By Orbiting Material Supply Patents (Class 242/439)
  • Publication number: 20140184379
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a plurality of unit coil portions formed by winding one conductive wire about a winding axis is placed side by side in the winding axis direction, each of the unit coil portions is formed by unit wound portions having different inner circumferential lengths from each other, the unit coil portion is multi-layered in at least a part thereof by pushing at least a part of the unit wound portion having a small inner circumferential length inside the unit wound portion having a large inner circumferential length, and the unit wound portion is wound along a loop shape winding route having a plurality of arc shape corner parts. In unit wound portions forming the unit coil portion, corner parts formed at the same phase angle with respect to the winding axis are formed in an arc shape having curvature center at the same position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SHT Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yoshimori
  • Publication number: 20120238988
    Abstract: A method is provided for making an elastic composite for incorporation into a disposable absorbent garment. An elastic element applicator is provided that is configured to move a section of a continuous strand of elastic element generally about a plane. A first web of material is conveyed in a first web moving direction such that the first web intersects the plane. Then, the applicator is operated to move the elastic element about the plane, thereby applying the section of elastic element onto the first web along a direction generally transverse to the web moving direction and such that the first web draws the continuous elastic strand from the elastic element applicator as the first web is conveyed away from the plane. The elastic element applicator may be in the form of a spin cylinder or bracket that is operated to spin the elastic element about the moving first web, thereby applying the elastic element on the first web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: DSG Technology Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: KUO-SHU EDWARD CHANG, ANNE SMID, PATRICK KING YU TSANG, ANDREW C. WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20120085854
    Abstract: A powered serving jig and winder device for bowstring comprises a right angle gear train having a drive shaft and a first beveled gear fixed thereon and a hollow transmission shaft with a second beveled gear fixed thereon, the first beveled gear configured to drive the second beveled gear at a right angle. A gear train collar comprises a first drive shaft bearing and left and right transmission shaft bearings. A first and a second serving cam are fixed to the transmission shaft at either end and have at least two openings for attaching a serving jig therein. A modified serving jig comprises a bowstring groove and a serving cord guide recessed therein and at least two pins extending away from the jig in a parallel direction to the bowstring groove, the pins configured to allow the serving jig to attach to one of the first and second serving adapters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventor: Ben D. Blosser
  • Patent number: 7895737
    Abstract: A winding machine (1) for winding solenoid-shaped coils (21) with band-shaped conductors (6), comprising a winding means (3) which holds a circular-cylindrical coil core (2) of a coil (21) to be wound, and a winding drive which rotates a coil core (2), which is held in the winding means (3), about a winding axis W, wherein the winding means (3) can be moved in a first direction A by an axial drive, the direction A preferably extending approximately parallel to the winding axis W, is characterized in that the winding means (3) can be rotated about a pivot axis S by a pivot drive, wherein the pivot axis S extends perpendicularly to the direction A. The winding machine winds a solenoid-shaped coil with several layers of a band-shaped conductor without damaging the band-shaped conductor, in particular, when the band-shaped conductor contains brittle superconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Bruker Biospin GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Roth, Klaus Schlenga, Thorsten Greeb, Roland Binger
  • Patent number: 7780109
    Abstract: Disclosed is an accessory wrapping machine for wrapping a string or a wire round a long band- or bar-shaped accessory member. With the present invention, it is possible to reduce a decoration time taken in wrapping an accessory with a string or a wire, make an outer appearance of a completed accessory beautiful, prevent a decorative string or wire drawn out of a reel from getting tangled when a motor pauses and restarts in a process of wrapping the decorative string or wire round an accessory member, and wrap the accessory member with the string or wire uniformly and at constant tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventor: Gwang-Soo Park
  • Patent number: 7681828
    Abstract: A device for winding tapes around a longitudinal object, using a supportive hollow cylinder surrounding the object, and a ring rotatable around the cylinder. A spool shaft connected at one end to the rotatable ring bears a spool on which a tape is disposed. The spool is made to rotate around the longitudinal object dispensing the tape to subsequently wrap the object. A driving mechanism may be employed for rotating the rotatable ring and spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventors: Shlomo Eshed, Omer Eshed
  • Publication number: 20090014571
    Abstract: A pipe retrieval system winds a pipe onto a spool. During winding, the pipe is pressed between two sectors of a tensioning device wherein at least one of the sectors is resiliently flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Netafim Ltd.
