Armored cable and methods and apparatus for forming the same
AssigneeCommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
InventorsRobert Brian Franklin, Jimmy Dameron
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Abstract
A method for forming an armored cable assembly includes: forming an armor sheath using an armor sheath forming apparatus, the armor sheath defining a sheath passage; forcibly feeding a transmission cable into the sheath passage upstream of an exit capstan to provide an excess length of the transmission cable in the armor sheath upstream of the exit capstan; and drawing the armor sheath downstream of the armor sheath forming apparatus using the exit capstan.
Claims22
A method for forming an armored cable assembly, the method comprising:
- forming an armor sheath using an armor sheath forming apparatus, the armor sheath defining a sheath passage;
- forcibly feeding a transmission cable into the sheath passage upstream of an exit capstan to provide an excess length of the transmission cable in the armor sheath upstream of the exit capstan;
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- drawing the armor sheath downstream of the armor sheath forming apparatus using the exit capstan.
An apparatus for forming an armored cable assembly, the apparatus comprising:
- an armor sheath forming apparatus to form an armor sheath, the armor sheath defining a sheath passage;
- an exit capstan downstream of the armor sheath forming apparatus to draw the armor sheath downstream of the sheath forming apparatus;
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- a driven feed capstan upstream of a location where the armor sheath is formed to forcibly feed a transmission cable into the sheath passage upstream of the exit capstan to provide an excess length of the transmission cable in the armor sheath upstream of the exit capstan.
An armored cable assembly comprising:
- an armor sheath defining a sheath passage;
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- a transmission cable extending through the sheath passage and circumferentially surrounded by the armor sheath;
- wherein the transmission cable has an excess cable length in the armor sheath such that a ratio of the length of the transmission cable in the sheath passage per unit length of the armor sheath is at least 1.0.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.