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Winding, tensioning, or guiding January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/11

20110017855 - Thread spool and bobbin holder: A thread spool holding device has a plastic base plate that holds a series of preferably soft plastic spindles that can be introduced or removed from the base and can be arranged as needed by sliding along a slotted track of the base. Each spindle can hold a threaded spool... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20110017856 - Retractable (medical) oxygen tubing reel: An apparatus to aid in the holding and retention of oxygen tubing used in a health care environment comprising approximately fifty (50) feet of oxygen tubing wound upon a retractable reel is herein disclosed. A spring-loaded tensioning system is provided for automatic retraction of the oxygen line. The spring-loaded system... Agent: Amy J. Penn

20110017857 - Seatbelt device of vehicle: A seatbelt device of a vehicle includes: a webbing reel around which a webbing is rolled up; a motor; an acceleration detection unit detecting an acceleration applying to the vehicle; an electric current control unit controlling a driving current of the motor; and an acceleration condition determination unit determining whether... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20110017858 - Polarization drift elimination fiber wrap design and method: s

20110017859 - hybrid winder: A winder for winding continuous webs or interleaved web segments into rolls is disclosed. The winder has first and second rollers, a pressure assist device, a winding spindle, and a continuous belt having first and second surfaces. The belt is disposed about the first and second rollers. The web material... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20110017860 - Process for winding a web material: A method for rewinding a web material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a conveyor belt having opposed first and second surfaces; b) providing a pressure assist device proximate to the second surface of the conveyor belt; c) disposing the web material on the first surface... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20110017861 - Core assembly for winding sheet and winding method: A core assembly for a continuous sheet includes a core of a cylindrical form. A side channel is formed in the core to extend fully in an axial direction thereof. A shaft hub is disposed through the core movably in the axial direction. A changing unit or adjuster displaces the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110017862 - Stackable tippet spool: A tippet spool is self-orientating when displayed on pegs at retail. The tippet spool also has structures adapted to interlock adjacent tippet spools in a stack with one spool rotatable with respect to its neighbors. The tippet spool is self orientating because of an asymmetrical central opening with the center... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20110011966 - Dual-bearing reel speed-change operation mechanism: In a speed-change operation mechanism, a main body of a lock member is disposed to produce a clearance between the main body and the surface of the handle arm, whereas a pivot operation part of the lock member is disposed to close a clearance between the main body and the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20110011967 - Dual-bearing reel lever drag mechanism: A lever drag mechanism includes a friction disc, a drag disc, and a moving mechanism. The moving mechanism includes an urging member. The urging member urges a bearing by pressing an inner periphery thereof to allow an outer periphery of the bearing to make constant contact with a housing recess.... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20110011968 - Dual-bearing reel sound producing device: The spool sound producing mechanism includes a collar member, an operation member, a convexo-concave member, a sound producing member and urging members. The collar member has first and second overlapping apertures. The operation member has a shaft portion that is movably attached and positioned in either the aperture. The convexo-concave... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20110011970 - Seat belt pretensioner: The invention relates to a belt tensioner with a belt shaft (10), a force limitation arrangement (70) connected with the belt shaft (10), and a tensioner drive wheel (20) coupled with the belt shaft (10) so as to be locked against relative rotation, in which a retaining element (30, 50)... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20110011969 - Seat belt retractor: A seat belt retractor (10) is provided with: a spindle (12) around which a seat belt (B) is wound; a torsion bar (17) disposed in a cavity (27) of the spindle (12), an axial end portion of the torsion bar (17) being attached to an axial end portion of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20110011971 - Device and method for preparing mandrels, device for collecting the wound mandrels and device and method for handling the mandrels: A device and a method for preparing mandrels (1′) to be fitted on a rod (7) and spaced from one another. The device includes two grooves (2, 3) arranged in the vicinity of one another, i.e. a supply groove for receiving the mandrels (1) along the axis of the groove,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110006145 - Centrally-holed paper roll with reinforcing element and method of manufacturing said roll: A roll of sheet product, in particular of tissue paper, with a central hole along its winding axis includes a cylindrical reinforcing element onto which the paper is wound. The reinforcing element includes at least one ring joined to the innermost turn of the roll, with a width less than... Agent: Georgia-pacific LLC

20110006146 - Cable retractor: A cable retractor is provided. In accordance with at least one embodiment, the cable retractor is articulate, comprising an articulate housing which comprises a cable stop housing pivotably coupled to a pulley housing. In accordance with at least one embodiment, the cable retractor also comprises a first pulley assembly coupled... Agent: The Hecker Law Group

20110006147 - Webbing winding device: A webbing winding device includes a clutch mechanism interposed between a spool and an output shaft of a motor and has a simple structure and high operability. In an interference piece that has an interference portion interfering with a connection pawl when an input gear of a clutch is rotated... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20110006148 - Tensioner for continuous web rewind roll: A tensioner for controlling tension in a continuous web being wound onto a rewind roller after the web is processed, for example after printing on labels carried on the web. The tensioner receives the web from a processor and has a slack sensor between the processor and the input of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20110006149 - Method for automatic cable tension on a reel: The method of controlling the tension to an umbilical wrapped on the spool of an offshore reel when the umbilical is being normally deployed or retrieved, comprising providing a motor, sensing the number of wraps of cable on the reel, automatically calculating the radius to the current wrap being deployed,... Agent: Benton F. Baugh

20110006150 - Method for automatic slip clutch tension on a reel: The method of preventing over tension to an umbilical wrapped on the spool of an offshore reel when the umbilical is being normally deployed or retrieved or when the umbilical is unexpectedly pulled from the spool on the reel, comprising providing a main disk, mounting the main disk on the... Agent: Benton F. Baugh

20110000995 - Bail for spinning reel: A bail assembly is provided for a spinning reel of the type having a spool mounted for reciprocal and rotational movement with respect to a body, a drag system, a rotor with a line pickup generally surrounding the spool, and a handle drive mechanism for reciprocating the spool and rotating... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20110000996 - Adaptive load limiting seat belt retractor: A safety seat belt arrangement comprises a retractor or spool assembly including a spool (20), carrying the seat belt, rotatable in a frame (18) unless blocked by a blocking mechanism (25), the spool assembly including a head member (22) cooperating with the blocking mechanism. A load limiting torsion bar assembly... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20110000997 - Roller structure for fabric winding machine: A roller mounted onto a fabric winding machine to roll up fabric aims to solve the shortcomings of the conventional rollers that tend to cause fabric skewing during fabric rolling and are difficult to remove due to a lengthy structure. The roller of the invention has an outer diameter gradually... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20110000998 - Wire dispensing apparatus for packaged wire: A container includes side walls and a floor panel for packaging coiled wire, which may be welding wire. A wire dispensing apparatus is included that pays-off wire from the coil without tangling or twisting. The wire dispensing apparatus incorporates a plurality of flexible protrusions that extend from a base constructed... Agent: Hahn Loeser / Lincoln