Method and apparatus for RFI band replacement
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsEdward Sliz, John O. Brooks, Howard M. Gibson
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Abstract
Apparatus for replacing RFI bands on electric cable connectors used in mile systems. The apparatus permits RFI band replacement in the field and includes a jig for support of the connector therein while rivet holes are drilled in the connector. An RFI band is placed around the connector and the band and connector is placed in the jig. The jig includes means for snugly engaging the RFI band around the connector. The jig includes access means through which tools are inserted to align the RFI band to the desired location, to place a rivet through openings in the band, and, to secure the rivet for secured relation of the band around the connector.
Claims5
Apparatus for assembling an RFI band on a cable connector comprising:
- a. a body including a pair of members pivotly secured together and provided with a central opening to receive said band in circumferential relation with said connector;
- b. said body having an upper opening transversely to said central opening and a groove in communication with said central opening and said upper opening, whereby responsive to receiving said connector in said central opening operating means is inserted through said upper opening and said groove for secured relation of said band on said connector, and
- c. operating means inserted through said upper opening for upsetting a rivet inserted into alignment with said upper opening through said groove.
A method of assembling an RFI band having openings on the ends thereof on a cable connector having an opening therein, in a jig having a pair of members pivotally secured together and provided with a central opening, an upper opening and a groove communicating with said central and upper opening comprising the steps of:
- a. loosely wrapping said band about said connector;
- b. inserting said connector and said band in said central opening;
- c. aligning said openings on the ends of said band with the opening in said cable connector and the central opening in the jig;
- d. inserting a rivet in said opening in said cable connector through said groove in said body,
- e. inserting a rivet setter in said upper opening in engagement with said rivet;
- and,
- f. striking said rivet to upset said rivet for securing said band to said cable connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.