Device for preventing damage to a submarine cable at the point where it leaves an equipment casing during passage round the cable drum and over the davit
A device for preventing damage to a submarine cable at the point where it leaves an equipment casing during passage round the cable drum and over the davit, and consisting of a chocking member on each side of the casing surrounding the cable from its outlet from the casing to a point of contact of the cable with the drum, said chocking member being in the form of a body of revolution about the cable axis of generally pear-shaped configuration when unstressed and having a swollen part at the casing end, said chocking member occupying all the space between the cable and the drum when the cable is wound on the drum, the swollen part of the chocking member when unstressed having a radius at least equal to the distance between the cable and the drum at the outlet from the casing. The chocking member may be a sleeve of a strong and flexible material; it may also consist of a stack of elementary chocking members.
- Assignee:
- Les Cables de Lyon (France)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4481381
- OSTI ID:
- 5942252
- Resource Relation:
- Patent Priority Date: Priority date 4 Aug 1982, France; Other Information: PAT-APPL-405016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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