Apparatus for tensioning a cable lacing tape device

An apparatus for tensioning a cable tape comprising:

• a housing;
• a driving member reciprocatingly translatably coupled to the housing;
• an actuator operably coupled to the housing and to the driving member to cause reciprocating movement of the driving member;
• a driven member coupled to the driving member and translatable within the housing;
• a biasing element coupled to the driving member and the driven member to exert a biasing force between the driving member and the driven member to cause movement of the driving member to effect translation of the driven member with little or no relative movement between the driving member and the driven member in a first operating mode;
• a capstan rotatably coupled to the housing, the capstan having a gripping device to grip a cable tape and wrap the cable tape around an outer surface of the capstan as the capstan rotates;
• and
• a ratcheted spur coupled to the driven member and operably coupled to the capstan to rotate the capstan when the driven member translates within the housing;
• wherein in a second operating mode, a tension force applied on the capstan by the cable tape that is greater than the biasing force allows relative movement between the driving member and the driven member.