Automated below ground cable installation within a select fill apparatus and method
US9670645B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02G1/06
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The cable embedding device is used to install a cable, such as a copper cable, together with filler material within a void trenched into the surrounding land area. The cable embedding device has a hopper, and a chute extending from a lower end of the hopper. The chute includes a plowing edge attached to a leading edge of the chute. A tube is connected to the device inside the hopper and extending along a major axis of the chute. An arch is formed at a lower edge of the chute.
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