Abstract: A cord or cable organizer includes a housing further including a housing inner circular track, an opening, and an attachment hole therein, a rotational component further including at least one hole on a surface of the rotational component, further including a rotational inner circular track wherein the rotational inner circular track operably connects with the housing inner circular track, thereby providing friction, and an insertion hole receiver, and a plug, wherein the plug is inserted through the attachment hole on the housing and continues to the insertion hole receiver whereby the plug operably holds the cable organizer together.

Abstract: A sensing apparatus for yarn feeder may comprise a yarn feeder and a tension controller. The tension controller has an elongated sensing block installed therein, and a horizontal extending board is connected to the sensing block. An operating rod is mounted on a middle upper surface of the extending board at one end and upwardly sticks out of the tension controller to pivotally connect to a tension pulley at the other end. A yarn wound on a winding wheel of the yarn feeder is configured to couple with the tension pulley. At least an impedance sensing piece is attached on a surface of the sensing block, and a deformable hole horizontally penetrates through the sensing block. When the sensing block is pressed or pulled, the tension controller can obtain the tension value of the yarn and further calculate the torsion value of the yarn feeder.

Abstract: A system for dispensing toilet paper and wipes in a bathroom includes a frame configured to be coupled to a wall of a bathroom via a fastener connection with the wall, a product arm configured to receive toilet paper and facilitate dispensing of the toilet paper, the product arm coupled to the frame, and an auxiliary dispenser configured to dispense wipes, the auxiliary dispenser coupled to the frame where the auxiliary dispenser is operable between an open position and a closed position, where the wipes can be loaded into a receiving bay when the auxiliary dispenser is in the open position, and where the wipes can be dispensed from the receiving bay by a user when the auxiliary dispenser is in the closed position.

Abstract: A spool fixation device for use in a wire winding installation, where in this spool fixation device, spools having a magnetically attractable flange are held to a rotatable flange using magnet assemblies. The magnet assemblies can be switched between a ‘hold’ state and a ‘release’ state. In a preferred embodiment the magnet assemblies only consume energy when in the ‘release’ state i.e. when the spool fixation device is not rotating. Alternatively the magnet assemblies can be made to only consume energy when switching states. The magnet assemblies have permanent magnet arrays and are moveable inside a non-magnetic housing. Also a drive pin to transfer torque between rotatable flange and spool is no longer necessary. Therefore the spool fixation devices allows for a smooth changeover of spools.

Abstract: A medium wind-up apparatus includes a reel-out motor, which is a driving source that winds up a medium, a control portion that controls the reel-out motor on the basis of a torque limit value, which regulates an upper limit of an output torque of the reel-out motor, and a reel-out side detection portion that detects a rotation speed of the reel-out motor, in which the control portion changes the torque limit value on the basis of the detected rotation speed. In this case, it is preferable that the control portion increase the torque limit value in a case in which the detected rotation speed falls below a first threshold value, and that the control portion reduce the torque limit value in a case in which the detected rotation speed exceeds a second threshold value, which is larger than the first threshold value.

Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing a roll of material includes a first and a second conical base. The first conical base has a first through-hole extending completely through the first conical base along a first central axis. The first conical base also has a first tapering section circumscribing and concentric with the first through-hole, the first tapering section configured to be inserted into a first opening of a central bore of the roll. The second conical base has a second through-hole extending completely through the second conical base along a second central axis. The second conical base has a second tapering section circumscribing and concentric with the second through-hole, the second tapering section configured to be inserted into a second opening opposite the first opening of the central bore of the roll. Engagement between the roll and the first and second conical base structures operably stabilizes rotation of the roll.

Abstract: A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product, comprising: a housing; and a dispensing assembly at least partially housed in the housing and interacting with the web of rolled product and including a dispensing roller having a rotation center and a peripheral wall with an upper section. The dispensing assembly can comprise an upper tensioning assembly and/or a lower tensioning assembly and/or a variable tension return assembly.

Abstract: A level winder (10, 110, 210, 310) for use on a hose reel (1), the level winder including: a carriage (20, 120, 220) operatively connected to a hose guide (104-108), the carriage adapted to control the winding of the hose onto the hose reel and to allow the hose to be paid out through the hose guide; and a drive mechanism 30 carrying at least one drive dog (32, 136) that is adapted to travel in a substantially vertical drive mechanism plane and to engage a carriage guide (12, 112) on which the carriage is mounted to move the carriage reciprocally along a track. The carriage guide is aligned in the same plane that the drive dog travels and the carriage guide comprises at least one curved surface (14, 114) adapted to define a recess (13, 113) and to engage a curved surface of the drive dog (16, 116), such that at least a portion of the drive dog curved surface (I6) is always facing or engaged with the carriage guide curved surface (14) and remains trapped in the recess (12, 113).

Abstract: Accumulation-type thread feeder including: a body, which bears a rotary drum on which turns of thread from a spool are wound; a tension sensor for detecting value of tension of exiting thread and a detector for detecting thread quantity accumulated on the drum; a light-reflecting element on the drum or functionally associated therewith, such light generated by light a generator borne by a support arranged alongside the drum, the support associated with a detector to detect light reflected by the reflecting element, the reflected light varying as a function of the quantity of thread wound on the rotary drum, the detection allowing detection of such thread quantity. The detector is a light-sensitive member directly receiving the light reflected by the reflecting element along the entire surface of the drum, the member allowing determination of thread density on the drum.

