WOVEN CABLE WITH OPPOSITELY-TWISTED CONDUCTOR GROUPS AND FLUID TUBES
First Claim
1. A woven electrical cable comprising, in combination, a plurality of groups of conductors, the conductors of each group being covered by electrical insulation and twisted together, said groups being aligned side-by-side with one another, the directions of twisting of adjacent ones of said groups being opposite, and warp and weft threads binding said groups of conductors together.
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Abstract
A woven cable including two bundles of twisted insulated wires. The wires in the two bundles are twisted in opposite directions. The bundles are bound together in side-by-side relationship by means of warp and weft threads. Two hollow flexible plastic tubes are bound together with the wire bundles in order to form a cable which carries both electrical signals and fluids for use in fluid-pressure controlled systems. The reverse twisting of the wires in the bundles prevents the cable from curling or becoming distorted into other undesirable shapes.
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10 Claims
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1. A woven electrical cable comprising, in combination, a plurality of groups of conductors, the conductors of each group being covered by electrical insulation and twisted together, said groups being aligned side-by-side with one another, the directions of twisting of adjacent ones of said groups being opposite, and warp and weft threads binding said groups of conductors together.
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2. A cable as in claim 1 in which each of said groups is substantially cylindrical and including at least one tube bound together in side-by-side relationship with said groups of conductors.
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3. A cable as in claim 1 in which there is one weft thread which is wrapped around said groups of conductors in a spiral pattern, and in which said warp threads pass over and under said weft thread in the spaces between said groups.
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4. A woven cable comprising a plurality of bundles of insulated wires, the wires in each bundle being twisted together to give the bundle a substantially cylindrical form, said bundles being aligned parallel to and side-by-side one another, insulating warp and weft threads woven together and binding said bundles together to form a cable, the wires in adjacent bundles being twisted in opposite directiOns.
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5. A woven cable as in claim 4 including at least one elongated tubular member aligned parallel to and bound together with said bundles.
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6. A woven cable as in claim 5 including two of said tubular members, one at each edge of said cable, each of said tubular members being fluid-tight.
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7. Electrical cable comprising a plurality of bundles of insulated wires, said bundles being aligned side-by-side with one another, the wires in adjacent ones of said bundles being twisted in opposite directions, and a woven network of insulating threads binding said bundles together to form a cable.
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8. A cable as in claim 7 including a plurality of flexible, fluid-tight tubes bound together in side-by-side relationship with said bundles.
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9. A cable as in claim 8 in which there are two of said bundles and two of said tubes, with the tubes located on opposite sides of said bundles.
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10. A cable as in claim 7 in which said threads include a single weft thread wound spirally around said bundles and at least one warp thread woven with said weft thread in a basket-weave pattern in the space between said bundles.
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