39 results about "Fish tape" patented technology

A fish tape measurement device is disclosed. The fish tape measurement device comprises a body component that encases a spool of wire. The wire on the spool is a narrow, flat wire which comprises a plurality of measuring units marked throughout. The wire on the spool can wind in and out from approximately 100 to 200 feet. Thus, the markings will provide electricians with an exact length measurement in order to prevent cable and wire waste when working on a jobsite.

A fish tape drum includes a frame and a drum portion rotatable relative to the frame. The drum portion has an outer wall and an inner wall. The first tape drum also includes a length of fish tape arranged between the inner wall and the outer wall. The fish tape drum further includes a constricting assembly configured to bias the length of fish tape toward the inner wall.

A fish tape system includes a fish tape and a case having a storage compartment that stores the fish tape for deployment from the case. The fish tape has a length extending from a first end to a second end. The length includes a luminescent material that emits light after being energized by exposure to a light source. At least a portion of the case is transparent to allow the luminescent material 22 to be energized by light passing through the transparent portion and into the storage compartment.

Described herein is a fish tape reel comprising a housing with two side shells coupled together. The housing defines an internal cavity. An internal portion of the housing defines a plurality of flat gripping portions and a plurality of finger notches. The housing comprises a plurality of tabs in the internal cavity, the tabs interfacing against an inner annular portion that is coupled to the handle when the handle rotates around the housing.

An electric fish tape with a rotatable drum for pulling an electrical wire through a conduit or other enclosed area is described. The fish tape uses an electric motor and gear assembly to extend or retract the fish tape and wire attached thereto. The fish tape includes an electric mode and a manual mode. When in the manual mode, an operator can manually rotate the drum to extend or retract the fish tape.

The utility model relates to the technical field of electrical installation, in particular to an electrical installation threading device which comprises a bottom plate, a winding frame fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate, a winding drum arranged in the winding frame, rotating shafts fixedly connected to two ends of the winding drum, a rotating handle fixedly connected to one end of a front-end rotating shaft, and a driving chain wheel fixedly connected to one end of a rear-end rotating shaft. The driving chain wheel and the driven chain wheel are connected through a chain; the reciprocating rod is sleeved with a reciprocating plate; a through hole is formed in the reciprocating plate; a convex block is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the through hole; the inner wall of the reciprocating frame is fixedly connected with limiting rods. According to the winding device, the reciprocating plate reciprocates along the reciprocating rod while the winding drum rotates, a plastic steel wire can move towards the right side, and the situation that the plastic steel wire is knotted and difficult to pull can be avoided by reversely rotating the rotating handle.

A fish tape drum may include a frame. A fish tape drum may include a drum portion rotatable relative to the frame, the drum portion having an outer wall, an inner wall, and a slot arranged between the outer wall and the inner wall. A fish tape drum may include an anchor member moveable within the slot between the outer wall and the inner wall. A fish tape drum may include a fish tape having an anchor end secured to the anchor member and a moving end opposite the anchor end, the moving end configured to move relative to the drum portion as the drum portion rotates relative to the frame.

The invention relates to an insertion aid device (76, 82) for supporting a, preferably coaxial, insertion process in which a, preferably motor-driven, traction element (10), in particular fish tape, which is provided at least for pulling cables (12) into conduits (14), or a flexible longitudinal element (16) pulled by the traction element (10), e.g. the cable (12), is inserted into a conduit (14), with at least one bearing unit (18) which is at least configured to guide the traction element (10) and / or the longitudinal element (16), and with at least one fastening unit (20) which is configured to at least temporarily fix at least the bearing unit (18) to a hollow body (22) that is directly or indirectly connected to the conduit (14) or forms the conduit (14). It is proposed that the fastening unit (20) is configured to form one or more fixing contacts (24, 26, 28), in particular exclusively, with an inside (36) of the hollow body (22), in particular of the conduit (14) or a socket connected to the conduit (14).

A device includes a spool; a fish tape wound on the spool; a magnet coupled to the spool; a sensor configured to detect the magnet and to generate a signal indicative of the detection; and a controller in communication with the sensor and configured to determine an extension of the fish tape based on the signal; and output the determined amount.

A traction means (34a-m) for a fish tape device is proposed, comprising a free longitudinal end (10a-m) of the traction means and an interface unit (12a-m) arranged at the free longitudinal end (10a-m) of the traction means for a non-destructively detachable assembly of different traction means tips (14a-m) and / or at least one adapter (16a-m) to which the different traction means tips (14a-m) can be fastened.

