Patent ID: 6338287
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: D07B,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A push-pull type control cable having a conduit tube and an inner cable comprised of a core wire and a plurality of strands wound around the core wire and inserted into the conduit tube, the control cable being filled with lubricant in a clearance between an inner periphery of the conduit tube and an outer periphery of the inner cable, whereinthe plurality of strands are provided in the form of a first plurality of first strands and a second plurality of second strands each comprised of three pieces of element wires twisted in a manner of ordinary lay or in the reverse direction relative to the winding direction of the strands, the first and second strands being alternately wound around the core wire, and the element wires of the second strands each are formed smaller in diameter than the element wires of the first strands such that the second strands are each smaller in diameter than the first strands.