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US 2019/0308256 A1Published application
Cable sheering apparatus and method
AssigneeAbsolute Oilfield Equipment, LLC
InventorsJames Shelton Farley, JR., James Shelton Farley, III
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cable sheering apparatus and method for effectively cutting a cable from a rotatable drum, such as drilling line, boring line, electrical line, fiber optic line or the like. The cable sheering apparatus includes a cable management assembly having a track assembly and a clamp assembly, and a cable cutting assembly used in conjunction with the cable management assembly to manage, retain and sever a spent portion of the cable upon the drum.
Claims20
A cable sheering apparatus, comprising:
- a cable management assembly configured to engage an extended span of a cable, said cable management assembly comprising a continuous track assembly and a clamping assembly positioned on opposing sides of said cable, said cable management assembly further comprising a clamping actuator configured to laterally move said clamping assembly towards and/or away from said track assembly, said clamping assembly comprising a plurality of guide rollers;
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- a cable cutting assembly configured to sever said cable, said cable cutting assembly comprising a cutter arm having a changeable blade body, said cable cutting assembly comprising a cutter actuator engaged with said cutter arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.