Housing Or Outer Peripheral Support Patents (Class 242/170)
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Patent number: 10538379Abstract: A welding wire coil package system for a coil of wire including a sheath that is laid over the coil where the sheath includes at least one layer of material that adheres to the wire to hold the wire within the coil in the position that the coil is formed and prevent unintended movement of the wire, the sheath defining an opening through which wire is paid out from an interior surface of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.Inventor: Paul A Weissbrod
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Patent number: 9868610Abstract: The invention described relates generally to a method and apparatus for improving existing bulk wire transfer methodologies and more particularly, to welding wire packages for use as an endless wire container such that the welding wire of multiple containers can be linked together to produce an uninterrupted flow of welding wire to a welding operation by employing a welding wire transfer guide, the guide having an outwardly-facing curvilinear groove, one end of said groove of said welding wire transfer guide positioned along a tangent line running between an outer diameter of the in-process coil of wire and an opposed end of said groove along a tangent line running between an inner diameter of the staged coil of welding wire. The apparatus further includes a magnetically positionable wire guide arm above at least two, preferably each bulk welding wire container.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.Inventors: Paul A. Weissbrod, Brandon Juszczyk, Dennis K. Hartman
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Patent number: 9678299Abstract: An example fiber storage device includes a bend radius limiter extending along a height from a first end to a second end. The first end is seated at a mounting surface. One or more arms extend outwardly from the second end of the body. Each of the arms defines a retaining member that contacts the mounting surface. Each retaining member has a first contact surface that faces away from the storage surface and a second contact surface that faces towards the storage surface. A storage region is defined between the mounting surface, the storage surface, one of the arms arm, and the second contact surface of the respective retaining member.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Dennis Ray Wells, Rodney C. Schoenfelder, Cyle D. Petersen
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Patent number: 9027624Abstract: The present invention relates to a tape guiding mechanism (10) of a tape device (100). The tape device (100) comprises a strip of tape (20) having supply tape (22) and take up tape (24); a spool portion (130); a supply spool (40) disposed at the spool portion (130) for winding the supply tape (22); a take up spool (50) disposed at the spool portion (130) for winding the take up tape (24); an application tip (12); and a spool mechanism (70) for allowing the supply and the take up spools (40 & 50) to rotate such that the tape travels from the supply spool (40), around the applicator tip (120), and to the take up spool (50).Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Widetech Manufacturing SDN. BHD.Inventors: Tong Shan Wong, De Yi Quah
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Publication number: 20140306049Abstract: A package for coiled welding wire includes an outer housing and a slip lift core within the outer housing. The outer housing and the slip lift core form an annular space for coiling a quantity of welding wire. The slip lift core includes a fixed core and a slip core. The slip core is capable of telescopic movement relative to the fixed core from a retracted position to an extended position. At least one of the fixed core and the slip core includes a locking mechanism integrally formed with the at least one of the fixed core and the slip core, and the locking mechanism is configured to hold the slip core in the extended position. A further example of the package for coiled welding wire can include a winding surface for the welding wire to be wound around the slip lift core in a series of turns.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventor: Paul A. Weissbrod
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Patent number: 8845850Abstract: Anaerobic adhesive and sealant compositions in film form, film spool assemblies containing such compositions in film form and preapplied versions thereof on matable parts are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Henkel US IP LLCInventors: Jeremy Kostick, Loren Nauss, Alessandro Machado Jesus, Gary Patch, Gary Tremley, Kyle Zukauskas, Berryinne Decker
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Patent number: 8746316Abstract: A clutch mechanism for a tape dispenser, for example, includes a first reel, a second reel, a biasing element, and a friction element. The first and second reels are rotatably disposed on first and second shafts. The biasing element is disposed between the second reel and second shaft such that the second reel is movable in a radial direction between first and second positions relative to the second shaft and the biasing element biases the second reel into the first position. The friction element extends around the first and second reels and arranged to generate a first normal force acting on the second reel when the second reel is in a first position, relative to the second shaft, and a second normal force acting on the second reel when the second reel is in a second position, relative to the second shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sanford, L.P.Inventors: Andrew Kropp, Bret R. Marschand
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Patent number: 8668086Abstract: A cover for a welding wire container has a body portion provided with an elongate slot through which the welding wire can be withdrawn from the container, and at least one flap formed integrally therewith and partially defining the slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Sidergas SpAInventor: Carlo Gelmetti
