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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377212 | Automatic band conveying device An automatic band conveying device includes a band transmitting device employed to pass a band into a band rail, and a pressing rail device composed of an electromagnetic valve, a connecting rod and a pressing plate. As the electromagnetic valve is electrified, it c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374074 | Wire feeder A wire guide (16), for a drive assembly (56) of a wire feeding assembly (16), of a welding system (10), has an elongate body with an outer surface, a length, and first (296A) and second (296B) ends. An elongate bore (255 | 05/20/2008 |
| 7353704 | Storage tank external gauge system Provided herein are devices useful for guiding cables, wires, cords, and the like. A device according to the present invention is particularly useful for guiding a cable that is used in providing an external liquid-level gauge on an oil tank. A cable guide means acc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7300018 | Method and device for stabilizing high-speed unwinding of a strip product The invention relates to a method and a device for stabilizing high speed running along a longitudinal direction, of a band (4) applied on a rotary surface (3) and along which a portion of the surrounding air forms a boundary layer (43) trapped ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273166 | Component information applying method and apparatus The invention improves supply of an electronic circuit components by a component tape. When a number of the components remaining in each feeder becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined number, an operator is informed of a fact that another component tape can... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7249725 | Thread 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 |
| 7249728 | Wear surface cover clip A novel wear surface cover clip for use with a conventional wire dispensing reel of the type used for dispensing tie wire such as that used for tying rebar during concrete construction projects. The wear surface cover clip of the invention can be easily removably in... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7228620 | Tape guide and magazine at a component machine A tape guide for guiding a carrier tape in a component mounting machine, a tape magazine for receiving the tape guide, and a system including the tape guide and the tape magazine. The carrier tape carries components that are positioned in sequence on the carrier tap... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7175129 | Drive 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 |
| 7172153 | Wire 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 |
| 7155104 | Cable exit trough with insert A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7100861 | Lead 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 |
| 7097130 | Tape pack appearance control apparatus An apparatus that improves the appearance of a tape being wound on a tape reel includes a tissue which is positioned in parallel to an inner surface of a flange of the tape reel and pushes the tape edge against the inner surface. In this apparatus, the reel-up of th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7007885 | Wire segment reel assembly and method A reel assembly includes a reel having a magnet rim, turntable, magnetic key, and a wire feed tube. The reel is self starting and holds the feed wire upon the completion of winding. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971307 | Wide aperture wire tracking with partition A guide track for a strap with which to bind a bale of bulk material. The guide track includes a convex portion and a restraining portion. Two lateral guide track halves are biased together. On their internal faces the guide track section halves have channels. The b... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6948541 | System for handling components at a component mounting machine System for handling components in connection with circuit board assembly in a component mounting machine. The system comprises a number of component tapes provided on component tape reels, and a number of tape guides arranged for receiving component tapes of a given... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6915056 | Cable exit trough with insert A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904745 | Thread-guiding device for open-end spinning frames Thread-guiding device for collecting spun yarns on bobbins, particularly for open-end spinning frames, constituted by a common thread-guiding rod which carries the thread-guides for the spinning stations, said rod being operated in alternative movement in front of t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6708918 | Cable guiding fins A cable guiding fin for managing cable in a cable management system. The fin includes a base and an upstanding wall with a convex surface. The upstanding wall may be tilted at an angle relative to the base and may define a plurality of tie-down apertures. The base m... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6684498 | Cable management system A cable management system comprising a cable flex radius system having at least two opposing curved surfaces to control flex radius of a cable linking a stationary system to a dynamic system is disclosed. The cable management system also comprises a cable... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6676070 | Backward compatible tape support A tape guide (38) that provides support for a storage tape (30) of a tape drive (10) during a loss of tension of the storage tape (30). The tape drive (10) includes a drive housing (12), a tape roller (34) having a longitudinal axis (36), and the tape gui... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659384 | Pre-wound bobbin with magnetized flange A pre-wound bobbin for sewing, having a single flange or a pair of flanges, in which one flange of the bobbin comprises a magnetized material such that the flange magnetically adheres to the end wall of a steel bobbin case in which the bobbin is carried i... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655395 | Method and device for scouring and cleaning rolled steel strip A device for pickling or cleaning rolled steel strip which is moved in the form of loops through several pickling and cleaning containers arranged within a treatment line, wherein at least one strip side is subjected tot he action of a pickling or cleanin... