Fish tape reel
AssigneeIDEAL Industries, Inc.
InventorWilliam E. Blaha
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Abstract
An electrician's fish tape and reel therefore has an annular outer race and an annular hub rotatably mounted within the inside diameter of the race, Together the race and hub define a fish tape receiving chamber. A fish tape in the chamber is coiled on the hub with its inner end anchored to the hub. Springs bias the fish tape away from the race to prevent it from uncoiling against the race, The outer end of the tape extends out of the reel through a fixed opening in the outer race. A handle fixed to the race and a knob pivotably mounted on the hub permit a user to rotate the hub and thereby wind the fish tape into or out of the reel.
Claims17
An electrician's fish tape reel, comprising:
- an annular outer race;
- a hub disposed interiorly of the race and rotatably mounted thereon, the race and hub cooperatively defining a hollow, fish tape receiving chamber, the fish tape having a plurality of coils when stored in the chamber;
- an aperture in the outer race through which a fish tape may protrude from the chamber to the exterior of the reel;
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- spring means disposed within said chamber for biasing all coils of a fish tape within said chamber away from the outer race and for preventing contact between any coil of the fish tape and the outer race.
An electrician's fish tape reel, comprising an internal hub rotatably mounted within an annular outer race with a fish tape having a plurality of coils when stored in the reel, the coils being radially-biased inwardly by spring means to keep all coils of the fish tape wound on the hub and to prevent contact between any coil of the fish tape and the outer race, the fish tape being payed out of the reel through an aperture in the outer race.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.