Cable puller
AssigneeCurrent Tools, Inc.
InventorMichael R. Smith
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Abstract
Cable pullers are provided. A cable puller includes a frame, and a boom assembly rotatably connected to the frame. The boom assembly includes a drive assembly, a first arm extending in a first direction from the drive assembly, a second arm extending in a second opposite direction from the drive assembly, and a third arm rotatably connected to the second arm. Rotation of the boom assembly relative to the frame causes rotation of the third arm relative to the second arm to a position wherein a longitudinal axis of the third arm is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the second arm.
Claims21
A cable puller, comprising;
- a frame;
- and
- a boom assembly rotatably connected to the frame, the boom assembly comprising a drive assembly, a first arm extending in a first direction from the drive assembly, a second arm extending in a second opposite direction from the drive assembly, a third arm rotatably connected to the second arm, and wherein the drive assembly comprises a handle, the handle rotatably connected to the first arm at a free distal end of the first arm,
- wherein rotation of the boom assembly relative to the frame causes rotation of the third arm relative to the second arm to a position wherein a longitudinal axis of the third arm is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the second arm.
A cable puller, comprising;
- a frame, the frame comprising a base and a vertical member extending therefrom;
- a strike plate mounted to the base;
- and
- a boom assembly rotatably connected to the vertical member, the boom assembly comprising a drive assembly, a first arm extending in a first direction from the drive assembly, a second arm extending in a second opposite direction from the drive assembly, a third arm rotatably connected to the second arm, and a fourth arm rotatably connected to the third arm by a joint assembly,
- wherein rotation of the boom assembly relative to the frame causes the joint assembly to contact the strike plate, wherein such contact causes rotation of the third arm relative to the second arm to a position wherein a longitudinal axis of the third arm is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the second arm.
A cable puller, comprising;
- a frame;
- and
- a boom assembly rotatably connected to the frame, the boom assembly comprising a drive assembly, a first arm extending in a first direction from the drive assembly, a second arm extending in a second opposite direction from the drive assembly, and a third arm rotatably connected to the second arm,
- wherein rotation of the boom assembly relative to the frame causes rotation of the third arm relative to the second arm to a position wherein a longitudinal axis of the third arm is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the second arm, and
- wherein rotation of the third arm relative to the second arm is limited such that the third arm cannot rotate relative to the second arm past the position wherein the longitudinal axis of the third arm is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the second arm.
A cable puller, comprising;
- a frame;
- and
- a boom assembly rotatably connected to the frame, the boom assembly comprising a drive assembly, a first arm extending in a first direction from the drive assembly, a second arm extending in a second opposite direction from the drive assembly, a third arm rotatably connected to the second arm, and wherein the drive assembly comprises a handle, the handle connected to the first arm at a free distal end of the first arm,
- wherein rotation of the boom assembly relative to the frame causes rotation of the third arm relative to the second arm to a position wherein a longitudinal axis of the third arm is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the second arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.