WO2012051672A1 - A conduit assembly dispending apparatus - Google Patents

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WO2012051672A1
WO2012051672A1 PCT/AU2011/001349 AU2011001349W WO2012051672A1 WO 2012051672 A1 WO2012051672 A1 WO 2012051672A1 AU 2011001349 W AU2011001349 W AU 2011001349W WO 2012051672 A1 WO2012051672 A1 WO 2012051672A1
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conduit
support structure
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Raymond Nashant Boulos
Anthony Leslie Newton
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John Holland Pty Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H51/00—Forwarding filamentary material
    • B65H51/015—Gathering a plurality of forwarding filamentary materials into a bundle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H49/00—Unwinding or paying-out filamentary material; Supporting, storing or transporting packages from which filamentary material is to be withdrawn or paid-out
    • B65H49/18—Methods or apparatus in which packages rotate
    • B65H49/20—Package-supporting devices
    • B65H49/32—Stands or frameworks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/4429—Means specially adapted for strengthening or protecting the cables
    • G02B6/443—Protective covering
    • G02B6/4431—Protective covering with provision in the protective covering, e.g. weak line, for gaining access to one or more fibres, e.g. for branching or tapping
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/46—Processes or apparatus adapted for installing or repairing optical fibres or optical cables
    • G02B6/50—Underground or underwater installation; Installation through tubing, conduits or ducts
    • G02B6/504—Installation in solid material, e.g. underground
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G1/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines
    • H02G1/06—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/32—Optical fibres or optical cables
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4439—Auxiliary devices
    • G02B6/4471—Terminating devices ; Cable clamps
    • G02B6/4472—Manifolds
    • G02B6/4475—Manifolds with provision for lateral branching

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  • This disclosure relates, generally, to a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus and, more particularly, to a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus used to deploy a conduit assembly for application in a reticulated system such as, for example, a telecommunications network.
  • a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus for dispensing a conduit assembly, comprising a conduit and at least one core element contained in the conduit, the apparatus including
  • a first mounting arrangement arranged on the support structure for receiving a supply of conduit elements
  • a second mounting arrangement arranged on the support structure, in juxtaposition with the first mounting arrangement, for receiving a supply of at least one core element
  • the apparatus may be mobile, the support structure comprising a chassis and substrate-engaging elements on which the chassis is mounted.
  • the substrate- engaging elements are wheels.
  • the support structure may include a mounting formation at its leading end for attachment to a prime mover to be towed behind a towing vehicle.
  • the first mounting arrangement may comprise at least one mounting post having a receiving formation for receiving a component of the supply of conduit elements.
  • the first mounting arrangement may comprise at least two mounting posts, each of which has a receiving formation for receiving the component of the supply of conduit elements.
  • the apparatus may include the supply of the conduit elements, each supply of conduit elements comprising a conduit element dispenser carried on the support structure.
  • the conduit may comprise at least two elements, being a channel defining element in which the at least one core element is received and a cover element for, covering the channel defining element to encase the at least one core element in the oonduit so formed.
  • Each conduit element dispenser may be in the form of a reel rotatably receivable on its associated receiving formation.
  • case is meant, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, that the at least one core element is surrounded by the conduit parts in a longitudinal direction of the conduit assembly. Ends of the at least one core element may or may not protrude from the oonduit.
  • the apparatus may therefore include at least two conduit element dispensers arranged in spaced relationship, on opposed sides, of the support structure.
  • the second mounting arrangement may comprise at least one mounting post having at least one receiving formation for receiving a component of a core element dispenser of the supply of the at least one core element.
  • the second mounting arrangement may comprises a plurality of mounting posts, eaoh of which has at least one receiving formation with a core element dispenser being receivable on each receiving formation of the second mounting arrangement.
  • the apparatus may include a plurality of supplies of core elements, the component of each core element dispenser being rotatably mounted on one of the receiving formations of the mounting posts of the second mounting arrangement
  • the conduit assembly may comprise a plurality of core elements.
  • the apparatus may include a plurality of core element dispensers arranged upstream of the supply of conduit elements.
  • the apparatus may include aperture forming equipment arranged on the support structure for forming at least one aperture in the conduit of the conduit assembly.
  • the aperture forming equipment may comprise at least one punch for punching the at least one aperture in the conduit.
  • the at least one punch may punch a plurality of apertures at longitudinally spaced intervals in the conduit where branch conduits are to be attached to the conduit assembly.
  • the apparatus includes at least two punches for punching apertures in each part of the conduit.
  • the apparatus may include a guide arrangement carried by the support structure for guiding the conduit elements and the at least one core element to the assembly unit.
