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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2022
Applicant:

Firefly Automatix, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Inventors:

William M. Decker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Eric E. Aston, Farmington, UT (US);

Mark C. Leblanc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Daniel A. Aposhian, West Valley City, UT (US);

Steven R. Aposhian, Farmington, UT (US);

Assignee:

FireFly Automatix, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/416 (2006.01); B65H 61/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/835 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/4162 (2013.01); B65H 61/00 (2013.01); A01D 34/835 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01); B65H 2405/572 (2013.01); B65H 2405/575 (2013.01); B65H 2405/584 (2013.01); B65H 2553/00 (2013.01); B65H 2701/354 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automatic feed system for a trimmer is provided. Such trimmers include a line that can be spun at high speeds to cut vegetation along roadsides or other areas. The automatic feed system is configured to dynamically detect the current length of the line and automatically feed the line to maintain a maximum or desired length for cutting. This length may typically correspond with the radius of a trimmer deck in which the line spins.


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