Abstract: A dual bearing type reel formed so that a spool (16), which is supported for rotation between left and right side plates (12, 13) of the reel body, can be removed by removing the side plate that is opposite the handle side of the reel. The spool is removed from the frame (10) of the reel body by passing the spool through a hole in the frame. The profile of the side plate opposite the handle coincides with that of the frame, except for at the front portion of the reel body. The periphery of the frame in the front portion extends farther in the forward direction. The dual bearing type reel provides a good feel of gripping. It also is compact, protects its side plate from frontal impacts, and has a configuration preventing dirt from entering between the frame and the side plate, so that the facility of removal and attachment of the side plate is maintained.

Abstract: A material handling apparatus for lifting and suspending bulk material including a support adapted to attach to a scaffold. The material handling apparatus further includes a load connector extending downwardly from the support adapted for engaging a bag of bulk material and a locking element connected to the support. The locking element is adapted to engage and disengage the load connector for reciprocally restricting and allowing movement of the load connector.

Abstract: A fixed spool, rotary line recovery device fishing reel includes a rotary drum carrying a recovery device bail arm articulated to the drum at both ends. The first end of the bail arm carries a roller over which the line passes during recovery. The roller is cylindrical or slightly concave and of sufficient length to allow unimpeded axial movement of the line due to the amount of line wound onto the spool and due to the relative position of the recovery device relative to the fishing pole. This reduces the stresses exerted on the line and its gradual tendency to twist.

Abstract: A drag mechanism for a spin casting reel operated by a star wheel coaxial with and located behind the reel handle. The adjustment of the star wheel transmitted through a cam having a spiral groove engaged by a cam follower to a lever arm which applies an axial braking force to braking disks coaxial with the reel spool.

Abstract: A stirrup device is provided which has a mounting piece to secure a saddle, a large vehicle, or another apparatus. A drum is rotatably attached to the mounting piece. A pulley system has an attached stirrup and is operably connected to the drum for lifting and lowering the stirrup. A cable operably connects the pulley system to the drum. The drum is adapted to receive a force to rotate the drum such that the stirrup is raised or lowered depending upon the direction of rotation of the drum. The drum may be adapted to receive a cordless electric drill for rotation of the drum. Alternatively, the drum may be secured to an electric motor or the like for imparting a rotating force on the drum.

Abstract: Safety system for hoist apparatus, used with all types of cranes employing a flexible element for the handling of a load, the device preventing the free fall of the load in the event of a flexible element rupture, where the flexible element (3) is conducted and guided in the interior of a housing, the system further comprising a pair of pulleys (4) and (5), tie-down mechanism capable of gripping the intact branches of the flexible element, and an activating mechanism which includes a latch, wherein in the normal working position, the flexible element freely circulates through the interior of the housing, and the latch (6) remains in a fixed position, and wherein the rupture of the flexible element displaces the latch, activating the system and gripping an intact portion of the flexible element with the tie-down mechanism.

Abstract: A winch operates with a hydraulic motor which is supplied by a servo-valve. The servo-valve is connected as a 3-way system so that the supply hose used as a discharge when the load is being winched up is connected directly to the fluid return and so that during the descent, this motor is no longer supplied with high pressure and the fluid is circulated in a closed circuit without pressure. Fluid is refreshed with a flow rate low enough so that it does not excessively increase the supply of energy, but high enough that it limits the overheating of the fluid.

Abstract: The invention concerns a spinning reel for fishing which is not affected by a diameter of a roll of a wound fishing line, and hence is able to avoid accumulation of twist of a fishing line and entanglement of a fishing line resulting from accumulation of twist of a fishing line, thereby enhancing the handling property of a spinning reel. In the spinning reel for fishing, a support member for supporting a line roller to a rotor is provided with a first control section for controlling a line path from a distal end of a fishing rod to the line roller, and with a second control section for controlling a line path from the line roller to the spool. The first control section is disposed closer to a direction of fishing line winding carried out by the rotor than the second control section. The line roller may be mounted at a fixed, oblique angle either within the support member or relative to a fishing line winding direction or rotor axis.

Abstract: A mooring system comprises a length of hawser 3, a chafe chain 7, and a wire 5 to be wound onto a rotatable drum 1. Adjacent the drum 1 is positioned a stopper 2 adapted to receive and retain the chain 4, the chain 4 being disconnectable from the wire 5 in this circumstance.

Abstract: A snatch block assembly for engaging a line between its ends includes a pair of arms mounted at their inner ends to a base. Engagement structure, in the form of a roller, is mounted to the outer end of each arm. The arms are either fixed in position relative to the base or are pivotably mounted to the base. The line is engageable with the engagement structure by inserting a line between the arms, with the portion of the line engaging the arms being parallel to the axes of rotation of the rollers. The line is then moved into engagement with the rollers so as to pass through a passage defined between the facing surfaces of the arms. The rollers thus engage the line between its ends to temporarily maintain the line in a desired position. When the arms are pivotably mounted to the base, movement of the line between the arms engages side edges of the arms to move the arms apart, and a biasing mechanism such as a spring moves the arms back together when the line is moved into engagement with the rollers.

