Device to automate and semiautomate a fish tape
OwnerJames C. Gonsalvesinventor
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Abstract
A device to automate or semiautomate a fish tape is provided that can include an attachable handle with battery operated motor, rollers, gears and controls that can be integrated into its own or existing fish tape spools. Another embodiment provides a left and right plate and an assembly about a member to be driven by a crank or other automated means to mobilize a fish tape which over comes the limitations of existing manual and automatic fish tapes making it safer, more efficient and easier for an operator to pull wire.
Claims14
A device for automating operation of a fish tape assembly having a case movable relative to a handle thereof for extracting a tape located within the housing of the fish tape assembly, the device comprising:
- a left plate;
- a right plate, the left and right plates attachable to each other with the tape assembly case placed there between on opposite sides of the case, at least one of the left and right plates comprising a member fixed thereto configured to be coupled to a power means or hand crank;
- a plurality of tracks attached to at least one of the left and right plates;
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- a plurality of centering slides, the plurality of tracks slidingly adjustable relative to the plurality of tracks for affixing the device to the fish tape assembly.
A device for automating operation of a fish tape assembly having a case movable relative to a handle thereof for extracting a tape located within the housing of the fish tape assembly, the device comprising:
- a left plate;
- right plate, the left and right plates attachable to each other with the tape assembly case placed there between on opposite sides of the case, at least one of the left and right plates comprising a member fixed thereto configured to be coupled to a power means or hand crank;
- a plurality of tracks attached to at least one of the left and right plates;
- and
- a plurality of centering slides, the plurality of tracks slidingly adjustable relative to the plurality of tracks for affixing the device in a centering relationship to the fish tape assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.