Multiple chamber innerduct structure
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorSteven L. Bedingfield
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Abstract
A flexible innerduct structure having a first edge, a second edge, a first margin region, a second margin region, and a middle region. The middle region is located between the first and second margin regions. The innerduct structure comprises at least two flexible longitudinal tubes, each longitudinal tube forming two chambers. Each chamber is designed for enveloping at least one cable, where at least one of the longitudinal tubes extends from the first margin region to the second margin region, and wherein the tubes are attached together at an attachment in the middle region.
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An flexible innerduct structure having a first edge, a second edge, a first margin region, a second margin region, and a middle region, wherein the middle region is located between the first and second margin regions, wherein the innerduct structure comprises:
- at least two flexible longitudinal tubes, wherein each longitudinal tube comprises only one strip-shaped textile material having longitudinal edges and only one seam which joins the longitudinal edges of the strip-shaped textile material, wherein each longitudinal tube forms two chambers, wherein each chamber is designed for enveloping at least one cable, wherein at least one of the longitudinal tubes extends from the first margin region to the second margin region, and wherein the at least two flexible longitudinal tubes are attached together at an attachment in the middle region.
An flexible innerduct structure having a first edge, a second edge, a first margin region, a second margin region, and a middle region, wherein the middle region is located between the first and second margin regions, wherein the innerduct structure comprises:
- one flexible longitudinal tube forming two chambers, wherein the longitudinal tube comprises only one strip-shaped textile material having longitudinal edges and only one seam which joins the longitudinal edges of the strip-shaped textile material, wherein each chamber is designed for enveloping at least one cable, wherein the longitudinal tube extends from the first margin region to the second margin region, and wherein the tube is attached together at an attachment in the middle region.
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