Abstract: A system for improved cable management is disclosed in several example embodiments. The disclosed embodiments describe example structures for supporting cables, for example telecommunications and fiber optic cables, within a cable storage cabinet. The disclosed embodiments also describe a door for a cable storage cabinet. The example door includes a hinge control and handle system which allows the door to be opened along either side to therefore allow the door to be opened either way from a single handle. The disclosed embodiments also describes an indicator system which informs a user when the door for the cable storage cabinet is in either a closed position or an open position. Each of these embodiments improves the utility and safety of cable management, particularly within cable storage cabinets.

Abstract: A reel system that includes a drum that receives a coil of flexible pipe. A first flange that removably couples to a first side of the drum. A second flange that removably couples to a second side of the drum. The first flange and the second flange secure the coil of flexible pipe to the drum.

Abstract: An airbag film roll retention structure includes a retaining engagement member mountable to an airbag film roll, a mounting section formed on one end of the retaining engagement member, a first alignment section formed on one end of the mounting section, abutting sections formed on an opposite end of the mounting section, and a second alignment section defined between the abutting sections, which are coupled to each other to be positioned on an axle assembly so as to achieve advantages, such as efficient mounting and positioning and ensuring center alignment to prevent eccentric oscillation.

Abstract: An umbrella accessorizing paper towel dispenser for accessorizing an umbrella includes a casing that comprises a base. A shell is coupled to and extends upwardly from a perimeter of the base, defining an open top. The dispenser includes a lid that is complimentary to and reversibly couplable to the open top. A slot, configured for protrusion of a free end of the roll of paper towels, is positioned longitudinally in the shell between the base and the open top. A coupler is coupled to the casing. The coupler is configured to reversibly couple the casing to the tube of an umbrella.

Abstract: A flange includes: an attaching section to which a roll medium is attached; and an outer circumferential section that has a placing section and that assumes a first state and a second state into which the outer circumferential section is transformed from the first state and in which the placing section projects.

Abstract: A length-adjustable wrap film dispenser includes an outer tube member having a sleeve connection portion and a first engagement portion, and an inner tube member having an insertion portion axially movably and rotatably inserted into the sleeve connection portion of the outer tube member and a second engagement portion for engagement with the first engagement portion. When rotating the inner tube member relative to the outer tube member to disengage the second engagement portion from the first engagement portion, the inner tube member can be moved axially relative to the outer tube member to adjust the length of the length-adjustable wrap film dispenser. After adjustment, the inner tube member is rotated again to force the second engagement portion into engagement with the first engagement portion, locking the inner tube member and the outer tube member.

Abstract: A transporter for manually transporting cartons of wire or cable has a horizontal support member having first and second pieces, first and second spaced-apart vertical support members, and first and second axial inserts attached to the vertical support members for insertion into entry holes in a reel or carton. A collapsible handle is affixed to the support structure and one or more stabilization members prevent the carton from rotating as wire is dispensed from the carton.

Abstract: A collapsible cord holder is an apparatus that is specifically designed to prevent entanglements when unwinding an existing cord bundle. The collapsible cord holder accomplishes this through the use of an extendable arm assembly that is pivotally coupled to a handle assembly and secured in both an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration through a locking mechanism. The arm assembly is able to arcuately expand beyond the diameter of the cord bundle in order to apply tension facilitating the unwinding of the cord bundle. The handle assembly permits an axial rotation of the cord bundle mounted on the collapsible cord holder in order to facilitate unwinding and prevent entanglements. The locking mechanism provides a secure engagement in the expanded configuration allowing the apparatus to transition into the collapsed configuration.

Abstract: A paper roll fixing device of a printer includes a first supporting base, a second supporting base, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The first fixing member comprises a rotatable first fixing slab. The second fixing member comprises a rotatable second fixing slab. When the first fixing slab and the first fixing slab are pushed by a paper roll, the first fixing slab and the first fixing slab are rotated to the position without stopping the paper roll from entering or leaving the space between the first supporting base and the second supporting base. As a consequently, the paper roll can be smoothly introduced into or removed from the paper roll fixing device. By the paper roll fixing device, the paper roll can be introduced into or removed from the paper roll fixing device with a single hand or in a single step.

Abstract: A transporter for manually transporting cartons of wire or cable has a horizontal support member having first and second pieces, first and second spaced-apart vertical support members, and first and second axial inserts attached to the vertical support members for insertion into entry holes in a reel or carton. A collapsible handle is affixed to the support structure and one or more stabilization members prevent the carton from rotating as wire is dispensed from the carton.

