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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Philip Alfred Barker, Suffolk, GB;
Graham Anthony Laidler, Suffolk, GB;
Christopher Nigel Munnings, Suffolk, GB;
Ian Hunter, Suffolk, GB;
Keith Eric Nolde, Suffolk, GB;
Philip Alfred Barker, Suffolk, GB;
Graham Anthony Laidler, Suffolk, GB;
Christopher Nigel Munnings, Suffolk, GB;
Ian Hunter, Suffolk, GB;
Keith Eric Nolde, Suffolk, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
Apparatus for installing a cable into a tube with the assistance of a fluid drag acting on the cable within the tube with an installation device, the apparatus including a driving mechanism comprising a driving surface arranged to contact the cable substantially along the full driving surface length, for driving the cable into the tube, a first measurement device for obtaining a first value indicative of a rate at which the installation device is driving the cable into the tube, a second measurement device for obtaining a second value indicative of a rate at which the cable is travelling through the apparatus, a processor for detecting when the first value exceeds the second value, and for reducing the rate at which the installation device is driving the cable into the tube for the duration when the first value exceeds the second value.