Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
242419000 | Drag on running material | 60 |
20090294567 | SPIRAL WINDING SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE FAN BYPASS DUCTS AND OTHER LIKE COMPONENTS - Spiral winding systems for manufacturing a contoured composite component including a creel for holding a triaxial material having a width and keeping the material straight to provide uniform overlaps during winding; a tensioning device for receiving the width of material from the creel and providing tension to the material during winding; a contoured curing mandrel for receiving the material from the tensioning device to produce a spirally wound contoured composite component preform; and a traversing screw for spirally winding the material from the tensioning device about the contoured curing mandrel such that each subsequent layer of the material overlaps by about half of the width where the contoured composite component comprises a cylindrical shape and non-crimp or braided material; a conical shape and non-crimp or braided material void of hoop fibers; or a combination thereof. | 12-03-2009 |
20100084501 | ROLLER DICE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSULATOR COIL AND WINDING APPARATUS - A roller dice device includes a pair of rolling rollers respectively including circumferential rolling grooves formed at outer circumferential surfaces thereof, a supporting portion rotatably supporting the pair of rolling rollers respectively around roller axes extending in parallel with each other, a spaced portion configured by a rolling portion, through which a rolling material moves, and formed by the circumferential rolling grooves facing each other, and a restricting portion formed at the outer circumferential surfaces of the pair of the rolling rollers and restricting displacement of the pair of rolling rollers relative to each other in the axial direction of the roller axes. | 04-08-2010 |
20100320306 | TENSION ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURE FOR FABRIC WINDING MACHINE - A tension adjustment structure for fabric winding machine includes a driving mechanism, a roller, a fabric pressing mechanism and an adjustment mechanism. The roller and the driving mechanism have corresponding transmission wheels strode by a belt. The driving mechanism drives the roller to roll up a fabric. The fabric pressing mechanism has an action arm and a fabric pressing bar located on the action arm. The fabric pressing bar has a first position without in contact with the fabric and a second position in contact with the fabric and lifted by the fabric. The adjustment mechanism is butted by the action arm when the fabric pressing bar is at the first position to butt the belt and increase initial rolling force of the roller. The action arm releases the belt while the fabric pressing bar is at the second position so that fabric rolling tightness can be controlled. | 12-23-2010 |
20110062274 | PEEL OFF DEVICE FOR UNWINDING A WEB OF MATERIAL FROM A ROLL - Peel off device ( | 03-17-2011 |
20120241546 | PORTABLE BOBBIN WINDER - Disclosed is a portable device for winding thread around a bobbin from a spool of thread. The device includes a height adjustable thread holder configured to receive the spool of thread, a thread guide bar pivotable between a stored position and an operative position, and an adjustable tension feed device for applying tension to the thread during winding. The device also includes a spindle slot configured to receive one of a plurality of rotatable spindles that are interchangeable within the spindle slot so that different corresponding spindles can be used with the device. Also, a speed control knob for adjusting a speed at which the spindle rotates and thus at which thread is wound around the bobbin from the spool of thread, a fill knob for adjusting the amount of thread to be wound on the bobbin, and an automatic shut off mechanism are disclosed. | 09-27-2012 |
20140001302 | System And Method For High-Speed Continuous Application Of A Strip Material To A Moving Sheet-Like Substrate Material | 01-02-2014 |
20140084101 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FEEDING A THREAD TO A TEXTILE MACHINE WITH CONSTANT TENSION AND CONSTANT VELOCITY OR QUANTITY - A method for feeding a yarn with constant tension and constant velocity or quantity to a textile machine the processing point of which is distant from a spool from which the yarn unwinds. A first feed control and regulator loop provided presenting first tension measurer and regulator for the yarn. Velocity measurer forming part of a second control loop is provided in proximity to the point or zone to measure this velocity. The yarn feed tension is regulated on the basis of the measured velocity datum to achieve a desired prefixed velocity value at the processing zone or point. | 03-27-2014 |
20140361115 | RETAINER FOR A WELDING WIRE CONTAINER AND WELDING WIRE CONTAINER - A retainer is described for exerting a braking effect on wire provided as a spool in a container. The retainer has a plate-like elastic element with a contact surface adapted for resting on the wire, an outer circumference adapted for being guided in the container, and an inner circumference adapted for allowing the wire to pass through. The plate-like elastic element has an elasticity such that one of the inner and outer circumferences sags down, under the proper weight of the retainer, by a distance of at least 10 mm when the retainer is supported at the other of the inner and outer circumference. | 12-11-2014 |
