ARMURE DE TRACTION POUR CABLES, ET CABLE POUR USAGE SOUS-MARIN MUNI D'UNE TELLE ARMURE

• Main Author: MICHEL BEUCHER ET FRANCOIS-XAVIER GUILLAUMOND
• Format: Patent
• Language: French
• Published: 22.11.1985
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CONDUCTORS; ELECTRICITY; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES

LA PRESENTE INVENTION CONCERNE UNE ARMURE DE TRACTION10 POUR CABLES, CONSTITUEE D'ELEMENTS IDENTIQUES11 DE GRANDE LONGUEUR S'EMBOITANT BORD A BORD SUR TOUTE LA CIRCONFERENCE D'UN CABLE ET MUNIS CHACUN DANS SA PARTIE CENTRALE12 D'AU MOINS UNE FIBRE16 NOTAMMENT METALLIQUE OU ARAMIDE, CARACTERISEE EN CE QUE CHAQUE ELEMENT11 COMPORTE A CHAQUE BORD UNE LEVRE13, 14 DE FORME SENSIBLEMENT CIRCULAIRE RATTACHEE A LA PARTIE CENTRALE POUR UNE GOUTTIERE DEFINISSANT UN ESPACE LIBRE RECEVANT UNE LEVRE D'UN ELEMENT ADJACENT.LA PRESENTE INVENTION CONCERNE EGALEMENT UN CABLE POUR USAGE SOUS-MARIN MUNI D'UNE TELLE ARMURE.APPLICATION AUX CABLES OMBILICAUX D'HABITATS DE PLONGEE SOUS-MARINE. The present invention relates to a length of cable-strengthening armour (10) consisting of identical elements (11) of great length, which fit into each other edge to edge over the entire circumference of a cable and each of which is provided in its central portion (12) with at least one fibre (16), especially a metal or aramid fibre, and characterised in that each element (11) comprises at each edge a lip (13, 14), of substantially circular shape, attached to the central portion to form a trough (19) defining a free space receiving a lip from an adjacent element. The present invention also relates to a cable, for submarine use, provided with such armour. Application to umbilical cables for submarine diving accommodation.