| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 242566000 | With particular guide or guard | 21 |
| 20080315031 | Production and application of biodegradable sediment control device - An elongated web of flexible material having a covering of excelsior across a portion thereof has an elongated edge portion uncovered. The elongated covered portion is folded over upon itself a number of times, and the elongated uncovered side portion (a tail) are wound upon a roll for utilization after unrolling, as a sediment barrier, properly staked into the ground. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090114758 | Paper supply mechanism and roll paper printer - A paper supply mechanism comprising a roll paper compartment for storing roll paper, a first side wall that can move and defines one side of the roll paper compartment, a second side wall that defines the other side of the roll paper compartment, a lock mechanism that locks the first side wall, a roll paper urging member that urges the roll paper in a storage width direction of the roll paper compartment; and a holding mechanism that operates in conjunction with the lock mechanism and holds the roll paper urging member in a predetermined position. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090189010 | Sheet Application Apparatus - Disclosed is a wrapping apparatus for a structure configured to deliver a rolled material in a safe and efficient manner. The apparatus includes a crossbar configured to roll along the top surface of a wall, a roll retention member depending in a generally downward direction from the crossbar to hold a roll of material, and a retention member depending in a generally downward direction to secure the apparatus to the wall. The apparatus is configured to roll along the top surface of a wall and to move around corners of the structure. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090242687 | Roller protective device - A roller protective device including a bracket, an operating arm reciprocally movably mounted on the bracket for holding a roller, a cover pivotally connected with the operating arm and movable between a first position and a second position in response to the reciprocation of the operating arm for disclosing/enclosing the roller, and a resilient member positioned between the operating arm and the cover. The resilient member always exerts a resilient force onto the cover in a direction to the first position where the cover discloses the roller. In a not used state, the cover is automatically moved to the second position where the cover encloses the roller to protect the roller from contamination of aerosols. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100001115 | Apparatus and method for handling an artificial turf arranged on a base - An apparatus is disclosed for handling an artificial turf arranged on a base. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a removing station for lifting from the base a strip of the artificial turf extending in a longitudinal direction, a separating station for separating filling material from the strip and a winding station for winding the strip onto a shaft. A method is disclosed for handling an artificial turf arranged on a base. In at least one embodiment, the method includes lifting a strip of the artificial turf extending in a longitudinal direction from the base, separating infill material from the strip and winding the strip onto a shaft. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100044493 | DEVICE FOR LOADING STRIPS OF WIPING MATERIAL FOR WIPING MATERIAL DISPENSING APPARATUSES - A device for loading strips of wipe material for wipe material dispensing machines of the type including a housing that accommodates lateral side pieces which support a drum including a cutting device and a strip of material located above the drum, is distinctive in that it comprises a dual arrangement with, firstly, an enclosure that is concentric with the drum and defines, together with the drum, a gap through which the strip of material passes and, secondly, at least two rollers arranged parallel to each other and rotatably mounted relative to the lateral side pieces of the housing and meshing with a sprocket joined to the drum. An intermediate roller is fitted between the at least two rollers and make it possible to insert the strip of material into the gap between the enclosure and the drum and then eject it towards the front of the machine. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100187349 | IN OR RELATING TO CREELS - A creel includes a yarn package of the rotational type, which is mounted on a yarn package holder, and yarn guiding apparatus. The yarn guiding apparatus includes a first, second, third and fourth yarn guiding means. The first yarn guiding means is attached to a first end of a pivoting member. The pivoting member pivots about a pivot axis spaced from the first end. In use yarn is drawn from the yarn package and about the first, second, third and fourth yarn guiding means. The yarn is unwound by applying tension to the yarn. During unwinding, the point at which the yarn leaves the yarn package traverses axially back and forth across the yarn package. Because the first yarn guiding means is free to rotate about the pivot axis, the tension in the yarn acts to move the first guide means to a position substantially in alignment with that point. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20120199687 | ROLLED MEDIUM HOLDER DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A rolled medium holder device includes: a guide member; a holder unit, including a shaft portion that holds a roll-shaped rolled medium, that is slidable relative to the guide member; and a stopper member, provided in the holder unit, that makes surface contact with the outer circumferential surface of the guide member. Here, the pressing force exerted on the outer circumferential surface of the guide member by the stopper member between two different points of the stopper member in the circumferential direction of the guide member can be adjusted; the holder unit is immobilized by increasing the pressing force; and the holder unit can be slid by reducing the pressing force. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120305696 | DISPENSING GAP DEFINED BETWEEN LOADING DOOR AND MAIN BODY OF AUTOMATIC TOWEL DISPENSER - A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door. The towel dispenser may include a motor for driving dispensing of the toweling from the housing and an associated sensor. The towel dispenser can be mounted to an underside of a cabinet. In an aspect, the front wall of the main body and a lip of the loading door collectively define a gap to which the guiding system guides the toweling and through which towels are dispensed when the loading door is in the closed position. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130082133 | SHEET STORING DEVICE AND PRINTER WITH THE SHEET STORING DEVICE - A sheet storing device comprises an opening section that opens upwards and let a roll paper in and out; and a storing section that includes a roll paper receiving wall wherein in a paper feeding direction of a continuous-feed paper pulled from the roll paper the movement of the roll paper towards the paper feeding direction is controlled, a surface opposite to the roll paper slopes in an acute angle relative to a horizontal direction, and stores the roll paper. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130126662 | WIRE RETAINING RING FOR ENDLESS BULK MIG WIRE BOXES - The subject embodiments are directed to a system to allow an uninterrupted flow of a coil welding wire from one container to another container, the coil of welding wire including a coil top and a coil bottom. Each container includes 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 trailing end being positionable near the top opening. A wire retaining ring is disposed on the coil top in the container and another said container, the wire retaining ring includes a slot that extends radially from a center of the coil to allow the trailing end of the coil to be drawn at a location away from the center of the coil. