Handheld system and method for pulling wire
AssigneeElectrical Product Innovation, Inc.
InventorThomas DeBellis
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Abstract
Apparatus for a drill powered wire puller are disclosed. In an embodiment the drill powered wire puller includes a center plate, a cradle plate, a housing, a support, the support including a receiver, and a capstan. The center plate is coupled with the cradle plate at a proximal end. The cradle plate includes a U-shaped notch and two hooks or catches which are configured to couple the cradle plate with a powered rotary tool, such as a drill. The right side of the center plate is coupled with a housing, the left side of the center plate is coupled with a support. The left side of the support is coupled with a capstan. The support laterally offsets the receiver to align a longitudinal axis of the receiver with a radially curved portion of the capstan.
Claims19
A drill powered wire puller, comprising:
- a center plate;
- a capstan;
- a support positioned adjacent to a first side of the center plate between the center plate and the capstan, the support including a receiver;
- a housing positioned adjacent to a second side of the center plate, the housing including a gear mechanism disposed therein;
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- a support arm coupled with the receiver,
- wherein a longitudinal axis of the support and a longitudinal axis of the receiver are in a laterally offset configuration.
A wire puller for pulling a line, comprising:
- a center plate;
- a receiver laterally offset from a first side of the center plate by a first prescribed distance;
- a capstan including a capstan drum, a capstan flange, and a radially curved portion interposed between the capstan drum and the capstan flange, the capstan flange being laterally offset from the first side of the center plate by a second prescribed distance, the second prescribed distance being less than the first prescribed distance;
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- a support arm removably coupled to the receiver.
A method of using a drill powered wire puller, comprising:
- attaching a handheld drill to the drill powered wire puller;
- adjusting an angular orientation of a support that causes a change in an angle of a longitudinal axis of a receiver relative to a longitudinal axis of the drill;
- feeding a line along the longitudinal axis of the receiver onto a radially curved portion of a capstan;
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- actuating the drill to rotate the capstan and wind the line onto the capstan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.