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US 2018/0025817 A1Published application
Cables having colored jackets and methods for same
AssigneeGeneral Cable Technologies Corporation
InventorsXi Zhang, Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Christopher C. Boller, Alejandro Javier Soto Avello, Srinivas Siripurapu, Rogerio Silva Tocchetto, Vijay Mhetar
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Abstract
Systems and methods to apply an on-demand color scheme to a cable are described. The systems and methods include the application of a plurality of colored coating fluids to an outer cable layer.
Claims20
A method of providing a colored cable coating to a cable comprising:
- selecting a desired cable coating color;
- dispensing, in response to the selecting operation, a plurality of colored coating compositions onto the cable, the plurality of colored coating compositions forming the desired cable coating color;
- and
- drying the plurality of colored coating compositions to form the colored cable coating.
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A method of providing a colored cable coating to a cable comprising:
- selecting a desired cable coating color;
- providing a cable to an on-demand color coating system, the on-demand color coating system comprising:
- a plurality of colored coating composition containers, each containing one of a plurality of colored coating compositions;
- an applicator unit fluidly connected to each of the plurality of colored coating composition containers;
- at least one valve disposed between the plurality of colored coating composition containers and the applicator unit;
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- a controller operable to actuate the at least one valve between the plurality of colored coating composition containers and the applicator unit;
- dispensing the plurality of colored coating compositions onto the cable with the on-demand color coating system, the plurality of colored coating compositions forming the desired cable coating color;
- and
- drying the plurality of colored coating compositions to form a colored cable coating;
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- wherein the controller controls the dispensing of the plurality of colored coating compositions in response to the step of selecting the desired cable coating color.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.