  • the assembly unit may comprise a snap fit roller for snap fitting the conduit elements together.
  • Fig. 1 shows a plan view of an embodiment of a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus
  • Fig. 2 shows a side view of the apparatus
  • Fig. 3 shows a side view of the apparatus in use
  • Fig. 4 shows a schematic, side view of the position of a length of conduit assembly after being formed, in situ, by the apparatus of Fig. 1 and 2.
  • reference numeral 10 generally designates a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus in the form of a trailer.
  • the trailer 10 comprises a support structure in the form of a chassis 12.
  • the chassis 12 is carried on a pair of spaced substrate engaging elements, each in the form of a road wheel 14.
  • a towbar 16 is arranged at a leading end of the chassis 12 for mounting the trailer to a towing vehicle 18 (Fig. 3).
  • the trailer 10 is intended for deploying a conduit assembly 20 at a site 22 (Figs. 3 and 4) where the conduit assembly 20 is to be laid.
  • the conduit assembly 20 is, typically, a fibre optic assembly comprising a conduit 24 (Fig. 4) encasing a plurality of fibre optic cables 26.
  • the conduit 24 of the conduit assembly 20 comprises two elements or parts being a channel defining member 28 in which the fibre optic cables 26 are received and a cover member 30 which is mated to the channel defining part 28.
  • the conduit 24 so formed encases the fibre optic cables 26, as will be described in greater detail below.
  • the trailer 10 includes a first mounting arrangement 32 arranged on the chassis 12 for receiving a supply of the conduit elements.
  • the conduit elements are the channel defining member 28 and the cover member 30 of the conduit 24.
  • the first mounting arrangement comprises a pair of spaced apart mounting posts 34 projecting from the chassis 12.
  • the trailer 10 further includes the supply of the conduit elements 28 and 30.
  • the supply of the conduit elements 28 and 30 comprises a pair of conduit element dispensers in the form of a first reel 36 for dispensing the conduit element, or channel defining member, 28 and a second dispenser in the form of a reel 38 for dispensing the conduit element, or cover element, 30.
  • Each mounting post 34 includes a receiving formation, for example, in the form of a dished mounting bracket 40 within which an axle 42 of each reel 36, 38 is removably receivable for removably mounting the reels 36, 38 on their associated mounting posts 34.
  • the trailer 10 further includes a second mounting arrangement 44 for mounting a supply of the core elements in the form of the fibre optic cables 26.
  • the second mounting arrangement 44 is arranged in juxtaposition with the first mounting arrangement 32 on the chassis 12 of the trailer 10. More particularly, the second mounting arrangement 44 is mounted on the chassis 12 upstream of the first mounting arrangement 32.
  • the second mounting arrangement 44 comprises a plurality of spaced mounting posts 46 projecting from the chassis 12 and the towbar 16.
  • the trailer 10 includes the supply of the fibre optic cables 26.
  • the supply of the fibre optic cables 26 includes fibre optic cable dispensers in the form of reels 48 and 50.
  • the reels 48, of which there are five, contain single fibre drop cables 26 while the reels 50, of which there are two, contain seventy two fibre local network cables.
  • each mounting post 46 includes a receiving formation, for example, in the form of a dished bracket 52 for removably receiving axles 54 of the reels 48, 50.
  • the trailer 10 includes an assembly unit in the form of a snap fit roller 56 arranged at a trailing end of the chassis 12 on a free end of an arm 58, the arm 58 projecting from a rear of the chassis 12.
  • the elements 28 and 30 of the conduit 24 snap fit together and the assembly unit 56 effects the snap fitting of the elements 28 and 30 after the fibre optic cables 26 have been positioned within the channels of the clement 28 of the conduit 24.
  • the trailer 10 To channel the fibre optic cables 26 between the elements 28 and 30 of the conduit 24, the trailer 10 includes a guide arrangement in the form of a plurality of spaced guide rollers 60 arranged on the chassis 12 of the trailer 10 and on the arm 58.
  • the single fibre drop cables 26 contained in the conduit assembly 20 are accessed to be led to premises being networked.
  • apertures are formed in the conduit assembly 20 at longitudinally spaced intervals along the conduit assembly 20.
  • the trailer 10 includes aperture forming equipment in the form of window punches 62 arranged on the chassis upstream of a point 64 on the chassis 12 where the fibre optic cables 26 and the parts 28 and 30 of the conduit 26 converge prior to being merged or married together.
  • the punches 62 are operated, at intervals to form the windows or apertures in the conduit assembly 20.
