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An insert for the ends of a splice case providing a sealed passageway which may be used, subsequent to installation of the splice case, for providing an access hole for receipt of additional cables and the like. The insert includes a first resilient tube having a rigid metal sleeve positioned thereabout...     

An annular deformable sealing ring that is split, having a deformable tape that extends around the outer circumference, the inner circumference and the split portion. The ring surrounds an electrical cable to seal it in a housing.

A cable junction has a longitudinally subdivided housing having two connected shell sections which together surround an interior splicing chamber. A pair of shell inserts of fluid-impermeable material is accommodated in the housing about the splicing chamber and they have respective outwardly projecting...     

Apparatus for enclosing splices between two or more multiconductor cables is disclosed. The apparatus includes a unitary support member which has affixed thereto cable ground sheath bonding circuitry, cable support apparatus, and clamps for securing the apparatus to a messenger strand. Completed splice...     

A connective structure for joining coaxial cables in which the ends of the cable inner conductors which are to be connected together are provided with threading for screwing-on connective sleeves having a mating inner threading.

A compact protective electrical device for use with electrical wiring terminal blocks having a plurality of adjacently positioned elongated terminal means. The device includes a two-piece dielectric body composed of substantially identical sections which is designed to accept an electrical component...     

A cylindrical-shaped cable sleeve, made of a suitable plastic, is formed by mating two semi-circular sleeve portions. With suitable cables inserted through an opening at each end and spliced therein, the two sleeve portions are secured from separation by a suitable clamping device engaging longitudinal...     

The invention relates to a novel case for enclosing a short length of at least one elongate substrate, especially a cable splice. The case has a wrap-around body section and end sections comprising deformable sealing members which in use are deformed into a configuration in which an increase in pressure...     

A casing for a joint between a pair of electrical cable ends which have been prepared in a conventional manner, the conductors of the cable ends being electrically and mechanically joined and covered with insulation. The casing comprises two mating half-casings of a plastics material having a band, e.g.,...     

A wire splice insulator for underground wire splices and the like is provided in the form of a pair of substantially rigid flat base members in side by side relationship, a sheet of soft conformable self-sealing cohesive elastomer beneath and adhered to said base members, a dome extending outwardly from...     

A retainer for accommodating and routing flat ribbon cable comprising two flat panels hinged at one end and arranged to latch together, wherein flat ribbon cable can be angularly routed in any desired direction and retained in position between the latched panels.

The cable sleeve permits lateral insertion of cables into cable insert parts. The cable insert parts are located within a pair of spaced sleeve heads interconnected by a tubular shaped supporting jacket. The assembled cable sleeve is enclosed within a plastic shrunk-on hose. Cable insert parts are connected...     

A pair of identical, semicylindrical shells, each having a latch and a socket, are snapped together around a coaxial cable and connector assembly. The shells are made of comparatively brittle plastic material so that, once snapped together, they cannot be separated without fracture thereof, whereupon...     

A cable connector cover has a U-shaped housing surrounding a cable passage with the arc at the base of the U-shape adjacent an arcuate portion of the passage. The cover has a double wall and an intermediate space surrounding the passage, and a sliding door is moveable in the space to partially cover...     

The present invention relates to a covering for three way terminals known commonly as "T-Taps". More particularly, the covering comprises two halves joined by an integral hinge and having cooperating locking means.

A cable splice case for communications cables comprises a two part outer shell, divided perforate end plates, and a cable collar for each cable end. The cable collar is grooved to receive an end plate gasket. A preferred form of cable collar is in two parts and fits together over a mastic winding between...     

A composite washer is comprised of two identical flexible mating half-washers each offset along a diameter and slit along an offset radius. Two half-washers are mated after being slipped over a cable section to provide a fluid-resistant barrier in a cable splice enclosure.

A wraparound cable splice case comprises a hollow, relatively rigid, cylindrical shell having at least one longitudinal split along its length and a plastic sheet bonded to its outer surface. A closure member comprises an extension of the plastic sheet extending beyond one of the longitudinal edges along...     

A telecommunication cable splice closure is disclosed comprising a pair of elongated covers (10) having semi-cylindrical interior walls (12) extending radially about a closure axis (15). Two flat end walls (16) extend from opposed ends of each interior wall normal to the closure axis. A pair of cable...     

