Winding, tensioning, or guiding inventions 08/06

20060192044 - Deep water fishing rod and electric reel: The instant invention is a deep water fishing rod and reel system. The fishing rod employs a substantially flat wishbone structure that eliminates the need for guides along the length of the rod by allowing the fishing line to between two elongated members that constituted the rod during flex conditions,...

20060192045 - Tape winder and method of processing tape: A tape winder includes: a hub, around which a tape is wound overlappingly and which forms a tape roll on the hub; a first guide roller, defining the position of feeding of the tape into the tape roll being formed on the hub while pressing an outer peripheral surface of...

20060186241 - Paper products in roll form having printed elements thereon: A plurality of elements are disposed on a continuous sheet of coiled paper product. The elements are repeated with a repetition rate determined by the use for the paper product. In the application to an examining room table, the repetition rate is determined by the length of the table....

20060186242 - Spinning reel: A spinning reel includes a reel unit mounted to a fishing rod, and a rotor rotatably mounted to the reel unit on a front side, and guard members. The guard members include plate-shaped embedded portions and protruding portions. The embedded portion of one guard member is embedded in the reel...

20060186243 - Recording tape cartridge: A recording tape cartridge includes: a reel having a cylindrical hub with a bottom and a reel gear formed therein with recording tape wound therearound; a casing; a brake component; and a releasing component that is provided between the bottom of the hub and the brake component and which has...

20060186244 - Single reel tape cartridge having guide surface: In one example of one aspect of the invention, a single reel data storage cartridge is provided. The single reel data storage cartridge includes a housing having an access window and a reel rotatably disposed within the housing and having storage tape wound on the reel. A guide surface is...

20060186245 - Recording tape cartridge: A recording tape cartridge comprises a single reel at which a recording tape is wound around a hub, a case rotatably accommodating the reel, an opening for pulling-out of a leader member attached to an end portion of the recording tape, and a tape guide which the recording tape slidingly...

20060186246 - Recording tape cartridge: A recording tape cartridge with high strength and resistance to deformation around an opening aperture of a case, which opening aperture is for drawing out recording tape. The recording tape cartridge is provided with a leader block at a distal end of a magnetic tape. Left and right peripheral portions...

20060186247 - Rotary drive for a winding shaft of a seat belt retractor: A rotary drive device for a winding shaft of a seat belt retractor has preformed drive bodies arranged one behind the other, which are guided and can be driven in a guide path. Each drive body has engagement parts that can be brought into engagement in an essentially interlocking manner...

20060186248 - Wire-winding device for two kinds of cables: A wire-winding device for two kinds of cables is described. The device has a base, two winding plates, two communication cables and a volute spring. The two winding plates are arranged inside the base, the two communication cables are rolled around the two winding plates, respectively, and the volute spring...

20060186249 - Holding structure and webbing winding apparatus: A holding structure for holding a member to be held that is provided in a holding element by the holding element. The holding structure comprises a holding pawl which is provided in the holding element, having a basal part positioned on the lateral side of the member to be held...

20060186251 - Rotating member chatter preventing structure and webbing take-up device: A lock plate (46) chatter preventing structure which, under a predetermined condition, directly or indirectly engages with a take-up shaft that takes up a passenger-restraining webbing belt to deter the rotation of the take-up shaft in a webbing belt pullout direction. The lock plate chatter preventing structure includes: a support...

20060186250 - Webbing retractor: A webbing retractor is provided that enables elimination of the part of a webbing belt left in the spool in an entirely pulled-out state of a webbing belt. A space portion is formed in a notched shape in an ALR switch lever. A cam projection of a cam plate that...

20060186252 - Webbing take-up device: A webbing take-up device comprising: a take-up shaft that takes up a webbing belt; a metal frame that axially supports the take-up shaft; and a lock mechanism comprising a lock plate that blocks rotation in the pullout direction of the webbing of the take-up shaft by engaging the take-up shaft...

20060186253 - Light hanging device and method: The present invention provides a mechanism for spooling or reeling light strings and other stringed items onto a spool or reel. A spool is fitted with a suitable mechanism for receiving an extension pole (of varying or adjustable lengths, such as, e.g., a pole with discreet add-on or telescoping section...

20060186254 - Motorized rf wireless controlled tubing storage device for home therapeutic oxygen use patients: Therapeutic oxygen tubing length is controlled with this device, using a wireless RF remote, utilizing a low voltage motor, a torque activated clutch for rewind/free-wheeling unwind operation and has a simple spool/tubing change out process without the need of tools....

20060186255 - Cord storage reel with built-in plug and receptacle panel: A storage reel for an electrical cord includes a spool and an electrical circuit enclosed therein. The electrical circuit, contained within the hub of the spool, includes a standard AC plug mounted in a recessed cavity in the hub and wired to the line, neutral, and ground terminals of a...

