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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Willem Griffioen, Ter Aar, NL;
Arie Van Wingerden, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, NL;
Cornelis Van 't Hul, Den Hoorn, NL;
Pieter Lock, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Willem Greven, Delfzijl, NL;
Frans Robbert Bakker, Wagenborgen, NL;
David F. Hawkins, London, GB;
Willem Griffioen, Ter Aar, NL;
Arie Van Wingerden, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, NL;
Cornelis Van 'T Hul, Den Hoorn, NL;
Pieter Lock, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Willem Greven, Delfzijl, NL;
Frans Robbert Bakker, Wagenborgen, NL;
David F. Hawkins, London, GB;
NKF Kabel B.V., , NL;
Abstract
A method for installing branches in a protective ducting system in which guide tubes and cables have already been laid, wherein at a desired branch location in the protective duct, a splittable Y-branch connector with an inlet opening, an outlet opening and at least one branch opening is installed by cutting a short section from the duct at the desired branch point and exposing the guide tubes and cables, opening the splittable branch connector and arranging it around the exposed guide tubes and cables, and closing and securing the Y-branch connector with splittable coupling collars in such a manner that the inlet opening and the outlet opening engage in sealing manner over the respective cut ends of the existing duct, and the branch opening of the connector is secured by engagement of a branch stub around a branch duct through which a branch guide tube is laid.