A bracing surround which comprises a heat-recoverable especially a heat-shrinkable, sleeve provided with a reinforcing member which does not prevent recovery of the sleeve but which is capable, when in the configuration held when the sleeve is recovered, of resisting forces tending to return it to the...     

A method for holding together the opposing ends of a flat sheet wrapped around an elongate substrate employs one or more closure devices, each closure device comprising a pair of frictional elements and a means for interengaging same. The frictional elements each have a channel member having a slit and...     

A splice between ends of a pair of telecommunications cables is encapsulated in a thermoset foam. To encapsulate the splice it is positioned within a mold with the cables extending through apertures in the mold. At the apertures the cables are wrapped with an open cell foam material to block the cavity...     

An enclosed electrical device (42) includes an electrical circuit (50) having elements (48-68) which lie substantially in and along a plane (115). A member (70) is applied to a one side and a member (85) is applied to another side of the circuit (50) for at least partially enclosing the same. Conductors...     

A branch-off seal between a heat-recoverable sleeve, such as a tubular or wrap-around sleeve made from cross-linked polymeric material, and two or more substrates such as electrical cables is effected by using one or more clips the outer legs of which are positioned over the outer surface of the sleeve...     

A multiple joint box having a socket pipe and sealing bodies, the sealing bodies comprising spirally wound tape having semicircular recesses formed along its length which coincide to form circular cable apertures. The multiple joint box may be applied without the necessity of cutting or desplicing the...     

A sealing assembly particularly for cables including an essentially tubular slotted casing formed of thermally shrinkable material having a pair of longitudinal edges with protuberant fastening elements extending in a direction generally longitudinally of said slotted casing being provided adjacent each...     

A re-enterable assembly for protecting and sealing a junction between conduits, comprising a split tube and support means for positioning at each end of the tube, one on each side of the junction. The support means has apertures to provide channels for the conduits, and in one embodiment, is extended...     

A tamper indicator includes a collar which can be positioned to be circumambient a connection nut on a gas meter. The collar includes two portions which are interlocked by snap-catches which are located inside a locked collar. The collar portions are formed of frangible material and can include lines...     

A housing for an electrical cable splice for handling two or more cables in end-to-end and/or side-by-side arrangement. First and second shells with central sections and opposed end sections, with one shell sliding over the other to form a main compartment for the splices and a sealant or encapsulating...     

A closure for a telecommunications splice case is provided, which comprises a wraparound sleeve secured for example by a rail and channel closure. Re-entry is achieved by cutting of the old rails and channel and removing a central portion of the sleeve, and shrinking a new sleeve across the butts of...     

A split sleeve of a shrinkable material having closure elements comprising projections and apertures for receiving the projections adjacent each edge characterized by the projections being integral tabs which are cut out from a portion of the sleeve and folded along the line inclined to the edge of the...     

A toolless splice sealant device is taught. Briefly stated, a splice enclosure suitable for enclosing a splice or connection is utilized. Disposed in the splice enclosure is a sealant material. The splice enclosure has one or more compression buttons such that upon application of the splice enclosure...     

A dimensionally recoverable body, which is preferably heat-recoverable, has a body wall which is provided with a plurality of locking elements that are engageable with each other, or are engageable with corresponding elements located on a separate partition, to furcate the body into a plurality of channels....     

A wrap-around sleeve for enclosing a cable join has opposing edge portions which can be held together to maintain the sleeve in a wrapped configuration. An adhesive coated flap lies under the edge portions to form a seal between them. When the enclosure is to be re-entered, a central part of the sleeve...     

An assembly for sealing and protection of cable splices comprising a recoverable, preferably heat-recoverable outer sleeve 5 surrounding a cable or other body 1; a thermoplastic support layer 7 surrounding the body 1 and within the sleeve 5; and a heat barrier layer, preferably foamed, between the support...     

A cable, wire or rope clamping device including a pair of plates having surfaces defining serpentine grooves to receive and retain segments of the article to be clamped. The plates are moveable between an open position for insertion of the segments and a closed position with the surfaces in closely spaced...     

