Abstract: Polymer compositions including (A) 15.0 to 90.0 wt % of a heterogeneously branched ethylene polymer having polymer units derived from at least one C3-C20 alpha-olefin and having a CBDI<50.0%; and (B) 85.0 to 10.0 wt. % of an ethylene-based polymer and films made therefrom are disclosed.

Abstract: A core (u1, u2) around which a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator is to be wound. A side surface of the core (u1, u2) has a depression (20). This makes it possible, in a case where cores (separator cores) are stored by being stacked while still wet after cleaning, to prevent damage to a core caused by a problem where cores stick together and an core lower in a stack falls when a core higher in the stack is removed.

Abstract: Anaerobic adhesive and sealant compositions in film form, film spool assemblies containing such compositions in film form and preapplied versions thereof on matable parts are provided.

Abstract: An improved reel assembly comprised of two identically molded semi-circular core halves having a pair of reel flanges on each end thereof that requires no fasteners. The core halves and reel flanges are constructed and arranged to connect without the need for fasteners to form an improved reel assembly for receipt of a flexible hose. The halves include a plurality of radially extending cross-braces having a conical cross-section. On opposite ends of each half is included a pair of radially extending tubular members having a hollow body and conical cross-section. Each half has opposite reciprocating cross-braces that interlock, as well as opposite reciprocating tubular members that insert within each other to create a strong connection between the halves. The improved reel assembly creates a stronger reel core structure that resists crushing of the reel and separation between the reel halves from a pressurized hose wound thereon.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a film roll core used for winding a polymeric film around, an apparatus for winding the polymeric film on the film roll core, a process of winding the polymeric film on the film roll core, and a rolled film on the film roll core. The disclosure more particularly relates to an open gap film roll core that is capable of reducing defects in wound films.

Abstract: A surplus cable storage device including a top portion, a bottom portion, and an interior portion having a space with an input and an output through its geometric center is provided. The interior portion may include a grooved edge in the outer side and a shape having rounded corners. The space in the interior portion has a width that allows a plurality of diameters of the surplus cable to pass through and wind around the grooved edge. In some embodiments, the top portion and the interior portion protrude out of the grooved edge on either side of the interior portion, protecting the surplus cable wound around the grooved edge. A method for storing surplus cable attached from a lever to an actuator a manually operated apparatus and maintaining cable and apparatus is provided. The method includes winding the surplus cable along an edge of a storage device as above.

Abstract: A core (16) for a roll of material, which core (16) comprises a body portion (18), a first member which is removably secured to a first end (22) of the body portion (18), a first bore (24) through the first end member (20), a second end member (26) which is removably secured to a second end (28) of the body portion (18), a second bore through the second end member (26), a third bore (30) through the body portion (18), the first, second and third bores all having a common longitudinal axis, the first bore (24) having a smooth inner surface (32) whereby the first bore (24) is able to receive a chuck (34) such that centering of the chuck (34) is facilitated by the smooth inner surface of the first bore (24), the second bore having a smooth inner surface (32) whereby the second bore is able to receive a chuck (34) such that centering of the chuck (34) is facilitated by the smooth inner surface (32) of the second bore, the body portion being made of a metal, and the first and second end members (20, 26) each being

Abstract: A spool includes a body and a chromium layer. The body integrally includes a first portion having an annular shape and a second portion having a tubular shape. The body is formed using plastic. The first portion is provided on both sides of the second portion. The chromium layer is plated on the body. The chromium layer has a uniform thickness of about 0.1 ?m to about 100 ?m. A gold alloy wire is wound on the chromium layer. The chromium layer has a glossy surface. The spool is combined with a bonding device such that the spool electrically connects the bonding device to the gold alloy wire wound on the chromium layer. The shape of the spool is not easily changed by an external impact. When the gold alloy wire is wound on the spool, a scratch is not formed on the spool. Furthermore, the cost required for forming the spool is relatively small so that the spool may be used as an expendable supply. As a result, a recycling process is not required.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for adjusting the length of an infusion tube (2) comprising a first wall (3) and a second wall (4) and at least one connecting element (5) connecting the first wall (3) to the second wall (4), said connecting element (5) being situated at a distance to the peripheral circumference of the walls (6), and wherein the distance between the walls in radial distance to said connecting element provides an inlet opening extending around the connecting element having a width (M) measured between the walls (3, 4); and wherein the apparatus comprises at least one attachment device (8) for securing the infusion tube (2). Hereby a winding of an infusion tube is enabled for adjusting the connection length between pump and the site of infusion anywhere on the infusion tube and on any kind of infusion tube, said apparatus being independent of the infusion unit. Thus, the apparatus enables reuse due to its independence of the pump.

