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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Engineered Hardware, Llc, Mentor, OH (US);
Inventors:
Paul T. Kicher, Waite Hill, OH (US);
Thomas P. Kicher, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Assignee:
Engineered Hardware, LLC, Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/60 (2006.01); E05F 15/686 (2015.01); B65H 75/44 (2006.01); B66D 1/36 (2006.01); E06B 3/70 (2006.01); E06B 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/60 (2013.01); B65H 75/4486 (2013.01); B66D 1/36 (2013.01); E05F 15/686 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/654 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01); E06B 3/485 (2013.01); E06B 3/70 (2013.01); E06B 2003/7044 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to overhead door assemblies and operating systems. Disclosed herein is a drive drum that is compatible across a variety of overhead door types, including, for example, standard lift doors, vertical lift doors, and high lift doors. The drive drum of the present disclosure comprises a first cable groove section and a second cable groove section, opposite the first cable groove section, wherein at least one of the first cable groove section or the second cable groove section is in a non-linear graduated arrangement.