# US 2014/0150971 A1 · System and Method for Applying an Adhesive Coated Cable to a Surface > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150971 A1 - Document ID: US20140150971A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/063,732 - Filed: 2013-10-25 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-25 - Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC - Applicants: ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Inventors: William H. Mann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150971A1 ## CPC - G02B 6/475: {Mechanical aspects of installing cables in ducts or the like for buildings} - B05D 3/104: {Pretreatment of other substrates} - B05D 7/00: Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials {(coating of foodstuffs A23P20/17, A23P20/15, A23P20/18)} - G02B 6/446: {comprising desiccating means} - G02B 6/48: Overhead installation - H02G 1/00: Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines - H02G 3/305: {Mounting by adhesive material} - B05D 2202/00: Metallic substrate - B05D 2350/60: Adding a layer before coating - B05D 2507/005: modified - H01B 7/40: with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - B05D: PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G49/02) - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) ## Abstract A system and method for installing a fiber or cable on a wall or ceiling of a structure includes providing a fiber, wire or cable pre-coated with a hot melt adhesive that simply needs to be activated by the application of sufficient heat for a sufficient amount of time immediately before installation. Rolls or cartridges of wire or cable pre-coated with the hot melt adhesive are provided. The hot melt adhesive coated wire or cable is fed through a heated chamber, preferably a tip on a portable heating device such as a battery operated soldering iron, which activates the pre-coated hot melt adhesive prior to utilizing the heating tip to apply pressure to the adhesive wire directly to a wall or ceiling thereby adhering the fiber, wire or cable to the desired surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of installing a hot-melt adhesive coated cable to a surface, comprising: providing a length of cable pre-coated with a hot-melt adhesive; providing a heating device, configured for heating said cable pre-coated with hot melt adhesive with sufficient heat to cause said hot-melt adhesive to become softened and adhere to a surface; and applying sufficient pressure to said adhesive softened cable pre-coated with a hot-melt adhesive to adhere said cable to said surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said cable has a diameter of between 0.9 and 1.9 mm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein said hot-melt adhesive is applied to said cable in a thickness of between 300 and 400 μ. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said cable pre-coated with a hot-melt adhesive includes a wax coating over said hot-melt adhesive coating. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said cable is a single fiber, fiber optic cable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said cable is a multiple fiber, fiber optic cable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said heating device comprises a heating tool including a heating and installation tip, wherein said heating and installation tip includes a slide cover having at least one longitudinal opening extending a complete length of said slide cover wherein said heating and installation tip in combination with said slide cover when in use generally surrounds said cable pre-coated with hot-melt adhesive and supplies sufficient heat generally completely around said cable thereby causing a sufficient quantity of said hot melt adhesive to become softened for allowing said cable to be adhered to a surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said heating device is a battery operated heating tool. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein said battery-operated heating tool is a battery operated soldering iron. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) Method of claim 7, wherein said heating tool includes a heating tip, and wherein said heating and installation tip is configured to slide over and engage with said heating tip of said heating tool. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said heating and installation tip includes a first portion, configured for engaging with said heating tip of said heating tool, and a second portion having a rounded tip, configured for applying pressure to said cable having said adhesive softened hot-melt adhesive against a surface to which said cable is to be adhered. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said first portion of said heating and installation tip includes a channel on one side of said heating and installation tip and wherein said channel includes a first and a second end, and wherein said first and second ends of said channel include a conically shaped opening into which said hot-melt adhesive coated cable enters and exits respectively. ### Claim 13 A heating device for installing a hot-melt adhesive coated cable to a surface, comprising: a heating device, configured for heating said cable pre-coated with hot melt adhesive with sufficient heat to cause said hot-melt adhesive to become softened and adhere to a surface, wherein said heating device comprises a heating tool including a heating and installation tip, wherein said heating and installation tip includes a slide cover having at least one longitudinal opening extending a complete length of said slide cover, and wherein said heating and installation tip in combination with said slide cover when in use generally surrounds said cable pre-coated with hot-melt adhesive and supplies sufficient heat generally completely around said cable thereby causing a sufficient quantity of said hot melt adhesive to become softened for allowing said cable to be adhered to a surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The heating device of claim 13, wherein said heating device is a battery operated heating tool. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The heating device of claim 14, wherein said battery-operated heating tool is a battery operated soldering iron. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The heating device of claim 13, wherein said heating tool includes a heating tip, and wherein said heating and installation tip is configured to slide over and engage with said heating tip of said heating tool. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The heating device of claim 16, wherein said heating and installation tip includes a first portion having a first opening, said first opening configured for engaging with said heating tip of said heating tool, and wherein said heating and installation tip includes a second portion having a rounded tip, configured for applying pressure to said cable having said adhesive softened hot-melt adhesive against a surface to which said cable is to be adhered. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The heating device of claim 17, wherein said first portion of said heating and installation tip includes a channel on one side of said heating and installation tip and wherein said channel includes a first and a second end, and wherein said first and second ends of said channel include a conically shaped region into which said hot-melt adhesive coated cable enters and exits respectively. ### Claim at position 19 19-74. (canceled)