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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. 15, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald D Grover, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Snap-on Tools Company, Kenosha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
254235 ; 254236 ; 254234 ;
Abstract
A power drive assembly is provided for an elongated turn buckle-type cable tightener having an elongated sleeve with a driven gear wheel on it, and two loop-defining cable and anchors respectively threadedly engaged in its opposite ends. A drive unit is adapted to be coupled to the sleeve and has a motor-driven gear engageable with the driven gear for rotating the sleeve. Two right-angle reaction bars couple the frame of the drive unit to the cable anchors each reaction bar having one end slidably received in openings in the drive unit frame and another and received through the loop of the associated cable anchor.