A web-spool for a cartridge comprises a cylindrical core having an outer periphery at each end thereof with at least one core lug and an annular ring extending radially outward from each periphery in axially spaced relation to form a core peripheral groove therebetween at each core end. The annular rings at both core ends have respective inner tapered surfaces that face each other to initially guide a web being wound onto the core, and also to provide clearance between the wound web edges and ad...

Apparatus for wrapping web material about an elongated object, particularly one which is asymmetrical to a rotational axis thereof, includes a frame, a cylindrical support member mounted in the frame and an annular resilient sleeve loosely surrounding the support member longitudinally thereof. The object is mounted so that it creates a nip with the sleeve and the web material is fed into the nip. The object is rotated on its rotation axis to draw the web material through the nip and to wrap the ...

An athletic shoe which has a sole, an upper body disposed on the sole and having a throat opening for insertion of a foot, a vamp having a U-shaped forward opening elongated from the throat opening, and a shoe tongue means disposed to cover the U-shaped forward opening of the vamp. The vamp constitutes a part of the upper body. The shoe tongue means has a first shoe tongue piece and a second shoe tongue piece. The first shoe rongue piece is disposed along one of a pair of opposed side rims defin...

A hydraulically-actuated controller is disclosed for controlling delivery of hydraulic fluid from a variable-displacement, pressure-compensated pump to a hydraulically-powered reel on which is wound a cable or other flexible member extending from the reel to a tie point. Rotation of the reel is controlled appropriately to maintain the cable tautly between the reel and tie point as the distance therebetween changes. One use is on an electrically-powered mining vehicle, the power cable of which ex...

A media transport apparatus including a supply of recording medium, collecting means for the recording medium, a drive roller for moving the recording medium from the supply to the collecting means along a transport path, and a cutter for severing the recording medium into sections. The cutter is located between the drive roller and the collecting means and is moved in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of movement of the recording medium during severing. Deflectable fingers d...

In digital audio tape cartridge, the tape cartridge has an improved a slider locking device. The slider in which opening position locking holes and closing position locking holes are bored for the selective locking of locking projections, is engaged with the lower shell and the elastic piece of elastic locker makes in to "a both ends-fixed beam" with its both ends integrated with the lower shell and forms the locking projections in the middle part of elastic piece. The elasticity of the elastic ...

A batcher-type sheet material winding apparatus includes a pair of driven winding rollers in spaced axially parallel relation for supporting a winding core peripherally between the rollers. A pivotable subframe supports the rollers for selective positioning in a horizontally adjacent winding disposition and a vertically adjacent core discharge position. One winding roller is driven at a constant peripheral speed equal to the traveling speed of the material, the other roller being driven at eithe...

An apparatus for blocking a winch is disclosed. A winch reel is mounted between two opposed sideplates which are joined to form a frame. The winch reel includes a plurality of blocking pins extending substantially parallel to the central axis of the reel and away from one side of the reel. One sideplate of the frame incorporates a plurality of blocking apertures positioned to engage the blocking pins. A spring is interposed between the second sideplate to bias the reel in the direction of the si...

A segmented rope guide formed of sectors encircles the drum of a hoist to guide a rope being wound onto or unwound from a helical rope groove on the drum and press the rope into the rope groove. The sectors have U-shaped interior portions facing inward toward the drum. A slot with inward converging side walls extends through one of the sectors to facilitate passage of the rope therethrough. A plurality of rollers are rotatably mounted in circumferentially spaced relation on axles transversely mo...

An apparatus for take-up of textile fabric from a fabric producing machine is equipped with a fabric take-up frame, a fabric take-up roll supported on the frame for fabric winding thereabout, and a variable speed drive motor arrangement for rotating the take-up roll. A transducer roll or other suitable arrangement monitors tension in the fabric between the fabric producing machine and the take-up frame and is associated with a microprocessor or other controller to adjust the drive motor speed as...