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公开(公告)号:US12202188B1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-21
申请号:US18584929
申请日:2024-02-22
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Mark D. Bennett
IPC: B29C48/17 , B29C48/06 , B29C48/07 , B29C48/19 , B29C48/20 , B29C48/30 , B29C48/345 , B29C48/86 , B29C48/00 , B29C48/154 , B29C48/21 , B29C48/25 , B29C48/28 , B29C48/285
Abstract: An apparatus for extruding a jacket and/or insulative material onto an extruded product with one or more longitudinal stripes incorporated onto the surface of said extruded product comprising a body, a primary feed conduit for conveying a primary extrusion material, a striping die, a secondary feed conduit for conveying a secondary extrusion material, a striping die adapter, a striping feed conduit extending through the striping die adapter for conveying striping extrusion material. The striping die adapter may also include a thermocouple for maintaining the viscosity of the striping extrusion material and a thermocouple for monitoring the temperature of said striping die adapter. The striping die includes one or more striping extrusion outlets for conveying striping extrusion material onto the extruded product. The striping die may also include a wishbone-shaped trough for delivering equal amounts of striping extrusion material to said extrusion outlets for extrusion onto the product.
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公开(公告)号:US11929188B1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US18084851
申请日:2022-12-20
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: Troy D. Skidmore , Paul Abernathy , David W. Maxey , William T. Bigbee, Jr.
Abstract: An electrical cable assembly, comprising a first electrical circuit further comprising a first plurality of insulated conductors longitudinally disposed to one another, wherein the first plurality of insulated conductors are cabled together in a bundle. The electrical cable assembly further comprises a second electrical circuit longitudinally disposed to the first electrical circuit, the second electrical circuit comprising a second plurality of insulated conductors longitudinally disposed to one another and cabled together in a bundle and a nonmetallic jacket surrounding the second plurality of insulated conductors and wherein the nonmetallic jacket isolating the first electrical circuit from the second electrical circuit. The electrical cable assembly further comprises a flexible interlocking metallic armor encasing the first and second electrical circuits.
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公开(公告)号:US11498796B1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-15
申请号:US17103755
申请日:2020-11-24
Applicant: Encore Wire corporation
Inventor: Benjamin L. Weatherford , William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Clifton S. Thompson
Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.
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公开(公告)号:US11241814B1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-08
申请号:US16847509
申请日:2020-04-13
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Mark D. Bennett
IPC: B29C48/17 , B29C48/30 , B29C48/19 , B29C48/86 , B29C48/345 , B29C48/20 , B29C48/06 , B29C48/154 , B29C48/00 , B29C48/28 , B29C48/21 , B29C48/285 , B29C48/25
Abstract: An apparatus for extruding a jacket and/or insulative material onto an extruded product with one or more longitudinal stripes incorporated onto the surface of said extruded product comprising a body, a primary feed conduit for conveying a primary extrusion material, a striping die, a secondary feed conduit for conveying a secondary extrusion material, a striping die adapter, a striping feed conduit extending through the striping die adapter for conveying striping extrusion material. The striping die adapter may also include a thermocouple for maintaining the viscosity of the striping extrusion material and a thermocouple for monitoring the temperature of said striping die adapter. The striping die includes one or more striping extrusion outlets for conveying striping extrusion material onto the extruded product. The striping die may also include a wishbone-shaped trough for delivering equal amounts of striping extrusion material to said extrusion outlets for extrusion onto the product.
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公开(公告)号:US11228162B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-18
申请号:US16515975
申请日:2019-07-18
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: Mark D. Bennett , William T. Bigbee, Jr.
Abstract: An enhanced apparatus and method for securing a wire to a pulling cable for pulling wire. Specifically, the pulling cable and wire are attached via a pulling head body. The wire is inserted into an end of the pulling head body and secured by crimping the pulling head body against the wire. Further, crimp zone indicators positioned on the outer surface of the pulling head body indicate the optimal zone of crimping to achieve substantial contact between the pulling head body and the wire. A pulling cable is secured to the pulling head body via a ball swage that comprises a tapped surface.
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公开(公告)号:US10943713B1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-09
申请号:US16998949
申请日:2020-08-20
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Stephen S. Griffin
IPC: H01B13/14 , B29C48/88 , H01B7/18 , B29C48/28 , H01B7/02 , B29C48/00 , B29C48/21 , B29C48/154 , H01B13/00 , B29K27/06 , B29K105/20 , B29K77/00 , B29L31/34 , B29K509/02 , B29K105/16 , B29K105/00
Abstract: A process for manufacturing finished wire and cable having reduced coefficient of friction and pulling force during installation, includes providing a payoff reel containing at least one internal conductor wire; supplying the at least one internal conductor wire from the reel to at least one extruder; providing the least one extruder, wherein the at least one extruder applies an insulating material and a polymerized jacket composition over the at least one internal conductor wire, wherein the polymerized jacket composition comprises a predetermined amount by weight of nylon; and at least 3% by weight of a silica providing a cooling device for lowering the temperature of the extruded insulating material and the polymerized jacket composition and cooling the insulating material and the polymerized jacket composition in the cooling device; and, reeling onto a storage reel the finished, cooled, wire and cable for storage and distribution.
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公开(公告)号:US10850885B1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-01
申请号:US16680038
申请日:2019-11-11
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Clifton S. Thompson
Abstract: An apparatus for applying a label to a spool or reel containing wire and a wire tail extending from the spool or reel, the apparatus comprising a wire tail sensor, wherein the wire tail sensor identifies the location of the wire tail protruding from the spool or reel and a label application mechanism, wherein the labeling mechanism applies a label to the spool or reel and wherein the label does not contact the wire tail protruding from the spool or reel.
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公开(公告)号:US10733486B1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-04
申请号:US16363990
申请日:2019-03-25
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Clifton S. Thompson , Ferrin E. Gomez , Tony Ornelas, III
Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the printing on wire or cable. The apparatus including a processor, a bus connected to the processor, a user input connected to the bus, a display screen connected to the user input and the bus, a first storage system connected to the bus, data stored in the first storage system and displayable on the display screen, wherein the data includes manufacturing and print information, a printer connected to the bus, wherein the printer prints the data on the wire or cable, a communication device connected to the bus, and an identification device connected to the bus, wherein identification device receives information from a user.
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公开(公告)号:US10597252B1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-24
申请号:US16159659
申请日:2018-10-13
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: Benjamin L. Weatherford , William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Clifton S. Thompson
Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.
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公开(公告)号:US10580551B1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-03
申请号:US16364122
申请日:2019-03-25
Applicant: Encore Wire Corporation
Inventor: William T. Bigbee, Jr. , Sheri H. Dahlke , Ronald A. Raedeke , Jason Drew Gillen , Melvin Glenn Debord
IPC: C10M169/04 , H01B7/02 , C10M161/00 , C10M155/02 , H01B1/02 , C10M173/00 , C10M145/28
Abstract: A composition and method for reducing the coefficient of friction and required pulling force of a wire or cable are provided. A composition of aqueous emulsion is provided that is environmentally friendly, halogen free and solvent free. The composition is compatible with various types of insulating materials and may be applied after the wire or cable is cooled and also by spraying or submerging the wire or cable in a bath. The composition contains lubricating agents that provide lower coefficient of friction for wire or cable installation and continuous wire or cable surface lubrication thereafter.
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