An improved reel for dispensing threaded-pipe sealing tape is disclosed, wherein a tape retarding element is provided and mounted for circular movement about the periphery of the reel. The tape retarding element is mounted between the side flanges of the reel so that an applied force must be tangentially directed thereto to overcome the friction between the tape retarding element and the side flange portions between which the tape retarding element is mounted. The tape retarding element allows for the paying out of the tape for its wrapping about the threaded end of a pipe, but prevents the accidental unwinding of the tape upon the dropping of the reel from a user's hand.
The package support device comprises a hollow cylindrical rotatable winding core member possessing a substantially cylindrical support surface for the wound-up printed products. At the winding core member there is formed a ring-shaped groove extending in the circumferential direction of the winding core member and open towards the outside. Accommodated within such ring-shaped groove is a winding band wound upon the winding core member. The ring-shaped groove can be covered by a cover member supported at the winding core member. This cover member rotates with the winding core member and is displaceable in the direction of the lengthwise axis of such winding core member in order to expose the ring-shaped groove. The cover member can also be constructed to be rotatable in relation to the winding core. A throughpass opening for the winding band is formed in the cover member.
This invention relates to a balloon holder comprising an external cap having a slit through which a string is pulled out, and an internal cap to be fitted to the external cap. When the holder is fitted to a balloon, the total weight of the holder is greater than buoyancy of the balloon. Accordingly, the balloon does not fly away when one lets the string go. The length of the string can be adjusted or the string can be fixed to prevent string pull-out by rotating the external and internal caps.
Spools of tape are carried on a hand tool that facilitates wrapping of the tape about the threaded end of a pipe while maintaining proper tension on the tape. The tool is designed to carry a spool that has a tubular core with a core longitudinal axis and opposed edges, spaced annular inner and outer side walls attached to opposed edges of the core longitudinal axis, and tape wound around the core between the side walls. The hand tool includes an elongated handle and a spool carrier attached to the one end of the handle for rotatably supporting a spool of tape. When used, the tool is orbited around the pipe end, with tension on the tape achieved by thumb pressure against the spool side wall to retard spool rotation.
A material for sealing threaded pipe joints includes a multifilament yarn ready-coated with a joint sealing composition. The material is packaged in a dispenser from which the coated yarn may be supplied for direct application to a threaded area of a pipe.
