Apparatuses for disposing tubular covering sleeves for electric-cable joints on supporting elements
AssigneePrysmian Cavi E Sistemi Energia S.R.L.
InventorsFrancesco Portas, Ubaldo Vallauri
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Abstract
An apparatus for disposing a tubular covering sleeve for electric-cable joints on a supporting element may include a support for the tubular covering sleeve; a pair of expanders; driving means configured to introduce the expanders into respective ends of the tubular covering sleeve and to cause radial expansion of the tubular covering sleeve; and devices for disposing the tubular covering sleeve in a radially expanded condition on the supporting element. The expanders may be configured to be placed in substantially coaxial positions relative to the tubular covering sleeve at the respective ends of the tubular covering sleeve.
Claims31
An apparatus for disposing a tubular covering sleeve for electric-cable joints on a supporting element, the apparatus comprising:
- a support for the tubular covering sleeve;
- a pair of expanders;
- drivers configured to introduce the expanders into respective ends of the tubular covering sleeve and to cause radial expansion of the tubular covering sleeve;
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- devices configured to dispose the tubular covering sleeve in a radially expanded condition on the supporting element;
- wherein the expanders are configured to be placed in substantially coaxial positions relative to the tubular covering sleeve at the respective ends of the tubular covering sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.