20150021425 | FILAMENT WINDING METHOD AND FILAMENT WINDING APPARATUS - Provided are a filament winding method and a filament winding apparatus, in which, when a new bobbin is mounted on a bobbin rotation driving device, the control device is programmed to rotate the bobbin and oscillate a dancer while maintaining a state where a distal end of filament unwound through the dancer is fixed further beyond the dancer and the filament is stretched. The control device is programmed to obtain a bobbin diameter of the bobbin mounted on the bobbin rotation driving device based on a length of the dancer, an oscillation angle of the dancer, and a rotation angle of the bobbin. | 01-22-2015 |
20150321875 | YARN FEED ASSEMBLY TO RELIEVE YARN HANG UPS HAVING A VARIABLE YARN PULL-OFF ANGLE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A yarn feed assembly for directing yarn from a wound yarn source to a yarn feed tube having a frame member positioned adjacent to the wound yarn source and defining at least one elongate interior chamber. The yarn feed assembly has a weighted member slideably received in the elongate interior chamber such that, upon pulling one yarn off of the wound yarn source, through a bore of the weighted member and into the yarn feed tube, the weighted member is axially movable along a longitudinal axis of the frame member such that the bore of the weighted member is axially movable about and between a bottom end and a top end of the elongate slot in response to tension applied to the yarn as a result of yarn hang ups on the wound yarn source. | 11-12-2015 |
20160031165 | FIBER-LAYING DEVICE - A fiber-laying device is disclosed for laying continuous fiber material which is conveyed from a fiber storage unit to a fiber-laying head which is movable in space. The fiber materials here are guided along the kinematic chain of the robot, wherein an equalization system for equalizing length variations during movement of the robot is provided in the fiber-material storage unit. | 02-04-2016 |
242419100 | Slackness sensor | 7 |
20130037647 | Winding Machine and Method for Controlling the Winding Machine - The invention relates to a winding machine. Winding material is continuously fed along feeding paths to two wound packages. A control signal is generated for actuating actuators. The actuators change the pressing force pressing a pressure roller at at least one wound package. The control signal depends on a tension of the winding material. In case that the tension of the winding material in a path to a wound package exceeds a predetermined tension the pressing force of the pressure roller at the associated wound package is increased. Accordingly the radius of the outer surface of the associated wound package is reduced. This reduction is intended for counteracting the undesired increase of the tension in the winding material. | 02-14-2013 |
20130233959 | Roll Arrangement - A roll arrangement for determining a web tension profile of a web. The roll arrangement includes a roll having a peripheral surface for guiding the web, which peripheral surface is provided with a plurality of openings, and a plurality of sensor arrangements. Each of the plurality of openings are arranged to receive one sensor arrangement of the plurality of sensor arrangements to thereby sense forces applied by the web to the roll. The roll arrangement is adapted to suspend the sensor arrangements in the respective opening. | 09-12-2013 |
20130256447 | Filament Winding Apparatus - A filament winding apparatus that prevents excessive unraveling of a fiber bundle due to variations in the speed at which the fiber bundle is wound includes a hoop winding device having a wrapping table, a bobbin support unit, a braking unit, a slack removal unit, a detector, and a controller. The slack removal unit absorbs slack caused by the difference between winding and unraveling speeds of the fiber bundle. The detector detects whether the amount of slack absorbed is equal to or greater than or is less than, a predetermined amount. When the amount of slack is equal to or greater than the predetermined amount, the controller increases the braking force of the braking unit for braking rotation of a bobbin. When the amount of slack is less than the predetermined amount, the controller reduces the braking force of the braking unit for braking rotation of the bobbin. | 10-03-2013 |
20130327877 | Tension-controlling method for a yarn unwinding from a storage yarn feeder to a textile machine - The yarn tension is modulated by a yarn-braking device controlled by a control unit which receives signals of measured tension from a tension sensor and compares them with a reference tension signal in a control loop; as long as the reference tension remains unchanged, a first set of coefficients is used in the control loop causing the control loop to have a relatively slow behaviour in relation to the error-compensating action; when a change in the reference tension occurs, the system switches to a second set of coefficients causing the control loop to have a relatively fast behaviour; the second set of coefficients is maintained as long as the difference between the second value of the reference tension and the measured tension remains greater or equal to a predetermined minimum value, then the system switches again to the first set of coefficients. | 12-12-2013 |
