Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying – retrieving,... – With forming or cutting of pipe or cable
Patent
1985-09-27
1990-01-30
Reese, Randolph A.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying, retrieving,...
With forming or cutting of pipe or cable
405157, 405183, 405174, 138128, 29450, E02D 2910, F16L 102
Patent
active
048969974
ABSTRACT:
The apparatus of the instant invention includes a surface traversing mobile frame which, in the preferred embodiment, transports the elements of the invention. Means for dispensing a continuous length of hollow sheath and for dispensing a continuous length of signal-transmitting cable are provided. An assembly table for inserting the cable into the interior of the sheath includes a device for dividing a side of the sheath. Devices for forming a subsurface trench and for training the assembly produced by the assembly are mounted on the frame.
The method of the invention includes opening the side of a hollow sheath along its length, and directing a cable into the opening to produce an elongate, continuous assembly of sheath having the cable inside of it. The wall of the plastimer sheath is permitted to assume a non-joined, closed condition along the region previously opened. A trench is formed to receive the assembly and the assembly is subjected to bending as it travels into the trench, the non-joined condition of the sheath accommodating distortion and flattening of the sheath of the assembly during such bending. The sheath is then placed in the trench.
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Olsen Arlen L.
Reese Randolph A.
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