Electricity: conductors and insulators – Conduits – cables or conductors – Combined
Patent
1994-06-28
1995-10-31
Eley, Timothy V.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Conduits, cables or conductors
Combined
138111, 138155, 2851331, 2851371, F16L 3900
Patent
active
054631874
ABSTRACT:
An improved flexible multi-duct conduit system for housing and protecting subterranean fiber-optic cable comprises matable sections each having an outer casing and a plurality of inner ducts for carrying the cable. An rubberized inner duct coupler is provided at one end of each section for aligning and sealing the inner ducts of adjacent sections when the sections are joined together end-to-end. An outer casing coupler for coupling and sealing the outer casings of adjacent joined sections comprises a cylindrical collar that extends around the ends of two adjacent sections. Sealing gaskets disposed between the outer casing ends and the collar insure against ingress of moisture and other corrosive subterranean elements into the outer casings. The inner ducts are bendable and the outer casings are formed with corrugated exterior surfaces so that the entire system, when assembled in the field, can be bent about an arc to accommodate turns and the like. The inner duct coupler is configured to accommodate relative movement of aligned inner duct ends as the entire system is bent about an arc. The need for specially formed and expensive bends and other shaped sections is thus eliminated.
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Eley Timothy V.
Nguyen Khan V.
The George Ingraham Corp.
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