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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356896 | Mounting device for a cable cup A cable cup can be mounted in an optimal location on the wall of an otherwise inaccessible duct, so that, above all, inlets into the duct are not obstructed. A mounting device has a carriage that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the duct. A supporting uni... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351009 | Fiber optic installation structures in a paved surface, ducts, and methods therefor A fiber optic installation structure and method therefor includes a duct having an inner tube, at least one optical waveguide, and a jacket and is disposed within a channel of a paved surface. The jacket generally surrounds the inner tube. When the duct is disposed ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341403 | Method of constructing information correspondence pipe, constructed structure, and construction member The object is to provide a construction method of an information-communicable underground pipe whereby communication cables can be readily laid in an underground pipeline having a main pipe and branch pipes branched therefrom thereby allowing the underground pipelin... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322421 | Fiber optic deployment apparatus and method A head member having a piston provided thereon is connected to an elongate tube such as a micro-tube. The micro-tube contains one or more optical fibres, preferably suspended therein by a protective fluid such as a scavenging gel. The head member is preferably inser... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322379 | Flexible kink-resistant hoses A flexible kink-resistant hose configuration includes concentric tubes with longitudinal ribs. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7241953 | Support-separators for high performance communications cable with optional hollow tubes for; blown optical fiber, coaxial, and/or twisted pair conductors A high performance communications cable with core support-separators having various shaped profiles defining and maintaining a space between transmission multi-media or transmission multi-media pairs. The core may be of a conductive or insulative material. The centr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7205479 | Enhanced communication cable systems and methods A cable and method of forming the cable are presented. The cable contains twisted wire pairs having a conductor and an insulator surrounding the conductor. A jacket surrounds the twisted wire pairs. At least one of the insulators or the jacket is helically corrugate... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196272 | High performance support-separators for communications cables A high performance communications cable that includes one or more interior support-seperators with clearance channels that include rifled slots along the length of the channels such that the interior support-separator include anvil shaped sections that are trimmed t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182104 | Collapsible duct A duct for containing a cable and method for mounting the cable therein include providing the duct with a collapsible or flexible wall movable between a contracted condition for mounting the duct in a conduit and an extended condition of increased cross-sectional ar... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179019 | Method and structure for laying communication cable in underground line, and members used for laying A laying method for laying communication cables (16) is provided which allows to lay optical fiber cables (20) in an underground pipeline such as a sewage pipe neither placing direct tension nor allowing slack on them, and for a main pipe in which a pl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156584 | Method for installing a high or medium power cable in the ground The invention concerns a method for setting medium or high power electric cables (2) in the ground, which consists in digging a trench (14) evacuating the materials derived from the trench (14) towards a treatment device, for example by crushing... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154043 | Data cable with cross-twist cabled core profile Cables including a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors and a core disposed between the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors so as to separate at least one of the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors from others of the plura... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7098405 | High performance support-separator for communications cables The present invention includes a high performance communications cable for transmission media that includes core support-separators which define clearance channels to maintain spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core support-separator... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095930 | Groove cable A cable system and method including a cable or a microduct provided within the groove extending vertically into, but not through, a pavement. The cable has a central strength member, at least one buffer tube stranded around the central strength member, an outer jack... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087841 | Communication cable and method of installing same A communication cable for being used in ducts or tubes comprising an outer jacket (1) which is formed with ribs (4) spaced around the periphery of the jacket and extending along the length of the cable. The new profiled cable has a lower index of frict... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075014 | Data cable with cross-twist cabled core profile Cables including a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors and a core disposed between the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors so as to separate at least one of the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors from others of the plura... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7025333 | Home navigation tool A visual navigation device includes a reel mounted within a reel housing; a flexible tape wound on the reel and adapted to be payed out of the housing and into an area to be navigated, a distal end of the flexible tape incorporating a video camera; and a video monit... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021338 | Separated sanitary and storm sewer system An apparatus and method for improving the operation of sewer systems includes a first set of sewer lines connected to a source of other water and a second set of sewer lines of smaller diameter than the first sewer lines connected to sources of sanitary effluent, th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004681 | Method and apparatus for routing cable in existing pipelines Supports for routing cables in existing pipelines are flexible cable supports containing minimally one hollow passage to receive a cable, and are installed between an existing pipeline inner wall and a structural liner. The cable supports have an elongate cross-sect... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997646 | Cable guide and method for producing the same When a glass fiber cable emerging from a main channel (1) is guided into a domestic channel line (2), in order to prevent this glass fiber cable from unacceptably having an excessively small radius of curvature in the direction-changing area (6)... