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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Ernst Mayr, Starnberg, DE;
Ernst Opel, Roedental, DE;
Waldemar Stocklein, Coburg, DE;
Guenther Uhlenhuth, Roedental, DE;
Lothar Finzel, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method and device for on-site producing a cable at the location for placing the cable includes a mobile device supporting an arrangement for forming a protective sheath of the cable and an arrangement for inserting the optical fibers or electrical leads into the sheath and then discharging the sheath into a cable laying position. The device may include an arrangement for forming a trench for receiving the cable, an arrangement for inserting a filling compound into the interior of the sheath as the leads or fibers are introduced therein and means for supplying a filling material for filling the trench subsequent to insertion of the cable therein.