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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4174236 | Methods of and apparatus for controlling capacitance unbalance-to-ground in cables Capacitance unbalance-to-ground between conductors of a twisted pair, each of which may be insulated with at least a layer of cellular plastic insulation, is maintained within acceptable limits by controlling the extrusion of the insulation to maintain th... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4164703 | Methods of and apparatus for detecting openings in cable jackets An opening in a jacket (15) of a cable (16) is detected as the jacketed cable is moved from an extruder (14) through a probe (21) which is positioned in a cooling trough (17) and which comprises first and second aligned, spaced sensors (24, 26) with each ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4152538 | Pressurized cable termination seal and methods of making A seal is used to prevent the escape of gas from a gas pressurized plastic-jacketed, multi-conductor cable where the conductors of an unjacketed portion of the cable enter a cabinet of a terminal which is exposed to temperature cycling. The seal includes ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4151365 | Filled service cable having corrugated shield and methods of making A cable comprises a plurality of insulated conductors enclosed in a corrugated metallic shield jacketed with a plastic material. As a corrugated metallic tape is wrapped longitudinally about the core to form the shield, overlapping longitudinal edge porti... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4148138 | Connector assembly tool A hand-operated tool (50) for assembling stackable elements (52, 53 and 54) of a multicontact electrical connector (51) and for assembling conductors (56 and 57) to the connector includes a head (125) which is automatically positioned for effectively appl... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148539 | Modular plug having superior dielectric strength for terminating cords A modular plug for terminating a multiconductor cord and adapted to be inserted into a jack to establish electrical connections between cord conductors and contact wires in the jack possesses superior dielectric strength. The plug includes a plastic housi... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4136628 | Methods of and apparatus for making slotted beam contact elements A slotted beam contact element for an electrical connector is constructed by forming an opening in a metallic strip and applying forces to at least one portion of the strip adjacent the opening to reshape said portion. Then a bifurcated beam is formed in ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4134953 | Methods of making dual jacketed cable A process is taught for producing plastic jacketed cable for use in underground ducts exposed to unusually high temperatures and having a corrugated metallic shield which imprints the plastic covering includes an inner jacket capable of providing and main... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4109099 | Dual jacketed cable A plastic jacketed cable; having a corrugated metallic shield which encloses a core comprising a plurality of insulated conductors, for use in underground ducts exposed to elevated temperatures includes an inner jacket which is capable of providing and ma... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107260 | Methods of working expandable thermoplastic materials in an extruder Methods are provided for processing expandable thermoplastic materials with a typical compression relief design extruder screw having a helical flight for advancing and working a thermoplastic material. The screw is modified to shorten the feed and compre... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4103353 | Apparatus for working expandable thermoplastic materials A typical compression relief design extruder screw having a helical flight for advancing and working a thermoplastic material is modified to shorten the feed and compression sections and to include a plurality of force-producing components in at least the... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4100003 | Method of and apparatus for preforming metal overlap edge with overlap die The invention relates to the formation of a metallic shield about a cable core to provide a substantially circular configuration of the shield around the core with an overlapped edge portion of the shield being preformed. The shield is first partially for... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4090896 | Making insulated conductors A conductive element is covered with an insulating material which is cooled within a predetermined temperature range, and preferably near or at ambient, by moving the conductor first through a cooling trough and then in a plurality of convolutions about s... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4082585 | Insulating tinsel conductors An insulation comprising a polyether polyester thermoplastic copolymer obtained by reacting 1, 4 butane diol terephthalate with terepthalate esters of polytetramethylene glycol is coated over an irregularly configured conductor, such as for example, a tin... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4071479 | Reclamation processing of vinyl chloride polymer containing materials and products produced thereby Recompoundable polyvinyl chloride suitable to be recompounded for reuse, for example, in cable and wire production is recovered from a scrap material which includes plasticized polyvinyl chloride. A charge of plasticized polyvinyl chloride scrap material ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4054350 | Modular plug for terminating cord having non-planar array of conductors A modular plug especially suited for terminating electrical cords in which the conductors are disposed in a generally non-planar array includes a plastic housing with at least two tiers of conductor-receiving cells and a plurality of terminal-receiving op... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4038219 | Reclamation processing of polyvinyl chloride-scrap materials and products produced thereby Recompoundable polyvinyl chloride suitable for reuse, for example, in cable and wire production is recovered from a scrap material which includes plasticized polyvinyl chloride. A charge of plasticized polyvinyl chloride scrap material is treated with a s... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4035211 | Forming sealed seams in moisture barriers for cable In the manufacture of a communications cable, a moisture barrier comprising a corrugated metallic tape having inwardly and outwardly facing major surfaces is wrapped longitudinally about an advancing cable core to form an overlapping seam, with at least a... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4020213 | Manufacturing an insulated conductor and the article produced thereby An electrical conductor is advanced along a path and is preheated to within a controlled temperature range. A reaction mixture is extruded about the conductor, the preheat of which causes the reaction mixture to release a reaction product that etches the ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4017228 | Apparatus for monitoring cellular dielectric material The capacitance and diameter-over-dielectric of successive sections of a conductor having a layer of cellular plastic insulation extruded thereon are monitored continuously. The monitoring provides a continuous indication of the capacitance and the diamet... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4002392 | Electrical connecting devices for terminating cords A cord terminating plug includes an unipartite, non-hinged, dielectric housing with a free end and a cord input end which opens to a cavity and with provisions for preventing ingress of moisture and other contaminants. A cord jacket anchoring member dispo... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3998514 | Device armed with a terminal for making electrical connection with a conductor A plug for terminating a cord in the field includes an unipartite, non-hinged, dielectric housing having a cord-input aperture, internal surfaces defining a cavity for receiving an end portion of the cord, jacket and conductor anchoring members, and facil... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3975883 | Coiling and binding strand material Coiling and binding of strand material such as telephone cordage is accomplished by revolving cyclically spaced coiling heads mounted rotatably on a rotatably mounted turret between one position where a length of deformable tie material is preloaded on th... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3973187 | Sensing capacitance and thickness of insulated cable to provide outputs related to weigh and percent voids The capacitance and diameter-over-dielectric of successive sections of a cellular plastic material are monitored continuously. The monitoring provides a continuous indication of the capacitance and the diameter with respect to the percent expansion of the... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3967997 | Methods of and apparatus for producing a stress-free laminate Tandem operations for manufacturing coaxial cable units include new and unobvious methods and apparatus for laminating an outer conductor, for drawing an inner conductor, for applying plastic discs to the inner conductor and for corrugating the outer cond... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3954320 | Electrical connecting devices for terminating cords A plug for terminating a cord includes an unipartite, non-hinged, dielectric housing with a free end and a cord-input aperture in the other end and with internal surfaces defining a cavity. A jacket anchoring member is formed integrally of the housing and... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3953650 | Strand material covered with clear flame retardant composition A line cord of a telephone handset having individually insulated conductors is jacketed with an extrudable flexible clear flame retardant composition which includes a polyvinyl chloride resin (PVC), 10 to 55 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the ... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3944717 | Flame-retardant, water-resistant composition and coating transmission member therewith A telephone service cable which runs from a distribution cable to a subscriber's premises or to a pay station is another link in a buried communications system having a water-resisting capability. A spirally quaded core comprised of individually insulated... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3941908 | Strand material covered with clear flame retardant composition and methods of making A retractile cord of a telephone handset having individually insulated conductors is jacketed with an extrudable flexible clear flame retardant composition which includes a polyvinyl chloride resin (PVC). A phthalate plasticizer is included to impart low ... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3935369 | Methods of manufacturing an insulated conductor and product produced thereby A priorly used three layer insulation covering for conductors forming a drop wire for connecting aerial distribution cables to a subscriber's premises is replaced with a single layer insulation of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride composition. It has been ... | 01/27/1976 |
