305results about "Cable installations in surface ducts" patented technology

A cable trough cover assembly and method of assembly including a cover plate and a hinge piece. The cover plate includes a pivot member along at least one edge, and the hinge piece defines a pocket for releasably receiving the pivot member. The pocket and pivot member arrangement allow the cover plate to be rotated relative to a cable trough to which the hinge pieces may be mounted.

A utility trenching and sidewalk system comprising modular utility sidewalk units which may be assembled together to form a cable trench. The modular units are formed from plastic composite material and include sidewalls, a bottom wall and covers which define a chamber for housing utility cables. A cavity formed in the sidewalls and bottom wall is filled with concrete through apertures in the sidewalls. The covers are removable from the module to provide access to the chamber. The module further includes a recess for receiving a paving material which serves as a sidewalk surface in the installed system.

The invention integrates the functionality of: kerbs, gutters, pathways, into a surface accessible networked utility ducting system and a a rain and run-off water management system.

It is comprised of a base section formed a combination of one or more open topped utility access channels, an open topped water catchment channel, a slopped flange and one or more open sided access and or open topped feeder line distribution channels.

The invention includes features for the isolation of electric power channels from contact with other utilities such as gas, water, or communications.

The invention includes features for, integration with existing stormwater systems such as overflow points.

The invention provides utilities access pathway all the way to an end users premises with minimal need for digging or disturbance of footpaths or paved surfaces this is a major improvement upon the prior art which tranforms the economics of surface accessible utility ducting systems.

The invention includes covers, which are interchangeable, may take various forms, such as a pavement and kerb, a driveway ramp or a wheel chair access ramp. This allows the invention to be economically adapted to changes in kerb requirements as changes to the pathways and kerbs occur along their length and as requirements change over time, this solves the problems associated with the prior art which can not be readily adapted to all the variations found in kerbs and gutters along the length of the kerb and pavement or as they occur over time.

The invention enables rain and run-off water to be isolated from contamination and managed to preserve its value and usefulness.

The invention lowers the cost of, and, increases the speed, of new service deployment thereby overcoming the major economic barriers to market entry of new distributed utility services.

The invention is to be manufactured in most cases as precast modules. The channels, lids, access boxes are linked by flexible interstitial joints which enable the system so formed to change direction to conform with the contours of the landscape in which it is located. In most cases the material of construction will be a dense, reinforced material such as concrete. When so constructed the invention will resist the effects of earthquakes, cyclones, flooding, tornados, and tsunamis.

An electrical power transmission line having at least one electrical cable, a conduit of ferromagnetic material enclosing the electrical cable and having a base and a cover and electrical contact elements for electrically connecting the base and the cover, wherein the electrical contact elements are metal fusion joints or metal resilient members suitable to pierce the ferromagnetic material.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for securing one or more wires or cables relative to a conduit, for example, an underground conduit, an above ground conduit, or a conduit disposed in a building. The inhibiting device can hinder or prevent the removal of such wires or cables from the conduit by compressing the wires or cables between a clamp and a portion of the inhibiting device and/or conduit at a location that is not co-axial with a central axis of the conduit. As a result, a resistive frictional load is applied to the wires or cables which has a vector generally parallel and opposite to a removal force and a vector generally perpendicular to the removal force. In some embodiments, the inhibiting device can include a bolt, fabric, nylon, polymer, or compression type clamp. In some embodiments, a system can include a plurality of clamps which are transversely and axially separated.

The invention discloses a shallow embedded ground electric cable tray system. The shallow embedded ground electric cable tray system comprises a tray body, wherein the cross section of the tray body is divided into at least two functional areas by a fire-proof clapboard; a plurality of vents are formed in a bottom plate of the tray body and outer side plates of the functional areas; a tray cover is arranged on the upper face of the tray body; the two sides of the tray cover are connected with side face baffle plates used for baffling broken stones and being close to the outer side plates of the tray body; fire-resistant binding strips used for fixing an optical cable or an electric cable are arranged in the functional areas; the tray body is separated into three functional areas through fire-resistant clapboards, including a power electric cable area, a first control electric cable or optical cable area and a second control electric cable or optical cable area; a mounting cross arm used for fixing the tray body and separating the tray body from a ground concrete base or a cushion layer is arranged at the lower bottom of the tray body; the lower ends of the side face baffle plates on the two sides of the tray cover are supported on the mounting cross arm; and at least two rows of waist-shaped vents are punched in the two sides of the upper surface of the tray cover. An electric cable tray is applied to outdoors to replace the traditional electric cable ditch, so the civil engineering amount is greatly saved, and the engineering construction period is shortened. Therefore, the shallow embedded ground electric cable tray system is very suitable for electric power engineering occasions, such as a digital converting station and an intelligent converting station.

A cable trough for installing cables alongside a railway line or other right of way is described. The cable trough is constructed using longitudinally oriented reinforcing fibers coated with polymeric resin that generally aligns the reinforcing fibers with the length of the cable trough. One or more connector clips may be used to secure respective portions of the cable trough to one another. The cable trough is provided with a cover that may be removably secured to an elongate channel to protect the cables housed within the cable trough. Elbows, corners, tees, and other connectors may be provided to run the cable trough in any desired direction. A method of installing cables in a cable trough is also described.