20150102152 | Active Center Pivot Device For Controlling Sheet Tension and Method of Using Same - A device for controlling web tension is disclosed. The device includes a carriage in which a first guide roller is spaced from a second guide roller by a frame. The carriage or frame pivots about a pivot location. A moving web is threaded through the carriage in a serpentine path. Rotation of the carriage or frame causes web displacement. When tension disturbances occur in the moving web, the device rotates for accumulating or releasing the web material and thereby dampening tension variations downstream. The pivot dancer device can be placed in a communication with a controller for open loop control or closed loop feedback control. | 04-16-2015 |
20150314982 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FEEDING A METAL WIRE TO AN OPERATING MACHINE AT A CONSTANT TENSION AND QUANTITY - A system for feeding a metal wire to a machine by a wire feeder, the wire being fed at a constant and desired tension detected by a tension sensor, the feeder having at least one rotary member driven by an actuator thereof onto which the metal wire is wound for a rotation or fraction of rotation and suitable to feed the wire to the machine at the pre-set tension under the action of a control unit. A detector to detect the quantity of wire fed is provided and connected to the control unit to provide the control unit with the quantity data thereof, the control unit intervening on the rotary member to keep the quantity of wire fed at least within a reference value. | 11-05-2015 |
20180022563 | ROLLER WITH PRESSURE SENSOR AND R TO R DEVICE | 01-25-2018 |
242419300 | Pneumatic or magnetic | 3 |
20090026303 | Method For Braking A Running Metal Strip And Unit For Carrying Out The Method - The method and unit for braking a metal strip ( | 01-29-2009 |
20100224715 | WIRE SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A WIRE BONDER - A device for supplying a wire from a wire roll to a capillary of a wire bonder comprises a holder, driven by a motor, for a wire roll and a wire store. The wire store comprises a plurality of channels that can be loaded with compressed air and the exit apertures of which are located on a circular arc and span a predetermined angle range and which run in a substantially radial direction with respect to the center of the circular arc, in order that the wire runs substantially along a circular path within the predetermined angle range. | 09-09-2010 |
20150102153 | SUCTION ROLL DEVICE - The negative pressure roll | 04-16-2015 |
242419400 | Clamping | 8 |
20120085853 | MULTIPLE ENDLESS BELT TYPE BAND SHEET COILING TENSION APPLYING APPARATUS - In a multiple endless belt type band sheet coiling tension applying apparatus in which a coiling tension is applied to slit band sheets a by a frictional force generated by slippage between belt pressing surfaces | 04-12-2012 |
20120175453 | SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLING SEAT BELT LOAD LEVELS DURING AN EVENT - A system for electronically controlling seat belt load levels during an event includes a first and second compression member, and a seat belt webbing disposed between the first and second compression members. The first and second compression members may cooperate in a manner such that they may apply a selectively variable compression force to the seat belt webbing. | 07-12-2012 |
20120211581 | Method for Web Tension Setting - A method is disclosed for web tension setting in a processing machine for processing a material web, in particular a shaftless printing press. In order to set the web tension in a first web tension section with a length L which is delimited upstream by a first clamping point and downstream by a second clamping point, the first clamping point is loaded with a first manipulated variable which is produced using a first element with a first transfer function G | 08-23-2012 |
242419500 | Rotary (e.g., pinch pair rollers) | 5 |
20090078813 | Thread brake - According to the invention, the brake force on a thread brake with a vertically arranged cylindrical housing, comprising a base inlet opening and an upper outlet opening for a thread may be adjusted in a modular manner, whereby each ball is provided with an individual housing piece and the housing pieces are arranged one over the other. The housing pieces have a modular embodiment which may be stacked one over the other in an indexed manner, whereby the inlet opening of the upper housing piece forms the outlet opening of the housing piece below. | 03-26-2009 |
20110108655 | CART TYPE STRAP DISPENSER WITH IMPROVED STRAP BRAKE/PAYOUT ASSEMBLY - A dispenser is used for dispensing flexible material from a coil. The dispenser includes a frame, a coil carriage mounted to the frame and a brake/payout assembly mounted to the frame. The frame defines an axis of rotation about which the coil carriage rotates. The coil is securable within the coil carriage for rotation with the carriage. The brake/payout assembly is operably mounted to the frame and is moveable toward and away from the coil carriage. The brake/payout assembly is biased toward the coil carriage for engagement with the carriage. The brake/payout assembly engages the coil carriage to slow rotation of the carriage and includes a nip region through which the flexible material traverses during payout. | 05-12-2011 |
