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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H. Stevens, Deltaville, VA (US);
Keith Richard Koenig, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Robert Eugene Marcum, Greenville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Management Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G65H 7/524 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G65H 7/524 ;
Abstract
An improved mandrel for use on a dual bobbin spindle apparatus, the mandrel being an expandable contractible cylindrical sleeve having a plurality of expansion members and at least one interstitial resilient member separating the expansion members, providing positive engagement of a plurality of reels or bobbins containing wound webs of flexible material.