Patent ID: 7869678

Claim:
A system for manufacturing a telecommunications cable including a strength structure and a rip member embedded within a jacket of the telecommunications cable, the system comprising: a cable jacket material input location; an extrusion crosshead, the extrusion crosshead including a tip having an exterior, the tip defining a first passageway configured to receive the strength structure and a second passageway generally parallel to the first passageway that is configured to receive the rip member, the extrusion crosshead also including a die defining an annular extrusion passage that surrounds the exterior of the tip, the annular extrusion passage in fluid communication with the cable jacket material input location; and a slitting blade configured for slitting the jacket as the jacket exits the extrusion crosshead, the slitting blade configured to cut a slit within the jacket that extends completely from an exterior of the jacket to the rip member.