A cable puller adapter includes a rotatable gripping member which receives and guides a tailing portion of a pulling line coupled between a capstan of a cable puller and the gripping member, an adapter motor which applies torque to the gripping member, and a controller operatively coupled to the gripping member and configured to measure an amount of current drawn by or provided to the adapter motor, and configured to determine a rotational speed of the adapter motor or the gripping member. The controller adjusts a tailing force on a tailing portion of the pulling line by modulating an amount of current provided to the adapter motor, so as to maximize a velocity of the tailing portion of the pulling line as the gripping member rotates. A method of use is also provided.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
A shearing apparatus includes a housing, dies within the housing, a force transmitting apparatus; and a die engaging mechanism between the force transmitting apparatus and the movable die. The dies are movable relative to each other and have cutouts which cut a workpiece. The die engaging mechanism is releasable to decouple the force transmitting apparatus from the movable die.
B23D 23/00 - Machines or devices for shearing or cutting profiled stock
B23D 15/14 - Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other characterised by drives or gearings therefor actuated by fluid or gas pressure
B23D 29/00 - Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
B23D 35/00 - Tools for shearing machines or shearing devicesHolders or chucks for shearing tools
A cable puller in accordance with some example embodiments is configured to pull rope or cable through a conduit. The cable puller includes a puller frame, a capstan rotatably mounted thereon, a boom mounted to the puller frame, and a handle extending from the boom. The handle can be pivoted to a variety of positions relative to the boom. A lock locks the handle into a desired position relative to the boom. In some embodiments, the boom is mounted to a wheel assembly, and in some embodiments, the handle is part of the wheel assembly.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
H02G 1/06 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
5.
Cable puller having sensor measuring pulling rope travel distance
A cable puller includes a frame, a capstan mounted on the frame around which a pulling rope is wrapped, and a sensor configured to measure the distance the pulling rope travels relative to the frame. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and/or an optical sensor.
G01L 5/108 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands using electrical means for measuring a reaction force applied on a single support, e.g. a glider
G01L 1/12 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress
G01L 5/04 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands
G05B 15/02 - Systems controlled by a computer electric
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
6.
Wireless control in a cable feeder and puller system
A control module for controlling a cable pulling or feeding apparatus at one endpoint of a pulling operation and for wirelessly communicating with a cable feeding or pulling apparatus at an opposite endpoint. The control module includes a switch input to receive a start signal from a switch for initiating operation of the apparatus and an equipment output that connects to the pulling/feeding apparatus. A wireless communication interface communicates ready state or stop state messages to the other apparatus to coordinate a pulling operation. The control module operates in one of two modes: endpoint mode or repeater mode. In repeater mode, the control module may be positioned between the endpoints to extend the wireless communications between the endpoints.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
A method of bending a conduit is disclosed. An engagement member is displaced via contact with the conduit and engages a switch. A signal is sent to a microprocessor indicative of a characteristic of the conduit to be bent, in response to engagement of the switch. The microprocessor provides a motor control signal to the motor to control a rotation of the shoe, wherein rotation of the shoe bends the conduit.
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 7/16 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. for heating or cooling of bends
9.
Cable puller adapter for use with a cable puller and its method of use
A cable puller adapter includes a rotatable gripping member which receives and guides a tailing portion of a pulling line coupled between a capstan of a cable puller and the gripping member, an adapter motor which applies torque to the gripping member, and a controller operatively coupled to the gripping member and configured to measure an amount of current drawn by or provided to the adapter motor, and configured to determine a rotational speed of the adapter motor or the gripping member. The controller adjusts a tailing force on a tailing portion of the pulling line by modulating an amount of current provided to the adapter motor, so as to maximize a velocity of the tailing portion of the pulling line as the gripping member rotates. A method of use is also provided.
H02G 1/00 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Wireless controllers to remotely monitor and control the function and status of other electrical, electronic, and mechanical devices and systems, namely, power-operated wire and cable feeding and pulling systems
A fish tape case is configured to house a fish tape. The fish tape includes a shell having an upper base wall, a lower base wall, an inner side wall extending between inner perimeters of the base walls and forming a central aperture through the shell, an outer side wall extending between outer perimeters of the base walls and defining an outer diameter of the shell, the walls defining a cavity therein, the upper base wall having a first opening therethrough in communication with the cavity through which the fish tape can exit, and the outer side wall having a second opening therethrough in communication with the cavity through which the fish tape can exit. A storage reel is mounted in the cavity for holding the fish tape.
B65H 75/36 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
12.
SPEED ADJUSTING CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A CABLE FEEDER
A speed adjusting cable assembly in accordance with some example embodiments is configured for use with a cable feeder having at least one motor-driven roller configured to pay out cable. The assembly includes a frame, a boom arm pivotally connected thereto by a shaft, a cable guide on the boom arm configured to allow at least one cable to pass therethrough, a sensor in communication with the shaft and configured to measure a rotational position of the boom arm relative to a plane, and a controller in communication with the sensor. The controller is configured to control a speed at which the at least one roller rotates to feed the cable through the cable feeder based upon information received from the sensor. A method of use is also provided.
B65H 59/38 - Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarlingApplications of tension indicators by regulating speed of driving mechanism of unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, or depositing devices, e.g. automatically in response to variations in tension
H02G 1/06 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
B65H 57/18 - Guides for filamentary materialsSupports therefor mounted to facilitate unwinding of material from packages
B65H 49/34 - Arrangements for effecting positive rotation of packages
A fish tape case is configured to house a fish tape in accordance with some example embodiments is provided. The fish tape includes a shell having a rotatable tray therein. A fish tape extends through openings in the shell and the tray. The fish tape case does not include a handle.
B65H 75/36 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
A puller in accordance with some example embodiments includes a frame and a capstan rotatably mounted on the frame. The capstan has a body having an angled wall portion and a movable end wall. A boom is mounted to the frame and has a head at an end thereof which can be positioned in a variety of positions.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component.
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
G06F 30/13 - Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project managementEnterprise or organisation planningEnterprise or organisation modelling
G06Q 10/0631 - Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
G06Q 20/10 - Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systemsPayment architectures specially adapted for home banking systems
An ergonomic fish tape configured to house a fish tape in accordance with some example embodiments is provided. The fish tape includes a shell having an upper base wall, a lower base wall, an inner side wall extending between inner perimeters of the base walls and forming a central aperture through the shell, an outer side wall extending between outer perimeters of the base walls and defining an outer diameter of the shell, the walls defining a cavity therein, and a storage tray within the cavity. An opening through which the fish tape can pass is provided through the outer side wall. The fish tape case does not include a handle, and the walls of the shell are devoid of surfaces which would indicate or suggest to a user as to how to grip the fish tape case.
B65H 75/36 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
17.
Wireless control in a cable feeder and puller system
A control module for controlling a cable pulling or feeding apparatus at one endpoint of a pulling operation and for wirelessly communicating with a cable feeding or pulling apparatus at an opposite endpoint. The control module includes a switch input to receive a start signal from a switch for initiating operation of the apparatus and an equipment output that connects to the pulling/feeding apparatus. A wireless communication interface communicates ready state or stop state messages to the other apparatus to coordinate a pulling operation. The control module operates in one of two modes: endpoint mode or repeater mode. In repeater mode, the control module may be positioned between the endpoints to extend the wireless communications between the endpoints.
