Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reel with manually actuated retraction system
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Application No.: US15701299Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US10370218B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: James B. A. Tracey , Joseph M. Hill, III , Johnathan R. Tracey
- Applicant: Great Stuff, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: GREAT STUFF, INC.
- Current Assignee: GREAT STUFF, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: B65H75/44
- IPC: B65H75/44
Abstract:
A reel has a spool member on which the linear material is spooled, an electric motor that rotates the spool member, and a controller that controls the operation of the motor. The controller monitors an unwound length of the linear material based on sensed rotation of the spool member by one or more sensors. The controller causes the electric motor to wind the linear material around the spool member, for example, upon detection of a pulling force on the linear material over a pull distance within a predetermined range, but, for example, does not trigger the winding of the linear material if the pull distance is greater than the predetermined range. The controller can cause the electric motor to stop winding of the linear material upon detection of a force on the linear material that holds the linear material in place.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170369273A1 REEL WITH MANUALLY ACTUATED RETRACTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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