Abstract: A portable apparatus for pulling well pipe upwardly through a well includes a well pipe hauling head which incorporates two opposed, inwardly tapering discs which are adapted to frictionally engage well pipe therein by only a quarter-turn engagement with the pipe. This allows for easy manual engagement and disengagement of the well pipe with the hauling head. The hauler head is mounted with suitable mounting apparatus permitting the hauler head to be freely rotatable in a supported position adjacent a well. The apparatus may be provided with a reduction gear box so that it may be actuated by a portable power drill.

Abstract: A block for handling an elongate body such as a monitoring cable, comprising a plurality of wheels (5) having parallel axles (11) which, in an operational position, are arranged approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the block, wherein the axles (11) of the wheels (5) are mounted on arms (6) which are pivotally mounted in a shaft (4) which runs parallel to the longitudinal direction of the block.

Abstract: A spinning reel for mounting on a fishing rod includes a reel body having a reel body section and a mounting leg member with a rod attachment member, a rotor, and a spool disposed on the rotor. A guard arm is disposed between the mounting leg member and the rotor.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved fishing reel rotor-mounted bail system. More specifically, the present invention provides a bail system wherein a tension spring is pivotally inserted at a first end to a rotor arm and at a second end to a bail banjo or bail hinge such that the tension spring applies a tensile force or moment to the bail banjo or hinge thereby biasing the bail mechanism in either the open or closed position.

Abstract: A fishing reel has a spool for fishing line rotatably mounted about a shaft operable by a crank. A drag assembly mounts the spool to the shaft with two ball bearing assemblies and a clutch pack of washers consisting of drag washers keyed to the spool, drag washers keyed to the shaft and friction washers between the spool-keyed and shaft-keyed washers. An adjustment mechanism compresses the clutch pack of washers through the inner races of the bearing assemblies.

Abstract: To make a reel body compact, a fishing reel is mounted on a fishing rod with a cylindrical portion 30, and is provided with a rotatable rotor 3, a reel body 2, a spool shaft 20, a spool 4, a handle shaft 7, a pinion gear 14, and a oscilating mechanism 6. The reel body 2 has a rotor support portion 10c for rotatably supporting the rotor, and a flange portion 10d formed so as to cover a rear end portion of the cylindrical portion 30 outside the rotor support portion 10c. A housing of the reel body 2, has a lateral width rearward of the flange portion 10d that is in the range of 20 to 60% of a diameter of the flange portion 10d. The spool shaft 20 is reciprocatingly rotatably supported for back and forth movement within the housing of the reel body 2. The spool 4 is fixed to an end of the spool shaft 20 such that the fishing line may be guided by a fishing line guiding portion and wound around an outer circumference of the spool.

Abstract: Wound strings for a musical instrument include inharmonicity compensation. A portion of the wound string, preferably at one or both ends thereof, includes a concentric winding. The concentric winding has a length l.sub.comp given by: ##EQU1## where D.sub.s is the outer diameter of portions of the wound string remote from the compensating winding, D.sub.comp is the diameter of the wound string at the compensating winding, d is the diameter of the core wire and l.sub.bare is the length of the bare end of the string.

Abstract: Apparatus for coupling an elongate support and a fence, such as a partition between cubicles in a stall. Cubicle partitions are first hung from couplings which have been fixed to a horizontal member of an elongate support. The partitions are hung on the support one end at a time, allowing for a single person to perform this operation even with relatively heavy partitions. After hanging the ends of the partition, the partition can be adjusted prior to finally securing the ends of the partition to the support.

Abstract: In a spinning reel for fishing, a fishline guide roller is rotatably supported on a bail support arm pivotably mounted on a rotor. The guide roller has a flattened shape such that a ratio of an axial length of the roller relative to a diameter thereof falls within 0.10-0.40. Further, the guide roller is formed with a narrow fishline guide groove so that a ratio of an axial length of the fishline guide groove relative to an axial length of the roller falls within 0.05-0.35. It is possible to make a fishline guide roller small in weight and size and to restrict axial motion of a fishline along the guide roller which, among other advantages, reduces line twist in the fishline.

Abstract: A cable retraction speed limiter has a body which is designed to be mounted on the housing of a hoist and a spool which is rotatably supported by the body. A flexible extension member is disposed about the spool so that it can be extended from and retracted onto the spool by rotation of the spool. The end of the flexible extension member is designed to be attached to an air pressure responsive member inside of the air balancing hoist. The cable retraction speed limiter also includes a spool lock that stops rotation of the spool when the rotational speed of the spool exceeds the rotational speed limit, thereby limiting the hoist cable retraction speed.

Abstract: A handle of a fishing reel in which a knob can be very easily replaced with another one, which is always free from deterioration, damages, and the like, and in which a knob that is most suitable can be selectively used. A handle knob is locked and supported via a support shaft on a rotating member for winding a fishing line around a spool, the knob is insertable into and detachable from an outer periphery of a cylinder member which is locked and supported on the support shaft in a rotatable manner, and the knob is locked to the cylinder member by an engaging member in a detachable manner.

