Line dispensing devices
AssigneeTruBlue LLC
InventorsCarl Andrew Bailey, Marc Reich, Ryan Daniel Walker, Stefan Stahl, Luke Smith, Nolan Hurd
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Abstract
A line dispensing device includes a housing, a rotatable shaft rotatably supported by the housing and defining a rotational axis, and a line drum disposed about the rotational axis and configured to extend and retract a line from the housing. The line dispensing device also includes a retraction assembly disposed about the rotational axis and configured to generate a retraction force and retract the line from the housing, and a braking assembly disposed about the rotational axis and configured to generate a braking force on the line and during extension of the line from the housing.
Claims20
A line dispensing device comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable shaft rotatably supported by the housing and defining a rotational axis;
- a line drum disposed about the rotational axis and configured to extend and retract a line from the housing;
- a retraction assembly disposed about the rotational axis and configured to generate a retraction force and retract the line from the housing;
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- a braking assembly disposed about the rotational axis and configured to generate a braking force on the line and during extension of the line from the housing.
A line dispensing device comprising:
- a line drum housing a line and configured to rotate about a rotational axis during extension and retraction of the line;
- a rotatable shaft rotatable around the rotational axis;
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- a transmission extending between the line drum and the rotatable shaft so that rotation of the line drum drives corresponding rotation of the rotatable shaft.
A line dispensing device comprising:
- a housing defining an interior cavity and an external cavity;
- a rotatable shaft rotatably supported by the housing and defining a rotational axis, wherein one end of the rotatable shaft is cantilevered within the external cavity;
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- a braking assembly at least partially disposed within the external cavity and configured to apply a braking force on the rotatable shaft, wherein the braking assembly comprises:
- a stator assembly coupled to the housing;
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- a rotor assembly coupled to the rotatable shaft and rotatable around the rotational axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.