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Publication number: 20140027554Abstract: A belt-attachable caddy for carrying a retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet on the hook is wound. The hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidently to the deployed and retracted tines.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: FORCE MULTIPLIER, LLCInventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M.F. Welsch
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Publication number: 20140008477Abstract: An anti-misuse system for a sheet dispenser having a roll of sheet material and a housing to receive the roll. The anti-misuse system includes an end portion of a roll incorporating a first projection and a corresponding end wall portion of the housing comprising a retracting portion incorporating an interacting mechanism. The retracting portion is movable between a deployed position in which the interacting mechanism affects the functionality of the sheet dispenser and a retracted position in which the interacting mechanism enables the sheet dispenser to be functional. The retracting portion further incorporates an abutment drivable by the projection upon insertion of the roll into the housing to move the retracting portion into the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Graham Sharp, Cheryl Campbell
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Patent number: 8584851Abstract: A transport housing for a coil or a coil block, having an upper and a lower pressing plate, wherein the coil or the coil block is arranged between the two pressing plates and the latter can be braced against each other by a plurality of tension rods in the manner of an axial tension configuration. A frame enclosing the coil or the coil block to which a membrane, movable both toward the inner chamber of the transport housing and toward the outside, is fastened and having an outer housing which provides mechanical protection for the membrane and enables unhindered or allows movement of the membrane to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventor: Hartmut Brendel
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Patent number: 8578999Abstract: A clutch mechanism for a tape dispenser, for example, includes a first reel, a second reel, a biasing element, and a friction element. The first and second reels are rotatably disposed on first and second shafts. The biasing element is disposed between the first reel and shaft such that the first reel is movable in a radial direction relative to the first shaft. The friction element includes at least a portion that is disposed between the first reel and the second reel and arranged to generate a first normal force when the first reel is in a first position, relative to the first shaft, and a second normal force when the first reel is in a second position, relative to the first shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Sanford, L.P.Inventor: Andrew Kropp
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Patent number: 8517076Abstract: In a transfer tool A, a support mechanism X for supporting a transfer head 2 on a transfer tool main body 1 so that the transfer head 2 can swing about a rolling axis R includes the transfer head 2 as a first member having a receiving gap 221 (to be described later) provided to the transfer head 2 and orthogonal to the rolling axis R and a moving arm 13 as a second member provided to the transfer tool main body 1 and having an insertion wall 132 to be inserted into the receiving gap 221 to be swingable along and with respect to opposed inner side faces 221a and 221b of the receiving gap 221. A fulcrum member 222 corresponding to a clearance dimension between the inner side faces 221a and 221b and for positionally restricting the insertion wall 132 so that the insertion wall 132 can swing about the rolling axis R is provided in the receiving gap 221 in the transfer head 2.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
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Publication number: 20130140388Abstract: A tubular storage package which stores a string-like material includes a tubular core rod which is mounted in a center of a bottom of the storage container, the string-like material is a plurality of continuous loop shapes, a storage starting end of the string-like material protrudes, and a winding center of each loop of the plurality of loops is deviated around an axis of the storage container and the loop is laminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Kurashina, Yasuo Hiromoto, Toshinori Sumi, Hiroyuki Fujiki
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Patent number: 8408265Abstract: A tape dispenser of the present invention includes an integrally-formed main body. The main body has a rack and two semi-crusts. The semi-crusts are pivotably connected to the rack, so that the semi-crusts can be closed for a tape roll to be received therein. Or, the semi-crusts can be opened for placing or replacing the tape roll. The rack has a front plate and a top plate. The front plate, the top plate, and the semi-crusts are rectangularly arranged. Thus, structure strength of the tape dispenser is increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Inventor: Chi-Tsai Chang
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Patent number: 8397784Abstract: A clutch mechanism for a tape dispenser, for example, includes first and second coaxially disposed rotating disks, a pressure wheel, and a friction element. The first rotating disk defines at least one protrusion. The pressure wheel is disposed between the first and second rotating disks and is operably engaged by the at least one protrusion carried by the first rotating disk. The protrusion is movable between first and second rotational positions relative to the pressure wheel. The friction element is disposed between the pressure wheel and the second rotating disk such that the friction element generates a first frictional force between the pressure wheel and the second rotating disk when the protrusion is in the first rotational position and a second frictional force between the pressure wheel and the second rotating disk when the protrusion is in the second rotational position.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Sanford, L.P.Inventor: Henry W. Stoll