Abstract: Apparatus for manually transporting cartons or reels of goods include a support structure that includes a horizontal support member having first and second components, first and second vertical support members, and first and second bushings attached to the vertical support members for insertion into arbor holes in a reel or carton. Additionally, the apparatus includes a handle affixed to the support structure. In an alternate embodiment, one or more stabilization members prevent the carton from rotating as the contents of the carton are removed.

Abstract: An adapter for a spool includes a body having a first body portion and a second body portion that are slidably joined together. The first and second body portions are slidably adjustable to each other. The first body portion includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface comprising at least one projection adaptable for joining to the spool.

Abstract: A film packaging applicator adjustable includes a first tube and a second tube that join with each other. A guidance groove is formed axially on the first tube. Further, at least one side of the guidance groove, several equidistant hemispheric orientation slots that are formed in a radial direction are formed. A neck is formed at the orientation slot near the guidance groove. The second tube opposite to the guidance groove of first tube is formed with a hemispheric positioning block slipping from the guidance groove and then wedging into one orientation slot of the first tube. Thus, the applicator may be adjusted for a required length following the width of a film reel.

Abstract: A film packaging applicator adjustable includes a first tube and a second tube that join with each other. A guidance groove is formed axially on the first tube. Further, at at least one side of the guidance groove, several equidistant hemispheric orientation slots that are formed in a radial direction are formed. A neck is formed at the orientation slot near the guidance groove. The second tube opposite to the guidance groove of first tube is formed with a hemispheric positioning block slipping from the guidance groove and then wedging into one orientation slot of the first tube. Thus, the applicator may be adjusted for a required length following the width of a film reel.

Abstract: An adjustable film packing device for a roll of film without a reel includes a first tube and a second tube. The first tube has at least a guiding groove formed longitudinally along an outer wall of the first tube. At least one side of the guiding groove is formed with a plurality of positioning recesses spaced away each other and interconnected with the guiding groove. The recesses are substantially in a rectangular shape. A limit tab is provided between each of the recesses and the guiding groove. A positioning block is provided on an inner wall of the second tube and close to the coupling end of the second tube. The positioning block is substantially in a rectangular shape, and is inserted through the guiding groove into one of the plurality of positioning recesses. Thereby, the length of the film packing device is adjustable by means of the positioning block to be located in a different position.

Abstract: A wire reel assembly includes: a reel including a barrel having opposite first and second axial ends, and a first flange extending radially and outwardly from the first axial end of the barrel, the barrel being formed with at least one slot unit extending axially between the first and second axial ends; and a reel extension including an extension flange parallel to the first flange, and at least one inserting unit extending axially from the extension flange into the slot unit and slidable axially relative to the reel between first and second axial positions such that an axial distance between the extension flange and the first flange is increased when the inserting unit is moved from the first axial position to the second axial position.

Abstract: A paper holder is attachable to a recording paper storage chamber of a printer. The paper holder has a loading lid to cover a part of the recording paper storage chamber. And a press mechanism to press the rolled recording paper to a paper-supply roller is incorporated. The press mechanism consists of a first press plate and a second press plate. In receipt of a slight urge by a torsion coil spring, the first press plate presses the rolled recording paper to the paper-supply roller. On closing the loading lid of the recording paper storage chamber, the hold-down section of the loading lid presses the second press plate, which compresses a compression spring with the first press plate, to apply its counterforce to the first press plate.

Abstract: A winding core 1 of small diameter is mounted at each end on a locking core chuck 3 coupled to a shaft 14 supported by spaced bearings 4 and 8 located within a housing part 5 at the free end 6 of a rewind arm structure. The central part of the shaft 14 has a pulley portion 12 over which a drive belt 13 runs. A larger core 2 is mounted at each end on a heavier duty locking core chuck 7 carried by larger bearings 8 which are located also within the housing 5. The housing 5 is cut away or stepped at 9 whereby a contact pressure roller 10 having a width greater than that of the core 1 may be accommodated and brought into contact with the core 1 at least at the minimum diameter thereof.

Abstract: The invention consists of a bung (10) for a paper roll. The bung is comprised of a body (12) and a roll contacting element (14) frangibly coupled to the body. When the bung (10) is inserted into the cylindrical opening of the paper roll, the roll contacting element (14) breaks off from the body (12).

