Communications cable with fabric sleeve
AssigneeWESCO Distribution, Inc.
InventorJerry L. Allen
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Abstract
A communications cable (11) is provided with a pliant sleeve (12, 21, 31) to allow it to be more easily inserted into a conduit. One form of the sleeve (12) has hook (14) and loop (15) connected to each other so that the sleeve (12) can engage the cable (11). Another form of the sleeve (21) is spring-loaded to engage the cable (11). In a third form of the sleeve (31) has an adhesive (33) which attaches the sleeve (31) to the cable (11).
Claims3
A method of inserting a cable at an installation site where the cable is to be inserted into a longitudinally extending underground conduit using a longitudinally extending initially flat fabric sheet of material having a coefficient of friction less than that of the cable relative to the conduit, the fabric sheet having a bonding member extending longitudinally along edges of the fabric sheet, comprising the steps of wrapping the fabric sheet around the cable at the installation site by confining the cable within the fabric sheet and connecting the bonding members without allowing the bonding members to engage the cable, and thereafter introducing the wrapped cable into the conduit.
A method of inserting a cable at an installation site of a longitudinally extending underground conduit using a longitudinally extending initially flat fabric sheet of material having a coefficient of friction less than that of the cable relative to the conduit, the fabric sheet having a bonding member extending longitudinally along edges of the fabric sheet, comprising the steps of wrapping the fabric sheet around the cable at the installation site, engaging the fabric sheet to the cable by connecting the bonding members without allowing the bonding members to engage the cable, and thereafter introducing the wrapped cable into the conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.