Patent ID: 6880219
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: F16L,G02B,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for installing cables in a ducting system comprising the steps: installing a bundle of guide tubes in an existing protective duct by pushing and/or blowing; after the guide tubes have been installed, cutting the existing duct at a branch point and exposing the installed guide tubes; cutting one or more of the guide tubes at the exposed branch point for connection to one or more branch tubes; connecting one or more branch tubes from one or more branch ducts to one or more of the ends of the cut tubes thereby forming one or more dedicated guide channels; installing a splittable Y-branch connector around the cut ends of the existing duct and around the one or more branch ducts; and installing one or more cables, by blowing or pushing, in one or more of the dedicated guide channels.