Patents Examined by William A. Rivera
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Patent number: 12778099Abstract: An intelligent electric fishing reel is provided, including a frame, a spool assembly arranged on the frame, a control system and an electric motor. The electric motor is configured to drive the spool assembly by means of a transmission mechanism, wherein the electric motor is configured to drive the spool by means of a small transmission gear and a large transmission gear in different rotation directions respectively to achieve a conversion between two different modes of line retraction, thereby guaranteeing a continuous output of pull force. The control system is reasonable in structure design, which can monitor a state of the electric reel and perform operations in time.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2025Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: Weihai Langbao Fishing Tackle CO., LTDInventor: Wei Wang
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Patent number: 12778101Abstract: A braking device of a fishing reel comprises: a braked part made of a conductor, the braked part being attached to a spool designed to wind a fishing line; a braking part generating braking force by providing a magnetic field for the braked part; a part being detected that is provided on the braked part; and a rotation detection sensor sensing rotation of the spool by detecting the part being detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2024Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.Inventors: Hiromu Yasuda, Motohiro Nonogaki
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Patent number: 12785132Abstract: An apparatus (100) for making a coil (B) comprises a feed unit (2) configured to feed at least one strip-shaped article (N) and a winding unit (1). The winding unit includes a plurality of winding heads (10) and a movement device (3) of said winding heads (10) configured to displace said winding heads (10) along a working path (P). Each winding head (10) is configured to wind said strip-shaped article (N) so as to make said coil (B) and is movable along said working path (P). The feed unit (2) comprises a movable portion (20) configured to be displaced along a substantially horizontal displacement direction (d).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2023Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: G.D S.P.A.Inventors: Andrea Biondi, Enrico Campagnoli, Luca Cavazza, Fabrizio Nanni
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Patent number: 12780598Abstract: A method of use for a vehicle-mounted reel utility with a cable dispenser. The cable dispenser has a swivel-aiming feature for figure 8'ing the cable. The cable dispenser is mounted to a swivel mount in a vertical axis located at a free end of a positioning arm. The swivel mount allows the user to swivel the cable dispenser about the vertical axis while maintaining the cable dispenser in a central lateral position relative to a reel or a vehicle during the swivel action.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2024Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: Triple C Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Galen R. Ackerman, Edwin J. Strathman
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Patent number: 12773071Abstract: A heatable scoop is provided. The heatable scoop includes: a handle, a spoon and a heating device; the spoon is connected to one end of the handle; and the heating device is disposed between the handle and the spoon; and the heating device includes a heating pad, a circuit board, a switch touch panel, a display screen, a temperature regulator, a rechargeable battery, a charging interface; the heating pad and the circuit board is provided in the spoon; and the switch touch panel, and the display screen, and the temperature regulator, and the rechargeable battery, and the charging interface is provided in the handle; and the heating pad, the switch touch panel, and the display screen, and the temperature regulator, and the charging battery is electrically connected to the circuit board. A heating pad is provided on the scoop, thus to reduce the force required to dig frozen food.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2024Date of Patent: October 27, 2026Assignees: ShenZhen Beibei Intelligent Co., LTD, Shenzhen Zhaode Wisdom Technology Co. , Ltd.Inventors: Tinglei Wang, Shibin Lei, Suyan Bai, Yujun Zhou
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Patent number: 12773074Abstract: A dispenser kit comprising a dispenser support cord configured to attach to a first roll holder configured to hold a first roll having a first sheet count; a housing comprising a top side piece, a front side piece and a back side piece, wherein the top side piece, front side piece and back side piece are disassembled in the dispenser kit and the flexible dispenser support cord is configured to attach to the top side piece; and wherein the top side piece, front side piece and back side piece are configured to be assembled to form the housing and wherein the housing is configured to accept a second roll having a second sheet count greater than the first sheet count.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 27, 2026Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventor: SungWoo Kim
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Patent number: 12767470Abstract: A wrapping paper dispensing device includes a container, a first internal roll, a second internal roll, and flaps. The container includes a rear wall, front wall, left-side wall, middle wall, right-side wall, top wall, and a bottom wall. The container is divided into a first section to dispense a wrapping paper and a second section to dispense adhesive tape. The first internal roll secures the wrapping paper. The second internal roll secures the adhesive tape. The first section includes a sliding cutter and the second section includes a serrated cutting blade. The sliding cutter is positioned along an edge of the front wall to severe the wrapping paper. The serrated cutting blade is positioned on the exterior surface of the front wall to sever the adhesive tape.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2024Date of Patent: October 20, 2026Inventor: Wanda Harris-Irvin
