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Methods of enclosing a plurality of conductors in a partitioned jacket

  • US 4,221,756 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1978
  • Issued: 09/09/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of enclosing at least two groups of insulated conductors, which are disposed in a planar array, in a common, substantially symmetrical jacket, said method comprising the steps of:

  • moving at least two groups of relatively flexible, individually insulated conductors, which are disposed in a planar array, in adjacent paths along at least an exit portion of which the groups are spaced apart a predetermined distance;

    moving the groups of conductors from said exit portion along converging paths in which each group is capable of being moved laterally within said array;

    whileflowing a plastic material about the array to enclose it in a jacket with portions of the plastic material being flowed between the groups of conductors to achieve an equilibration of pressure in the plastic material about each group, which controls lateral movement of the groups within the array as they are being enclosed in the jacket, and to form a web, which is integral with the jacket and which may vary along the length of the array to compensate for conductor size variations, said web which separates the groups in the jacketed array having a thickness which is substantially less than said predetermined distance.

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