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US 6,146,699 AGranted
Cable covered in solid lubricant
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsJean-Pierre Bonicel, Olivier Tatat
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Abstract
The invention relates to apparatus for depositing a lubricant coating on a cable, the cable including a sheath made by means of an extruder followed by a cooling vessel. Downstream from the cooling vessel, the apparatus includes a heater member followed by a deposition chamber for depositing a lubricant material.
Claims13
A method of depositing a lubricant coating on a cable, the cable having a sheath made by means of an extruder followed by a cooling vessel, said method comprising the steps of:
- passing said cable through a preparatory station downstream from said cooling vessel to apply a preparatory treatment to said sheath;
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- depositing said lubricant material on said sheath in a deposition station downstream of said preparatory treatment station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.