Bicc Public Limited Company

Bicc Plc

Peter Fearns

Karl W Plessner

Bernard Gaylard

Phillip Dey

Arthur B Murphy

Kenneth H Pickup

Robert C Lyon

A flexible stranded body, such as an electric conductor of an overhead electric transmission or distribution system, comprises at least one stranded layer of elongate elements of metal or metal alloy, at least one elongate compartment within and extending throughout the length of the stranded body and, loosely housed in the elongate compartment, at least one separate optical fibre and/or at least one optical bundle. Preferably, the elongate compartment extends within a circumferentially rigid central core which is surrounded by the stranded layer or layers but it may be a bore in an elongate element of a stranded layer or an elongate space bounded by two adjacent elongate elements.

Overhead electric and optical transmission systems

Overhead electric and optical transmission cables

A device for securing at least one cable to a support (not shown) and/or for securing together two or more cables comprising a base member having two inclined surfaces on which one or two of the cables can rest; a bar which is spaced from the base member between the inclined surfaces and extends lengthwise of the cable or cables and which is secured to the base member; a strap which can be passed around the bar and the cable or cables at least once; and tensioning means which can tension the strap when positioned around the bar and the cable or cables, to secure the cable or cables together and/or to secure the cable or cables to the base member.

Device for securing at least one cable, pipe or other elongate member

Overhead electric transmission systems

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Huyton, United Kingdom

Peter Fearns