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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6443462 | High speed drill holders A collet for carrying a high-speed drill which comprises a collar (2) arranged to enclose a drill shank (1), an outer rim support (8) arranged for attachment to a drill, and a clamping mechanism between the collar and the outer rim support (8). The clampi... | 09/03/2002 |
| 5490640 | Torque-actuated expansible shaft assembly for roll core An expansible shaft assembly has core-engagement shoes pivotally mounted to a shaft for pivoting outwardly into tight engagement with the interior of a roll core automatically in response to the application of torque to the shaft. The core-engagement shoe... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5292213 | Coupling device for high-speed rotation A coupling device for high speed rotation applications comprised of a first member about a longitudinal axis having a collar integrally attached to a solid base and a second member about a longitudinal axis having a sleeve which is receivable within the c... | 03/08/1994 |
| 4964586 | Releasable holding device for cores A device for releasably holding a core or the like relative to a drive shaft passing therethrough includes at least two clamping elements located within the core. Guide pieces are fixed to a ring disc which surrounds a ring connected to the drive shaft. T... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4893765 | Friction core holder A core holder for a winding apparatus for winding webs of material in the paper, printing, and textile industries, including a rotatable core-receiving spindle or mandrel, and a segmented friction core holder, expandable outwardly at selected points, by w... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4767077 | Support shaft for winding/unwinding sheets A support shaft for winding/unwinding sheets comprises a ring with the outer periphery thereof formed with a plurality of inclined grooves circumferentially spaced apart and with the bottoms of the inclined grooves inclined in the circumferential directio... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4519620 | Core chuck with resilient rollers A torque-transmitting chuck comprising an interior member having a longitudinal axis and exterior circumferentially-spaced, longitudinally-extending camming surfaces. A generally axially-extending, circular in cross-section roller engages each of the camm... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4516786 | Core chuck An expanding mandrel chuck for internally gripping a tubular core. The chuck has a cylindrical sleeve which can be slid over the shaft of a web handling apparatus, core cutter, or other apparatus. A plurality of hexagonal shaped cams surround the intermed... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4456209 | Device for selectively securing an object to a shaft A magnetic tape reel is secured to a reel drive motor shaft by a device including a hub secured to the shaft, a plurality of shoes, and actuating means for thrusting the shoes against the reel and for releasing them from contact with the reel. The securin... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4432506 | Reel and hub lock for tape drives A mechanism for centering and locking a tape reel or a tape hub on a drive shaft in a tape drive. A mechanism which can be actuated manually to lock a reel or hub in place and to unlock the reel or hub and also which will automatically lock the reel or hu... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4339094 | Device for chucking tubular winding cores A device for chucking tubular winding cores, and particularly cores carrying paper webs or webs of similar material, wherein chucking segments forming a cylindrical surfaces are radially positioned by means of a core trunnion having an equilateral polygon... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4334652 | Expandible devices for internally gripping cores or the like An expandible device for internally gripping a core carrying a web of material has jaw segments forming an outer cylinder surrounding a body member which may be solid or hollow. Balls are arranged in recesses around the exterior of the body member and the... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4263055 | Method for cleaning a paint roller pad A paint roller pad is cleaned while being supported on an apparatus including an elongated coil having a shank connected thereto and coaxially extended from one end thereof. When at rest, the coil has an outside diameter less than the inside diameter of t... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4193633 | Core chuck A core chuck comprising an interior member having a longitudinal axis and n exterior camming surfaces, n jaws each having an interior camming surface, and 2n rollers radially intermediate the jaws and the interior member. Each of the rollers engages a cam... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4066270 | Nipple chuck Pipe chucking apparatus comprises: A. a tubular mandrel, B. driver means to engage the exterior of the mandrel and rotate same, C. a work pipe to be rotated relative to a forming tool, D. jaws on the mandrel and releasably coupled to the bore of the work pipe, E. actuat... | 01/03/1978 |
