Woven electrical transmission cable with cut line
First Claim
1. A method of forming a stable, cut woven electrical cable comprising the steps of:
- arranging a plurality of insulated warp forming conductive wires in a longitudinally extending parallel array;
arranging at least two non-conductive warp forming yarns in a longitudinally extending array substantially parallel with and adjacent an edge of said array of conductive warp wires;
forming stable body zones along a length of said cable by weaving a weft yarn with said conductive warp wires and said non-conductive warp yarns;
forming cut zones along said length of said cable by causing said weft yarn to break out and weave only with said non-conductive warp yarns so that said cable may be cut at selected cut zones to produce individual electrical cables having controlled cut weft yarn ends.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a woven electrical transmission cable formed with cut zones, body zones and an identification tracer. The cable is formed of an array of longitudinally extending insulated conductor warp wires arranged side by side. A plurality of longitudinally extending synthetic yarns arranged to be substantially parallel with and substantially adjacent one edge of the array of conductive wires. The synthetic yarns are colored a color which distinguishes from the color of the conductor wires. A weft yarn is woven with the array of conductor wires and the synthetic yarns to form the body zone. The weft yarn weaves only with the synthetic yarns to form the cut zones which are arranged in spaced manner longitudinally of the cable. The conductor wires weave with the weft yarn in a two up two down twill weave to form the body zones.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of forming a stable, cut woven electrical cable comprising the steps of:
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arranging a plurality of insulated warp forming conductive wires in a longitudinally extending parallel array; arranging at least two non-conductive warp forming yarns in a longitudinally extending array substantially parallel with and adjacent an edge of said array of conductive warp wires; forming stable body zones along a length of said cable by weaving a weft yarn with said conductive warp wires and said non-conductive warp yarns; forming cut zones along said length of said cable by causing said weft yarn to break out and weave only with said non-conductive warp yarns so that said cable may be cut at selected cut zones to produce individual electrical cables having controlled cut weft yarn ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A woven electrically conductive cable having cut sections comprising:
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a plurality of substantially parallel insulated conductor wires forming first warp members; a plurality of substantially non-conductive yarns arranged substantially parallel with said first warp members and forming second warp members; a non-conductive weft forming yarn interlacing with said first and second warp members along first lengths thereof, said non-conductive weft yarn and said first and second warp members forming body sections of said conductive cable; said non-conductive weft yarn interlacing with only said second warp members along second lengths of said conductive cable to form cut sections in which said conductive first warp members extend unwoven with said non-conductive weft yarn;
whereby,said second warp members act to stabilize said woven cable by controlling said non-conductive weft yarn along said cut sections. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A woven electrical conductive cable having a tracer line, cut zones of a first length, and body zones of a second length:
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said cable being formed of a plurality of side by side longitudinally extending insulated conductor warp wires, said insulation being colored a first color; a plurality of longitudinally extending synthetic warp yarns arranged substantially parallel with and substantially adjacent one edge of said conductor wires forming said tracer line, said synthetic warp yarns being colored a second color different than said first color; a weft yarn weaving generally in a twill weave pattern with said conductor wires over said second lengths to form said body zones; said weft yarn weaving with said synthetic warp yarns over said first and second lengths to form said tracer line;
whereby,said tracer line acts to identify a first position of said electrically conductive cable, and to stabilize said body zone by controlling said weft yarn across said cut zones of said conductive cable. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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