Portable Cable and Wire Transporting Apparatus

Abstract

A portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus, used to avoid the time-consuming, process of carrying multiple spools of cable and/or wire to a work site. The apparatus features a central cable and wire containment chamber and a cable and wire spool mounting bar within the containment chamber. The apparatus allow for the individual movement of each spool of cable or wire, preventing the unwanted unraveling of cable and/or wire from other spools that was not intended for current extraction. The outer case about the cable and wire spools provides additional protection from the elements, preventing possible early decay of the cable and/or wire resting in the apparatus containment chamber.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to various means for users to transport and conveniently dispense cable and wires. More specifically this invention relates to handheld portable cable transport means that allows for the simultaneous transport of multiple spools of cable and wire.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Electrical work necessarily requires wires to be installed. Quite often the wires and cables that need to be installed require wires and cables of different color schemes. Because of the necessity to carry multiple color types of wire and cable to a job site, those performing electrical work may often need to make several trips to a work site from where their cable spools are located. This traveling back and forth for multiple spools of wire and cable is not only inconvenient, but wastes valuable time that could be better spent performing the actual tasks at hand.

Previous attempts at improving upon this process include mounting a bar to a ladder, a wire dispensing racks, wheel mounted dispensing racks and specially designed wire dispensing spools. However, these devices themselves are imperfect solutions at best.

The bar mounted to a ladder to be used as a dispenser would require carrying the ladder to a worksite, often when one is not required. The hand held dispensing racks have no convenient means of effectively grasping the dispensing racks, and the wheel mounted dispensing racks require cumbersome and awkward wheels that make the dispensing rack difficult to deal with when being stored within vehicles for longer distance transport. The dispensing spools do not address the need to reduce the number of trips necessary to bring multiple sets of wire to a specific work site. In addition, none of the designs offer a highly effective means of reducing friction between spools when removing cable or wire from a single spool located next to the spool wire is being removed from. Further, they offer no additional protection from potentially harmful exposure to the elements that the wires may be exposed to in hazardous working conditions.

What is needed is a means of avoiding the time-consuming, inconvenient step of making multiple trips to carry back various spools with individually colored cables and wires. This means should provide a convenient way to grasp and carry away multiple spools of cable and wire simultaneously, provide additional protection to cable and wire from potentially hazardous elements. Additionally, users should be able to readily have convenient access to whichever color wiring or cable they require, and should be able to extract said colored wiring or cable without interfering with any other colored spools of cable or wire located next to the cable or wire the user is extracting. The present invention provides a solution to all these shortcomings.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The instant invention, as illustrated herein, is clearly not anticipated, rendered obvious, or even present in any of the prior art mechanisms, either alone or in any combination thereof. A portable cable and wire transporting apparatus designed to overcome the previously mentioned shortcomings of earlier problems in the art would afford user the advantages of avoiding the need to perform the time-consuming process of making multiple trips to carry multiple spools of cable and wire to a job site, being convenient to carry, affording additional protection to exposure, ensuring independent spool movement when extracting one particular color cable or wire. Further, this invention allows for the extraction of one cable or wire of a particular color without lifting, sliding open, pulling or moving in any way a lid, shelf or other type of sealing member or compartment. Thus, the several embodiments of the instant invention are illustrated herein.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the previously mentioned shortcomings found in the prior art with a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with an easy to manufacture design.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus that provides a convenient means of grasping said dispensing apparatus by a human hand.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with an easy to manufacture design.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus that is durable.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus that provides protection against the elements.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus that utilizes a plurality of separating means that ensures independent spool movement.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus that utilizes a plurality of separating means that ensures independent spool movement, wherein each member of said plurality of separating means comprises at least one internally mounted roller member.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus that utilizes a plurality of separating means that ensures independent spool movement, wherein each member of said plurality of separating means comprises at least one internally mounted ball-bearing member.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a removable cable and wire spool mounting bar.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a snapped-in removable cable and wire spool mounting bar.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a removably attached mounting bar.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber, wherein said containment chamber may comprise at least one side mounted gripping member.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member comprises at least one sealing means.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member comprises a plurality of cable and wire exit cavities.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member comprises plurality of cable and wire entrance cavities.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member comprises a plurality of cavity sealing members.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member is hingedly attached to said cable and wire containment chamber.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member is removeably attached to said cable and wire containment chamber.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member comprises at least one top mounted gripping member.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handheld portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a cable and wire containment chamber sealing member, wherein said cable and wire containment chamber sealing member comprises at least one side mounted gripping member.