A telescoping cable trough section is provided including first and second U-shaped trough sections which are slideably received with each other. One trough section includes slots, and the other includes flanges received in the slots for mating the two trough sections together to form the telescoping cable trough section.

A cable bus system for the mounting and positioning of high amperature, from low to high voltage electrical power cables transmitting polyphase electrical current. The cable bus system included a ventilated enclosure used to protect electrical cables mounted therein. The enclosure is provided with multiple modular cable trays which are bolted together in a stacked arrangement to form a single multi-level cable raceway. The enclosure is further provide with ventilated top and bottom covers which are secured respectively to the top and bottom of the uppermost and bottommost calve trays to define the enclosed metal circuit. The cable bus system is capable of transmitting the same highest allowable “free air” cable amperature in both above and underground installations, effectively improving the transmission of electrical power from one end to the other end in installations where a transition of electrical power from on the ground is either necessary or economically preferable. For the underground portion, the cable bus is installed in the encasement that is uniquely offset vented or power cooled to meet the cable high amperage requirements. This cable bus system is also suitable for high vertical rise installations when utilizing anti cable slip mechanism or technique.

A cable protection system includes at least one cable protector having at least one channel extending between its opposing ends for receiving at least one cable. The cable protector may include a cover structure pivotally attached to a base member by a hinge rod inserted through hinge members formed in the cover structure and the base member. A first ramp or an additional cable protector may be attached to the cable protector by inserting one or more connectors formed on the first ramp or additional cable protector into vertically oriented apertures defined in a side of the cable protector. One or more connectors may also be formed on a side of the cable protector opposing the apertures to removably attach the cable protector to a second ramp or an additional cable protector.

A method for shielding the magnetic field generated by an electrical power transmission line and an electrical power transmission line so shielded. The electrical power transmission line has at least one electrical cable and at least one shielding element made of ferromagnetic material arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the at least one cable which shielding element has a base and a cover. The line also has a supporting element coupled to at least the base of the shielding element. In particular, the ferromagnetic material of the shielding element is selected from grain oriented silicon steel, preferably containing a silicon content between about 1% and about 5%, non-grain oriented silicon steel, Permalloyè and Supermalloyè.

A cable protection system includes at least one cable protector having at least one channel extending between its opposing ends for receiving at least one cable. The cable protector may include a cover structure pivotally attached to a base member by a hinge rod inserted through hinge members formed in the cover structure and the base member. A first ramp or an additional cable protector may be attached to the cable protector by inserting one or more connectors formed on the first ramp or additional cable protector into vertically oriented apertures defined in a side of the cable protector. One or more connectors may also be formed on a side of the cable protector opposing the apertures to removably attach the cable protector to a second ramp or an additional cable protector.

In an environmentally hardened network, a data and power distribution cable is employed in connection with reliable end connectors, high performance physical layer transceivers clocked at a lower rate than is specified and full duplex switched packet transmission techniques between switched nodes in order to extend operational distance between network elements. In a specific embodiment, the data and power distribution cable comprises a data distribution element, a power distribution element, an optional strain distribution element, an optional hollow conduit, and an extra shield and outdoor sheath. The cable may incorporate: 1) a Gel filled outdoor UTP (CAT-5) cable; 2) end connectors of type DB-9 [D-Sub] for connection of the UTP to network equipment; 3) power transmission cable of wire gauge sufficient to carry the power required by network equipment (switches, etc) for the specific segment of the network; and optionally 4) a hollow conduit that permits installation of optical fiber before or after installation of the cable.

The present invention introduces a raceway for association with a floor and a support of a structure to provide power or communications connectivity between the support and a location on the floor. The raceway includes a housing and a fastener. The housing, that is substantially equal in length to a distance between the location on the floor and the support, includes a conduit and a sloping side. The conduit is adapted to receive one or more lines from the support, the one or more lines are capable of communicating signals to the location on the floor. The sloping side, that has a length substantially equal to a length of the raceway, provides a gradual transition between the floor and the raceway and is capable of being substantially covered by a floor cover. The fastener can be associated with the housing to at least substantially ensconce the one or more lines. The fastener and the housing are capable of cooperating to integrate the raceway and the floor cover.

Provided is a stand module including: a rod formed in a body of a mobile terminal so as to extend from the body of the mobile terminal, and supporting the body of the mobile terminal when the rod extends from the body of the mobile terminal; and a rotation control unit that controls rotation of the rod after the rod extends from the body of the mobile terminal, wherein the rod includes: a first rod formed in the body of the mobile terminal, the first rod having one end combined with the rotation control unit; a second rod exposed to the outside of the body of the mobile terminal when extending from the mobile terminal; and a hinge portion that connects the first rod and the second rod with each other, and that serves as an axis about which the second rod rotates with respect to the first rod.

