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8167090 Apparatus for safely lowering user from structure  
An apparatus is disclosed for safely lowering a user from a structure. The apparatus includes a frame; a spool including a cable rotatably mounted on the frame; a securing device attached to the...
8123010 Retractable cord reel  
A retractable cord reel is disclosed. The retractable cord reel may have a spool having a conductor carried thereon. The cord reel may also have a conductor lead coupled to a ratchet. The spool and...
8118250 Fuel tanker truck accessory and associated methods  
The invention provides a fuel tanker truck accessory and a method of delivering fuel to a storage tank. The accessory is intended for permanently mounting on the truck and has a spool containing a...
8056849 Braking mechanism and tape cartridge for tape measure  
The invention relates to a braking mechanism and tape cartridge for a tape measure. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the tape measure includes a housing, a fixed cylindrical surface...
7967234 Method for automatic slip clutch tension on a reel  
The method of preventing over tension to an umbilical wrapped on the spool of an offshore reel when the umbilical is being normally deployed or retrieved or when the umbilical is unexpectedly...
7946520 Elastic rewinding hose reel with automatic stopping device  
A hose reel includes a support casing, a drum rotatably fitted inside the casing and connected to it by an elastic rewinding element. The drum provides a flange integral with it and couplable in...
7905233 Patient restraint  
A patient support incorporates a patient retention device includes frame, a rotatable shaft, a torque-producing device, and a flexible restraint member. The shaft has a cantilevered portion that...
7802747 Line length adjustment device for mooring lines and the like  
A line length adjustment device includes a strap having a rope loop attached to one end, the other end wound up on a winder core in a housing which has a rope loop at an end opposite a slot...
7766271 Strap collection device for tensioning a ratchet  
A hand activated retainment, storage and deployment device for binding straps used to secure loads on cargo transportation vehicles such as tractor trailers. The device has a winding mechanism with...
7744031 Apparatus and method to reduce/eliminate lockup of seatbelt retractor during motorized pretensioning activation  
A motorized seat belt retractor, comprising: a take-up spool configured to rotate in a winding direction and an unwinding direction; a motor for providing a driving force in a first direction and a...
7617858 Skew adjustment device for coverings for architectural openings  
A device for correcting skew in roll-up retractable coverings for architectural openings includes a friction device positioned within the head rail for movement between releasably fixed positions...
7604195 Strapping head assembly for a wrapping machine  
A strapping head assembly has a central axle, a braking tube, a lower securing plate, a braking pad, an adjusting base, a biasing member, an adjusting nut, a strap-holding collar and an upper...
7530522 Vehicle mountable fence spooling device  
A fence spooling device is provided that may be mounted to a motor vehicle. The device includes a frame and a cradle that is connected to the frame. The cradle is rotatable about a pre-determined...
7484389 Security container with linked primary and secondary security features  
A security storage container has a primary security feature that is adapted to be locked and unlocked with an appropriate key. A secondary security feature is activated when the security storage...
7389790 Reel assembly  
A reel assembly is provided with a hub and opposing flanges that may be disassembled into at least two primary components that may be at least partially nested with one another for compact storage...
7341214 Cassette spool lock  
A cassette for use in delivering a continuous length of filament. The cassette includes a housing having a first aperture and a spool rotatably mountable in the cassette housing. The spool contains...
7334590 Anti-slip opening and closing device for sun umbrella  
An anti-slip opening and closing device for an umbrella is described, which comprises a rope reeled on a roller positioned on a pole of the umbrella. The roller is screwed with a reel having a...
7290731 Kite line reel with first and second cammed brake feature  
A kite reel has a spool rotatable on a shaft to reel in or out kite line attached to a flying kite. A brake disk coaxial with the spool on the same shaft is moved translationally to and from the...
7251966 Cable wrap security device  
A security device a plurality of cables which are securable about an item of merchandise with a locking member and a cable-tightening mechanism each connected to the cables in a spaced apart...
7210645 Safety element retention reel  
A safety element retention system having a reel upon which a safety element or strap may be wound, a spring return mechanism, for rewinding the reel and retrieving the safety strap, and further...
7204452 Dispenser for elongate material  
A dispenser for an elongate material is provided having a support and a spool rotatably mounted in the support. The spool includes a core and two ends extending radially outward from the core. At...
7195193 Fence master fencing dispenser and tensioning device  
An apparatus and method of unrolling and stretching fence wire for use with a vehicle is disclosed. This device is designed to aid in the installation of fencing such as woven, barb or welded wire...
7147177 Cable reel  
A cable reel having a one-way locking mechanism for locking a cable winding hub in one direction so that the user can adjust the extending status of the cables freely, and a button for unlocking...
7143971 Fence rolling apparatus and methods  
The present invention is directed toward apparatus and methods for rolling and distribution of fencing material, and is particularly suited for flexible fencing such as metal and plastic fencing,...
7118064 Frictional clutch for torque-restricted torsional power transmission between two reels of a hand-held device  
An embodiment of the invention relates to a frictional clutch for a hand-held device for transferring a film from a backing tape onto a substrate. The frictional clutch in this embodiment includes...
