Method for covering cables with sheaths for corrosion protection and/or aesthetics
AssigneeShinko Kosen Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshito Tanaka, Toshio Haraguchi
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Abstract
A method of fitting a generally cylindrical corrosion protective and/or aesthetic sheath on a cable, which method includes the steps of fitting a sheath unit on one end of a cable; shifting the position of the fitted sheath unit toward the other end of the cable; fitting a fresh sheath unit similarly on the cable in continuation from the preceding sheath unit; and repeating the fitting of a fresh sheath unit and the shift of the preceding sheath until the cable is covered with the sheath units substantially over the entire length thereof.
Claims13
A method for fitting a generally cylindrical corrosion protective and/or aesthetic sheath on a cable, which comprises:
- fitting a first sheath unit on one end of said cable;
- shifting the position of said first sheath unit toward the other end of the cable;
- fitting a second sheath unit similarly on said cable serially with said first sheath unit;
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- repeating fitting of additional sheath units and shifting of position of said additional sheath units so as to cover said cable with said sheath units substantially over the entire length thereof;
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- providing a clearance of a predetermined gap, normally in the range of 2-60 mm between an inner surface portion of each sheath unit and a circumferential surface portion of said cable for reducing frictional resistance upon shifting said sheath unit along said cable.
A method for fitting a generally cylindrical corrosion protective and/or aesthetic sheath on a cable, which comprises:
- fitting a first sheath unit on one end of said cable;
- shifting the position of said first sheath unit toward the other end of the cable;
- fitting a second sheath unit similarly on said cable serially with said first sheath unit;
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- repeating fitting of additional sheath units and shifting of position of said additional sheath units so as to cover said cable with said sheath units substantially over the entire length thereof;
- forming each of said sheath units from a plurality of split segments;
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- fitting said split segments of each sheath unit on said cable from opposite sides thereof in staggered positions in a longitudinal direction of said cable and fastening longitudinal meeting edges of said split segments to each other and to a segment of a preceding or succeeding sheath unit to form on said cable a cylindrical sheath comprising a series of longitudinally connected sheath units having opposite ends of the respective split segments abutted against split segments of an adjacent sheath unit in staggered positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.