Covering processing tool and covering processing method
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorTsunehisa Nakamura
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Abstract
A covering processing tool performs a covering process of a cable connection portion and is provided with a first tubular unit extending in an axial direction, a second tubular unit disposed so as to surround the first tubular unit on an outer peripheral side, and a third tubular unit disposed so as to surround the first tubular unit on the outer peripheral side. The second tubular unit is installed on the first tubular unit so when extracting a first diameter expansion holding member of the first tubular unit, by supporting the second tubular unit from an outer peripheral side, relative movement in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the first tubular unit relative to the second tubular unit is suppressed.
Claims5
A covering processing tool that performs a covering process of a cable connection portion, comprising:
- a first tubular unit that extends in an axial direction;
- a second tubular unit disposed so as to surround the first tubular unit on an outer peripheral side;
- and
- a third tubular unit disposed so as to surround the first tubular unit on the outer peripheral side;
- wherein
- the first tubular unit is provided with
- a tubular and hollow first diameter expansion holding member that is extractable, and a first elastic tubular member that is held in a state of diameter expansion on an outer peripheral side of the first diameter expansion holding member;
- the second tubular unit is provided with
- a tubular and hollow second diameter expansion holding member that is extractable, and
- a second elastic tubular member that is held in a state of diameter expansion on an outer peripheral side of the second diameter expansion holding member;
- the third tubular unit is provided with
- a tubular and hollow third diameter expansion holding member that is extractable, and
- a third elastic tubular member that is held in a state of diameter expansion on an outer peripheral side of the third diameter expansion holding member;
- and
- the second tubular unit is installed on the first tubular unit so when extracting the first diameter expansion holding member of the first tubular unit, by supporting the second tubular unit from the outer peripheral side, relative movement in the axial direction and a circumferential direction of the first tubular unit relative to the second tubular unit is suppressed, wherein the second tubular unit is an independent and separable member from the first tubular unit and the third tubular unit.
A covering processing method that performs a covering process of a cable connection portion using a covering processing tool,
- the covering processing tool provided with
- a first tubular unit that extends in an axial direction,
- a second tubular unit disposed so as to surround the first tubular unit on an outer peripheral side, and
- a third tubular unit disposed so as to surround the first tubular unit on the outer peripheral side;
- the first tubular unit provided with
- a tubular and hollow first diameter expansion holding member that is extractable, and
- a first elastic tubular member that is held in a state of diameter expansion on an outer peripheral side of the first diameter expansion holding member;
- the second tubular unit provided with
- a tubular and hollow second diameter expansion holding member that is extractable, and
- a second elastic tubular member that is held in a state of diameter expansion on an outer peripheral side of the second diameter expansion holding member;
- and
- the third tubular unit provided with
- a tubular and hollow third diameter expansion holding member that is extractable, and
- a third elastic tubular member that is held in a state of diameter expansion on an outer peripheral side of the third diameter expansion holding member, wherein the second tubular unit is an independent and separable member from the first tubular unit and the third tubular unit;
- comprising:
- a first covering step that contracts the first elastic tubular member by extracting the first diameter expansion holding member of the first tubular unit and covers the cable connection portion with the contracted first elastic tubular member;
- a second covering step that contracts the second elastic tubular member by extracting the second diameter expansion holding member of the second tubular unit and covers the cable connection portion on one end side in the axial direction of the first elastic tubular member with the contracted second elastic tubular member;
- and
- a third covering step that contracts the third elastic tubular member by extracting the third diameter expansion holding member of the third tubular unit and covers the cable connection portion on another end side in the axial direction of the first elastic tubular member with the contracted third elastic tubular member;
- wherein
- in the first covering step, when extracting the first diameter expansion holding member, by supporting the second tubular unit from the outer peripheral side, relative movement in the axial direction and a circumferential direction of the first tubular unit relative to the second tubular unit is suppressed.
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