7108218 Hose dispenser  
A hose dispenser has a rotatable reel 10, holding a coiled hose 12 suitable for conveying breathable gas, mounted on a tubular steel frame 14. The reel has a pivoting arm 16, which has a portion...
7063285 Cassette device for reliable filament delivery  
A cassette for use in delivering a continuous length of filament provides improved reliability by employing means for preventing tangling of the filament in the cassette. The cassette has a...
7040565 Apparatus for controlling the speed of logs on output from a rewinding machine  
An apparatus for controlling the speed of logs (3) on discharge or output from a rewinding machine. The apparatus include; structure for slowing down the logs (3) rolling along a log discharge or...
7007884 Roll paper feed device for printing machine  
1. Roll paper feed device (1) for a printing machine (2), comprising a cradle (3) provided with side cheeks (4), means (5, 7) at the bottom of the cradle for supporting a freely rotating paper roll...
6964388 Fishing reel  
A fishing reel includes a spool disk, a handle disk mounted coaxially and in juxtaposition with the spool disk, a winding handle or crank affixed to the handle disk, and a brake mechanism,...
6957929 Single and dual reel flying lead deployment apparatus  
The flying lead deployment apparatus with one reel assembly is made of a frame assembly; a reel assembly with flying lead disposed in the frame assembly adapted to rotate to distribute the flying...
6942172 Reel  
A reel consists in a drum in use to locate a windable material therearound, a rotatable handle and gearing having a ratio greater than 1:1. The gearing connects the handle with the drum. The...
6923398 Mechanism for winding sheet material  
A winding mechanism retains a sheet material in a state in which the sheet material can be pulled out. The winding mechanism includes a flexible sheet material, a winding shaft attached to one end...
6913178 Tape dispenser for installation of multi-roll  
A tape dispenser for two or more tape rolls installed therein includes a housing having a first casing and a second casing coupled with each other in which a chamber is formed and a roll mount is...
6811685 Fouling mitigation device with movable screen  
A self-cleaning strainer which may be installed upstream of a heat exchanger to prevent debris greater than a critical size from reaching the heat exchanger. The strainer is preferably mounted just...
6793038 Method and apparatus for rescuing occupants from high structures using replaceable cable cartridges and dynamic resistance device  
A rescue method and apparatus for rescuing or evacuating occupants from high rise buildings or other high structures includes a frame adjacent an escape portion of the high structure; a dynamic...
6663038 Safety belt retractor having a rotation dampener  
A safety belt retractor is provided as a safety system in motor vehicles. The belt shaft is mounted in a U-shaped housing and serves as a carrier for a belt strap wound thereon. A rotation dampener...
6659389 Expanded hose coil deployment system  
A dual-mode hose roller including a crank and a mounting plate may be used to roll up collapsed hose into either a compact hose roll or an expanded hose coil. The crank and mounting plate are...
6655743 Electronically controlled seat belt module  
The seat belt module is electronically controlled using magneto-rheological fluid. A CPU delivers a signal to an electromagnetic coil within the module at the beginning of a crash to cause the...
6637694 Brake structure of band reel in packing machine  
A brake structure of a band reel in a packing machine in which reliable braking effects can be obtained and responsiveness can be enhanced. A brake arm (15) has a coil spring portion (16) provided...
6561451 Measuring cable travel sensor with longitudinal drive for the cable drum  
A measuring cable travel sensor includes a housing and a cable drum which is arranged in the housing rotatably and longitudinally displaceably in the longitudinal direction of the travel sensor....
6554218 Cable management spool  
A cable management spool for storing a length of cable includes first and second rigid outer members that are movable relative to each other and define a gap of variable size therebetween. An...
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...
6454202 Cable storage apparatus and cable processing method  
A reel which is driven by a motor is disposed in a casing. First and second restraining mechanisms for restraining movement of a cable are located at first and second openings formed in the casing...
6435444 Reel for a suspended sunshade  
A reel has a housing, an axle, a handle, a wheel and a friction element. The friction element is mounted in the housing and presses against the wheel. The friction element is made of an elastic...
6419179 Reel device with cable guiding unit  
A reel device includes a housing, a spool, a cable guiding unit, and a cable. The housing has a pair of spaced-apart lateral side wall sand a cable winding space formed between the lateral side...
6398150 Locking, hand-held holiday light storage and dispenser device  
A locking, hand-held holiday light storage and dispenser device, comprising a base, a rotating tube coupled to the base, and a locking mechanism adapted to lock the rotating tube in position...
6336607 Kite line reeler and controller  
An apparatus for controlling a plurality of lines to a light weight flying device such as a kite or model airplane stores, winds up, and releases the lines on individual, separable spools. The...
6290161 Braking mechanism of winder  
A winder comprises a base, a wire wheel, and a braking mechanism. The base has a face plate which is provided with a main shaft and at least one arcuate hole. The wire wheel is rotatably mounted on...
6276627 Electric string winder  
A compact electric string winder that can be safely and conveniently deployed by masons and other construction workers. The string winder comprises a battery-driven electric motor inside a housing...
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