Patents Examined by William E. Dondero
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Patent number: 10925444Abstract: A holder for a roll of toilet paper or a roll of absorbent sheet material, the holder including cordage inserted through the hollow core of the paper roll, the cordage being secured in various embodiments to one or more patches or suction cups mountable to a surface. A roller in the form of a tube can be provided through which the cordage is inserted and which itself is inserted through the paper role core.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventor: Kaveh Harounian
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Patent number: 10919728Abstract: A spool for winding strand-shaped material having flange discs (22, 24) with an outer flange surface and an inner flange surface (21, 23) as well as a method for manufacturing the spool. The discs have a central through bore (30) that is surrounded by an annular recess (25) with an annular wall (26) positioned in the inner flange surface. A tubular spool core (10) has front surfaces which are connected in a materially bonded manner to the annular wall (26) inside the annular recess (25) of the flange discs (22, 24), wherein at least one channel (32) is provided next to the annular wall (26) inside the annular recess (25) for receiving liquefied connection material. The spool core (10) has approximately the same diameter as the annular wall (26) inside the annular recess (25).Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: PURUS PLASTICS GMBHInventors: Martin Wlasak, Thomas Manzei
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Patent number: 10913632Abstract: A cable payout apparatus that comprises a bag with a payout opening for dispensing cable, and first and second frames inside the bag. A first flange is configured to be rotatably coupled to the first frame. A second flange is configured to be rotatably coupled to the second frame. An elongated wall extends from the first flange and releasably couples to the second flange for supporting a coil of cable between the first and second flanges. The first frame is positioned in the base of the bag and the second frame is positioned at the cover of the bag, such that when the cover of the bag is closed with respect to the base of the bag, the second frame releasably couples with the second flange and such that when the cover of the bag is opened, the second frame decouples from the second flange.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Rakesh Thakare, Caichun Song, Phillip S. Bowen, Marvin Bryant, Paul R. Boucher, Barry Holt
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Patent number: 10906771Abstract: A kit of separate components for assembly of a cable reel apparatus that includes a pre-wound coil of cable, a bag, first and second frames having a geometry configured to fit inside of the base of the bag, and first and second flanges. The first flange is configured for engaging the first frame and has a first hub portion on the inner surface of the first flange. The second flange is configured for engaging the second frame has a second hub portion on the inner surface of the second flange. The first and second hub portions are sized to fit within the inner diameter of the coil of cable and are configured to releasably couple with one another to form a hub member for supporting the coil of cable between the first and second flanges.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Rakesh Thakare, Caichun Song, Phillip S. Bowen, Marvin Bryant, Paul R. Boucher, Barry Holt
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Patent number: 10907285Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for automatic edge positioning and guiding of a moving web, such as a textile fabric or carpet, onto a conveyor system comprising manufacturing operations such as sewing, for example. More in particular an apparatus is provided including mechanics, optics and control for steering and positioning the side edges of the moving web in order to correct for misalignment, and hence sewing can occur appropriately.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Motiv NVInventors: Geert Oktaaf Maurice Beyaert, Stefaan René Vierstraete, Steven Goegebeur, Wim Jan George Matthys, Steve Guy Robert Jacob
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Patent number: 10906768Abstract: Technology is provided for a cable management spool assembly. The cable management spool assembly includes a spool and one or more arcuate covers. The spool includes a flange portion having a first side configured to confront a mounting surface and a second side opposite the first side. A drum portion extends from the second side of the flange portion and one or more latches extend away from the first side of the flange portion. The latches are positioned to engage one or more corresponding mounting features of the mounting surface. The arcuate covers are coupled to the spool and are pivotable between an open position where a cable may be wound on the drum portion and a closed position where the cable is retained on the drum portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Jon Brian Ehlen
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Patent number: 10906770Abstract: Methods of installing a cable reel or a coil of cable in a bag. The methods can include one or more steps such as releasably coupling a hub portion of a first flange with a second flange of the cable reel, and the hub portion is configured to support a coil of cable, placing the first flange on a first support frame secured to a base of the bag; and placing a coil of cable on the hub portion for dispensing the cable from the bag.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Rakesh Thakare, Caichun Song, Phillip S. Bowen, Marvin Bryant, Paul R. Boucher, Barry Holt
