Hand-held cable handling device and method
AssigneeFreeport-Mcmoran Corporation
InventorFrank E. Baptiste
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Abstract
A cable handling device may include a clamp assembly having a first member having a jaw end and an arm end and a second member having a jaw end and an arm end. The first and second members of the clamp assembly are pivotally connected together so that when the arm ends are moved away from one another the jaw ends move away from one another and vice-versa. A proximal end of a first elongate electrically insulated handle is mounted to the arm end of the first member of the clamp assembly. A proximal end of a second elongate electrically insulated handle is mounted to the arm end of the second member of the clamp assembly.
Claims20
A cable handling device, comprising:
- a clamp assembly, said clamp assembly comprising a first member having a jaw end and an arm end and a second member having a jaw end and an arm end, said first and second members being pivotally connected together so that when the arm ends are moved away from one another the jaw ends move away from one another and vice-versa;
- a first elongate electrically insulated handle having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of said first elongate electrically insulated handle being mounted to the arm end of the first member of said clamp assembly;
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- a second elongate electrically insulated handle having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of said second elongate electrically insulated handle being mounted to the arm end of the second member of said clamp assembly, wherein movement of said first and second elongate electrically insulated handles with respect to one another causes the jaw ends of said clamp assembly to move with respect to one another to facilitate the opening and closing of said cable handling device.
A cable handling device, comprising:
- a first clamp assembly member having a jaw end and an arm end;
- a second clamp assembly member having a jaw end and an arm end, being pivotally connected to said first clamp assembly member so that when the arm ends of the two members are moved away from one another, the jaw ends move away from one another and vice-versa;
- a first elongate electrically insulated handle mounted to the arm end of said first clamp assembly member;
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- a second elongate electrically insulated handle mounted to the arm end of said second clamp assembly member, such that the movement of said first and second elongate electrically insulated handles with respect to one another also causes the first and second clamp assembly members to move with respect to one another, facilitating the opening and closing of said cable handling device.
A method of moving a cable, comprising:
- positioning first and second jaw ends of a hand-held cable handling device adjacent an electrical service cable, the hand-held cable handling device also including first and second handles mounted to the first and second jaw ends so that when the first and second handles are moved apart from one another the first and second jaw ends also move apart from one another and vice-versa;
- moving the first and second handles closer together so that the first and second jaws substantially encircle the cable;
- moving the cable to a new position while the first and second jaws continue to substantially encircle the cable;
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- moving the first and second handles apart to release the cable from the first and second jaws of the hand-held cable handling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.