| CPC A01K 97/10 (2013.01) | 19 Claims |
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1. A rod carrier comprising:
a main body having a first body end and an opposite second body end elongated along a longitudinal axis, the main body having a U-shaped cross-sectional profile with first and second side walls and a bottom wall, an inner surface of the first and second side walls includes a first protrusion spaced apart from the bottom wall and extending a length of the main body, parallel to the longitudinal axis, between the first body end and the second body end;
a reel box coupled to the first body end of the main body;
a nose cone coupled to the second body end of the main body, the nose cone having a first nose end and an opposite second nose end, the nose cone defining an internal passageway extending along the longitudinal axis, the first nose end corresponding in shape to the second body end of the main body and including second protrusions positioned towards a top of the internal passageway, the second nose end having a smaller shape than the first nose end, wherein the first protrusions of the main body align with the second protrusions of the first nose end of the nose cone, the second protrusions extending towards the second nose end within the internal passageway and parallel to the longitudinal axis; and
one or more tube members coupled to the second nose end, at least one of the one or more tube members being curved relative to the longitudinal axis or flexible.
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