Patent ID: 8640758

Claim:
A tracer wire applicator comprising: a base frame includes a base frame member, a support frame member and a upper frame member, one end of said base frame is removably attached to one end of said upper frame member, one end of said support frame member is removably attached to said base frame, the other end of said support frame member is attached to said upper frame member, said upper frame member having a substantially curved portion and a tubular cross section; a wire spindle is retained on substantially one end of said base frame to rotatably retain a wire reel; a tape spindle is retained on substantially the other end of said base frame to rotatably retain a tape roll; a pipe roller is rotatably retained on the other end of said base frame; and a wire guide tube is retained by said base frame, one end of said wire guide tube receives wire from the wire reel, the other end of said wire guide tube is located adjacent said pipe roller, said wire guide tube includes a flexible tube and a rigid tube, said flexible tube extends from each end of said rigid tube, a portion of said wire guide tube is retained in said tubular cross section, wherein the tape from the tape roll is placed in contact with an outer perimeter of said pipe roller, the wire from the wire reel is placed in contact with an adhesive side of the tape.