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7475842 Tape measure utilizing mechanical decoupling of power tape extension feature for tape retraction  
A power operated tape measure enables extension of a tape via a drive mechanism, as well as retraction of the tape through a mechanical decoupling within the drive mechanism. The tape measure has a...
6988854 Cable dispenser and method  
Fiber-optic cable is dispensed underwater into a trench from a vehicle moving along the bed of the body of water. The cable is wound on a stationary spool and dispensed over the end of the spool by...
6920722 Elongated truss boom structures for space applications  
An elongated truss boom structure is adapted to be flattened and coiled to a stowed configuration. The truss boom includes longerons, battens, and diagonals A fixed ladder shaped structure is...
6571914 Lifting apparatus for high-place work  
A lifting apparatus for high-place work which includes a moving supporting leg having a guiding case with opposite open ends and plural walls, guiding grooves attached to said walls, plural elastic...
6474588 Motorized retractable ski tow rope  
A water ski tow rope retrieval and payout system is disclosed. The system includes a reel having a quantity of tow rope wound therearound. The reel is powered by an electric motor through a drive...
RE37824 Power operated tape measure  
A hand-held measuring device including a case and flexible steel spring-biased measuring tape wound about an annular reel fitted within a circular housing within the case, a single battery-powered...
6431488 Dual drive pool cover  
A motorized pool cover system, having a drum assembly and a reel assembly, located proximate one another, with a reversible electric motor coupled to each, and a pool cover, having a first end...
6254026 Apparatus for electric wiring  
An apparatus for electric wiring, including a housing having a folding stand and a handle, a reel including a flexible tape, a rolling ball-equipped tape leader detachably connected to the lead end...
6178992 Hose reel  
An improved reeling device including a reel driven by an electric motor. The device further includes a hose having first and second ends and two electric conductors running along the entire length...
6112474 Retractable web column  
A retractable column formed from a set of at least three flexible webs with each of the webs having a set of teeth located along opposite edges of the webs, each of the teeth having a first ear...
5901931 Retractable supporting arm  
A supporting arm includes a plurality of links coiled upon one another in retracted position in a housing. When the support arm is withdrawn from the housing, an extension means then urges the...
5865390 Variable-length antenna element  
Continously variable-length antenna, operating in a wide frequency range that's simple, lightweight and reliable, and can be constructed by using a metal case-resided, coiled steel band spring...
5709349 Motorized roller device equipped with adjustable automatic stop  
A device for the roll-up of blinds or the like that has a tubular motor mounted in a roller tube. An automatic stop and a detector for detecting that the motor is blocked, causing the motor to be...
5494234 Multiple spheres and cable deployer  
A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated spheres from a vehicle such as a spinning satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the...
5373925 Diving apparatus  
An underwater deployment and storage apparatus for a diving bell or the like has a reel assembly (7) with spaced flanges (9,10) to contain an umbilical services assembly (5) wound around a hub (7A)...
5370334 Apparatus for driving rod antenna element for expansion/contraction  
An apparatus for driving a rod antenna element for expansion or contraction according to the invention is characterized in that its rotary drum for winding or unwinding a base portion of a rope for...
5332166 Method and apparatus for winding or unwinding cable onto a reel  
An apparatus for winding or unwinding a cable from a flanged reel, comprising an assembly for rotatably supporting the reel and a reel drive including an endless belt tensioned around pulleys and...
5326040 Sphere and cable deployer  
A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated sphere from a vehicle such as a satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the cable that...
5181668 Apparatus for running a wire through a pipe  
An apparatus for inserting a coil of wire into a pipe which includes a rotatable drum for taking up a coil of spring wire, a guide for guiding the coil drawn from the rotatable drum, a push-pull...
5139751 Apparatus for thrusting a hose along a conduit  
An apparatus for pushing a hose along a conduit includes a rotatable reel, a hose wound on the reel, and a driving arrangement for drawing the hose off the reel and for pushing the hose into and...
5105876 Multiple-unit probe pusher and system for driving eddy current inspection probes in the heat exchanger tubes of a nuclear steam generator  
Disclosed is a system for driving inspection probes through steam generator tubes of a nuclear power plant, particularly eddy current probes. The system utilizes a single conduit that is...
5083722 Equipment handler  
The invention relates to a device for handling an elongate flexible member such as a hose, comprising a reel device for paying in and retrieving the hose, a carrier means for the reel device, and...
5044089 Power-operated measuring tape  
A measuring device in which a flexible steel measuring tape is wound around a spool within a housing. A motor-powered sprocket wheel has teeth engaged with openings spaced along the tape for...
5005777 Seat belt retractor with an electric motor  
A seat belt retractor includes a spool driven by an electric motor. Seat belt webbing is wound around the spool. A worm wheel rotates with the spool and meshes with a worm that is axially movable....
4787569 Webbing retractor  
A webbing retractor for a vehicle includes a webbing take-up shaft which winds up an occupant restraining webbing with a relatively weak biasing force from a spiral spring, thus reducing the...