G08C 17/02 - Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link using a radio link
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
18.
WIRELESS CONTROL IN A CABLE FEEDER AND PULLER SYSTEM
A control module for controlling a cable pulling or feeding apparatus at one endpoint of a pulling operation and for wirelessly communicating with a cable feeding or pulling apparatus at an opposite endpoint. The control module includes a switch input to receive a start signal from a switch for initiating operation of the apparatus and an equipment output that connects to the pulling/feeding apparatus. A wireless communication interface communicates ready state or stop state messages to the other apparatus to coordinate a pulling operation. The control module operates in one of two modes: endpoint mode or repeater mode. In repeater mode, the control module may be positioned between the endpoints to extend the wireless communications between the endpoints.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
H02G 11/02 - Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using take-up reel or drum
B65H 63/00 - Warning or safety devices for use when unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material, e.g. automatic fault detectors or stop-motions
H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
19.
Wireless control in a cable feeder and puller system
A control module for controlling a cable pulling or feeding apparatus at one endpoint of a pulling operation and for wirelessly communicating with a cable feeding or pulling apparatus at an opposite endpoint. The control module includes a switch input to receive a start signal from a switch for initiating operation of the apparatus and an equipment output that connects to the pulling/feeding apparatus. A wireless communication interface communicates ready state or stop state messages to the other apparatus to coordinate a pulling operation. The control module operates in one of two modes: endpoint mode or repeater mode. In repeater mode, the control module may be positioned between the endpoints to extend the wireless communications between the endpoints.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
In an embodiment, a self-locking pin includes a cylindrical shaft having a slot at a front end, an enlarged head at the rear end of the shaft, first and second toggles mounted within the slot, a compressible biasing member mounted between the toggles, and a mounting pin extending through the shaft and the toggles. The mounting pin is fixed in position on the shaft and the toggles are movable relative to the mounting pin. Each toggle is movable from a first position in which the respective toggle extending outwardly from an open end of the slot to a second position in which each toggle is pushed inwardly into the slot. The biasing member is compressed when the toggles are in the second positions. A single toggle can also be provided.
F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivetsMulti-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically
F16B 21/16 - Means without screw-thread for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding itStud-and-socket releasable fastenings without screw-thread by separate parts with grooves or notches in the pin or shaft
22.
HIGH CAPACITY CABLE PULLER WITH MULTI-SPEED AUTOMATIC SHIFTING TRANSMISSION
A cable puller is provided to pull rope or cable where the cable puller includes a puller frame, a capstan rotatably mounted on the puller frame around a first axis of rotation, an output shaft rotatably mounted to the puller frame and coupled to the capstan, The capstan is configured to rotate when the output shaft is driven. A shift motor is configured to drive a cam to engage gearing coupled to the output shaft to a gear position comprising a low speed position, a medium speed position, and a high-speed position.
B66D 3/20 - Power-operated hoists with driving motor, e.g. electric motor, and drum or barrel contained in a common housing
B66D 3/22 - Power-operated hoists with driving motor, e.g. electric motor, and drum or barrel contained in a common housing with variable-speed gearing between driving motor and drum or barrel
23.
High capacity cable puller with multi-speed automatic shifting transmission
A cable puller is provided to pull rope or cable where the cable puller includes a puller frame, a capstan rotatably mounted on the puller frame around a first axis of rotation, an output shaft rotatably mounted to the puller frame and coupled to the capstan, The capstan is configured to rotate when the output shaft is driven. A shift motor is configured to drive a cam to engage gearing coupled to the output shaft to a gear position comprising a low speed position, a medium speed position, and a high-speed position.
A shearing apparatus includes a housing, a die within the housing, and a workpiece seat plate attached to the housing by a standoff. The die has a cutout which is positionable to align with a passageway through the housing. The workpiece seat plate is spaced from the housing by the standoff, and has a cutout which at least partially aligns with the passageway in the housing and the cutout in the die.
B23D 23/00 - Machines or devices for shearing or cutting profiled stock
B23D 15/14 - Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other characterised by drives or gearings therefor actuated by fluid or gas pressure
B23D 29/00 - Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
B23D 35/00 - Tools for shearing machines or shearing devicesHolders or chucks for shearing tools
25.
BENDER FOR BENDING A WORKPIECE WITH AUTOMATIC SPRINGBACK COMPENSATION
A bender configured to bend a workpiece in a bending operation and its method of use are provided. The bender includes a frame, a bending shoe assembly rotatably mounted on the frame, a control system and a driver in communication therewith, and a springback assembly in communication with the control system and configured to provide information to the control system regarding information on a bend affected to the workpiece. The bending shoe assembly includes a bending shoe into which the workpiece can be seated, and a gripping member mounted on the bending shoe and configured to grip the workpiece during the bending operation. The driver provides rotational force to the bending shoe assembly to rotate the bending shoe assembly relative to the frame.
A bender configured to bend a workpiece in a bending operation and its method of use are provided. The bender includes a frame, a bending shoe assembly rotatably mounted on the frame, a control system and a driver in communication therewith, and a springback assembly in communication with the control system and configured to provide information to the control system regarding information on a bend affected to the workpiece. The bending shoe assembly includes a bending shoe into which the workpiece can be seated, and a gripping member mounted on the bending shoe and configured to grip the workpiece during the bending operation. The driver provides rotational force to the bending shoe assembly to rotate the bending shoe assembly relative to the frame.
B21D 7/025 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member and pulling or pushing the ends of the work
B21D 7/14 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes combined with measuring of bends or lengths
A cable puller in accordance with some example embodiments is configured to pull rope or cable through a conduit. The cable puller includes a puller frame, a capstan rotatably mounted thereon, a boom mounted to the puller frame, and a handle extending from the boom. The handle can be pivoted to a variety of positions relative to the boom. A lock locks the handle into a desired position relative to the boom. In some embodiments, the boom is mounted to a wheel assembly, and in some embodiments, the handle is part of the wheel assembly.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
H02G 1/06 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
A machine forms a whip from a length of cable. The machine includes a clamping assembly, a notching assembly, and a cutting assembly. The clamping assembly includes a pad which can be move into and out of a cable travel space. The notching assembly includes a notching saw which cuts an outer jacket of the cable in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. Movement of the pad also causes movement of the notching saw to move into the cable travel space or into a raised position. The cutting assembly includes a cutting tool which transversely cuts the conductors of the cable.
B23D 35/00 - Tools for shearing machines or shearing devicesHolders or chucks for shearing tools
B23D 29/00 - Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
B23D 45/00 - Sawing machines or sawing devices with circular saw blades or with friction saw discs
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
H02G 1/00 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines
B23D 33/02 - Arrangements for holding, guiding, or feeding work during the operation
B23D 15/14 - Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other characterised by drives or gearings therefor actuated by fluid or gas pressure
A fish tape case is configured to house a fish tape. The fish tape includes a shell having an upper base wall, a lower base wall, an inner side wall extending between inner perimeters of the base walls and forming a central aperture through the shell, an outer side wall extending between outer perimeters of the base walls and defining an outer diameter of the shell, the walls defining a cavity therein, the upper base wall having a first opening therethrough in communication with the cavity through which the fish tape can exit, and the outer side wall having a second opening therethrough in communication with the cavity through which the fish tape can exit. A storage reel is mounted in the cavity for holding the fish tape.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
H02G 11/00 - Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
H02G 11/02 - Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using take-up reel or drum
B65H 75/34 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
30.