20110114780 | Calibrated yarn tensioner, textile machine, and method for tensioning a continuously running yarn - An adjustable yarn tensioner includes a housing, first and second opposing yarn engaging surfaces, and a tension control assembly for controlling a degree of frictional force applied by the yarn engaging surfaces to a continuously running yarn. The housing has a yarn guiding inlet for receiving the running yarn at an unwinding tension from a yarn supply source, and a yarn guiding outlet for guiding the running yarn exiting the housing at a delivery tension. The first and second yarn engaging surfaces are disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the housing. At least one of the yarn engaging surfaces is adjustably biased towards the other to frictionally engage opposite sides of the running yarn along a path of yarn travel through the housing. The tension control assembly enables a plurality of user-selected graduated tension settings within a tension range greater than 800 grams, and respective tension settings have positive or negative increments of less than 20 grams. | 05-19-2011 |
20110240788 | Sheet conveyance unit and image forming apparatus including same - A sheet conveyance unit for transporting a sheet unreeled from a roll of paper includes a roll holder including a pair of supporters to support both axial end portions of the roll, movable in an axial direction of the roll, a pair of first conveyance rollers, a pair of second conveyance rollers, a tensioner to tension the sheet, disposed between the first conveyance rollers and the second conveyance rollers, and a tension adjustment unit. The tensioner includes a contact plate to press against the sheet, extending over an entire width of the sheet and pivotably supported on a casing of the sheet conveyance unit. The tension adjustment unit changes the tension of the sheet by adjusting a force to press the contact plate against the sheet and includes a first adjuster to change the tension of the sheet in conjunction with the interval between the supporters. | 10-06-2011 |
20130284846 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY-ADJUSTING WEB MEDIA TENSION - A method for automatically adjusting a level of tension in web media being transported in a roll-fed web media transport system, comprising: receiving web media from a source roller, feeding the web media through an S-shaped media path in an automatically-adjusting tensioning mechanism where the web media is wrapped around curved surfaces on first and second tensioning shoes, and pulling the web media through the automatically-adjusting tensioning mechanism using a feed mechanism. The tensioning mechanism includes: a bracket assembly mounted to a frame which is adapted to freely pivot around a pivot axis. A pivot angle of the bracket assembly automatically adjusts in response to differences in a coefficient of friction between the web media and the tensioning shoes such that the tension in the web media has a reduced level of variability relative to configurations where the bracket assembly is held in a fixed position. | 10-31-2013 |
242419600 | Successive | 1 |
242419700 | Shiftable (e.g., variable tortuous course) | 1 |
20130341453 | Device for tightening rope - A device for tensioning of a rope, the device comprising two or more sheaves ( | 12-26-2013 |
242419800 | Rotary | 30 |
20080203212 | Web-handling apparatus including guide roller assembly with resiliently deformable outer layer - A web-handling apparatus includes at least one guide roller assembly having an inner, cylindrical core, and an outer layer affixed thereto. Notably, the outer layer of the roller assembly comprises resiliently deformable material, with polyurethane foam having proven to be particularly suitable for this application. By this arrangement irregularities in an associated film web, such as in the form of side gussets and/or zipper fastener assemblies, are readily guided by the roller assembly while avoiding wrinkling or other stress of the associated film web. | 08-28-2008 |
20100038468 | WEB GUIDE CONTROL, WEB PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A web guide control for guiding a web, the web guide control having a first guide roller ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100084502 | ENDLESS BELT WITH SLITS FOR BELT-TYPE BAND SHEET COILING TENSION APPLYING APPARATUS - A number of closely notched slits | 04-08-2010 |
20120018564 | Device for Compensating Variations in Tension and/or for Adjusting the Tensile Stress on a Conveyed Flexible Material Strand - A device for compensating variations in tension and/or for adjusting the tensile stress on a conveyed flexible metal material strand, in particular a metal strip, having at least one movable dancer roll which can be wound around by the material strand. At least one dancer roll can be displaced along a path inclinable to the perpendicular, wherein the inclination angle of the path can be adjusted by means of an adjustment unit. | 01-26-2012 |
