Patent ID: 8007563
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: C22B,H02G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of simultaneously removing an outer jacket, and a substantial majority of at least two coverings, on at least two of a plurality of covered metal wires contained there within, comprising: A) providing a system for use in simultaneously removing an outer jacket and coverings on a plurality of metal wires contained there within, comprising: B) causing a length of cable to be positioned in said means for positioning a length of cable in a manner which allows it to be slid through said means; C) while causing said length of cable to be slid through said means for positioning a length of cable, causing said at least one nozzle to be oriented so that water ejected therefrom impinges upon said length of cable, and causing water to be ejected from said nozzle as a jet; such that, in use, water provided from said source of pressurized water is expelled at a pressure of at least 4,000 psi from said at least one nozzle as a jet and is directed to impinge onto said length of cable at an acute angle of incidence thereto, while said length of cable is secured in said means for positioning a length of cable, said acute angle-of-incidence being effected by orienting said at least one nozzle; wherein the impact of said water with said outer jacket and said plurality of coverings on said plurality of wires simultaneously causes a substantial majority of said outer jacket and said coverings on at least two of a plurality of covered metal wires contained there within to be simultaneously removed from said underlying metal, at or near the location at which it impinges onto said cable, by a wedging action between said covering and said underlying metal.