GB2619348A - Drylining tool - Google Patents

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GB2619348A
GB2619348A GB2208146.7A GB202208146A GB2619348A GB 2619348 A GB2619348 A GB 2619348A GB 202208146 A GB202208146 A GB 202208146A GB 2619348 A GB2619348 A GB 2619348A
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Mark Woodruff Thomas-John
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G1/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines
    • H02G1/06—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
    • H02G1/08—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
    • H02G1/083—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling using lines, e.g. needles, rods or tapes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • B65H75/4418—Arrangements for stopping winding or unwinding; Arrangements for releasing the stop means
    • B65H75/4421—Arrangements for stopping winding or unwinding; Arrangements for releasing the stop means acting directly on the material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • B65H75/4457—Arrangements of the frame or housing
    • B65H75/446—Arrangements of the frame or housing for releasably or permanently attaching the frame to a wall, on a floor or on a post or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • B65H75/4457—Arrangements of the frame or housing
    • B65H75/4471—Housing enclosing the reel
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B3/00—Measuring instruments characterised by the use of mechanical techniques
    • G01B3/10—Measuring tapes
    • G01B3/1056—Tape end arrangements, e.g. end-hooks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/37—Tapes
    • B65H2701/376—Electrician's fish tapes

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Abstract

Apparatus 2 (Figure 1a) for use in drylining, the apparatus comprising means for tethering (for example tape) an electrical cable, wherein the means for tethering the electrical cable is extendable and can be passed through an aperture in a board, and wherein the apparatus further comprises means for attachment 6 (Figure 1b) to the electrical cable. The tape may be retractable. The tape may be coiled around a reel 10 in a casing 8 in a first position and extends from the housing in a second position. The casing may comprise an opening 7. A locking means 45 (figure 7b) may lock the tape in position. An anchoring means 18 (figure 7b) may anchor the apparatus to a surface.