  • the trailer 10 is used to lay the conduit assembly 20 at the site 22.
  • the conduit assembly 20 is, as shown in Fig. 4 positioned alongside a microtrench 66 which has been pre-formed in a preceding operation.
  • the trailer 10 is hitched via the towbar 16 to the towing vehicle 18.
  • the fibre optic cables 26 and elements 28 and 30 are dispensed from their respective reels 36, 38, 48 and SO to converge at the point 64 of the trailer 10 where the cables 26 are received in the channels of the channel defining element 28 of the conduit assembly 20 prior to the cover element 30 being snap fitted to the element 28 to form the conduit assembly 20.
  • conduit assembly 20 so formed is dispensed from a rear of the trailer 10 as illustrated in Figs. 1-3 of the drawings to be laid alongside the microtrench 66 for subsequent placement in the microtrenoh 66.
  • the conduit assembly 20 can be formed in a one pass operation, controlled by a single person.
  • the need for multiple passes to lay the cables 26 and the conduit 20 separately to be assembled together in a separate operation is obviated.
  • the need for multiple personnel to dispense the components of the conduit assembly 20 is also obviated.
  • a conduit assembly 20 can be laid in a rapid operation thereby reducing the amount of disruption caused to neighbouring areas and residents of the area.

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Abstract

A conduit assembly dispensing apparatus 10 is provided for dispensing a conduit assembly 20, comprising a conduit and at least one core element contained in the conduit. The apparatus 10 includes a support structure 12. A first mounting arrangement 32 arranged on the support structure 12 for receiving a supply of conduit elements. A second mounting arrangement 44 is arranged on the support structure 12, in juxtaposition with the first mounting arrangement 32, for receiving a supply of at least one core element An assembly unit 56 is arranged downstream of the first mounting arrangement 32 and the second mounting arrangement 44 for marrying the conduit elements and the at least one core element together to form the conduit assembly 20 to be dispensed from the support structure 12.

Description

"A conduit assembly dispending apparatus"
Cross-Reference to Related Applications
The present application claims priority from Australian provisional patent application no. 2010904719 filed 22 October 2010, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety..
Field
This disclosure relates, generally, to a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus and, more particularly, to a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus used to deploy a conduit assembly for application in a reticulated system such as, for example, a telecommunications network.
Background
In laying reticulated systems, disruption, is caused to surrounding infrastructure due to cutting into that infrastructure, generating waste and creating noise. There is also the disruption of personnel creating obstacles while the reticulated system is assembled prior to being buried. Assembly of the reticulated system can be a tine- consuming affair resulting in long time periods where access to the infrastructure is impeded or denied altogether. Summary
In one aspect, there is provided a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus for dispensing a conduit assembly, comprising a conduit and at least one core element contained in the conduit, the apparatus including
a support structure;
a first mounting arrangement arranged on the support structure for receiving a supply of conduit elements;
a second mounting arrangement arranged on the support structure, in juxtaposition with the first mounting arrangement, for receiving a supply of at least one core element; and
an assembly unit, downstream of the first mounting arrangement and the second mounting arrangement for marrying the conduit elements and the at least one core element together to form the conduit assembly to be dispensed from the support structure.
The apparatus may be mobile, the support structure comprising a chassis and substrate-engaging elements on which the chassis is mounted. Generally, the substrate- engaging elements are wheels. The support structure may include a mounting formation at its leading end for attachment to a prime mover to be towed behind a towing vehicle.
The first mounting arrangement may comprise at least one mounting post having a receiving formation for receiving a component of the supply of conduit elements. The first mounting arrangement may comprise at least two mounting posts, each of which has a receiving formation for receiving the component of the supply of conduit elements.
The apparatus may include the supply of the conduit elements, each supply of conduit elements comprising a conduit element dispenser carried on the support structure. The conduit may comprise at least two elements, being a channel defining element in which the at least one core element is received and a cover element for, covering the channel defining element to encase the at least one core element in the oonduit so formed. Each conduit element dispenser may be in the form of a reel rotatably receivable on its associated receiving formation. By "encase" is meant, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, that the at least one core element is surrounded by the conduit parts in a longitudinal direction of the conduit assembly. Ends of the at least one core element may or may not protrude from the oonduit.
The apparatus may therefore include at least two conduit element dispensers arranged in spaced relationship, on opposed sides, of the support structure.
The second mounting arrangement may comprise at least one mounting post having at least one receiving formation for receiving a component of a core element dispenser of the supply of the at least one core element. The second mounting arrangement may comprises a plurality of mounting posts, eaoh of which has at least one receiving formation with a core element dispenser being receivable on each receiving formation of the second mounting arrangement.
