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Anti cable theft device



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(PDF - 381 KB) 		The power industry uses copper cables to supply electricity to different outlets but cables thieves are hampering uninterrupted service delivery. Usually a cable buried beneath the ground is cut through at two remote places and then pulled out the ground by a pickup truck.

With the cost of cable theft estimated at R1 billion per year in South Africa a considerable saving to the power supply company and the end user can be accomplished if cable theft can be brought down to a minimum.

This cable theft protection device for securing buried electricity supply and communications cables comprises a two-part shell hinged together to form a tubular sleeve in which part of a cable is housed. Opposite ends of the sleeve is configured with cone-shaped flanges that flare out towards either side of the sleeve.

Once a number of anti-theft devices have been secured around a cable at spaced apart locations, any attempt to withdraw the cable from the ground is prevented by the cone-extensions, which engage the ground material and act as a break to prevent any further movement. Though the cable may be severed the cost of repairing the cable is considerably less than replacing an entire cable section.



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Date featured by Patentdata Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Number of viewers that looked at new idea 882
Number of viewers that provided market feedback 47
 
Market Potential of New Idea as perceived by Respondents
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    Definitely YES 24 51%  
    Probably YES 20 43%  
    Probably NO 1 2%  
    Definitely NO 2 4%  
 
    Total 47 100%  

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GOLDRING, Allan, Cecil
17b Cheetham RoadBedford ParkBedfordviewJohannesburg2007(ZA)		 The telephone numbers and/or email addresses of the patent applicants and their patent attorneys are not provided in the patent applications. We recommend that you request any local patent attorney to assist you to contact patent applicants via their patent attorneys should you wish to obtain the manufacturing and/or marketing rights to their inventions.
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SPOOR & FISHER et al.
P.O. Box 454Pretoria0001(ZA)
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Been working on this myself. Nice simple idea. Maybe we should get together and brainstorm. hugh.r@xen.co.za South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Expert Knowledge: Expert
Other Education: Other
> 10 years Experience: > 10 years
> 50 Age: > 50
Male Gender: Male
1. Good idea, but you will have to make the device a bit stronger.
2. The downside is the cost. You will also have to put it at short intervals.		 South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Working Knowledge: Working
Post Grad Education: Post Grad
5 - 10 years Experience: 5 - 10 years
24 - 34 Age: 24 - 34
Male Gender: Male
none South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Limited Knowledge: Limited
Other Education: Other
None Experience: None
> 50 Age: > 50
Female Gender: Female
this will slow them down South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Limited Knowledge: Limited
University Grad Education: University Grad
None Experience: None
24 - 34 Age: 24 - 34
Male Gender: Male
I;d rather we repair cables instead of replacing them. South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Limited Knowledge: Limited
High School Education: High School
None Experience: None
24 - 34 Age: 24 - 34
Male Gender: Male
ok South Africa Potential: Probably YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Limited Knowledge: Limited
University Grad Education: University Grad
None Experience: None
24 - 34 Age: 24 - 34
Male Gender: Male
Thieves will always find a way to circumvent any measures to prevent their activities. What is to stop then cutting through the device with an angle grinder or blowtorch? South Africa Potential: Probably NO
South Africa Location: South Africa
Limited Knowledge: Limited
Post Grad Education: Post Grad
None Experience: None
> 50 Age: > 50
Male Gender: Male
Very good idea. Easy to implement and very cost effective. If you look at the costs of electric and comms cables this would be very worth while. South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Working Knowledge: Working
University Grad Education: University Grad
5 - 10 years Experience: 5 - 10 years
24 - 34 Age: 24 - 34
Male Gender: Male
It is a good, common sense idea. Costs of the device should be low too. It will be expensive to install because the device would have to be installed after the cable has been put in position in the trench and before the trench has been backfilled. South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Expert Knowledge: Expert
Post Grad Education: Post Grad
> 10 years Experience: > 10 years
> 50 Age: > 50
Male Gender: Male
Brilliant invention and I am sure it is a South African that came up with this. Hope you sell a lot and help the industry and the end user (consume) that have to eventually pay for the theft by criminals - and there is plenty of them in SA South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
South Africa Location: South Africa
Working Knowledge: Working
University Grad Education: University Grad
> 10 years Experience: > 10 years
> 50 Age: > 50
Male Gender: Male
That's an ingenious way of thniknig about it. Europe Potential: Probably YES
Europe Location: Europe
Working Knowledge: Working
University Grad Education: University Grad
5 - 10 years Experience: 5 - 10 years
35 - 50 Age: 35 - 50
Male Gender: Male
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