Abstract: In the present spinning reel for fishing, a sliding member forming a part of a traverse mechanism is fixedly secured to the rear end portion of a spool shaft extending through a pinion in meshing engagement with a drive gear, the pinion or the spool shaft located adjacent to the pinion is supported by a bearing portion, and, in both of the reel main body of the spinning reel and sliding member, there are provided first and second guide parts which are respectively used to guide the sliding member back and forth in the longitudinal direction of the reel main body while preventing the loosening of the sliding member. The second guide part is structured in such a manner that it can guide and support more loosely on the front side of the reel main body in the neighborhood of the bearing portion than on the rear side of the reel main body, and the loosening of the sliding member on the front side of the reel main body can be prevented by the bearing portion and first guide part.

Abstract: A sheave for advancing a rope by application to said sheave of rotational forces includes a central hub with opposed sheave surfaces each of the opposed surfaces being provided with alternating projections and valleys. The projections of the first one of the surfaces being aligned with a valley of the opposed second surface, each of the projections having a generally flat outer surface which is provided with rounded edges, the valleys being tapered in width toward the hub of the sheave and having a generally flat floor surface, the center of each the valley having a ridge projecting from the floor surface, the ridges each being of a height extending above its associated valley floor surface that is substantially less than the height of the projections.

Abstract: An apparatus for winding reinforcing fibers around a column is provided which comprises a non-rotatable annular frame provided around the column to be moved up and down; a rotatable annular frame provided upon the non-rotatable annular frame and arranged to be rotated around the column by a first driving motor on the non-rotatable annular frame; means provided on the rotatable annular frame for supplying reinforcing fibers around the column; at least three chain members for suspending the non-rotatable annular frame above the ground or floor level; and lift means provided at the periphery of the non-rotatable annular frame and engaged with the chain members to move up and down the non-rotatable annular frame by a second driving motors provided on the non-rotatable annular frame.

Abstract: A winding mandrel holds a central portion of a belt-like electrode assembly extending flatly and rotates to form a spiral roll of the belt-like electrode assembly around this winding mandrel. The belt-like electrode assembly includes a first region extending in one direction from the central portion and a second region extending in the opposite direction from the central portion. A first attracting device is disposed at one side of the winding mandrel for attracting the first region of the belt-like electrode assembly. A second attracting device is disposed at the opposite side of the winding mandrel for attracting the second region of the belt-like electrode assembly.

Abstract: An anti-theft apparatus is disclosed for a spare tire lift-and-carry apparatus having intermeshing gears. The anti-theft apparatus includes a movable pin engageable with the intermeshing gears, such that when the pin is in a first position, movement of the intermeshing gears is prevented, and when the pin is in a second position, movement of the intermeshing gears is permitted. The pin is normally biased toward the first position. An actuating member is operably connected to the pin for moving the pin from the first position to the second position. Preferably, the actuating member is located within a secure area of the vehicle, such as a passenger compartment, a trunk, or a car jack storage area. A lock is provided on the actuating member for temporarily locking the pin in the second position.

Abstract: An electric rotary tying device system used for tying fishing flies that provides an in-line rotational drive system contained in a rotatably, elevationally and angularly adjustable main housing. Fully adjustable gripping means are non-destructive and are used to tie regular fishing flies while a modified gripping means allows the tying of tube flies. A fully reversible, bi-directional, variable speed, low voltage drive means and rotatable in-line drive system is controlled by a variable speed foot switch to provide variable rotation to the gripping means. The foot operated control switch frees both hands when tying a fishing fly thereby providing greater control over the precise positioning and tensional wrapping of fly tying material. A plurality of accessory bores and a movable mounting member provide attachment points for various accessories.

Abstract: A rotor assembly that is operable to wrap fishing line around a spool. The rotor assembly has a body with a circumference and a central axis about which the rotor assembly rotates in operation, a first bail ear and a second bail ear on the body, a bail assembly including first and second bail arms and a bail wire, first structure for mounting the first bail arm to the first bail ear for pivoting movement of the first bail arm relative to the first bail ear about a first axis, and second structure for mounting the second bail arm to the second bail ear for pivoting movement of the second bail arm relative to the second bail ear about a second axis. The first and second bail ears have first and second circumferential center lines extending axially of the body. The first center line makes a first acute angle with a first plane containing both a line parallel to the first axis and the central axis of the body.

Abstract: For forming a cylindrical coil (3) on a rectilinear arm of a magnetic circuit (1) having a very small air-gap (2), a wire guide member (6) has a wire inlet portion (8), a wire outlet portion (9) and an elongated intermediary portion (11) arranged for effecting a rotary movement about the axis (4) of the coil (3) and a reciprocating movement in the axial direction of the coil (3). The intermediary portion of the wire guide member has, over a length at least equal to that of the coil to be formed, a height smaller than the length of the air-gap so that it can move through the air-gap in the longitudinal and in the transverse directions.

Abstract: A method of attaching a handle to a halyard winch on a sail boat in order to increase the mechanical advantage of the handle. The method comprises removing the standard halyard winch handle, removing the standard ship's wheel, and placing the ship's wheel on the halyard winch in place of the halyard winch handle. Also, a device is used to attach the ship's wheel to the halyard winch which has a first end inserted into the halyard winch and a second end for securing the ship's wheel thereto. Turning the ship's wheel will turn the halyard winch, and since the ship's wheel is larger than a normal winch handle, a mechanical advantage will be realized.

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.