Abstract: A reel is disposed with a reel hub made of resin whose outer peripheral surface is configured as a tape take-up surface and a reinforcement ring that is integrated with the reel hub by insert molding. On a bottom plate of the reel hub, there are formed: marks of gates that are disposed on a radial direction inner side with respect to the reinforcement ring and are used for injecting, into a die, a resin material that molds the reel hub; and at least one of thick portions that are positioned on the reinforcement ring side with respect to the marks of the gates and thin portions that are positioned on both sides, in a circumferential direction of the reel hub, with respect to the marks of the gates.

Abstract: A spool suitable for receiving windings of wire or the like, the spool having a center core formed of a paperboard material, first and second end flanges secured to opposite ends of the center core, the flanges being formed of a plastic material, each flange having at least one circumferentially extending solid portion and an inner portion adjacent to the inner core, the spool having a plurality of sinuous members extending between the solid portion and the outer portion. There is also disclosed an embodiment wherein the flange is substantially solid with a circumferentially extending apertures being formed in the center core.

Abstract: A web-winding core (1) is disclosed. The core comprises a tabular wall and longitudinal ribs (2) extending radially inward from the wall. It is formed from a fibre reinforced polymeric composite material. The polymeric material is typically anisotropic and has the required strengths in specific directions by design orientation of the reinforcing fibres. It may have reinforcing fibres disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the core, fibres disposed within the longitudinal ribs, fibres substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the core and/or fibres disposed at least one angle other than 90° to the longitudinal axis of the core. The reinforcing fibres may include one or more of glass, carbon, aromatic polyamide such as Aramid, other polymeric, natural (of vegetable origin) and/or metallic fibres.

Abstract: The reel includes a reel hub that is made of a resin material and is formed into a cylindrical shape, an upper flange that is made of a resin material and is extended integrally outward in a radial direction from one end portion in an axial direction of the reel hub, and a reinforcement ring that is integrally disposed radially inside a tape take-up surface of the reel hub by insert molding and reinforces the reel hub in the radial direction. A position of an upper end of the reinforcement ring coincides with a position of an upper end of the tape take-up surface in the axial direction of the reel hub.

Abstract: A flange design providing improved strength, fracture resistance, and the like using corrugations extending substantially radially from an arbor aperture toward a rim portion. A spool or reel may include a tubular member to receive a stranded material wrapped therearound. A first flange comprising a core portion and an outer portion may secure to one end of the first flange engaging the tubular member. A second flange may secure to the other end of the tubular member. The core portion of a flange may comprise an arbor wall defining the perimeter of an arbor aperture. The arbor wall may be directly contacted and supported by a plurality of corrugations extending radially therefrom. The outer portion of a flange may contact the core portion and extending radially away therefrom to an outer edge to restrain the stranded material in an axial direction.

Abstract: The invention provides a paper roll, a bushing for a paper roll and a combination of a paper roll with a dispenser. The paper roll comprises a hollow paper roll core with two opposite extremities. The bushing has a cylindrical body press-fitted into at least one of the extremities of the paper roll core and the bushing further comprises a circular end wall frangibly fixed to a first end of the body and closing the extremity of the paper roll core. The end wall is provided with a central pin-receiving hole. The end wall is designed to breaks off when removing the paper roll from the dispenser. Thus, the bushing cannot be reused. Therefore, this invention participates in the enhancement of a quality control system.