A cable splice, branchout or termination has a heat recovered member (30) around one or more cable portions (33) extending out of an end of the member (30). The cable portion (33) is protected from physical damage and heat by placing around it individually a metal foil member (1), preferably aluminium...     

A wraparound recoverable closure, wherein a portion of the closure is not recovered against a substrate, which has a flap to seal across the gap between the abutting edge portions of the closure. Where the closure does not recover against and contact a substrate, the flap does not seal adequately for...     

The present invention relates to improved liner constructions, and accordingly provides a cable sleeve liner capable in use of being wrapped around a cable splice and preferably having sufficient rigidity to provide an inner support for a heat-recoverable sleeve to be shrunk thereover, the liner comprising...     

A heat shrinkable covering in the form of a sheet which is heat shrinkable in a longitudinal direction, and a stiffening member connected at each of two longitudinally spaced transversely extending superimposable zones of the sheet. One stiffening member has holes and the other studs in the form of arm...     

A unitary cable closure is disclosed, for enclosing a communications cable suspended from a support strand. The closure includes a tubular housing having a pair of mating edges separated by an access slot, the edges being manually fastened together in mating engagement after passing the cable through...     

A splice case for cables includes a pair of splice case members having outwardly extending flanges positioned in opposed cooperating relationship to define opposite pairs of cooperating flange pairs on opposite sides of the splice case. A pair of elongated fastener strips extend along opposite sides...     

An insulator for covering a splice connection joining multiple exposed conductors. The insulator has an inner foam core and an outer plastic cover which together form an elongated sleeve that fits over the splice. The cover is flexed from an open position where the sleeve fits over the splice to a closed...     

A buried cable splice closure comprising a rigid plastic outer shell having an opening at least at one end through which cables may extend into the closure has a lower chamber adjacent each end opening for support of portions of cables extending into the closure with the cable jacket and any cable shield...     

A closure (20) for a cable splice includes two mating covers (23, 24) and two end plate assemblies (30--30). Longitudinally extending joints between the covers are filled with sealing gaskets (141--141). Also a peripheral channel (45) in each end plate is filled with a circumferential gasket (147). The...     

A wraparound closure with closure means which can be easily re-opened, such as a zipper or Velcro-type closure, provides environmental protection for splices or branch-offs in elongate substrates, such as communications or other cables, which closure has the advantage that it can be opened and re-closed...     

A seal assembly with a split housing provided with two axially spaced recesses for two seals. In each split housing member recess one-half of a seal is held. The two seal halves of each housing member are held in place by an elongate holding member which is secured to the housing member and mechanically...     

An enclosure (1) around a substrate (3) such as a telecommunications cable is made pressure retaining by the provision of re-entrant seals (5), generally V-shaped in cross-section, that are positioned at the region where the enclosure is bonded (4) to the substrate pressure within the enclosure thus...     

A fastener strip arrangement for joining splice cases of the type including a pair of splice case members having outwardly extending flanges positioned in opposed cooperating relationships to define cooperating flange pairs on opposite sides of the splice case. The fastener strip arrangement comprises...     

A recoverable article comprises a recoverable fabric, means for rendering the fabric impervious, and a shaped liner. The assembly can be used to form a pressure resistant splice case for telecommunications cables.

A housing (18) is provided for maintaining the plugs (14, 16) of a pair of extension cords (10, 12) connected. The housing (18) includes first and second members (24, 26) which are connected by a hinge (28) along one edge. The interior surfaces (38, 44) of each of the first and second members (24, 26)...     

An aerial communication cable closure is comprised of a one-piece, hollow, box-like housing with conical ends having an integral hinge formed at the inside upper surface. The closure includes a pair of interconnecting edges separated by an access slot. The edges are fastened together in a mating engagement...     

A seal for a cylindrical article and having two sealing members which coact to form the seal. Each sealing member has a resiliently flexible body which is connected to a rigid support at two spaced positions around the body. An intermediate portion of the body is resiliently flexible outwards between...     

A splice between two multiconductor cables is protected from ingress of water by a closure which is filled with a sealant which is pressurized by a bladder inside the closure to a pressure sufficient to force the sealant into the interstices of the splice and the interstices between the conductors in...     

