With Axial-position Retainer For Holder Patents (Class 242/129.7)
  • Patent number: 11046018
    Abstract: A tape applicator assembly for securing tape to a surface includes a body and may include a centering and locking assembly configured to automatically center and lock a tape assembly within the body for dispensing. The tape applicator assembly may further be configured for securing tape to at least one cable and a surface, wherein the body includes a tape-receiving cavity defined for receiving a tape assembly having tape with a tape center longitudinal axis. A tape applying assembly may be defined within the body that is configured to adhere the tape to both the at least one cable and the surface. A cable alignment assembly may also be defined within the body that is configured to receive at least one cable positioned against the surface and substantially align the at least one cable with the tape center longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: GaffTech, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Harkless, Daniel T. Kretz, Jason P. Covey
  • Patent number: 9902588
    Abstract: A payout tube for enabling payout of a consumable filament from a consumable assembly that is configured for use with an additive manufacturing system, the payout tube comprising a tip end having an inlet opening, a base end having an outlet opening, and a tube body having an average effective outer diameter that is substantially greater than an effective inner diameter of the inlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic F. Mannella, William J. Swanson, Kevin C. Johnson, J. Samuel Batchelder
  • Patent number: 9662715
    Abstract: A clamping fixture for clamping a component, in particular a workpiece or tool, having a number of clamping jaws, distributed along a periphery, which are connected by appropriate elastic flexural webs to a main body, wherein the clamping jaws are adjustable by an axially movable actuating device in a radial direction from a release position into a holding position, which clamping fixture is characterized in that the flexural webs, in their release position, are inclined in relation to an axially parallel direction radially in a direction of their respective holding positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ringspann GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Schlautmann
  • Patent number: 7261271
    Abstract: A device that has as simple frame that pivots at the center instead of the top. The axels are stored in the device when not needed. They are simply slipped through holes in the frame for use. Reels are placed on the outside of the frame, which makes changing reels simple and efficient. When stored, it forms a small package that be placed anywhere. When stored. The axels are held in holders formed on the frame. In this way, the axels are always kept with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventor: Clifford Buswell
  • Patent number: 6742737
    Abstract: A fishing line feeder spool support comprises a pair of flexible arms which are adapted to grip a fishing rod ahead of a fishing reel mounted thereon. The feeder spool support comprises a threaded shaft which rotatably supports a spool of fishing line while the fishing line is installed onto the fishing reel through the operation of the reel crank. A flanged nut is threaded onto the shaft to hold the spool. The line tension can be adjusted by tightening the flanged nut against the spool, thereby adjusting the pulling force needed to remove line from the supply spool. A crankable supply spool can also be installed on the shaft to remove and store fishing line from the fishing reel for later replacement on the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Conner