Disclosed herein is a device for preventing the twisting and slipping of a fish tape. The device for preventing the twisting and slipping of a fish tape includes: a tube body formed in an arc shape, and configured such that a wire is wound therein; a wire entry prevention tube connected from the outside of the tube body to one side of the tube body so that the insides of the wire entry prevention tube and the tube body communicate with each other, and configured such that one end of the wire is inserted thereinto; and a slipping prevention member provided inside the wire entry prevention tube, and configured to support the wire inserted into the wire entry prevention tube and prevent the one end of the wire from slipping into the inside of the tube body.

Disclosed is an improved fish tape and housing. Generally, the disclosed fish tape and housing includes: a modified and scaled fiberglass, metallic or plastic tape designed for accurately measuring the total length of round pipes; a modified tip for the tape that prevents damage to copper piping of a refrigerant piping system; and a housing containing the tape such that the tape is extractable from the housing and wherein the housing includes squeegee that wipes clean the tape as it is extracted from the housing.

A cable cap for a heating cable, and a heating cable assembly including a heating cable and a cable cap, in which the cable cap includes a power indicator that illuminates when sufficient power is supplied to the distal end of the heating cable. The indicator gives an installer or a user an indication that the heating cable is functioning properly the entire length of the heating cable. The cable cap may further include a connection feature, such as an aperture, that provides a connection point for a cable pulling device such as a fish tape.

A fish tape assembly includes a fish tape tool including a housing, a chamber defined in the housing and a motor supported by the housing. The fish tape assembly also includes a fish tape drum configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing. The fish tape drum contains a type of fish tape and includes a rotatable drum portion configured to rotate in response to receiving torque from the motor. The fish tape tool includes a sensor configured to detect the type of fish tape in the fish tape drum inserted into the chamber of the housing.

A fish tape tool may include a housing including a handle. A fish tape tool may include a drum configured to be removably coupled to the housing, the drum containing a fish tape, the drum including a frame and a drum portion that is rotatable relative to the frame, wherein at least a portion of the frame and at least a portion of the drum portion each remain exposed when the drum is coupled to the housing.

The utility model discloses an automatic bottom finding delay line locking self-standing float, which relates to the field of fishing floats, and comprises a float structure, a line locking structure, a fish line and a lead weight, the line locking structure is rotatably connected to the bottom end of the float structure, one end of the fish line penetrates through the line locking structure and is fixedly connected with the lead weight, and the float structure comprises a float tail, a float body, a transparent float foot, a cylindrical magnet and a connecting piece. The float body is fixed to the bottom end of the float tail, the transparent float foot is fixed to the bottom end of the float body and is hollow, the cylindrical magnet is slidably connected into the transparent float foot, the connecting piece is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the transparent float foot, the thread locking structure comprises a threading device and a square magnet, and the square magnet is fixedly connected to one end of the threading device. According to the automatic bottom finding and delayed line locking self-standing float, the fishing line can be magnetically attracted and fixed through the two sets of built-in magnets, so that the fishing line can be effectively locked after the lead weight touches the bottom, the fishing line does not continue to move downwards after the lead weight touches the bottom, and automatic bottom finding can be achieved.

The disclosure relates to a cable feeding device having a transport unit for transporting a pulling device, in particular fish tape, provided for feeding cables into conduits, in particular a pulling device drum, for storing the pulling device in an at least largely enclosed manner. It is proposed that the cable feeding device comprises a coupling unit which is provided for a detachable, in particular direct, coupling to the pulling device, for example during a pulling device change.

Disclosed herein is a device for preventing the twisting and slipping of a fish tape. The device for preventing the twisting and slipping of a fish tape includes: a tube body formed in an arc shape, and configured such that a wire is wound therein; a wire entry prevention tube connected from the outside of the tube body to one side of the tube body so that the insides of the wire entry prevention tube and the tube body communicate with each other, and configured such that one end of the wire is inserted thereinto; and a slipping prevention member provided inside the wire entry prevention tube, and configured to support the wire inserted into the wire entry prevention tube and prevent the one end of the wire from slipping into the inside of the tube body.

Various embodiments of wire pulling tools are provided. In various embodiments, the wire pulling tools described herein facilitate users pulling fish tape through spaces, such as enclosed spaces. In various embodiments, the wire pulling tools described herein facilitate coupling one or more flexible elongate structures to a fish tape, thereby permitting one or more flexible elongate structures to be pulled through the selected space.

