Abstract: A manually-operated dunnage conversion apparatus includes a housing, a support mounted in the housing and configured to support a supply of sheet material for dispensing from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and one or both of (a) a guide member mounted in the housing downstream of the support and providing a resilient surface across which the sheet material may be drawn to restrict tearing of the sheet material as it is drawn from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and (b) a tensioning assembly mounted in the housing and configured to apply a compressive force between opposite axial sides of the housing to control the force necessary to dispense the supply of sheet material. Except for the tensioning assembly, the apparatus may be made of paper-based products, making the apparatus recyclable, reusable, and composed of a renewable resource, as well as inexpensive to manufacture.

Abstract: An apparatus for retaining a utility reel on a horizontal shaft, said apparatus comprising a first rotational collar and a second rotational collar configured to be attached to the horizontal shaft on either side of the utility spool. The apparatus is held in place by set screws, the set screws typically being such that they cannot be removed without grinding or cutting so as to not vibrate loose while transporting said reel.

Abstract: A hardwound paper towel dispenser cabinet includes a roll holder mounted inside the dispenser cabinet. The roll holder includes a male key stub on a face thereof. The face of the roll holder and the male key stub are open to the vertical axis of the dispenser cabinet. A rotating plug includes a bung collar and a disc rotatably connected to the bung collar. The rotating disc has a female key recess that mate with the male key stub portion of the roll holder. The bung collar is adapted to be fixed inside the end of a core of a roll of hardwound paper towel.

Abstract: A support bar for a material web wound onto a roll. The support bar has, on each end, a bearing journal which is arranged on the longitudinal axis thereof. At least one of the two bearing journals is provided with a fitting surface which is not designed as a rotational surface and is rotatably arranged on the support bar. The bearing journal can be inserted into a guide of a dispenser. The guide is continuous from the insertion position to the dispensing position.

Abstract: Spindles (10) adapted to receive a tape roll having a core opening thereof and comprising an elongate body (12) and at least one spacing member (14a, 14b, 14c) comprising a protuberance (18a, 18b, 18c) wherein the protuberance is configured such that it can be configured in a first protruding position and in a second non-protruding position. Also, dispensers comprising such spindles, methods of assembling such dispensers, and methods of dispensing tape from tape rolls mounted on such spindle.

Abstract: A tissue roll holder includes an interior ventilated chamber holding potpourri or other scented products, a spring-loaded spindle and spacers for holding the interior surface of a tissue roll spaced apart from the chamber.

Abstract: An end plug for coreless paper rolls includes a central body. At least three resilient elements protrude from the central body and press resiliently against the interior of a paper roll when the end plug is inserted into an end of the paper roll, the radial extension of the resilient elements being influenced by rotation of the plug or a part thereof.

Abstract: An end plug to be inserted axially into the centre of an end of a paper roll, and provided with a holding element for hold/guiding the end of the paper roll in correct position in a dispenser, the holding element being movable between a transport position, where the whole of the holding element is accommodated within the interior of an outer sleeve of the end plug, and an active position where a part of the holding element protrudes outwardly from an outer end of the outer sleeve, the outer sleeve includes a conical wall, whose base end defines the outer axial end of the outer sleeve, the holding element includes two opposite slide elements guided in diametrically opposite spoke elements projecting inwards in a radial direction in relation to the inner wall of the conical wall of the outer sleeve.

Abstract: A material roll is transported to a roll changer by being arranged on a transport carriage. The material roll and transport carriage are placed on a transfer table which is moved into position between journal bearings of the roll changer. The transfer table is adapted to move the material roll transversely and along a longitudinal axis of the material roll and can pivot in a horizontal plane. An inclined position of the material roll, arranged on the transfer table, is determined by sensors. In this determined, axially aligned position, the material roll is axially aligned on the bearing journals. The roll size of the material is determined. An axially aligned position for roller support arms of a roll carrier of the roll changer is determined as a function of the determined roll size. An axially aligned position of the transfer table is determined as a function of the determined roll size and the determined inclined position of the material roll.

Abstract: A bearing journal projects from an end of a material web wound into a roll. The bearing journal has a bearing surface formed as a rotating surface, a fitting surface not formed as a rotating surface, and an axial guide surface. A dispensing system includes a dispenser that is adapted to receive the roll of web material and to cooperate with the bearing journal.

Abstract: A device is provided for use in covering a danger area on a roll changer that can carry at least one roll of material to be directed to a rotary, web-fed printing press. A cover is provided with a drive that can move the cover. A control unit is provided to control the drive for the cover. The cover is closed in a first operational state and is open in a second operational state. The roll of material, that is supported by the roll changer, has a first rotational speed or web speed when the cover is in the first, closed operational state. In the second, cover opened, operational state, the roll of material also has a second rotational or web speed which is greater than zero. A method for controlling a device on a roll changer is also disclosed.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus capable of stably taking up an ink sheet on a take-up bobbin with proper tensile force by performing proper torque control on the take-up bobbin is obtained. This image generating apparatus comprises a driving source transporting an ink sheet of an ink sheet cartridge and a take-up reel transmitting the driving force of the driving source to a take-up bobbin of the ink sheet cartridge and taking up the ink sheet on the take-up bobbin, while the take-up reel includes a reel member, integrally provided with a plurality of fragment portions concentrically with the rotation axis thereof, engaging with the take-up bobbin, a driving-side gear member fitted with the outer peripheral surfaces of the fragment portions of the reel member and a spring member press-fitted with the inner peripheral surfaces of the fragment portions of the reel member thereby bringing the fragment portions into pressure contact with the driving-side gear member.

