Test apparatus for uniform tensioning of long lengths of small cables in simulated environments
US4653331A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2203/028
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A means is provided to uniformly tension long lengths of small cables while hey are simultaneously exposed to simulated environments such as deep ocean conditions. Tension on the cable is adjustable by varying the pressure inside an elastic bladder sealed about a stress spool on which the cable is wrapped, within a pressure chamber. Spool cores can be nested so that several lengths of different cables can be tested together.
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