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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E Blaha, St. Charles, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ideal Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2541 / ;
Abstract
An electrician's fish tape and reel therefore has an annular outer race and an annular hub rotatably mounted within the inside diameter of the race, Together the race and hub define a fish tape receiving chamber. A fish tape in the chamber is coiled on the hub with its inner end anchored to the hub. Springs bias the fish tape away from the race to prevent it from uncoiling against the race, The outer end of the tape extends out of the reel through a fixed opening in the outer race. A handle fixed to the race and a knob pivotably mounted on the hub permit a user to rotate the hub and thereby wind the fish tape into or out of the reel.