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US 7,530,522 B2Granted
Vehicle mountable fence spooling device
OwnerG. Warren Poppinventor
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Abstract
A fence spooling device is provided that may be mounted to a motor vehicle. The device includes a frame and a cradle that is connected to the frame. The cradle is rotatable about a pre-determined axis. The cradle is configured to receive and hold one or more spools of fence wire. A gripper assembly is provided to allow an operator to selectively apply resistance to the distribution of fence from a spool held in the cradle to aid in bringing fence wire to a desired level of tautness.
Claims13
A fence spooling device comprising:
- frame configured to be attached to a motor vehicle;
- cradle pivotally connected to the frame and configured to receive a spool of wire;
- gripper assembly configured to selectively apply resistance to the flow of fence wire spooled from a spool loaded onto the cradle;
- gripper assembly comprises:
- a gripper shoe, a vertical axle and a gripper frame;
- the gripper frame is configured to rotate about the vertical axle;
- control rod is connected to the gripper frame and a handle;
- the control rod is configured to extend the handle into the operator control area of the motor vehicle and into reach of an operator of the motor vehicle located within the operator control area of the motor vehicle when the frame is attached to the motor vehicle;
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- the gripper frame is configured to rotate about the vertical axle and place the gripper shoe into contact with the spool of wire when manual force is placed on the handle by the operator of the motor vehicle.
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A fence spooling device comprising:
- frame configured to be attached to a motor vehicle;
- cradle configured to receive a spool of fence wire and rotatable about a predetermined axis relative to the frame;
- gripper assembly configured to selectively apply resistance to the flow of wire spooled from a spool loaded onto the cradle;
- the gripper assembly comprises:
- gripper shoe, a vertical axle and a gripper frame;
- the gripper frame configured to rotate about the vertical axle;
- control rod connected to the gripper frame and a handle;
- the control rod is configured to extend the handle toward the operator control area of the motor vehicle so as to be within reach of an operator of the motor vehicle;
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- the gripper frame is configured to rotate about the vertical axle and place the gripper shoe into contact with the spool of wire when force is placed on the handle by the operator of the motor vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.