Patents Represented by Attorney Jeff Karmilovich
  • Patent number: 6012664
    Abstract: An assembly for supplying wire from a spool includes a support for holding the spool, a sensor mounted on the support and detachably secured to an end of the spool for detecting supplying of the end of the wire from the spool, and a controller for precluding supplying of wire from the spool when the sensor detects supplying of the end of the wire. The support may hold a plurality of spools and include a plurality of sensors and indicators for sensing and indicating spool depletion. Wires may follow a wire feed path to a winder including a first portion extending generally vertically from the support, a second portion extending generally vertically from the winder, and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Reliance Electric Industrial Company
    Inventors: Mark B. Duclos, C. W. Luttrell