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US 2004/0107558 A1Published application
Tool for installing communication cable in a cleft
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsKevin Forsberg, Isaac D. M. White
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Abstract
A tool is disclosed for installing communication cable. The tool has a handle, a first ending from the handle, and a second arm extending from the handle. The first arm has a rotatably mounted to the first arm, and the wheel includes a circumferential groove. The arm includes a cable guide for guiding the communication cable to the groove in the The handle is used to roll the wheel along a cleft, and the communication cable feeds the cable guide to the groove in the wheel and the wheel stuffs the communication cable cleft.
Claims16
A tool, comprising:
- a handle;
- a first arm extending from the handle, the first arm having a wheel rotatably mounted to the first arm, the wheel including a circumferential groove;
- and
- a second arm extending from the handle, the second arm including a cable guide for guiding communication cable to the groove in the wheel,
- wherein the handle is used to roll the wheel along a cleft, and the communication cable feeds through the cable guide to the groove in the wheel and the wheel stuffs the communication cable into the cleft.
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A tool, comprising:
- a wheel rotatably mounted along a longitudinal axis of a handle, the wheel including a circumferential groove, and the handle including a cable guide for guiding the communication cable to the groove in the wheel,
- wherein as the handle is used to roll the wheel along a cleft, the communication cable feeds through the cable guide to the groove in the wheel, and the wheel stuffs the communication cable into the cleft.
A method, comprising:
- sliding a tool along a cleft;
- and
- stuffing communication cable into the cleft using the tool, the tool comprising a handle, a first arm, and a second arm, the first arm extending from the handle and having a wheel rotatably mounted to the first arm, the wheel including a circumferential groove, the second arm also extends from the handle and includes a cable guide for guiding the communication cable to the groove in the wheel,
- wherein the wheel stuffs the communication cable into the cleft as the tool is slid along the cleft.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.