Abstract: A printer includes a first case and a second case, a paper containing portion is formed in the first case and contains a paper roll, a paper holder is provided in the paper containing portion and hold the paper roll, a pair of supporting members are provided in the paper holder and hold both ends of the paper roll, with each of the supporting members holding one of the ends, a contacting portion is provided in the paper holder and is thicker than are the supporting members, and a first projection projects in the paper containing portion from the first case toward the paper holder and is positioned, in the axial direction of the paper roll, between the contacting portion and a wall surface of the first case located on the side of the contact portion and is able to come into contact with the contacting portion.

Abstract: A winding device for winding a continuously arriving material web onto a reel, including a contact roller by which the material web can be guided and transferred to the reel in contact with the surface of the contact roller. The contact roller has a support tube and fibers, which protrude from the outside of the support tube and form the surface of the contact roller. The fibers extend essentially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the contact roller so that first ends of the fibers are affixed to the support tube and their other free ends define a surface of the contact roller.

Abstract: The ratchet strap binder includes a main frame and a spool mounted for rotation inside the main frame. In one possible implementation, the spool has an outer surface and includes a first strap-receiving passageway extending inside the spool between opposite first and second openings located on the outer surface of the spool, and a second strap-receiving passageway extending inside the spool from a third opening located on the outer surface of the spool to at least the first passageway. Also disclosed is a method of adjusting a strap in length and a ratchet strap binder including an elongated strap passing inside the at least one strap-receiving passageway, the strap forming a loop to adjust the strap in length. The loop can be pulled using a finger-actuated pull tab attached to the loop or be pulled directly by the user's fingers.

Abstract: A coil spring is provided in a compressed state between a coupling wall section provided at a clutch guide and an inner-side locking section. The clutch guide is provided with a support section which supports one axial-direction end section of the coil spring from a side opposite to the clutch cover in an axial direction of the clutch guide. The clutch cover is provided with a leading-end protruding section which is projected with respect to the inner-side locking section so as to be inserted in the other axial-direction end section of the coil spring. The leading-end protruding section is inclined, with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the clutch cover, toward a support section side, so that the coil spring is curved so as to be convex to the support section side.

Abstract: A dual-mode retractor for an automotive seat belt webbing is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being one of an ELR mode and an ALR mode, and the second mode being the other one of the ELR mode and the ALR mode. The retractor switches between the first mode and the second mode via a relative movement between a first part and a second part of the retractor. The magnetic field of a permanent magnet mounted on the first part is picked up by a Hall effect sensor. An interrupter plate is mounted on the second part in a position relative to the magnet, in which the interrupter plate, in which the interrupter plate exposes the HED to the original magnetic field in the first mode and to a modified magnetic field in the second mode.

Abstract: In a webbing-winding device, a tension acting on a webbing is smaller when a pretensioner-mechanism is actuated than when a force-limiter mechanism is actuated, thus, projection dimensions of a first claw and a second claw can be made smaller than projection dimensions of second contact portions. A total of contact areas of first contact portions and the second contact portions with a body portion is larger than a total of contact areas of the first claw and the second claw with the body portion. Accordingly, the first claw and the second claw are caused to insert through an insertion hole from the lower side of a stay to attach. Since the projection dimensions can be made smaller, an amount of deflection of the protector can be made smaller. Therefore, the protector can be held on the stay reliably to allow the protector to be attached to the stay easily.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a bridge crane, which comprises a main girder, which is fitted to travel supported by end carriages essentially at both ends and which bridge crane further comprises a hoisting trolley traveling supported by the main girder and a rope drum mounted on bearings to rotate in an essentially stationary position, from which rope drum the hoisting rope is guided to a hook traveling along with the hoisting trolley. The hoisting rope is supported from below for at least a part of its essentially horizontal section.

Abstract: A roll-like medium feeding apparatus includes a support shaft supporting a roll-like medium to be mounted in a freely attached and detached manner, and includes a mounting portion to which a first shaft becoming the support shaft is mounted with the movement of a direction perpendicular to the first shaft in a freely attached and detached manner; a second gear wheel that can be meshed with a first gear wheel disposed in the first shaft and can be rotated around a second shaft which is disposed so as to be parallel to the first shaft that is in the state of being mounted to the mounting portion; and a displacement mechanism that is operated so as to displace the second gear wheel between a meshed position to be meshed with the first gear wheel that is in the state in which the first shaft is mounted to the mounting portion and a separated position separated from the first gear wheel.

Abstract: A tissue dispenser is provided according to the present invention. The tissue dispenser includes a housing for storing and dispensing multiple rolls of tissue, and a mandrel set constructed to move within the housing. The housing includes a first side wall and a cover constructed to provide an opening through which tissue can be dispensed, and a track extending along a portion of the first side wall. The mandrel set includes a first mandrel constructed to hold a first roll of tissue, a second mandrel constructed to hold a second roll of tissue, and an arm extending from the first mandrel to the second mandrel. The arm includes a first pin and a second pin wherein the first pin and the second pin are constructed to engage and travel along the track.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an angle-related method of monitoring crane safety during the setup procedure of a crane, wherein the crane has a sensor system and a crane control and the crane control receives one or more measured values from the sensor system during the setup procedure and compares the measured value or values received with at least one corresponding limit value and triggers a measure on an exceeding and/or falling below of the limit value or values.

