Fence spool apparatus

• US 20020100833A1
• Filed: 03/14/2002
• Published: 08/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomas M. Crain
• Original Assignee: Thomas M. Crain
• Inventors: Crain, Thomas M.
• Granted Patent: US 6,533,215 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 242/597.4
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 16/005 Dispensers, i.e. machines for unwinding only parts of web roll
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 16/02 Supporting web roll
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 19/126 with both-ends supporting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/3251 vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/3912 Fences made of wire
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/5122 Plastics
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/5124 Metals
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/51526 Metal barrel
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/51528 Plastic barrel
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/2245 connecting flange to hub
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/2272 releasably connected by relative rotatable movement of parts, e.g. threaded or bayonet fit

Abstract

A fence spool apparatus includes ground penetration means for penetrating a portion of ground, ground contacting plate means from which a portion of the ground penetration means extend downward therefrom, vertical stabilizer means positioned on top of the ground contacting plate means, ground penetrator driver means for driving a portion of said ground penetration means into the ground, spindle shaft and spool reception means stabilized by the vertical stabilizer means, and top of shaft control means supported by the spindle shaft and spool reception means. In one embodiment, the ground penetrating member is fixed to a base plate, and the ground penetrating member is hammered into the ground with the employment of a small hammer-impaction member. In another embodiment, the ground penetrating member is independent of the base plate and is hammered into the ground using a spindle shaft unit.

Claims

1. A fence spool apparatus, comprising:

ground penetration means for penetrating a portion of ground,

ground contacting plate means from which a portion of said ground penetration means extend downward therefrom,

vertical stabilizer means positioned on top of said ground contacting plate means,

ground penetrator driver means for driving a portion of said ground penetration means into the ground,

spindle shaft and spool reception means stabilized by said vertical stabilizer means, and

top of shaft control means supported by said spindle shaft and spool reception means.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

said ground penetration means include base fixing portion,

said ground contacting plate means include base plate portion, and

said base fixing portion and said base plate portion are unified as a base unit.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

said vertical stabilizer means include bottom spindle unit which includes spindle plate portion and bottom shaft-reception sleeve depending upward from said spindle plate portion.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said ground penetrator driver means include:

hammer-impaction member, and

spindle-reception well, in said base plate portion, which receives a portion of said hammer-impaction member.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said spindle shaft and spool reception means include a spindle shaft unit.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said top of shaft control means include a fence spool centering assembly supported by said spindle shaft unit.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

said ground penetration means include a ground penetration member which includes a ground penetration point at a distal end and a shaft reception well at a proximal end,

said ground contacting plate means include a base plate portion,

said vertical stabilizer means include a tubular ground-penetration-member reception sleeve attached to a top side of said base plate portion,

said ground penetrator driver means include a spindle shaft unit received in said shaft reception well,

said spindle shaft and spool reception means include spindle shaft unit which is received in said shaft reception well, and

said top of shaft control means include a shaft jacket portion for placement over a top portion of said spindle shaft unit and include a handle portion attached to a top portion of said shaft jacket portion.

8. A fence spool apparatus, comprising:

a base unit which includes a base plate portion, a base fixing portion projecting out from a bottom side of said base plate portion, and a spindle-reception well extending into a top side of said base plate portion,

a bottom spindle unit which includes a spindle plate portion, a spindle member projecting out from a bottom side of said spindle plate portion, and a bottom shaft-reception sleeve extending up from a top side of said spindle plate portion,

a spindle shaft unit received in said bottom shaft-reception sleeve,

a bottom fence spool centering assembly extending between said spindle plate portion and said bottom shaft-reception sleeve, and

a top fence spool centering assembly attached to a top portion of said spindle shaft unit.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said base fixing portion is in a form of a pointed spike.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, further including:

a hammer-impaction member received in said spindle-reception well when said spindle member is not received in said spindle-reception well.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said base fixing portion and said spindle-reception well are located along a longitudinal axis

12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said bottom fence spool centering assembly includes a plurality of bottom centering rod members extending between said spindle plate portion and said bottom shaft-reception sleeve.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said top fence spool centering assembly includes:

a top shaft-reception sleeve attached to a top portion of said spindle shaft unit, and

a plurality of top centering rods connected to a top portion of said top shaft-reception sleeve and a bottom portion of said top shaft-reception sleeve and extending radially outward from said top shaft-reception sleeve.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said spindle shaft unit includes:

a first spindle shaft member received in said bottom shaft-reception sleeve, and

a second spindle shaft member connected to said first spindle shaft member.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said handle portion is perpendicular to said shaft jacket portion.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, further including:

top centering wings connected between said handle portion and said shaft jacket portion,

18. The apparatus of claim 15, further including:

a cover plate optionally placed on top of said base plate portion, wherein said cover plate includes a ground-penetration-member reception channel.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further including:

a bottom centering unit placed on top of said cover plate.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein said bottom centering unit includes a ground-penetration-member-reception channel and bottom centering wings attached to walls of said ground-penetration-member-reception channel.

21. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said ground penetration member includes notches located at a top rim of walls forming said shaft reception well.

22. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said distal shaft end includes a shaft end hammer head and a shaft end groove located proximal to said shaft end hammer head.

15. A fence spool apparatus, comprising:

a base plate portion,

a tubular ground-penetration-member reception sleeve connected to said base plate portion and extending upward therefrom,

a ground penetration member received in said tubular ground-penetration-member reception sleeve, for penetrating the ground therethrough, wherein said ground penetration member includes a ground penetration point at a distal end and a shaft reception well at a proximal end,

a spindle shaft unit which includes a distal shaft end and a proximal shaft end, wherein said distal shaft end is received in said shaft reception well,

a shaft jacket portion placed around said proximal shaft end, and

a handle portion connected to a top portion of said shaft jacket portion.