Patent ID: 6612516
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B65H,H02G

Abstract:
A cable pulling system of pullers, vehicle and universal coupling apparatus facilitating ready coupling/uncoupling therebetween during job-site cable-pulling operations, said cable pulling system comprising:a plurality of cable puller apparatus, each comprising a stand, a driven pulling reel and reel line; at least one vehicle, having a front-end lifting structure, selected from a group consisting of front loaders or forklifts of various diverse styles; and universal coupling apparatus comprising a plurality of socket devices and at least one insertion device; wherein each of the plurality of socket devices is corresponded with another of the plurality of cable puller apparatus such that each socket device is adaptable on some occasion before job-site cable-pulling operations to be securely attached to the respective stand of the corresponding cable puller apparatus, and furthermore the plurality of socket devices are each uniformly provided with a universal receiver formation and a universal latch-retention formation; wherein the at least one insertion device is adaptable to be securely attached to the front-end lifting structure of the at least one vehicle, and furthermore the at least one insertion device having a receiver-mating formation and a user-operable latch device such that during job-site cable-pulling operations a user can navigate the vehicle and readily couple up with and then uncouple from any given cable puller apparatus of the plurality thereof by delivering the insertion device's receiver-mating formation to the given socket device's universal receiver formation and then complete mechanical securing therebetween by latching the latch device operatively with the latch-retention formation, and then repeat such in reverse to uncouple so that the vehicle is free be navigated elsewhere to couple a successive time during job-site cable-pulling operations with any of the other cable puller apparatus.