Apparatus for making armored electrical cable
AssigneeHarvey Hubbell Incorporated
InventorsJohn E. Himmelberger, James O. Scharf
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for making an armored electrical cable from a plurality of reinforcing struts and a plurality of electrical conductors covered by an armored jacket. The apparatus includes a series of stations along an assembly line that feed, converge, orient, combine, compress and wrap the struts and conductors into the cable configuration. The cross section of the cable so formed is rectangular, although this rectangular shape can be made arcuate by bending.
Claims23
An apparatus for making an armored electrical cable from a plurality of electrical conductors and a plurality of reinforcing struts, the combination comprising:
- a plurality of reels, each carrying a strut thereon;
- conveyor means for conveying the struts from said reels in a feeding direction;
- a second plurality of reels, each carrying a conductor thereon;
- positioning means, located downstream of said conveyor means, for receiving the struts from said conveyor means and the conductors from said second plurality of reels, and for converging the struts and the conductors;
- guide means, located downstream of said positioning means, for receiving the converged struts and conductors from said positioning means and for combining the struts and the conductors;
- armor means, located downstream of said guide means, for applying a tape of armor over the combined struts and conductors to complete the armored cable;
- pulling means, located downstream of said armor means, for pulling the armored cable in the feeding direction;
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- a take-up reel, located downstream of said pulling means, for receiving the armored cable from said pulling means.
An apparatus for making an armored electrical cable from a supply of at least one elongated electrical conductor and a supply of at least two elongated reinforcing struts, the combination comprising:
- conveyor means for conveying the struts from the supply thereof in a feeding direction;
- positioning means, located downstream of said conveyor means, for receiving the struts from said conveyor means and the conductor from the supply thereof, and for converging the struts and the conductor;
- guide means, located downstream of said positioning means, for receiving the converged struts and conductor from said positioning means and for combining the struts and the conductor;
- armor means, located downstream of said guide means, for applying an armored jacket over the combined struts and conductor to complete the armored cable;
- pulling means, located downstream of said armor means, for pulling the armored cable in the feeding direction;
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- storage means, located downstream of said pulling means, for receiving the armored cable from said pulling means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.