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Winding, tensioning, or guiding May archived by USPTO category 05/10

20100127111 - Wire depositing apparatus: The invention concerns an apparatus (1) for depositing wire (11), of the type providing for deposition of the wire, such as welding wire, steel wire with low carbon content, stainless steel wire, core wire or aluminum wire wrapped in a loop, inside an depositing apparatus (20). Said wire depositing apparatus... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20100127112 - Apparatus and method for dispensing a deformable web: An apparatus is described for dispensing a deformable web, comprising a transport element rotatable under the influence of a drive, and a web guide disposed opposite thereto. The transport element and the web guide are arranged to cooperate, for the purpose of transport and deformation of the web. Moreover, the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20100123035 - Drag adjusting device for dual-bearing reel: A drag adjusting device for a dual-bearing reel, including a reel unit with a drag operating member configured to pivot within a range between a minimum position and a maximum position. A plate member is attached to an outer side of the reel unit. A drag restricting member is detachably... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20100123036 - Reel and recording tape cartridge: A reel includes a hub formed in a cylindrical-tube-shape with a base portion, on an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound; a base side flange portion that projects-out to a radial direction outer side of a base portion side of the hub; a flange member configured... Agent: Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC

20100123037 - Apparatus and method for dispensing tape: A dispensing apparatus includes a first running spool of elongated material and second and third stand-by spools of elongated material. The first spool has a trailing end portion and a first obstacle element secured to its trailing end portion. The second spool has a leading end portion and a first... Agent: H.b. Fuller Company Patent Department

20100116920 - Bait reel for fishing: The invention relates to a bait reel for fishing including: a handle; a spool, the spool being adapted to wind a fishing line and to unwind the fishing line by a reverse rotation; and a brake device which includes: a one-way clutch bearing coupled to a rotary shaft of the... Agent: Park Law Firm

20100116921 - Pretensioned retractor: Seat belt retractors for spooling seat belts (webbings) include multiple independent torque transmission or absorbing systems. The seatbelt retractor comprises a webbing, a spool, a pinion, a pretensioner, at least one coupler pawl, and a locking mechanism including a lock base and a lock pawl. The at least one coupler... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100116922 - Cable reel lock for fall arrestor: A retractable lifeline comprises a housing a drum rotationally mounted in said space and a lanyard wound about said drum. The lanyard extends from the housing and is extendable from said housing and retractable into said housing. The retractable lifeline further includes a lock assembly to prevent rotation of said... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, L.c.

20100116923 - Method and device for the constant-tension feed and take-up of a yarn fed to a textile machine: A device for controlling the feed of a yarn to a textile machine operating intermittently on the yarn, there being provided elements to sense the tension of the yarn and elements for measuring and modifying its feed speed, all connected to control and regulator elements for the tension and speed... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100108795 - External cover for a spool of thread to prevent thread from freely coming off as the spool is being used: The invention is a restrainer for a spool (10) of thread to prevent the thread (13) from being freely drawn off of the spool (10). It comprises a resilient element (12) that extends around the circumference of the outer surface (14) of the spool (10) so that the thread (13)... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100108796 - Safety belt retractor with variable load transfer in different function settings: A self-locking safety belt retractor with a belt band sensitively and/or motor vehicle sensitively controllable blocking apparatus for a belt shaft mounted rotatably in the housing segments of a U-shaped housing, whereby the blocking apparatus includes a pawl inserted into a recess of the shaft front of the belt shaft... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100108797 - Winder with pitch modulation at transverse limits: A winding machine having a user-defined pitch between rotation of a form and translation of a point of winding material along the form, reduces damaging accelerative forces on the machine components by a slight modulation of the pitch near travel-reversal of the point of winding. The pitch of the windings... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20100108798 - Towel dispensing system and method: The disclosed towel dispensing system and method may be used in combination with washstation having a washbasin and a cabinet disposed substantially below the washbasin or alternatively in a standalone manner. The towel dispensing system may include a towel dispenser capable of dispensing a towel in a cantilevered manner. A... Agent: Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne A Law Corporation

20100108799 - Retractable hose guide: A retractable hose guide includes a shell assembly that is structured to be embedded into the ground. The shell assembly defines an enclosed space that is open at the top. A guide rod assembly is movably disposed within the shell assembly and structured to move between a first, retracted position,... Agent: David C. Jenkins Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC