Bundled cables and method of making the same
View Patent ↗A method of bundling a plurality of cables to retain them together during use and installation and facilitating the cables to be easily separated for termination. The plurality of cables are bundled about a central flexible strip which is coated with an adhesive, such as a thermoplastic heat-sealable resin contacted by the cables.
1. A method of bundling a plurality of cables comprising the steps of:
providing a substantially flexible central member consisting of a strip of a woven polyester tape material having a first side and a second side;
coating an adhesive consisting of a heat-sealable resin onto one or more of the first and second sides of the flexible central strip material member;
and bundling said plurality of cables consisting of two Category 5e cables and two RG-6/U cables into surface contact with said adhesive and extending about the flexible central strip material member to facilitate external access to said cables enabling manual detachment of selectively one or more of said cables from said adhesive-coated flexible central strip material member.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the adhesive is heat activatable and the method further comprises the step of heating the adhesive to activate the adhesive.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the thermoplastic heat-sealable resin is a hot melt adhesive.
4. A method of bundling cables comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of cables consisting of two Category 5e cables and two RG-6/U cables;
providing a flexible flat strip of material consisting of a polyester tape;
applying a thermoplastic heat sealable resin to at least one surface area on the flexible strip;
heating the thermoplastic heat sealable resin to activate the thermoplastic heat sealable resin; and
bundling the plurality of cables into surface contact with the thermoplastic heat sealable resin on the flexible strip, such that the plurality of cables become releasably attached to the flexible strip as the thermoplastic heat sealable resin cools, while facilitating external access to said cables enabling manual detachment of selectively one or more of said cables from said flexible strip.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the thermoplastic heat-sealable resin is a hot melt adhesive.