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Patent number: 8360128Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a transfer head which has a folding back guide portion for folding and guiding a transfer tape and a pair of outer walls for supporting side ends of the folding back guide and in which a transfer tape passage is formed between the outer walls, a refill for holding at least the transfer head, a case capable of holding the refill such that the refill can be inserted into and pulled out from the case in one direction, and a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the case through a pivot shaft portion and rotatable between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, wherein the head cap is located outside an inserting and pulling out locus of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Keiji Kai
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Patent number: 8256613Abstract: The preset disclosure describes packaging for sutures having barbs. The packaging includes a base, a cover configured to be placed adjacent to the base to form the suture package and a plurality of protrusions which are configured for selectively maintaining and slideably releasing surgical barbed sutures.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: David Kirsch, Michael Prescott
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Patent number: 8251212Abstract: The Invention is a hand carried barrel shaped plastic molded case with two mating sides connected with a hinge, which when the case is closed around a spool of wire, protect the wire from damage during storage, transport and use. The case has an integral handle to make transport of the wire easier and helps protect the spool from damage if the case is dropped. The case incorporates locking tabs on the two sides of the case. The case also comes with a locking hole in the handle through which a padlock can be placed to prevent theft of the wire. The case has a dispensing hole or slot for the wire. The case can be translucent or molded of different colors to correspond to specific types or gauges of wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Inventor: Rodney Dunlap
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Patent number: 8235210Abstract: The present invention provides a welding wire container lid contains a surface portion, a vertical portion extending downward from the surface portion at an end of the surface portion, a protrusion portion extending upward from the surface portion, and an elongated opening which extends from the protrusion portion onto the surface portion near the vertical portion. The opening has two sides opposite each other, where a first of the sides follows a contour of the surface portion and the protrusion portion and a second of the sides has a contour which is different from the contour of the first side.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: Antonio Carreto De Lacerda, Ines Pignatelli, Hendrik Perrée
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Patent number: 8196633Abstract: Disclosed herein is a correction tape applicator or a transfer tape dispenser which is adapted to be used to correct markings, for example, such as characters, numerals, and the like recorded on a sheet of paper, or adhere sheets of paper to each other. According to the correction tape applicator of the present invention, a tape cartridge directly applied to the application work is completely protectively accommodated within a casing so that it can be used more stably for a long time period to improve durability to thereby achieve economic efficiency. Also, the tape cartridge can be easily disengaged from and engaged with the casing to enhance convenience of use, and an opening/closing space of a cover can be minimized to achieve miniaturization of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Dong Kee Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwang Ho You
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Patent number: 8199492Abstract: An accessory strap fixing structure is positioned on a portable electronic device to assemble an accessory strap. The accessory strap fixing structure includes an assembling space and a rotary element. The assembling space defined in the portable electronic device. The rotary element is rotatably assembled within the assembling space. The rotary element forms a projection for attaching an end of the accessory strap to allow the accessory strap to pass through the assembling space. The invention also discloses a portable electronic device having the accessory strap fixing structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Hua-Xiang Liang, Jun Wang, Hsiao-Hua Tu
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Patent number: 8156989Abstract: A compact handheld adhesive applicator is provided with a housing assembly and a cartridge assembly removably connected to the housing assembly. The cartridge assembly includes a primary spool for mounting an adhesive segment roll and a secondary spool for automatically winding a spent portion of the adhesive segment roll. A gear arrangement allows for numerous adhesive segments to be applied consecutively in a glide-type application or for a single adhesive segment to be accurately applied using a manual advance feature.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: RS Industrial, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Allen, David J. Trettin
