Patent ID: 7044415
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A winder insert for a fish tape reel that is rotatable about a center axis to wind or unwind fish tape about an inner periphery of the reel, wherein the winder insert engages the reel and has an attachment member engageable by a lever member to rotate the winder insert about the center axis, wherein rotation of the winder insert by the lever member rotates the reel about the center axis so as to wind or unwind the fish tape about the center axis, wherein the attachment member is a shaft rotatably disposed along the center axis within a center opening of the winder insert, and wherein the shaft is disposed within a clutch having an outer surface fixed with respect to the winder insert, wherein rotating the lever member in a first direction rotates the shaft and in turn the clutch, and wherein rotating the lever member in a second direction rotates the shaft essentially without rotating the clutch in either of the first and second directions.