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Patent number: 10899569Abstract: A conveying apparatus can achieve high-speed conveyance of a molded body for flattened tube fins, prevent generation of noise during conveyance, and have a smaller size. A conveying apparatus conveys a molded body for flattened tube fins obtained by providing a metal thin plate with cutaway portions, before the metal thin plate is cut into a predetermined length. The conveying apparatus includes a rotary conveying body including a plurality of protrusions that are tapered and able to enter the cutaway portions, and including a rotation shaft in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the molded body for flattened tube fins in a horizontal plane, and a rotary conveying body driving unit that rotates and drives the rotary conveying body.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: HIDAKA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi Nishizawa, Keiichi Morishita
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Patent number: 10894691Abstract: An apparatus for installing cable that includes an outer box. Some embodiments include a reel, the cable, multiple components for installing the cable, and an inner packaging component that holds the components. Some embodiments include tie holes (e.g., two that line up) for passage of a zip tie for attachment of the apparatus to an identical box or anchoring object when pulling the cable. Boxes may include a left side with side flaps connected to front and back sides and cable holes in each flap line up when the box is assembled for passage of cable from the apparatus. The reel may be loose inside the box, which acts as a brake to keep the reel from over spinning when (e.g., communications) cable is pulled. Some outer boxes include certain sides, bends, flaps, tabs, or slots. The inner packaging component may be held in position by an elongated member.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Automated Systems Design, Inc.Inventor: Kevin R. Kiziah
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Patent number: 10875738Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Encore Wire CorporationInventors: Benjamin L. Weatherford, William T. Bigbee, Jr., Clifton S. Thompson
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Patent number: 10875737Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Encore Wire CorporationInventors: Benjamin L. Weatherford, William T. Bigbee, Jr., Clifton S. Thompson
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Patent number: 10870553Abstract: Disclosed is a first creel bobbin brake, a creel bobbin assembly, a creel and a creel method. The first creel bobbin brake is arranged for applying a braking torque to a first shaft of a first creel bobbin. The first creel bobbin brake includes a strap that is provided with a first end, a second end and a strap body extending in a longitudinal direction between the first end and the second end, wherein the strap further includes an opening in the strap body, wherein the strap body and the opening are arranged to taper from the first end towards the second end, wherein the strap is arranged to be wound around the first shaft of the first creel bobbin over at least two revolutions, and wherein the second end is insertable through the opening with each revolution.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Inventor: Marcel Smits
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Patent number: 10858214Abstract: A method for sequentially coiling a rope by segments, comprising the steps of attaching a first grab in a rope to the lower rim of a cylindrical mandrel; rotating the mandrel about a vertical axis and forming a plurality of coils including a last coil on the mandrel; stopping a rotation of the mandrel; releasing the first grab and the plurality of coils from the mandrel into a basket rotating under the mandrel. While releasing the first grab, holding a second or subsequent grab along a tail end of the last coil on the mandrel, and repeating the above steps of attaching; rotating; forming; stopping; releasing; holding and repeating, with the second or subsequent grab, until an entire length of the rope has been coiled in the basket. In another aspect, a step of working the rope is carried out between the step of stopping and the step of releasing.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventor: Christian D'Entremont
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Patent number: 10857609Abstract: The present invention provides a non-contact wire array tension control device for controlling a plurality of tension respectively corresponding to a plurality of electrical discharge wires, including delivering spools and electromagnets. The delivering spool has a magnetic end and a wire outputting end, the wire outputting end is coupled with an electrical discharge wire for outputting the electrical discharge wire. A plurality of electromagnets are coupled to the corresponding magnetic end for controlling a spin rate of the corresponding delivering spool, wherein the spin rate of the corresponding delivering spool is controlled by adjusting a magnetic force generated by the electromagnet. Moreover, a magnetic direction of the electromagnet is parallel to an axial direction of the delivering spool. The invention uses the electromagnets to control the magnetic damping force of the delivering spools for simultaneously controlling the tension of the electrical discharge wires by non-contact method.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Shun-Tong Chen, Li-Wen Huang, Jin-Ping Guo, Ting-Cheng Bai
