Telecommunications cable

A method of making a telecommunications cable comprising:

• disposing a plurality of tensile reinforcing members in desired relative positions as a group laterally on one side of a core which comprises a plurality of individually insulated conductors,
• the group of reinforcing members having a thickness across members of the group which extends in the lateral direction of the core and a width which extends normal to the thickness,
• and forming a jacket around the core and around the group of reinforcing members with each reinforcing member embedded within the jacket, the jacket being formed with one jacket portion around the core and another jacket portion around the group with the two jacket portions both extending between the core and the group and being interconnected,
• retaining the reinforcing members in the desired relative positions while the other portion of the jacket is being formed, with the other jacket portion having a thickness in the lateral direction of the core and a width which is greater than the thickness and which extends normal to the thickness, the jacket being formed so that at the interconnection, the two jacket portions are capable of being separated along any desired length region of the cable.

A method of making a telecommunications cable comprising:

• disposing a plurality of tensile reinforcing members in desired relative positions as a group laterally on one side of a core which comprises a plurality of individually insulated conductors,
• the group of reinforcing members having a thickness across members of the group which extends in the lateral direction of the core and a width which extends normal to the thickness,
• disposing a tape layer between the core and the group of tensile reinforcing members and then
• forming a jacket around the core and around the group of reinforcing members with each reinforcing member embedded within the jacket, the jacket being formed with one jacket portion around the core and another jacket portion around the group so that the tape layer is disposed between the two jacket portions with the taper layer being non-adherent to at least one jacket portion and enclosing the tape layer within the jacket with the jacket portions interconnected around edges of the tape layer,
• retaining the reinforcing members in the desired relative positions while the other portion of the jacket is being formed and has a thickness in the lateral direction of the core and a width which is greater than the thickness and extends normal to the thickness,
• the jacket being formed so that at the interconnection, the two jacket portions are capable of being separated along any desired length region of the cable.