Patent ID: 7685964

Claim:
A device for wetting cable-ends of cables comprising: a conveyor unit mounted on a stand, said conveyor unit including a drive, a pump unit operated by said drive, a conveyor pipe connected to an outlet of said pump unit and a nozzle connected to an outlet of said conveyor pipe; and a bath-container for retaining a bath of a wetting agent, said conveyer unit extending into said bath-container for conveying the wetting agent stored in the bath-container to a cable-end, whereby said conveyor unit is removably mounted for installation in and removal from said bath-container, and when the wetting agent is stored in said bath-container, said drive operates said pump unit to cause the wetting agent to flow from the bath-container through said conveyor pipe and out said nozzle and wherein said nozzle has a cutout opening in a sidewall of the nozzle defining a chamber, an exchangeable throttle plate arranged within the chamber, said exchangeable throttle plate having an aperture forming a free jet of the wetting agent of predetermined size and shape to coat cable-ends of a cable which is positionable within a remaining space of the chamber which oppositely faces and is below said throttle plate, said throttle plate being removable from said nozzle without removing said nozzle from said conveyor pipe.