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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., Westfield, IN (US);
Jeffrey A. King, Markleville, IN (US);
INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING, INC., Westfield, IN (US);
Abstract
A web retractor includes a frame having spaced-apart side walls, a spool rotatably mounted between the side walls, a web having one end mounted to the spool, the spool rotatable in a web take-up direction to wrap the web onto the spool and in a web pay out direction to unwrap the web from the spool, and a web take-up prevention apparatus movably mounted to the frame and responsive to actuation thereof to move relative to the frame to impart a resistance directly on the web sufficient to prevent the spool from rotating in the web take-up direction while also allowing the spool to rotate in the web pay out direction by pulling the web away from the retractor.