Process and device for splicing an optical cable to the conductor strand of an aerial line
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGunter Einsle, Dieter Kreutz, Ernst Mayr
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Abstract
The lashing device has at least one supply reel, which contains a lashing element which is to be applied in a continuous spiral. The supply reel is mounted on a journal so that it can revolve about its longitudinal axis, and the journal, together with the supply reel, is arranged so that, with simultaneous longitudinal movement along the conductor, this journal wraps around the conductor in a rotating manner.
Claims21
A device for attaching an optical cable to a conductor of an electrical overhead line using a first lashing element, said device comprising a supply drum for the optical cable being mounted to rotate about a first axle of the device;
- a supply reel for the first lashing element being mounted to rotate about a first longitudinal axis;
- first means for aligning the optical cable as it is hauled-off of the supply drum parallel to the longitudinal axis of the conductor;
- second means for displacing the device with the supply drum and the first supply reel in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the conductor while maintaining the spatial orientation of the first axle;
- and third means for holding and rotating the supply reel about a second axis which is oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cable so that the first supply reel moves about the longitudinal axis of the cable to wrap the first lashing element around a unit comprising the conductor and the optical cable to form a continuous spiral.
A method for attaching an optical cable to a conductor of an electrical overhead line, said method comprising providing a lashing device having a supply drum for an optical cable mounted for rotation on a first axle;
- displacing the lashing device and supply drum along the conductor of the electrical overhead line;
- unwinding the cable from the supply drum while maintaining an orientation of the first axle and placing the cable adjacent the conductor to extend parallel thereto to form a unit and wrapping a first lashing element around the unit in a spiral path by rotating a supply reel around a first axis as the element is withdrawn therefrom and rotating the reel around a second axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.