Slip sleeve mechanism for a strength tapered caged armored electromechanical cable

A double caged tapered strength armored electromechanical cable of a given length, said cable comprising:

• means for conducting electricity;
• means covering said electrical conducting means for electrically insulating the same;
• a first armored layer of wires located about said insulating means, said first armored layer being formed from a first plurality of wires helically wound about said insulating means, each of said first plurality of wires being spaced from the adjacent two wires to form a radial space between all of said wires;
• a second armored layer of wires wound upon said first armored layer, said second armored layer being formed from a second plurality of wires helically wound about said first plurality of wires, each of said second plurality of wires being spaced from each other a sufficient distance to form radial spaces between all of said second plurality of wires, said first and second pluralities of wires each being of given numerical quantities for a given sublength of said given cable length, said given numerical quantities being changed together progressively for progressive other given sublengths of said given cable length for producing a tapered strength caged armored electromechanical cable;
• means, adapted to receive and movably retain the loose ends contained throughout both said first and second armored layers, for preventing said loose ends from migrating from the armored layer in which they are initially placed and shorting the electrical core of said cable;
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• means for insulatively jacketing the double caged armored cable for protecting the cable, said jacketing means also filling the radial spaces located between the wires of said first and second pluralities of wires and preventing one wire in either of said pluralities from appreciably moving with respect to any other wire in the same plurality of wires.

A double caged tapered strength armored electromechanical cable of a given length, said cable comprising:

• means for conducting electricity;
• means covering said electrical conducting means for electrically insulating the same;
• a first armored layer of wires located about said insulating means, said first armored layer being formed from a first plurality of wires helically wound in a given direction about said insulating means, each of said first plurality of wires being spaced from the adjacent two wires to form a radial space between all of said wires;
• a second armored layer of wires wound upon said first armored layer, said second armored layer being formed from a second plurality of wires helically wound about said first plurality of wires in the opposite helical winding direction for providing a torque balanced net result for the two layers, each of said second plurality of wires being spaced from each other a sufficient distance to form radial spaces between all of said second plurality of wires, said first and second pluralities of wires each being of given numerical quantities for a given sublength of said given cable length, said given numerical quantities being changed together progressively for progressive other given sublengths of said given cable length for producing a tapered strength caged armored electromechanical cable which is torque balanced in any given cable sublength;
• means, adapted to receive and movably retain the loose ends contained throughout both said first and second armored layers, for preventing said loose ends from migrating from the armored layer in which they are initially placed and shorting the electrical core of said cable;
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• means for insulatively jacketing the double caged armored cable for protecting the cable, said jacketing means also filling the radial spaces located between the wires of said first and second pluralities of wires and preventing movement of one wire in either of said pluralities from appreciably moving with respect to any other wire in the same plurality of wires.

A method for producing a double caged tapered strength armored electromechanical cable of a given overall length, said method comprising:

• supporting an electrically conductive core;
• covering said electrically conductive core along its entire length with means for insulating the same;
• helically winding a first armored layer of wires in a given direction about the insulating means such that each of the wires in said first armored layer are separated from the adjacent two wires to form a radial space therebetween, the number of such wires being progressively changed for given progressive sublength of the cable's overall given length;
• placing the loose ends of said changed wires in said first armored layer within protective tubular elements such that said wire ends may move therein but cannot migrate from said first armored layer with which it is associated;
• helically winding a second armored layer of wires upon said first armored layer in the opposite direction from said first armored layer such that each of the wires in said second armored layer are separated from the adjacent two wires to form another radial space therebetween, the number of such wires also being progressively changed in a similar manner with said first armored wire layer for the same given progressive sublengths of the cable's overall given length for producing a torque balanced tapered strength caged armored electromechanical cable;
• placing the loose ends of said changed wires in said second armored layer within protective tubular elements such that said wire ends may move therein but cannot migrate from said second armored layer with which it is associated;
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• jacketing the double caged armored cable with insulation which also fills the radial spaces located between the wires of said first and second cage armored layers and preventing one wire in either layer from appreciably moving with respect to any other wire in the same layer.