These together with other objects of the invention, along with various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims, Detailed Description of the Embodiments Sections and drawings of this application, with all said sections adding to this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of the portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a closed sealing member with a plurality of cables and/or wires visible on the top of said closed sealing member.

FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with an opened sealing member with a plurality of cable and wire spools within the central containment chamber.

FIG. 3 illustrates an internal front view of the portable cable and wire dispensing apparatus with a closed sealing member, wherein a cable and wire mounting bar and a plurality of separating members are visible.

FIG. 4 illustrates a side view of a cable or wire spool spacing assembly.

FIG. 5 illustrates a zoomed in side view of a central shaft holding assembly.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSED EMBODIMENTS

The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of presently preferred embodiments of the invention and does not represent the only forms in which the present invention may be constructed and/or utilized. The description sets forth the functions and the sequence of steps for constructing and operating the invention in connection with the illustrated embodiments. However, it is to be understood that the same or equivalent functions and sequences may be accomplished by different embodiments that are also intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention, such as portable cable and wire dispensing apparatuses that have different shapes, dimensions and sizes and are comprised of a variety of construction materials.

Illustrated in FIG. 1 is one embodiment of the portable cable and wire transporting apparatus when being hand transported from one location to another, wherein the fastening member 10 is engaged. In this illustration a plurality of cable or wire strands 2 pass through exiting and entering a plurality of weather sealed cavities 1, wherein a plurality of weather sealing members 8 removably and attachedly rest about said weather sealed cavities 1. In this illustration of the present embodiment said plurality of cable or wire strands 2 are frictionally held in place after exiting through one weather sealed cavity 1 and entering into a second weather sealed cavity 1. Also, in this view is one illustrated embodiment of a gripping member 9. Further, a plurality of central shaft securing members 3 is illustrated externally on at least one side of the currently illustrated embodiment, wherein said plurality of central shaft securing members 3 non-removably attach a central shaft mounting assembly 5 (illustrated in FIG. 3).

FIG. 2 illustrates the instant embodiment of the portable cable and wire transporting apparatus as illustrated in FIG. 1, wherein the device has been opened for installing one or more cable or wire spools. Visible in Figure two are a plurality of cable or wire strands extending from a spool within the central chamber of the instant embodiment of the device, wherein each member of said plurality of cable or wire strands enter into one member of said plurality of weather sealed cavities 1.

FIG. 3 illustrates an internal view of the instant embodiment of the portable cable and wire transporting apparatus as illustrated in FIG. 1, in which a central shaft member 6 is shown. In addition, removably attached about said central shaft member 6 are a plurality of cable or wire spool spacing assemblies 7. Also illustrated in FIG. 3 is a central shaft mounting assembly 5, wherein said central shaft member 6 is removably attached at each end to one such central shaft mounting assembly 5. Further illustrated in FIG. 3 are two central shaft member support assemblies 4, wherein said holding members comprise a base plate member 5 upon which said central shaft member 6 rests. In addition, said central shaft member support assemblies 4 are securely fastened to opposite ends of the cablebox and are substantially centrally positioned on said opposite ends of said cablebox.

FIG. 4 illustrates a zoomed in view of one embodiment of a cable or wire spool spacing assembly 7, wherein said cable or wire spool spacing assembly 7 comprises a removably attached spacing member 11. Further comprising said removably attached spacing member 11 are two groove members 12 that tensionally hold said spacing member 11 to the main body of said cable or wire spool spacing assembly 7.

FIG. 5 illustrates a zoomed in view of a central shaft member support assemblies 4, wherein said central shaft member support assemblies 4 comprises a base plate member 5 and a plurality of tension placement leaves 13. Wherein said placement leaves are attached to said base plate member 5 and in this embodiment are substantially inwardly curved at a top end. A central shaft member 6, may be kinetically forced downward between said plurality of tension placement leaves 13 and then becomes tensionally held in place. Note that in other embodiments of the instant invention the inward curve of the tension placement leaves 13 is continued so that a central shaft member 6 may be easily pulled out of said tension placement leaves 13 without the central shaft member actually contacting then ends of the bent tension placement leaves 13.

Claims

1. A line member transporting apparatus, wherein said thread member transporting apparatus comprises a central chamber and a shaft assembly, wherein said shaft assembly is removably attached at its ends to opposing side walls of said central chamber.

2. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said line member transporting apparatus further comprises at least one central chamber sealing member, wherein said at least one central chamber sealing member substantially encloses a top section of said central chamber.

3. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 2, wherein said line member transporting apparatus further comprises at least one fastening assembly, wherein every member of said at least one fastening assembly removeably attaches said at least one central chamber sealing member to said central chamber member.

4. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 3, wherein said at least one central chamber sealing member further comprises a plurality of line member passage cavities, wherein at least one line member passes through one line member passage cavity from said central chamber and passes through a second line member passage cavity into said central chamber and, wherein additional lengths of said at least one line member are extracted from said line member transporting apparatus by applying a force on said at least one line member in a vectoral direction away from said central chamber.

5. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 4, wherein said shaft assembly is substantially centrally located and, wherein said shaft assembly comprises a substantially cylindrical member and at least one separator assembly, wherein said at least one separator assembly comprises at least one helically threaded cavity member, at least one substantially circular ring member and at least one separator locking member, wherein said at least one separator locking member removeably attaches said separator assembly to said central shaft member by passing said at least one separator locking member through said at least one helically threaded cavity until said separator assembly is tensionally secured to said substantially cylindrical member.

6. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 5, wherein said central chamber sealing member further comprises a shaft member support assembly, wherein said shaft member support assembly further comprises a plurality of tension placement leaves.

7. A hand carried portable line member transporting apparatus, wherein said thread member transporting apparatus comprises:

a central chamber;

a shaft assembly; and

an enclosing assembly.

8. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 7, wherein said enclosing assembly comprises:

at least one central chamber sealing member, wherein said at least one central chamber sealing member substantially encloses a top section of said central chamber;

at least one hinge assembly, wherein said at least one hinge assembly attaches said at least one central chamber sealing member to said central chamber; and

at least one manual gripping member.

9. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least one enclosing fastening assembly comprises:

a top member, wherein top member comprises an upper concave section and, wherein said top member is attached to said at least one central chamber sealing member;

a bottom member comprising at least two cavity members and, wherein said bottom member is attached to a central chamber outer surface; and

a hinge member, wherein each end of said hinge member removeably attaches into said at least two cavity members and, wherein said hinge member swings over and into said upper concave section, wherein said at least one central chamber sealing member is locked to said central chamber member.

10. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 3, wherein said at least one central chamber sealing member further comprises:

a plurality of line member passage cavities, wherein at least one wherein at least one line member passes through one line member passage cavity from said central chamber, wherein additional lengths of said at least one line member are extracted from said line member transporting apparatus by applying a force on said at least one line member in a vectoral direction away from said central chamber and, wherein said at least one line member passes through a second line member passage cavity into said central chamber, wherein said line member is secured during transport, and a plurality of cavity sealing members, wherein said plurality of cavity sealing members comprise a substantially water and weather resistant seal about said plurality of line member passage cavities.

11. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 10, wherein said shaft assembly is substantially centrally located and, wherein said shaft assembly comprises a substantially cylindrical member and at least one separator assembly, wherein said at least one separator assembly comprises at least one helically threaded cavity member, at least one substantially circular ring member and at least one separator locking member, wherein said at least one separator locking member removeably attaches said separator assembly to said central shaft member by passing said at least one separator locking member through said at least one helically threaded cavity until said separator assembly is tensionally secured to said substantially cylindrical member and, wherein said shaft assembly is removably attached at its ends to opposing side walls of said central chamber.

12. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 10, wherein said shaft assembly is substantially centrally located and, wherein said shaft assembly comprises a substantially cylindrical member and at least one separator assembly, wherein said at least one separator assembly comprises at least one helically threaded cavity member, at least one substantially circular ring member and at least one separator locking member, wherein said at least one separator locking member removeably attaches said separator assembly to said central shaft member by passing said at least one separator locking member through said at least one helically threaded cavity until said separator assembly is tensionally secured to said substantially cylindrical member

13. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 12, wherein said central chamber sealing member further comprises a plurality of shaft member support assemblies, wherein said plurality of shaft member support assemblies further comprise a base plate member and a plurality of tension placement leaves.

14. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 12, wherein said shaft assembly is removeably attached at one end to one member of said plurality of shaft member support assemblies and, wherein said shaft assembly is removeably attached at a second end to a second member of said plurality of shaft member support assemblies, wherein said first member of said plurality of shaft member support assemblies is attached to one wall of said central chamber and, wherein said second member of said plurality of shaft member support assemblies is attached to a second opposing wall of said central chamber.

15. The line member transporting apparatus of claim 12, wherein said substantially cylindrical member comprises a thickness, wherein said thickness allows for said substantially cylindrical member to pass through cable or wire spool.