Recoiling string line apparatus

Details Recoiling string line apparatus Recoiling string line apparatus

1998-08-17

2000-03-14

Walsh, Donald P.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Reeling device

With spring motor

33408, 33409, 33759, B65H 7548, B43L 1300, G01B 310

Patent

active

060361336

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (11) for aligning and positioning a mason's string (13) is provided which comprises a pair of line blocks (11). A housing (15) for the line blocks (11) is provided containing a spring-loaded (29) reel assembly (25) around which the string (13) is coiled. The reel assemblies (25) of each line blocks (11) cooperate with each other to tension the string (13) and hold the line block (11) in place on the workpiece (21) upon which the device (11) is attached. In an alternative embodiment, a weight (43) is placed on or about the housing (15) to assist in attaching the apparatus (11) to the workpiece (21).

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