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US 2023/0258740 A1Published application
Method of Inspecting & Monitoring a Fiber Termination
OwnerRichard V. Campbellinventor
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Abstract
A system for monitoring the performance of a multi-stranded tensile member where a portion of the strands are concealed within a termination. The invention provides a monitoring system that allows the user to determine when one or more of the strands has degraded to a point of concern. In some embodiments the monitoring system depends on visual inspection and in other embodiments the monitoring system is automated.
Claims20
A monitoring system for a cable made of multiple synthetic strands, comprising:
- (a) said multiple synthetic strands being connected to a collector;
- (b) said multiple strands passing from a diverging region proximate said collector to a normal cable lay distal to said collector;
- (c) a frangible conductor passing from said collector and through said multiple strands;
- (d) said frangible conductor being configured to break upon longitudinal displacement of any one strand of said multiple strands;
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- (e) a monitoring electrical circuit monitoring said frangible conductor in order to detect a breakage of said frangible conductor.
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A monitoring system for a cable, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of synthetic strands;
- (b) a plurality of anchors, with each of said anchors being attached to one of said synthetic strands;
- (c) a collector;
- (d) each of said anchors being connected to said collector;
- (e) a frangible conductor passing from said collector and through said multiple strands;
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- (f) said frangible conductor being configured to break upon longitudinal displacement of any one strand of said multiple strands with respect to said collector;
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- (g) a monitoring electrical circuit monitoring said frangible conductor in order to detect a breakage of said frangible conductor.
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A monitoring system for a cable, comprising:
- (a) a synthetic strand;
- (b) an anchor attached to an end of said synthetic strand;
- (c) a collector;
- (d) said anchor being connected to said collector;
- (e) a frangible conductor passing from said collector and through said strand;
- (f) said frangible conductor being configured to break upon longitudinal displacement of said strand;
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- (g) a monitoring electrical circuit monitoring said frangible conductor in order to detect a breakage of said frangible conductor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.