Fluid handling – With casing – support – protector or static constructional... – With hose storage or retrieval means
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-15
2007-05-15
Sirmons, Kevin C. (Department: 3767)
Fluid handling
With casing, support, protector or static constructional...
With hose storage or retrieval means
C137S355260, C206S389000, C239S052000, C242S596400, C604S890100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10872279
ABSTRACT:
A retractable reel includes a housing having a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover including a first opening and the front cover including a second opening, a trough extending radially inward from the second opening to a center of the front cover, the trough including at least one tab and at least one dimple and a resiliently deflectable latch arm. A spool includes a wall that extends axially outward from a front surface of the spool, the spool is rotatably supported within the housing and is positioned such that the front surface, the wall and the front cover cooperatively define a chamber therebetween. The spool further includes at least one ratchet member selectively engaged by the resiliently deflectable latch arm to prevent rotation of the spool in a winding direction. The retractable reel includes a spring having a first end engaging the rear cover and a second end engaging the spool for rotatively biasing the spool in the winding direction. The retractable reel also includes a flexible member having a first portion that passes through the first opening and is spirally wound upon the spool and a second position that passes through the second opening, the second portion having a first section secured to the housing in the trough by the tab and dimple, and a second section is spirally wound within the chamber. The first portion of the flexible member may be selectively unwound from the spool as the second portion of the flexible member is unwound and wound about itself within the chamber or wound upon the spool as the second portion of the flexible member is unwound and wound about itself within the chamber.
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Gilbert Andrew
Mastrogiacomo PLLC
Mastrogiacomo, Jr. Patrick
Sirmons Kevin C.
Sub-Q, LLC
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