POWER SUPPLY WITH POWER FACTOR CORRECTION FOR USE WITH CABLE PULLER MOTOR
A power supply for a cable puller motor provides power to a motor operatively coupled to a cable puller assembly, the motor configured to drive a capstan that provides a pulling force on a pulling line wrapped around the capstan. The power supply is operatively coupled to an AC mains source of power and includes a rectifier configured to rectify AC power provided by the AC mains and a chopper power controller configured to generate a PCM DC output power signal. Also included is a power factor pre-regulator operatively coupled to a DC bus and configured to maximize a power transfer from the AC mains to the motor.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
H02G 1/10 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle in or under water
B66D 1/00 - Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanismsCapstans
31.
SPEED ADJUSTING CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A CABLE FEEDER
A speed adjusting cable assembly in accordance with some example embodiments is configured for use with a cable feeder having at least one motor-driven roller configured to pay out cable. The assembly includes a frame, a boom arm pivotally connected thereto by a shaft, a cable guide on the boom arm configured to allow at least one cable to pass therethrough, a sensor in communication with the shaft and configured to measure a rotational position of the boom arm relative to a plane, and a controller in communication with the sensor. The controller is configured to control a speed at which the at least one roller rotates to feed the cable through the cable feeder based upon information received from the sensor. A method of use is also provided.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
A bender includes a rotatable bending shoe having at least one channel therein configured to receive a workpiece, a seat proximate to the bending shoe which is configured to receive the workpiece thereon, and a sensor provided on the seat which is configured to sense the presence of the workpiece. In some embodiments, the sensor is configured to sense an end of the workpiece.
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 7/04 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a movably-arranged forming member
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 11/22 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. positioning devices
G05B 19/402 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for positioning, e.g. centring a tool relative to a hole in the workpiece, additional detection means to correct position
33.
CABLE PULLER ADAPTER FOR USE WITH A CABLE PULLER AND ITS METHOD OF USE
A cable puller adapter includes a rotatable gripping member which receives and guides a tailing portion of a pulling line coupled between a capstan of a cable puller and the gripping member, an adapter motor which applies torque to the gripping member, and a controller operatively coupled to the gripping member and configured to measure an amount of current drawn by or provided to the adapter motor, and configured to determine a rotational speed of the adapter motor or the gripping member. The controller adjusts a tailing force on a tailing portion of the pulling line by modulating an amount of current provided to the adapter motor, so as to maximize a velocity of the tailing portion of the pulling line as the gripping member rotates. A method of use is also provided.
B66D 1/36 - Guiding, or otherwise ensuring winding in an orderly manner, of ropes, cables, or chains
B66D 1/50 - Control devices automatic for maintaining predetermined rope, cable, or chain tension, e.g. in ropes or cables for towing craft, in chains for anchorsWarping or mooring winch-cable tension control
B66D 1/60 - Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanismsCapstans adapted for special purposes
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
34.
Cable puller having sensor measuring pulling rope travel distance
A combination includes a cable puller having a capstan around which a pulling rope is wrapped, and a sensor configured to measure the distance the pulling rope travels during a pulling operation. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and/or an optical sensor.
G01L 5/108 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands using electrical means for measuring a reaction force applied on a single support, e.g. a glider
G01L 1/12 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress
G01L 5/04 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands
G05B 15/02 - Systems controlled by a computer electric
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
An ergonomic fish tape configured to house a fish tape in accordance with some example embodiments is provided. The fish tape includes a shell having an upper base wall, a lower base wall, an inner side wall extending between inner perimeters of the base walls and forming a central aperture through the shell, an outer side wall extending between outer perimeters of the base walls and defining an outer diameter of the shell, the walls defining a cavity therein, and a storage tray within the cavity. An opening through which the fish tape can pass is provided through the outer side wall. The fish tape case does not include a handle, and the walls of the shell are devoid of surfaces which would indicate or suggest to a user as to how to grip the fish tape case.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
B65H 75/34 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
B65H 75/36 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion
B65H 75/40 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable
H02G 11/02 - Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using take-up reel or drum
A puller in accordance with some example embodiments includes a frame and a capstan rotatably mounted on the frame. The capstan has a body having an angled wall portion and a movable end wall. A boom is mounted to the frame and has a head at an end thereof which can be positioned in a variety of positions.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
B65H 75/30 - Arrangements to facilitate driving or braking
B65H 75/40 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable
H02G 1/00 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines
A device is used to sever an electrical power cable for the transmission of high voltage. The device includes a frame having first movable cutting blade carried thereon and second stationary cutting blades carried thereon. The blades can sever the electrical power cable upon movement of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. A sensor is provided and is configured to register a position of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. An evaluation and/or transmission controller is configured to receive information from the sensor and interrupt severing of the electrical power cable by the blades in response to the information.
H02G 1/00 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines
G01R 21/00 - Arrangements for measuring electric power or power factor
H01B 9/02 - Power cables with screens or conductive layers, e.g. for avoiding large potential gradients
H02G 9/02 - Installations of electric cables or lines in or on the ground or water laid directly in or on the ground, river-bed or sea-bottomCoverings therefor, e.g. tile
An assembly in accordance with some example embodiments includes a support structure, first and second plates coupled to the support structure, and a shearing apparatus operable to cut a workpiece between ends of the workpiece. The first plate engages and guides a first end of a workpiece, and the second plate engages and guides a second end of the workpiece. The shearing apparatus includes a stationary die and a movable die and coupled to the support structure between the first plate and the second plate.
B23D 15/14 - Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other characterised by drives or gearings therefor actuated by fluid or gas pressure
B23D 29/00 - Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
B23D 23/00 - Machines or devices for shearing or cutting profiled stock
B23D 35/00 - Tools for shearing machines or shearing devicesHolders or chucks for shearing tools
A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component.
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
G06F 30/13 - Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project managementEnterprise or organisation planningEnterprise or organisation modelling
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
G06Q 20/10 - Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systemsPayment architectures specially adapted for home banking systems
A conduit bender having a unitary frame is mounted to a wheeled base which provides for transportation of the bender. A braking assembly provides for simplified locking of the wheels to secure the bender in a location. The bender is mounted to the base through a pivoting assembly which allows for bending of conduit in either a horizontal or vertical plane. A circuit is provided for controlling the bending operation. An auto-sensing portion of the circuit receives information regarding the characteristics of the conduit to be bent upon placement of the conduit in the bender. A feedback portion of the circuit is used to provide a precise bending operation.
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 7/16 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. for heating or cooling of bends
A bender includes a rotatable bending shoe having a plurality of channels therein configured to receive a workpiece and a follower assembly. The follower assembly includes a mount, a follower bar attached to the mount, the follower bar having a plurality of channels therein configured to receive the workpiece, a roller attached to the mount and engaged against the follower bar, the roller having an eccentric shaft extending therefrom, and a motor for rotating the shaft and roller, wherein rotation of the shaft and roller causes the follower bar to translate toward or away from the bending shoe. A drive member can be provided to move the mount toward or away from the bending shoe.
