Patents Assigned to PATCO Machine and Fabricating, Inc.
  • Reel with level winding mechanism
    Patent number: 7210647
    Abstract: A reel for receiving, storing, and paying out a cable, hose, or the like has a drum mounted in a frame and a level winding mechanism, which includes a carriage having a guide for the cable or hose, and a rotatable drive which moves the carriage approximately parallel to a rotational center of the drum. The rotatable drive is elongated and is mounted at each end on a mounting location attached to the frame. A source of motive power for rotating the rotatable drive is provided at each end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: PATCO Machine and Fabricating, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Bruce Dion