Method and apparatus for removing binder from around telecommunications cable core
US5109658A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02W30/82
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing binder from around a telecommunications cable core. The apparatus comprises a binder take-up reel, drive for rotating the take-up reel around a passline for cable core, and binder unwinding and guide mechanisms which are freely rotatable about a take-up reel station. The apparatus is economical in construction and requires only one drive motor, for the take-up reel, because rotation of the binder unwinding and guide mechanism is driven by binder tension as binder is unwound from the core. The binder unwinding and guide mechanism provides simple mechanical mechanism to control the speed of rotation of the binder unwinding and guide mechanism and the speed of rotation of the take-up reel relative to the cable core speed along the passline so that the binder is in tension as it is unwound controllably from the core.
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