B21D 7/10 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes by abutting members and flexible bending means, e.g. with chains, ropes
B21D 7/08 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes by passing between rollers or through a curved die
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 7/04 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a movably-arranged forming member
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 11/22 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. positioning devices
G05B 19/402 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for positioning, e.g. centring a tool relative to a hole in the workpiece, additional detection means to correct position
A cutting device in accordance with some example embodiments is provided for use with an arbor assembly. The cutting device includes a blade having a plurality of teeth, and a back plate at a proximal end of the blade. The back plate has an outer end surface in which a plurality of ramp surfaces and pin locking recess are provided. A central through hole extending through the back plate. The ramp surfaces only allow the cutting device to be rotated relative to the arbor assembly in one direction.
A shearing apparatus in accordance with some example embodiments includes a housing forming a stationary die pocket and a movable die pocket into which dies can be positioned. A force transmitting apparatus moves the movable die relative to the stationary die to shear a workpiece. The dies can be removed from the housing by disengaging a die engaging mechanism and an end stop assembly.
B23D 15/14 - Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other characterised by drives or gearings therefor actuated by fluid or gas pressure
A cutting and deburring tool according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a body portion configured to cut a hole in the workpiece, and a workpiece engaging portion and a shaft extending therefrom. The body portion includes a cutting edge configured to cut a hole in a workpiece and deburring cutting edges configured to deburr a first edge of a hole of a workpiece when the body portion is rotated in a clockwise direction or in a counter-clockwise direction after the hole is cut by the body portion. In some embodiments, a second body portion is provided and includes deburring cutting edges configured to deburr a second, opposite edge of the hole when the body portions are rotated in rotated in the clockwise direction or the counter-clockwise direction after the hole is cut by the first body portion.
B23P 15/32 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass cutting tools twist-drills
B24B 19/04 - Single purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group for grinding grooves, e.g. on shafts, in casings, in tubes, homokinetic joint elements for fluting drill shanks
A step bit according to some embodiments includes a body including one or more flutes having a cutting edge configured to cut a hole in a workpiece, and a plurality of steps provided on the body. The steps progressively increase in diameter from a first distal step to a terminal proximal step. One or more of the steps have first and second lands. An outer diameter of the first land is less than the outer diameter of the second land. A length of the first land is less than a length of the second land.
A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component.
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project managementEnterprise or organisation planningEnterprise or organisation modelling
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
G06Q 20/10 - Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systemsPayment architectures specially adapted for home banking systems
A cutting tool according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a stationary handle and a movable handle pivotally attached thereto, a blade receiving gear mounted on the stationary handle, a blade removably mounted to the blade receiving gear, and a spring-loaded slide plate mounted to the blade receiving gear for holding the blade in the blade receiving gear. The blade seats within a notch of the blade receiving gear and the slide plate engages with a notch in the blade. The slide plate can be removed without the use of tools from engagement with the blade to allow user to easily remove the blade from the cutting tool.
A system and method used to detect voltage by an electric field detector on equipment is provided. The equipment includes a component which is configured to come into direct contact with, or come into proximity of, a conductor of electricity, and a control system which is in operative communication with the component. An electric field detector is provided on the equipment. The detector includes field detection circuitry configured to detect a voltage in an electric field in the environment which meets or exceeds a voltage threshold. When an overvoltage is detected by the electric field detector, the control system of the equipment is configured to act by performing one of 1) activating a warning module on the equipment and 2) causing the component of the equipment to act.
G01R 19/165 - Indicating that current or voltage is either above or below a predetermined value or within or outside a predetermined range of values
H02H 1/00 - Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
H02H 3/20 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to excess voltage
G01R 29/08 - Measuring electromagnetic field characteristics
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System and method for voltage detection and communication between electric field detectors
An electric field detector includes field detection circuitry configured to detect voltage in an electric field in an environment and configured to determine if the voltage meets or exceeds a voltage threshold. A warning module operably connected with the field detection circuitry is configured to provide a warning to operators in the environment. A communication module operably connected with the field detection circuitry communicates a warning notification to another electric field detector.
G01R 19/165 - Indicating that current or voltage is either above or below a predetermined value or within or outside a predetermined range of values
G08B 7/06 - Signalling systems according to more than one of groups Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups using electric transmission
G01R 29/08 - Measuring electromagnetic field characteristics
G08B 5/22 - Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmissionVisible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electromagnetic transmission
G08B 3/00 - Audible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems
G08B 5/00 - Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
H02H 7/20 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions for electronic equipment
H04W 84/18 - Self-organising networks, e.g. ad hoc networks or sensor networks
H02H 7/22 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions for distribution gear, e.g. bus-bar systemsEmergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions for switching devices
A wearable electric field detector configured to be worn by a wearer in an environment includes inner and outer housings which are movable relative to each other between a closed position and an open position. When in the closed position, a body of the inner housing is concealed within the outer housing, and when in the open position, the body is partially visible to visually indicate that the detector is open. The detector includes field detection circuitry which is configured to detect voltage in an electric field in the environment around the wearer. The circuitry is in communication with at least one of a speaker and a light source which are configured to be activated by the field detection circuitry.
G01R 29/08 - Measuring electromagnetic field characteristics
G08B 7/06 - Signalling systems according to more than one of groups Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups using electric transmission
A cable puller in accordance with some example embodiments is configured to pull rope or cable through a conduit. The cable puller includes a puller frame having a first side and a second opposite side, first and second capstans rotatably mounted on the frame, and a motor operatively coupled to the first and second capstans and configured to rotate the first and second capstans. The first and second capstans extend outwardly from the same side of the frame.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
H02G 1/06 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
A cable stripper is provided which has an adjustable bushing which can be adjusted to accept a variety of differently size cables. The cable stripper is rotated around the cable to strip the insulation from a cable. The cable stripper can be attached to an existing tool to impact rotation of the cable stripper around the cable. The cable stripper includes a bushing having an axial passageway and a plurality of spaced slots which are in communication with the passageway, a plurality of cable retention blocks attached to the bushing, and a blade member mounted on the bushing, the blade member being seated within the passageway. The cable retention blocks are moveable relative to the bushing to pass through the slots and into the passageway to engage the cable mounted within the passageway. A retaining assembly is mounted on the bushing and fixes the position of the cable retention blocks relative to the bushing.
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
H01R 43/05 - Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-insulation stripping
B26D 7/26 - Means for mounting or adjusting the cutting memberMeans for adjusting the stroke of the cutting member
H02G 1/00 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines
B26D 1/02 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member
B26D 3/28 - Splitting layers from workMutually separating layers by cutting
H01R 43/28 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups
A control device according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes one or more motors directed by the control device to form whip(s) from a length of a cable by causing the cutting of the cable in accordance with specifications based at least in part on whip information. An interface communicates the whip information between the control device and a user device.
B23D 35/00 - Tools for shearing machines or shearing devicesHolders or chucks for shearing tools
B23D 29/00 - Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
B23D 45/00 - Sawing machines or sawing devices with circular saw blades or with friction saw discs
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
H02G 1/00 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines
B23D 33/02 - Arrangements for holding, guiding, or feeding work during the operation
B23D 15/14 - Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to each other characterised by drives or gearings therefor actuated by fluid or gas pressure
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Door stop mechanism for holding a door of an enclosure in an open position
An assembly according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes an enclosure having a housing and door hingedly attached to the housing and a door stop mechanism which holds the door in an open position. The mechanism includes a link member pivotally connected to the door and to the housing. The link member has an elongated slot which extends along a portion of the link member. The slot has a linear portion and an enlarged opening at an end thereof which is offset from the linear portion. When the door is opened, a fastener, which is either mounted to the housing or to the door, slides along the slot until the fastener is positioned in the enlarged opening to hold the door open.