20120043408 | APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING BELT-MEANDERING FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - An apparatus of correcting belt-meandering for a secondary battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes i) upper and lower rollers configured to receive a base material therebetween, wherein the base material comprises positive and negative electrode materials and an insulating material interposed between the electrode materials and ii) a driver portion configured to rotate the upper and lower rollers such that the base material is transferred in a first direction during the rotation. The apparatus may also include i) a support portion configured to support shafts of the driver portion and the upper and lower rollers and ii) a transverse moving mechanism configured to move the support portion in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. | 02-23-2012 |
20120119011 | MEDIA LOAD DAMPER GUIDE FOR PRINTERS - Embodiments of the present invention are related to a media transport assembly for printers, such as a kiosk printer. The media transport assembly may comprise a biased guide roller structured to dampen media tension shocks, discontinuities, or variations. Other embodiments of the present invention may also provide a media transport assembly configured to allow increased flexibility in media supply roll mounting and for easy loading and threading of the media. | 05-17-2012 |
20120193463 | CORRUGATED EDGE NIP - A web tensioner, a web slitter, a method of tensioning a web, and a method of slitting a web are provided. A corrugated edge nip is used in the tensioner, the slitter, and the methods of tensioning and slitting. The corrugated edge nip can provide a crossweb tension to a suspended web or film in a web line. The corrugated edge nip can be used in conjunction with, for example, a rotary shear slitter to improve slit edge quality. | 08-02-2012 |
20120267468 | TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A transport device that includes a PF motor (that drives a PF roller which transports roll paper) and an intermediate motor (that drives an intermediate roller disposed on the upstream side of the PF roller), sets a slack removal force when transporting the roll paper so that the force applied to the paper in a direction opposite to the transport direction of the roll paper is larger as paper width of the roll paper is narrower, sets a slack removal torque as a torque to be outputted from the intermediate motor in accordance with the set slack removal force, and controls the driving of the intermediate motor to output the set slack removal torque. This makes it possible to cause the tension of the roll paper to be uniform regardless of the paper width so as to transport the roll paper precisely. | 10-25-2012 |
20120280076 | Method for Operating a Winding Device - A method for operating a winding device of a processing machine for processing a material web is disclosed. A winding device is provided for winding or unwinding the material web. The winding device is operated to specify a web tension, wherein a switch occurs from a first web tension specification procedure to a second web tension specification procedure during the processing of the material web. | 11-08-2012 |
20130001349 | UNREELING ASSEMBLY, PARTICULARLY FOR LABELING DEVICES - The present invention relates to an unreeling assembly, particularly for labeling devices, comprising a supporting frame for at least two reels of continuous film which are supported by a respective reel support, which can be actuated to rotate about an unreeling axis of the reel by a respective servomotor, and a motorized traction drum, which is designed to unreel the continuous film from one of the at least two reels of continuous film, between the reel of film being unreeled and the traction drum there being at least one element for tensioning the continuous film, the tensioning element being movable, with respect to the supporting frame, along a respective movement path, characterized in that it comprises control elements which operate on the servomotor and are adapted to control the position of the tensioning element along the respective movement path. | 01-03-2013 |
20130168484 | RAPID DEPL0YMENT FRAC WATER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A method of and apparatus for the rapid deployment of a fracturing water transferring system, along with the rapid picking up and storage of such system after use. In different embodiments the method in includes the use of a tensioning system to retrieve one or more segments of lay flat hose. | 07-04-2013 |
20130256448 | APPARATUS TO DEPLOY AND EXPAND WEB MATERIAL - A dispenser expands paper web material by controlling the tracking of off-winding paper and holding it in place. Pulling the paper from one direction expands it in all directions simultaneously. The dispenser has a base, a mast, a cantilevered axle that holds a roll of cut paper web material for off-winding, and a roller assembly that controls the tracking of the off-wind paper web material and holds it in place. Advantageously, upon being pulled in one direction, the paper web material expands in all directions simultaneously in an efficient and reliable manner. | 10-03-2013 |
20130277487 | DANCER ROLLER APPARATUS - A dancer roller apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a dancer roller; a drive motor; and a dancer roller position changing unit, wherein the dancer roller position changing unit is provided with a one way clutch which allows the dancer roller to move in a long object slack direction, and wherein the drive motor is caused to rotate in a direction such that the dancer roller moves the one way clutch in a long object stretching direction during conveying of a long object. | 10-24-2013 |
