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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Ideal Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
IDEAL Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 75/36 (2006.01); H02G 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 75/364 (2013.01); B65H 2220/02 (2013.01); B65H 2553/51 (2013.01); B65H 2701/376 (2013.01); H02G 1/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a spool; a fish tape wound on the spool; a magnet coupled to the spool; a sensor configured to detect the magnet and to generate a signal indicative of the detection; and a controller in communication with the sensor and configured to determine an extension of the fish tape based on the signal; and output the determined amount.