Patent ID: 6073916
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B65H,H02G

Abstract:
A device for removing a plurality of cables from a plurality of reels and thereafter advancing the cables, said device comprising: a pair of rotary members positionable relative to each other such that the cables are frictionally retained therebetween, each of said rotary members having a generally flexible peripheral surface which frictionally contacts the plurality of cables and generally at least partially conforms thereto; a motor connected to at least one of said rotary members, said motor rotating said rotary member thereby causing said rotary members to pull the cables from the reels and thereafter advance the cables; and a pivotable divider adjacent said rotary members, said pivotable divider pivotable into a non-operable position and into an operable position, wherein in said operable position said divider receives the cables from the reels before the cables travel to said rotary members, said divider configured for keeping the cables spaced away from each other as the cables are fed to said rotary members, and wherein in said non-operable position said divider is generally out of the way of the cables.