Abstract: A strap tension retaining device is configured for a use with a bulk unit secured by a strap under tension. Such a bulk unit load has a corner and defines a bulk unit perimeter. The strap tension retaining device includes a fixed base element, fixed relative to the bulk unit load, a floating element movable relative to the fixed base element, a biasing element mounted between the floating element and the fixed base element and a guide element mounting the floating element to the fixed base element to guide movement of the floating element relative to the fixed base element. The strap tension retaining device is positioned at about the corner of the bulk unit load with the strap positioned around the bulk unit perimeter of the bulk unit load, over the strap tension retaining device floating element. When the strap is tensioned a force is exerted by the strap on the floating element to force the biasing element against the bias direction.

Abstract: A textile tube on which yarn is wound to form a pack comprises a body having a tubular body extending between opposed ends and an outer surface. At least one recessed score is defined proximate at least one end of the tube body. The recessed score has a substantially rectangular shape wherein the width of the recessed score is at least about five times the depth of the recessed score. As such, the recessed score provides more surface area for capturing yarn during a winding procedure. The recessed score also retains a substantially constant shape regardless of the moisture content of the tube, which is particularly advantageous when the tube body is formed of paperboard or other hygroscopic material. Methods of reconditioning the surface of the recessed score in order to improve the tube lifespan are also provided.

Abstract: This invention is aimed to provide a recording tape cartridge with a smaller bump formed on a wind-up surface of a reel-hub in a tape drive while winding the recording tape on the reel hub. The recording tape cartridge of this invention comprises a case; a recording tape, which is wound around a single rotatable reel contained in the case and wound onto a reel hub of a tape drive, for recording information thereto or playing information back therefrom; a leader tape having a tape shaped form and having a flexibility in its thickness direction, and being connected at one end of said leader tape to the top end of the recording tape; wherein said leader tape having engagements attachable to the reel hub formed at the other leader tape end which is not connected to the recording tape, and having said engagements positioned on the outer edges of the leader tape, and fitting closely on the periphery of the reel hub with the engagements engaging with the reel hub when the recording tape is wound onto the reel hub.

Abstract: A multi-layer coil is wound around a bobbin having a center pillar and a small and a large flanges connected to longitudinal ends of the center pillar. A winding space having a trapezoidal cross-section in a plane cut through the center axis of the bobbin is formed outside the center pillar between both flanges. To wind the multi-layer coil in this winding space, a turning position where a layer of the coil moves up to a higher layer is set by a position setter, and the turning position is automatically shifted layer by layer to form a sloped outer surface of the coil. The coil is wound in a shape fitting the trapezoidal winding space without reducing the winding speed. The space factor of the coil in the winding space is improved, making the coil compact in size.

Abstract: A device for guiding a web includes a frame, a first angle bar angled with respect to the entering web direction and supported by the frame for movement along a first path, the first angle bar having a first and a second side, a second angle bar angled with respect to the entering web direction and supported by the frame for movement along a second path, and a roller for changing a direction of the web between the first angle bar and second angle bar, the roller being moveable along a third path so as to be movable laterally beyond both the first side and second side of the angle bar.

Abstract: A support tube for winding yarn on a bobbin made of cardboard or another material suitable for the purpose and with a cylindrical or frustum of cone form. Such a tube is characterized in that it is equipped, on its side surface, with at least two indentations or attaching or capturing the end of the thread to be wound on the support itself.

Abstract: A tube plate supported in a freely rotatable manner in a creel of a cheese-producing textile machine is provided with a tensioning cone that fits into the cheese tube and fixes it. The tube plate includes a base body with the tensioning cone and a clamping ring, axially movable relative to and supported on the base body.

Abstract: A method for forming the wound package of a conical cheese on rotor spinning machines, wherein a crossing angle ?M in a central zone of the bobbin traverse is less than 28° and a crossing angle ?R in the end zones located adjacent the ends of the wound package is increased in respect to the central zone. The cylindrical cheeses thereby produced are distinguished by long running lengths, solid structure, good density distribution and excellent unwinding properties.

Abstract: A seat member of a reel unit of a spinning reel is fixed by means of a screw member to a cover portion of a lid member formed by die casting in a direction in which a body member and the lid member are separated from each other. The lid member is mounted to the body member to which various mechanisms have been mounted, and a cover member is mounted to the lower rear portion of the reel unit. Then, the cover member and the body member are fixedly coupled to each other by means of a screw member in a direction transverse to the direction in which the body member and the lid member are separated from each other, i.e., a direction transverse to the direction in which the body member and the lid member are extracted from the die.

Abstract: A first bearing and a second bearing are mounted on an inner peripheral side of an inner peripheral portion of a bobbin portion. The first bearing and the second bearing are rotatably mounted on a spool shaft a tubular retaining member. An annular member is mounted to an outer periphery of the spool shaft so as to be prevented from moving rearward relative to the spool shaft. A through hole passes through the retaining member. The retaining member is non-rotatably coupled to the spool shaft by a pin member. A nut member is mounted on the outer periphery of the spool shaft, such that the retaining member is interposed and fixedly held between the annular member and the nut member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for guiding a band-type product (1) especially a metal band, comprising at least two conical deflectors (2, 2?) arranged head to foot. According to the invention, each deflector (2, 2?) comprises a fixed base (3, 3?) whereon are mounted, in the manner of satellites, a plurality of rotating guiding rolls (4, 4?) forming the same angle (A) with an axis (30, 30?) of the deflector (2, 2?), and said deflectors (2, 2?) are oriented relative to the longitudinal running axis (10) of the band (1) so that the latter comprises successively, in the running direction, an upstream portion (1a) tangent and perpendicular to an input generatrix (5a) on a first deflector (2), a central portion (1b) tangent and perpendicular, upwardly to an output generatrix (5b) of the first deflector (2) and, downwardly, to an input generatrix (5?a) on the second deflector (2?) and a downstream portion (1c) tangent and perpendicular to an output generatrix (5?b) of the second deflector (2?).

