IP Library Granted Patent US 8,328,070
Granted Patent B1
US 8,328,070 · App. 13/371,662 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Wire handling facilitator

Assignee: AltoTec Wire Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,328,070
App. No.
13/371,662
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B1
Abstract

A wire handling facilitator in the form of a backpack. An apparatus that is useful for handling small rolls of wire that is to be welded into channels of metal surfaces.

Claims (15)

1. A wire handling facilitator, said wire handling facilitator comprising:

a. a housing having a front, a back, and a central wrap around side wall joining the back;

b. said front being a hinged door;

c. located and supported within the housing, a spool, said spool having a centered first axle having a distal end and a near end, said first axle being supported at said distal end by attachment to an inside back wall surface, said near end having detachedly attached thereto, a spool retainer;

d. an alignment wheel mounted on a second axle, a distal end of said second axle being fixedly attached to said inside back wall surface;

e. a brake pedal having a near end and a distal end, said near end having a first opening therein, said brake pedal being mounted on said second axle through said first opening, there being a second opening near said near end of said brake pedal, said second opening having a near end of a tension spring detachedly attached thereto, the opposite end of said tension spring being detachedly attached to said wire handling facilitator housing nearby;

f. said alignment wheel being aligned to receive a wire from said spool in an outer groove of said alignment wheel;

g. a wire drive puller and driver, said wire drive puller and driver comprised of a housing having a front wall and a back wall, there being a first opening in said front wall and a second opening in said back wall, each of said first opening and said second opening having a guide bushing inserted therein;

h. there being a set of two drive rollers each having a centered axle, and an outside circumference, said set of drive rollers being vertically aligned with said alignment wheel and said drive rollers being vertically aligned with each other, said drive rollers in close proximity to each other at said respective outside circumferences, there being a means of controlling said drive roller tensions;

i. there being a set of two idler rollers each having a centered axle and an outside circumference, said set of idler rollers being aligned with said alignment wheel and vertically aligned with each other, said idler rollers being in close proximity to each other at said outside circumferences;

j. there being a means of controlling the speed of rotation of said drive rollers;

k. there being a drive motor attached to said drive rollers for powering and driving said drive rollers.

2. A wire handling facilitator as claimed in claim 1 wherein, in addition, said wire handling facilitator has a means for attaching a carrier strap.

3. A wire handling facilitator as claimed in claim 1 wherein, in addition, said spool contains wire.

4. In combination, a wire handling facilitator as claimed in claim 1 and a wire welding torch for receiving said wire.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2015
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
To: COLFAX CORPORATION; CONSTELLATION PUMPS CORPORATION; CLARUS FLUID INTELLIGENCE, LLC; ALCOTEC WIRE CORPORATION; ALLOY RODS GLOBAL INC.; ANDERSON GROUP INC.; ESAB AB; EMSA HOLDINGS INC.; THE ESAB GROUP INC.; DISTRIBUTION MINING & EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC; HOWDEN GROUP LIMITED; HOWDEN COMPRESSORS, INC.; HOWDEN NORTH AMERICA INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES INC.; HOWDEN AMERICAN FAN COMPANY; SHAWEBONE HOLDINGS INC.; STOODY COMPANY; TOTAL LUBRICATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY; VICTOR EQUIPMENT COMPANY; VICTOR TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 035903/0051 →
US INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 12, 2012
From: HOWDEN GROUP LIMITED; ESAB AB; ALCOTEC WIRE CORPORATION; COLFAX CORPORATION; CONSTELLATION PUMPS CORPORATION; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC.; THE ESAB GROUP
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK
Reel/Frame 028550/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2012
From: BURN, THOMAS W.
To: ALCOTEC WIRE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028318/0535 →