The invention described herein relates to reservoirs within appliances. The present invention includes a reservoir made of a length of reservoir tubing. In particular embodiments, the length of the reservoir tubing is formed in an overlapping circular portion and conforms to the available space requirements within an appliance. Particular embodiments of the present invention include reservoirs, reservoir systems including a reservoir, processes for forming a reservoir, and processes for forming the aforementioned reservoir systems.

A dispenser system containing a container and a single elongated element. The single elongated element is rotationally wound in a first direction into a hollow cylinder having a central axis. The hollow cylinder is located within the volume of the container and the single elongated element is unwound from the hollow cylinder from one of the annular bases. The single elongated element has a twist in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that when the single elongated element is unwound it has essentially no twist.

A winding system containing a let off stand, a winding coordinator, and a wind-up stand. The left off stand contains a tape holder and a generally planar base which rotates in a first direction. The winding coordinator contains a generally planar section having an opening for an elongated element and rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

A dispenser system containing a container and a single elongated element. The single elongated element is rotationally wound in a first direction into a hollow cylinder having a central axis. The hollow cylinder is located within the volume of the container and the single elongated element is unwound from the hollow cylinder from one of the annular bases. The single elongated element has a twist in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that when the single elongated element is unwound it has essentially no twist.

A winding system containing a let off stand, a winding coordinator, and a wind-up stand. The left off stand contains a tape holder and a generally planar base which rotates in a first direction. The winding coordinator contains a generally planar section having an opening for an elongated element and rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

The cable coiling device automatically coils heavy-duty electrical cable into a coiled bundle having a predetermined coil diameter. This device matches the over/under coiling method used to manually coil cables that eliminate unnecessary twists and knots in cables. The cable coiling device has a first roller and a second roller that is angularly offset from the first roller. The angular offset adds a twist to the cable as it passes between the rollers. The device maintains the first and second rollers at a predetermined distance away from each other so that the cable does not slip out of the opening between the rollers. When the coil exits the rollers, the resulting cable is coil bundled and has a specific predetermined coil bundle diameter. Guide wheels positioned at specific locations guide the cable through the device, which prevents cable looping before and after the cable passes through the rollers.

The cable coiling device automatically coils heavy-duty electrical cable into a coiled bundle having a predetermined coil diameter. This device matches the over/under coiling method used to manually coil cables that eliminate unnecessary twists and knots in cables. The cable coiling device has a first roller and a second roller that is angularly offset from the first roller. The angular offset adds a twist to the cable as it passes between the rollers. The device maintains the first and second rollers at a predetermined distance away from each other so that the cable does not slip out of the opening between the rollers. When the coil exits the rollers, the resulting cable is coil bundled and has a specific predetermined coil bundle diameter. Guide wheels positioned at specific locations guide the cable through the device, which prevents cable looping before and after the cable passes through the rollers.

An automated coiling system for post-tension tendons, comprising a frame, a tendon feed device adapted to introduce a tendon of widely varying length into a coiler subassembly, a coiler subassembly adapted to grip and coil the tendon within a fixed volume having a predefined diameter; a plurality of wire tying devices adapted to securely tie a wire around the tendon bundle of widely varying diameter in a plurality of predetermined positions and cut the wire after tying; and a tendon ejector device adapted to urge a tied tendon bundle from the coiler assembly.

A reel changing device is described for reeling fiber bundles from a fiber strand exiting a spinning device, including at least a first reel carrier and a second reel carrier on each of which a reel suited for winding up the fiber strand is arranged and which are movably received and guided in at least a first reel guide and a second reel guide so that the reels are adapted to be positioned one after another in an exit direction of the fiber strand so as to enable, in the case of a reel change, the fiber strand to be directly transferred from the first reel arranged on the first reel carrier to the second reel arranged on the second reel carrier. Moreover, a reel changing method in such reel changing device is described.