Patents by Inventor Wayne L. Gaylin

Wayne L. Gaylin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cable sheathing and burying method
    Patent number: 4896997
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Inventor: Wayne L. Gaylin
  • Carrier cable, fiber optic cable, and sheath support assembly
    Patent number: 4856867
    Abstract: A method of supporting a tension-sensitive fiber optic cable from a messenger strand where the messenger strand has a coefficient of linear expansion which substantially exceeds that of the cable. The method comprises placing the strand in an elevated position between two uprights, providing a flexible sheath having at least one internal passage extending therealong and a slit extending through the sheath providing access to the interior of the sheath, placing the fiber optic cable in the passage, loosely and slideably, by moving the cable through the slit into the passage. The sheath with the cable introduced therein is brought adjacent the messenger strand, the messenger strand is seated on the sheath, and the messenger strand and the sheath are secured to one another with external wrapping. A sheath support assembly for practicing the method of the invention is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Inventor: Wayne L. Gaylin
  • Method for positioning cable
    Patent number: 4602763
    Abstract: Method for placing fiber optic cable within a conduit. A carrier belt is disclosed which has means defining a channel extending therealong. The cable is lodged within the chanel before entering the conduit, and the assembly of belt and cable are drawn through the conduit by pulling on the belt whereby the cable is isolated from tension developed by the pulling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Inventor: Wayne L. Gaylin