The invention relates to a protection device, in particular to a cable protection device used for road construction. The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a cable protection device used for road construction which is applicable for clamping cables with different diameters and sizes and can protect the cables simultaneously. The cable protection device used for road construction comprises a base plate, an inserted rod, a sliding rail, a first sliding block, a second sliding block, a first inclined plate, a first connecting plate, a first sliding rod, a second slidingrod, a second connecting plate, a second connecting plate, a first elastic part, a first hollow pipe, a first arc-shaped clamping plate, a cover plate, a second arc-shaped clamping plate, a second hollow pipe, a second elastic part, a first threaded rod and a fixed block; the inserted rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base plate, and first fixed grooves are formed in two ends of the base plate respectively. The cable protection device reaches the effect that the device is applicable for clamping the cables with different diameters and sizes and can protect the cables simultaneously.

The invention provides a trench cover plate and a detecting device for mechanical damage to a cover plate or uncovering. The trench cover plate comprises a trench cover plate body, a wire arranged inthe trench cover plate body, a first resistor connected in parallel with the wire through a first connector, and a connector connected to the wire; and according to the trench cover plate, the damageor uncovering situation of the trench cover plate can be determined according to the on-off state of the wire and a resistance value of a main loop, so that the convenience in detection is improved.

The invention discloses a C-PVC power cable protection pipe. The C-PVC power cable protection pipe comprises an outer ring, an inner ring, adjusting screw rods and fastening blocks; the C-PVC power cable protection pipe is characterized in that a connecting screw cylinder is arranged in the outer ring; the inner ring is arranged in the outer ring; the outer wall of the inner ring is connected withthe connecting screw cylinder; the inner wall of the inner ring is provided with fixing nuts communicated with the connecting screw cylinder, the adjusting screw rods penetrate into the connecting screw cylinder from the outer ring and penetrate out of the connecting screw cylinder and the fixing nuts, one end of each adjusting screw rod in the inner ring is provided with a clamping ring, each fastening block is provided with an installation ring, and each installation ring is connected with an adjusting screw rod. The distance between the fastening blocks can be adjusted through the adjusting screw rods; therefore, the distance between the fastening blocks can be adjusted according to the power cables of different sizes, the protection pipe can be suitable for power cables of different sizes, the universality of the power cable protection pipe is improved, and the application range of the power cable protection pipe is expanded.

An electrical power transmission line includes: at least one electrical cable; a raceway made of ferromagnetic material including a base and a cover defining an inner housing space for housing the electrical cable; a wet basic filling material having a pH between 11 and 13 housed in the inner housing space and embedding the at least one electrical cable. In order to achieve corrosion protection of the raceway, the inner surface of the cover is in contact with a basic passivating material having a pH between 11 and 13.

The invention discloses a pipeline protection structure of road construction, and a mounting method thereof. The structure comprises a pair of bases, and arched support plates arranged on the bases; mounting blocks are arranged at two ends of each support plate, support blocks propped against sidewalls of the mounting blocks are arranged on upper end surfaces of mutually departed sides of the bases; limiting holes penetrate sidewalls of two ends of the pair of bases, and limiting rods are inserted into the limiting holes in a slippage manner; base plates propped against the bases are arrangedat mutually close ends of the limiting rods, and an extension spring is arranged between a pair of base plates; two ends of each limiting rod are in threaded connection with nuts for pressing the outer sidewalls of the bases; the structure further comprises protective jacket, a pair of pull rods are hinged on the sidewall of the protective jacket, and the lower end of the pair of pull rods are hinged to upper end surfaces of the pair of bases. The pipeline protection structure disclosed by the invention comprises the advantage that the pipeline can be prevented from being damaged by arrangingthe support plates and the protective jacket to protect the pipeline; the protective jacket and the pipeline are supported by the pull rods, thereby preventing the pipeline from being soaked and corroded by the rainwater, and the pipeline damage is reduced.

The invention discloses a detachable cable protection tube structure comprising a cable protection tube body, wherein the cable protection tube body is composed of two semicircular pipes with semicircular cross sections, and at least three hoops are uniformly arranged around the cable protection tube body. According to the detachable cable protection tube structure disclosed by the invention, the overall tubular structure of the original cable protection tube is disruptively changed, the cable protection tube is formed into a detachable structure in a manner of dividing one into two, no matter in a mounting process and a subsequent change process, the efficiency and the cost are greatly improved, and the detachable cable protection tube structure disclosed by the invention is convenient to manufacture and is high in practicability.

A protective textile sleeve for providing protection to an elongate member contained therein; a method of construction thereof, and a method of bonding at least a portion of the sleeve to at least one of itself and an elongate member extending through a cavity thereof is provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced yarn, with the wall having an outermost surface and an innermost surface. The innermost surface is configured to bound a cavity extending between opposite open ends. The sleeve further includes an adhesive coating bonded to at least a portion of at least one of the outermost and innermost surfaces. The adhesive coating has a first, dried non-adhesive state and a second, wetted adhesive state, wherein the second adhesive state is activated via application of a water-based liquid thereto.