APPARATUS FOR TENSIONING A CABLE LACING TAPE DEVICE

• US 20190329917A1
• Filed: 05/06/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniels Manufacturing Company
• Original Assignee: Ideal Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Fildes, Trevor D., Tyrrell, James W., Eaton, Edward T., Zantout, Alan E., Weiby, Michael R., Hoffman, Randal E.
• Granted Patent: US 11,066,200 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 13/025 Hand-held tools
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 13/027 for applying straps having preformed connecting means, e.g. cable ties
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 13/185 Details of tools B65B13/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 13/22 Means for controlling tension of binding means
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 13/24 Securing ends of binding material

Abstract

An apparatus for tensioning a cable tape comprises a housing, a drive assembly, a capstan, and an optional cutting device. The drive assembly includes a driving member and a driven member slidably coupled to the driving member. A biasing element is coupled between the driving and the driven member and in a first operating mode, the driving member causes movement of the driven member little or no relative movement between two members. The capstan is rotatably coupled to the housing, and includes a gripping device to grip a cable tape and wrap the cable tape around an outer surface of the capstan as the capstan rotates. In a second operating mode, a tension force applied on the capstan by the cable tape that is greater than the biasing force allows relative movement between the driving member and the driven member.

Claims

1. An apparatus for tensioning a cable tape comprising:

a housing;

a driving member reciprocatingly translatably coupled to the housing;

an actuator operably coupled to the housing and to the driving member to cause reciprocating movement of the driving member;

a driven member coupled to the driving member and translatable within the housing;

a biasing element coupled to the driving member and the driven member to exert a biasing force between the driving member and the driven member to cause movement of the driving member to effect translation of the driven member with little or no relative movement between the driving member and the driven member in a first operating mode;

a capstan rotatably coupled to the housing, the capstan having a gripping device to grip a cable tape and wrap the cable tape around an outer surface of the capstan as the capstan rotates;

a ratcheted spur coupled to the driven member and operably coupled to the capstan to rotate the capstan when the driven member translates within the housing; and

a nose piece coupled to an end of the housing and comprising an aperture and at least one protrusion, the aperture and the protrusion mating with a cable lacing tape housing including cable tape,

wherein in a second operating mode, a tension force applied on the capstan by the cable tape that is greater than the biasing force allows relative movement between the driving member and the driven member.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion comprises two laterally offset protrusions.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the laterally offset protrusions define a channel to allow passage of the cable tape therethrough.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion includes an end portion that extends from the aperture to mate with an undercut formed in the cable lacing tape housing.