Cable recovery machine
AssigneeTesmec S.P.A.
InventorsAlberto Oscar, Fabrizio Parodi
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Abstract
A cable recovery machine, having at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable, in particular of a cable laying plant, and at least one cutting module located downstream of the traction module and able to receive the cable that is introduced into the cutting module in a direction of feed (X1); the cutting module having at least one cutting unit provided with at least one cutting blade and integral with a shaft made to rotate by corresponding drive means, so that by rotating the shaft, the cutting unit is made to rotate and cuts the cable when the latter enters the cutting module in the direction of feed (X1).
Claims9
A cable recovery machine, comprising:
- at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable of a cable laying plant, and
- at least one cutting module located downstream of the traction module and able to receive said cable that is introduced into said at least one cutting module in a direction of feed (X1),
- wherein the traction module comprises a frame on which one or more traction wheels and one or more idle wheels are positioned, between said traction wheels and said idle wheels a space being defined for the passage and traction of the cable to be recovered,
- wherein said at least one cutting module comprises at least one cutting unit positioned substantially along an axis (Y1, Y4) transverse to said direction of feed (X1) of the cable inside the at least one cutting module and provided with at least one cutting blade integrally affixed to a rotating shaft, said shaft being made to rotate by corresponding drive means, so that by rotating said shaft, said at least one cutting unit is made to rotate and the cutting blade cuts the cable into segments of a given length when the cable enters the at least one cutting module in said direction of feed of the cable (X1),
- and wherein said at least one cutting module comprises one or more support disks of the at least one cutting blade, integral with said rotation shaft of the cutting unit, and
- wherein the cable recovery machine further comprises discharge means located downstream of said cutting module and able to allow to discharge the segments of cable cut by the machine.
Cable laying plant comprising at least a cable recovery machine provided with:
- At least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable of the cable laying plant, and
- at least one cutting module located downstream of the traction module and able to receive said cable that is introduced into said at least one cutting module in a direction of feed (X1),
- wherein the traction module comprises a frame on which one or more traction wheels and one or more idle wheels are positioned, between said traction wheels and said idle wheels a space being defined for the passage and traction of the cable to be recovered,
- wherein said at least one cutting module comprises at least one cutting unit positioned substantially along an axis (Y1, Y4) transverse to said direction of feed (X1) of the cable inside the at least one cutting module and provided with at least one rotating cutting blade and integral with a shaft made to rotate by corresponding drive means, so that by rotating said shaft, said at least one cutting unit is made to rotate and the cutting blade cuts the cable into segments of a given length when the cable enters the at least one cutting module located downstream of said traction module in said direction of feed (X1) of the cable,
- wherein said at least one cutting module comprises one or more support disks of the at least one cutting blade, integral with said rotation shaft of the at least one cutting unit, and
- wherein the cable recovery machine further comprises discharge means located downstream of said cutting module and able to allow to discharge the segments of cable cut by the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.