Electrician's fish tape reel assembly and fish tape winder-puller
OwnerWilliam Bergmaninventor
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Abstract
This is concerned with a fish tape reel assembly in the nature of an annular tape reel formed by mating together two substantially identical hollow annular segments and including a winder-puller mechanism which is mounted between the outer lip of the two annular segments so that the fish tape contained therein may be wound and unwound by rotating the winder-puller mechanism around the periphery of the reel. The winder-puller mechanism includes a handle and a means for a grasping the fish tape so that the fish tape extended from the reel may be pulled through conduit using the grip of the handle.
Claims11
A fish tape reel assembly and fish tape winder-puller comprising:
- a first hollow annular reel segment, said first reel segment having an outer lip and an inner lip;
- a second hollow annular reel segment, generally identical to the first hollow annular segment and having an outer lip and an inner lip, said second segment mated to the first segment to form a annular fish tape receiving chamber for receiving a length of coiled fish tape and containing a length of fish tape with a plurality of coils therein, wherein the outer lip of the first segment is opposed to the outer lip of the second segment and the inner lip of the first segment is opposed to the inner lip of the second segment;
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- a winder-puller means for unwinding the fish tape from within the fish tape receiving chamber and for winding the fish tape inwardly to the fish tape receiving chamber and for grasping and pulling a length of unwound fish tape, said winder-puller means rotatably mounted between the outer lips of the first and second reel segments and adapted to move peripherally around the reel between the outer lips, said winder-puller means having an aperture through which a length of fish tape may protrude from the fish tape receiving chamber to the exterior of the reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.