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Patent number: 8127923Abstract: A container for accommodating a welding wire coil has a metal frame which defines an accommodation space for the welding wire coil. The metal frame has a bottom portion on which the welding wire coil is to be placed, and a side structure intended to laterally support the welding wire coil. The bottom portion of the metal frame is formed from four metal bars arranged so as to form a grid, and the side structure of the metal frame is formed by eight metal tubes, each of which is connected to one of the ends of the metal bars. The container further has a cardboard wall structure covering the outside of the side structure of the metal frame and having an octagonal shape in cross-section, and a cardboard floor structure covering the outside of the bottom portion of the metal frame. Furthermore, supporting feet are provided which are bolted to the metal frame and which clamp the cardboard floor structure to the bottom portion of the metal frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Sidergas SPAInventor: Carlo Gelmetti
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Patent number: 8080304Abstract: A stretchable multi-layer wrap is provided. The wrap comprises a first film, which comprises an inside cling surface, a second film, which comprises an inside cling surface. The second film inside cling surface engages the first film inside cling surface. The wrap also comprises a plurality of longitudinal ribs that are co-aligned with a longitudinal axis of the wrap. The ribs are disposed between the engaged cling surfaces and spaced so as not to cause disengagement of the cling surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Western Plastics Inc.Inventor: Thomas F. Clarke
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Patent number: 8059852Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a printed circuit board mounted within the housing, an earphone and a cable storing compartment. The earphone includes a connecting cable and a head member. One end of the connecting cable is connected to the printed circuit board, the other end is connected to the head member. The cable storing compartment includes a recessed portion and an earphone compartment. The recessed portion is defined in a peripheral wall of the housing. The earphone compartment is defined in the peripheral wall and adjacent to the recessed portion. The recessed portion receives the connecting cable. The earphone compartment receives the head member.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.Inventor: Che-Hsiung Cheng
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Patent number: 8052078Abstract: A wire dispensing device for containing a roll of wire having a free end. The device includes a plurality of enclosure walls connected to each other and forming an enclosure, where at least one of the walls is operable between an open position, thereby providing access to an internal area of the enclosure, and a closed position, thereby substantially enclosing the roll of wire positioned therein. At least one dispensing orifice extends through at least one surface of the enclosure and permits passage of the free end of the wire therethrough for use in dispensing the wire from the device. A method of dispensing wire from a roll of wire, and a method of manufacturing a dispensing device are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Field Pro, Inc.Inventors: Edward F. DeLuca, Gregory J. Buczkowski
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Patent number: 7992618Abstract: A coating-film transfer tool is configured to positively absorb rotation of a head part caused when pressed and an effect of lean of the head part, and such a configuration contributes to favorable and uniform transfer. A member 4 is disposed at one end of a support column 2 supporting a head part 1 at the other end. A distance between the axial center of the support column 2 and its periphery varies depending on a position in the rotation direction. Sandwiching plates 3 resiliently sandwich the facing sides of the member 4 with the narrowest gap, when the head part 1 is not pressing a transfer target. When the head part 1 rotates around the axis of the support column 2 in a state pressing the transfer target, the member 4 rotates to forcibly and significantly widen the gap between the sandwiching plates and generate a restoring force.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Plus Stationery CorporationInventor: Yasuo Narita
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Patent number: 7971618Abstract: A hand-held device for transferring a film of material from a backing tape onto a substrate that includes a housing having a first housing member and a second housing member, as well as an application member around which the tape is guided and which is designed to be pressed against a substrate in order to transfer the film. The first and second housing member are mounted telescopically with each other such that in an extended position one of the housing members cover the application member and in a pushed-back position the application member is exposed for usage.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Franck Rolion, Franck Vadenne
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Patent number: 7900679Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool in which a transfer tape supplied from a supply reel rotatable around a spindle is wound around a winding reel through a transfer head, comprising a transfer tool body which holds at least the supply reel and the winding reel, the transfer head provided on the transfer tool body, a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the transfer tool body or the transfer head through a pivot shaft portion and which can turn between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, and an urging mechanism provided near the pivot shaft portion, the urging mechanism elastically capable of urging the head cap, toward the close position when the head cap is located closer to the close position than a dead point provided at only one location near an intermediate portion between the close position and the open position, and toward the open position when the head cap is located closer to the open position than the dead point.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