Abstract: A spinning reel has a reel body and a rotor attached attached to the reel body and rotatable about a longitudinal axis for retrieving a fishing line. The spinning reel has also a balancer attached to the rotor for restricting an imbalance amount of rotation of the rotor substantially within 200 g -mm.

Abstract: A safety apparatus is capable of tensioning a horizontal lifeline while providing an adjustable shock absorber and a gauge or indicator for indicating the amount of tension on the lifeline. A housing is adapted to be secured to an anchor point through an anchoring line. The free end of a horizontal lifeline passes over a pulley within the housing and around a number of rollers which are adapted to maintain the lifeline in secure contact with the pulley. A lever is utilized to rotate the pulley in order to tension the lifeline. The lever, however, is interconnected to the pulley through an adjustable disk brake which can be preset to a desired force. When the tension on the lifeline reaches its desired level, the brake slips and the lever can freely rotate. A second series of disk brakes connected to the pulley function as a shock absorber.

Abstract: In a spinning reel for fishing, a plurality of line guide portions are formed in a line roller, so that one of the fishing line guide portions can be selected and used by changing the mounting position or mounting direction of the line roller with respect to a support member. The spinning reel for fishing with such line roller is able to cope with or use a wide variety of fishing lines having different diameters.

Abstract: An improved force transmitting apparatus for transmitting force between first and second members includes a plurality of force transmitting assemblies. The force transmitting assemblies are operable between engaged conditions in which the first force transmitting apparatus is effective to transmit force and disengaged conditions in which the force transmitting apparatus is ineffective to transmit force. A controller operates the force transmitting assemblies between the disengaged and engaged conditions as a function of a load applied to the apparatus. The improved force transmitting apparatus is useful as a brake in a drilling system having a draw string connectable with pipe. The force transmitting assemblies are connected with a drum of a winch connected to the draw string.

Abstract: A stator winding apparatus is disclosed for use in the manufacture of stators having radially-extending, outwardly-open, coil-receiving slots. Lead wire guide assemblies are provided for guiding lead wires into cavities in individual terminal members mounted on the stator core. In addition, a wire-retaining member is provided to confine a lead wire between the end face of the stator core and the wire retaining member to thereby prevent the lead wire from being inadvertently looped around a portion of the wire-guide tooling provided to guide wire into the stator core slots. Related methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A fishing reel assembly includes a disk-shaped base defining an elongate slot, and a control member mounted on a first side of the base and formed with a slide slidably extending through the elongate slot. An inverted U-shaped control plate is movably mounted on a second side of the base and is secured to the slide of the control member to slide therewith. The control plate includes a first leg defining a first guiding slot and a second leg defining a second guiding slot. A first driven gear is rotatably and slidably received in the first guiding slot, and a second driven gear is rotatably and slidably received in the second guiding slot. A spool is rotatably mounted on the base, and a drive gear is fixedly mounted on the spool to rotate therewith and is rotatably disposed between the first driven gear and the second driven gear.

Abstract: A uniformly wound parent roll of soft, high bulk tissue has greater uniformity in sheet basis weight, machine direction stretch and bulk when compared to parent rolls wound by conventional winding methods. The method involves carrying the tissue sheet on a relatively air impermeable transfer belt which traverses an unsupported span between two winding drums. The sheet is transferred from the transfer belt to the parent roll as the parent roll is urged against the sheet/transfer belt at a point within the unsupported span. The resulting deflection of the transfer belt is detected and, in response, the reel spool position is controllably changed to maintain the deflection within predetermined limits. The tension of the sheet is controlled by the predetermined differential speed between the outer most surface of the parent roll and the transfer belt.

Abstract: A fishline guide mechanism for a spinning reel, in which a fishline is guided within a relatively narrow groove formed in a rotatable guide roller which may be supported on a bail support member so as to be tiltable about its rotational center depending on a direction of force applied to the fishline. The groove is sized to prevent the fishline from rolling and sliding in the lateral direction (along the roller axis) when the fishline is guided by the roller, to thereby reduce twisting and tangling of the fishline.

Abstract: A fishing reel of the multiplier type has a frame, a line spool rotatably mounted in the frame, a brake disk coaxial with the line spool and non-rotatably but axially displaceably arranged in the frame, and a brake unit connected to the line spool and adapted, in cooperation with the brake disk, to brake spool rotation. The brake unit has brake arms with a first end and a second end. The brake arms support at their first end a brake element and are at their second end connected to the holder in a manner pivotable about a pivot axis perpendicular to the line spool axis, so as to be pivoted between an off-position and a braking position, in which the brake elements engage the brake disk. The first end of each brake arm is positioned radially inside its second end. Each brake arm extends in a direction which is so offset from a radial direction in respect of the line spool axis that its first end is positioned in the direction of rotation of the line spool seen behind its second end.