US3310210A
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Pulling device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-03-07
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Granted: 1967-03-21
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Expires: 1986-03-07
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 John C Reib
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 14:57
CPC Classifications
B; B66; B66D; B66D3/00; B66D3/003; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/25; B29C48/355; B65; B65H; B65H51/00; B65H51/02; B65H51/04; B65H51/08; B65H51/10; B29C48/03; B29C48/09
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
THE METHOD OF PULLING AN ELONGATED OBJECT COMPRISING; ROTATIVELY DRIVING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL MEMBER OF A PAIR OF WHEEL MEMBERS SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AXES WITH EACH OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS HAVING RADIALLY DEFORMABLE OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES AND WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS BEING BODILY MOVEABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE ROTATION THEREOF TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE OTHER OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS WITH SAID AXES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL IN ALL RELATIVE POSITIONS OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS; CONTINUOUSLY APPLYING DURING SAID DRIVING A FORCE URGING AT LEAST SAID ONE OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS, WHICH IS BODILY MOVEABLE, TOWARDS THE OTHER OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS; CONTINUOUSLY PULLING AN ELONGATED OBJECT BETWEEN SAID WHEEL MEMBERS ALONG AN AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE CONTAINING SAID AXES WHILE MAINTAINING ADJACENT PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES IN A DEFORMED CONDITION BY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OBJECT THROUGHOUT THE PULLING THEREOF TO PROVIDE A LARGE AREA OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OBJECT; AND AUTOMATICALLY RELEASING SAID FORCE DURING SUCH PULLING AND UPON THE PULLING INWARDLY TOWARD THE AREA OF CONTACT BETWEEN SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES OF AN UNDESIRED OBJECT WHEREBY SAID ONE OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS, WHICH IS BODILY MOVEABLE, MOVES BODILY AWAY FROM THE OTHER OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
209 words
THE METHOD OF PULLING AN ELONGATED OBJECT COMPRISING; ROTATIVELY DRIVING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL MEMBER OF A PAIR OF WHEEL MEMBERS SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AXES WITH EACH OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS HAVING RADIALLY DEFORMABLE OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES AND WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS BEING BODILY MOVEABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE ROTATION THEREOF TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE OTHER OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS WITH SAID AXES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL IN ALL RELATIVE POSITIONS OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS; CONTINUOUSLY APPLYING DURING SAID DRIVING A FORCE URGING AT LEAST SAID ONE OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS, WHICH IS BODILY MOVEABLE, TOWARDS THE OTHER OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS; CONTINUOUSLY PULLING AN ELONGATED OBJECT BETWEEN SAID WHEEL MEMBERS ALONG AN AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE CONTAINING SAID AXES WHILE MAINTAINING ADJACENT PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES IN A DEFORMED CONDITION BY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OBJECT THROUGHOUT THE PULLING THEREOF TO PROVIDE A LARGE AREA OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OBJECT; AND AUTOMATICALLY RELEASING SAID FORCE DURING SUCH PULLING AND UPON THE PULLING INWARDLY TOWARD THE AREA OF CONTACT BETWEEN SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES OF AN UNDESIRED OBJECT WHEREBY SAID ONE OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS, WHICH IS BODILY MOVEABLE, MOVES BODILY AWAY FROM THE OTHER OF SAID WHEEL MEMBERS.
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