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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:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D. Nordlof, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Mechanical Tool & Engineering Co., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/700 ;
Abstract
A reel for coiled strip stock includes a coil support adapted to carry a coil of strip stock for rotation about a horizontal axis, and a pair of pivotally mounted stock guides that establish a variable-sized loop of stock substantially encircling the coil support between payoff from the coil and exiting to the using station.