A fish tape system includes a fish tape and a case having a storage compartment that stores the fish tape for deployment from the case. The fish tape has a length extending from a first end to a second end. The length includes a luminescent material that emits light after being energized by exposure to a light source. At least a portion of the case is transparent to allow the luminescent material 22 to be energized by light passing through the transparent portion and into the storage compartment.

A reel device configured for use with a fish tape is provided. The reel device includes a first body part and a second body part that engage to form a frame receivable within a cut-out portion of a fish tape housing. The frame may include side walls, corner portions, extension portions, lips, grooves, projections, and reinforcement ribs that provide structural stability and alignment with the housing. An extension arm projects from the frame and supports a rotational assembly including a knob. The knob is rotatable relative to the frame and coupled through a screw and bearing arrangement, enabling continuous retraction of a fish tape wire into the housing with reduced user effort. The geometry of the frame may be square, polygonal, circular, or curved to conform to different fish tape housings.

The invention relates to a fishtape alignment device (32a-g), in particular a fishtape centering device, for aligning, in particular centering, a fishtape (10a-g) within a conduit (12a-g) when inserting the fishtape (10a-g) into the conduit (12a-g) and / or when pulling the fishtape (10a-g) out of the conduit (12a-g), with at least one spacer element (14a-g) which is designed to define at least one, in particular radial, distance (16a-g) between the fishtape (10a-g) and an inner wall (18a-g) of the conduit. It is proposed that the spacer element (14a-g) is formed at least partially, preferably at least to a large extent, preferably completely, from an elastically compressible solid body (20a-g).

A protective device for reducing the possibility of accidental electrical discharges to a fish tape during use may include a coupler portion configured to be releasably coupled to a connector of an electrical enclosure of electrical infrastructure, and a shield portion configured to receive a free end and end portion of the fish tape from conductive contact with elements in the electrical enclosure, with the shield portion being releasably attached to the coupler portion. A system including various elements of the electrical infrastructure, and a method of utilizing the protective device in the infrastructure, are also disclosed.

A fish tape assembly includes a fish tape tool including a housing, a chamber defined in the housing and a motor supported by the housing. The fish tape assembly also includes a fish tape drum configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing. The fish tape drum contains a type of fish tape and includes a rotatable drum portion configured to rotate in response to receiving torque from the motor. The fish tape tool includes a sensor configured to detect the type of fish tape in the fish tape drum inserted into the chamber of the housing.

A fish tape assembly includes a fish tape tool including a housing, a chamber defined in the housing and a motor supported by the housing. The fish tape assembly also includes a fish tape drum configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing. The fish tape drum contains a type of fish tape and includes a rotatable drum portion configured to rotate in response to receiving torque from the motor. The fish tape tool includes a sensor configured to detect the type of fish tape in the fish tape drum inserted into the chamber of the housing.

The utility model provides a cable threading device with strong trafficability, which comprises at least two walking units, at least one cable threading device and at least one cable threading device, the walking wheel mechanism is installed on the support in a swinging mode, the adjusting disc is installed on the support in a sliding mode and can drive the walking wheel mechanism to be opened and closed, and the lead screw is installed on the support in a rotating mode and can drive the adjusting disc to move in the axial direction. Each universal joint is connected between the end parts of the screw rods of two adjacent walking units; the adjusting motor is mounted at the tail part of the bracket of the last section of walking unit, and a main shaft of the adjusting motor is connected with the end part of the lead screw of the section of walking unit; and the tail hook is arranged at the tail part of the bracket of the last section of walking unit. The walking units are connected through the universal joints, self-adaptive steering of the walking units in the bent sections is achieved, the walking requirements in straight pipes and bent pipes are met, and high adaptability is achieved.

Disclosed is a device for deploying fish tape comprising a) a body assembly including: i. a worm drive comprising a worm and a worm wheel, wherein axial rotation of the worm leads to rotation of the worm wheel around an axis of the worm wheel; and ii. a sheave comprising a circumferential groove wherein the sheave coaxially rotates with the worm wheel, the worm wheel and the sheave together constituting a wheel pair; and b) a cover assembly comprising a traction element, the body assembly and the cover assembly together having an open state and a closed state, wherein in the closed state the body assembly and the cover assembly are mated so that the traction element of the cover assembly prevents a fish tape positioned inside the groove from laterally exiting the groove and rotation of said sheave axially propels a fish tape positioned in said groove.