US 12,391,510 B1
Apparatus for lateral cable pulling and pipe replacement
Rod Herrick, Kalispell, MT (US); and Jared Shapell, Kalispell, MT (US)
Assigned to RODDIE, Inc., Columbia Falls, MT (US)
Filed by RODDIE, INC., Columbia Falls, MT (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/424,826.
Application 18/424,826 is a continuation of application No. 16/386,250, filed on Apr. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,919,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/696,785, filed on Jul. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/658,723, filed on Apr. 17, 2018.
Int. Cl. F16L 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 51/08 (2006.01); F16L 1/028 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 51/08 (2013.01) [F16L 1/028 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An open path cable aligning device comprising:
A unitary cable guide body structure rotatable about its longitudinal axis, one end of the guide body structure removably coupled to a brace by means of a shaft extending from said brace,
The opposite end of said unitary cable guide body structure comprising a pair of parallel, opposing arms positioned and dimensioned to define a fixed gap between the arms, said fixed gap dimensioned to receive a cable diameter and each said arm having an overall curved, hook shape in inverted orientation to the other, such that,
When said cable guide body structure including both arms are together rotated 90° on the same direction into a first position about said shaft along said longitudinal axis, said arms are oriented such that the inverted hook shapes are parallel to said longitudinal axis and said fixed gap is available to receive and release a vertically extended cable provided to said fixed gap at an angle perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, and when said cable guide body structure including both arms are together rotated 90° on the same direction into a second position about said shaft along said axis, said arms are oriented such that the inverted hook shapes are perpendicular to said longitudinal axis thereby blocking movement of said vertically extended cable in or out of said fixed gap,
Wherein said cable guide body structure is competent to limit horizontal movement of the cable during a cable pulling operation.