US Patent Issued to Kidde-Fenwal on July 14 for "Hinged axle pulley release for inline cable fire pull station" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,645, issued on July 14, was assigned to Kidde-Fenwal LLC (Ashland, Mass.).

"Hinged axle pulley release for inline cable fire pull station" was invented by Thomas Kjellman (Uxbridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual activation system includes a bracket rotatable about a first axis between a first configuration and a second configuration and a pulley movable between an inactive position and an active position. The pulley is mounted to the bracket and is rotatable about a second axis. A tension member is wrapped about the pulley and has a tensile force acting on the pulley. An activation member is configured to cooperate wi...