Installation of communications cables
AssigneeCabletime (Installations) Limited
InventorJohn C. Gale
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Abstract
For running communication cables to dwellings and other buildings to enable the distribution of information (e.g. in a cable television system) to or collection of information from those buildings, use is made of the pre-existing underground pipes which serve to drain sewage and/or surface and storm water away from those buildings. The cables preferably are secured to the surface of the sewage-draining pipes, preferably along the soffit of those pipes and for example by clips fixed at intervals.
Claims7
Apparatus for passing through an underground sewage-draining pipe and securing a communication cable against the pipe surface generally at the soffit (top) of the pipe, said apparatus comprising means for drawing a cable means through said pipe, means for progressively lifting said cable means into position generally at the soffit (top) of said pipe, means for applying mechanical fasteners to said pipe at intervals along its soffit, which fasteners serve to secure said cable means to the pipe at intervals, and means for applying a protective covering over said cable means along its length, said protective covering being held in place by said mechanical fasteners.
A method of running a communication cable means to a building through underground drainage pipes which are connected to the building, said method comprising the steps of drilling holes through said pipes at spaced apart locations along their length, positioning mechanical fasteners in said drilled holes, extending said comunication cable means through said pipes, and securing said communication cable means to said mechanical fasteners so as to become fixed in position against said pipes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.