Powder chalk line dispenser with demounted chalk reservoir
OwnerBrian C. Loveinventor
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Abstract
A powdered chalk line dispenser comprising a housing formed from at least two mated together cover plates, which define a cavity with an opening and a threaded aperture; a spool assembly is located in said housing cavity; a chalk line is wrapped around said spool and extends outwardly of the housing through the opening in the housing; a spring and manual lever are attached to the spool to cause the spool to rotate in a direction to apply a force to the chalk line to wrap the chalk line around the spool; an aperture in said housing is internally threaded for attachment to an externally threaded chalk supply bottle which supplies chalk into the cavity for coating the chalk line.
Claims19
A powdered chalk line dispenser comprising:
- a housing formed by at least two mated together cover plates defining a cavity with an opening and a threaded aperture therebetween;
- a spool assembly located in said housing cavity;
- a chalk line wrapped around said spool and having an end extending outwardly of the housing through the opening in the housing;
- a winding assembly attached to the spool to cause the spool to rotate in a direction to apply a force to the chalk line to wrap the chalk line around the spool;
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- the aperture in said housing being internally threaded and provided with a plurality of different sized threads for attachment to an externally threaded chalk supply bottle;
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- wherein the different sizes of the aperture threads are such as to directly accept different sized threads found on the neck of chalk supply bottles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.