Description

Drylining tool The present application relates to an apparatus for use in drylining and an associated method.
Plastering is a technique that has been used in the building industry for many years. In this process, wet plaster is applied to walls and ceilings to provide a smooth finish.
Drylining is an alternative technique that is used to line walls and ceilings with plasterboard instead of plaster or other types of wet covering. The process of drylining has the advantage 10 that it is often an easier, faster and cheaper way of covering walls than other conventional techniques such as plastering.
When carrying out the process of drylining a builder is typically required to lift and manipulate plasterboard as it is placed in position against a wall or ceiling. The plasterboard can be large in size and is often quite heavy. The lifting of the plasterboard can therefore cause pain and/ or discomfort to the back and/ or shoulder of the builder. This is further complicated and made more difficult when it is necessary for an electrical fitting to be run through the plasterboard as maneuvering a heavy plasterboard section and at the same time ensuring correct positioning of the electrical cable is very difficult.
The present invention therefore seeks to address the above problems.
According to a first aspect, there is provided apparatus for use in drylining, the apparatus comprising means for tethering an electrical cable, wherein the means for tethering the 25 electrical cable is extendable and can be passed through an aperture in a board, and wherein the apparatus further comprises means for attachment to the electrical cable.
Advantageously, the apparatus of the invention assists in the positioning of a board (such as a plasterboard) around an electrical cable such that the cable is more easily located in the correct position through the board. Advantageously, the apparatus of the invention allows an electrical cable to be pulled through a board such as a plasterboard, assisting the user in putting up the board whilst accommodating the electrical cable.
Typically, the board may be plasterboard.
Preferably, the means for tethering is a tape. Preferably, the tape is retractable. Preferably, the tape is elongate when in an extended position. Preferably, in use, the tape is extended from a first coiled position wherein the tape is housed within the apparatus to a second 5 position, wherein the tape may be attached to the electrical cable.
In one embodiment, the tape comprises a webbed material. In one embodiment, the tape comprises a metallic material. In another embodiment, the tape comprises a plastics material. In a preferred embodiment, the tape comprises nylon. Preferably, the tape comprises nylon woven webbing. Advantageously, the use of a nylon tape has high tensile strength properties. In one embodiment, the tape may comprise a coating comprising a plastics material.
Preferably, the tape has a length of between 2 metres and 10 metres, preferably between 15 approximately 2.5 metres and 5 metres.
Preferably, the apparatus comprises a casing, wherein the casing comprises an opening. Preferably, the opening is provided at a dispensing portion of the casing. Preferably, the opening is provided at a lower end of the casing when the apparatus is in an upright position.
Preferably, the tape may be coiled within the casing and is moveable into and out of the opening of the casing. Preferably, the tape has a leading end that extends outwardly through the opening. Preferably, the attachment means is provided at the leading end of the tape. Preferably, the apparatus comprises a tape retraction means, wherein the tape retraction means moves the tape from the second extended position to the first coiled position, i.e. preferably the tape retraction means retracts the tape into the casing. Preferably, the tape retraction means comprises a tape retraction mechanism. Preferably, the tape retraction mechanism may be adapted to exert sufficient force on the tape to pull the electrical cable through the aperture.
Preferably, the apparatus further comprises a reel around which the tape may be wound. Preferably, the reel is provided within the casing. Preferably, the tape may be wound around the reel such that the tape delivers a constant force.
In one embodiment, the tape retraction mechanism comprises a steel spring. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a spring retraction system. Typically, the tape retraction mechanism applies a retracting force to the tape when the tape is moved from the first coiled position to the second extended position. Preferably, the steel spring may be attached to the tape.
In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a locking means to lock the tape in a desired position, for example, so that the tape does not retract at an inconvenient moment.
Preferably, the apparatus further comprises a reel guide, wherein the reel guide comprises means to guide the tape as it is wound around the reel. Preferably, the reel guide fits over the reel.
Preferably, the apparatus further comprises a gear to assist in the winding and unwinding of 15 the retractable tape. In one embodiment, the gear is an internal gear.
Preferably, the apparatus comprises means for anchoring the apparatus to a surface. Preferably, the means for anchoring the apparatus to a surface comprises a fastener for attachment of the apparatus to the belt of a user.
Preferably, the fastener is provided on an outer surface of the casing. Preferably, the fastener comprises a clip which is connectable to a belt of a user. In this embodiment, the clip may be a conventional clip. In one embodiment, the clip is fastened to an outer surface of the casing using screws. In another embodiment, the clip is attached to an outer surface of the casing using glue. In one embodiment, the clip comprises a metallic material which extends around the top of a user's belt. In one embodiment, the clip comprises a spring to hold the casing in place on the belt of a user. In another embodiment, the clip is fastened to the belt of a user using screws. In one embodiment, the clip may comprise a spring steel clip. In one embodiment, the clip may be nickel plated.
In another embodiment, the clip comprises a plastics material. In one embodiment, the clip comprises two substantially rectangular faces, wherein the faces are joined together by a hinge. Preferably, one surface of the clip is attached to an outer surface of the casing. Preferably, in use, the clip is placed around the belt of a user and the clip is then held in place by fastening means. Preferably, the fastening means are provided at the end of each surface that is opposite to the end that comprises the hinge. Preferably, the fastening means comprises a recess and a protrusion that engage to lock the clip in place.