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Patent number: 7766066Abstract: A coating film transfer tool has a front end portion of a case main body with a head cap slidably disposed in front and rear directions between an advanced position in a state of covering a transfer head and a rear position in a state of exposing the transfer head. The head cap is urged in a direction of the advanced position by a spring, when started to be used. By pressing a front end portion of the head cap against a face, the head cap can be moved to the rear position. Inside the case main body is a tape reeling out means for reeling out a transfer tape to the transfer head. The tape reeling out means moves in cooperation with movement of the head cap to the rear position when started to be used, to be able to reel out the transfer tape to the transfer head.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.Inventor: Taiji Hyodo
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Patent number: 7681616Abstract: A transfer tape dispenser comprises a housing and a supply spool and a take up spool disposed within the housing. A carrier ribbon has a first end and a second end, with the first end connected to the supply spool, and the second end connected to the take-up spool. An applicator tip is partially disposed within the housing and includes a platform with a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top surface, a bottom surface. A first wall is adjacent to the first side edge and a second wall is adjacent to the second side edge. At least one protuberance extends from the applicator tip and is adapted to maintain outer edges of the transfer tape adjacent to the top surface of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Sanford, L.P.Inventors: Bret R. Marschand, John Thompson, Frank Peterson
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Publication number: 20090289137Abstract: A paper towel roll of approximately 12 inches in length or less is spooled onto a center rod that is coupled to an end terminal in one end panel of a cylindrical portable, soft, collapsible and protective cover. The remaining free end of the center rod is then coupled to another end terminal in the opposite end panel of the soft collapsible cover. The user is can then pull on the paper towel sheets and withdrawn them from the soft collapsible cover in order to dispense sheets from the roll as needed. When not in use, a flap completely encloses the paper towel roll and center rod in order to store the contents inside and protect them from the outside environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventor: Deena Fischer
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Patent number: 7610665Abstract: Transfer devices are disclosed. At least one transfer device includes a housing, a supply roll rotatably mounted to the housing, a take-up roll rotatably mounted to the housing, and an application head. The supply roll has a wound supply of liner wound thereon, and the liner has an adhesive carrying surface with an adhesive provided thereon. The take-up roll has at least an end portion of the liner connected thereto such that rotation of the take-up roll in a take-up direction winds portions of the liner unwound from the supply roll onto the take-up roll. The application head includes a plurality of rollers that are rotatable about substantially parallel axes spaced apart from one another, and a closed-loop belt that is trained about the plurality of rollers to provide a transfer surface facing outwardly of the device. The rotation of the rollers enables the belt to travel around the rollers.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Xyron, Inc.Inventors: Heath E Casaldi, Cory W Worth, Adam Becker
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Patent number: 7441657Abstract: A cover for a welding wire container has a top side and a slot in the top side. The slot allows for welding wire to be pulled from a welding wire container. On the outside of the cover, a holding-down device is provided. The holding-down device is adapted to hold an end portion of the welding wire in flat contact with the cover.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Sidergas SpaInventor: Carlo Gelmetti
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Publication number: 20080257995Abstract: The “Blueprint Helper” is what a contractor, construction worker, and all tradesmen need to get the job done. There is no ridged backboard, legs to slow the worker down. When a home builder starts to build a house he needs to layout the concrete slab foundation or wood floor with windows and doors and heights, by using the “Blueprint Plans Helper” he can lay the plans on the floor with a quick look at the plans, he can use a marker to set measurements. If the worker needs to change location, review or make changes, it is no problem to rollup and move on. The nylon strap locks fast and prevents torn and tattered plans. Another feature is a business card pocket with a clear vinyl for easy identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: Henry Paul Losiewicz
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Publication number: 20080156916Abstract: A wire dispensing device for containing a roll of wire having a free end. The device includes a plurality of enclosure walls connected to each other and forming an enclosure, where at least one of the walls is operable between an open position, thereby providing access to an internal area of the enclosure, and a closed position, thereby substantially enclosing the roll of wire positioned therein. At least one dispensing orifice extends through at least one surface of the enclosure and permits passage of the free end of the wire therethrough for use in dispensing the wire from the device. A method of dispensing wire from a roll of wire, and a method of manufacturing a dispensing device are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: FIELD PRO INC.Inventors: Edward F. DeLuca, Gregory J. Buczkowski
