Cable Anchor Structure for Pulling Grooved Fiber Optic Cable

The patent introduces an anchor as an intermediary device that couples to the grooved cable and provides a pulling interface. The anchor includes a body with grooves that engage the cable outer surface, and a connection portion that attaches to a pulling carrier, enabling force transfer without requiring the cable itself to have pulling capabilities

The cable pulling system is segmented into distinct functional components: the grooved cable for signal transmission, the anchor for force application, and the pulling carrier for mechanical pulling. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the cable maintains its flexible grooved design while the anchor provides the necessary pulling interface

The patent extracts the low-pressure mold transition feature from the cable structure itself and relocates it to a separate anchor device. This allows the cable to remain simple and flexible while the anchor provides the pulling interface, effectively removing the complexity burden from the cable design

Instead of modifying the cable's longitudinal structure to include a mold transition, the solution moves the pulling interface to a radial dimension by attaching the anchor around the cable perimeter. This dimensional shift allows the cable to maintain its simple linear structure while gaining pulling capability through the circumferential anchor attachment