Patent ID: 6785979
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
An apparatus for enabling cables of varying diameters to be measured to an identical length after being laid in a non-linear orientation, comprising:a support platform having a non-linear groove formed in a surface thereof, said groove forming a curving channel having a predetermined radius of curvature, and operable to at least partially support said cable therein; said groove being rotated from a vertical plane extending orthogonal to said surface of said support platform to thereby cant said groove such that said groove opens slightly outwardly away from an inside edge of said groove; and wherein said canting of said groove enables cables of varying diameters to be laid therein and automatically compensates for said varying diameters when measuring cables to be used in wire bundles requiring a common length, and therefore eliminates the need to lay each of said cables in a straight line during a measuring process.