Abstract: Systems and methods for winding wire are disclosed. A system includes a wire take-up unit and a wire tensioning unit. The take-up unit includes a rotating mandrel and a wire directing device, the wire directing device arranged to cause the wire to be wound in a figure-eight configuration on the rotating mandrel to form a coil having many layers of wire. The wire tensioning unit applies tension to said wire as it is wound, and applies a first amount of tension to a predetermined amount of wire constituting at least a first two layers of the coil, and a second amount of tension to the wire beyond the predetermined amount. In one embodiment, the wire tensioning unit includes digital self-relieving air regulator pneumatically coupled to and controlling a pressure in said pressurized chamber of a pre-lubricating cylinder that is coupled to the wire being wound.

Abstract: An assembly for entraining a cut end of a web in a fluid flow, the assembly comprising an arrangement for delivering a fluid flow proximal to an entrainment region where a web is cut. The assembly further has an arrangement for guiding the fluid flow and the entrained end of the web from the web entrainment region to a web delivery region.

Abstract: The invention concerns an improved yarn package and a method winding a package of high Young's modulus yarn. The package has a low normalized standard deviation in unwinding tension and hence is very suitable for converting into a range of yarn constructions and particularly medical products.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (CVT comprises a shaft rotatable about an axis, and variator assembly, and an actuator mechanism. The variator assembly includes a pulley supported on the shaft and having a ramp surface, and an endless rotatable device frictionally engaged with the pulley. The ramp surface inclines in an axial direction along the axis toward the endless rotatable device. The CVT further comprises an actuator mechanism that includes a wedge component that has a wedge surface interfacing with the ramp surface, and a rotary piston operatively connected to the wedge component. The rotary piston defines a first fluid chamber pressurizable to apply a rotational force that provides relative motion between the ramp surface and the wedge surface resulting in a wedge force on the ramp surface and a clamping force of the endless rotatable device on the pulley.

Abstract: An automatic cable spooling device is provided, comprising a frame adapted to rotatably hold a spooling drum; a drum motor operatively connected to the drum; and a levelwind arm positioned adjacent to the drum. The levelwind arm is movable in a plane aligned with the rotational axis of the drum. The system further includes an arm motor operatively connected to the levelwind arm; and a microcontroller in communication with the arm motor. An arm encoder is adapted to sense a position of the arm motor and is in communication with the microcontroller. Likewise, a drum encoder is adapted to sense a position of the drum motor and is also in communication with the microcontroller. The position of the levelwind arm is controlled by the microcontroller based on the position of the drum, the spooling width, and a predetermined cable diameter.

Abstract: A roll of absorbent paper product having a central tube about which absorbent paper product, paper towels or toilet tissue, is wound. The central tube consists of one or more rows of pre-curved, compacted sponges for use when the absorbent paper product has been completely unwound therefrom. The individual sponge units can be pre-infused with one or more cleaners, waxes, etc. A method for making such central tube sponges is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cable system A includes a cable 3 for connecting a base device 1 and a travelling body 2, a reel device 10 mounted on the travelling body 2, a motor controller 40 for controlling a motor 15 of the reel device 10, and a rotary encoder 16 (rotation sensor) for detecting rotation of a reel 12. The motor controller 40 basically makes the motor 15 free, when the reel 12 is rotating in an unreeling direction, and basically applies a rotational torque in a reeling direction to the reel 12, when the reel 12 is rotating in the reeling direction. Furthermore, even if the reel 12 is rotating in the unreeling direction, if an unreeling speed of the cable 3 exceeds a travelling speed of the travelling body 2, the rotational torque in the reeling direction is applied to the reel 12. Slackening of the cable 3 is thereby prevented.

Abstract: A connecting device for a chainring of a bicycle is disclosed, including a connecting disc, a shaft, and a crank. The connecting disc is adapted to be engaged with a chainring, and has an axial bore, a bulging portion bulging from a central portion of the connecting disc, and a surrounding portion, which is flat, and surrounds an outer periphery of the bulging portion. The shaft passes through the axial bore to be fixedly engaged with the connecting disc. The shaft has a connecting end. The crank has a connecting end engaged with the connecting end of the shaft, and a bearing end adapted to bear an external force to make the crank rotate around the shaft. Whereby, the amount of materials used to make the connecting device is decreased. At the same time, the manufacturing cost, the size, and the weight of the connecting device are all reduced.

Abstract: A yarn feeder may comprise a driver and a winding wheel. The driver has a front cover, a rear cover, a stator disc and a rotor disc, and the front cover and the rear cover are configured to fit together to form a housing therebetween which accommodates the stator disc and the rotor disc therein. The stator disc has a first through hole, and a plurality of teeth are formed around the first through hole to enable a couple of coils to be wound thereon. The rotor disc has a connecting hole, and a plurality of magnetic members are formed around the connecting hole. A connecting base extended from a first end of the winding wheel is engaged with the connecting hole, and the driver is connected to a tension controller to detect the tension of yarn and further to control the rotational speed of the driver.

Abstract: An apparatus for unloading and installing palletized filter tubes which includes a rack having an attachment for a roller cage assembly. The cage includes at least one roller and is positioned horizontally and outward from the rack. The filter tube is positioned through the cage and over at least one roller and fastened at the free end to the ground or other filter tubing. The apparatus is attached to a skid steer, truck bed or other movable machinery and as the machinery moves forward the palletized filter tube is pulled through the cage assembly. Retention bars may be provided to retain the palletized filter tube in place as the vehicle moves. In one iteration, the retention bars are hydraulically operated and can be opened for loading of palletized filter tube.

Abstract: A spool or reel for carrying spoolable or coilable material comprises first and second sides, a drum disposed there between at least one flange secured to a side and associated with the axis of rotation of the spool. The flange comprises a socket preferably centered about the axis of rotation and configured to receive a replaceable wear hub. The flange and replaceable wear hub are configured to transmit torque there between so that relative rotation between the components is minimized or eliminated.