Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for attaching cables to messenger wires

US4713866A · kind A · utility

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3References

11Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Horst Goldmann · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Guenter Einsle · Munich, DE
Rudolf Brugger · Puchheim, DE
Josef Wacker · Altusried, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 1986
Grant date	Dec 22, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/5191
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for attaching a cable to a messenger wire utilizing clip elements characterized by a frame having an arrangement for supporting the apparatus for movement along the wire, a feed arrangement for feeding individual clips which are interconnected in a tape form to a severing shearing arrangement and then applying the clips onto the cable and wire positioned below the cable and wire, a double-belt drive arrangement for engaging the free ends of the outside of the clips and moving the free ends in contact with the messenger wire, a folding arrangement for clamping the free ends of the wire together and folding them into a folded connection.

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