Abstract: A reel shaft for reeling a paper web in a reel-up, which reel-up includes at least one unit that is mobile in the longitudinal direction of the paper machine and supports a pair of opposite engagement members each of which includes an engagement part, which engagement parts are arranged for rotatably carrying and detachably engaging the reel shaft during reeling. In accordance with the invention, the reel shaft is free of a support shaft and has a self-supporting, tubular sleeve substantially formed of fiber-reinforced plastic, which sleeve has an envelope surface on which the initial wrapping of the paper web shall be performed, and also an internal surface defining an axial channel terminating in axial openings at the ends of the reel shaft. The invention also relates to a reel-up for such reel shafts.

Abstract: A tape reel includes a reel body which has a lower flange and a bottomed tubular hub formed integrally with the lower flange and opening at its upper end. An upper flange is mounted on the upper end of the hub. A plurality of locking teeth engageable with a reel retainer and a plurality of driving teeth engageable with a driving shaft of a tape drive are, respectively, formed circumferentially on upper and lower surfaces of an outer peripheral edge portion of a bottom wall of the hub so as to project therefrom. On the lower surface of the bottom wall of the hub, a gate position for injection molding is provided at a position corresponding to that for forming the locking teeth.

Abstract: To wind a rubber strip material around a forming drum, a rubber strip material S extruded from a die 2 of an extruder 1 is spirally wound by an applicator 6 and formed around the forming drum 5 which is being rotated. In the forming operation, the peripheral speed Vd of the forming drum 5 is set lower than the extrusion speed Ve of the rubber strip material S from the die 2 of the extruder 1, that is, to a peripheral speed of 0.6 to 0.95 times the extrusion speed Ve and preferably to a peripheral speed about 0.9 times the extrusion speed Ve. With this arrangement, the rubber strip material stretched by die swelling can be contracted, a tire structural member can be formed around the forming drum with high accuracy at all times independently of the kind of the rubber strip material, and workability as well as shape stability after the rubber strip material is formed can be enhanced.

Abstract: An apparatus for packaging electronic components, particularly integrated circuits, which includes a carrier tape into or on which the integrated circuits can be secured, a packing reel, to which is secured the carrier tape, wherein one or more components of the packing reel is composed of a plastic material and a desiccating material, and preferably a copolymer, and optionally an electrostatic dissipating product. The packing reel may further include a humidity indicating system. The apparatus may also be placed within a water and moisture-proof barrier bag for shipment purposes.

Abstract: A reel or spool package has opposing sidewalls or flanges formed of the specified or appropriate substrate and connected by a core formed of a flowable material which sets or cures to harden, such as a two part expandable polyurethane foam. The foam is applied into a partition, which may be a paper ring, by an injection and metering device. The chemistry of the flowable material may be altered to change density, rigidity and flexibility as required by package stresses. The polyurethane foam is an effective adhesive medium, thereby forming the core and connecting the sidewalls to form the package.

Abstract: A flange design providing improved strength, fracture resistance, and the like using corrugations extending substantially radially from an arbor aperture toward a rim portion. A spool or reel may include a tubular member to receive a stranded material wrapped therearound. A first flange comprising a core portion and an outer portion may secure to one end of the first flange engaging the tubular member. A second flange may secure to the other end of the tubular member. The core portion of a flange may comprise an arbor wall defining the perimeter of an arbor aperture. The arbor wall may be directly contacted and supported by a plurality of corrugations extending radially therefrom. The outer portion of a flange may contact the core portion and extending radially away therefrom to an outer edge to restrain the stranded material in an axial direction.

Abstract: A modular reel assembly for winding, dispensing, transporting, or storing hose, cord, or cable, is provided. Such a reel comprises of a pair of substantially similar polymeric support endplates and a pair of substantially similar polymeric spool endplates. The substantially similar support endplates are connected by at least one support endplate connecting member defining a predetermined support assembly width. The substantially similar spool endplates are connected by at least one spool endplate connecting member defining a predetermined spool assembly width. The modular reel assembly can thus be adjusted to particular discrete spool assembly and support assembly widths through appropriately selected interchangeable spool endplate and support endplate connecting members.

Abstract: A reel includes: a circular cylinder-shaped hub that includes an inner peripheral surface on which a protruding portion that protrudes in a radial direction is formed and an outer peripheral surface around which recording tape is wound; a first flange that is disposed on one end portion of the hub and includes a first extension portion that is welded to the protruding portion; and a second flange that is disposed on the other end portion of the hub and includes a second extension portion that is welded to the protruding portion. The rigidity of the hub can be improved, and the welding strength of the flanges with respect to the hub can also be improved.

