Abstract: A safety device for a winch for minimizing line whipping when the line improperly releases. A weight is coupled to the line at a selected region on the line when the line is extended from the winch to winch an object. When the extended line suddenly releases the weight provides a weighted pivot for the released cable. The safety method provides coupling a weight to the line and, locking the weight at a selected region of the line when the line is extended from the winch for winching. When the extended line suddenly releases the locked weight provides a weighted pivot for the released cable.

Abstract: An automatic two-speed transmission for a fishing reel comprises a spool mounted on a spool shaft, a drive sleeve mounted on a drive shaft disposed parallel to the spool shaft. A low gear driver nonrotatably mounted on the drive shaft engages the low gear when the low gear rotates at a speed less than the drive shaft, the low gear driver disengaging from the low gear when the low gear rotates at a speed greater than the drive shaft. The low gear drives a low pinion gear that turns the spool. A high gear is disposed on the drive sleeve between clutch washers, the clutch washers providing frictional resistance against the high gear in order to engage the high gear, which in turn engages a high pinion gear that turns the spool. A tension preset device selectably adjusts the drive sleeve and the drive shaft axially relative to each other, squeezing the high gear between the clutch washers.

Abstract: A fishing gear in which an attached part (8) is assembled onto a main body member (6) formed of a base metal protected by an insulating coating, characterized in that a fixing member (20) for attaching and fixing the attached part to the main body member (6) is formed of an aluminum alloy in which an Fe component is 0.6 wt. % or less, a Cu component is 0.2 wt. % or less, an Ni component is 0.1 wt. % or less, and a Ti component is 0.03 wt. % or less.

Abstract: An improved structure of a cable winch used in vehicle is disclosed. The present cable winch provides the user to turn the control button to position a protruded peg at the top edge of the through hole of the gear box, and the control button will pull the transmission shaft and the moving gear thereon and the worm-like spring, thereby the moving gear disengages from the teeth portion of the rolling cylinder and the rolling cylinder is unloaded and rotates freely, and the cable of the winch can be rapidly and conveniently pulled out.

Abstract: A wire-winding machine for forming coils (20) on individual magnetic pole teeth (11a) of a core member (13) which is produced by joining a plurality of core segments (11), each of the core segments (11) having a yoke portion (11c) and a magnetic pole tooth (11a) projectingly formed on an inside surface (11d) of the yoke portion (11c), comprises a core member positioner including a rotating roller (14), large-diameter guide rollers (21) and small-diameter guide rollers (22) which together serve to bend the core member (13) and hold it in a position where the core segments (11.3, 11.5) adjacent to the core segment (11.4) on which the coil (20) is currently wound do not project in the direction of its magnetic pole tooth (11a) beyond a boundary surface (S) of the yoke portion (11c) of the core segment (11.4) on which the coil (20) is currently wound.

Abstract: There is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes. The method may include mounting a dispenser, inserting a container of wet wipes, threading the wipes through the dispenser, and separating a portion of wipes. The container may have the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner based on the desired orientation of the wipes contained therein.

Abstract: A self-locking reduction device used in a winch has a support to which an input shaft is rotatably mounted. The input shaft has an eccentric shaft portion. Three pins are formed at regular intervals on a circumference around the center of the eccentric shaft portion on an external gear that is mounted to the eccentric shaft portion. Three bores are formed at regular intervals on the support facing the external gear on a circumference around the center of the input shaft. The pins are engaged with the bores so that the external gear may be eccentrically moved. The number of internal teeth of the internal gear is slightly more than that of the external teeth of the external gear, thereby providing a reliable self-locking reduction device.

Abstract: Simple configuration in a low-gear-ratio type oscillating mechanism for realizing at high transmission efficiency improved lay in the line windings. Spinning reel oscillating mechanism (6), a mechanism that reciprocates the spool (12) in cooperation with rotation of handle (1), is furnished with gear piece (21) and slider (22). The gear piece rotates cooperatively with handle rotation, and is a component on whose one lateral face first and second cam portions (21a), (21b) are formed rim-wise. The slider is attached, immovably in the spool axial direction, at its tip to the rearward end of a spool shaft 20 for the spool, and has: a first cam engager (22a) that extends in a direction intersecting the spool shaft and engages with the first cam, and a second cam engager (22b) that extends in the same direction as the first cam engager and engages with the second cam; and is for reciprocating in the spool axial direction by engagement with either the two cams or the two cam engagers.

Abstract: A circuit board carrier and method of using the same. The carrier allows circuit boards to be processed on lead frame-based semiconductor processing equipment. The circuit board carrier contains a structure to secure a circuit board thereto and the carrier is sized and shaped and provided with standardized indexing holes to allow processing of circuit boards on processing equipment configured for lead frame-based processing.

Abstract: A multi-block rigging system for a heavy crane, pulling or lifting device. The system uses sheave blocks in series orientation to enable the use of standard, economical or preferred, size winch drums and standard, economical or preferred, diameter and length wire rope, each forming a separate set of reeving lines. Each set of reeving lines moves its corresponding load block a proportional distance of the total travel length for the load hook. Alternatively, different line parts of line for each reeved set enables different travel speeds of the load block for different capacity requirements.

