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Method of filling a cable with a flooding compound

  • US 4,729,803 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1987
  • Issued: 03/08/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of filling a cable with a flooding compound comprising;

  • (a) dissolving a wax soluble rubber in a microcrystalline wax at an elevated temperature between 220°

    F. to 260°

    F., said rubber comprising an ethylene-propylene copolymer;

    (b) dissolving polyethylene in the mixture of step (a), and said wax being present in at least 90% by weight;

    (c) extruding the mixture of step (b) at about said elevated temperature, between a metal sheath and a plastic cable covering of said cable, and wherein the extruded mixture has the jacket slip characteristics of atactic polypropylene as defined by the R.E.A. 15 lb. minimum test standard.

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