Patent ID: 6629685
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A method of pulling wire through a wall or panel formed by spaced apart vertical studs, a plate at one end of said studs, and opposed wall panels mounted on said studs, comprising:cutting an opening through one of said wall panels between said studs; inserting an elongated stiffly flexible drill bit through said opening between said panels, drilling a hole through said plate, and removing said drill; covering an elongated stiffly flexible rod with an elongated flexible woven sleeve having cut ends by extending said rod at least partially into said sleeve through one of said cut ends, said sleeve having a substantial length and being laterally expandable upon longitudinal compression and laterally contractible upon longitudinal tension, said flexible woven sleeve gripping said inserted rod when under tension; inserting said covered end of said rod through said opening, between said panels and through said drilled hole in said plate; slightly retracting said rod and sleeve to form a loop in said sleeve at the inserted end of said rod extending through said hole in said plate; hooking said loop with an elongated hooking rod; pulling said sleeve completely through said hole to position its other end at a point remote therefrom; grippingly engaging an inserted end of a wire with the free cut end of said sleeve at either the remote point or the wall opening; pulling on said sleeve to pull said wire between said wall opening and said remote point; releasing said wire from said sleeve by longitudinally compressing said sleeve; and removing said sleeve from said wall opening; whereby said wire is strung between said remote point and said opening.