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US 2015/0309281 A1Published application
Cable installation device
OwnerCraig Alan Roseinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for installing optical fiber cable. The apparatus comprises a cable installation device that includes a structure having a central axis with a length having a left and right end permitting a hole and a left and right slot with chamfered edges, capable of being inserted into a rotary tool and used to remove a ripcord from an optical fiber cable.
Claims10
An apparatus for installing optical fiber cable, the apparatus comprising:
- a cable installation device comprising:
- a shaft length including a left end and a right end, at least one of the left and right ends including a chamfer about the edge of the at least one of the left and right ends and wherein the at least one of the left and right ends are engageable with a rotary tool;
- a through-going hole centered on a central axis of the shaft length between the left end and the right end adapted for receiving a ripcord of an optical fiber cable;
- and
- at least one through-going slot adjacent to the hole.
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A method for installing optical fiber cable, the method comprising:
- engaging a shank of a cable installation device with a securing element of a rotary tool;
- inserting a ripcord of an optical fiber cable through a hole of the cable installation device;
- sliding the ripcord into a slot of the cable installation device;
- winding the ripcord about an outer perimeter of the cable installation device;
- and
- activating the rotary tool to rotate the cable installation device about an axis to further wind the ripcord about the outer perimeter of the cable installation device and remove the ripcord from inside an outer jacket of the optical fiber cable to the outside of the optical fiber cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.