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Hand-held actuator device

  • US 9,078,779 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2007
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for pulling a length of wire out of a tube having front and back ends comprising:

  • a reel for receiving the length of wire;

    a frame to which the reel is mounted, the frame including an abutment for the back end of the tube;

    a manually operable slider mounted to the frame for a stroke of backward movement and a stroke of forward movement;

    a connectionthat engages the slider and the reel when the slider moves backward, configured to rotate the reel about an axis to wind a portion of the length of wire onto the reelandthat disengages the slider and the reel when the slider moves forward and returns to the start of the backward stroke;

    anda detent that restrains the reel from rotation during the forward stroke.

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