US 12,009,118 B2
Apparatus for applying a sleeve to a cable and method of insertion into a conduit
Jerry L. Allen, Sarasota, FL (US); and Steven L. Bedingfield, LaGrange, GA (US)
Assigned to Wesco Distribution, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by WESCO Distribution, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,693.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077480 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 13/26 (2006.01); H01B 13/34 (2006.01); H02G 1/08 (2006.01); H01B 13/004 (2006.01); H01B 13/10 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01); H01R 43/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 13/268 (2013.01) [H01B 13/344 (2013.01); H01B 13/004 (2013.01); H01B 13/103 (2013.01); H01B 13/342 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01); H01R 43/28 (2013.01); H02G 1/08 (2013.01); Y10T 29/53213 (2015.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for applying a sleeve around a cable, the sleeve being in the form of a strip of material having compatible attachment members positioned along its lateral edges of the strip of material, the apparatus comprising a post, a beam carried by said post, a plurality of formers carried at longitudinally spaced locations along said beam, said formers receiving the cable and the sleeve and folding the sleeve around the cable, and an attachment device carried by said beam, said attachment device receiving the sleeve and the cable from said formers and connecting the attachment members so that the attachment members extend outward from the cable and so that the sleeve is applied to the cable without the sleeve being attached to the cable.