Abstract: A method and apparatus for winding strip material onto a drum is disclosed. Friction between the surface of the drum and the strip material wound there around, as well as friction between adjacent reels of strip material, may be selectively controlled by controlling the provision of a fluid bed between the strip material and the surface of the drum. Control over this friction allows the individual strips to slip to different degrees relative to the drum on which they are wound. The different amounts of slip permit the strips to be wound on the drum with uniform tension and at a uniform take up speed.

Abstract: A dual mode tape rule blade arrestor structure that provides for an effective increase in tape rule rewind buffering to prevent excessive blade retrieval speeds that generate high impact sheering forces. The arrestor button of the present invention is pressed upward to temporarily halt tape rule rewinding, but can at the same time also be pressed downward and locked into the full constraint position. As such, the improved structure of the invention herein enhances tape rule service life as well as operating safety.

Abstract: In the method for controlling the structure of a reel, a continuous paper web (W) is reeled around a reel spool (2) to form a reel (R), and one or more variables are measured from the web (W). When a particular, predetermined change occurs in the variable, the lateral oscillation of the web is changed, by means of which the web is guided to different locations in the reel (R) in the axial direction of the reel spool (2). The change can be implemented by starting the oscillation or by changing the oscillation in progress. The change can be implemented on the basis of the changes in the transverse profile of the web (W).

Abstract: A device to support and drive a winding bar or tube-shaped spindle designed to roll or unroll bolts of material of the type containing a guiding bearing and a guided bearing, each made up of a fixed casing in which a shaft can move axially, having an end designed to be able to butt against, at one of its ends which adapted for this purpose, the winding bar or the spindle, the shaft of the guiding bearing being driven to rotation by means of a sleeve rotating in the casing by a motor and the interior of the sleeve can move the shaft axially, all while being linked in rotation while the shaft of the guided bearing is mounted in free rotation. Each fixed casing is in the shape of a cylindrical casing of a jack in the watertight chamber which can move, under action of fluid, a piston attached coaxially to the guiding shaft or to the guided shaft such that the cylindrical casing is equipped at its lower end in a manner that allows extraction of the end of the shaft.

Abstract: A method for producing a roll from printed products in a winding operation includes winding the printed products with winding tape onto a winding core; driving a winding rug with a first drive, wherein the winding rug is arranged on the underside of the winding core and fitted against the winding core for rotating the winding core; driving a winding tape supply with a second drive, wherein the winding tape is unwound from the winding tape supply; and maintaining a predetermined tape tension during the winding operation. Maintaining the predetermined tape tension includes measuring speed and distance with measurement devices at the first and second drives to obtain measured values, computing the diameter of the winding tape supply with the measured values, and regulating a rotational moment with the computed diameter of the winding tape supply to maintain the tension.

Abstract: A device for winding the remaining line of the optical fiber cable easily when wiring without lose the characteristics of the optical fiber cable. The device includes a case body having an insertion aperture, an inner drum, and a pair of outer drums for receiving cable wound thereabout. The inner drum includes an upper flange, a lower flange, and a pair of guide drums disposed between the upper flange and the lower flange.

Abstract: An electric device for a bicycle is provided that retains a cord to reduce or eliminate slack in the cord, which preferably extends between a pair of electric devices. At least one electric device includes a housing portion, a bobbin portion and a retainer portion. The bobbin portion extends from the housing portion and has a winding surface. The retainer portion is coupled to overlie a portion of the bobbin portion to retain an electrical cord on the winding surface of the bobbin portion. In one embodiment, the bobbin portion includes a pair of bobbin sections with the retainer portion releasably coupled to the housing portion. In another embodiment, the bobbin portion is a tubular member and the retainer portion is fixedly coupled to the housing portion.

Abstract: In a winding mechanism for a sun screen comprising a winding tube which is rotatable about a central axis for winding and unwinding the sun screen and driving means for said winding tube, the central axis is curved and the winding tube is flexible. A possible use of such a winding mechanism is in an open roof construction of a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wire spool caddy for releasably holding at least one cylindrical spool having an outer diameter while a wire or the like is being unwound from the spool, the caddy comprising an elongated frame which includes first and second spaced apart ends; a plurality of generally parallel fixed rods which each extend between and are connected to the first and second ends; and at least one movable rod which is generally parallel to the fixed rods and which extends between and is pivotably connected to the first and second ends; wherein at least two of the fixed rods are separated by a first distance which is less than the diameter of the spool to thereby form a bottom support for the spool; and wherein the movable rod is pivotable between a first position in which the movable rod is separated from an adjacent fixed rod by a second distance that is less than the diameter of the spool, and a second position in which the movable rod is separated from the adjacent fixed rod by a third d

Abstract: A conveying apparatus. The apparatus includes an air-cooled hydraulic driving unit, a hydraulic motor, a conveyor and a connecting element. The air-cooled hydraulic driving unit includes a hydraulic pump, an electrical motor, pipes, a flow regulator, and a cooling fan. The cooling fan is adapted for low temperature environment and does not require complicated pipes, so that the conveying apparatus of the present invention can be flexibly combined with other devices or applied to various processes.

Abstract: A pretensioner 10 for a seat belt 12 employs a strap 30 fixed about a pulley 34 and also fixed at an opposite end 36 to a housing 18. Upon pretensioner activation, an actuator 20 is propelled across a rectangular passage 72 thereby impelling a portion 31 of the strap 30 extending across the passage 72. Torque created by the strap 30 about the pulley 34 effects slideable and rotary engagement of the geared pulley 34 with a geared hub 38. The geared hub 38 co-axially and rotatably communicates with a seat belt retractor spool 46 wherein a seat belt retractor spool shaft 40 axially extends through hub 38 and spool 46. Activation of the pretensioner 10 therefore results in ignition of a gas generant 22 that produces sufficient gas pressure to drive the actuator 20, thereby effecting rotary movement in the pulley 34, the hub 38, the shaft 40, and the spool 46. A seat belt 12 wound about the spool 46 is thereby pretensioned.

