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AssigneeWESCO Distribution, Inc.
InventorsJerry L. ALLEN, Steven L. BEDINGFIELD
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A fabric sleeve in the form of a strip of material having compatible attachment members along its lateral edges, is applied to a cable by a device located at a site where the cable can be introduced into a conduit. The device includes a beam carried by a post. The beam carries a plurality of formers which receive the sleeve and the cable from rolls and which progressively fold the sleeve around the cable. The beam also carries an attachment device which receives the sleeve and cable from the formers and which connects the attachment members of the sleeve to confine the cable therein. The attachment device can be opened so that the sleeved cable can be removed. The device is operated at the site until the sleeved cable reaches a downstream installation site and the process is repeated at that downstream site.
An Apparatus for applying a sleeve around a cable, the sleeve being in the form of a strip of material having compatible attachment members positioned along its lateral edges, the apparatus comprising a post, a beam carried by said post, a plurality of formers carried at spaced locations along said beam, said formers receiving the cable and the sleeve and folding the sleeve around the cable, and an attachment device carried by said beam, said attachment device receiving the sleeve and the cable from said formers and connecting the attachment members so that the sleeve is applied to the cable.
An apparatus for applying a sleeve of material around a cable comprising a beam, a first former carried by said beam, a second former carried by said beam and being spaced from said first former, each said former receiving the cable and the sleeve, the sleeve being received in an arcuate slot provided in each said former, the radius of curvature of said slot in said first former being larger than the radius of curvature of said slot in said second former such that the sleeve is being wrapped around the cable as the sleeve and cable move along said beam.
An apparatus for applying a sleeve around a cable, the sleeve being in the form of a strip of material having compatible attachment members positioned along its lateral edges, the apparatus comprising a beam, a plurality of formers carried by said beam, said formers receiving the cable and the sleeve and folding the sleeve around the cable, and an attachment device receiving the cable and the sleeve from said formers and having two plates joined by a hinge, such that when said plates are closed against each other, the attachment members are connected to each other, and when said plates are rotated on said hinge to an open position, the cable having the sleeve applied thereto may be removed from the apparatus.
A method of creating a cable with a sleeve around it and installing the sleeved cable into a conduit at a plurality of spaced installation sites comprising the steps of feeding the cable and the sleeve into a device which applies the sleeve to the cable;
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