Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
242170000 | Housing or outer peripheral support | 18 |
20080257995 | Blueprint plans helper - The “Blueprint Helper” is what a contractor, construction worker, and all tradesmen need to get the job done. There is no ridged backboard, legs to slow the worker down. When a home builder starts to build a house he needs to layout the concrete slab foundation or wood floor with windows and doors and heights, by using the “Blueprint Plans Helper” he can lay the plans on the floor with a quick look at the plans, he can use a marker to set measurements. If the worker needs to change location, review or make changes, it is no problem to rollup and move on. The nylon strap locks fast and prevents torn and tattered plans. Another feature is a business card pocket with a clear vinyl for easy identification. | 10-23-2008 |
20090289137 | PORTABLE COLLAPSIBLE APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DISPENSING PAPER TOWELS - A paper towel roll of approximately 12 inches in length or less is spooled onto a center rod that is coupled to an end terminal in one end panel of a cylindrical portable, soft, collapsible and protective cover. The remaining free end of the center rod is then coupled to another end terminal in the opposite end panel of the soft collapsible cover. The user is can then pull on the paper towel sheets and withdrawn them from the soft collapsible cover in order to dispense sheets from the roll as needed. When not in use, a flap completely encloses the paper towel roll and center rod in order to store the contents inside and protect them from the outside environment. | 11-26-2009 |
20130140388 | STORAGE PACKAGE FOR STRING-LIKE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR STORING STRING-LIKE MATERIAL - A tubular storage package which stores a string-like material includes a tubular core rod which is mounted in a center of a bottom of the storage container, the string-like material is a plurality of continuous loop shapes, a storage starting end of the string-like material protrudes, and a winding center of each loop of the plurality of loops is deviated around an axis of the storage container and the loop is laminated. | 06-06-2013 |
20140027554 | Caddy for grappling hook and deployment spool assembly - A belt-attachable caddy for carrying a retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet on the hook is wound. The hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidently to the deployed and retracted tines. | 01-30-2014 |
20140306049 | SLIP LIFT CORE FOR DRUMS - A package for coiled welding wire includes an outer housing and a slip lift core within the outer housing. The outer housing and the slip lift core form an annular space for coiling a quantity of welding wire. The slip lift core includes a fixed core and a slip core. The slip core is capable of telescopic movement relative to the fixed core from a retracted position to an extended position. At least one of the fixed core and the slip core includes a locking mechanism integrally formed with the at least one of the fixed core and the slip core, and the locking mechanism is configured to hold the slip core in the extended position. A further example of the package for coiled welding wire can include a winding surface for the welding wire to be wound around the slip lift core in a series of turns. | 10-16-2014 |
242171000 | With strand guide | 13 |
20080203205 | ADJUSTABLE CABLE SECURING SYSTEM - A system for securing cable within an enclosure is provided. This system includes an enclosure, wherein the enclosure further includes a bottom portion having a channel formed lengthwise therein; at least one spool mounted in the enclosure, wherein the at least one spool further includes a body having a channel formed therein and a base, and wherein a portion of the spool is inserted into the channel formed in the bottom portion of the enclosure; a length of cable, wherein a portion of the length of cable is inserted into the channel formed in the body of the at least one spool; and wherein rotating the base of the at least one spool winds the cable onto the body of the spool and secures the cable thereto. | 08-28-2008 |
20090057459 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAPERED CORE DRUM PACKAGE PAYOFF - Arrangements and methods for welding wire payoff sources. A tapered core and base plate, optionally along with a wire guide insert, are configured with a payout drum package and a cover containing a welding wire stack such that the welding wire may be payed off smoothly from the wire stack during an arc welding operation, without the welding wire flipping or tangling. | 03-05-2009 |
20090057460 | WIRE GUIDE INSERT AND METHOD FOR DRUM PACKAGE PAYOFF - Arrangements and methods for welding wire payoff sources. A tapered core and base plate, optionally along with a wire guide insert, are configured with a payout drum package and a cover containing a welding wire stack such that the welding wire may be payed off smoothly from the wire stack during an arc welding operation, without the welding wire flipping or tangling. | 03-05-2009 |
20100096485 | FILAMENT GUIDE MECHANISM FOR FILAMENT SPOOL CONTAINER - A container comprising a housing that is configured to rotatably mount a filament supply spool, and a filament guide mechanism mountable within a channel of the housing, where the filament guide mechanism comprises a filament pathway configured to guide the filament from the filament supply spool rotatably mounted in the interior chamber, and a sensor configured to detect the presence of the filament through at least a portion of the filament pathway. | 04-22-2010 |
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 ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100230525 | 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 to minimally contact the coil of wire. In particular, the wire dispensing apparatus incorporates an angled or curved base that rests against an inner circumference of the coiled wire. | 09-16-2010 |