Abstract: A tape reel according to the present invention includes: a disk-shaped first flange; a cylindrical hub; and a disk-shaped second flange. The first flange and the second flange extending in a radial direction from an outer periphery of the hub. At least one flange selected from the first flange and the second flange is joined to the hub with an injection molding resin.

Abstract: A winding core, a winding core assembly for winding web materials, and a method are provided. The winding core includes a hollow cylindrical core member having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second ends. A chuck-engaging layer is located on the inner surface of the core member, wherein the chuck-engaging layer is softer than the core member.

Abstract: An improved web-winding means with a durable thermoplastic polyester resin or polyester resin blend support structure and web capture slot (gate) formed in an interior portion of the support structure. The interior portion is joined to an inner annular surface that has increased lubricity, toughness and creep resistance resulting in decreased debris generation plus increased structural integrity and dimensional stability.

Abstract: A tape reel assembly for a data storage tape cartridge is described. The tape reel assembly has a hub. The hub includes a cylindrical core, an annular arm, and a web. The cylindrical core defines a drive side and a top side. The annular arm is co-axially disposed exterior to and separated from the cylindrical core. Additionally, the annular arm defines a tape winding surface bisected by a center line into a top half opposite the drive side and a bottom half adjacent the drive side. The web extends from the top side of the core, and a web center connects to the annular arm at a point in the top half.

Abstract: A carrier reel according to the present invention is constituted by a flange portion having a first surface and a second surface which is opposed to and substantially parallel to the first surface, and a hub portion which is provided between the first surface and the second surface and to which the flange portion is connected. A bearing portion at which a shaft used for taking out each electronic component after carriage is supported is provide to the hub portion, and spaces for accommodating therein a drying agent, i.e., drying agent accommodating portions are formed at the part of the hub portion except the bearing portion. The drying agent is accommodated in the drying agent accommodating portions. The carrier reel having the drying agent accommodated therein is put in a damp proof bag to be sealed. The sealed damp proof bag is then packaged to be carried.

Abstract: For use in a media tape cartridge reel, a hub and flange assembly including a hub and a flange. The hub having a first lip and a second lip at opposite ends of the hub. The flange is integral with the hub at the first lip, the hub includes an inner coupling having a hole at the center, and the inner coupling is offset towards the first lip where integrated with the hub.

Abstract: A flange design providing improved strength, fracture resistance, and the like using corrugations extending substantially radially from an arbor aperture toward a rim portion. A spool or reel may include a tubular member to receive a stranded material wrapped therearound. A first flange comprising a core portion and an outer portion may secure to one end of the first flange engaging the tubular member. A second flange may secure to the other end of the tubular member. The core portion of a flange may comprise an arbor wall defining the perimeter of an arbor aperture. The arbor wall may be directly contacted and supported by a plurality of corrugations extending radially therefrom. The outer portion of a flange may contact the core portion and extending radially away therefrom to an outer edge to restrain the stranded material in an axial direction.

Abstract: A tape reel (10) is so constructed that an upper flange (12) and a lower flange (13) are respectively provided at an upper and a lower ends of a cylindrical reel hub (11) around which a magnetic tape (20) is wound, and a maximum value of a distance from the upper flange (12) and the lower flange (13) to lateral ends of the magnetic tape (20) is set to be 0.5 mm or more, and less than 1.0 mm. The magnetic tape (20) includes a nonmagnetic substrate (21), a magnetic layer (22) provided on one face of the nonmagnetic substrate and a back layer (23) provided on the other face of the nonmagnetic substrate, and in a state where the magnetic tape is wound around the tape reel (10), a distance (U1+D1) from the upper flange (12) and the lower flange (13) to lateral ends of the back layer (23) is larger than a distance (U2+D2) from the upper flange (12) and the lower flange (13) to lateral ends of the nonmagnetic substrate (21) or lateral ends of the magnetic layer (22).

Abstract: A composite core tube is provided for the winding of a web of material. A hollow cylindrical core is covered by a water-resistant rigid sleeve in a heat fit manner to provide a winding surface. The sleeve is selected and finished to control the winding characteristics of the core.

