Milled roadway features for cable and tape pathways
AssigneeCorning Research & Development Corporation
InventorsDavid Montalion Dupuis, Cary Alan Kipke, Donald Kent Larson
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Abstract
A device for applying a distribution cabling tape system includes a distribution cabling tape having an adhesive capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt substrate and a distribution cable. The device includes an endoscope camera, wherein movement of the device in one direction simultaneously applies both the distribution cable and the distribution cabling tape at a location on the substrate viewable by the endoscope camera. A method for registering a cable and a cabling tape into a channel in a concrete or asphalt substrate includes using an endoscope to view the location at which the cable and cabling tape are applied.
Claims11
A method for routing a distribution cable into a channel in a concrete or asphalt substrate, the method comprising:
- simultaneously milling the channel and a recessed area, wherein the channel has a channel width that is narrower than a width of the recessed area and a channel depth that is greater than a depth of the recessed area;
- placing the distribution cable into the channel;
- applying a cabling tape into the recessed area to cover the cable and channel, wherein an upper surface of the tape is substantially flush with or slightly below a top surface of the substrate;
- applying a bonding agent to the recessed area before applying the tape;
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- pressing the tape into the bonding agent to bond the tape to the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.