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Cable pulling mechanism

Assignee: Arizona Utility Equipment Sales
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Filing: 1965-10-21
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Granted: 1967-02-28
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Expires: 1985-10-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Joseph R Miller

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 11:39
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G1/00; H02G1/06; H02G1/08

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 318 words
IN A CABLE GUIDE MECHANISM, THE COMBINATION OF: A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF PLATES, EACH PAIR OF PLATES HAVING BOLTS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, THEREBY HOLDING THEM IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER; SAID PAIRS OF PLATES DISPOSED IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AND PIVOTED ON SAID BOLTS ADJACENT FIRST EDGES OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES; SLOTTED OPENINGS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PLATES AT SAID OVERLAPPING PORTIONS OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES, SOME OF SAID BOLTS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTTED OPENINGS WHEREBY SAID PLATES ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AND CONNECTED TOGETHER BY SAID BOLTS ADJACENT SAID FIRST EDGES OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES AND ARE SLIDABLY AND MOVABLY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER BY SLIDABLE MOVEMENT OF SAID BOLTS IN SAID SLOTTED OPENINGS OF SAID PLATES SO THAT SAID PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF PLATES MAY BE RELATIVELY ADJUSTED ABOUT SAID BOLTS AT SAID SLOTTED OPENINGS TO ACCOMPLISH A SUBSTANTIALLY ARCUATE ASSEMBLY OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES; AND CABLE GUIDE SHEAVES ROTATABLY MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID PAIRS OF PLATES AND CAPABLE OF BEING ARRANGED IN AN ARCUATE ROW RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER FOR GUIDING CABLE THEREON; A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL BOOM HAVING A LOWER END TO WHICH SAID PLURALITY OF PLATES IS CONNECTED; A CRANE BOOM SUPPORTING AN UPPER END OF SAID VERTICAL BOOM; A VEHICLE FOR SUPPORTING SAID CRANE BOOM; CABLE HANDLING MEANS ON SAID VEHICLE MEANS FOR GUIDING CABLE RELATIVE TO SAID CRANE BOOM AND SAID VERTICAL BOOM FOR FEEDING CABLE DOWNWARDLY PARALLEL TO SAID VERTICAL BOOM AND OVER SAID ROLLERS BETWEEN SAID PLATES; AND NOZZLE MEANS CARRIED BY THE LOWER END OF SAID PLURALITY OF PLATES; MEANS FOR ABUTTING SAID NOZZLE ADJACENT THE END OF AN UNDERGROUND CONDUIT AND FOR ALIGNING SAID NOZZLE THEREWITH, SO THAT CABLE MAY BE PULLED THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND SAID NOZZLE OVER SAID ROLLERS AND UPWARDLY PARALLEL WITH SAID VERTICAL BOOM AND ONTO SAID CABLE HANDLING MEANS ON SAID VEHICLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 318 words
IN A CABLE GUIDE MECHANISM, THE COMBINATION OF: A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF PLATES, EACH PAIR OF PLATES HAVING BOLTS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, THEREBY HOLDING THEM IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER; SAID PAIRS OF PLATES DISPOSED IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AND PIVOTED ON SAID BOLTS ADJACENT FIRST EDGES OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES; SLOTTED OPENINGS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PLATES AT SAID OVERLAPPING PORTIONS OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES, SOME OF SAID BOLTS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTTED OPENINGS WHEREBY SAID PLATES ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AND CONNECTED TOGETHER BY SAID BOLTS ADJACENT SAID FIRST EDGES OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES AND ARE SLIDABLY AND MOVABLY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER BY SLIDABLE MOVEMENT OF SAID BOLTS IN SAID SLOTTED OPENINGS OF SAID PLATES SO THAT SAID PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF PLATES MAY BE RELATIVELY ADJUSTED ABOUT SAID BOLTS AT SAID SLOTTED OPENINGS TO ACCOMPLISH A SUBSTANTIALLY ARCUATE ASSEMBLY OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATES; AND CABLE GUIDE SHEAVES ROTATABLY MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID PAIRS OF PLATES AND CAPABLE OF BEING ARRANGED IN AN ARCUATE ROW RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER FOR GUIDING CABLE THEREON; A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL BOOM HAVING A LOWER END TO WHICH SAID PLURALITY OF PLATES IS CONNECTED; A CRANE BOOM SUPPORTING AN UPPER END OF SAID VERTICAL BOOM; A VEHICLE FOR SUPPORTING SAID CRANE BOOM; CABLE HANDLING MEANS ON SAID VEHICLE MEANS FOR GUIDING CABLE RELATIVE TO SAID CRANE BOOM AND SAID VERTICAL BOOM FOR FEEDING CABLE DOWNWARDLY PARALLEL TO SAID VERTICAL BOOM AND OVER SAID ROLLERS BETWEEN SAID PLATES; AND NOZZLE MEANS CARRIED BY THE LOWER END OF SAID PLURALITY OF PLATES; MEANS FOR ABUTTING SAID NOZZLE ADJACENT THE END OF AN UNDERGROUND CONDUIT AND FOR ALIGNING SAID NOZZLE THEREWITH, SO THAT CABLE MAY BE PULLED THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND SAID NOZZLE OVER SAID ROLLERS AND UPWARDLY PARALLEL WITH SAID VERTICAL BOOM AND ONTO SAID CABLE HANDLING MEANS ON SAID VEHICLE.

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