Abstract: A pulley with an unlockable clamp, comprising a rotary roller, a pivoting trigger designed to release and clamp the rope against the roller, and control means to keep the trigger in the inactive position disabling action of the clamp, wherein the control means comprise a lock fixed onto the first flange-plate and able to be actuated from a locked position to an unlocked position to enable movement of the trigger to the inactive position.

Abstract: A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel that includes a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of operating a crane having a movable undercarriage and a superstructure rotatably supported thereon with a luffable main boom and derrick boom arranged thereon, wherein an auxiliary crane having a telescopic boom is connected to the crane as derrick ballast and the derrick ballast radius is set via the telescopic boom of the auxiliary crane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a marine load raising and lowering system for use on a vessel, comprising: i. a first winch comprising first driving means for raising or lowering a first cable from the first winch; ii. a second winch comprising second driving means for raising or lowering a second cable from the second winch; iii. operating means connected to the first and second driving means of respectively the first and second winch for synchronising the driving means so as to perform synchronous raising or lowering of the first and second cable; iv.

Abstract: When an attempt is made to insert a fitting-shaft section into a fitting-hole section where phases of the fitting-shaft section of a spring-screw and the fitting-hole section of an adapter about a central-axis line of a spool-body are not matched, shaft-section-side inclined-surfaces formed at shaft-section-side protrusions abut to hole-section-side inclined-surfaces formed at hole-section-side protrusions, so the shaft-section-side inclined-surfaces press the hole-section-side inclined-surfaces in such a direction inclined in a pull-out direction to a projecting-direction of a shaft-section body from a flange section.

Abstract: To prevent the tilt of a locking member with respect to a spool even when the spool is tensioned by a seat belt in case of emergency. A second EA plate support member 16 that is integrated with a locking base 19 has a supported portion 21 having a cylindrical shape. The supported portion 21 is fitted into a locking base tilt prevention support portion 20 of a spool 9 and is supported so as to be rotatable relative to the locking base tilt prevention support portion 20 while the tilt of the supported portion 21 with respect to the spool 9 is being prevented. In this manner, even when the spool 9 is tensioned upward by a large tensional force of the seat belt 4 in case of emergency, the tilt of the center axis of the locking base 19 with respect to the center axis of the spool 9 is prevented. Thus, the EA operation of a seat belt retractor 3 is reliably and effectively performed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a maintenance system for wind turbine equipment. The maintenance system includes a trolley support unit (130), a trolley (140), a pulley, a winch unit (150) and a door (160). The trolley support unit is provided in the nacelle so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the nacelle. The trolley is provided on the trolley support unit so as to be movable in the lateral direction of the nacelle. The pulley is rotatably installed in the trolley. The winch unit is connected to the pulley through a wire. The door is provided in the nacelle so that an element of the nacelle to be repaired is removed from or inserted into the nacelle through the door. Therefore, in the present invention, when maintenance or repair of an element in the nacelle is required, it can be conveniently conducted without using a separate crane.

Abstract: A crane assembly for lifting marine vessels is provided. The assembly includes a sleeve having first and second clamps extending therefrom that are configured for engaging with a pylon of a dock and a boom pole slideably and rotatably received within the sleeve. A winch assembly is carried by the boom pole and including a winch and a cord. A crossbar is provided that has a main support that receives the cord and that has a pair of adjustable supports being carried along a length thereof that are adjustable to vary the space between the pair of adjustable supports. The adjustable supports are configured for engaging a support strap that is configured for passing beneath the marine vessel.

Abstract: A device associated with a crane is described for the control of unwanted movements of a load that is connected to a hoisting line (14) via a number of branch hoisting wires (28, 29), and it is characterised in that the crane derrick comprises means that are arranged to push against the branch wires to dampen and eliminate the unwanted movements. According to the invention the device is used to control rotary movements of a container with four hoisting wires connected to a hook (36) at the end of the main hoisting wire (14) and the arm (22) is unfolded into an approximately vertical position, the two branch arms (28, 29) are folded out into a T-shape (FIG. 5), the arm is rotated further so that the branch arms (30, 32) push against the branch wires (28, 29) with a power sufficient to prevent the container from moving in unwanted ways. According to one variant, a device associated with a crane is proposed for the control of the hoisting line (13) itself for a load.

Abstract: A hoisting device includes a hoisting cable, a winch, a crown block and a traveling bottom block provided with a load attachment device. Both the crown block and the traveling bottom block include one or more sheaves having an essentially horizontally extending rotation shaft about which sheaves the hoisting cable is reeved. At least some of the traveling bottom block sheaves are associated with a releasable connector, and are thereby detachable from the load attachment device and displaceable to an inoperative position. The rotation shaft of multiple traveling bottom block sheaves and multiple crown block sheaves is essentially perpendicular to the rotation shaft of remaining multiple traveling bottom block sheaves and remaining multiple crown block sheaves.