Abstract: A tape drive has a take-up reel assembly and a tape guide arrangement that are each selectively actuatable for interchangeable use with magnetic recording tape of a first width or a second width. The take-up reel assembly includes at least one actuatable, retractable element that can be moved between the flanges of the take-up reel assembly, dependent on the width of the tape currently being used in the drive, and the tape guide arrangement includes actuatable guide elements movable to define a width of the tape transport path across the read/write head, also dependent on the width of the magnetic recording tape currently being used.

Abstract: Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of different widths in center-justified relationship with respect to a print head. The printer has a spindle for mounting an ink ribbon core with a detent for center-justifying the ink-ribbon with respect to the print head.

Abstract: A spool for a supply of printing material includes a first part having a shaft on which the supply of printing material is mountable, and a second part having an opening and being arranged to retain the supply of printing material mounted on the first part. The opening is arranged to engage the shaft. One or the other of the opening and the shaft is resilient and the other of the opening and the shaft has at least one part which extends towards the said one of said opening and the shaft more than at least one other part thereof to thereby cause the second part having the opening to engage with the shaft.

Abstract: A feeding bobbin including a winding shaft including two ends each having a flange detachable mounted thereon, the shaft being common to various feeding bobbins for a thermal transfer printer, wherein the flanges are separated by a width corresponding to the width of a thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet to be wound around the winding shaft, and the winding shaft includes a portion for receiving such sheet wound thereon, the portion having a width regulatable by location of a combination of the flanges according to the width of such sheet.

Abstract: In paper winding, separate rolls are formed side by side around roll cores (10a, 10b) placed one after the other while supported by support members. The cores are pressed at their ends against one another by core chucks (20) arranged in connection with the free ends of the outermost roll cores (10a, 10b). The roll cores (10a, 10b) are placed in a desired position and subjected to a desired compression force by the core chucks (20), the length of the row of roll cores (10a, 10b) is determined, and the compression force of at least one core chuck (20) is regulated during winding when the length of the roll core row changes to keep the compression force and/or the length of the roll core row within desired limits.

Abstract: A rewinder for fencing fabric hooked to a utility vehicle and including a pair of spaced apart side plates mounted on a framework to be adjustable towards and away from each other by telescoping tubes included in the framework. A core is driven by a motor on one side plate engaging one end of the core, the opposite end supported on the other side plate. A guard extends over the core and roll of fabric rewound thereon, pivoted to swing down and rest on the roll as the fabric is being rewound. The guard is interconnected with a control for the motor which reduces the motor speed as the roll diameter increases, so that the fabric linear speed is kept at a moderate speed even as the roll diameter increases.

Abstract: A retail electrical wire reel caddy has a steel frame which may be rested upright, the upper portion of the caddy serving as a handle. The back has a slight angled configuration allowing easy grasp for lifting from prone to upright positions. The reel is of identical front and rear circular members, the outer member being turned to face the rear member so as to interlock “U”-shaped wire coil supports which are integral with supporting spokes extending between an outer rims and inner reel hubs. The caddy has a shaft extending forward from a mounting plate located on the back vertical portion of the frame, the frame having a forward extending base portion extending beneath the reel for stability.

Abstract: A pair of support members provided in a feeding part may selectively contain plural types of recording sheet rolls having different widths. In order to mount the recording sheet roll, the first and the second holders are attached to both ends of the recording sheet roll. Each holder is provided with positioning grooves to decide the position of the recording sheet roll in the axial direction. A support member of the first holder is provided with one groove, while the support member of the second holder is provided with two grooves corresponding to the width of recording sheet rolls. The support member is provided to be able to expand and contract in the direction of the width of the recording sheet roll, and by the expansion and contraction, the groove is adjusted so as to meet the support member in accordance with the widths of recording sheet rolls.

Abstract: A device for supporting a strip in the wound or spooled condition, includes two half-hubs each having at least one flange (1A, 2A) made by molding with the half-hub, these half-hubs being assembleable together to form a spool. At least one of the half-hubs, called reversible, has a flange (2A) off centered in the direction of the length of the half-hub and is shaped to connect to the other half-hub (1) by either one of its ends (3A, 3B) as a function of the spacing desired between flanges (1 A, 2A).

Abstract: Disclosed is a paper holding device for a label printer. The paper holding device comprises left and right holders for supporting both ends, respectively, of a paper roll; left and right guide links respectively locked to lower ends of the left and right holders; a rotation link for operatively connecting the left and right guide links with each other and moving them in leftward and rightward directions; a bottom panel secured with respect to a floor of a printer body, for rotatably installing thereon the rotation link; and a pair of elastic members having one ends connected to the left and right guide links and the other ends connected to the bottom panel, to apply elastic force to the left and right guide links.

