IP Library Granted Patent US 10,784,661
Granted Patent B1
US 10,784,661 · App. 15/498,622 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Conductor trimmer system

Inventors: Samuel Campbell (Carrollton, GA); Adlar Tuten (Carrollton, GA); Jason Ishoy (Villa Rica, GA); Lucas Cheney (Villa Rica, GA); Drew Pearson (Carrollton, GA); Casey Spradlin (Ranburne, AL); Steven Powers (Carrollton, GA); Charles L. Holcombe (Newnan, GA)
Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
H02G1/005H02G1/02
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Patent No.
US 10,784,661
App. No.
15/498,622
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A conductor trimmer may be provided. The conductor trimmer may include a grip and a trimmer. The grip may have a grip handle and a trimmer groove. The trimmer may include a trimmer handle. The trimmer may engage the trimmer groove. With trimmer snuggly attached to both the grip and a conductor, the trimmer may be rotated about conductor by a user holding the grip handle stationary and rotating the trimmer by the trimmer handle. As the trimmer rotates about the conductor, a first roller rail and a second roller rail may ride in the trimmer groove as a blade cuts layers of strands from the conductor.

Claims (48)

1. A system comprising:

an apparatus comprising:

a first grip body portion comprising:

a drive gear opening, and

a scroll gear opening;

a second grip body portion comprising;

a first jaw channel in which is slideably disposed a first jaw comprising a plurality of first jaw teeth,

a second jaw channel in which is slideably disposed a second jaw comprising a plurality of second jaw teeth,

a third jaw channel in which is slideably disposed a third jaw comprising a plurality of third jaw teeth, and

a trimmer groove;

a scroll gear rotatable disposed in the scroll gear opening between the first grip body portion and the second grip body portion, the scroll gear comprising;

a plurality of scroll gear teeth, and

a scroll channel comprising a helical wall that drives the plurality of first jaw teeth, the plurality of second jaw teeth, and the plurality of third jaw teeth;

a drive gear rotatably disposed in the drive gear opening, the drive gear comprising;

a plurality of drive gear teeth that drive the plurality of scroll gear teeth, and

a key opening;

a grip body opening passing through the first grip body portion, the second grip body portion, and the scroll gear;

a grip body handle attached to the first grip body portion; and

a trimmer having a first roller rail and a second roller rail, wherein the first roller rail and the second roller rail engage the trimmer groove.

2. The system of claim 1 , each of the first roller rail and the second roller rail is rotatably engaged to the trimmer groove.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the trimmer comprises a trimmer handle.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the trimmer rotates within the trimmer groove in response to opposing forces being placed on the grip body handle and the trimmer handle.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first jaw further comprises a first jaw tip disposed in the grip body opening.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second jaw further comprises a second jaw tip disposed in the grip body opening.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the third jaw further comprises a third jaw tip disposed in the grip body opening.

8. A system comprising:

a grip comprising:

a first grip body portion comprising;

a drive gear opening, and

a scroll gear opening;

a second grip body portion comprising;

a first jaw channel in which is slideably disposed a first jaw comprising a plurality of first jaw teeth,

a second jaw channel in which is slideably disposed a second jaw comprising a plurality of second jaw teeth,

a third jaw channel in which is slideably disposed a third jaw comprising a plurality of third jaw teeth, and

a trimmer groove;

a scroll gear rotatable disposed in the scroll gear opening between the first grip body portion and the second grip body portion, the scroll gear comprising;

a plurality of scroll gear teeth, and

a scroll channel comprising a helical wall that drives the plurality of first jaw teeth, the plurality of second jaw teeth, and the plurality of third jaw teeth;

a drive gear rotatably disposed in the drive gear opening, the drive gear comprising a plurality of drive gear teeth that drive the plurality of scroll gear teeth;

a grip body opening passing through the first grip body portion, the second grip body portion, and the scroll gear;

a grip body handle attached to the first grip body portion; and

a trimmer comprising a first roller rail and a second roller rail, wherein the first roller rail and the second roller rail engage the trimmer groove.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first roller rail and the second roller rail is rotatably engaged to the trimmer groove.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the trimmer comprises a trimmer handle.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the trimmer rotates within the trimmer groove in response to opposing forces being placed on the grip body handle and the trimmer handle.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first jaw further comprises a first jaw tip disposed in the grip body opening.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second jaw further comprises a second jaw tip disposed in the grip body opening.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the third jaw further comprises a third jaw tip disposed in the grip body opening.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, LLC; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC; SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; MADISON ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, LLC; NOVINIUM, LLC; NOVINIUM HOLDINGS, INC.; WATTEREDGE, LLC; TAPPAN WIRE & CABLE, LLC; UNITED COPPER INDUSTRIES, LLC; TOPAZ LIGHTING COMPANY LLC; OBI PARTNERS, LLC; WIIP, INC.
Reel/Frame 072299/0141 →
AMENDMENT TO GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2021
From: COLEMAN CABLE, LLC; SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057552/0299 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2017
From: CAMPBELL, SAMUEL; TUTEN, ADLAR; ISHOY, JASON; CHENEY, LUCAS; PEARSON, DREW; SPRADLIN, CASEY; POWERS, STEVEN; HOLCOMBE, CHARLES L.
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 042559/0028 →
Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62328122 · Apr 27, 2016
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