Abstract: Hub for information media, the hub comprising an outer winding area having a width, a central bore and a center point located on the hub, driving grooves on a circumference of the hub, an outer ring, an inner ring, and a connector for connecting the outer ring with the inner ring. The width of the outer winding area of the hub is at least equal to a width of the information medium. The connector comprises diagonal ribs running diagonally at a slant in an axial direction and sloping alternately in accordance with two axial directions of the hub and in neighboring segments, wherein respective pairs of neighboring diagonal ribs are sloped in different directions and have a further rib between them.

Abstract: In a recording tape cartridge, cut-out portions are formed at an inner peripheral edge portion of a metal plate. By providing gates at the cut-out portions, the metal plate is insert molded without depending on submarine gates. Because the gates are provided, at the time of molding a reel hub, a molding material flows radially from a hole portion toward a tubular portion and a lower flange.

Abstract: There is provided a tape cartridge which is capable of reliably preventing dropout of a magnetic tape without lowering durability. A tape cartridge includes a cartridge body formed by a pair of cartridge halves, one of the cartridge halves being formed with an insertion hole permitting insertion of a driving shaft of a record/playback apparatus, and a tape reel formed by a hollow cylindrical hub and a pair of flanges, the tape reel being accommodated within the cartridge body, with a tape wound around the hub. A center line average height Ra of a surface of the hub is defined to be not smaller than 0.005 &mgr;m and not larger than 0.04 &mgr;m.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting wound flexible media includes a reel core, a first flange and a second flange. The first flange comprises a flange body having a periphery, and further includes an outer rim extending axially outward and radially outward from the periphery with respect to the reel core. The reel core extends between said first flange and said second flange.

Abstract: Spool for windable materials, in particular for the winding on of cigarette or filter paper, at which a data carrier, preferably in the form of a chip, is arranged, the data carrier (2), which is developed for the contactless transfer of data (6, 7) specifying the spool (1) and/or the wound-on material (3) being arranged at least partly in the wall (11) of the preferably hollow-cylindrical spool (1).

Abstract: A reel shaft for reeling a paper web in a reel-up, which reel-up includes at least one unit that is mobile in the longitudinal direction of the paper machine and supports a pair of opposite engagement members each of which includes an engagement part, which engagement parts are arranged for rotatably carrying and detachably engaging the reel shaft during reeling. In accordance with the invention, the reel shaft is free of a support shaft and has a self-supporting, tubular sleeve substantially formed of fiber-reinforced plastic, which sleeve has an envelope surface on which the initial wrapping of the paper web shall be performed, and also an internal surface defining an axial channel terminating in axial openings at the ends of the reel shaft. The invention also relates to a reel-up for such reel shafts.

Abstract: A spool structure of the invention includes a cylindrical core, which has a smooth outer surface and an inner surface. An engaging part is formed on the inner surface. A flange is connected to the core. The flange has a jaw part that can be arranged at a side end of the core, and a nail part that can engage with the engaging part of the inner surface of the core.

Abstract: Storage device for a cable. Two spaced flange parts are connected by an intermediate connection part. The connection part functions as reel for the cable to be stored while the flange parts enclose the cable in storage position. The flange parts and the intermediate parts are integrally mould from an elastomeric plastic material by injection moulding.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing excess lengths of installed fiber optic cable. The apparatus is a specially designed routing spool that allows for optic fiber cables to be wrapped in individual slots of suitable radius to provide separation of cables and prevent kinking and microbends, and to allow easy access to the fiber cables if it is necessary to perform maintenance or to replace cables.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting wound flexible media includes a reel core, a first flange and a second flange. The first flange comprises a flange body having a periphery, and further includes an outer rim extending axially outward and radially outward from the periphery with respect to the reel core. The reel core extends between said first flange and said second flange.

Abstract: Hub for information media, the hub comprising an outer winding area having a width, a central bore and a center point located on the hub, driving grooves on a circumference of the hub, an outer ring, an inner ring, and a connector for connecting the outer ring with the inner ring. The width of the outer winding area of the hub is at least equal to a width of the information medium. The connector comprises diagonal ribs running diagonally at a slant in an axial direction and sloping alternately in accordance with two axial directions of the hub and in neighboring segments, wherein respective pairs of neighboring diagonal ribs are sloped in different directions and have a further rib between them, and wherein their plane is formed by a radial direction from the center point of the hub to the further rib and an axis of rotation of the hub.

