Greenlee Tools, Inc.

Textron Innovations Inc.

Gustav Klauke Gmbh

Greenlee Textron Inc.

Gerald Jonathan Tully

Sean A Daugherty

Jeffrey Jay Plummer

Ryan Mantell

Egbert Frenken

Douglas J Birkholz

James Donald Schmidt

Arthur Anton Piper

John Jeremiah Morton

Avery Paul Rosenbloom

Sumeet Pujari

Egbert Georg Gottfried Frenken

Matt Stephen Hayes

A bender includes a rotatable bending shoe having at least one channel therein configured to receive a workpiece, a seat proximate to the bending shoe which is configured to receive the workpiece thereon, and a sensor provided on the seat which is configured to sense the presence of the workpiece. In some embodiments, the sensor is configured to sense an end of the workpiece.

Bender having a sensor configured to sense a workpiece

A cable puller in accordance with some example embodiments is configured to pull rope or cable through a conduit. The cable puller includes a puller frame having a first side and a second opposite side, first and second capstans rotatably mounted on the frame, and a motor operatively coupled to the first and second capstans and configured to rotate the first and second capstans. The first and second capstans extend outwardly from the same side of the frame.

Cable puller having dual capstans

A bender includes a rotatable bending shoe having a plurality of channels therein configured to receive a workpiece and a follower assembly. The follower assembly includes a mount, a follower bar attached to the mount, the follower bar having a plurality of channels therein configured to receive the workpiece, a roller attached to the mount and engaged against the follower bar, the roller having an eccentric shaft extending therefrom, and a motor for rotating the shaft and roller, wherein rotation of the shaft and roller causes the follower bar to translate toward or away from the bending shoe. A drive member can be provided to move the mount toward or away from the bending shoe.

Follower bar assembly for a bender

An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided.

Automated bender and systems and methods for providing data to operate an automated bender

A handle for a hydraulically driven tool reduces the amount of heat transmitted to the user of the tool as a result of the high temperature fluid flowing through the inner body of the handle. The inner body is formed of a heat transmissive material which has at least one channel through which the fluid flows. The handle has a number of properties which reduces heat transmission to the user, including standoffs, ribs and fastener receiving extensions.

Handle for a hydraulically driven tool with heat transmission reducing properties

A cutting and deburring tool according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a body portion configured to cut a hole in the workpiece, and a workpiece engaging portion and a shaft extending therefrom. The body portion includes a cutting edge configured to cut a hole in a workpiece and deburring cutting edges configured to deburr a first edge of a hole of a workpiece when the body portion is rotated in a clockwise direction or in a counter-clockwise direction after the hole is cut by the body portion. In some embodiments, a second body portion is provided and includes deburring cutting edges configured to deburr a second, opposite edge of the hole when the body portions are rotated in rotated in the clockwise direction or the counter-clockwise direction after the hole is cut by the first body portion.

Cutting and deburring tool

An adapter is used to mount the cylinder to a fluid channel. The adapter is formed of a unitary wall including a first portion adapted to mount to the fluid channel, a second portion adapted to be engaged with a tool extending from the first portion, and a third portion extending from the second portion and seated within an inlet passageway of the cylinder. The third portion includes locking features for locking the adapter to the cylinder, and a sealing feature for sealing the adapter to the cylinder. The sealing feature is distal to the second portion such that when a torque is applied to the adapter, the sealing feature does not cause the adapter to shear. The cylinder and fluid channel may be capable of being swiveled relative to each other around the adapter, such swiveling may be up to 360 degrees and may be 360 degrees.

Adapter for mounting a cylinder for a fluid powered linear actuator to a fluid channel

An assembly includes a first punching jaw, a second punching jaw pivotally connected to the first punching jaw, a punching stamp provided on one of the punching jaws and a punching opening provided on the other of the punching jaws, and a handheld apparatus connected to the jaws. When said handheld apparatus is actuated, the first ends of the jaws move toward each other to effect a punching process.

Pivoting jaw and motor-actuable handheld apparatus

A rotary chuck includes a clamp assembly, a first drive mechanism for operating the clamp assembly to clamp an associated workpiece, a frame rotationally fixed to the clamp assembly, and a second drive mechanism for rotating the frame and the clamp assembly. The second drive mechanism can rotate the frame and the clamp assembly around 360 degrees. A pair of alignment springs are engaged with a mounting plate upon which the second drive mechanism is mounted. The mounting plate can pivot relative to a stable surface to which it is mounted, and the springs limit the pivotal movement. Each first and second drive mechanism includes a motor, and are connected to a microprocessor for operation of the respective motor.

Rotary chuck

A handle for a hydraulically driven tool is provided reduces the amount of heat transmitted to the user of the tool as a result of the high temperature fluid flowing through the inner body of the handle. The inner body is formed of a heat transmissive material which has at least one channel through which the fluid flows. The handle has a number of properties which reduces heat transmission to the user, including standoffs, ribs and fastener receiving extensions.

A bypass assembly varies the hydraulic motor revolutions per minute (rpm) of a hydraulically driven tool, such as a wrench or a drill. This controls the torque of a driven mechanical mechanism, such as used on an impact wrench. The tool includes a body having a supply channel capable of being connected a source of fluid, a bypass spool channel in fluid communication with the supply channel, and a return channel in fluid communication with the bypass spool channel via a port and in fluid communication with the source. A bypass spool seats in the bypass spool channel. The bypass spool can be rotated to three discrete positions within the bypass spool channel to provide three different settings of revolutions per minute (rpm) of the gear motor.

Hydraulically operated tool including a bypass assembly

A relief valve assembly limits the maximum torque of a gear motor of a hydraulically driven tool. The relief valve assembly dumps flow to a return channel to return hydraulic fluid to the supply when the relief valve assembly is activated. The relief valve assembly is placed in the channel of a directional valve spool, and varies its pressure setting depending upon spool position. This is useful to vary the pressure settings of a hydraulic motor in different directions.

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Hampshire, IL, United States of America

Gerald Jonathan Tully