Abstract: An apparatus for electric wiring, including a housing having a folding stand and a handle, a reel including a flexible tape, a rolling ball-equipped tape leader detachably connected to the lead end of the flexible tape outside the housing, a motor drive controlled to let off/take up the flexible tape, permitting the lead end of the flexible tape to be moved between the inlet of an electric conduit to the outlet thereof to carry an electric wire through the electric conduit, and photo detectors adapted for detecting the movement of the flexible tape so as to automatically cut off power supply from the motor drive when the flexible tape is fully extended out or retracted.

Abstract: A belt winder for safety belts has a spindle (14) for the winding up of the safety belt (18) and a rotatable latching flange (12) which can be latched with respect to a fixed base frame (10). A torsion bar (16) is rotationally fixedly connected at its one end to the spindle (14) and is rotationally fixedly connected at its other end to the latching flange (12). A further torsion bar (26) is provided, which can be selectively switched in.

Abstract: Roll winding device and method. The roll winding device has two carrying rollers defining a winding bed adapted to receive a wound roll. Each roller has a respective longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axes being substantially parallel to one another. The device includes a pressure chamber arrangement having opposed sides, opposed ends and a bottom, each side being defined by a respective carrying roller, the bottom being defined by a sealing body, and an end wall present at each opposed end. At least one end wall is a mobile end wall that is adapted to move along an an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axes of the carrying rollers. Also provided is a roll winding method for use with a roll winding device.

Abstract: A nudging device that can be used for aligning the core of a roll of paper with a caliper used for loading the roll into a roll stand. The nudging device has a nudging plate with a pivoted end and a free end. The pivoted end of the nudging plate is pivotally attached to a base by a pivot. The base can be securely maintained stationary with respect to a surface supporting a roll of paper to be nudged. The nudging device also has a means for pivoting the nudging plate from its resting position, and this means may be a pneumatic actuator (such as an air bladder), a hydraulic actuator, a ball screw actuator, or a pawl and ratchet actuator. The pivot is strategically placed on the base so that as the nudging plate is pivoted from its resting position, the free end of the nudging plate travels through an arc in a first circular direction (e.g., clockwise) while causing the roll to be nudged away from the nudging device as the roll moves in a second circular direction (e.g.

Abstract: In a normal state, a roller is engaged with an engaging projection of a rotor constituting a pretensioner and is not nipped between the rotor and a shaft. Accordingly, the shaft is freely rotated and a spool is also freely rotated so that a webbing can be pulled out and wound up. When a vehicle suddenly decelerates, the rotor is rotated and the engaging projection is separated from the roller. Accordingly, the roller is pushed by a taper of the rotor and is nipped between an outer circumferential face of the shaft and the taper. Since the rotor and the shaft are connected to each other through the roller, the rotation force of the rotor is transmitted to the shaft and the spool is rotated and the webbing is wound. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a webbing winding device in which the rotation force of the pretensioner can be transmitted to the spool without causing resistance in the rotation of the pretensioner at its operating time or wasting the rotation force for rotating the spool.

Abstract: A belt shortening device intended for use with a vehicle seat belt securing a baby seat is constructed and arranged so that it can be easily mounted to the existing seat belt without detaching the belt from its existing connection. The belt shortening device includes a tubular housing, a spindle rotatably received within the housing, and a ratchet mechanism operable for controlling rotation of the spindle. The housing has an open end and a closed end and includes a pair of longitudinal slits extending inwardly from the open end. The slits are symmetrically arranged in opposed relation so as to define a transverse slot in the housing for receiving the belt therein. A ratchet pawl is mounted in the side wall of the housing adjacent the open end thereof. The spindle has a body portion and two spaced arms extending perpendicularly outwardly from the body portion. The spaced arms define a longitudinal slot for transversely receiving the belt therein.

Abstract: A reel and pole combination facilitates winding and unwinding of light strings for outdoor displays. One or more reels have male threads on one axial end and female threads on an opposite axial end to mate with poles having male threads on one end and female threads on another. This allows a pole to be threaded to a reel in an orientation that lets a user turn the pole and reel for winding or unwinding light strings without loosening the threaded connection between the pole and the reel. Reels can be threaded together and threaded onto poles, and poles can be threaded together to increase the height of reach.

Abstract: A belt retractor for a safety belt restraint system comprises a frame in which a belt spool is rotatably mounted, which spool is provided at at least one of its axial ends with a locking toothing, and at least one locking catch which can be guided into the locking toothing of the belt spool and has a bearing pin at one end. The locking catch is provided with a bore. The bearing pin is formed by a wire pin which is arranged in the bore and onto which the locking catch is pressed.

Abstract: A method and device for output of single sheets from a printer employs a driven first roller pair having a conveying nip in which a respective single sheet is transported and deflected from an approximately vertically proceeding conveying path into an approximately horizontal conveying path. A separation element that suppresses a continued conveying of the respective single sheet on a circumferential surface of a lower roller of the roller pair is arranged in a proximity of the circumferential surface of the lower roller. An edge sensor is arranged preceding the roller as viewed in a conveying direction for determining whether single sheets have pushed on top of one another. A discharge brush electrically discharges one side of the single sheet arranged in the conveying path following the roller pair. A deflection device deflects the single sheet emerging from the conveying nip into a substantially horizontal attitude shortly before the conveying nip as viewed in a direction of the conveying path.

Abstract: A reusable spool for use in installing electrical wiring is provided. The spool may include first and second mating halves, each having an end plate and a central mandrel. The mandrel of one half may be inserted into a wound coil of wire, which can then be overturned to allow the second half to be connected to the first half. The first and second halves may be joined through a plurality of arcuate longitudinal tabs which slidably engage in one position to adjust width, and upon rotation, lock frictionally into a given position.