Abstract: A looper for thick metal strip has a large-diameter outer basket centered on an upright axis and a small-diameter inner basket axially above the outer basket and centered on an upright axis. The strip is fed on edge and generally tangentially into the outer basket to form therein a large-diameter spiral having an inner end. Then the strip is fed upward from the spiral inner end around the inner basket and is finally pulled tangentially from the inner basket. The strip is straightened generally as it leaves the inner basket.

Abstract: A winding device for flat printed sheets has a rotatably supported winding drum for receiving and dispensing printed sheets. At least one winding mandrel having a winding belt wound thereon and configured to unwind the winding belt and feed undershot the winding belt to the winding drum is provided. The winding belt receives the printed sheets and, by being wound onto the winding drum together with the printed sheets, forms winding layers of the printed sheets on the winding drum. A touch probe detects an empty state of the winding drum, without printed sheets wound thereon, or a loaded state of the winding drum, having printed sheets wound thereon, by interacting with the winding belt or the printed sheets.

Abstract: A cable storage device for providing a storage for cable. The cable storage device includes a housing assembly including a housing member; and also includes a handle member being attached to an exterior of the housing member; and further includes a spool member being rotatably disposed in the housing member and being adapted to carry a cable; and also includes a crank member being attached to the spool member for turning the spool member to take up the cable; and further includes bracket members being securely attached to the housing member and being adapted to support an end portion of the cable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet material applicator comprising a cylindrical body rotatable within a housing, the housing forming a handle for the applicator, and means at one end of the cylindrical body for mounting a roll of the sheet material particularly a bandage applicator.

Abstract: A webbing take-up device which, when a webbing belt is pulled out, can reduce the rewind urging force applied to the vehicle occupant by the belt. The take-up device includes a spool 20 for winding a webbing belt, a take-up shaft that is connected to the spool, a shaft member connected to the take-up shaft via adapters 30, 44, a torsion coil spring 56 connected between a ratchet wheel 52 and adapter 44, another torsion coil spring 60 connected between the adapters 30, 44 and a spiral spring 48 connected to the shaft member. When the belt is pulled out and secured over an occupant, a plunger 70 engages ratchet wheel 52, and torsion coil spring 56 is wound tighter on the adapter 44. The resultant frictional force and urging force of the torsion coil spring 60 is greater than the urging force of the spiral spring 48. Thus, slack is present in the torsion coil spring 60, and the adapter 30 rotates relatively to the adapter 44.

Abstract: A rewinder includes a lockout cam for controlling the actuation of transfer pins and transfer pads on the bedroll of a rewinder. The transfer pins and transfer pads are mounted on a rotatable pin shaft and a rotatable pad shaft, respectively. A cam follower assembly on the pin shaft is engageable with a pin cam for controlling movement of the transfer pins. A cam follower assembly on the pad shaft is engageable with a pad cam for controlling movement of the transfer pads. The lockout cam is rotatably mounted relative to the bedroll. A first portion of the lockout cam is engageable with the cam follower assemblies for preventing the pin and pad cam follower assemblies from engaging the pin cam and the pad cam, respectively. A second portion of the lockout cam permits the pin and pad cam follower assemblies to engage the pin cam and the pad cam, respectively.

Abstract: The double-bearing type reel has a spool for winding up a fishing line and a drag mechanism 5 slipping to rotate the spool when a predetermined tension acts on the line wound round the spool. The drag mechanism comprises an outer ring, an inner shaft, a plurality of rollers arranged between the outer ring and the inner shaft so as to roll, and a torque adjusting section for moving the outer ring and the inner shaft relatively in an axial direction. The rollers are arranged between tapered roll surfaces which are an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring and an outer circumferential surface of the inner shaft and have center axes inclined against center axes of the outer ring and the inner shaft.

Abstract: A seat belt retractor is formed of a reel for a seat belt having a rotary shaft with an end, a bearing for rotationally supporting the end of the rotary shaft, and a rotary shaft end support formed in the bearing. The end of the rotary shaft has a curved surface, and the rotary shaft end support has an opposing surface opposing the end of the rotary shaft for supporting the end of the rotary shaft. The opposing surface has a curved surface corresponding to that of the end of the rotary shaft to thereby properly support the rotary shaft without wobbling.

Abstract: A pretensioner 10 for a seat belt 12 employs a strap 30 fixed about a pulley 34 and also fixed at an opposite end 36 to a housing 18. Upon pretensioner activation, an actuator 20 is propelled across a rectangular passage 72 thereby impelling a portion 31 of the strap 30 extending across the passage 72. Torque created by the strap 30 about the pulley 34 effects rotary advancement of the geared pulley 34 with a geared clutch 37 engaged therewith. The geared clutch 37 co-axially and rotatably communicates with a seat belt retractor spool 46 wherein a seat belt retractor spool shaft 40 axially extends through the clutch 37 and spool 46. Activation of the pretensioner 10 therefore results in ignition of a gas generant 16 that produces sufficient gas pressure to drive the actuator 20 through a linear passage 72, thereby effecting rotary movement of the pulley 34, the clutch 37, the shaft 40, and the spool 46. A seat belt 12 wound about the spool 46 is thereby pretensioned.