IP Library Granted Patent US 8,789,811
Granted Patent B2
US 8,789,811 · App. 13/187,430 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Wire puller

Inventor: Tamotsu Iwama (Kadoma, JP)
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Patent No.
US 8,789,811
App. No.
13/187,430
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Problem] A conventional wire puller is heavy in order to have enough rigidity. [Solution] Unlike the conventional wire puller having a guide part, the wire puller of the present invention has a guide part of a corded member formed integral with a frame board by folding an entrance side end of the corded member of the frame board in the direction for narrowing gap therebetween. Therefore, the wire puller of the present invention not only can reduce the number of parts but also can be decreased in weight.

Claims (15)

1. A wire puller comprising:

a body part having a pair of oppositely facing frame boards; a wind-up drum rotatably supported in a gap between said pair of frame boards; a wind-up mechanism to rotate said wind-up drum; and a corded member attached to said wind-up drum so that said corded member can be wound; and wherein said body part has a pair of guide parts near an entrance side end of said pair of frame boards to guide the wind-up of said corded member; and said pair of guide parts are formed by folding a portion of each of said frame boards in a direction such that said gap between said pair of frame boards is narrower, but not closed, near said entrance side end of said pair of frame boards than at other positions along said pair of frame boards.

2. A wire puller comprising: a body part having a pair of oppositely facing frame boards; a wind-up drum rotatably supported in a gap between said pair of frame boards; a handle coupled to said wind-up drum and configured to rotate said wind-up drum; and a corded member attached to said wind-up drum so that said corded member can be wound around said wind-up drum when said wind-up drum is rotated by said handle; and wherein said body part has a pair of guide parts near an entrance side end of said pair of frame boards to guide the wind-up of said corded member; and said pair of guide parts includes at least one roller attached near said entrance side end of said frame boards.

3. The wire puller according to claim 1 , wherein each of said pair of guide parts includes a portion that increases in width such that said gap near said entrance side end of said pair of frame boards broadens gradually in the direction of said wind-up drum.

4. The wire puller according to claim 2 , wherein said pair of guide parts comprises increasing-width parts such that said gap near said entrance side end of said pair of frame boards broadens gradually in the direction of said wind-up drum.

5. The wire puller according to claim 1 , wherein said guide parts are inclined with respect to the path of said corded member between said frame boards.

6. The wire puller according to claim 2 , wherein said guide parts are inclined with respect to the path of said corded member between said frame boards.

7. The wire puller according to claim 3 , wherein said guide parts are inclined with respect to the path of said corded member between said frame boards.

8. The wire puller according to claim 4 , wherein said guide parts are inclined with respect to the path of said corded member between said frame boards.

9. A wire puller comprising:

a body part having a pair of oppositely facing frame boards;

a wind-up drum rotatably supported in a gap between said pair of frame boards;

means for rotating said wind-up drum; and

a corded member attached to said wind-up drum so that said corded member can be wound; and

means, coupled to said pair of frame boards, for guiding the wind-up of said corded member near an entrance side end of said pair of frame boards.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2011
From: IWAMA, TAMOTSU
To: NAGAKI SEIKI CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2009061906 · Jun 30, 2009
Related Publication 20120012799A1 · Jan 19, 2012