Apparatus for sheathing cable cores

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR SHEATHING A CABLE CORE ADVANCED LONGITUDINALLY ALONG A CENTERLINE OF A GIVEN PATH WITH A STRIP OF SHEATHING MATERIAL, WHICH COMPRISES: AXIALLY ALIGNED UNITS FIXEDLY MOUNTED AT SPACED POSITIONS, FIRST CARRIAGES LOCATED AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN EACH OF THE UNITS AND CAPABLE OF LINEAR MOVEMENT, INDIVIDUAL PULLEYS SUPPORTED BY THE FIRST CARRIAGES, SAID PULLEYS BEING MOVABLY TO VARIOUS POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CENTERLINE, ENDLESS BELTS EXTENDING THROUGH THE UNITS AND PASSING ABOUT PERIPHERAL GROOVES IN THE PULLEYS FOR BENDING THE STIPS LONGITUDINALLY ABOUT THE CABLE CORE, A ROLLING ELEMENT CONNETED TO EACH FIRST CARRIAGE FOR MAINTAINING THE ENDLESS BELTS IN THE PERIPHERAL GROOVE OF THE PULLEYS, SECOND CARRIAGES LOCATED AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN EACH OF THE UNITS AND CAPABLE OF LINEAR MOVEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL ROLLERS SUPPORTED BY THE SECOND CARRIAGES, SAID ROLLERS BEING MOVABLE TO VARIOUS POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CENTERLINE, INDEPENDENT MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CARRIAGES FOR INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTING ITS RESPECTIVE PULLEYS AND ROLLERS THEREON WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CENTERLINE, SAID INDEPENDENT MEANS FOR EACH CARRIAGE INCLUDING A SLIDABLE ARM, A SUPPORTING MEMBER CONNECTED TO EACH CARRIAGE, AND A THREADED MEMBER FOR EACH CARRIAGE THREADEDLY CONNECTED TO ITS ASSOCIATED SUPPORTING MEMBER AND SLIDABLE ARM OF EACH CARRIAGE FOR ADJUSTABLY MOVING ITS RESPECTIVE PULLEY OF THE FIRST CARRIAGE AND ROLLER OF THE SECOND CARRIAGE A FIXED DISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CORE CENTERLINE, AND MEANS OPERABLE FOR MOVING THE FIRST AND SECOND CARRIAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ALL THE UNITS, PRIOR TO FORMING THE STRIP ABOUT THE CABLE CORE, SO AS TO MOVE AND FIXEDLY LOCATED THE PULLEYS AND ROLLERS AT A CONSTANT PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE CABLE CORE CENTERLINE FOR FORMING THE STRIP ABOUT THE CABLE CORE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR SHEATHING A CABLE CORE ADVANCED LONGITUDINALLY ALONG A CENTERLINE OF A GIVEN PATH WITH A STRIP OF SHEATHING MATERIAL, WHICH COMPRISES: AXIALLY ALIGNED UNITS FIXEDLY MOUNTED AT SPACED POSITIONS, FIRST CARRIAGES LOCATED AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN EACH OF THE UNITS AND CAPABLE OF LINEAR MOVEMENT, INDIVIDUAL PULLEYS SUPPORTED BY THE FIRST CARRIAGES, SAID PULLEYS BEING MOVABLY TO VARIOUS POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CENTERLINE, ENDLESS BELTS EXTENDING THROUGH THE UNITS AND PASSING ABOUT PERIPHERAL GROOVES IN THE PULLEYS FOR BENDING THE STIPS LONGITUDINALLY ABOUT THE CABLE CORE, A ROLLING ELEMENT CONNETED TO EACH FIRST CARRIAGE FOR MAINTAINING THE ENDLESS BELTS IN THE PERIPHERAL GROOVE OF THE PULLEYS, SECOND CARRIAGES LOCATED AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN EACH OF THE UNITS AND CAPABLE OF LINEAR MOVEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL ROLLERS SUPPORTED BY THE SECOND CARRIAGES, SAID ROLLERS BEING MOVABLE TO VARIOUS POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CENTERLINE, INDEPENDENT MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CARRIAGES FOR INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTING ITS RESPECTIVE PULLEYS AND ROLLERS THEREON WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CENTERLINE, SAID INDEPENDENT MEANS FOR EACH CARRIAGE INCLUDING A SLIDABLE ARM, A SUPPORTING MEMBER CONNECTED TO EACH CARRIAGE, AND A THREADED MEMBER FOR EACH CARRIAGE THREADEDLY CONNECTED TO ITS ASSOCIATED SUPPORTING MEMBER AND SLIDABLE ARM OF EACH CARRIAGE FOR ADJUSTABLY MOVING ITS RESPECTIVE PULLEY OF THE FIRST CARRIAGE AND ROLLER OF THE SECOND CARRIAGE A FIXED DISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CORE CENTERLINE, AND MEANS OPERABLE FOR MOVING THE FIRST AND SECOND CARRIAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ALL THE UNITS, PRIOR TO FORMING THE STRIP ABOUT THE CABLE CORE, SO AS TO MOVE AND FIXEDLY LOCATED THE PULLEYS AND ROLLERS AT A CONSTANT PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE CABLE CORE CENTERLINE FOR FORMING THE STRIP ABOUT THE CABLE CORE.