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US 2012/0067614 A1Published application
Cable with a split tube and method for making the same
AssigneeGeneral Cable Technologies Corporation
InventorsDavid P. CAMP, II, Scott M. BROWN
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Abstract
A cable that comprises a cable core that includes a plurality of twisted wire pairs and each wire of the pairs is insulated. A separating layer surrounds at least one pair of the plurality of twisted wire pairs. The separating layer is a tube with a longitudinal split therein.
Claims32
A cable, comprising
- a cable core, including,
- a plurality of twisted wire pairs, each wire of said pairs being insulated, and
- a separating layer surrounding at least one pair of said plurality of twisted wire pairs, said separating layer being a tube with a longitudinal split therein.
A method of constructing a cable, comprising the steps of
- providing a plurality of wires;
- extruding insulation over each of the individual wires;
- twisting the wires into a plurality of wire pairs after the extrusion of the insulation of the individual wires over the pairs;
- extruding a tube wherein the extrusion of the tube is separate from the extrusion of the insulation over the individual wires;
- and
- applying the tube over at least one of the twisted wire pairs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.