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US 5,314,565 AGranted
Portable splice taping machine
OwnerMarshall N. Mooreinventor
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Abstract
A taping machine particularly suited to the taping of an electrical cable splice includes a planar base, a traveling tape dispenser, and supports for the cable. The tape dispenser is of split construction to accommodate being assembled on site to surround the cable. During a taping operation the tape dispenser, powered by a motor, rotates around the cable. Travel along the cable is powered by a separate motor. Speeds of both motors are independently adjustable.
Claims11
An apparatus for uniformly taping with a constant overlap of tape a spliced electric cable member having a longitudinally elongated splice and opposed intermediate ends, comprising:
- a stationary base;
- support means on said base, for supporting said spliced electric cable member parallel to said base and intermediate the ends of said spliced electric cable member, said support means being removably fixed on said base to facilitate assembly and disassembly of said apparatus about said electric cable member;
- tape means, removably supported on said base, for uniformly wrapping said splice of said electric cable member with tape throughout the length thereof, said tape means being rotatable around said spliced electric cable member, and movable on said base relative to said spliced electric cable member only along a straight line longitudinal direction of said spliced electric cable member, said tape means has means automatically holding said tape at a desired degree of tension to ensure said uniform winding of said tape;
- rotary means, coupled to said tape means, for rotating said tape means at a predetermined rotating speed around said spliced electric cable member, said rotary means comprising a pair of upper and lower shells which are readily assembled and disassembled at said job site about said electric cable member being spliced;
- mobile means, coupled to said tape means, for moving said tape means at a predetermined moving speed on said base only in a continuous straight line along said longitudinal direction of said spliced electric cable member;
- and
- control means, removably supported by said base and coupled to said rotary means and said mobile means, for independently controlling operations of said rotary means and said mobile means so as to adjust said predetermined rotating speed and said predetermined moving speed;
- whereby
- said apparatus is uniformly shiftable in said straight line longitudinal direction relative to said spliced electric cable member while supporting the spliced electric cable member to ensure said uniform winding of said tape;
- and
- said apparatus is easily assembled at a job site.
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