20130313353 | RAPID DEPLOYMENT FRAC WATER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A method of and apparatus for the rapid deployment of a fracturing water transferring system, along with the rapid picking up and storage of such system after use. In different embodiments the method in includes the use of a tensioning system to retrieve one or more segments of lay flat hose. | 11-28-2013 |
20140014761 | SHEET MATERIAL SUPPLYING DEVICE - A sheet material supplying device includes a tension detection device that detects tensions at both end portions of the unprocessed sheet material in a widthwise direction of the sheet material; an engaging roller that engages the sheet material at a location that is upstream of the processing section in a path of the sheet material that is drawn out; a supporting mechanism that supports both end portions of the engaging roller and that is displaceably supported with respect to the frame such that an axis of the engaging roller is tiltable in a direction that crosses a sheet surface of the sheet material with which the engaging roller engages; an actuator that is connected to the supporting mechanism and that displaces the supporting mechanism; and a drive control device that controls driving of the actuator on the basis of the tensions detected by the tension detection device. | 01-16-2014 |
20140048640 | Cut Sheet Length Control in a Corrugator Dry End - Tension spikes in a running web slit to direct output webs to respective upper and lower cutoff knives are minimized by anticipating the increased tension in the web when the lead edge enters an outfeed nip and offsetting the tension spike with a decrease in the tension from the infeed pull roll nip, whereby the sum of the web tensions is substantially uniform through the cutting cycle and the sheets are cut to a consistent length. | 02-20-2014 |
20150014465 | POSITIVE FEEDER DEVICE FOR FEEDING METAL WIRES AT CONSTANT TENSION - A metal wire feeder device including a body presenting a wire braking member, one or more pulleys driven by respective motors about which the wire is wound, the wire before reaching a processing machine passing through a compensator member and a tension sensor, an electronic control unit able to continuously measure the tension value and make it uniform at a predetermined value by acting on a first regulator loop operating on the motors and a second regulator loop operating on the compensator member. The electronic control unit operates automatically in making the tension uniform at the predetermined value, on the basis of the fed wire quantity or of the wire feed velocity. | 01-15-2015 |
20160039626 | TENSIONING MECHANISM FOR A TEXTILE FEED TO A STEPPED OPERATION DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTER - A textile feed for a stepped operation digital textile printer, comprises a textile feeding mechanism, and a tension storage mechanism. The textile feeding mechanism feeds the textile in a forward direction onto the printer, but is at the same time mechanically connected to a tension storage mechanism which is tensioned by the forward feeding. At the end of the feed step, the tension storage mechanism releases respectively stored tension to cause the feed mechanism to briefly reverse feed, thereby to pull the textile taut and take up any slack caused by the feeding step. The textile is thus kept taut, to allow effective digital printing by the printer. | 02-11-2016 |
20160083217 | Apparatus and Methods for Winding Coil - Systems and methods for winding wire are disclosed. A system includes a wire take-up unit and a wire tensioning unit. The take-up unit includes a rotating mandrel and a wire directing device, the wire directing device arranged to cause the wire to be wound in a figure-eight configuration on the rotating mandrel to form a coil having many layers of wire. The wire tensioning unit applies tension to said wire as it is wound, and applies a first amount of tension to a predetermined amount of wire constituting at least a first two layers of the coil, and a second amount of tension to the wire beyond the predetermined amount. In one embodiment, the wire tensioning unit includes digital self-relieving air regulator pneumatically coupled to and controlling a pressure in said pressurized chamber of a pre-lubricating cylinder that is coupled to the wire being wound. | 03-24-2016 |
20160176669 | WINDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING WINDING DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
20160185545 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONVEYING FLEXIBLE GLASS SUBSTRATES - An apparatus for redirecting a glass ribbon assembly from a first glass conveyance path to a second glass conveyance path. The apparatus includes a glass ribbon assembly source for providing the glass ribbon assembly including a flexible glass substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface that extend between a first edge and a second edge, first and second handling tabs affixed to the flexible glass substrate edges, and a primary roll member located downstream of the glass ribbon assembly source. The first glass conveyance path extends from the glass ribbon assembly source to the primary roll member, and the second glass conveyance path extends from the primary roll member in a downstream direction. Contact surfaces of the primary roll member are tangential to the first and second glass conveyance paths, and the second glass conveyance path is non-planar with the first glass conveyance path. | 06-30-2016 |
