Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying – retrieving,... – With forming or cutting of pipe or cable
Patent
1985-09-30
1987-08-11
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying, retrieving,...
With forming or cutting of pipe or cable
83176, 2541343SC, 405154, 405184, F16L 100
Patent
active
046858318
ABSTRACT:
A cable removing apparatus having a sheave with a fixed, annular, channel-shaped circumferential groove which is intermittently interrupted. The cable is held in frictional engagement with a portion of the circumference of the sheave. A motor is provided for rotating the sheave with the cable engaged in the channel-shaped groove thereof so as to cause the cable to pass about a portion of the circumference of the sheave. In one embodiment, a plurality of teeth are formed in the groove to penetrate the cable to assist in gripping it for removal. Also disclosed is a method utilizing the apparatus to remove continuous lengths of underground cable.
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LaBarge, Jr. Pierre L.
Taylor Dennis L.
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