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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Inventor:
John Palermo, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 7/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/4163 (2013.01); A01D 34/4162 (2013.01); A01D 34/4167 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a string trimmer line feeding mechanism having a sliding lever that locks a spool relative to the spool housing, and only feeds additional cutting line when the user actuates a button. This brakes a motor, which generates a force acting on the spool to move the lever into an unlocked position, allowing the spool to rotate relative to the spool housing and feed additional cutting line.