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Disposable striking line dispenser
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-11-04
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Granted: 1986-08-19
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Expires: 2005-11-04
Abstract
Abstract A dispenser for pre-inked disposable striking lines consisting of an open-topped plastic case, an air-tight cover sealing the open top of said case, an axle within said case for rotatable support of a continuous spool of pre-inked line, an annular gasket mounted on said cover surrounding the line as it exits from said case, a knife-edged cutter mounted on the cover for cutting off a desired length of inked line, the cover having a clear plastic window for viewing the remaining amount of line on the spool, and a lid hingedly mounted on the top of the case.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert A. Flick
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:20
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H49/00; B65H49/18; B65H49/20; B65H49/205; B44; B44D; B44D3/00; B44D3/38; B65H2701/00; B65H2701/30; B65H2701/35; B65H2701/357; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/889; Y10T83/896
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A dispenser for pre-inked disposable striking lines comprising an open-topped case made of thermoplastic material, a cover sealing the open top of the case, said cover including a hole, a clear plastic window and a knifeedged metal cutter mounted on said cover, an axle mounted within said case, a hub rotatably mounted on said axle, a spool of pre-inked striking line mounted on said hub with the end of said line exiting from said case through the hole in the cover, and an annular flexible gasket mounted on said cover and surrounding the line exiting from the case.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A dispenser for pre-inked disposable striking lines comprising an open-topped case made of thermoplastic material, a cover sealing the open top of the case, said cover including a hole, a clear plastic window and a knifeedged metal cutter mounted on said cover, an axle mounted within said case, a hub rotatably mounted on said axle, a spool of pre-inked striking line mounted on said hub with the end of said line exiting from said case through the hole in the cover, and an annular flexible gasket mounted on said cover and surrounding the line exiting from the case.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 1 which includes a lid hingedly connected to said case which when closed protects the exposed end of the striking line and the cutter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 1 which includes a quantity of liquid marking agent within the case.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
132 words
A dispenser for pre-inked striking lines comprising an assembly consisting of an open-topped case and a hingedly connected lid made of thermoplastic material, a cover for sealing the open top of said case, said cover made of thermoplastic material and including two spaced-apart flat planar surfaces and a downwardly extending flange from which projects an axle, a rotatable hub mounted on said axle and containing a spool of striking line which has been previously soaked in a liquid marking agent, a hole in one of the planar surfaces of said cover, an annular gasket mounted in said hole with the end of the spool of striking line exiting from said case passing through the center of said gasket, and a knife-edged metal cutter mounted on the second planar surface of said cover.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
132 words
A dispenser for pre-inked striking lines comprising an assembly consisting of an open-topped case and a hingedly connected lid made of thermoplastic material, a cover for sealing the open top of said case, said cover made of thermoplastic material and including two spaced-apart flat planar surfaces and a downwardly extending flange from which projects an axle, a rotatable hub mounted on said axle and containing a spool of striking line which has been previously soaked in a liquid marking agent, a hole in one of the planar surfaces of said cover, an annular gasket mounted in said hole with the end of the spool of striking line exiting from said case passing through the center of said gasket, and a knife-edged metal cutter mounted on the second planar surface of said cover.
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