    Inventor: Lorne Moshe Belford
  • Patent number: 7051770
    Abstract: A coil-winding method for forming a coil unit includes the steps of winding first and second wires substantially parallel to each other simultaneously around a first layer position of a core to form a first turn, winding the first and second wires simultaneously to form a second turn while the second wire is disposed directly around the core, the first wire of the second turn adjacent to the first turn being disposed between the first and second wires of the first turn in the first layer so as to form a second layer, and winding the first and second wires simultaneously to form a third turn while the second wire is disposed directly around the core, the first wire of the third turn being disposed in the second layer and wound between the second wire of the first turn and the second wire of the second turn in the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Sasaki, Takaomi Toi
  • Patent number: 6685129
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for mounting any one of a plurality of types of connectors upon the end portion of a fiber optic cable. The automated fiber optic connectorization apparatus includes a memory device for storing data relating to a plurality of types of connectors. The automated fiber optic connectorization apparatus also includes a controller for receiving input from a system operator or other source that specifies the type of connector to be mounted upon the specified fiber optic cable, the polishing geometry, and the optical performance specifications. Based upon this input, the controller determines the components required to mount the specified type of connector upon the end portion of the fiber optic cable based upon the data stored by the memory device. The automated fiber optic connectorization apparatus also includes means for obtaining the necessary components and means for assembling these components upon the end portion of the fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Van Nguyen, Foad Towfiq, John Andrew White
  • Patent number: 6484960
    Abstract: The coil winding machine includes bobbin holding means for holding a coil bobbin having at each end portion a circumferential guide groove, a nozzle for feeding out a conducting wire for a deflection coil, the nozzle being movable along the inner peripheral surface of the coil bobbin, and a winding guide for restricting the position of the conducting wire. The winding guide has a tip portion movable in and out of the circumferential guide groove of the coil bobbin. The tip portion has a stepped portion capable of being engaged/disengaged with/from the conducting wire due to the relative positional relationship between the stepped portion and the nozzle in the center axial direction of the coil bobbin and a guide portion for restricting the feeding position of the conducting wire released from the stepped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Ono
  • Patent number: 6105228
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a conveying means having a rotator and a chuck positioned on a rim of this rotator, wherein said chuck clasps a tip core, formed with electrodes at both ends, in a direction parallel to the line along which the electrodes lie, and the conveying means moves the tip core within a fixed plane of rotation; and a winding means, provided neighboring the periphery of the conveying means, for supplying the tip core to the chuck, making a tip coil by winding wire around the tip core, connecting both ends of the wire to the electrodes, cutting wire wound around the tip core from an external wire source, and removing the tip coil from the chuck, wherein the chuck is formed in such a way that the line along which said electrodes lie is at a fixed angle with regard to the radial axis which is orthogonal to the direction of movement of the tip core within the plane of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Nittoku Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 5699977
    Abstract: In order to wind a coil on a bobbin, the bobbin is supported on a rotating unit. Wire, which is supplied to a nozzle, is first clamped by a clamp which is synchronously rotatable with the bobbin. The nozzle is then moved along two mutually perpendicular axes so as to, in combination with the rotational movement of the bobbin, permit a coil or coils to be wound on the bobbin. After the wire is wound onto the bobbin, the wire is clamped and cut by a clamping and cutting arrangement which is stationary with respect to the bobbin rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5660348
    Abstract: An apparatus for winding fine filaments onto stationary long rods includes supporting base having control mounting and filament mounting regions. The filament winding region includes first and second parallel bearing rods on which are slidably mounted a filament winding region traversing base member. The traversing base member traverses along the first and second parallel bearing rods at a selectable rate of speed as moved by a coupled mechanism. A filament winding head is mounted to the traversing base member and rotated about the long rod which passes through a cylindrical passageway in the filament winding head. A spool of fine filament is mounted on the filament winding head concentric with the cylindrical passageway in the filament winding head and the long rod, for dispensing fine filament from the spool onto the long rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Louis E. Sansone, Barry A. Blakely
  • Patent number: 5649352
    Abstract: The process for assembly of a coil with or without a core on a printed circuit comprises placing the printed circuit in the winding machine before starting the winding. When the Flyer brings the wire for the winding, it causes the latter to pass over a metallized path of the printed circuit while keeping said wire taut. After the Flyer has effected the number of turns necessary for the winding, it will carry the wire along, passing onto a second metallized path, always keeping it taut. The soldering of the two end wires of the winding on the respective metallized paths will take place very easily since each of said wires is held taut at the location where the soldering is to take place. This process permits automating the production of miniaturized electronic circuits comprising a winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Sokymat S.A.
    Inventor: Ake Gustafson
  • Patent number: 5622332
    Abstract: An apparatus for winding layers of wire on a pole of a rotor or stator of a rotary electrical generator or motor comprises a needle mounting member movable substantially axially of the rotor or stator and a needle rotatably mounted on the mounting member and extending transversely thereto. The needle is rotatable about an axis transverse to the direction of movement of the mounting member. The needle has a groove defining an outlet path for the wire to one side of the axis of rotation of the needle.A method of winding layers of wire on a pole of a rotor or stator of a rotary electrical generator or motor comprises the steps of providing a needle having a groove defining an outlet path for wire to be wound in layers, moving the needle over a winding path and causing the needle to rotate at positions in the winding path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Lucas Industries plc
    Inventors: Christopher T. Bennitt, John Rich, Geoffrey A. Rogers