20080247717 | Highly flexible water-proof, rodent-proof cables particulary useful as optical communication cables - A highly flexible water-proof, rodent-proof cable, comprising an optically or electrically conductive center region, a layer of a yarn of high tensile strength and water blocking properties overlying the center region, a layer of soft annealed steel wires in the form of a braid overlying the yarn layer, and an outer jacket of a polymeric material overlying the steel-wire layer. | 10-09-2008 |