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126663 | WIRE RETAINING RING FOR A WELDING SYSTEM - The subject embodiments are directed to a system to allow an uninterrupted flow of a coil welding wire from one container to another container, the coil of welding wire including a coil top and a coil bottom. Each container includes 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 trailing end being positionable near the top opening. A wire retaining ring is disposed on the coil top in the container and another said container, the wire retaining ring includes a slot that extends radially from a center of the coil to allow the trailing end of the coil to be drawn at a location away from the center of the coil. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130193259 | WIRE RETAINING RING FOR A WELDING SYSTEM - The subject embodiments are directed to a wire packaging system for a coil of welding wire defining a bore, the system including a container adapted to receive the coil therein, the container having a base; a wire retainer having a base portion adapted to overlie the coil, the base portion defining an aperture adapted to overlie the bore of the coil; the base portion including a first support and a second support located on opposite sides of the aperture; each support extending upward from the base portion; a hold down assembly including a restraint supported near the base of the container and extending upward through the aperture to attach to a hold down member, the hold down member having first and second ends engageable with the first and second supports and the restraint adapted to apply a compressive force to the supports via attachment of the restraint to the hold down member. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130270385 | APPARATUS FOR FEEDING WIRE TO WIRE PROCESSING MACHINES - An apparatus for feeding wire to wire-processing machines, in which the wire is drawn off from a pay-off reel holding a wire coil and rotatable about a spindle and fed to a wire feeder upstream of the wire-processing machine, wherein at least one wire-deflecting device, via which the wire drawn off from the pay-off reel is guided and released towards the wire feeder, is connected downstream of the pay-off reel in the wire draw-off direction, and wherein a wire-storage device is provided upstream of the wire feeder, this apparatus presents a guide path, forming a closed circuit, on which the wire runs and the diameter of which can be altered between a smaller value corresponding to an inner radial position of the guide path and a larger value corresponding to an outer radial position of the guide path, wherein the guide path is spring-pretensioned towards the outer radial position. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140061359 | Size-Adjustable and Securable Media Spindle Apparatus - A media spindle apparatus for supporting a media roll having media to be delivered to a printing apparatus. The apparatus includes a spindle configured to support the roll. The spindle defines an axial direction about which the roll rotates relative to the printing apparatus to deliver the media to the printing apparatus. A guide member is supported by the spindle and guides the media to the printing apparatus. The guide member is positionable in a first configuration in which a securing mechanism is disengaged and the guide member is translatable substantially in the axial direction relative to the spindle. The guide member is pivotable about the axial direction relative to the spindle to move to a second configuration and thereby engage the securing mechanism to inhibit the guide member from translating in the axial direction relative to the spindle and pivoting from the second configuration to the first configuration. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140070045 | CABLE DISPENSING APPARATUS - A cable dispensing apparatus for laying cable has a support for a coil, e.g. a drum, of cable. A boom assembly that includes an arm extends from a location fixed relative to the coil support. Cable guides are fixed relative to the arm at an end of the arm remote from the support. In use the cable guides direct cable from the coil into a trench during use. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140306054 | SUPPORTED STRAP TWIST DEVICE - A supported strap twist device reorients a strap along a strap path. The device includes an inlet, an outlet and a reorienting section. The reorienting section includes a body having entrance and exit ends and a transition section therebetween. The transition section has a through-bore having a varying cross-sectional shape defining a race. The race has, at a first end, an opposed inwardly pinched circular profile defining a gap. The circular profile thins along the race toward an hourglass profile, and has, at a second end, an elongated shape. The gap has a substantially constant width along the race. The strap enters the first end at an angle relative to the second end and is reoriented to a desired orientation at the second end. The strap is supported by the race as it traverses therethrough. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140346271 | BOBBIN UNWINDING DEVICE OF FILAMENT WINDING DEVICE - This bobbin unwinding device ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150060592 | MEDIUM LOADING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium loading device that is arranged adjacent to an image forming apparatus that includes a medium supply roller that carries a medium, includes a medium guide part that has a guide surface along which the medium is guided toward the medium supply roller, and is arranged on an upstream side of the medium supply roller in a medium carrying direction; a medium end contact part that is arranged on an upstream side of the medium guide part in the medium carrying direction, is positioned below the guide surface of the medium guide part in the vertical direction, and is configured to contact an medium upstream end of the medium so that a portion of the medium is upwardly supported when the medium upstream end of the medium contacts the medium end contact part. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20160101968 | BEARING MEANS BRAKE DEVICE - A method for introducing an elevator support into an elevator system includes a support brake device for controlling a drawing-in speed of the elevator support. The elevator support is wound on a support roller at a floor or in a machine room of a building. The elevator support is unwound from the roller and introduced into a shaft of the elevator system. The support brake device is arranged between the support roller and the shaft, and a drawing-in speed of the elevator support is adjusted by the support brake device. The support brake device contains a traction pulley for receiving the elevator support that is rotatably mounted in a support frame so that the elevator support can at least partly loop around the traction pulley. The traction pulley is braked by a pulley brake device, whereby the drawing-in speed can be controlled. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160192547 | COMPONENT SUPPLY DEVICE - A component supply device provided with a rail which transports a carrier tape, and a movable member which is provided above the rail and moves up and down, in which a gap above the carrier tape which passes a bottom portion of the movable member is blocked by the movable member. | 06-30-2016 |