20180022568 | TENSION BUFFER SYSTEM FOR MULTI-WIRE PAY-OFF SYSTEM | 01-25-2018 |
242419900 | With brake or clutch | 8 |
20100072316 | Unwind and feed system for elastomeric thread - An overend unwind system for unwinding tacky elastomeric fiber threads such as uncoated spandex thread, capturing the ballooning affect of the thread as the thread leaves the spool, applying a first-stage tension control on the thread adjacent where the thread leaves the spool, feeding the unwound thread to a nip in a downstream process, and applying a final tension increment to the thread adjacent where the thread enters the downstream process. All thread guide surfaces encountered by the thread after leaving the spool, and while the thread is under designed operating tension, are moving surfaces, such that the tensioned thread thereby experiences a reduced level of drag as the thread traverses its path of travel from the spool to the downstream process. | 03-25-2010 |
20110101147 | PAPER DISPENSER - A paper dispenser has a brake for a paper roll and a tensioning device for the web of paper and interacts in such a manner that the braking effect of the brake is adapted to the tension in the web of paper. The tensioning device is loaded in a paper path between the two conveying rollers and the paper reel. | 05-05-2011 |
20120223175 | CONTINUOUS FEED MATERIAL DISPENSER WITH ADJUSTABLE BRAKE - A braking assembly used in a dispenser that dispenses a continuous supply of material such as paper. The braking assembly includes a support structure. A first fixed gear is rotatably connected to the support structure. A movable chassis is also connected to the support structure. A second movable gear is held by the chassis and moves with the chassis. Teeth of the first gear and teeth of the second gear intermesh with each other and allow the paper to pass therethrough. The chassis maintains the teeth of the first and second gears in contact with each other while enabling a distance between gears to be adjustable. The assembly further includes a braking mechanism that varies an amount of force required to rotate the gears. | 09-06-2012 |
20140042258 | CABLE TENSIONING CYCLING SYSTEM - A cable testing system including a first storage reel for paying out a cable, a first moveable sheave and a second moveable sheave to receive the cable in series from the first storage reel, wherein rotation of the first moveable sheave and the second moveable sheave is controlled by a first drive, a third moveable sheave and a fourth moveable sheave to receive the cable in series from the second moveable sheave, a first clutch and a second clutch operably coupled between at least two of the first moveable sheave, the second moveable sheave, the third moveable sheave, and the fourth moveable sheave, a moveable tensioning sheave coupled to a power source, the moveable tensioning sheave positioned to receive a portion of the cable between the second moveable sheave and the third moveable sheave, and a second storage reel to receive the cable from the fourth moveable sheave. | 02-13-2014 |
20140061355 | CONTINUOUS FEED MATERIAL DISPENSER WITH ADJUSTABLE BRAKE - A braking assembly used in a dispenser that dispenses a continuous supply of material such as paper. The braking assembly includes a support structure. A first fixed gear is rotatably connected to the support structure. A movable chassis is also connected to the support structure. A second movable gear is held by the chassis and moves with the chassis. Teeth of the first gear and teeth of the second gear intermesh with each other and allow the paper to pass therethrough. The chassis maintains the teeth of the first and second gears in contact with each other while enabling a distance between gears to be adjustable. The assembly further includes a braking mechanism that varies an amount of force required to rotate the gears. | 03-06-2014 |
20150305578 | DISPENSER APPARATUS WITH DAMPER FOR DISPENSING PAPER TOWELING - Apparatus for dispensing paper toweling from a roll of paper toweling including roll support structure, a rotatable support drum to transport the paper toweling and cause rotation of the roll of paper toweling, and a rotary damper resisting formation of overspin slack in the paper toweling resulting from a pulling force applied to the paper toweling. | 10-29-2015 |
20160088822 | Reel Line Spooler - Apparatus and methods are described for spooling line on and off of a reel using a turnbuckle mechanism that is adapted to securely fit between two opposing handles on the reel and includes a power driver attachment for quickly turning the tumbuckle mechanism. | 03-31-2016 |
20160376118 | MULTIPLE WEB TENSION STAND - A tension station can include a single brake device configured to provide tension to multiple webs, a nip roller configured to nip the multiple webs to a component of the brake device, a tension transducer idler configured to support the multiple webs and to provide tension information indicative of tension of one or more of the multiple webs, and a controller configured to receive the tension information, to compare the tension information to set point information, and to provide a command signal to the brake device; | 12-29-2016 |