Coaxial cable tap with slitted housing and non-piercing tap inse

Details Coaxial cable tap with slitted housing and non-piercing tap inse Coaxial cable tap with slitted housing and non-piercing tap inse

1996-06-05

1999-08-31

Kincaid, Kristine

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Conduits, cables or conductors

Combined

174 92, 333 24R, 333125, 333136, 439578, 439916, 34031001, 455 61, H01J 500

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059456345

ABSTRACT:
A method of forming a tap into an intermediate point on a continuous coaxial cable, and a coaxial cable tap housing suitable for forming such a tap. The tap housing includes a recess and an alignment element having a predetermined spatial relationship with the recess. The recess has an entry, an exit and a passage connecting the entry and exit. When the tap housing is fixed to a cable, the exit of the recess is closer to the outer conductor of the cable than the entry of the recess is to the outer conductor. The alignment element is used to position a cutting tool which is inserted through the entry of the recess to form an opening in the outer conductor and a cavity in the dielectric under the opening. A tap insert, which includes a coupler assembly, is mounted to the housing, and the coupler assembly is inserted through the entry of the recess and through the opening into the cavity formed in the cable. In specific embodiments, the recess and opening are elongated.

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