Wire spool guide assembly
OwnerJames Giovannoniinventor
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Abstract
The wire spool guide assembly is a conduit through which wire is dispensed in a controlled and orderly manner. The assembly has at least one wire spool guide, a handle bar and a spindle. The spindle may be a single spindle or part of a wire spool cart. The spindle is used to hold wire spools and the handle bar. The handle bar serves to hold the guide. The guide includes an eyebolt rotatably mounted to a support frame via a ball bearing. The eyebolt guides wire as it is dispensed from the spool acquiescing to the direction of the user's pull. Friction, created as wire is pulled through the eyebolt, slows the speed at which the spool rotates on the spindle. The frame of the guide, however, is fixed on the handle bar by a fastener disposed at a bottom end of the guide.
Claims19
A wire spool guide assembly, comprising:
- a cart having at least one spindle;
- a handle bar connected to the at least one spindle;
- at least one wire spool guide disposed on the handle bar, the guide comprising:
- a support frame having a top end and a bottom end;
- a fastener disposed at the bottom end of the support frame;
- a ball bearing dimensioned and configured to rest within the top end of the support frame, the bearing having a central hole;
- a sleeve dimensioned and configured to rest within the central hole of the ball bearing, the sleeve comprising a shaft having an inner surface and an outer surface the inner surface being threaded forming a threaded central opening;
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- an eyebolt dimensioned and configured to rest within the threaded central opening of the sleeve.
A wire spool guide assembly, comprising:
- a handle bar;
- at least one wire spool guide disposed on the handle bar, the guide comprising:
- a support frame having a top end and a bottom end;
- a fastener disposed at the bottom end of the support frame;
- a ball bearing disposed at the top end of the support frame, the bearing having a central hole;
- a sleeve dimensioned and configured to rest within the central hole of the ball bearing, the sleeve comprising a shaft having an inner surface and an outer surface the inner surface being threaded forming a threaded central opening;
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- an eyebolt dimensioned and configured to rest within the threaded central opening of the sleeve.
A wire spool guide, comprising:
- a support frame having a top end and a bottom end;
- a fastener disposed at the bottom end of the support frame;
- a ball bearing dimensioned and configured to rest within the top end of the support frame, the bearing having a central hole;
- a sleeve dimensioned and configured to rest within the central hole of the ball bearing, the sleeve comprising a shaft. having an inner surface and an outer surface the inner surface being threaded forming a threaded central opening;
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- an eyebolt dimensioned and configured to rest within the threaded central opening of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.