E05C 17/16 - Devices for holding wings openDevices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wingBraking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing consisting of a single rod pivoted only at one end and having an elongated slot
E05C 17/20 - Devices for holding wings openDevices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wingBraking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing consisting of a single rod sliding through a guide
E05C 17/00 - Devices for holding wings openDevices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wingBraking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith
60.
Quick change height adjustment mechanism for a reel stand
A quick-change height adjustment mechanism allows a reel stand to accommodate differently sized storage spools. A plate of the mechanism forms a cavity into which a post is seated and has at least one space which receive a spindle of the spool. A pin engages with the plate to hold the plate in position relative to the post.
A gauge device according to some embodiments of the disclosure is configured to measure tension on a pulling rope during a cable pull. The gauge device according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a frame, a housing carried by the frame, a roller rotatably carried by the housing, a sensor on the frame beneath the housing, and at least one additional roller rotatably attached to the frame. The housing is configured to translate linearly relative to the frame, such that when the housing moves relative to the frame, the housing is configured to engage with the sensor to activate the sensor.
G01L 5/10 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands using electrical means
G01L 1/12 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress
G01L 5/04 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands
G05B 15/02 - Systems controlled by a computer electric
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
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Adapter for mounting a cylinder for a fluid powered linear actuator to a fluid channel
An adapter is used to mount the cylinder to a fluid channel. The adapter is formed of a unitary wall including a first portion adapted to mount to the fluid channel, a second portion adapted to be engaged with a tool extending from the first portion, and a third portion extending from the second portion and seated within an inlet passageway of the cylinder. The third portion includes locking features for locking the adapter to the cylinder, and a sealing feature for sealing the adapter to the cylinder. The sealing feature is distal to the second portion such that when a torque is applied to the adapter, the sealing feature does not cause the adapter to shear. The cylinder and fluid channel may be capable of being swiveled relative to each other around the adapter, such swiveling may be up to 360 degrees and may be 360 degrees.
F15B 15/14 - Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to anotherGearing associated therewith characterised by the construction of the motor unit of the straight-cylinder type
A handle for a hydraulically driven tool reduces the amount of heat transmitted to the user of the tool as a result of the high temperature fluid flowing through the inner body of the handle. The inner body is formed of a heat transmissive material which has at least one channel through which the fluid flows. The handle has a number of properties which reduces heat transmission to the user, including standoffs, ribs and fastener receiving extensions.
B25F 5/00 - Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for
B25B 23/145 - Arrangement of torque limiters or torque indicators in wrenches or screwdrivers specially adapted for fluid operated wrenches or screwdrivers
B25F 5/02 - Construction of casings, bodies or handles
A cable stripper is provided which has an adjustable bushing which can be adjusted to accept a variety of differently size cables. The cable stripper is rotated around the cable to strip the insulation from a cable. The cable stripper can be attached to an existing tool to impact rotation of the cable stripper around the cable. The cable stripper includes a bushing having an axial passageway and a plurality of spaced slots which are in communication with the passageway, a plurality of cable retention blocks attached to the bushing, and a blade member mounted on the bushing, the blade member being seated within the passageway. The cable retention blocks are moveable relative to the bushing to pass through the slots and into the passageway to engage the cable mounted within the passageway.
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component.
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project managementEnterprise or organisation planningEnterprise or organisation modelling
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
G06Q 20/10 - Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systemsPayment architectures specially adapted for home banking systems
A quick change height adjustment mechanism allows a reel stand to accommodate differently sized storage spools. The mechanism includes a plate, a locking pin and a pivot pin. The plate forms a cavity into which a post is seated and has at least one space which receive a spindle of the spool. The locking pin extends from the plate and into the cavity. The locking pin is vertically spaced from, and positioned on a first side of, a centerline of the plate. The pivot pin is attached to the plate, is vertically spaced from, and positioned on a second, opposite side of, the centerline. The pivot and locking pins are positioned on opposite sides of the post. In use, the plate can be pivoted relative to the post around pivot pin to engage or disengage the locking pin with holes in the post.
04 - Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
07 - Machines and machine tools
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
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Cable pulling lubricants and hydraulic oil. Tool boxes of common metal and metal construction anchors. Machine parts, namely, wire feeding sheaves and rollers being parts of a power-operated wire and cable feeding and pulling system; power-operated tools for bending conduit and pipe; power-operated bandsaws and blades therefor; power-operated cable pulling machines; drill bits for use with power-operated drills; drill bit sets comprising drill bits and drill bit extensions all for use with power-operated drills; power-operated hole saws and blades therefor; power-operated saws; power-operated saw blades; power-operated stud punches; electrically, hydraulically and pneumatically operated power tools, namely, hydraulically-powered punch drives, electrically powered apparatus for fishing a line through a conduit, power-operated cable cutters, hydraulic cable crimpers and hydraulic pumps; hydraulic and pneumatic power supply units for power tools, namely, hydraulically or pneumatically powered pumps and compressors for powering and operating power tools; power-operated splicing devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely power-operated machines used to cut and splice together fiber optic cables; power-operated machines used to cleave fiber optic cable. Manually-operated hand tools, namely, hacksaws, compass saws, terminal crimping tools in the nature of manual, hand-operated wire crimpers, flexible cable cutters and blades therefor, hand-held tools for stripping wire and cable, wire cutters, cable cutters, bolt cutters, and hand benders for use on conduit; manually operated saws; manually operated saw blades; fishing tapes; manually-operated hand tools, namely, knock-out punches and knock-out punch drivers; manually-operated hand tools, namely, cable knives; notchers, namely, manually-operated hand tools for putting a notch in sheet metal; manually-operated hand tools, namely, screwdrivers; manually-operated hand tools, namely, cable cutters, wrenches and ratchets; saw blades for manual, hand-operated saws; hole saw blades, namely, saw blades specifically for use with manual, hand-operated hole saws; cable pulling ropes and line, namely, specially-designed ropes and strings for use in fishing and pulling cable; manually-operated, hand held splicing devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, manually-operated, hand-held, fiber optic cable splicers, manually-operated, hand-held tool for cutting fiber optic cable; manually-operated hand-held tool for cleaving fiber optic cable. Test instruments, namely, voltage testers; ammeters; ohmmeters; wire sorters, namely, an electronic apparatus for testing the continuity of wires and circuits, testing for open or short circuits and sorting wires and circuits based on their continuity and integrity; cable length meters, namely, an electronic apparatus for measuring and determining cable length; circuit testers and multi-meters; measuring tape; circuit tracers, namely, electronic apparatus for testing and tracing electrical circuits; motor rotator and phase sequence indicators namely, an electronic tester for determining the sequence for desired motor rotation, an electronic tester for identifying the phases and rotation of multiphase electrical inputs; gas lamp testers, namely, electronic apparatus for testing ballasts, starters, resistors, igniters, capacitors and photocells used in gas fired lamps; sound level meters; voltmeters; light meters, namely, an electronic apparatus for detecting and measuring ambient light; electric motor protectors for preventing damage to motors by controlling voltage, phase loss, phase imbalance and phase reversal, namely, an electronic apparatus for monitoring, controlling and measuring phase loss, phase imbalance and phase reversal in order to provide electrical protection to motors; plastic electrical junction sleeves; coaxial wire connectors; cable connectors; wire dispensers and wire reel stands and spindles, namely, reels for electric wire, spindles specifically designed for use with reels for dispensing electric wire, and stands specifically designed for holding reels or spindles for dispensing electric wire; optical communication devices, namely, optical transmitters and receivers; wireless or wired data collection device to monitor tool usage; test and measurement devices for wireless spectrum analysis, namely, spectrum analyzers for determining wireless, cellular and radio frequency signal quality; testing and measurement devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, electronic apparatus for testing the integrity of fiber optic cable, length measuring gauges for use in measuring fiber optic cable, electronic communication link testers for testing the quality of fiber optic cable communication links; testing and measurement devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, electronic apparatus and instruments used to test new and existing fiber optic cable and connections for transmitting data and voice communication signals, electronic instruments for testing and evaluating the strength, integrity and quality of fiber optic signals transmitted over fiber optic cables; optical time domain reflectometers; fiber optic cable identifiers; connectors with fiber optic cables preterminated; meters for measuring optical power; hand-held light and laser sources for testing fiber optic cable; electronic instrument for visually locating faults in fiber optic links electronic test and measurement devices for use in the fields of networks and telecommunications, namely, instrumentation used to test data, video and voice communication services and signals carried over communication cable; time domain reflectometers with a graphical display for testing properties of wires and cables, namely, fault location in telecommunications cables; interface software for converting design information to instructions for controlling operation of a metal forming tool; software for determining parameters for pulling and bending operations for construction. Ropes and strings and wiring for use in construction.