The apparatus may include a plurality of supplies of core elements, the component of each core element dispenser being rotatably mounted on one of the receiving formations of the mounting posts of the second mounting arrangement The conduit assembly may comprise a plurality of core elements. Thus, the apparatus may include a plurality of core element dispensers arranged upstream of the supply of conduit elements.
The apparatus may include aperture forming equipment arranged on the support structure for forming at least one aperture in the conduit of the conduit assembly. The aperture forming equipment may comprise at least one punch for punching the at least one aperture in the conduit. The at least one punch may punch a plurality of apertures at longitudinally spaced intervals in the conduit where branch conduits are to be attached to the conduit assembly. Preferably the apparatus includes at least two punches for punching apertures in each part of the conduit.
The apparatus may include a guide arrangement carried by the support structure for guiding the conduit elements and the at least one core element to the assembly unit.
The assembly unit may comprise a snap fit roller for snap fitting the conduit elements together.
Brief Description of Drawings
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 shows a plan view of an embodiment of a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus;
Fig. 2 shows a side view of the apparatus;
Fig. 3 shows a side view of the apparatus in use; and
Fig. 4 shows a schematic, side view of the position of a length of conduit assembly after being formed, in situ, by the apparatus of Fig. 1 and 2.
Detailed Description of Exemplary Embodiment
In the drawings, reference numeral 10 generally designates a conduit assembly dispensing apparatus in the form of a trailer. The trailer 10 comprises a support structure in the form of a chassis 12. The chassis 12 is carried on a pair of spaced substrate engaging elements, each in the form of a road wheel 14. A towbar 16 is arranged at a leading end of the chassis 12 for mounting the trailer to a towing vehicle 18 (Fig. 3).
The trailer 10 is intended for deploying a conduit assembly 20 at a site 22 (Figs. 3 and 4) where the conduit assembly 20 is to be laid. The conduit assembly 20 is, typically, a fibre optic assembly comprising a conduit 24 (Fig. 4) encasing a plurality of fibre optic cables 26.
The conduit 24 of the conduit assembly 20 comprises two elements or parts being a channel defining member 28 in which the fibre optic cables 26 are received and a cover member 30 which is mated to the channel defining part 28. The conduit 24 so formed encases the fibre optic cables 26, as will be described in greater detail below.
- The trailer 10 includes a first mounting arrangement 32 arranged on the chassis 12 for receiving a supply of the conduit elements. The conduit elements are the channel defining member 28 and the cover member 30 of the conduit 24. The first mounting arrangement comprises a pair of spaced apart mounting posts 34 projecting from the chassis 12. The trailer 10 further includes the supply of the conduit elements 28 and 30. The supply of the conduit elements 28 and 30 comprises a pair of conduit element dispensers in the form of a first reel 36 for dispensing the conduit element, or channel defining member, 28 and a second dispenser in the form of a reel 38 for dispensing the conduit element, or cover element, 30.
Each mounting post 34 includes a receiving formation, for example, in the form of a dished mounting bracket 40 within which an axle 42 of each reel 36, 38 is removably receivable for removably mounting the reels 36, 38 on their associated mounting posts 34.
The trailer 10 further includes a second mounting arrangement 44 for mounting a supply of the core elements in the form of the fibre optic cables 26. The second mounting arrangement 44 is arranged in juxtaposition with the first mounting arrangement 32 on the chassis 12 of the trailer 10. More particularly, the second mounting arrangement 44 is mounted on the chassis 12 upstream of the first mounting arrangement 32.
The second mounting arrangement 44 comprises a plurality of spaced mounting posts 46 projecting from the chassis 12 and the towbar 16. The trailer 10 includes the supply of the fibre optic cables 26. The supply of the fibre optic cables 26 includes fibre optic cable dispensers in the form of reels 48 and 50. The reels 48, of which there are five, contain single fibre drop cables 26 while the reels 50, of which there are two, contain seventy two fibre local network cables.
Once again, each mounting post 46 includes a receiving formation, for example, in the form of a dished bracket 52 for removably receiving axles 54 of the reels 48, 50.
The trailer 10 includes an assembly unit in the form of a snap fit roller 56 arranged at a trailing end of the chassis 12 on a free end of an arm 58, the arm 58 projecting from a rear of the chassis 12. The elements 28 and 30 of the conduit 24 snap fit together and the assembly unit 56 effects the snap fitting of the elements 28 and 30 after the fibre optic cables 26 have been positioned within the channels of the clement 28 of the conduit 24.
