Apparatus for tensioning a cable lacing tape device
AssigneeIDEAL Industries, Inc.
InventorsMichael Richard Weiby, Steven Luigi Lollino, John James Apida, Ian Robert Rittof, James Ray Falotico
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Abstract
An apparatus for tensioning a material includes a housing, a spur shaft reciprocally coupled to the housing, a trigger operably coupled to the housing and to the spur shaft to effect translation of the spur shaft when the trigger is operably moved, a tensioning device mounted to the housing and operably coupled to the spur shaft such that translation of the spur shaft causes operation of the tensioning device, and a passage having an inlet and an outlet, the passage operably coupling the inlet and outlet to the tensioning device.
Claims19
An apparatus for tensioning a material comprising:
- a housing;
- a spur shaft reciprocatingly translatably coupled to the housing;
- a trigger operably coupled to the housing and to the spur shaft to effect translation of the spur shaft when the trigger is moved between a first position and a second position relative to the housing;
- a tensioning device mounted to the housing and operably coupled to the spur shaft such that translation of the spur shaft causes operation of the tensioning device;
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- a passage having an inlet and an outlet, the passage operably coupling the inlet and outlet to the tensioning device.
An apparatus for tensioning a cable tape comprising:
- a housing;
- a spur shaft reciprocatingly coupled to the housing;
- a trigger operably coupled to the housing and to the spur shaft to effect translation of the spur shaft when the trigger is moved between a first position and a second position relative to the housing;
- a gear assembly comprising a pair of meshed gears mounted to the housing and operably coupled to the spur shaft such that translation of the spur shaft causes rotation of the gear assembly;
- and
- a passage having an inlet and an outlet, the passage operably coupling the inlet to the outlet through a tortuous path defined by the coupling of the meshed gears, wherein
- rotation of the gear assembly causes the cable tape inserted into the passage to move from the inlet to toward the outlet through the tortuous path of the meshed gears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.