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978832 | Downhole sensing with fiber in the formation A portion of at least one fiber is moved from a wellbore into a formation such that the portion is placed to conduct a signal responsive to at least one parameter in the formation. One particular implementation uses fiber optic cable with a process selected from the... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976498 | Method of fitting a cable into a pipe A method of installing a cable or conduit into at least one plastic pipe of a fluid carrying pipeline system, comprises attaching a first saddle fitting at a first location on said plastic pipe by electro-fusion, opening the pipe at the first location, introducing t... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968106 | Air blown fiber (ABF) cable with low composite coefficient of thermal expansion An air blown fiber tube cable having improved thermal stability in contrast to conventional air blown fiber (ABF) tube cables and within which one or more air blown optical fiber units can be installed. The air blown fiber tube is formed from a cross-linked polyolef... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6936762 | Cable protector A device for installing a cable into a raceway member is disclosed. The device includes an elongate member having a first end portion and a second end portion adjacent to the first end portion. The second end portion is adapted to removably engage the raceway member... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6832873 | Installation vehicle In order to facilitate, and largely to automate, the installation of cable supports on a duct wall, an installation vehicle can be displaced in the duct. The vehicle has a basic body which contains a storage battery and on which are mounted wheels. At least one of t... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6811356 | Cable and method for laying in plastic tubes A cable for laying in plastic tubes for transporting gas or water is described that comprises a cable core assembly and a plastic sheath surrounding the cable core assembly, in which cable the plastic used for the plastic tube and the plastic for the sheath can be w... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6796743 | Internal line for fastening cables in a waste-water pipe For the purpose of fastening cables to the inner wall of a non-accessible waste-water pipe, an internal liner has been developed, which is constructed from at least two layers, the first layer, which rests against the internal wall of the pipe when in the laid condi... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6786677 | Channel or pipe system, method for sanitizing a channel or pipe system and for installing a cable or a reserve conduit and device for installing a cable or a reserve conduit A canal or pipe system and process for rehabilitation of a canal or pipe system and for installation of a cable or empty tube into a canal or pipe system as well as device for installation of a cable or empty tube. For rehabilitation of a canal or pipe system... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6773205 | Apparatus and method for cable installation in ducting An apparatus for and method of installing a cable in ducting from a location intermediate the length of the ducting. The cable is provided in a coil at the location and some cable is passed from one end of the coil into a first portion of the ducting extending from ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6736156 | Method and system for installing cable in pressurized pipelines A method of introducing a fiber optic conduit into a pressurized gas pipeline includes the step of introducing a translating member into the pressurized gas pipeline via an entry port in a first drilling nipple attached to the pressurized gas pipeline. Tools are dep... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6712556 | Method and apparatus for routing cable in existing pipelines Carriers and support means for routing cable structures in existing pipelines are disclosed, the carriers comprising coiled or folded cylinders or sections thereof bearing or adapted to bear a cable support means are disclosed, as well as a method of fixing such car... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6697710 | Gas pipe explorer robot A gas pipe explorer formed of a plurality of connecting elements, and an articulation element between the connected elements. The connected elements include drive capabilities, and the articulation element allows the connected elements to traverse gas pip... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691734 | Methods and systems for installing cable and conduit in pipelines A method, system and tools for introducing a fiber optic conduit into a pressurized gas pipeline includes the step of introducing a translating member into the pressurized gas pipeline via an entry port in a first fitting attached to the pressurized gas p... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6691728 | Methods and systems for installing a pipeline within a pipeline A method of routing a new pipe duct into an existing pressurized gas pipeline includes the step of introducing a translating member into the pressurized gas pipeline via an entry port in a first fitting attached to the pressurized gas pipeline. The transl... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6681795 | Methods and systems for installing cable and conduit in pipelines A method of introducing a fiber optic conduit into a pressurized gas pipeline includes the step of introducing a translating member into the pressurized gas pipeline via an entry port in a first drilling fitting (18) (8, 70, 250, 300) attached to the pres... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6604890 | Anti-kink protective device for lines An antikink device that is especially useful in sewage systems for installing pipes (15), in particular light wave guide cables. The device comprises a deflection element (1) that can be secured by a bracket (2) and that deflects pipes (15) arriving from ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6588982 | Method of laying a cable or pipe In a method of laying a cable, or a pipe for the subsequent introduction of a cable, in a fresh-water conduit, the surface of the cable or pipe is cleaned during the laying process immediately before entering the fresh-water conduit.... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6572306 | Method of laying data cables and the like in underground pipes and pipe-cable combinations One or more electric and/or data transmitting cables are confined in an elongated strip-shaped body containing a hardenable resin or the like, and the body is placed against a portion of the internal surface of an underground sewage, water or other pipe. ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6536463 | Method and system for installing cable in pressurized pipelines A method of introducing a fiber optic conduit into a pressurized gas pipeline includes the step of introducing a translating member into the pressurized gas pipeline via an entry port in a first drilling nipple attached to the pressurized gas pipeline. To... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530724 | Method and system for replacing a damaged section of a channel to which an inserted part has previously been affixed A method of replacing damaged parts of wastewater channels with inserted parts, e.g. optical cables, includes removing a section of the channel, positioning a lower half-shell (1) below the inserted part (2) at the removed section of the channel, passing ... | 03/11/2003 |