Abstract: A holiday light storage system, for storing holiday string lights, having a central hub and extension hubs. The central hub has a pair of parallel flange disks and a core extending perpendicularly between the flange disks. The core allows adjustment of the relative distance between the flange disks. End bores extend through the flange disks coaxially into the core. The extension hubs each have a flange ring and an extension core. The extension core has a threaded end opposite the flange ring for attaching into one of the end bores of the central core. A handle is selectively axially attachable in one of the end bores. The system is configurable by the user according to the storage needs of the user.

Abstract: A pair of support members provided in a feeding part may selectively contain plural types of recording sheet rolls having different widths. In order to mount the recording sheet roll, the first and the second holders are attached to both ends of the recording sheet roll. Each holder is provided with positioning grooves to decide the position of the recording sheet roll in the axial direction. A support member of the first holder is provided with one groove, while the support member of the second holder is provided with two grooves corresponding to the width of recording sheet rolls. The support member is provided to be able to expand and contract in the direction of the width of the recording sheet roll, and by the expansion and contraction, the groove is adjusted so as to meet the support member in accordance with the widths of recording sheet rolls.

Abstract: A paper roll supporting apparatus in which circular cylindrical flange members are tightly fitted to both ends of the paper roll and the outer circumferential surface of the respective flange members are pivotally supported by rotatable bodies. The respective rotatable bodies for pivotally supporting the respective flange members include at least two rollers which are arranged around the flange members, the axis lines of which are parallel with each other. The rollers are provided so as to be rotatably mounted respectively on receiving stands capable of changing the position thereof to coincide with the width of the paper roll. By improving the flange member, the structure of the member can be made simplified, the cost can be reduced, and the ease of setting the paper roll can be improved.

Abstract: This invention relates to a payoff device particularly suited for coiled wire which is packaged without a reel. The device includes a clamp assembly rotatably supported at one end by a frame which may be affixed to a truck or other vehicle. The clamp assembly has a mandrel featuring a plurality of clamp pads connected to a main rotatable shaft by a scissors linkage which may be stationary or may push the pads in a radial direction against the interior surface of the coiled wire. Two end plates support the coil laterally and one of the end plates is removable so that the coil can be placed on the clamp assembly. The clamp assembly is supported by a frame whose upper portion is rotatable such that the payoff direction can be changed. The device also includes a brake and a stop pin to prevent unwanted rotation of the clamp assembly and a locating pin to prevent the unwanted rotation of the upper portion of the support frame.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a roll tensioner adapted to hold a medium roll rotatably mounted thereon for providing a printable medium strip to the imaging device. The roll tensioner comprises a torsion mechanism exerting torsion to the printable medium strip that tends to pull back the printable medium strip and, thus, to prevent slack of the printable medium strip, the roll tensioner further including a torsion control mechanism to prevent the torsion from getting too large to stop the rotation of the printable medium roll, the roll tensioner also including a clutch mechanism to prevent damage to the torsion mechanism.

Abstract: A rack and pinion medium roll support includes a support holder, a generally circular shape support shaft perpendicularly coupled to the support holder, and a rack and pinion mechanism, said rack and pinion mechanism comprising a pinion rotatably coupled to the support holder, an inner adjustable lever having an inner toothed rack meshed with the pinion, and an outer adjustable lever having an outer toothed rack meshed with the pinion at diametrically opposite end of the inner toothed rack of the inner adjustable lever, the inner adjustable lever being slidably coupled to the support shaft at an inner end and the outer adjustable lever being slidably coupled to the support shaft at an outer end, wherein the pinion is adapted to move the inner adjustable lever and the outer adjustable lever with approximately equal distance relative to each other for center adjusting a medium roll mounted on the support shaft between the inner adjustable lever and the outer adjustable lever.

Abstract: A paper magazine core for rotatably supporting a roll of photosensitive material in a paper magazine includes an inner core divided into two inner core members that can be screwed together. The surface of each inner core member is provided with rows of screw holes formed at prescribed spacing conforming with the widths of rolls of photosensitive material of various types. Flange members are screw-fastened at the screw holes whose locations are appropriate for the size of the photosensitive material to be used. Each flange member is formed with an insert portion having multiple steps insertable into paper tubes of different sizes. Non-slip portions are formed around the insert portions and surfaces of the steps. Once the flange members have been fastened on the inner core members in a light room, a roll of photosensitive material can be installed on the core in a dark room merely by joining the inner core members.