Abstract: A method for eliminating rhythmic register errors in sheet-fed rotary printing machines, the sheets therein being transported by an impression cylinder of double size having two gripper arrangements, includes bringing front lays, which have been provided for orienting the sheets at a feed table, out of an end position outside a conveying plane of the sheets and into a first orientation position on the feed table, then bringing the front lays back into the end position, and thereafter bringing the front lays into a second orientation position on the feed table; and a device for performing the method.

Abstract: An apparatus for receiving a continuous series of rings of a hot rolled product includes: a) a portable container having: i) a vertically disposed cylindrical side wall open at its upper and lower ends; ii) a base at the lower end of the side wall configured to removably locate the container at a coil forming station; iii) a horizontal shelf projecting inwardly from the interior of the side wall; and iv) a central core supported by the shelf, the core being spaced inwardly from the interior of the side wall to define an annular chamber therebetween, the shelf having access openings therein communicating with the chamber; b) an elevator platform at the coil forming station having support members configured and arranged to pass through the access openings in the shelf; and c) a mechanism for vertically adjusting the elevator platform to move its support members through the access openings in the shelf between raised operative positions at which the support members project into the annular chamber to supp

Abstract: A safety belt retractor comprises a belt winding shaft including a cylindrical projecting portion projected from its one end surface, a torsion bar coupled at one end to the end surface of the belt winding shaft and at the other end to a skid mechanism integrated with a sprocket, which is accommodated in the belt winding shaft and the skid mechanism for limiting the torque of the torsion bar, in which the cylindrical projecting portion includes a stopper for determining the rotation of the torsion bar, the skid mechanism includes a skip member, which is provided with a latching portion contacting with the stopper and a skid element for limiting the torque of the torsion bar, and a skid structure provided with a boss coupled to enable the other end of the torsion bar to be inserted thereinto and a guide groove formed around the periphery of the boss on the bottom surface thereof, in which at least two pairs of blocking elements are provided, thereby to limit the rotation of the belt winding shaft.

Abstract: Winding apparatus and method for transferring a web of material from a wound roll to a winding tube. The method includes applying an adhesive surface onto a severing region of the material web that surrounds a circumferential portion of a carrier roll, lifting the severing region of the web of material away from the carrier roll, and severing the web of material within the severing region. The winding apparatus includes two carrier rolls arranged to form a winding bed, a severing device, an adhesive applicator, and a retaining device including at least one roller segment that is switchable between two states.

Abstract: A paper magazine core for rotatably supporting a roll of photosensitive material in a paper magazine includes an inner core divided into two inner core members that can be screwed together. The surface of each inner core member is provided with rows of screw holes formed at prescribed spacing conforming with the widths of rolls of photosensitive material of various types. Flange members are screw-fastened at the screw holes whose locations are appropriate for the size of the photosensitive material to be used. Each flange member is formed with an insert portion having multiple steps insertable into paper tubes of different sizes. Non-slip portions are formed around the insert portions and surfaces of the steps. Once the flange members have been fastened on the inner core members in a light room, a roll of photosensitive material can be installed on the core in a dark room merely by joining the inner core members.

Abstract: An adhesive tape roll dispenser comprises a grip member and a revolving member. The grip member has a cylindrical body which is provided with a ring-shaped lip and a ring-shaped slot opposite to the ring-shaped lip and having a plurality of retaining hooks. The cylindrical body is further provided with a locating plate. The revolving member is provided with a ring-shaped stop plate, a ring-shaped insertion hook, and a pivoting plate. The revolving member is fitted over the cylindrical body of the grip member such that the pivoting plate is pivoted to the locating plate, and that the insertion hook of the revolving member is retained by the retaining hooks of the grip member. The revolving member and the grip member are coaxially engaged such that they revolve relative to each other and that they are incapable of an axial displacement in relation to each other.

Abstract: A linear drive (10) for a belt tensioner has a cylinder tube (20) comprising at one axial end a face wall (33) provided with an opening (34). A piston (22) is arranged shiftably in the cylinder tube. The piston has a hollow inner space (24). A pyrotechnical propellant charge (28) is provided which following its ignition acts upon the inner space (24) of the piston (22) with compressed gas. To provide a cooling and a filtering function, a pad (44) of a wire conglomerate is arranged within the cylinder tube adjacent the face wall (33) of the cylinder tube.

Abstract: A turnover mechanism for handling sheets having a pair of belts, said belts are spaced one above the other, sheet turnover tubes interposed between the two belts, one of the turnover tubes facing in a direction opposite to the other turnover tubes, the sheets being fed to one of the belts, the belt moving the sheets to a turnover tube whereby the turnover tube inverts the sheets and transfers the sheets from one belt to the other belt. The belts and turnover tubes are mounted in an invertable module.

Abstract: The sealing strip separation film retriever has a tubular spindle with first and second ends and an inside diameter. A plurality of slots in the spindle extend from the second end toward the first end and form fingers. A first end plate is secured to the first end of the spindle. A hand crank is secured to the first end plate. A shaft carries a second end plate and a spindle support block. The spindle support block is telescopically received in the spindle and supports the fingers. A support handle, with a joint, is journaled on the hand crank and on the shaft.

Abstract: A particle size classifier in which feed material composed of product and overs moves downwardly through a separator unit by the action of negative pressures created by a first air blower associated with the collection of product and a second air blower associated with the collection of overs. As the feed material moves downwardly, the product and the overs are separated with the product passing from within a screen unit to outside the screen unit and the screen unit preventing passage of the overs. Blowback air, applied to the screen unit from the outside cleans the cylindrical screen unit to permit continued passage of product through the screen unit.