Electrical wire spool guide
OwnerThomas A. Gudgeon, John Trinityinventors
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Abstract
A wire guide to control and contain electrical wire as it is pulled off a standard spool that is rotating about a spindle. The guide has side plates that rest alongside the spool and rotate about the same spindle upon which the spool turns. An adjustable spacer extends between the side plates to insure a good fit for any width spool. Adjustable length guide bars also extend between the side plates with the wire passing between the guide bars so that wire is prevented from expanding radially outward and becoming entangled.
Claims12
A wire guide for controlling and containing the unwinding of electrical wire from a spool of wire on a spindle comprising in combination:
- a pair of side plates adapted to be rotatable on the same spindle upon which the wire spool revolves, said plates further adapted to rest adjacent the sides of the spool with one plate on each side;
- an adjustable length spacing means extending from one side plate to the other so as to be operable to locate the plates adjacent the sides of the spool for any width of spool;
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- a pair of adjustable length guide bars, also extending from one side plate to another so as to be operable to define a path between the guide bars for the wire unrolling from the spool, said guide bars and said side plates operating together to contain and restrain wire from billowing off of the spool for any direction of pulling of the wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.