Manhole apparatus
AssigneeThe Regional Municipality of Peel
InventorsEdgardo Tovilla, Virginia Masut-Rowan
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Abstract
An apparatus for use with a manhole and a cable, and a method thereof, is provided. The apparatus comprises a frame having an opening and a coupling mechanism for releasably securing the frame about the manhole such that the opening communicates with the manhole. The apparatus also includes a bearing secured to the frame adjacent the opening, the bearing having a surface over which a cable may travel in a manner that reduces wear on the cable when the cable is fed into or drawn through the opening in the hole.
Claims15
An apparatus for use with a manhole and a cable, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame having an opening and a coupling mechanism for releasably securing the frame about the manhole such that the opening communicates with the manhole;
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- a bearing secured to a first top surface at a first end of the frame adjacent the opening, the bearing having a surface over which a cable may travel in a manner that reduces wear on the cable when the cable is fed into the manhole or drawn through the opening from the manhole, wherein the bearing is positioned above the opening;
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- a cover pivotably secured to a second top surface at a second end of the frame, between a closed configuration with the cover in covering relation over the opening, and an open configuration, wherein the second end is substantially opposite to the first end.
A method for feeding or drawing a cable into a manhole with a frame having an opening and a bearing positioned adjacent the opening on a first top surface at a first end of the frame, the bearing having a surface over which the cable may travel in a manner that reduces wear on the cable, the method comprising:
- releasably securing, using a coupling mechanism, the frame about the manhole such that the opening communicates with the manhole;
- directing the cable through the opening and into the manhole;
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- running the cable over the bearing as the cable is fed into or drawn from the manhole, wherein the bearing is positioned above the opening, and wherein a cover pivotably secured to a second top surface at a second end of the frame between a closed configuration with the cover in covering relation over the opening, and an open configuration, wherein the second end is substantially opposite to the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.