Power driven circuit wire box
AssigneeEncore Wire Corporation
InventorsWilliam T. Bigbee, Jr., John L. Rhoads, Andrew P. Hull
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Abstract
An apparatus for the dispensing and retraction of wire or cable. The apparatus including a first and second plate, at least one shaft attached to the first plate and the second plate, a spool gear attached to the shaft, a power gear shaft attached to the first or second plate, and a power gear attached to the power gear shaft and in mesh with the spool gear, wherein when the power gear is rotated, the spool gear is rotated.
Claims22
An apparatus for the dispensing and retraction of wire or cable, the apparatus comprising:
- a first and second plate;
- at least one shaft attached to the first plate and the second plate, wherein the first and second plate and the at least one shaft form a box absent of a top, a bottom, and both sides and wherein the wire or cable is dispensed or retracted through the top, bottom, or sides;
- a spool gear attached to the shaft;
- a power gear shaft attached to the first or second plate;
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- a power gear attached to the power gear shaft and in mesh with the spool gear;
- wherein when the power gear is rotated, the spool gear is rotated;
- wherein the power gear comprises an extension for attachment to a rotational power source and wherein a hole is provided in the opposite plate on the same axis as the extension allowing a rotational tool to be inserted in to the hole and attaching to the extension.
A system for the dispensing and retraction of wire or cable, the system comprising:
- a first and second plate;
- at least one shaft fixedly attached to the first plate and removably attached to the second plate, wherein the first and second plate and the at least one shaft form a box absent of a top, a bottom, and both sides and wherein the wire or cable is dispensed or retracted through the top, bottom, or sides;
- a spool attached to the shaft, wherein the spool rotates around the shaft;
- a power gear shaft attached to the first or second plate;
- a spool gear attached to the spool;
- and
- a power gear attached to the power gear shaft and in mesh with the spool gear;
- wherein when the power gear is rotated, the spool gear is rotated and the spool is rotated;
- wherein the power gear comprises an extension for attachment to a rotational power source and wherein a hole is provided in the opposite plate on the same axis as the extension allowing a rotational tool to be inserted in to the hole and attach to the extension, wherein the rotational tool rotates the power gear which rotates the spool gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.