Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Horst Goldmann

Ulrich Oestreich

Ernst Mayr

Rudolf Brugger

Guenter Einsle

Josef Wacker

An apparatus for attaching a cable to a messenger wire utilizing clip elements characterized by a frame having an arrangement for supporting the apparatus for movement along the wire, a feed arrangement for feeding individual clips which are interconnected in a tape form to a severing shearing arrangement and then applying the clips onto the cable and wire positioned below the cable and wire, a double-belt drive arrangement for engaging the free ends of the outside of the clips and moving the free ends in contact with the messenger wire, a folding arrangement for clamping the free ends of the wire together and folding them into a folded connection.

Apparatus for attaching cables to messenger wires

An improved cable having a cable core received in an outside jacket characterized by a wax layer being deposited on the outside jacket to improve the gliding properties of the jacket. The wax layer can be provided from either a solution of the wax or from melted wax in container and preferably is applied subsequent to the extrusion of the outside jacket onto the cable core.

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Gilching, Germany

Horst Goldmann