Abstract: An adapter assembly for paper roll holders in a printer/plotter comprising ring shaped spacers that increase the diameter of the existing end mounted surfaces of the holder such that a larger size paper roll and be installed.

Abstract: An end plug (1) for insertion into an end of a paper roll includes an inner (2) and an outer piece (3), the pieces being rotatably attached to each other and prevented from axial movement in relation to each other by at least one protrusion (6) of one of the pieces running in an annular groove (7) in the other of the pieces. A method of manufacturing such an end plug is also disclosed.

Abstract: A lifting device for temporarily supporting a trunnion of a paper roll to relieve a bearing and its bearing block of load to facilitate replacement of the bearing. The lifting device includes an arch yoke and a cradle yoke having torque arms which are rigidly interconnected by releasable fasteners and which extend axially alongside laterally opposite sides of the bearing block, thus permitting support members, such as extensible jacks, to be placed beneath the torque arms at laterally opposite sides of the bearing block.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser comprising a base and a core holder operable to hold a roll of paper towel segments. A paper towel dispensing bale is pivotally connected to the base, the dispensing bale includes in inner brake bar and an outer tear bar such that a roll of paper towel sheets mounted upon the core holder can be generally trained in an under/over path for braking rotation of the roll during a one handed dispensing operation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a single hand, paper towel dispenser comprising a base, a core holder operable to hold a roll of paper towel segments connected together end-to-end along perforated tear lines. The invention has a paper towel dispensing bale including mutually parallel arms that receive a paper towel strip in a general S-shaped path during a one handed dispensing operation.

Abstract: A device for transferring fishing line between a supply spool (90) and a fishing reel (94) has a post (22) mounted between two rotatable footholds (30, 60) which are adapted to allow the user to hold the device between his feet as the line is fed from the spool to the reel. The post (22) is adapted to receive the fishing line supply spool, and to hold the spool (90) tightly on the post as line is pulled from the spool. The device of the present development is relatively small, can be used by one person unassisted, and does not require any particular mounting surface so it can be carried with the fisherman to any location where he is using his reel.

Abstract: A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in winding a veneer sheet after drying on a winding surface of the take-up reel.

Abstract: A device for transferring fishing line between a supply spool (90) and a fishing reel (94) has a post (22) mounted between two rotatable footholds (30, 60) which are adapted to allow the user to hold the device between his feet as the line is fed from the spool to the reel. The post (22) is adapted to receive the fishing line supply spool, and to hold the spool (90) tightly on the post as line is pulled from the spool. The device of the present development is relatively small, can be used by one person unassisted, and does not require any particular mounting surface so it can be carried with the fisherman to any location where he is using his reel.

Abstract: A toilet paper holding device for releasably securing a spare roll of toilet paper to a spindle includes a tubular member is which elongated and has a first end and a second end. The tubular member has a pair of apertures extending therethrough. Each of the apertures is positioned adjacent to one of the first and second ends.

Abstract: A toilet paper dispenser for use in connection with conventional mounting brackets. The dispenser includes a U-shaped bracket having mounting points extending horizontally outwardly from each end which are configured to engage conventional toilet paper dispenser mounting brackets. Extending upwardly from the base portion of the U-shaped bracket is a cylindrical spindle configured to engage a hollow cylindrical toilet paper roll. During use, the mounting brackets are engaged in conventional mounting brackets so that the center of gravity of the dispenser lies below the horizontal plane of the mounting brackets. The hollow tube of a toilet paper roll is inserted over the spindle so that the toilet paper roll is oriented vertically with respect to the mounting brackets.

Abstract: A wire-winding machine for forming coils (20) on individual magnetic pole teeth (11a) of a core member (13) which is produced by joining a plurality of core segments (11), each of the core segments (11) having a yoke portion (11c) and a magnetic pole tooth (11a) projectingly formed on an inside surface (11d) of the yoke portion (11c), comprises a core member positioner including a rotating roller (14), large-diameter guide rollers (21) and small-diameter guide rollers (22) which together serve to bend the core member (13) and hold it in a position where the core segments (11.3, 11.5) adjacent to the core segment (11.4) on which the coil (20) is currently wound do not project in the direction of its magnetic pole tooth (11a) beyond a boundary surface (S) of the yoke portion (11c) of the core segment (11.4) on which the coil (20) is currently wound.

Abstract: A core end plug for mounting a roll of sheet material on a shaft. The plug comprises a cylindrical band of stiffly flexible plastic material having ends defining a longitudinal gap therein. A plurality of radial webs extend inwardly from the band. A pair of the webs are opposite each other and are provided with first and second elongated apertures which define identical acute angles to the diameter of the band. A third web defines third and fourth elongated apertures along a common major axis perpendicular to the diameter. A band is fitted into each end of a roll core and a mounting plate is inserted into each core end plug. A mounting shaft extends through central apertures in the mounting plates and through the fourth aperture in the third web. Pins in the mounting plate are received in the first and second elongated apertures.

Abstract: The invention proposes a dispenser for a web wound into a coreless roll, the roll (11) being mounted on an irrotational, substantially cylindrical support spindle (14), the web in this dispenser being dispensed by rotationally unwinding the roll (11) around the axis (A1) of the support spindle (14), characterized in that the support spindle (14) includes means (46, 48, 50, 52) axially locking the roll (11) and in that the spindle (14) bears means (36, 50, 52) for decelerating the roll (11) being unwound.