Optical Cable Meandering Layout for Securing Extra Length
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Solution Overview
Problem
Securing an extra length of optical cable is difficult when laying it on a road surface or a wall surface due to the lack of wide space, making it challenging to establish connections, which affects economical efficiency and quick laying.
Innovation Solution
The optical cable laying method involves embedding the cable through incisions or grooves made in laying bands or the road surface/wall surface, allowing it to pass through routes longer than the minimum distance, using meandering paths or band-like structures to secure the extra length.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If optical cable is laid on road surface or wall surface, then laying speed and economy are improved, but ability to secure extra length deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The optical cable is laid along a curved or meandering route between two points instead of a straight line. The laying band includes a curved path that allows the cable to accumulate extra length while maintaining a compact footprint on the road surface or wall surface, thus securing the required cable length without sacrificing laying efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The laying band utilizes the width dimension of the road surface or wall surface by creating a meandering path that moves laterally before returning to the destination. This dimensional approach allows the cable to traverse a longer distance within the same linear span, securing extra length without reducing laying speed
2Ease of manufacture
If optical cable is laid on road surface or wall surface, then laying cost is reduced, but ability to establish connection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The laying band is pre-designed with a curved or meandering path that inherently provides extra cable length. This preliminary configuration ensures that when the cable is laid along the band, the extra length is automatically secured, enabling future connections to be established easily without requiring additional cable or complex routing modifications
Solution Approach 2:
The laying band acts as an intermediary structure that mediates between the straight-line distance and the required cable length. By embedding the cable in the curved path of the laying band, the system achieves both cost-effective laying and the ability to establish connections, as the band itself provides the necessary extra length
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AI summary
In order to achieve the foregoing object, the optical cable laying method of the present disclosure lays an optical cable on a road surface or a wall surface so that the optical cable passes through two points along a route therebetween longer than a minimum distance therebetween.