Method for removing a cable core from a cable sheath
AssigneeDeflux Holdings Limited
InventorLaslo Nusbaum
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Abstract
A method of removing a metallic cable core that extends through an outer cable sheath of a length of data transmission cable is disclosed. The core is surrounded by a filler material contained within the outer cable sheath as an integral part of the cable. The method comprises the steps of resistively heating the core by supplying electric current to it to reduce the viscosity of the surrounding polymer material; and pulling the core out of one end of the outer cable sheath while the viscosity of the filler material is in a reduced state.
Claims20
A method of removing a metallic cable core that extends through an outer cable sheath of a length of data transmission cable, the core being surrounded by a filler material contained within the outer cable sheath as an integral part of the cable, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) resistively heating the core by supplying it with electric current to reduce the viscosity of the surrounding filler material;
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- (b) terminating the supply of electric current to the core prior to
- (c) pulling the core out of one end of the outer cable sheath whilst the viscosity of the filler material is in a reduced state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.