Frank Gregory Calhoun

US Patent:

20100236045, Sep 23, 2010

Filed:

Oct 14, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/579075

Inventors:

Juan Galindo - Powder Springs GA, US
Jeremy Harris - Villa Rica GA, US
Frank Calhoun - Carrollton GA, US

International Classification:

B23P 11/00
B23P 19/04

US Classification:

29428, 292811

Abstract:

A workstation and method for the installation of a pulling head assembly onto one or more conductors of a cabling system are provided. The workstation incorporates one or more of: a conductor clamp that holds the conductors of the cabling system in place during the installation of the pulling head assembly; a cutting guide having indicia marks that indicate the lengths to which to cut the conductors in order to achieve a staggered pattern of pulling eyes attached to the conductors in the pulling head assembly; a stripping tool that is used to remove a portion of the insulation from the terminal end of each conductor so that the end of the conductor may be inserted into the pulling eye; and a crimping tool that is used to crimp the pulling eyes onto the terminal ends of each of the conductors.

US Patent:

20120223179, Sep 6, 2012

Filed:

Feb 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/408511

Inventors:

Juan Alberto Galindo Gonzalez - Powder Springs GA, US
William Allen Sewell - Franklin GA, US
Frank Calhoun - Carrollton GA, US
Laurentiu Dan Dragomir - Atlanta GA, US
Myron Deese - Carrollton GA, US

International Classification:

B65H 49/26

US Classification:

2425985

Abstract:

An improved pay-off assembly allowing cable loaded on a cable reel to be transported to an installation site and/or paid-off during a cable pull is described. The pay-off assembly may include one or more of lateral support braces that provide stability and strength to an A-frame structure supporting the cable reel; a reel lock assembly for securely holding the cable reel in place during transport and/or pay-off of the cable; an end cap assembly that prevents detachment from an arbor as the arbor and cable reel rotate during pay-off; a dog hole stop assembly that engages a “dog hole” in the cable reel to prevent the cable reel from rotating during transport; a braking system for controlling the rotational speed of the cable reel during pay-off; and a ground attachment assembly that allows an additional cable reel to be loaded for transport and/or pay-off of the cable.