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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Keson Industries, Inc., Aurora, IL (US);
Jude Nosek, Oak Park, IL (US);
Mark Nepil, St. Charles, IL (US);
Bryan Shova, Chicago, IL (US);
Audra Bielskus Norvilas, Chicago, IL (US);
Jennifer Bae Park, Chicago, IL (US);
Hilary Farnsworth, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Phillip Prestia, Wantagh, NY (US);
Leonard Mak, Woodside, NY (US);
Keson Industries, Inc., Aurora, IL (US);
Abstract
A chalk line apparatus with a housing having a body with a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and laterally spaced sides. The body defines an internal space within which a spool is operatively mounted. A drive assembly is operable through an actuator to cause line to be accumulated on the spool through a fill opening on the housing. A supply of chalk can be introduced into the internal space to contact the line. A stopper assembly can be selectively placed in closed and open states. The stopper assembly has a blocking portion that: a) blocks passage of chalk through the fill opening with the stopper assembly in the closed state; and b) permits chalk to be directed through the fill opening and into the internal space with the stopper assembly in the open state. The stopper assembly is adjacent to the drive assembly actuator.