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Claim 1

IN A APPARATUS FOR SHEATHING SELF-SUPPORTING CABLE COMPRISING A CABLE CORE AND SUPPORT WIRE EACH HAVING AN INSLUATING SHEATH AND BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A WEB OF INSULATING MATERIAL, THE COMBINATION OF: A DIE BODY MOUNTED AT THE EXIT PORTION OF THE SHEATHING APPARATUS HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR APERTURES EXTENDING THERETHROUGH JOINED BY A SLOT, THE APERTURES BEING ADOPTED TO RECEIVE THE CABLE CORE AND SUPPORT WIRE RESPECTIVELY, AND AN OUTER RECESSED PORTION, A ROTATABLE DIE INSERT MOUNTED WITHIN THE RECESSED PORTION OF THE DIE BODY, THE INSERT HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR APERTURES AND A CONNECTING SLOT, THE INSERT APERTURES BEING IN SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CORRESPONDING APERTURES IN THE DIE BODY AN THE INSERT SLOT BEING ALIGNED WITH THE SLOT IN THE DIE BODY, A CUTAWAY PORTION, AND A TOOTHED PERIPHERAL PORTION, A TOOTHED RACK SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE CUTAWAY PORTION OF THE DIE INSERT AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR APERTURE POSITIONED CONCENTRICALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE SUPPORT WIRE APERTURE AND A SLOTTED PORTION ALIGNED WITH THE CONNECTION SLOT TO REGULATE THE VERTICAL APPLICATION OF SHEATHING MATERIAL TO THE WIRE AND TO CONTROL THE WEB HEIGHT, A FIRST GEAR MESHING WITH THE RACK AND DESIGNED TO MOVE SAID RACK TRANSVERSELY WITH REFERENCE TO THE SHEATH AXIS WHEN SHEATH ADJUSTMENTS ARE DESIRED, AND A SECOND GEAR MESHING WITH THE TOOTHED PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE DIE INSERT AND ADAPTED TO IMPART ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT TO THE INSERT FOR HORIZONTAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WIRE SHEATH.