A mechanism for providing monitoring of electric field detectors. In accordance with instructions on a machine-readable medium, a computing system receives from a device data corresponding to a user identifier. Further, the computing device identifies from a plurality of electric field detectors one or more electric field detectors associated with the user identifier and identifies status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors. The status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors comprises data indicative of at least (i) a location of the electric field detector and (ii) an alarm state of the electric field detector. Additionally, the computing system causes a display component of the device to display a graphical user interface that presents indicia of the status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors.
A conduit bender having a unitary frame is mounted to a wheeled base which provides for transportation of the bender. A braking assembly provides for simplified locking of the wheels to secure the bender in a location. The bender is mounted to the base through a pivoting assembly which allows for bending of conduit in either a horizontal or vertical plane. A circuit is provided for controlling the bending operation. An auto-sensing portion of the circuit receives information regarding the characteristics of the conduit to be bent upon placement of the conduit in the bender. A feedback portion of the circuit is used to provide a precise bending operation.
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 7/16 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. for heating or cooling of bends
A die is configured for use with a punch capable of piercing and cutting a workpiece. The die includes a base wall having a perimeter, an outer surface and an inner surface, a depending wall extending from the perimeter, a passageway extending through the base wall, and a central axis extending through the passageway. The outer surface of the base wall is perpendicular to the central axis. The inner surface of the base wall has a first portion which is angled relative to the central axis at a first angle which is greater than 90 degrees, and a second portion which is angled relative to the central axis at a second angle which is greater than 90 degrees. The first and second angles are different. The first portion extends from the depending wall to the second portion. The second portion extends from the first portion to the passageway. The second portion engages the punch when the punch is fully inserted into the die.
A bender and base assembly according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The bender includes a frame having a pivot shaft extending therefrom, and a shoe shaft extending from the frame for receiving a shoe rotatably mounted thereon, the shoe shaft defining a shoe axis and a shoe plane perpendicular to the shoe axis. The base includes a pivot shaft receptacle, wherein the pivot shaft receptacle defines a pivot axis, wherein the pivot shaft of the bender is received by the pivot shaft receptacle of the base; wherein the pivot shaft rotates relative to the pivot shaft receptacle, to rotate the bender on the pivot axis between a horizontal bending position and a vertical bending position; and wherein the pivot axis intersects with the shoe plane. A lock is provided to lock the position of the bender relative to the base.
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 7/16 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. for heating or cooling of bends
04 - Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
07 - Machines and machine tools
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
Goods & Services
(1) Cable pulling lubricants and hydraulic oil
(2) Tool boxes of common metal and metal anchors for fasteners
(3) Machine parts, namely, wire feeding sheaves and rollers being parts of a power-operated wire and cable feeding and pulling system; power-operated tools for bending conduit and pipe; power-operated bandsaws and blades therefor; power-operated cable pulling machines for pulling electrical cable; drill bits for use with power-operated drills; drill bit sets comprising drill bits and drill bit extensions all for use with power-operated drills; power-operated hole saws and blades therefor; power-operated saws; power-operated saw blades; power-operated stud punches; electrically, hydraulically and pneumatically operated power tools, namely, hydraulically-powered punch drives, electrically powered apparatus for fishing a line through a conduit, power-operated cable cutters, hydraulic cable crimpers and hydraulic pumps; hydraulic and pneumatic power supply units for power tools, namely, hydraulically or pneumatically powered pumps and compressors for powering and operating power tools; power-operated splicing devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely power -operated machines used to cut and splice together fiber optic cables; power-operated machines used to cleave fiber optic cable
(4) Manually-operated hand tools, namely, hacksaws, compass saws, terminal crimping tools in the nature of manual, hand-operated wire crimpers, flexible cable cutters and blades therefor, hand-held tools for stripping wire and cable, wire cutters, cable cutters, bolt cutters, and hand benders for use on conduit; manually operated saws; manually operated saw blades; wire fishing tapes; fishing tapes, namely draw wires; manually-operated hand tools, namely, knock-out punches and knock-out punch drivers; manually-operated hand tools, namely, cable knives; notchers, namely, manually-operated hand tools for putting a notch in sheet metal; manually-operated hand tools, namely, screwdrivers; manually-operated hand tools, namely, cable cutters, wrenches and ratchets; saw blades for manual, hand-operated saws; hole saw blades, namely, saw blades specifically for use with manual, hand-operated hole saws; cable pulling ropes and line for use in fishing and pulling cable; manually-operated, hand held splicing devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, manually-operated, hand-held, fiber optic cable splicers, manually-operated, hand-held tool for cutting fiber optic cable; manually-operated hand-held tool for cleaving fiber optic cable
(5) Test instruments, namely, voltage testers; ammeters; ohmmeters; wire sorters, namely, an electronic apparatus for testing the continuity of wires and circuits, testing for open or short circuits and sorting wires and circuits based on their continuity and integrity; cable length meters, namely, an electronic apparatus for measuring and determining cable length; circuit testers and multi-meters; measuring tape; circuit tracers, namely, electronic apparatus for testing and tracing electrical circuits; motor rotator and phase sequence indicators namely, an electronic tester for determining the sequence for desired motor rotation, an electronic tester for identifying the phases and rotation of multi-phase electrical inputs; gas lamp testers, namely, electronic apparatus for testing ballasts, starters, resistors, igniters, capacitors and photocells used in gas fired lamps; sound level meters; voltmeters; light meters, namely, an electronic apparatus for detecting and measuring ambient light; electric motor protectors for preventing damage to motors by controlling voltage, phase loss, phase imbalance and phase reversal, namely, an electronic apparatus for monitoring, controlling and measuring phase loss, phase imbalance and phase reversal in order to provide electrical protection to motors; plastic electrical junction sleeves; coaxial wire connectors; cable connectors; wire dispensers and wire reel stands and spindles, namely, reels for electric wire, spindles specifically designed for use with reels for dispensing electric wire, and stands specifically designed for holding reels or spindles for dispensing electric wire; optical communication devices, namely, optical transmitters and receivers; instrumentation for monitoring operation of tools, namely, the number of operations, hours of operation, or quality of an operation of a tool; test and measurement devices for wireless spectrum analysis, namely, spectrum analyzers for determining wireless, cellular and radio frequency signal quality; testing and measurement devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, electronic apparatus for testing the integrity of fiber optic cable, length measuring gauges for