Abstract: A method of spooling a crane rope (2) onto a crane drum through a crane rope spooling system (1) from a reel (31) under a predetermined back tension is described and includes the steps of: unspooling the crane rope (2) from a reel (31) and passing the crane rope through a tensioning system (10) comprising a primary back tensioner (12) and a secondary back tensioner (16); gripping the crane rope (2) within the secondary back tensioner (16) and thereby preloading the crane rope (2) with tension prior to the crane rope (2) passing through the primary back tensioner (12); and applying a predetermined back tension to the crane rope (2) with the primary back tensioner (12) as the crane rope (2) is being spooled onto the crane drum under the predetermined back tension.

Abstract: A printer apparatus includes a printing part including a platen roller and a print head for printing objects onto a recording sheet, and a feeding part for feeding the recording sheet to the printing part. The feeding part includes a first feed port and a second feed port for feeding the recording sheet, a first roller for conveying a first recording sheet fed through the first feed port, a second roller for conveying a second recording sheet fed through the second feed port, a delivery port for feeding the recording sheet conveyed by the first roller and the second roller, a tension member having elasticity, a third roller rotatably connected to the tension member and being pressed toward the first roller by the tension member, and a fourth roller rotatably connected to the tension member and being pressed toward the second roller by the tension member.

Abstract: In a printing device recording images on a recording paper being fed backward, bight portion of recording paper generated due to backward feeding contacts with machine components and generates scratches on the recording paper surface.

Abstract: A sealing gasket for sealing gaps adjacent to a pickup truck is provided. In alternate embodiments a combination pickup truck and sealing gasket is also provided. The sealing gasket of the present invention comprises an elongated member made of a deformable and a somewhat resilient polymeric material. The polymeric material is preferably a closed cell sponge material made of one of a number of polymeric materials which are the somewhat flexible, resilient, water resistant and the like. The cross-section of the elongated member, if divided into two parts, includes a generally triangular portion and a generally semi-circular portion which come together to form a teardrop-like shape. The elongated member preferably has a first lumen which is generally circular in shape when the sealing gasket is undeformed, and preferably a second lumen which has two converging tear surfaces which converge to join at one end and join to an arcuate inner surface at the other end.

Abstract: A switching device in an auto-reverse deck for a magnetic-tape-cassette apparatus, in which a first pressure roller (24) mounted on a first pressure-roller lever (20), for a first tape-transport direction, can be applied to a first capstan (36) in a first operating position of the switching device and a second pressure roller (25) mounted on a second pressure-roller lever (21), for a second tape-transport direction, can be applied to a second capstan (37) in a second operating position of the switching device, in which a magnetic head is arrangeable on a carrier element (2) mounted on a deck plate (1) and is movable in different positions relative to a transport path of a magnetic tape.

Abstract: A web engagement system for an off-reel printing press comprising a guide piece, a guide channel and drive stations for the displacement of the guide piece. The guide channel accommodates and guides the guide piece and is located on the frame of the press between the drive stations. The guide piece is slightly longer than the distance separating the various drive stations. The advance of the guide piece is caused as a result of the displacement of a slide equipped with wedging rollers which alternately grip and release the guide piece. A pair of wedging rollers prevents the return movement of the guide piece. The invention is used for introducing paper webs unwinding continuously in an off-reel printing press.

Abstract: A continuous textile fabric comprises a processing chamber containing a processing liquid, a squeeze roll assembly disposed above the processing chamber, and guide rolls disposed on opposite sides of the squeeze roll assembly, the textile fabric in rope-like form being introduced into the processing chamber at one end thereof and successively and spirally set toward the other end of the processing chamber so as to extend around the squeeze roll assembly and guide rolls and through the processing liquid many times and travel as the squeeze roll assembly and guide rolls are rotated.

Abstract: A device for the opening and closing of cord operated closures, including a unidirectional electric drive motor and a pair of movable idler pulleys. The drive motor drives a frictional drive roller. A pair of flexible cords from the closure are singularly held against the drive roller by moving one or the other of the idler pulleys against the drive roller sandwiching a cord therebetween, one idler pulley causing one cord to move in one direction and the other idler pulley causing the cord to move in the other direction. An automatic shutoff mechanism is incorporated to shut off the drive motor and release the cord when sufficient tension is present on the cord, for instance, at the end of closure travel. The shutoff mechanism causes the drive roller and associated mechanism to travel along the cord a short distance thereby triggering a latch release mechanism.

Abstract: Apparatus for selectively driving a magnetic tape, or the like, in reverse directions. The apparatus features a pair of shafts driven simultaneously in a common direction by a shared motor, and a pinch roller for each shaft for pinching thereagainst a stretch of tape extending between the roller and shaft. Shifting mechanism mounts the rollers in such a manner that shifting of one roller to pinch tape against its associated shaft is accompanied by simultaneous shifting of the other roller away from its associated shaft, and vice versa. The shift mechanism also permits the rollers both to be simultaneously shifted away from their respective associated shafts, whereby one or both of these shafts may be used for other operations.

Abstract: An apparatus for scanning a magnetic video tape includes a drum and a rotatable magnetic head. A freely rotatable roller and a loosening mechanism are positioned on opposite sides of the tape. When the tape stops, the loosening mechanism is driven toward the roller and thus engages the tape between the loosening mechanism and the roller. Rotation of the loosening mechanism then loosens the tape.

Abstract: A dual speed tape drive system for a dictating and transcribing system is provided with means for recording and transcribing and including a single-bin, random-wind tape storage magazine to store an endless loop of magnetic tape in random folds. The tape is drawn from the magazine at one side, passed over the top of the apparatus, back into the magazine and out of the magazine through a dictate-playback station. After passing through the dictate-playback station the tape is returned to the magazine where it may be stored in random-wound folds until a transcribe station is activated to draw the tape from the magazine through the transcribe station and back into the magazine where it is stored awaiting further dictation.