Patents Assigned to General Cable Technologies, Corp.
  • Patent number: 6921059
    Abstract: A method of evening the tension in the conductors of a twisted pair electric cable during the cable's installation comprising the step of pulling the cable through stlinging rollers while attached to a tension evening device. That allows constant adjustment of the tension in each of the cable's conductors, which prevents an unwanted looping effect and eliminates the need to even the tension at the end of the installation process. The tension evening device comprises a pull rope attached to a swivel that holds a sheave. The device is sized small enough so that it fits through the stringing rollers such that, during the installation of the cable, the entire tension evening device is pulled through. The sheave includes a groove around its outside diameter in which a sheave rope is placed. The ends of the sheave rope are attached to an end of each conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies, Corp.
    Inventor: Chad R. Smith