use in measuring fiber optic cable, electronic communication link testers for testing the quality of fiber optic cable communication links, electronic apparatus and instruments used to test new and existing fiber optic cable and connections for transmitting data and voice communication signals, electronic instruments for testing and evaluating the strength, integrity and quality of fiber optic signals transmitted over fiber optic cables; optical time domain reflectometers; fiber optic cable identifiers; connectors with fiber optic cables preterminated; meters for measuring optical power; hand-held light and laser sources for testing fiber optic cable; electronic instrument for visually locating faults in fiber optic links electronic test and measurement devices for use in the fields of networks and telecommunications, namely electronic monitoring and testing devices for use in the fields of electrical networks and telecommunications, namely, instrumentation used to monitor data and voice communication services or signals carried over electrical or fiber optic cables to detect faults or assess quality of the connection; time domain reflectometers with a graphical display for testing properties of wires and cables, namely, fault location in telecommunications cables; interface software for converting design information to instructions for controlling operation of a metal forming tool; software for determining parameters for pulling cable and bending conduit operations for use in construction
(6) Ropes and string for use in construction
A case for enclosing an electric device, such as a personal voltage detector is provided. Embodiments of the case can increase safety and convenience to wearers operating near high-voltage electric lines, and combine (i) the ability to wear the case in either an open or closed position around a user's neck, (ii) the ability to adjust the position of the case, when either open or closed, to an appropriate mid-chest or mid-torso position, (iii) the ability to use the device when the case is open and worn around a user's neck and the device is inside the case, and (iv) an electrically shielded enclosure. When closed, the case can disable the electric device, allowing the device to be always on.
04 - Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
07 - Machines and machine tools
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
Goods & Services
Cable pulling lubricants and hydraulic oil. Tool boxes of common metal and metal construction anchors. Machine parts, namely, wire feeding sheaves and rollers being parts of a power-operated wire and cable feeding and pulling system; power-operated tools for bending conduit and pipe; power-operated bandsaws and blades therefor; power-operated cable pulling machines; drill bits for use with power-operated drills; drill bit sets comprising drill bits and drill bit extensions all for use with power-operated drills; power-operated hole saws and blades therefor; power-operated saws; power-operated saw blades; power-operated stud punches; electrically, hydraulically and pneumatically operated power tools, namely, hydraulically-powered punch drives, electrically powered apparatus for fishing a line through a conduit, power-operated cable cutters, hydraulic cable crimpers and hydraulic pumps; hydraulic and pneumatic power supply units for power tools, namely, hydraulically or pneumatically powered pumps and compressors for powering and operating power tools; power-operated splicing devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely power-operated machines used to cut and splice together fiber optic cables; power-operated machines used to cleave fiber optic cable. Manually-operated hand tools, namely, hacksaws, compass saws, terminal crimping tools in the nature of manual, hand-operated wire crimpers, flexible cable cutters and blades therefor, hand-held tools for stripping wire and cable, wire cutters, cable cutters, bolt cutters, and hand benders for use on conduit; manually operated saws; manually operated saw blades; fishing tapes; manually-operated hand tools, namely, knock-out punches and knock-out punch drivers; manually-operated hand tools, namely, cable knives; notchers, namely, manually-operated hand tools for putting a notch in sheet metal; manually-operated hand tools, namely, screwdrivers; manually-operated hand tools, namely, cable cutters, wrenches and ratchets; saw blades for manual, hand-operated saws; hole saw blades, namely, saw blades specifically for use with manual, hand-operated hole saws; cable pulling ropes and line, namely, specially-designed ropes and strings for use in fishing and pulling cable; manually-operated, hand held splicing devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, manually-operated, hand-held, fiber optic cable splicers, manually-operated, hand-held tool for cutting fiber optic cable; manually-operated hand-held tool for cleaving fiber optic cable. Test instruments, namely, voltage testers; ammeters; ohmmeters; wire sorters, namely, an electronic apparatus for testing the continuity of wires and circuits, testing for open or short circuits and sorting wires and circuits based on their continuity and integrity; cable length meters, namely, an electronic apparatus for measuring and determining cable length; circuit testers and multi-meters; measuring tape; circuit tracers, namely, electronic apparatus for testing and tracing electrical circuits; motor rotator and phase sequence indicators namely, an electronic tester for determining the sequence for desired motor rotation, an electronic tester for identifying the phases and rotation of multiphase electrical inputs; gas lamp testers, namely, electronic apparatus for testing ballasts, starters, resistors, igniters, capacitors and photocells used in gas fired lamps; sound level meters; voltmeters; light meters, namely, an electronic apparatus for detecting and measuring ambient light; electric motor protectors for preventing damage to motors by controlling voltage, phase loss, phase imbalance and phase reversal, namely, an electronic apparatus for monitoring, controlling and measuring phase loss, phase imbalance and phase reversal in order to provide electrical protection to motors; plastic electrical junction sleeves; coaxial wire connectors; cable connectors; wire dispensers and wire reel stands and spindles, namely, reels for electric wire, spindles specifically designed for use with reels for dispensing electric wire, and stands specifically designed for holding reels or spindles for dispensing electric wire; optical communication devices, namely, optical transmitters and receivers; wireless or wired data collection device to monitor tool usage; test and measurement devices for wireless spectrum analysis, namely, spectrum analyzers for determining wireless, cellular and radio frequency signal quality; testing and measurement devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, electronic apparatus for testing the integrity of fiber optic cable, length measuring gauges for use in measuring fiber optic cable, electronic communication link testers for testing the quality of fiber optic cable communication links; testing and measurement devices for fiber optic provisioning and analysis, namely, electronic apparatus and instruments used to test new and existing fiber optic cable and connections for transmitting data and voice communication signals, electronic instruments for testing and evaluating the strength, integrity and quality of fiber optic signals transmitted over fiber optic cables; optical time domain reflectometers; fiber optic cable identifiers; connectors with fiber optic cables preterminated; meters for measuring optical power; hand-held light and laser sources for testing fiber optic cable; electronic instrument for visually locating faults in fiber optic links electronic test and measurement devices for use in the fields of networks and telecommunications, namely, instrumentation used to test data, video and voice communication services and signals carried over communication cable; time domain reflectometers with a graphical display for testing properties of wires and cables, namely, fault location in telecommunications cables; interface software for converting design information to instructions for controlling operation of a metal forming tool; software for determining parameters for pulling and bending operations for construction. Ropes and strings and wiring for use in construction.