Abstract: An elongated composite tube made up of an inner tube 42 and an outer tube 44 (FIG. 3) with a plurality of elongated helical ribs disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube in a supporting relationship to both. A slinky like toy made from the composite tube is also disclosed, as is a method of making both.

Abstract: A reel or spool package has opposing sidewalls or flanges formed of the specified or appropriate substrate and connected by a core formed of a flowable material which sets or cures to harden, such as a two part expandable polyurethane foam. The foam is applied into a partition, which may be a paper ring, by an injection and metering device. The chemistry of the flowable material may be altered to change density, rigidity and flexibility as required by package stresses. The polyurethane foam is an effective adhesive medium, thereby forming the core and connecting the sidewalls to form the package.

Abstract: A tape reel for a tape cassette wherein a pair of such reels are contained, comprising an upper flange and a hub which consists of a drum formed integrally with (formed in one piece with, or solidly joined to) a lower flange. The drum comprises an outer cylindrical part on which a tape is wound and an inner cylindrical part which permits the insertion of a driving shaft of a recording-reproducing device for the tape cassette. The inner cylindrical part has projections adapted to engage with the driving shaft, each said projection having a groove formed on the back side for thickness reduction, and the inner cylindrical part and inner ends and both side walls of the projections all have the same thickness. A plurality of connecting ribs are provided joining the outer and inner cylindrical parts of the drum, and extensions are formed outwardly on the inner cylindrical part, on both shoulder portions close to each said connecting rib.

Abstract: Magnetized bobbin cores are preferably wound with sewing thread to obtain sideless, pre-wound bobbins that have beneficial draw-off tensions, draw-off tension uniformity and overspin characteristics. The pre-wound sideless bobbins may thus be satisfactorily used in lock stitch sewing applications due to improved uniformity of draw-off tension combined with reduced bobbin overspin. The magnetized pre-wound sideless bobbins are also especially well suited for end-use sewing applications where automatic bobbin changing equipment is employed. Most preferably, the core is a cylinder formed of a thermoplastic or thermoset material in which magnetized particles are dispersed.

Abstract: A photo film cassette has a spool core about which photo film is wound in a form of a roll. A cassette shell contains the spool core in a rotatable manner. Two flanges have a disk shape, and are secured to respective ends of the spool core, for regulating lateral edges of the roll of the photo film. A circumferential lip is disposed on each flange, is extended toward the opposite one of the flanges, wraps one of the lateral edges of an outermost turn of the photo film of the roll, and prevents the photo film from being loosened. A rim portion is disposed on an circular edge of the circumferential lip confronted with the opposite one of the flanges, to project with a bend away from the spool core. A contact face is disposed on the rim portion, and contacts the one of the lateral edges of the photo film when the photo film is unwound from the spool core or wound back about the spool core. The contact face has a contact range of 0.15-0.8 mm in contacting the one of the lateral edges of the photo film.

Abstract: A photo film cassette has a spool core about which photo film is wound in a form of a roll. A cassette shell contains the spool core in a rotatable manner. Two flanges have a disk shape, and are secured to respective ends of the spool core, for regulating lateral edges of the roll of the photo film. A circumferential lip is disposed on each flange, is extended toward the opposite one of the flanges, wraps one of the lateral edges of an outermost turn of the photo film of the roll, and prevents the photo film from being loosened. A rim portion is disposed on an circular edge of the circumferential lip confronted with the opposite one of the flanges, to project with a bend away from the spool core. A contact face is disposed on the rim portion, and contacts the one of the lateral edges of the photo film when the photo film is unwound from the spool core or wound back about the spool core. The contact face has a contact range of 0.15-0.8 mm in contacting the one of the lateral edges of the photo film.

Abstract: An elongated composite tube made up of an inner tube 42 and an outer tube 44 (FIG. 3) with a plurality of elongated helical ribs disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube in a supporting relationship to both. A slinky like toy made from the composite tube is also disclosed, as is a method of making both.