Abstract: A coil winding system and process is provided that includes a coil winding fixture and a coil press fixture. The coil winding fixture includes a pair of winding arms each having a set of in-line winding pins. The sets of in-line pins are arranged parallel to one another in one axis, and form an angle to another axis. Magnetic wire is machine wound into the slots between the pins to form coil phases, and, advantageously the individual coils can be wound together to minimize spatial tolerance build-up between phases. Likewise the slots are arranged parallel and adjacent one another to ensure that each winding is parallel to the next to maximize efficiency of the coils. The press fixture includes a forming press and a saddle to form the wound coils into a predetermined shape using heat and pressure applied to the press fixture.

Abstract: A winding-down side pilot port of a control valve is of a 2-port construction comprising a normal winding-down side port having a large pressure receiving area and a free fall side port having a small pressure receiving area, wherein in the free fall operation carried out by setting a motor to a small capacity, a pilot pressure of a winding-down side remote control valve is supplied to the free fall side port through a mode switching valve. Thereby, a stroke of the control valve can be suppressed so that a speed of a motor does not exceed an allowable speed.

Abstract: An improved web material dispenser that is designed to dispense web material, such as toilet tissue or the like. The dispenser is able to retain a roll containing tissue at a dispensing position until the tissue has been exhausted from the roll. The dispenser senses that the tissue is exhausted from the roll, and only then permits a reserve roll to be rotated into a dispensing position. Thus, the dispenser ensures that the tissue from each roll is used up before permitting access to a reserve roll. The invention also provides a new web material roll that utilizes a “double core”, as well as a method of making the “double core”.

Abstract: A winch over-winding prevention apparatus includes: a winch drum that is driven for up/down hoist in response to a command issued through an operating lever; a stop switch that is activated when a suspended object raised or lowered as a hoisting cable wound around the winch drum is further taken up or fed out is hoisted up to a predetermined stop position; and a stop device that stops drive of the winch drum when the stop switch is activated, and further includes: a speed detection device that detects a hoist speed of the suspended object; a speed reduction device that reduces a drive speed of the winch drum once the suspended object reaches a predetermined speed reduction start position; and a speed reduction control device that calculates a deceleration rate of the winch drum in correspondence to the hoist speed of the suspended object detected by the speed detection device and controls drive of the speed reduction device in response to a speed reduction command corresponding to the deceleration rate.

Abstract: A wire roll dispenser apparatus utilizing a base member having a surface contacting foundation. The base member also includes a platform element which extends outwardly from the foundation member. A plate of a certain in mass and engages a plurality of projections which span the plate and the surface element. The plate and surface element form space for a wire roll which is unrolled for use.

Abstract: The line roller 23 is rotatably supported on the supporting portion 17 of a supporting member 11 through bearings 25, 27. The bearings are interposed between an inner periphery of the line roller and the supporting portion of a supporting member, arranged in parallel in the axial direction, and are separately disposed each other. The opposite ends of the bearings are in contact with stopping portions in the inner periphery of the line roller. The bearing 25 has an outer end being in contact with a stopper 33 of the support member through a first seal member 31, while the bearing 27 has an outer end being in contact with a stopper 37 of the support member through a second seal member 35. The first and second sealing members are supported as being held between the bearings and the stoppers respectively.

Abstract: A lifting device for lifting and moving objects with minimal effort and a method for using the same is provided. The lifting device has a cable attachable to an object and a handle on the cable. Sensors in the handle may sense vertical pressure exerted on the handle and may put out a current to a variable-speed motor in a housing of the lifting device. The motor may release or may retrieve the cable at a speed dependent upon the amount of pressure applied, thereby raising or lowering the object. Pressure of three to five pounds is sufficient to lift any object. The operator may move the object in any direction up to a radius determined by the length of the cable from the object to the housing. The housing may have an upper portion that may slide forward relative to a lower portion. Consequently, this lengthens the radius of movement allowed to the operator.

Abstract: An anti-reversional mechanism for a trolling reel is to provide a ratchet wheel on a pressing wheel of the trolling reel, and two pawl members detachably engaged with the ratchet wheel for preventing the pressing wheel from reversional rotation. Each of the pawl members has an elongated slot. A control ring is elastically clamped on the periphery of the pressing wheel and has two driving rods respectively received in the elongated slots of the pawl members. Since the orientation of the elongated slot and the displacement direction of the control ring form a predetermined included angle, the pawl members are driven by the control rods of the control ring to be disengaged with said ratchet wheel while the pressing wheel rotates in a right direction such that the pressing wheel can rotate freely.

Abstract: A lift assembly having a drum rotatably mounted to a frame and linearly translatable with respect to the frame. A plurality of head blocks are connected to the frame along a helical mounting path, wherein linear translation of the drum during takeoff or take-up maintains a predetermined fleet angle between a take off point from the drum and the head block.

Abstract: A winch rotator is described for a receiver hitch mounted all terrain vehicle winch having a winch cable and a cable guiding fairlead through which the winch cable is threaded. The rotator includes an auxiliary receiver hitch post configured to be mounted to the receiver hitch. A support is mounted to the receiver hitch post and extends to an end where a winch mount is located, to mount a winch with the fairlead thereof oriented in a rotated, downwardly disposed position.