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High voltage digital voltmeter and wireless phaser
A high voltage digital voltmeter and wireless phaser includes first and second voltmeters/phasers. Each voltmeter/phaser has a probe for accessing a point in a circuit, circuitry connected to the probe and including a microprocessor, and a ground reference associated with the circuitry. Each microprocessor is programmed to measure line-to-ground voltage of the respective voltmeter/phaser. This information is shared between the microprocessors and is used to determine voltage measurements and phase angle difference.
A cable feeder for feeding cables through a structure according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a housing having a drive roller attached thereto, and idler roller assembly attached to the housing. In an embodiment, the idler roller assembly can be released from the housing to allow cable to be released from the cable feeder. In an embodiment, the housing is formed from upper and lower housings, and the position of the lower housing and idler roller assembly can be adjusted relative to the upper housing and drive roller.
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
H02G 11/00 - Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
H02G 1/06 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
H02G 3/04 - Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
B65H 51/10 - Rollers, pulleys, capstans, or intermeshing rotary elements arranged to operate in groups or in co-operation with other elements with opposed coacting surfaces, e.g. providing nips
82.
Mounting assembly for mounting a sheave roller to a cable tray
A mounting assembly is provided for mounting a sheave roller to a ladder-type cable tray. The cable cables can be laid on the cable tray for routing through a building. The mounting assembly includes first and second housing parts which are moveable relative to each other. The housing parts are attached to respective rungs of the cable tray. A lock prevents the relative movement of the housing parts relative to each other once the mounting assembly is engaged with the cable tray. The sheave roller is rotatably attached to the one housing part. This quickly and easily installs the sheave roller on the cable tray.
H02G 1/06 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
83.
Digital measurement unit for fish tape device or duct rodding device
An assembly includes a fish tape device or a duct rodding device having digital measurement unit attached thereto. A tape is housed in the fish tape device or a duct rodding device and is paid out of the device. The digital measurement unit includes an optical sensor which is positioned proximate to the tape. As the tape is passed by the optical sensor, the optical sensor uses digital image correlation to take successive images of the tape to determine a length measurement of tape that has passed by the optical sensor.
G01B 11/06 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness for measuring thickness
G01B 11/04 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness specially adapted for measuring length or width of objects while moving
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
H02G 1/08 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
voltage detection feature in the nature of a voltage indicator for detection of a live high voltage power line, sold as an integral component of finished voltage detectors for detection of a live high voltage power line
A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component.
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project managementEnterprise or organisation planningEnterprise or organisation modelling
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
An assembly includes a punch and a clamping assembly. The punch includes a body having a front end and a rear end. The front end has a cutting edge. A passageway extends through the body and a counterbore is provided proximate to a second end of the body. The clamping assembly includes first and second jaws pivotally attached to each other. Each jaw includes a main body having a nose extending from a front surface thereof. The nose has an outer surface which has a diameter which is smaller than the outer diameter of the main body. When the clamping assembly is mated with the punch, the noses seat within the counterbore, and the front surfaces of the main bodies engage against the rear end of the body of the punch.
A rotary chuck includes a clamp assembly, a first drive mechanism for operating the clamp assembly to clamp an associated workpiece, a frame rotationally fixed to the clamp assembly, and a second drive mechanism for rotating the frame and the clamp assembly. The second drive mechanism can rotate the frame and the clamp assembly around 360 degrees. A pair of alignment springs are engaged with a mounting plate upon which the second drive mechanism is mounted. The mounting plate can pivot relative to a stable surface to which it is mounted, and the springs limit the pivotal movement. Each first and second drive mechanism includes a motor, and are connected to a microprocessor for operation of the respective motor.
An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided.
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 7/04 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a movably-arranged forming member
B21D 7/10 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes by abutting members and flexible bending means, e.g. with chains, ropes
B21D 11/22 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. positioning devices
G05B 19/402 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for positioning, e.g. centring a tool relative to a hole in the workpiece, additional detection means to correct position
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
91.
Automated bender and systems and methods for providing data to operate an automated bender
An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided.
G06F 19/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications (specially adapted for specific functions G06F 17/00;data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q;healthcare informatics G16H)
B21D 7/10 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes by abutting members and flexible bending means, e.g. with chains, ropes
B21D 7/08 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes by passing between rollers or through a curved die
B21D 7/04 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a movably-arranged forming member
B21D 7/12 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes with programme control
B21D 11/22 - Auxiliary equipment, e.g. positioning devices
G05B 19/402 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for positioning, e.g. centring a tool relative to a hole in the workpiece, additional detection means to correct position
B21D 7/02 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
B21D 7/024 - Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming memberBending rods, profiles, or tubes by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
A tool formed of a cable stripper and an associated cutting assembly is used for stripping a cable. Differently sized cutting assemblies can be easily and quickly mounted to and disassembled from the cable stripper. The cable stripper includes a depth stop assembly for setting the amount of cable seated within the cable stripper so that the cutting assembly is positioned in the desired position. The cable stripper include a one-way bearing which only allows the user to use the cable stripper in the intended direction.
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
F16K 31/122 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid the fluid acting on a piston
A mechanism for providing monitoring of electric field detectors. In accordance with instructions on a machine-readable medium, a computing system receives from a device data corresponding to a user identifier. Further, the computing device identifies from a plurality of electric field detectors one or more electric field detectors associated with the user identifier and identifies status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors. The status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors comprises data indicative of at least (i) a location of the electric field detector and (ii) an alarm state of the electric field detector. Additionally, the computing system causes a display component of the device to display a graphical user interface that presents indicia of the status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors.
An assembly is provided for forming holes in a workpiece. The assembly includes an arbor, a pin sleeve and a cutting device. The arbor has a nose having at least one threaded portion and at least one unthreaded portions on an external surface thereof. The arbor also has at least one pin passageway extending therethrough. The pin sleeve has at least one pin extending from a main body. The arbor extends through the pin sleeve. The cutting device has a back plate and a plurality of teeth extending therefrom. The back plate has a passageway defined by a wall with at least one threaded portion and at least one unthreaded portion. The at least one threaded portion of the cutting device is capable of engaging with the at least one threaded portion of the nose, and the at least one pin of the pin sleeve is capable of engagement with the at least one pin passageway of the arbor to secure the components together.
An industrial cart has a caster interface which allows for the quick changing of wheel casters on the cart without the use of tools. The caster interface forms a three-sided pocket into which a wheeled caster seats. A plate of the caster seats within the pocket through an open end of the pocket. A locking mechanism is used to quickly and easily secure the caster into the pocket.
B62B 3/10 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor characterised by supports specially adapted to objects of definite shape
B62B 3/02 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable, or convertible
B62B 3/04 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carriedLoad handling equipment
An industrial cart has an accessory mounted thereon. A locking mechanism is provided for securing the cart and accessory together. The locking mechanism can be disengaged to remove the accessory from the cart.
B62B 3/10 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor characterised by supports specially adapted to objects of definite shape
B62B 3/02 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable, or convertible
B62B 3/04 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carriedLoad handling equipment
(1) Hand held tools for stripping wires and cables; hand held tools having interchangeable bushings for stripping wires and cables; hand held tools for stripping wire and cable to variable lengths.