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Patent number: 12759836Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an industrial reel. The industrial reel may include a spool comprising a cylindrical hub, a first spool flange positioned at a first end of the cylindrical hub and a second spool flange positioned at a second end of the cylindrical hub. The industrial reel may further include at least one first insert removably affixable to the first spool flange. The at least one first insert may include a first cylindrical barrel having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, the second longitudinal end includes at least one or more castellations. The at least one first insert further includes a first insert flange extending from the first longitudinal end of the first cylindrical barrel, the first insert flange is removably affixable on a radially outward edge thereof to a radially outward edge of the first spool flange.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventors: Chad Lagace, Rick Sayers, Joshua Stall
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Patent number: 12753052Abstract: A spooler includes an engine within a housing, an arm extending from the housing and rotated via the engine, a barrel supported by the arm such that the barrel rotates with the arm, the barrel having a first end and a second end facing the housing, and a first retention mechanism disposed along a perimeter of the barrel. A spooler system includes a woundable material having a first end and a second end and a spooler. The spooler includes a battery operated engine within a housing, an arm extending from the housing and rotated via the engine, a barrel supported by the arm such that the barrel rotates with the arm, a first retention mechanism that removably secures the first end of a woundable material to the barrel, and a mounting mechanism for mounting the spooler to a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.Inventors: Bryan Lee Bren, James Richard Sanders, Jr., Erik Wayne Madson
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Patent number: 12751438Abstract: An electric fishing reel of the present invention comprises a drive motor that is provided in a frame of a reel main body and rotationally drives a spool around which a fishing line is wound. The drive motor comprises a motor case that houses a motor component and is attached to the frame, and a set plate is attached to the frame. Then, the motor case is fitted to the set plate by a fitting structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2024Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.Inventor: Issei Miyamoto
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Patent number: 12747128Abstract: A coiler device for winding a strip of cushioning material into a coil is disclosed. The coiler device includes a working plate, at least two winding pins and a driving mechanism. The working plate has a working surface, a rotation axis and at least two holes away from the rotation axis. The at least two winding pins are disposed through the at least two holes and protruding out of the working surface respectively when winding the strip. The driving mechanism is configured to rotate the working plate, wherein the at least two winding pins are retractable from the working plate through the at least two holes respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 29, 2026Inventor: Wenyong Jiang
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Patent number: 12740673Abstract: A toilet paper holder extender may include a base portion and a slide-out portion able to slide in and out of the base portion. The toilet paper holder extender includes a toilet paper holder to hold a toilet paper roll adjacent the toilet; and allows the toilet paper holder to be extended, enabling a user to position the toilet paper holder in a location that is more easily accessible to them. As such, the toilet paper holder extender is useful for those with mobility issues, obesity, the elderly, or the like, as it prevents individuals from having to reach to their side or out in front of them.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2025Date of Patent: September 22, 2026Inventor: Jose L. Bogarin
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Patent number: 12740674Abstract: An outlet assembly for arrangement to an outer wall of a dispenser for web-shaped absorbent material, the outlet assembly comprises a first part defining a first outlet portion and a second part defining a second outlet portion wherein the first part comprises a rim attachment element such that the first part assumes a first part fixed position in relation to the wall opening outer rim, the first part further comprises a first connector element, and the second part comprises a second connector element, the first connector element and the second connector element being such that the second part can be attached to the first part by means of connection between the first connector element and the second connector element such that the second part assumes a second part fixed position in relation to the first part.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 22, 2026Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAGInventors: Johanna Enmalm, Antonio Källgren, Marcus Kullman, Susanne Gungner, Tomas Gandemo