Abstract: A conveyor unit for conveying a web of material, in particular for conveying a web of corrugated board in a corrugating machine, comprises a machine frame; a delivery roller, which is lodged in the machine frame rotatably about a first axis of rotation; a drive for actuation of the delivery roller; a draw roller, which is lodged in the machine frame rotatably about a second axis of rotation, the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation being substantially parallel to each other, a nip for the web of material to pass through being formed between the delivery roller and the draw roller, the draw roller having a draw-roller-surface coefficient of friction which is selected so as to ensure power transmission from the draw roller to the web of material that rests thereon, and the delivery roller having a delivery-roller-surface coefficient of friction which is less than or equal to the draw-roller-surface coefficient of friction; and a torque transmission arrangement, which acts between the delivery

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for winding a web about a central axis and a rotating mandrel to form a roll. A rolled web product with an alternating winding pattern may be manufactured. A feeding mechanism provides a running web to be wound into a roll. A retainer assembly may be configured for holding the web as it is wound upon the rotating mandrel. The retainer assembly may be configured to accommodate oscillating movement of the rotating mandrel between a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction. The web may be placed upon a roll by winding in one direction and then back again in a second direction repeatedly to form a roll. Retaining means, such as paddles, may be actuated from an active position in contact with the web to a resting position removed from the roll. Paddles may serve to hold the web upon the outer surface of the roll at the time in which the rotating mandrel is changing rotational direction.

Abstract: An idler mechanism for a magnetic tape device. An idler gear is swingingly displaced between first and second positions to selectively transmit rotation to one of a pair of reels. One end of an arm-like swinging member is coupled in a relatively rotatable manner to a center shaft of an input gear which always meshes with the idler gear and which is rotated forwardly and reversely. A shaft which is disposed on the other end of the swinging member is inserted in a relatively rotatable manner into a bearing hole of the idler gear. A surface of a flange which is disposed on the input gear is formed as a friction force applying face which extends radially outwardly so as to be inclined downwardly. An outer peripheral portion of the idler gear slidably comes into contact with the friction force applying face.

Abstract: Method and winding apparatus for winding a coil that may be used in a high voltage coil assembly. The method allows providing a bobbin. The bobbin may include at one end thereof a start wedge having a wedge angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the bobbin. Relative alignment is provided between the bobbin and a wire feeder device so that a strand of wire from the wire-feeder device is fed perpendicular relative to a layer of winding that, upon rotation of the bobbin, progressively propagates along the longitudinal axis of the bobbin with a predefined winding angle.

Abstract: A spinning reel includes a reel body having a connection portion for connecting said reel body to a fishing rod, and an engagement portion. A handle is rotatably mounted on the reel body. A rotor has a hole fitted onto the engagement portion of the reel body to mask the engagement portion. A spool is rotatably mounted on the reel body for a fishing line wound thereon. A cover is mounted on the reel body to mask a portion of the reel body on which heads of bolts are exposed. The cover has two arms each of which have a distal end coupled to the engagement portion.

Abstract: In a double type tape feeder in which two tape feed mechanisms that pitch-feed carrier tapes holding electronic components are arranged in parallel and two carrier tapes can be simultaneously supplied, sprockets in the tape pitch feed mechanisms are arranged so that they hold a shaft axis in common, and directions of respective rotary shafts of motors are coincided with each other toward the shaft axis, so that the motors are arranged in radial pattern. Hereby, an overlap of widthwise sizes of the motors in plane arrangement is permitted. Therefore, the whole width size is reduced and a compact tape feeder is realized.

Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes an opening 1C through which a magnetic tape is drawn out, and a slide door 6 that slides along a sidewall 1D provided with the opening 1C to open and close the opening 1C. The opening 1C is provided in part of the sidewall 1D across a lower half 1A and an upper half 1B of the cartridge case 1. At least one of a lower half portion and an upper half portion of the sidewall is provided with a holding groove 1L that receives a front end portion 6A of the slide door 6 when the opening is closed. Therefore, the upper half 1B and the lower half 1A of the magnetic tape cartridge may be smoothly combined.

Abstract: A wire winding machine includes two mandrels for winding wire alternately thereon. A traverse positions wire axially along each mandrel, and moves in an arcuate path to position wire adjacent one or the other mandrel. A single transfer arm transfers wire from a wound to an unwound mandrel by extending a wire guide adjacent the wound mandrel, retracting the wire guide to engage the wire, rotating to position the wire adjacent the wound mandrel, and extending to guide the wire into a clamping and cutting mechanism. The mechanism clamps and cuts the wire in response to the mandrel end cap being placed into position. The wire winding machine includes a portable operator console, and a network interface. A wire tension control unit includes a radiated signal source and detector to detect movement of a moveable pulley assembly relative to a fixed pulley assembly to control the supply of wire.

Abstract: A rotation support structure for a dual-bearing reel includes a reel unit, a spool shaft, and fluid bearings. The spool shaft is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the reel unit and can rotate relative to the reel unit. The fluid bearings have a plurality of grooves for forming a fluid lubricant film between the reel unit and the spool shaft. The rotation support structure is provided for a high-speed rotation operation of a dual-bearing reel, with which a reduction of the rotation performance during high-speed rotation can be successfully suppressed.