Patent ID: 6094792
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
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 edge portions configured to be joined together, the apparatus comprising:a frame; anda housing secured to the frame, the 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; andwherein the passageway has a shape configured to join together the opposite edge portions of the flexible panel as the flexible panel is advanced through the passageway from the inlet port to the outlet port such that the flexible panel forms a longitudinally extending cover surrounding the electrical power line.