cord grips pivotably mounted and capable of being opened and closed about a hinge, and having at least two openings that recei...
01/19/2010
7516917Management device for excess cabling
A cable management device includes a housing having a forward end, a rearward end, a base, opposing sidewalls, and a pair of vertically-spaced cross-members extending laterally within the housing between the sidewalls. A cable interconnecting electronic devices is r...
04/14/2009
7431235Utility strap dispenser
The utility strap dispenser is a container having a top plate and a bottom plate with central mounting apertures. A cylindrical wall having a dispensing slot is provided on an upper surface of the bottom plate defining a chamber for receiving a coil of strap materia...
10/07/2008
7415778Tape measure with moving tape exit port
A tape measure includes a housing that includes a frame and a mouthpiece body moveable mounted to the frame. The mouthpiece body includes a tape exit port that is moveable, advantageously rotatably, and may include an external recess aligned with the exit port. A me...
08/26/2008
7413171Spare tire carrier with cable guide
A spare tire carrier assembly for a vehicle includes a housing having an aperture formed therein and a spool positioned in the housing. A drive shaft is connected to the spool, and a cable is wrapped about the spool. A cable guide assembly extends through the apertu...
08/19/2008
7389900Floating wire guides
A wire guide, for a drive assembly of a wire feeding assembly, of a welding system, has an elongate body which has with an outer surface, a length, and first and second ends. An elongate bore extends along the length of, and through, the elongate body. An aperture e...
06/24/2008
7367372Printer
There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label an...
05/06/2008
7343722Unwrapping stretch film from a palletized load
An apparatus for unwrapping stretch film from a palletized load. The unwrapping apparatus can also include a spooler unit for collecting the film after the film has been cut by the cutting unit. The spooler unit can include a roller guide having two roller members w...
03/18/2008
7334754Guide rails for conveying band-form members
Guide rails for guiding a band-form member such as a film carrier tape in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The guide rails include a pair of rail main bodies with a plurality of guide assemblies provided on the upper surfaces of the rail main bodies so that ...
02/26/2008
7290732Systems, apparatuses and methods for cutting and spooling paper
Systems, apparatuses and methods for cutting and spooling paper are described. In one embodiment, a system for cutting a traveling web of paper that is being wound onto a first spool and transferring the paper web onto a second spool by feeding turn-up tape into a n...
11/06/2007
7285746Welding gun inlets
A welding gun inlet for use with a welding gun power pin of a welding gun. The welding gun inlet includes an inlet body which has a first end and a second end and a tapered outer wall which generally tapers downwardly from a relatively larger diameter portion adjace...
10/23/2007
7255303Paper guide apparatus and method with curl control
A paper guide for mounting in front of a paper dispensing slot, has a top wall angled downward with respect to the paper ejection direction by an angle alpha, a pair of opposed side walls at the sides of the top wall, angled inwardly relative to the side edges of th...
08/14/2007
7249725Thread carrying apparatus and a textile machine, in particular a weaving machine, including a thread carrying apparatus for this kind
In accordance with the invention a thread carrying apparatus is proposed with a thread (2) lying in contact with or passing along the thread carrying apparatus with friction in the operating state. The thread carrying apparatus includes excitation means (3...
07/31/2007
7249729Utility strap dispenser
The utility strap dispenser is a container having a top plate and a bottom plate with central mounting apertures. A cylindrical wall having a dispensing slot is provided on an upper surface of the bottom plate defining a chamber for receiving a coil of strap materia...
07/31/2007
7240421Electric-wire processing machine
An electric-wire guide unit is provided with a fixed roller and a movable roller that is supported movably toward and away from the fixed roller, and holds an electric wire from both of the sides of the electric wire in cooperation with the fixed roller. An electric...
07/10/2007
7238918Welding guns with mechanical interface
A welding gun power pin for attaching a welding gun to a power block of a welding system. The welding gun power pin includes a generally cylindrical pin body, and insertion stop member, and a withdrawal stop member which defines a withdrawal stop member length dimen...
07/03/2007
7234394Chute corner with spring loaded chute liner
A chute corner assembly with a spring loaded chute liner for use in a strapping machine comprises a recess for receiving an end of an adjacent chute liner, a chute liner spring plate for engaging the end of the chute liner, a spring for biasing the chute liner away ...
06/26/2007
7222565Twist neck
A device and method for changing the orientation of an object. One such device includes a twist neck that is used in strapping machines. The twist neck includes an ingress portion, which includes an ingress opening formed therein, and a middle portion. The middle po...
05/29/2007
7222816Guide roller with flanges for a dispenser
An apparatus adapted for use with a dispenser housing for rolled sheet material to provide reliable dispensing of sheet material therefrom is provided. The apparatus is adapted for a dispenser housing which includes a roll support configured to hold at least one cyl...
05/29/2007
7220942Feeder for endless welding wire
A device is provided for feeding an endless welding wire stored in a first container in a first coil generally concentric with a first vertical axis and a second container in a second coil generally concentric with a second vertical axis spaced longitudinally from t...
