Patent ID: 8616526

Claim:
An insertion device for a cable in an existing pipe network, comprising: a longitudinally stable flexible element, configured to be inserted into a pipe region of the pipe network; a head part configured to be placed on the flexible element, which head part is configured to be diverted for passing through areas of bends of the pipe; a coupling part configured to be placed on the flexible element and to which the cable to be pulled in is configured to be coupled, wherein the head part comprises a base body having an elongated shape, which base body is configured to be led from a stretched position into a bent position, which base body includes guide elements, by which at least one pulling element is guided, which is spaced apart from the bending axis of the base body, which at least one pulling element is held by the one end on an end region of the base body and by the other end on a drivable linear drive disposed on the other end region of the base body, and further comprising a light source and a camera disposed on the end region, remote from the flexible element of the head part; and a gravitational sensor disposed in the base body, with which the position of the base body with respect to gravity can be determined.