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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Slavco A Kopachkov, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 683 ;
Abstract
A locking mechanism for releasably mounting a reel of material on a hub includes a sun gear wheel mounted on an axial shaft and three planetary gear wheels meshing with the sun gear wheel and mounted on shafts rotatable about axes parallel to the axial shaft. Cylindrical gripping members are eccentrically mounted on the latter shafts for projection and retraction from the hub surface on actuation of the mechanism.