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Abstract

The disclosures concerns a wire guide assembly with at least one sheave for stringing utility cable about utility structures such as towers and telephone poles. A wire guide assembly comprises: a plurality of plates forming a housing, a sheave, and a side gate with an elongated guide arm extending therefrom, wherein the side gate is pivotally attached to a plate of the housing forming a channel corresponding to a volume between the sheave, the side gate, and the housing, with the guide arm attached to the housing at an angle between 45 and 90 degrees. The wire guide assembly is further characterized in that the wire guide assembly can be used in suspension, or attached to a cross arm of a utility structure, wherein the elongated guide arm extending outwardly from assembly can be utilized for catching utility wire as it is introduced to the assembly via a helicopter.

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