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Patent number: 7357167Abstract: A transfer device A that is used for transferring a transferring paste T on an object on which the transferring paste T is to be transferred comprises a pair of first outside panel 21 and the second outside panel 11 that hold the transferring paste T, a pair of spools SP1, SP2 that are supported rotatably by a pair of the first and second outside panels 21, 11 and that hold the transferring paste T, and a pair of gears G1, G2 that drive a pair of the spools SP1, SP2 to rotate and that gear each other, and rotational supporting axes 211, 212 that project toward the second outside panel 11 and that axially support the gears G1, G2 are arranged on the first outside panel 21, wherein a restraining means R that restrains the gear G1 from being pulled out along an axial direction of the rotational supporting axis 211 in a state that the gears G1, G2 are axially mounted on the rotational supporting axes 211, 212 is arranged between the first outside panel 21 and the gear G1 and at a portion different from a portionType: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Mitsui, Hideto Shima
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Patent number: 7341214Abstract: A cassette for use in delivering a continuous length of filament. The cassette includes a housing having a first aperture and a spool rotatably mountable in the cassette housing. The spool contains a first female receptacle alignable with the first aperture, and a flexible boot is attached to the cassette housing and aligned with the first aperture. A removable plug is insertable through the first aperture and into the flexible boot for receipt within the first female receptacle of the spool to prevent rotation of the spool within the cassette housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.Inventors: Thomas L. Taatjes, Benjamin N. Dunn, Thomas McDonough
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Publication number: 20070295847Abstract: A roll of wire is captured in a cardboard container so the roll is rotatable in the container about a rotation axis of the roll. The container has opposite sidewalls with aligned slots receiving ends of a shaft about which a spool carrying the roll turns. Each side wall includes three panels in different parallel planes; two of these panels include slots with aligned shoulders supporting the shaft. The container has a slot for enabling the wire to be paid from the roll as the roll turns about its rotation axis and a slit having edges for holding the wire in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventors: David Weck, Edson Mejia
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Patent number: 7309038Abstract: A container for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one the container to another container. The coil of welding wire, including a coiled portion having a top and a bottom, a first extension of wire extending from the coil near the coil top to a feeding end and a second extension of wire extending from the coil near the bottom to a transfer end. The transfer end of one container being joinable to the feeding end of another container. The container including an outer packaging having at least one vertically extending sidewall, 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 transfer end can be positionable near the top opening. The container further includes at least one transfer control tab in the cavity near the top opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventor: Michael A. Carroscia
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Patent number: 7228882Abstract: A transfer tape dispenser includes a case, a supply spool, a return spool, and a substantially rigid applicator tip having an application edge. The applicator tip is disposed in a path of a transfer tape that originates from the supply spool and terminates at the return spool. When pressing the application edge on a surface, an application layer of the transfer tape adheres to the surface. The transfer tape dispenser includes a cushion that cushions the pressing of the application edge on the surface. The transfer tape dispenser further includes a slip clutch mechanism for providing slipping of the supply spool relative to the rotation of the return spool, when necessary, to maintain a desired tension in the correction transfer tape.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Sanford, L.P.Inventors: Bret R. Marschand, Andrew Bielecki
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Patent number: 7204287Abstract: Transfer devices are disclosed. At least one transfer device includes a housing, a supply roll rotatably mounted to the housing, a take-up roll rotatably mounted to the housing, and an application head. The supply roll has a wound supply of liner wound thereon, and the liner has an adhesive carrying surface with an adhesive provided thereon. The take-up roll has at least an end portion of the liner connected thereto such that rotation of the take-up roll in a take-up direction winds portions of the liner unwound from the supply roll onto the take-up roll. The application head includes a plurality of rollers that are rotatable about substantially parallel axes spaced apart from one another, and a closed-loop belt that is trained about the plurality of rollers to provide a transfer surface facing outwardly of the device. The rotation of the rollers enables the belt to travel around the rollers.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Xyron, Inc.Inventors: Heath E Casaldi, Cory W Worth, Adam Becker
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Patent number: 7178573Abstract: A mark transfer tool utilizing a coat film transfer technology, concerning various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape has multiple pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks adhered and held at specified intervals peelably on the surface of a base tape, and the transfer marks are prepared as adhesive seals of which adhesive force of the back-side pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to the transfer area is set larger than the adhesive holding force on the base tape. Like adhesive seals, the transfer marks once transferred on the transfer area can be once peeled off and adhered again, or peeled and removed when no longer needed.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignees: Seed Co., Ltd., Dynic CorporationInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Mikio Toyoda, Nobuyuki Motoyama, Yoshiyuki Hori, Goro Inoue
