Patent ID: 6195861
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for installing a cover around an electrical power line, wherein the cover includes an elongated flexible panel having generally parallel opposite first and second edge portions that are configured to be joined together, the apparatus comprising:a housing, comprising:opposite first and second ends;an inlet port in the first end;an outlet port in the second end;an interior passageway that extends along a longitudinal direction from the inlet port to the outlet port;wherein the passageway is configured to receive a power line that extends through the inlet and outlet ports of the housing; andan elongated guide assembly in communication with the passageway adjacent the outlet port, comprising:opposite third and fourth ends;a first elongated passageway configured to slidably receive the flexible panel first edge portion therethrough; anda second elongated passageway configured to slidably receive the flexible panel second edge portion therethrough, wherein the first and second elongated passageways converge towards the guide assembly fourth end;wherein the elongated guide assembly is configured to join together the first and second edge portions of the flexible panel as the flexible panel is advanced through the guide assembly from the guide assembly third end to the guide assembly fourth end such that the flexible panel forms a longitudinally extending cover that surrounds an electrical power line extending through the passageway.