05/22/2007
7219851Tape path roller guide and method for making
A tape path roller guide has a cylindrical guiding surface between two flanges. A plurality of continuous venting valleys in the guiding surface are wholly parallel to a central axis of the cylinder forming axial paddle-like surfaces generating air flow away from th...
05/22/2007
7210646Cord seat assembly
A cord seat assembly includes a seat, a spool rotatably supported by the seat, and a cord. The seat includes an end wall and a through-hole in a bottom thereof. The cord extends through the through-hole of the seat. The cord is wound around the spool and includes an...
05/01/2007
7208698Welding gun attachment mechanism
A power block for holding a welding gun power pin has a receiving structure which defines a bore which receives and holds a welding gun power pin. The power block further includes a projection movable between at least a first position and a second position. When the...
04/24/2007
7204401Web material feeding apparatus
A web material feeding apparatus has a suction plate 24 provided near an outlet of a reservoir box 2. The suction plate 24 can be shifted in the direction across a feeding path for tip paper C, by operation of a motor 76. The feeding appa...
04/17/2007
7175129Drive for magnetic tape adjustable for use with tapes of different widths
A tape drive has a take-up reel assembly and a tape guide arrangement that are each selectively actuatable for interchangeable use with magnetic recording tape of a first width or a second width. The take-up reel assembly includes at least one actuatable, retractabl...
02/13/2007
7176411Wire feeder
A wire feeder for supplying consumable welding wire to a welding gun includes a housing and a wire advancing mechanism connected to the housing for paying wire from a wire spool to a welding gun. A storage tray is formed with the housing. A wire spool support is con...
02/13/2007
7172153Wire guide for a wire processing machine, in particular for a spring manufacturing machine
A molded body is tightly fitted to the wire guide block on the side facing the collet and laterally to the guide groove that is braced against the collet via attachment media coming in from the side of the collet and is attached to the latter in a wire guide for a w...
02/06/2007
7168159Wire termination apparatus
In a wire termination apparatus, an anvil for placing a terminal thereon is mounted on a base plate, corresponding in position to a crimper of a ram. The terminal is crimped by a crimping portion, which includes the crimper and the anvil. An elongate link piece is m...
01/30/2007
7168393Leash assembly for a retractable leash to walk animals
A leash assembly having a strap or leash that can be reeled or unreeled for walking animals. The assembly has a handle and a housing attached thereto in which the strap is arranged on a turnable roller device for being reeled or unreeled. The assembly also includes ...
01/30/2007
7131609Dispenser for sheet material
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material therefrom is provided and includes a housing including a base and a cover. The base includes a platform configured to support sheet material. The platform includes a dispensing disk and the platform has an outer perimet...
11/07/2006
7124980Wire spool guide assembly
The wire spool guide assembly is a conduit through which wire is dispensed in a controlled and orderly manner. The assembly has at least one wire spool guide, a handle bar and a spindle. The spindle may be a single spindle or part of a wire spool cart. The spindle i...
10/24/2006
7111547Method and apparatus for wire guide wear plate
A tying device and method of assembling same is disclosed. The tying device has a wire guide member adapted for mounting on an upper platen of a baling press. The wire guide member includes a top wall and side walls depending laterally from the top wall to form a ch...
09/26/2006
7104492Cable winder guide
A cable winder guide is disclosed comprising a cylindrical drum having a cylindrical surface with a shaft rotatably mounting the cylindrical drum. A drive is provided for rotating the cylindrical drum about the shaft. A helical groove is defined in the cylindrical s...
09/12/2006
7100811Web guide and method
The present invention relates to a method of production and an arrangement for feeding and guiding web materials in laterally separate paths from a web supply to a machine for producing packing blanks. More specifically a web guide is disclosed, capable of controlli...
09/05/2006
7100861Lead guide for cable extension type position sensors
A position sensor and sensor assembly having a spool onto which is wound a plurality of individual windings to make up a cable coil. A free end of the cable extends through a guide for attachment to an object whose position is desired to be sensed. The cable passes ...
09/05/2006
7040568Dispenser for sheet material
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material is provided and includes a housing including a platform configured to support a sheet material thereon. The platform includes a slot, and an adjustable orifice configured to alter a size of the slot is provided as well....
05/09/2006
7007929Electric wire removing roller for LP insulator and power distribution method of construction
The present invention discloses a wire stranding roller and a new method for the same, in a LP insulator being mounted at a cross arm of pin long column and insulating and supporting a high voltage wire, which drastically improves workability and greatly reduces con...
03/07/2006
6938851Tape path roller guide and method for making
A tape path roller guide has a cylindrical guiding surface between two flanges. A plurality of continuous venting valleys in the guiding surface are wholly parallel to a central axis of the cylinder forming axial paddle-like surfaces generating air flow away from th...
09/06/2005
6926456Guiding device for a marking arrangement
A device for guiding a continuous strip past a marking unit, which is arranged to non-mechanically provide markings on at least one strip surface, includes a longitudinal channel for receiving the strip. The channel is at least partly defined by guiding elements tha...
08/09/2005
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