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Patent number: 10836598Abstract: To form a web conveying path that bends and conveys a web, a web conveying device has: a plurality of foil supporting members that are disposed at prescribed intervals in a conveying direction of the web and that support a surface of the web that is being conveyed; a foil extending member stretched between the foil supporting members, which pulls an end of the web downstream in the conveying direction of the web such that the web extends from a starting point to an end point of the web conveying path that is formed by the foil supporting members; and a moving mechanism that moves the foil extending member from the starting point to the end point of the web conveying path.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Tsubasa Matsuda
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Patent number: 10829340Abstract: An apparatus for the dispensing and retraction of wire or cable. The apparatus including a first and second plate, at least one shaft attached to the first plate and the second plate, a spool gear attached to the shaft, a power gear shaft attached to the first or second plate, and a power gear attached to the power gear shaft and in mesh with the spool gear, wherein when the power gear is rotated, the spool gear is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Encore Wire CorporationInventors: William T. Bigbee, Jr., John L. Rhoads, Andrew P. Hull
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Patent number: 10822193Abstract: A reel includes a first flange, a second flange, and a plurality of segmented structures each including a plurality of links pivotably coupled to a bracket of the first flange by a first end pivot rod and to the a bracket of the second flange by a second end pivot rod. The plurality of links is configured to have a first stable arrangement and a second stable arrangement different from the first stable arrangement. In the first stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a first distance with the reel being configured to support a first maximum load of cable, while in the second stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a second distance less than the first distance with the reel being configured to support a second maximum load of cable less than the first maximum load of cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.Inventor: Andrew Norouzian
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Patent number: 10815725Abstract: A unidirectional wire take-up mechanism includes a fixing seat, a reel, a spindle, a unidirectional bearing, a bearing sleeve, a damping bounce member, and a positioning shaft. When the curtain is pulled down, the unidirectional bearing is locked, and the reel links the spindle through the bearing sleeve to rotate counterclockwise. When the spindle is rotated, the spindle and the damping bounce member generate a frictional force to form a damping effect, thereby providing a reaction force when the wire is released and offsetting part of the gravity of the curtain and effectively slowing down the speed and impact force when the curtain falls. When the curtain is rolled up, the reel links the bearing sleeve to rotate clockwise relative to the spindle, and the spindle and the damping bounce member have no relative movement, and the rotation has no resistance.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Zheng Bang Lei
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Patent number: 10815097Abstract: A payout tube has an inner end and an outer end. The inner end is disposable in an interior of a coil of filamentary material wound in a figure-eight configuration defining a payout hole. The outer end is configured to extend outwardly from the payout hole of the coil. The payout tube has a flange at the outer end and has a rounded edge at the inner end. The rounded edge has a radius between 0.20 and 0.30 inch. In some embodiments, the payout tube includes a tubular body that extends between the flange and the rounded edge. In other embodiments, the payout tube includes an outer ring having the flange, an inner ring having the rounded edge with the inner and outer rings aligned coaxially about a longitudinal axis in spaced relation, and a plurality of pillars extending longitudinally from the outer ring to the inner ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: REELEX Packaging Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brian Moore, Timothy Copp
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Patent number: 10806306Abstract: A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product, comprising: a housing; and a dispensing assembly at least partially housed in the housing and interacting with the web of rolled product and including a dispensing roller having a rotation center and a peripheral wall with an upper section. The dispensing assembly can comprise an upper tensioning assembly and/or a lower tensioning assembly and/or a variable tension return assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CASCADES CANADA ULCInventor: Michel Morand