Steven R Short

US Patent:

6422537, Jul 23, 2002

Filed:

Sep 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/658625

Inventors:

Daryl W. Weir - Carbondale KS 66414
Steven M. Short - Topeka KS 66614

International Classification:

B65H 5900

US Classification:

2541343PA

Abstract:

An apparatus and method are provided for stringing static wire to a utility pole. The apparatus comprises a body having a base portion and a pair of arms extending from the base portion in generally opposing directions. Each of the arms has a sleeve attached to its distal end, the sleeves having a generally vertical receiver and an upper bearing surface. Each sleeve receives a jackscrew, the jackscrews having a lower end with a flange sized and shaped so as to be receivable by a coupler of a standard stringing dolly. A nut is threaded on each jackscrew proximate its upper end and bears against the respective sleeve upper bearing surface. A jack handle is provided for turning the nuts and thereby raising and lowering the jackscrews. The apparatus further includes a crossbar retaining structure which is connected to the body base portion and is securable to a crossbar of a utility pole static bracket such that the distal ends of the arms are in alignment with the desired location for connecting the static wire to the crossbar. In use, the apparatus is secured to the static bracket crossbar by means of the crossbar retaining structure, and a pair of standard stringing dollies are connected to the jackscrew lower end flanges.