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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:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard M Prospero, Princeton, NJ (US);
Erik Lunde, Morganville, NJ (US);
Harry Swanson, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Lee Adams, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 / ; 19880312 ; 1984652 ; 2425714 ; 242129 ; 2421252 ; 242172 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for holding a wound bobbin core and a tail end of a thread wound on the bobbin core. A vertical bobbin post is rigidly secured to the upper surface of a pallet. The bobbin core is detachably secured to the vertical bobbin post. A tail gripping post and a tail gripping wire are provided for grasping the tail end of the thread wound on the bobbin core when the bobbin core is secured on the vertical bobbin post. The tail gripping post is also rigidly secured to the upper surface of the pallet.