Patents Examined by William Rivera
  • Patent number: 6206323
    Abstract: A yarn package holder wherein a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades are pivotally connected to a pair of axially spaced discs adapted to be connected to the creel of a textile machine. A detent assembly is provided between the blades and discs so that the blades can be pivoted and fixed at a desired radial position relative to the discs for supporting yarn package tubes of different diameters. The blades are rigidly held against the inside surface of the yarn package tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Exim Ltd.
    Inventor: Larry W. Byars
  • Patent number: 6179242
    Abstract: A press roll unit for a roll-up of a paper cutter has two adjacent rolls. A belt or plurality of belts is wound around the rolls to operatively interconnect them. An electric motor inside at least one roll drives the roll unit. The belt or plurality of belts have at least one aperture for cooling the electric motor and the roll surrounding it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: KCI Konecranes International PLC
    Inventors: Klaus Uuskoski, Jouko Virta
  • Patent number: 6170775
    Abstract: A retracting extension cord reel includes a mounting bracket, a housing bracket removably and pivotally attached to the mounting bracket, and a cord reel housing attached to the housing bracket. When the mounting bracket is attached to a mounting surface, the housing can be moved toward and away from the mounting surface. When the housing bracket is detached from the mounting bracket, the housing bracket can be used as a handle for carrying the housing to a remote location. The cord reel is particularly useful for powering small appliances and electrical tools, and can incorporate a resettable circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Alert Stamping & Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Kovacik, Paul S. Blanch, Stanley E. Grzywna
  • Patent number: 6113021
    Abstract: A one way clutch includes a shaft, a rotation-transmitting member, and a rotating member. The rotating shaft is rotatable about its rotational axis in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The rotating shaft extends through the rotation-transmitting member which is in the form of a coil spring. When the shaft rotates in the second direction, the spring tightly engages the shaft and rotates together with the shaft to transmit rotation of the shaft to the rotating member. When the shaft rotates in the first direction, the spring loosely engages the shaft not to transmit the rotation of the shaft to the rotating member. The rotating member fits over and engages the spring such that the rotating member is axially movable along, but not rotatable relative to the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 5975456
    Abstract: An adjustable web cutter which allows web samples to be cut in various lengths, width and thickness while employing a disposable cutter blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Tucker Bodkin, Andy Theodore Davis, Clifford Brooks Persinger
  • Patent number: 5906324
    Abstract: Disclosed is a single reel tape cartridge having a supply reel positioned within a central cavity of a shell. The supply reel is coupled to the attachment end of a length of recording tape which is wound in a sequence of wraps from an inner circumference to a maximum outer circumference when the length of recording tape is fully wound on the supply reel. A tape guide and bearing assembly positioned within the central cavity closely adjacent the maximum outer circumference, faces towards an aperture in the shell and away from the supply reel. The tape guide and bearing assembly defines a tape path for the outermost wrap from the supply reel to the tape guide and bearing assembly, across an aperture in the shell for interfacing the outermost wrap with the tape head of the tape drive at the aperture. The tape path then extends to an isolator, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: George Frederick Adams, Armando Jesus Argumedo, Edwin Ralph Childers