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Patent number: 7163040Abstract: A transfer tape dispenser comprises a housing and a supply spool and a take up spool disposed within the housing. A carrier ribbon has a first end and a second end, with the first end connected to the supply spool, and the second end connected to the take-up spool. An applicator tip is partially disposed within the housing and includes a platform with a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top surface, a bottom surface. A first wall is adjacent to the first side edge and a second wall is adjacent to the second side edge. At least one protuberance extends from the applicator tip and is adapted to maintain outer edges of the transfer tape adjacent to the top surface of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2004Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Sanford L.P.Inventors: Bret R. Marschand, John Thompson, Frank Peterson
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Patent number: 6945298Abstract: The device has a roll (1) of a carrier strip (2) holding pieces (3) of two sided adhesive tape and wound on a hub (5) with an outer radius and provided with a circular cogging (6), a support (7) for the roll (1) comprising a stub shaft (9) with a direction of axis around which the roll rotates when dispensing tape pieces (3), a brake pawl (23) for engagement with the circular cogging (6), a pressure base (15) being in connection with the brake pawl (23) such that the engagement of the brake pawl (23) with the cogging (6) is released by pressure on the pressure base (15), a peripheral wall (10) extending along a part of the periphery of the roll (1), and a path for the carrier strip (2) extending past the pressure base (15) and along a part of the outside of the peripheral wall (11), the pressure base (15) comprising an outer sliding surface (16, 17) defining a part of the path for the carrier strip (2) with the two sided adhesive tape where the path at the pressure base (15) comprises a portion with a relativType: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: 3L - Ludvigsen A/SInventor: Frits Ludvigsen
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Patent number: 6715608Abstract: A transporting and feeding package for a coil of welding wire comprising a wire receiving container with a vertical wall having a lateral shape and defining an opened top of the container, a wire feeding hat with a wire outlet and a downwardly extending skirt having a lower end with an opening and having a shape matching, but slightly larger than, said lateral shape so the skirt can move vertically along the vertical wall between a lowered transporting position and a raised feeding position while extending over said opened top of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventor: William J. Moore
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Patent number: 6576305Abstract: A package comprises a layered coil of filament strands, and a multilayer film surrounding, and in direct contact with, the layered coil of filament strands. The coil has an outer surface comprising a bottom surface region, a side surface region, and a top surface region. The film has an inside surface comprising ionomer in direct contact with the side surface region of the layered coil of filaments. The strand material preferably comprises glass fiber and the sleeve preferably comprises a multilayer film having an outer layer comprising ionomer. Preferably, the film has a stiffness sufficient to maintain structural integrity of the package as the strands are being removed in order to prevent collapse of the side walls of the package and entanglement of the strands.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1999Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Inc.Inventors: Allen C. Williams, Jr., Jerry Lee Barton, Archie Cameron, Otto G. Jones
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Patent number: 6564943Abstract: A container for packaging and unwinding a welding wire comprising: a square cardboard box with four vertical side walls and four vertically extending corners, each defining an apex, a center cylindrical core, an inner vertically extending tubular liner with an octagonal outer shape having four outer walls, each generally overlying a side wall of the box and four alternate inner walls between two of the outer walls and spaced from the corner apexes to define generally triangular, vertical cavities with an at rest dimension from the apex of a corner to one of the alternate inner walls and a vertically extending corner reinforcing element in each of the cavities. The element in each cavity has a diagonal pressure rib extending from the apex to the inner wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: David J. Barton, Lisa M. Byall, James T. Land, Herbert H. Matthews, III
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Patent number: 6398146Abstract: A device for winding a strap or strip of material for maneuvering a shutter, roller blind or equivalent device comprising a member for winding and tensioning the strap disposed inside a box formed by two shells each including at least one edging extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a principal web of each shell. The edgings are adapted to be brought into mutual engagement by a relative translation in a direction substantially parallel to the respective principal webs of the shells, in a configuration where an edging of a first shell is covered by an edging of a second shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2000Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Simbac S.p.A.Inventor: Rino Cattaneo