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Patent number: 12740675Abstract: A bushing for a rolled product having roll of web material defining a hollow center portion. The bushing includes a cylindrical body sized to be press-fitted into an extremity of the hollow center portion of the roll of web material; and an end wall fixed to the cylindrical body for closing at least partially its extremity and having a central pin-receiving hole extending therethrough and a curved rib projecting outwardly and encircling partially the pin-receiving hole. It also concerns a rolled product dispenser, including: a pair of support members for supporting a rolled product inbetween. At least one of the support members includes a rolled product connector comprising a base wall, an outer wall structure and a platform, each one protruding from the base wall and being spaced-apart from one another to define a recess inbetween, and a pin protruding from the platform.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: September 22, 2026Assignee: CASCADES CANADA ULCInventors: Maude Lortie, Richard Paré
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Patent number: 12734711Abstract: An electrostatically-enhanced friction-gripping end effector is an apparatus that quickly and securely moves a semiconductor wafer from one spot to another spot. The apparatus includes a flat effector body, an electrostatic antenna, an antenna controller, and a plurality of gripping pads. The flat effector body is the main weight-bearing structure that is used to support the semiconductor wafer and acts as a base for the other components to be connected together. The electrostatic antenna generates a non-uniform electrostatic field that applies an attractive force onto the semiconductive wafer, while the plurality of gripping pads frictionally grips the semiconductive wafer. The antenna controller provides instructions to turn on, turn off, or modulate the non-uniform electrostatic field.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2024Date of Patent: September 15, 2026Assignees: Diablo Capital, Inc., Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc.Inventors: Eryn Smith, Charles Maschal, Avish Bharwani
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Patent number: 12729090Abstract: The invention provides an automatic slitting machine and a working method thereof, wherein the automatic slitting machine includes a machine frame, an unwinding device, a slitting device, a shaft return device, a transmission device and a winding device. The unwinding device pulls the adhesive paper in the parent roll to the slitting region, so that the slitting device cuts the adhesive paper pulled out from the parent roll to form a plurality of narrow-width adhesive papers, and then winds the adhesive paper to form a required paper roll adhesive tape. The winding shaft is pushed out to remove the paper roll adhesive tape, and then the winding shaft is placed on the shaft return frame. The shaft return device can automatically and successively transfer each winding shaft to the slitting region. It can save the labor cost and improve the working efficiency of the adhesive tape production.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2025Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: Kingnode America Inc.Inventor: Benyu Huang
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Patent number: 12729093Abstract: A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2024Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: Southwire Company, LLCInventor: Roy Savoy Bearden
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Patent number: 12722935Abstract: A reel apparatus comprising a pipe; an outer flange assembly comprising two outer support walls connected to the pipe and wherein each outer support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; an inner flange assembly comprising two inner support walls, wherein the inner flange assembly is rotated relative to the outer flange assembly and the pipe and wherein each inner support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; and a motor assembly connected to the inner flange assembly and outer flange assembly, wherein the motor assembly is physically connect to the outer flange assembly and wherein the motor assembly is rotationally connected to the inner flange assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: Encore Wire CorporationInventors: John L. Rhoads, Kevin D. Rodgers
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Patent number: 12722934Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for implementing a coiler. In an example aspect, the coiler can compactly organize a variety of flexible elements while enabling one portion of the flexible element to remain at a fixed position. Instead of using a rotating reel, the coiler includes a rotating member and a stationary shaft. The rotating member rotates and passes the flexible element to the shaft. In this manner, the rotating member mimics the action of a person manually coiling the flexible element onto the stationary shaft. Because the shaft remains relatively stationary as the flexible element is coiled or uncoiled, the coiled portion of the flexible element also remains relatively stationary. Consequently, the coiler can forego other complicated or expensive interfaces and enable the flexible element to connect directly to a stationary source.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Inventor: Brian LaPoint
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Patent number: 12715729Abstract: In some implementations, a reeling device may receive material via a receiving end of a set of guiding blocks positioned around a reel. The set of guiding blocks are configured with an opening at the receiving end and with one or more inner surfaces configured to guide the material on a path around a surface of the reel. The one or more inner surfaces of the set of guiding blocks are arc-shaped to generally follow the surface of the reel. The reeling device may operate a motor that rotates the reel in a loading direction to facilitate loading the material onto the reel. The set of guiding blocks travel generally away from the surface of the reel based on the material being received and/or the motor operating in the loading direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chih-Hung Huang, Cheng-Lung Wu, Yang-Ann Chu, Jiun-Rong Pai