Lashing together multiple fiber optic telecommunications cables
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsWayne M. Kachmar, Ronald J. Kleckowski, Trevor D. Smith
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Abstract
A lashing assembly lashes together two or more fiber optic telecommunications cables. The lashing assembly comprises at least a first and a second bobbin. As the cables are passed through the first bobbin, twine pays off from the first bobbin and wraps around the cables in a clockwise helix. As the cables are passed through the second bobbin, twine pays off from the second bobbin and wraps around the cables in a counterclockwise helix. In this way, the twine from the first and second bobbins lash the cables together as the cables are passed through the first and second bobbins.
Claims20
A lashing assembly for lashing together fiber optic telecommunications cables, the lashing assembly comprising:
- a first spool assembly, the first spool assembly comprising:
- a first bobbin;
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- a first twine, the first twine wrapped around the first bobbin such that as a first cable and a second cable are passed through a passage through the first bobbin, the first twine pays off from the first bobbin and wraps around the first and second cables in a clockwise helix around lengthwise axes of the first and second cables, the first and second cables being fiber optic telecommunications cables;
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- a second spool assembly, the second spool assembly comprising:
- a second bobbin;
- and
- a second twine, the second twine wrapped around the second bobbin such that as the first and second cables are passed through the passage through the second bobbin, the second twine pays off from the second bobbin and wraps around the first and second cables in a counterclockwise helix around the lengthwise axes of the first and second cables.
A method comprising:
- passing a first cable and a second cable through a passage through a first bobbin of a first spool assembly, the first and second cables being fiber optic telecommunications cables, wherein as the first and second cables are passed through the first bobbin, a first twine pays off from the first bobbin and wraps around both the first and second cables in a clockwise helix around lengthwise axes of the first and second cables;
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- passing the first and second cables through the passage through a second bobbin of a second spool assembly, wherein as the first and second cables are passed through the second bobbin, a second twine pays off from the second bobbin and wraps around both the first and second cables in a counterclockwise helix around the lengthwise axes of the first and second cables, thereby lashing together the first and second cables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.