20110266383 | 360-degree freedom electric cord device and system - A 360-degree freedom electric cord device system contains and manages automatic extension and retraction of an electric cord/cable supplying power to a push/pull-type electric machine, either self-propelled or not, for intended displacement or steering on a surface by a user. The 360-degree freedom electric cord device system, partly mounted on the electric machine, allows the power cord to clear obstacles on the surface and includes a self-retracting spool to automatically extend and rewind the power cord and continuously keeps physical tension therein, in a straight line and a natural position, during the displacement in any direction of the electric machine. With a ratchet mechanism, the device can also suitably be used independently of the machine as an electric retractable extension cord reel. | 11-03-2011 |
20130075511 | Dispensing Device for Labels - A dispensing device for adhesive labels, comprising a holder, a roll made from strip material comprising a carrier and adhesive labels adhered to the carrier. The holder made from plastic material and comprises adjacent holder sections connected with each other via at least one elastic hinge and joined on the opposite side by fixing means, such as ‘click’ fixing means. The holder forming a dispensing slot for the adhesive labels and an extended first curved guide for the strip material located between the roll and the dispensing slot. A second curved guide extends out next to the first curved guide. A transition point close to the dispensing slot between both curved guides such that the carrier is guided via both guides and the transition point in such a way that the transition point the adhesive labels are released from the carrier. | 03-28-2013 |
20130082132 | WORK STORAGE CONTAINERS - A container system that includes a container portion having a base that defines a perimeter and a wall having a first end that is attached to the base, wherein the wall extends from the first end so that the base and the wall define an interior volume of space and wherein a second end of the wall defines an edge of an opening into the interior volume of space. The container system further including a cover having a surface that is positioned to contact the edge and block the opening, wherein the surface includes a pattern of perforations that defines a weakened area of the surface that is surrounded by the pattern of perforations. | 04-04-2013 |
20130161432 | CONSUMABLE ASSEMBLY WITH PAYOUT TUBE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A payout tube for enabling payout of a consumable filament from a consumable assembly that is configured for use with an additive manufacturing system, the payout tube comprising a tip end having an inlet opening, a base end having an outlet opening, and a tube body having an average effective outer diameter that is substantially greater than an effective inner diameter of the inlet opening. | 06-27-2013 |
20140246532 | ENDLESS WIRE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A container for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one the container to another the container. The coil of welding wire including a coiled portion having a top and a bottom, a first extension of the wire extending from the coil near the coil top to a feeding end and a second extension of the wire extending from the coil near the bottom to a transfer end. The transfer end of the one container being joinable to the feeding end of the another container. The container including an outer packaging with at least one vertically extending side wall, a closed bottom, a top opening for removing the welding wire and a wire coil receiving cavity within the outer packaging for receiving the wire coil. The feeding end and the transfer end being positionable near the top opening; the container further including a transfer sleeve having a first end, a second end and a wire passage extending along a sleeve axis longitudinally between the first and second ends, the wire passage being sized to allow the welding wire to travel axially through the passage. The sleeve further including a separable release slot extending between the first and second ends and the slot having a substantially closed position to maintain the welding wire in the passage. The slot also including a separated position to allow a length of the wire in the passage to pass transversely through the slot. | 09-04-2014 |
20150368065 | Filament Storage and Dispensing Assembly - A filament storage and dispensing assembly stores and dispenses filament, such as fishing line, thread or the like. The assembly includes a container having a closed end, an open end and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending between the closed end and the open end. The open end defines an access opening into an interior space of the container. A spool is positionable in the interior space of the container. Filament is rotatably mounted around the spool for storing the filament in a coiled manner on the spool. A hole is positioned in the perimeter wall of the container. A free end of the filament is extendable through the hole for dispensing the filament outwardly of the container. A container lid is removably couplable to the open end of the container and is positionable to close the access opening of the container. | 12-24-2015 |
20160101962 | Locking Ring and Packaging for Dispensing Wound Material From a Container - A locking ring is described that permits removal of filamentary material housed in a walled container through a payout tube defining a payout tube axis and through which a first end of the filamentary material extends. The ring includes an annular flange around a ring axis and a body having a tubular wall extending from an inner edge of the annular flange to a distal edge of the ring. The tubular wall is coaxial with the ring axis, and has a plurality of teeth circumferentially spaced around the tubular wall and extend from the tubular wall radially outwardly and toward the annular flange. Each tooth resiliently deflects radially inwardly in response to interference between the tooth and an inner wall of the payout tube. The curved edges form a thread permitting the ring to advance axially into and secure with the payout tube. | 04-14-2016 |