Fish tape assembly
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsJustin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton
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Abstract
A fish tape tool includes a housing, a chamber defined in the housing, and a motor supported by the housing. The motor is configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction. An output reel is disposed in the chamber and is rotatable in response to receiving torque from the motor. A drum contains a fish tape and including a rotatable drum portion having an inner wall that is engaged by the output reel when the drum is inserted into the chamber of the housing. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the first direction, fish tape is dispensed from the drum. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the second direction, fish tape is retracted into the drum.
Claims21
A fish tape tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a chamber defined in the housing;
- a motor supported by the housing, the motor configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
- an output reel disposed in the chamber and rotatable in response to receiving torque from the motor;
- and
- a drum containing a fish tape and including a rotatable drum portion having an inner wall that is engaged by the output reel when the drum is inserted into the chamber of the housing,
- wherein when the drum is in the chamber and the motor is rotated in the first direction, the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the first direction, such that the fish tape is dispensed from the drum, and
- wherein when the drum is in the chamber and the motor is rotated in the second direction, the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the second direction, such that the fish tape is retracted into the drum.
A power tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor supported by the housing, the motor configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
- a battery for supplying power to the motor;
- and
- a drum containing a fish tape and including a rotatable drum portion configured to receive torque from the motor,
- wherein when the motor is rotated in the first direction, the drum portion is rotated by the motor in the first direction, such that the fish tape is dispensed from the drum, and
- wherein when the motor is rotated in a second direction, the drum portion is rotated by the motor in the second direction, such that the fish tape is retracted into the drum.
A power tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a chamber defined in the housing;
- a motor supported by the housing;
- and
- a drum configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing, the drum containing a fish tape and including a rotatable drum portion configured to rotate in response to receiving torque from the motor,
- wherein the drum is one of a plurality of drums that are insertable into and removable from the chamber of the housing, each drum containing a different type of fish tape.
-31. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.