Coaxial cable having a composite metallic braid
First Claim
1. A coaxial cable comprising:
- a central conductor, a dielectric surrounding said conductor, at least one metallic braid surrounding said dielectric and a cable jacket surrounding said at least one metallic braid, said at least one metallic braid being a composite braid, said composite braid being a plurality of interwoven metallic strands and at least two water expandable strands of yarn interwoven with the metallic stands to provide a plurality of yarn cross-over points.
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Abstract
Coaxial cables having a composite braid with a plurality of water expandable strands of yarn woven therein, preferably to quad coaxial cables having the inner metallic braid as the metallic composite braid. The composite braid has a plurality of woven metallic strands, at least one first strand of water-blocking yarn helically wound in one direction and extending along the length of the composite braid, the at least one first strand being woven into the metallic strands of the composite braid, at least one second strand of water-blocking yarn helically wound in an opposite direction with metallic strands of the composite braid and extending along the length of the composite braid, the first and second water-blocking strands of yam crossing over and contacting each other at a plurality of spaced yarn contact points and said first and second water-blocking strands of yarn being water-expandable.
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1. A coaxial cable comprising:
- a central conductor, a dielectric surrounding said conductor, at least one metallic braid surrounding said dielectric and a cable jacket surrounding said at least one metallic braid, said at least one metallic braid being a composite braid, said composite braid being a plurality of interwoven metallic strands and at least two water expandable strands of yarn interwoven with the metallic stands to provide a plurality of yarn cross-over points.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- 8. In a conductive cable, a metallic braid being a composite braid, said composite braid being a plurality of interwoven metallic strands and at least two water expandable strands of yarn interwoven with the metallic strands to provide a plurality of yarn cross-over points.
- 11. A coaxial cable comprising a central conductor, a dielectric surrounding said conductor, a first metallic shielding tape surrounding said dielectric, a first metallic braid surrounding said first shielding tape, a second shielding tape surrounding said first metallic braid, a second metallic braid surrounding said second shielding tape, at least one of said first and second metallic braids being a composite braid, said composite braid having a plurality of woven metallic strands, at least one first strand of water-expanding yarn helically wound in one direction and extending along the length of the composite braid, said at least one first strand of yarn being woven with said metallic strands into said composite braid, at least one second strand of water-expandable yarn helically wound in an opposite direction and extending along the length of the composite braid, said first and second strands of yarn crossing over and contacting each other at a plurality of spaced yarn contact points.
- 13. A composite braid for use with conductive cables comprising a plurality of woven metallic strands and at least two water-expandable strands of yarn interwoven with said metallic strands to provide a plurality of yarn cross-over points.
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