20060186256 - Apparatus for and a method of adjusting the length of an infusion tube: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for adjusting the length of an infusion tube (2) comprising a first wall (3) and a second wall (4) and at least one connecting element (5) connecting the first wall (3) to the second wall (4), said connecting element (5) being situated at...

20060186257 - Automatic positioning dispenser for paper rolls: An automatic positioning dispenser for paper rolls includes (a) a front section of a main housing including a reciprocating paper roll elevator shaft, and a rear section of the main housing including a paper roll storage and feeding mechanism; (b) the elevator shaft having a handle, a roll holder and...

20060186258 - Strapping machine with strap feedomg and tightening unit: A strapping machine comprises a strap extension, retrieval and pulling unit (13) comprising in turn a Powered main wheel (18) around which the strap (12) winds partially to be moved in both directions. The unit comprises two selectable mechanisms for transmission of movement to the main wheel. The first mechanism...

20060186259 - Reel changer of a web-fed printing press: A reel changer of a web-fed printing press includes a load-bearing axle and a carrying arm having at least two carrying-arm segments. A printing-material reel may be mounted or clamped between the carrying-arm segments of the carrying arm. The printing-material reel is displaceable relative to the load-bearing axle using the...

20060180689 - Battery device for fishing and power supply method for electric fishing reel: A cell main body and a control portion are tightly stored within a case main body, which is provided with a joint connector for electrical connection to the cell main body and the control portion. A nut member is disposed to surround this joint connector, which is attached for feeding...

20060180690 - Rotor assembly for fishing reels: In a reel with a spool a hood and an axially aligned and substantially cup-shaped rotor partially encircling the spool, a molded monocoque frame rotor design in which the monocoque frame is molded to include various features of the rotor and in which the leading and trailing edges of the...

20060180691 - Fishing reel: A fishing reel includes: a reel body attachable to a fishing rod; a spool rotatably supported by the reel body; a handle disposed at a side portion of the reel body for rotating the spool to winding a fishing line on the spool; and an auxiliary operating member for auxiliary...

20060180692 - Device for attaching leader pin, device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium, and method for attaching leader pin: A leader pin attaching device for attaching a leader pin to a pin attachment portion of the leader tape (a device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium) is provided. The device includes a transport suction block for holding a portion of the leader tape by negative pressure...

20060180693 - Recording tape cartridge: Retention portions that retain a leader member of recording tape are formed inside a case, and a spring member pushes the leader member toward the retention portions. The spring member contacts support point members, and the support point members serve as support points when the spring member deforms. The support...

20060180694 - Data storage tape cartridge and system having a radio frequency write medium: A data storage tape cartridge is disclosed. The data storage tape cartridge includes a housing, at least one tape reel assembly, a storage tape, and a radio frequency write medium. The housing defines first and second housing sections that are reciprocally mated to form an enclosed region. The tape reel...

20060180695 - Seat belt retractor with overmolded inertia sensor mass: A seat belt retractor (10) has an actuator (14) for unlocking and locking the seat belt retractor (10). An inertial sensor (18) detects changes in vehicle acceleration and interacts with the actuator (14) to lock and unlock the seat belt retractor (10). The inertial sensor (18) has one inertial sensor...

20060180696 - Device for applying a sheet of material: The present invention relates to an apparatus for laying a material sheet on a number of cylindrical bodies, for example sleeves of paperboard or the like, which are employed within, int.al. the papermaking industry for winding a manufactured paper web, sheet web or the like, a conveyor being disposed to...

20060180697 - Electrostatic tension control of webs: An electrostatic charging system holds a film web to a roll without significant slippage, thus allowing for proper tension control of the web even with extreme differences in tension upstream and downstream of the motorized roll. The system can electrostatically transfer a web using motorized drum rolls with an internally...

20060180698 - Multiple roll toilet tissue dispenser: A multiple roll toilet tissue dispenser having a hollow sleeve portion and an insert portion. The insert portion is designed to be slidingly received within the sleeve portion and provides for storing a plurality of rolls of toilet tissue in stacked relationship. An upper assembly is attached to a top...

20060180699 - Coil chuck and methods: Embodiments of a dispensing apparatus capable of dispensing flexible material coiled on a roll or winding flexible material onto a roll include a rotatable spindle having an attached end and an opposite free end, a first roll guide proximate the attached end of the spindle, a second roll guide positionable...

20060180700 - Box dispenser: A drywall tape or corner material dispenser that allows dispensing of the material directly from the box it is supplied in. The invention can contain a pair of parallel arms that grip the box and a strap that runs between the ends of the straps to close around the box....