In one embodiment, the fastener may comprise a magnet which may attach to a metallic component on a user's belt. In one embodiment, the magnet is glued to an outer surface of the casing. In another embodiment, the magnet is attached to the outer surface of the casing using screws. In another embodiment, the magnet provided on the casing may be attached to a magnet having an opposite polarity that is provided on the belt of a user. In one embodiment, the magnet on the casing is dimensioned such that its shape corresponds to the shape of the magnet of opposite polarity provided on the belt of a user. In one embodiment, the magnet provided on the casing has a substantially square shape, wherein the magnet provided on the casing slots into the magnet provided on a belt of a user. In one embodiment, the magnet provided on the casing is dimensioned such that it slots into a corresponding shape provided on a clip that may attach to a belt of a user.
In one embodiment, the fastener may comprise a bayonet fitting to attach the apparatus to the belt of a user. Preferably, the bayonet fitting comprises a substantially circular component comprising two wings that engage with a complementary shaped recess provided within a clip that is attachable to a belt of a user, wherein once the circular component has engaged with the belt clip, the slot on the belt is rotated to hold and lock the clip in place.
In another embodiment, the fastener may comprise a slot which may engage with a corresponding shaped component on the belt of a user. In another embodiment, the fastener 25 may comprise a quick release button.
In another embodiment, the fastener may comprise a press clip. Preferably, the press clip comprises a male part attached to the casing which engages with a female part which attaches to the belt of a user. Preferably, the male part comprises two resilient outer legs and a central inner leg. Typically, the two resilient outer legs engage with and fit within an opening provided on the female part of the clip to lock the clip. Typically, the clip can be released by pressing the two outer legs to release the male part from the female part.
Preferably, the means for attachment is provided at the leading edge of the tape. Preferably, the means for attachment to an electrical cable comprises a clip. In one embodiment, the clip is a crocodile clip. Preferably, the means for attachment to an electrical cable comprises pressed steel jaws, wherein the jaws may assist in gripping the electrical fitting, wherein the electrical fitting may be a polyvinylchloride (PVC) cable insulation. Preferably, the clip is a stiff nickel plated crocodile clip. Preferably, the means for attachment to an electrical cable is provided at the end of the tape, preferably at the end of the tape that is furthest from the casing when in the extended position.
According to a second aspect, there is provided a method of drylining comprising the use of an apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention to assist in the positioning of a cable and/ or pulling an electrical cable through an aperture in a board.
Preferably, the method comprises the step of using the apparatus of the first aspect to attach 15 to and guide an electrical cable through an aperture in a board such as a plasterboard. Advantageously, the method of the invention allows an electrical cable to be pulled through an aperture in a board such as a plasterboard.
Preferably, the method comprises the step of feeding the apparatus of the first aspect through a hole in a board and attaching the apparatus to an electrical cable. Advantageously, the method assists in pulling the electrical cable through the board. Preferably, the method comprises the step of connecting the apparatus of the first aspect to the electrical cable at a point before the user has to pick up any weight from the board. Advantageously, the method may allow for the automatic pulling of the cable through the aperture in the board with no interaction from the user whilst allowing the user to put up a plasterboard in a normal fashion.
The invention will now be further described by way of example and with reference to the following figures, wherein: Figure la is an exploded perspective view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure lb is a perspective view of part of the apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 2 is an end view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Fissure 3 is a side view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 4a is a front view of part of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 4b is a side perspective view of part of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 4c is a perspective view of part of the apparatus according to an embodiment of the 15 invention; Figure 5a is a front view of part of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 5b is a side perspective view of part of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 6 is a side perspective view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 7a is a side perspective view of an apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention in combination with a belt clip; Figure 7b is a partial view of the apparatus of Figure 7a; Figure 8 is a side perspective view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 9a is a side perspective view of an apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention in combination with a belt clip; Figure 9b is a side perspective view of the clip of Figure 9a in an open configuration; Figure 9c is a side perspective view of the clip of Figure 9a in a closed configuration; Figure 10a is a side perspective view of an apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention in combination with a belt clip; Figure 10b to 10d show a mechanism by which the belt clip of the embodiment of Figure 10a is held in place on the belt of a user; Figure 11 is a side perspective view of an apparatus according to another embodiment of the 15 invention in combination with a belt clip; Figure 12a is a side perspective view of an apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention in combination with a belt clip; Figure 12b is a back view of a apparatus according to Figure 12a in combination with a belt clip, wherein the clip is in the closed configuration; and Figure 12c is a back view of an apparatus according to Figure 12a in combination with a belt clip, wherein the clip is in the open configuration.
With reference to Figures 1, 4 and 5, there is provided apparatus 2 for use in drylining, the apparatus comprising means for tethering 4 an electrical cable, wherein the means for tethering is extendable and can be passed through an aperture in a board, and wherein the apparatus further comprises means for attachment 6 to an electrical cable.
Advantageously, the means for tethering the apparatus to an electrical cable through an aperture in a board in accordance with the invention assists in manipulating the board into a required position, thus reducing the physical toll on the user. Advantageously, the apparatus of the invention assists the user in moving a board into the required position, reducing the
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CN110966908A (en) * 2018-09-29 2020-04-07 江苏维尔兰电缆有限公司 Counting device for electric wire and cable convenient to record unwrapping wire and receipts line length

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