Greenlee Tools, Inc.

Greenlee Texron Inc.

Textron Innovations Inc.

Daniel John Marben

John Michael Jubeck

Eric Williams

SatishKumar SivaSankaran

Sean A Daugherty

William F Nordlin

John Jeremiah Morton

Deraid Damitric Woods

Joshua Curtis Kerns

Sumeet Pujari

Corey Britton Dir

Dale Ritchie Williams

Derald Damitric Woods

A control module for controlling a cable pulling or feeding apparatus at one endpoint of a pulling operation and for wirelessly communicating with a cable feeding or pulling apparatus at an opposite endpoint. The control module includes a switch input to receive a start signal from a switch for initiating operation of the apparatus and an equipment output that connects to the pulling/feeding apparatus. A wireless communication interface communicates ready state or stop state messages to the other apparatus to coordinate a pulling operation. The control module operates in one of two modes: endpoint mode or repeater mode. In repeater mode, the control module may be positioned between the endpoints to extend the wireless communications between the endpoints.

Wireless control in a cable feeder and puller system

A cable puller includes a frame, a capstan mounted on the frame around which a pulling rope is wrapped, and a sensor configured to measure the distance the pulling rope travels relative to the frame. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and/or an optical sensor.

Cable puller having sensor measuring pulling rope travel distance

A machine forms a whip from a length of cable. The machine includes a clamping assembly, a notching assembly, and a cutting assembly. The clamping assembly includes a pad which can be move into and out of a cable travel space. The notching assembly includes a notching saw which cuts an outer jacket of the cable in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. Movement of the pad also causes movement of the notching saw to move into the cable travel space or into a raised position. The cutting assembly includes a cutting tool which transversely cuts the conductors of the cable.

Metal clad cable cutting machine

A combination includes a cable puller having a capstan around which a pulling rope is wrapped, and a sensor configured to measure the distance the pulling rope travels during a pulling operation. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and/or an optical sensor.

A control device according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes one or more motors directed by the control device to form whip(s) from a length of a cable by causing the cutting of the cable in accordance with specifications based at least in part on whip information. An interface communicates the whip information between the control device and a user device.

Control device for and method of operating a metal clad cable cutting machine

A system and method include a gauge device and one or more of a communication device or a pulling assembly. The gauge device may be configured to send a message to display on one or more of the communication device or pulling assembly. Additionally or alternatively, the gauge device may be configured to send the message to be processed by pulling assembly to determine and perform a pull action. Additionally or alternatively, the gauge device may be configured to send the message to be executed by the pulling assembly to perform a pull action.

Pulley assembly with gauge device and communication environment for messaging

A cable feeder for feeding cables through a structure according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a housing having a drive roller attached thereto, and idler roller assembly attached to the housing. In an embodiment, the idler roller assembly can be released from the housing to allow cable to be released from the cable feeder. In an embodiment, the housing is formed from upper and lower housings, and the position of the lower housing and idler roller assembly can be adjusted relative to the upper housing and drive roller.

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Rockford, IL, United States of America

Daniel John Marben