Method for retractably shrouding antenna cables
AssigneeCCS Technologies LLC
InventorChad Schwartz
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for alternately covering and exposing feed cables to a wireless telecommunications antenna from a pole-mounted RF source. The method deploys a resiliently stretchable tubular shroud, which has a proximal opening attached near the top of the pole and a distal opening alternately attachable to a section of the antenna proximate to the cable connections or to a section of the pole below the proximal shroud opening. In the former configuration, the shroud covers and protects the feed cables, while in the latter configuration, the retracted shroud exposes the cables for repair, maintenance, replacement and/or inspection operations.
Claims10
A method for retractably shrouding feed cables connecting a radio frequency (RF) source to an antenna mounted on a pole, the method comprising the following steps:
- (a) Providing a cable shroud having a generally tubular shape and having a proximal opening and a distal opening, wherein the cable shroud is made of a resiliently stretchable material;
- (b) Attaching the proximal opening of the cable shroud around a terminal section of the pole from which the feed cables extend;
- (c) Stretching and removably attaching the distal opening of the cable shroud around a feed section of the antenna into which the feed cables are connected;
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- (d) When access to the feed cables is required, stretching and detaching the distal opening of the cable shroud from around the feed section of the antenna and retracting the distal opening of the cable shroud away from the feed section of the antenna so that the feed cables are exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.