20060180701 - Abutment joint for paper reel cores: An abutment joint for end-to-end joining of paper reel cores, the abutment joint comprising a first conical surface (4) formed on the outer surface of one core (2) and a second conical surface (3) formed on the inner surface of the other core (1), whereby said first conical surface and...

20060180702 - Tubular interconnecting support structure: A tubular support structure (20) includes a first section (22) and a second section (24) longitudinally interconnected with the first section (22). A third section (66) is longitudinally interconnected with the second section (24), and has an end that abuts an end of the first section (22) to form a...

20060175448 - Spinning reel handle assembly: A spinning reel handle assembly that does not expose a male threaded section to the outside includes a handle shaft portion, a cylindrical cover member, a cylindrical screw-threaded member and a cylindrical moveable member. The cylindrical cover member is mounted on an external circumference of a tip end section of...

20060175449 - Anti-backlash apparatus of bait reel: An anti-backlash apparatus of a bait reel is provided. A braking ring has a step shaped inner friction surface having a step, which is controlled in number depending on its function, and a dial with a cam is adjusted at the external of a side cover such that the braking...

20060175450 - Passive air bearing tape guide: Passive air bearing tape guides, tape drives, and methods of operating tape drives are provided. The passive air bearing tape guide may include a movable guide region having a starting position, and a biasing element configured to resist movement of the movable guide region from the starting position and to...

20060175451 - Information recording medium: An information recording medium of the present invention includes a pair of tape reels around which a magnetic tape is wound, a case main body having first windows and second windows formed to the side walls thereof and rotatably accommodating the pair of tape reels, wherein the first windows cause...

20060175452 - Tape system with an isolated load/unload tape path: A tape recording system is provided having an improved load/unload path, the system comprising a first pair of guides and a second pair of guides movable from an unloaded position to a loaded position. In the unloaded position, a gap between the first pair of guides and the second pair...

20060175453 - Seat belt retractor: A seat belt retractor for a vehicle is structured such that when it is determined, based on information about rotational behavior of a spool detected by a detection sensor, that the seat belt storing operation is needed, the seat belt retractor is controlled to be the power transmission engaging state...

20060175454 - Centerless and openable tool carrier for processing of complex shapes: An apparatus, and method for laying up structural filaments. The apparatus includes an openable race providing a circular path for a carrier bearing a filament source. The carrier moves circumferentially within the race and may be formed as a centerless wheel. The carrier may be formed in sections to facilitate...

20060175455 - Tape cutting-out equipment and tape production supporting apparatus: Tape cutting-out equipment to wind and cut out tape supplied from a pancake in plural kinds of winding lengths on a reel, the equipment is equipped with a tape supplying device supplying tape from the pancake P, a tape winding device winding the supplied tape from the tape supplying device,...

20060175456 - Method in reeling up and a reel-up: Before a reel change a new core (5) is brought to a change station. When the old reel (R) is full, the web is changed to travel to the new core periphery and primary reeling beings. The web forms a reel through a reeling nip (N1) between the loop of...

20060175457 - Automatic and continuous unwinder device for supplying web-like material from reels: The unwinder device includes an unwinding station (7), with unwinding members for unwinding reels and a splicing device (151) for splicing together web-like materials (N1 and N2) coming from a first reel (B1) and from a second reel (B2). At least two supports (49, 51) are arranged in the unwinding...

20060175458 - Strap dispenser with start assist: A dispenser having a start-assist for starting rotation of a coil for dispensing flexible material from the coil includes a frame, a support, a shaft mounted to the support for supporting the coil and configured for rotation with the coil and an arm mounted about the shaft by a one-way...

20060175459 - Spindle for rolled wrap: A spindle for rotatably holding a rolled wrap includes a hollow tubular body having a threaded rod axially movably received therein. A front section of the tubular body is axially cut to form two symmetrical halves, on inner wall surfaces of which two push blocks are correspondingly provided to define...

20060175460 - Hub for rolled wrap: A hub includes a ring-shaped base having a sleeve portion axially extended from a rear side thereof, and a collar rotatably mounted on the sleeve portion. An L-shaped curved holding-down plate is provided at a lower inner side of the base, and slits are formed at joints of the holding-down...

20060175462 - Dispenser: A dispenser is described for a roll of cling wrap wound on a paper core (the “wrap core’), The dispenser comprises a main paper core which fits in the wrap core in such a way that the wrap core can rotate thereabout. A handle portion in the form of a...

20060175461 - 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 interconnected with a conventional wire...

20060169813 - Spool braking device for dual-bearing reel: A spool braking device for a dual-bearing reel that applies a braking force to a spool during casting includes a spool brake unit, a switch element, a casting state detecting device and a spool control device. The spool brake unit is configured to brake the spool and includes a rotor...