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6631870 | Method for transferring component tape information to a component mounting machine and means therefore A method of transferring component tape information to a component mounting machine, a tape guide for guiding a component tape in a component mounting machine, and a tape magazine for receiving the tape guide. The tape guide is arranged for quick and read... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6622960 | Hose and cable guide The present invention is directed to a device and method for preventing hoses, cords and cables from becoming jammed under wheels without impairing productivity nor leading to back strain. The device is comprised of a "U" shaped wedge body with a thin end... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6598826 | Vehicle tire hose guide device A vehicle tire hose guide device that includes a smooth molded plastic member having a curved tire receiving channel along one side and a smooth hose guide surface on an opposite side. The curved tire receiving channel has resilient arms extending outward... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6431492 | Integrated adjustable core support and medium guide device An integrated adjustable core support and medium guide device comprises a left support member, a right support member substantially parallel to the left support member, and a connecting mechanism coupled between the left and the right support members at o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6382100 | Web guide roller, and printing press incorporating the same A roller assembly positioned downstream of a printing station in a web-fed rotary printing press for pneumatically guiding a web of paper after it has been printed upon, without the risk of smearing the printings. The assembly includes a roller in the for... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6357692 | Yarn feeler A yarn feeler, such as for a yarn sensor in a yarn feeding device, has a feeler with an essentially even resting surface which is to be brought into contact with a yarn. The feeler foot includes, at least in the region of it resting surface an uninterrupt... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6353512 | Tape guide mechanism for regulating tape level without contact with main surface of tape in tape recorder A tape recorder of the invention comprises a fixed guide member 5 disposed for a path of travel of a magnetic tape 10 between a tension post 43 and a full-width erasing head 21 and having a tape guide face 54 to be brought into sliding contact with the lo... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6326547 | Cable management system A cable management system for organizing and controlling cables extending from an electronic device while providing substantially unimpeded device access, substantially unrestricted cable movement and substantially unrestricted air flow into and out of th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6267355 | Cable installing method and apparatus A method for installing cable in a building wherein the cable is to be pulled from a central room or closet to multiple outlets in multiple offices, the method comprising providing a spool of cable to be installed, providing a cable guide device having a ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6206068 | Device for correcting tape twist in a machine for continuously manufacturing a tape strip folded about a ring As tape drawer rollers are driven for intermittent rotation, a continuous tape is intermittently fed along a tape traveling path with a leading end portion of the tape inserted through a ring at a tape folding section. When the continuous tape has been fe... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6149045 | Paper sheet supplying apparatus having a raised central region for preventing a paper sheet from skewing as the sheet is fed A paper sheet supplying apparatus comprises a transfer guide unit, a register unit and a paper sheet sending-out unit. The supplying apparatus supplies a paper sheet through the transfer guide unit to the register unit from the paper sheet sending-out uni... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6139246 | Interchangeable electronic carrier tape feeder adaptable to various surface mount assembly machines An apparatus for feeding a carrier tape with successive sprocket holes and indexed pockets for carrying small components, and used in conjunction with various pick and place assembly machines for surface-mounting of the small components onto a printed cir... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135386 | Brand flexible tipping paper guide A brand flexible, fixed tipping paper guide including guide frame; a guide receivable in the guide frame; a register for aligning a first portion of the fame relative to a paper feed path and an adjustable mount operative to adjust a second portion of sai... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6059224 | Method and apparatus for guiding fibers or ribbons under tension A method and apparatus for guiding a length of material such as optical fibers or optical fiber ribbons under tension in a fiber optic cable or ribbon manufacturing method. A first embodiment of the present invention requires that certain radii of curvatu... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6058844 | Method for minimizing web-fluting in heat-set, web-offset printing presses A method of and apparatus for minimizing the problem of "fluting" or "corrugating" occuring in printed webs of light weight coated paper printed on both sides with thermosetting ink on heat-set web-offset printing presses resides in spreading the web in i... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6055682 | Swimming pool lane line protection device A portable lane line protection device, or "line-saver", is positioned on the edge of a swimming pool and bypasses the sharp edge of the pool by creating a smooth surface over the pool's edge. A lane line is placed over the smooth surface of the line-save... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5960955 | Safety system The safety system is usable for a container for photographic products in strip form wound on cores which container comprises a substantially horizontal cantilevered spindle having a free end and designed to support the cores and a door which can be locate... | 10/05/1999 |