4738407 Manipulating large sections of artificial turf  
A method of removably covering a smooth, rigid surface such as a floor, with a large section of heavy duty, artificial turf which involves pulling it across the surface while supported on a...
4708533 Method and a device for guiding a concrete feeding hose in connection with the grout feed in rock bolting  
The invention relates to a method and a device for guiding a concrete feeding hose in connection with the grout feedin rock bolting. The concrete feeding hose is therein passed by means of a feeder...
4678132 Traction device for line handling equipment  
A traction device using grooveless traction rollers. An angled roller mounting arrangement allows a number of line wraps to traverse back and forth across the rollers, following the spooling on the...
4661660 Cable drum driven by an electric motor  
A cable drum 1 powered by an electric motor (2) for multi-conductor cables of heavy cross-section. To provide for insertion of the cable (4) into the cable drum (1) to be carried out without the...
4655399 Irrigation or other machine having a rotatable drum carrying a hose or other flexible element wound thereon  
A hose-drum irrigation machine having a tensioning device engaging the hose at a position adjacent the hose-guide by which the hose is pulled from the drum as the hose is being unwound or by which...
4640469 System for rolling and unrolling a ground cover  
A system for tightly rolling and unrolling a web employed as a ground cover includes the use of unrolling tapes for unrolling the web, and an unpowered gear motor which serves to retard unrolling,...
4624400 Electromagnetic probe drive apparatus  
An elongated flexible probe carrier is wound on a take-up reel and is fed therefrom around a feed pulley, being held in frictional engagement with the feed pulley by a plurality of idler rollers on...
4494707 Apparatus for winding and unwinding an elongated flexible member  
A winding rod is mounted for rotation in winding and unwinding directions about a fixed axis of rotation. An elongated flexible member has one end affixed to the winding rod. A traction device is...
4406420 Sliding door actuating mechanism  
A winch for use with a van door opening system having separate opening and closing cables includes a two-section drum mounted on a common, motor-driven shaft. A helical spring is interposed between...
4376350 Automatic down rigger control system  
An automatic down rigger control system is disclosed for use with a down rigger trolling line operated by a motor for raising and lowering the trolling line. Via the motor, the control system...
4372367 Roller blinds  
A roller blind includes a reversable electric motor disposed in and arranged to drive a roller winder via a reduction gear to roll-up and unroll the blind. The motor is switched off at an open and...
4262854 Level winding reel mechanism for a bin level indicator  
The level winding reel mechanism comprises a frame, a winding reel rotatably mounted on the frame, a line connected to the reel and adapted to be wound thereon, and a pulley rotatably mounted on...
4227678 Cable tensioning device  
A tensioning device for the cable of a winch or hoist transmits rotational power from the drum, on which the cable is wound through a gear train to a traction roller which rubs against the cable as...
4191340 Electric operated automatic downrigger  
A downrigger apparatus for trolling in which an electric motor is energizable for winding and unwinding downrigger line from a reel. A rotor is driven in reduced speed synchronism with the reel and...
4125230 Golf ball retrieval apparatus  
Golf ball retrieval apparatus characterized by reduced drag on the ball after it is driven from the apparatus, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, a take-up reel driven by a selectively...
4105167 Cable spinning  
A method for reeling and unreeling wire for use in the aerial spinning process for forming suspension cables in the construction of a suspension bridge. The method provides for unreeling wire for...
4046331 Wire roller  
The frame of a wire roller includes a beam. An axle on the frame carries arms carrying a spool shaft. The arms are journaled independently on the axle and are raised and lowered by a U-shaped...
4018397 Unfurling device for tubular extendible structures  
A system for simultaneously extending two storable tubular extendible members, each such member being composed of two elongate strips of elastically deformable material, each strip having been...
3961589 Buoyant cable antenna reeling system  
The reeling system is contained within a buoy towed by a submerged submarine. The reeling system includes a pressure sealed housing, a cable reel disposed for rotation within the housing and a...
3941324 Cable stringing apparatus  
A cable stringing device having a rotating bull wheel operative to take up and payout cable is disclosed. The bull wheel is pivotally operated by a hydraulic cylinder. A level wind control system...
3922808 Controlled trolling apparatus  
A trolling reel for raising and lowering a weighted control line to which a fishing line is detachably secured includes a reversible drive motor coupled to control means for either automatically...
3881325 Override clutch  
A mechanism for coupling a motor to a driving element for actuating an attached member, such as for instance extending and retracting a vehicle radio antenna. A rotatable actuating member is...
3872892 FLUID DISPENSING APPARATUS  
A rigid fluid dispensing probe for use in the internal cleaning of oil drums. The probe is extended and retracted along an axis through the drum opening by roller forming a rigid enclosing sheath...
3863741 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WINDING POWER SUPPLY CABLE  
Improved service life for the electrical cable supplying power for electrically driven vehicles can be achieved by employing a torque drive motor on the cable reel assembly which is a multiphase...
3862528 DEPLOYABLE BOOM  
A deployable extendible boom formed of a resilient strip having longitudinal corrugations wherein the corrugations are preformed on the resilient strip. The boom is stored on a cylindrical drum...
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