Abstract: Disclosed is a vertical strip accumulator. The vertical strip accumulator includes an inner drum unit having an inner drum; an outer drum unit installed at an outer side of the inner drum unit; a central drum unit installed at an inner side of the inner drum unit; and an input unit configured to carry a skelp supplied from an uncoiler to the outer drum unit. The outer drum unit includes an outer drum configured to selectively rotate forward and reverse; a first power source configured to provide a power to the outer drum; an outer roller installed to the outer drum; and a first control unit connected to the first power source to control the operation of the first power source. The input unit includes a carrying roller provided in contact with the skelp; a second power source configured to supply a power to the carrying roller; and a second control unit connected to the second power source to control the operation of the second power source.

Abstract: A filament accumulator assembly is provided containing a filament inlet for receiving a continuous filament from the filament source and a filament outlet for receiving the continuous filament from the filament inlet, the continuous filament forming a filament loop between the filament exiting the filament inlet and entering the filament outlet. The filament accumulator assembly further comprises a filament track defining at least part of an inner boundary and an outer boundary of a circuitous filament route between the filament inlet and the filament outlet, and the filament loop is bound by the filament track. The filament loop has a diameter that varies across a range of potential diameters within the filament track.

Abstract: Herein is disclosed a device and method for attaching a tab to an elongate length of double-sided adhesive tape, the tab protruding beyond a terminal end of the elongate length of tape and being attached to both surfaces of the adhesive tape.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the Fire Hose Reel is comprised of a wheel, a handle, and a tensioner assembly. A preferred embodiment allows a fire fighter after use of a hose to easily roll the fire hose onto the device. As the fire hose is reeled up, the embodiment of the Fire Hose Reel squeezes water out of the device. Further, as the fire hose is reeled up onto the Fire Hose Reel proper tensioning of the fire hose is provided simultaneously to the fire hose being rolled via the tensioner assembly. The handle and the support wheel are in connected to the tensioner assembly which supports the fire hose.

Abstract: A looper for thick metal strip has a large-diameter outer basket centered on an upright axis and a small-diameter inner basket axially above the outer basket and centered on an upright axis. The strip is fed on edge and generally tangentially into the outer basket to form therein a large-diameter spiral having an inner end. Then the strip is fed upward from the spiral inner end around the inner basket and is finally pulled tangentially from the inner basket. The strip is straightened generally as it leaves the inner basket.

Abstract: A rotary looper including a base member, a fixed drum installed on the base member and having spiral guide rollers, a pair of pinch rollers and series of lead rollers sequentially disposed at an inputting side of the base member, and a pair of measuring rollers disposed at a discharging side of the base member. The present invention also includes inside basket rollers, a rotary drum disposed around the fixed drum in a manner such that the rotary drum is rotatably driven by a motor via a rail which is wound around rail rollers which are circularly installed on the base member, a lead drum rotatably disposed in a portion of the rotary drum, inside basket guide rollers, outside basket rollers, and outside basket guide rollers spaced apart from the outside basket rollers by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A looper for thick metal strip has a large-diameter outer basket centered on an upright axis and a small-diameter inner basket axially above the outer basket and centered on an upright axis. The strip is fed on edge and generally tangentially into the outer basket to form therein a large-diameter spiral having an inner end. Then the strip is fed upward from the spiral inner end around the inner basket and is finally pulled tangentially from the inner basket. The strip is straightened generally as it leaves the inner basket.