Fish tape winder insert

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2006-05-16

2006-05-16

Matecki, Kathy (Department: 3654)

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Reeling device

With particular frame or frame carrier

C242S588200, C254S13430R

Reexamination Certificate

active

07044415

ABSTRACT:
A winder insert for a fish tape reel fits into a center opening of the fish tape reel and engages an inner periphery of the reel. The insert has an attachment member, which can be a multi-sided socket for example, that is engaged by a removable handle or lever member to rotate the insert and in turn the reel with respect to a reel handle grasped by the user so as to wind and/or unwind fish tape in the reel. In one preferred form, a roller clutch is pressed into a center opening of the insert about a drive shaft that is rotated by the handle. The handle and shaft can be rotated in one direction to engage the clutch and thereby rotate the reel. Rotating the winder handle in the opposite direction overruns the clutch so that the handle can ratchet back to the original position without unwinding the reel. The winder insert removably snaps onto the reel.

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The Timken Company; torrington—drawn cup roller clutches/ assemblies; web page from www.timken.com; copyright 2003.
Daman Tools, Inc.; Reel-Power Universal Fish Tape Insert; web page from http://damantools.com/inserts.html; printed May 8, 2003.

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