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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Richard Christopher, Neenah, WI (US);
Justin Durik, Greenville, WI (US);
Connor Denis Uitenbroek, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 49/34 (2006.01); B23K 9/133 (2006.01); B65H 49/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 49/34 (2013.01); B23K 9/133 (2013.01); B65H 49/26 (2013.01); B65H 2403/725 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example wire spool hub assemblies include: a spindle configured to hold a wire spool; a spool rotation resistor positioned on the spindle to resist rotation of the wire spool on the spindle; and a resistance adjuster configured to selectively apply two or more rotation resistances via the spool rotation resistor based on two or more discrete positions of the resistance adjuster.