Patent ID: 8096253
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B63B,B65H

Abstract:
1. A system for applying fairings to a cable, said system comprising: a first spool of first fairing halves; a first wheel, rotation of said first wheel capable of feeding said first fairing halves from said first spool to a first location proximate to said cable; a second spool of second fairing halves complimentary to mate to said first fairing halves; a second wheel, rotation of said second wheel feeding said second fairing halves from said second spool to a second location proximate to said cable, said second location being diametrically opposed to said first location with respect to said cable; and at least one magnet in each of said first and second fairing halves, a magnetic attraction between said magnets in said first and second fairing halves capable of clamping said first and second fairing halves about said cable to form a full fairing.