Patent classifications
B65H75/4402
Sports Training Accessories
This device disclosed herein can allow portable and efficient rolling and storage of hand wraps, gauze, bandage wraps and ties. In one non-limiting example, the case can be used for athletes in the sport of boxing to neatly roll and store their boxing hand wraps after use. In one non-limiting example, the device can incorporate a manual spindle and reel while another can incorporate a battery and motor to rotate spindle. The case can be incorporated into many different types of materials. Preferred embodiments of this wrap case and roller device and methods of use are disclosed herein.
Gravity-driven cable retractor
A cable retractor enclosure having a weighted cable pulley and cable pulley guide rails. The cable pulley is rotatable about a pivot and configured to translate along said grooves when a cable wrapped underneath is extracted from the cable retractor enclosure. The cable extends outside of the retractor enclosure from its upper end and provides a cable end plug that sits within a retractor module insert. Weights may be attached to the cable pulley in order to leverage gravitational forces, which result in a bias causing the cable to retract back into the enclosure. Friction forces against the extracted cable can be used to prevent the gravitational bias the cable pulley exerts (retraction forces) on the cable by bending the cable to lay flat onto a table surface.
CABLE RECOVERY MACHINE
A cable recovery machine, comprising at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable, in particular of a cable laying plant, and at least one cutting module located downstream of the traction module and able to receive the cable that is introduced into the cutting module in a direction of feed (X1); the cutting module comprises at least one cutting unit provided with at least one cutting blade and integral with a shaft made to rotate by means of corresponding drive means, so that by rotating the shaft, the cutting unit is made to rotate and cuts the cable when the latter enters the cutting module in the direction of feed (X1).
CABLE RECOVERY MACHINE
A cable recovery machine, comprising at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable, in particular of a cable laying plant; the traction module comprises a frame on which one or more traction wheels and one or more idle wheels are positioned; between the traction wheels and the idle wheels a space is defined for the passage and traction of the cable to be recovered; the idle wheels are provided with a support connected in a mobile manner to the frame of the traction module and provided with actuators configured to press the idle wheels against the cable that passes between them and the traction wheels, so that the space between the idle wheels and the traction wheels can be automatically adjusted on the basis of the external diameter (D1, D2) or thickness of the cable drawn
Hose reel
A hose reel includes a frame, a reel, a rewind mechanism with a spring and a guide mechanism with a guide. The guide mechanism moves the guide back and forth on a path while the reel is rotated for distributing the hose evenly onto the reel by the guide. To obtain a freestanding hose reel with a rewind mechanism the hose reel includes a ground support with contact areas supporting the hose reel from a base. The frame is attached to the ground support in a position where the rotation axis of the reel is perpendicular relatively to the base, and the reel is provided with a hose joint in a lowermost part of the reel and the guide mechanism is configured to move the guide to a lowermost point of the path when the hose is completely pulled out from the reel.
Ambidextural retracting reel and device securable to an article
A retractor device includes a housing including a back plate, a faceplate spaced apart from the back plate, and a sidewall extending between the back plate and the faceplate. The retractor device also includes a rotatable reel inside the housing, a spring biasing rotation of the rotatable reel in one direction, a tether wound around the rotatable reel, and an end fitting coupled to an end of the tether. A retainer of the housing is in contact with the end fitting when the end fitting is in the retracted position. The retractor device also includes at least one bearing inside the housing proximate to the retainer, and first and second extension openings in the sidewall of the housing on opposite sides of the retainer. The tether is configured to engage the bearing when the tether is extended through one of the first and second extension openings.
Devices and methods related to medical tubes
Apparatus and methods for clearing obstructions from a medical tube are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a spool drive system is disclosed for actuating a guide wire within a medical tube. The spool drive system can be a hand held, disposable device having a spool housing with a spool therein for alternately advancing and withdrawing a guide wire through an inlet of the spool housing. A track can be spaced from and extend about a perimeter of the spool to direct the guide wire onto or off of the spool as the spool is rotated. Other embodiments and devices for actuating the guide wire, and methods therefor, also are disclosed.
System and method for handling reel of pipe
A system includes a frame and a first pair of rollers coupled to a first side of the frame. The first pair of rollers is configured to support a first end of a pipe reel. The system also includes a first cradle disposed longitudinally between the first pair of rollers and a second pair of rollers coupled to a second side of the frame. The second pair of rollers is configured to support a second end of a pipe reel. The system also includes a second cradle disposed longitudinally between the second pair of rollers, a pipe guide coupled to a third side of the frame between the first and second sides, a pipe brake coupled to the frame, and a pipe re-spooler coupled to the frame.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TETHERED ELECTRICAL POWER TO AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES
A vehicle includes: an electrical slip ring; a motor-driven cable reel for dispensing and retracting an electrical power cord, wherein the electrical power cord has an electrical plug for connection to an electrical socket, and is electrically connected to the electrical slip ring; a sensor for producing sensor data in response to changes in a rotational position of the motor-driven cable reel; a processor for receiving the sensor data as feedback for commands sent by the processor to the motor-driven cable reel to control a length of the electrical power cord which is dispensed by the motor-driven cable reel; a guide roller, disposed axially parallel to the cable reel, for exerting a force that presses an outermost layer of the electrical power cord against an adjacent layer of the electrical power cord wound around the cable reel, or the cable reel itself; and a level wind assembly for providing transverse movement along an axis parallel to an axis of the cable reel, for controlling the winding, and unwinding, of the electrical power cord around the cable reel.
Mobile auxiliary distribution station
An auxiliary distribution station is configured to be used in cooperation with a primary distribution station. The auxiliary distribution system includes a mobile vehicle, an auxiliary hose reel and auxiliary hose, a lift, a tank, a pump, an auxiliary meter, and a tank hose. The auxiliary hose is configured to be fluidly connected with a hose of the primary distribution station. The lift is configured to move and deploy the auxiliary hose reel from the mobile vehicle. The pump is operable to pump fluid from the tank, through the meter, and through the tank hose.