Cable pulling roller guide
OwnerYoung Kwan Yiinventor
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Abstract
A roller guide for supporting and facilitating the manipulation of cable(s) and wire(s) is presented. The roller guide include a frame and a roller assembly disposed along a length of the frame. The roller assembly includes one or more adjacently disposed roller bearings positioned between at least two stop collars. Each of the roller bearings include a housing disposed in a surrounding relation to a corresponding portion of the frame, and a plurality of rollers rotationally disposed within the housing. The rollers include a convex outer engaging surface structured to substantially matingly align with an inner longitudinal concave surface of the corresponding portion of the frame.
Claims26
A roller guide, comprising:
- a frame having at least one opening at least partially defined by an inner longitudinal concave surface,
- a roller assembly disposed along a length of said frame and engagable by at least one elongated member positioned through said opening,
- said roller assembly comprising at least one roller bearing positioned between at least two stop collars, said stop collars being fixedly secured to said frame and structured to restrict longitudinal movement of said roller bearing along said frame,
- said at least one roller bearing comprising a housing disposed in a surrounding relation to a portion of said frame, and a plurality of rollers rotationally disposed within said housing, and
- said plurality of rollers comprising an outer engaging surface structured to contact said frame and facilitate rotational disposition of said roller bearing about said frame,
- wherein said outer engaging surface of said plurality of rollers is structured to substantially matingly align with said inner longitudinal concave surface of said frame,
- wherein said outer engaging surface of said rollers comprises a longitudinal convex curvature substantially equal to a longitudinal concave curvature of said substantially matingly aligned inner longitudinal concave surface of said frame.
A roller guide, comprising:
- a frame having at least one opening at least partially defined by an inner longitudinal concave surface,
- a roller assembly disposed along a length of said frame and engagable by at least one elongated member positioned through said opening,
- said roller assembly comprising a plurality of adjacently disposed roller bearings positioned between at least two stop collars, said stop collars being fixedly secured to said frame and structured to restrict longitudinal movement of said roller bearings along said frame,
- each of said plurality of roller bearings comprising a housing disposed in a surrounding relation to a corresponding portion of said frame, and a plurality of rollers rotationally disposed within said housing,
- each of said plurality of rollers of a corresponding one of said plurality of roller bearings comprising an outer engaging surface structured to contact said corresponding portion of said frame and facilitate rotational disposition of said roller bearing about said frame,
- wherein said outer engaging surface of said plurality of rollers is structured to substantially matingly align with said inner longitudinal concave surface of said corresponding portion of said frame,
- said housing of each of said plurality of roller bearings comprises an inner raceway surface with a longitudinal concave curvature, said longitudinal concave curvature of said inner raceway surface of said housing being substantially equal to said longitudinal convex curvature of said outer engaging surface of said rollers.
A cable guide, comprising:
- a frame structured to define an inner opening for disposition of a plurality of elongated members there through,
- a latch assembly disposed along a length of said frame, said latch assembly being selectively positionable between a closed configuration and an at least partially open configuration,
- said latch assembly comprising a pivotal latch arm for disposing said latch assembly between said closed configuration and said at least partially open configuration, and
- wherein said open configuration of said latch assembly is defined as said pivotal latch arm being disposed in an outward position away from said inner opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.