20060169814 - One way clutch for spinning reel: A one way clutch of a spinning reel for suppressing vibrations is arranged on a rotor that is rotatably mounted on a reel unit of the spinning reel and includes a ratchet wheel, a ratchet pawl, an urging member and a vibration absorption member. The ratchet wheel is fixed to...

20060169815 - Fishing reel: A fishing reel is disclosed including a spool for storing and dispensing line, and a winding mechanism for winding the line onto the spool about a winding axis, the spool is releasably secured in any one of a plurality of positions, each eccentrically offset from the winding axis to a...

20060169816 - Recording and/or reproducing device having a positioning arrangement for fixing a grabber in place: A retaining member for retaining a grabber has a positioning arrangement for fixing the grabber in place. The grabber has a rear surface having a pair of hollows at upper and lower end portions. The positioning arrangement has a retainer opposed to a front surface of the grabber on retaining...

20060169817 - Cartridge case and information recording medium: A cartridge case of an information recording medium includes a case main body where a guide part is disposed on an inner surface of a top plate, a tape reel that includes a hub in the shape of a bottomed-cylinder and is rotatably enclosed inside the case main body, and...

20060169818 - Magnetic tape cartridge: A single reel with magnetic tape wound thereon is housed in a case. A restraining member, for restricting rotation of the reel by moving toward or away from the reel, is urged in a restraining direction by an urging member. The pushing-up portions of a releasing member are inserted into...

20060169819 - Recording tape cartridge: Outer diameters of upper and lower flanges of a reel are formed equal to each other irrespective of a diameter of a hub, and a cylindrical wall having the same inner diameter as the hub of the reel having the small diameter hub is provided in the reel having the...

20060169820 - Webbing take-up device: A webbing take-up device includes: a spool to which a base end portion of a long band-like webbing belt is attached and which is rotatable such that the webbing belt can be taken up and pulled out; and a rotating body that is coaxially relatively rotatable with respect to the...

20060169821 - Fixture and webbing take-up device: A fixture is disclosed which can reliably attach an attachment member, such as a cylinder, to an attachment site, such as a frame. The fixture includes a fixing portion, which faces the attachment site at the side of the attachment site and is fixed to the attachment site, and a...

20060169822 - Winding method of multi polar armature and winding apparatus of same: In a winding apparatus (1) of a stator (multi polar armature) winding a bundle of plural wire rods (5) on a circular core in which teeth (winding core) (9) are arranged circularly, an index mechanism (11) rotating the circular core (8) around its central axis, a core turning mechanism (30)...

20060169823 - Continuous fabric strip for use in manufacturing paint roller covers: A system and method for producing a spool having a continuous fabric strip is disclosed which produces an extended length fabric strip made from a plurality of seamed standard lengths of the fabric, the extended length fabric strip being substantially spirally wound upon a hollow core with consecutive windings of...

20060169824 - Bobbin winding system: A system for winding a cross-wound bobbin has a rotatably supported tube holder that is intended to receive a tube. The yarn guide element that serves the purpose of shogging the yarn moves in the direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the tube and is made to execute...

20060169825 - Recording and/or reproducing device having a retaining mechanism to be stably attachable/detachable: A pin retainer locks a leader pin during a movement of a pull-out assembly where the leader pin is coupled to a grabber between a grabber holder and a take-up reel. The pin retainer is urged toward a locking position by a spring. When the grabber comes close to a...

20060169826 - Unwinder device for reels of web-like material with temporary accumulator members for the material unwound in the phase of reel substitution and relative method: The unwinder device comprises: unwinding members for simultaneously unwinding a first reel (B1) and a second reel (B2), a splicing device (151) for splicing together a first web-like material (N1) coming from said first reel (B1) and a second web-like material (N2) coming from said second reel (B2), an accumulator...

20060169827 - Hands-free electronic towel dispenser: A hands-free towel dispenser for dispensing a measured sheet from a roll of towel material includes a housing having an internal volume so as to retain at least one roll of towel material therein. An electronically powered dispensing mechanism is contained within the housing for dispensing a measured sheet from...

20060169828 - Method and device for unwinding yarn from package: When an unwinding device based on a friction roller system is used to unwind a yarn from a package while applying unwinding tension to the package, the package may collapse at the opposite ends of the package, resulting in inappropriate unwinding. An unwinding device includes a friction roller 3 that...

20060169829 - Plastic bag dispensing unit: A plastic bag roll, dispensing container and service rack combination allows easy docking and positioning of a dispensing carton into a service rack mountable for varied configurations. The dispensing container is specifically crafted to house a roll of plastic bags. A bag is drawn from the center of the role,...

20060169830 - Magnetic tape cartridge reel: A magnetic tape cartridge reel includes a hub having a first end and a second end configured to receive a magnetic tape to be wound thereon and at least one flange which is attached to at least one of the first end and the second end of the hub, wherein...