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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.
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;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.