Patent ID: 6416040
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B65H,H02G

Abstract:
A fish tape reel assembly and fish tape winder-puller comprising:a first hollow annular reel segment, said first reel segment having an outer lip and an inner lip; a second hollow annular reel segment, generally identical to the first hollow annular segment and having an outer lip and an inner lip, said second segment mated to the first segment to form a annular fish tape receiving chamber for receiving a length of coiled fish tape and containing a length of fish tape with a plurality of coils therein, wherein the outer lip of the first segment is opposed to the outer lip of the second segment and the inner lip of the first segment is opposed to the inner lip of the second segment; and a winder-puller means for unwinding the fish tape from within the fish tape receiving chamber and for winding the fish tape inwardly to the fish tape receiving chamber and for grasping and pulling a length of unwound fish tape, said winder-puller means rotatably mounted between the outer lips of the first and second reel segments and adapted to move peripherally around the reel between the outer lips, said winder-puller means having an aperture through which a length of fish tape may protrude from the fish tape receiving chamber to the exterior of the reel.