Patent ID: 9463965
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B66D

Claim Text:
1. A portable pulling tool, comprising: a housing having a first end having a cable opening therein formed in an outer surface of the housing; a handle mounted directly to the outer surface of the housing, at two or more mounting locations, where the portable pulling tool is hand held; a rotatable drum disposed within said housing and having a cable wound thereon, said cable extending through said cable opening in said first end of said housing, the rotatable drum including a cylindrical region disposed between a pair of drum flanges, where the cable is wound around the cylindrical region; a motor disposed in said housing and drivingly connected to said rotatable drum, where the handle extends from a position above the drum to a position above the motor, in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the drum; and a planetary gear train drivingly connected between said motor and said drum, said planetary gear train disposed within an interior of the cylindrical region of said rotatable drum, where the housing encloses the drum, motor, and planetary gear train from above and below.