Cable bend radius gauge
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJONATHAN OSWALDO LARA DOMINGUEZ, OSCAR EDUARDO FLORES PANTOJA, VICTOR ARTURO TAPIA JIMENEZ, LUIS CRUZ MEJIA, JESUS ERNESTO IBARRA HERNANDEZ
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Abstract
A tool for bending cable comprising a web forming a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, first edge, second edge, a first area of the base defining a bend member portion and a second area of the base defining a hand hold portion. The tool further comprising a set of wire gauge measuring intervals is integral with the first edge in the second area. The tool further comprising a set of bend members is arranged in a raised diminishing hierarchy on the upper surface in the first area, forming a cable bend radius gauge.
Claims20
A tool for bending cable, comprising:
- a web forming a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, first edge, second edge, a first area of the base defining a bend member portion and a second area of the base defining a hand hold portion;
- a set of wire gauge measuring intervals integral with the first edge in the second area;
- a set of bend members arranged in a raised diminishing hierarchy on the upper surface in the first area forming a cable bend radius gauge.
A tool for bending cable, comprising:
- a web forming a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, first edge, second edge, a first area of the base defining a bend member portion and a second area of the base defining a hand hold portion;
- a set of wire gauge measuring intervals integral with the first edge in the second area;
- a set of bend members forming a cable bend radius gauge arranged in a raised diminishing hierarchy adjacent the upper surface in the first area, each bend member comprising:
- a plate;
- a set of spaced apart convex protrusions extending from a lower surface of the plate to an upper surface of a next lower plate, arranged to form an edge in a predetermined arc corresponding to a particularly dimensioned cable, each different bend member having a respective edge corresponding to a respective wire gauge.
A method for bending cable comprising:
- in response to receiving a selected cable, determining a type of cable used, including descriptive information associated with construction of the cable and measurement of a cable diameter;
- in response to determining the type of cable used, determining an appropriate American Wire Gauge (AWG) value by inserting the selected cable in one or more of a set of wire gauge measuring intervals integral with a cable bend radius gauge;
- in response to a determination of a dimension associated with a proper notch, identifying a bend member corresponding to the dimension associated with an identified one of the set of wire gauge measuring intervals;
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- in response to identifying the bend member corresponding to the dimension associated with the one of the set of wire gauge measuring intervals, bending the selected cable around the bend member identified in accordance with a minimum cable bend radius of the bend member identified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.