To channel the fibre optic cables 26 between the elements 28 and 30 of the conduit 24, the trailer 10 includes a guide arrangement in the form of a plurality of spaced guide rollers 60 arranged on the chassis 12 of the trailer 10 and on the arm 58.
When a fibre optic network is laid, as will be described in greater detail below, the single fibre drop cables 26 contained in the conduit assembly 20 are accessed to be led to premises being networked. To enable the single fibre drop cables to be accessed, apertures are formed in the conduit assembly 20 at longitudinally spaced intervals along the conduit assembly 20. For this purpose, the trailer 10 includes aperture forming equipment in the form of window punches 62 arranged on the chassis upstream of a point 64 on the chassis 12 where the fibre optic cables 26 and the parts 28 and 30 of the conduit 26 converge prior to being merged or married together. The punches 62 are operated, at intervals to form the windows or apertures in the conduit assembly 20.
In use, the trailer 10 is used to lay the conduit assembly 20 at the site 22. The conduit assembly 20 is, as shown in Fig. 4 positioned alongside a microtrench 66 which has been pre-formed in a preceding operation. To form the conduit assembly 20, the trailer 10 is hitched via the towbar 16 to the towing vehicle 18. As the towing vehicle 18 traverses the microtrench 66, the fibre optic cables 26 and elements 28 and 30 are dispensed from their respective reels 36, 38, 48 and SO to converge at the point 64 of the trailer 10 where the cables 26 are received in the channels of the channel defining element 28 of the conduit assembly 20 prior to the cover element 30 being snap fitted to the element 28 to form the conduit assembly 20.
The conduit assembly 20 so formed is dispensed from a rear of the trailer 10 as illustrated in Figs. 1-3 of the drawings to be laid alongside the microtrench 66 for subsequent placement in the microtrenoh 66.
It is an advantage of the described embodiment that the conduit assembly 20 can be formed in a one pass operation, controlled by a single person. Thus, the need for multiple passes to lay the cables 26 and the conduit 20 separately to be assembled together in a separate operation is obviated. Also, the need for multiple personnel to dispense the components of the conduit assembly 20 is also obviated. Hence, a conduit assembly 20 can be laid in a rapid operation thereby reducing the amount of disruption caused to neighbouring areas and residents of the area.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that numerous variations and/or modifications may be made to the disclosure as shown in the specific embodiments without departing from the scope of the disclosure as broadly described. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

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CLAIMS:
1. A conduit assembly dispensing apparatus for dispensing a conduit assembly, comprising a conduit and at least one core element contained in the conduit, the apparatus including
a support structure;
a first mounting arrangement arranged on the support structure for receiving a supply of conduit elements;
a second mounting arrangement arranged on the support structure, in juxtaposition with the first mounting arrangement, for receiving a supply of at least one core element; and
an assembly unit, downstream of the first mounting arrangement and the second mounting arrangement for marrying the conduit elements and the at least one core element together to form the conduit assembly to be dispensed from the support structure.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 which is mobile, the support structure comprising a chassis and substrate-engaging elements on which the chassis is mounted.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 in which the support structure includes a mounting formation at its leading end for attachment to a prime mover.
4. The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims in which the first mounting arrangement comprises at least one mounting post having a receiving formation for receiving a component of the supply of conduit elements.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 in which the first mounting arrangement comprises at least two mounting posts, each of which has a receiving formation for receiving the component of the supply of conduit elements.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 which includes the supply of the conduit elements, each supply of conduit elements comprising a conduit element dispenser carried on the support structure.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 which includes at least two conduit element dispensers arranged in spaced relationship on the support structure.
8. The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims in which the second mounting arrangement comprises at least one mounting post having at least one receiving formation for receiving a component of a core clement dispenser of the supply of the at least one core element.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 in which the second mounting arrangement comprises a plurality of mounting posts, each of which has at least one receiving formation with a core element dispenser being receivable on each receiving formation of the second mounting arrangement.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 which includes a plurality of supplies of core elements, the component of each core element dispenser being rotatably mounted on one of the receiving formations of the mounting posts of the second mounting arrangement.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 which includes a plurality of core element dispensers arranged upstream of the supply of conduit elements.
12. The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims which includes aperture forming equipment arranged on the support structure for forming at least one aperture in the conduit of the conduit assembly.
13. The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims which includes a guide arrangement carried by the support structure for guiding the conduit elements and the at least one core element to the assembly unit
14. The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims in which the assembly unit comprises a snap fit roller for snap fitting the conduit elements together.
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