A splice between two multiconductor cables is protected from ingress of water by a closure which is filled with an expanding foam sealant which provides pressure inside the closure sufficient to force the sealant into the interstices of the splice and the interstices between the conductors in the cable,...     

A wrap-around heat-recoverable sleeve (1) suitable for providing environmental protection around pipes or cables (24) has self-contained electrical heating means powered through closure members (2,3) of the sleeve.

A cast cable connection comprising cables having their conductors interconnected and surrounding the conductors a housing containing a cured filler resin therein, said housing comprising bound, flexible, ceramic particles.

A cable closure includes two spaced end plugs (110-110) through which cable nd portions extend and two cover portions (60-60) which are mated together along tongue and groove portions and held together by C-shaped clamps that engage the tongue and groove portions. Conductors of the cables are spliced...     

A closure which consists of a closure body having two segmented end seals. Each of these segmented end seals consists of a support structure and at least two pie-shaped end sections. The end sections are sized and configured for mating with the support structure. Each of the end sections has a portion...     

A cable end seal and a closure which includes the cable end seal provides a barrier for a junction against water, the junction being in a cable. First and second end seals are disposed adjacent opposite sides of the junction and palced in compression around the cable, the end seals having an outer convoluted...     

A closure with improved sealing end surface plates for enclosing connecting portions of a plurality of sizes of a communication cable. The closure includes a sleeve-like closure body divided longitudinally into portions. The two portions are fastened and sealed. Grooves are formed on an inner surface...     

A cable enclosure for enclosing electrical cable splices, typically telephone cables. An elongate housing having first and second housing members joined together along one edge for movement between housing open and closed conditions, and an elongate header for attachment to a messenger cable, with the...     

A sleeve for enclosing a cable connection, comprising a bendable sheet adapted to be laid around the cable connection. The sheet has a series of equally spaced longitudinal cuts in at least one marginal portion to be arranged transversely of the longitudinal direction of the cable connection. The cuts...     

A shrinkable cable sleeve which is composed of a shrinkable envelope having a meltable inside layer and an inner cable insert. The inner cable insert is composed of a plurality of layers, wherein one layer is activatable by the application of heat, and the plurality of layers includes a basic foil layer...     

A branch-off seal between a heat-recoverable sleeve, such as a tubular or wrap-around sleeve made from cross-linked polymeric material, and two or more substrates such as electrical cables is effected by using one or more clips the outer legs of which are positioned over the outer surface of the sleeve...     

The long term water intrusion resistance of cable splice systems that use a gelable encapsulant that is pressurized prior to geletion can be improved by providing pressurization means that maintain the pressure on the cured encapsulant above a given pressure p.sub.2 >p.sub.o, where p.sub.o is the...     

An electrical medium voltage cable connection enclosure for an oil-filled, paper-insulated cable has a spacer body arranged between a core connection area and a shielding enclosure. The spacer body is a prefabricated, resilient, open-pore foam material body which has an air-free filler of electricity...     

A specially constructed partition member subdivides a splice case into separate hermetically isolated compartments. A plurality of insulated conductors are wired through the partition member, with seals therebetween, and optionally fitted with multi-pair plug connectors at one or both ends. Incoming...     

A connector for a multifiber optical cable in which each of the fibers is retained on a common housing which includes receptacle portions for retaining, respectively, a fitting for the cable, and each ferrule to which respective optical fibers are secured. The housing is preferably molded of a plastic...     

Disclosed is a unitary shielded boot for assembly about a separable connector interconnecting a pair of multiple conductor shielded cables. The boot has a flexible plastic main body lined with conductive shielding and provided with a separable plastic seam lengthwise of its exterior. A shielded guard...     

An enclosure (1) around a substrate (3) such as a telecommunications cable is made pressure retaining by the provision of re-entrant seals (5), generally V-shaped in cross-section, that are positioned at the region where the enclosure is bonded (4) to the substrate pressure within the enclosure thus...     

There is disclosed a cable closure which includes a central closure body and a pair of end caps preferably made from structural foam situated at each end of the closure body. There is also disclosed a cable block which includes void filling material selectively inserted among the insulated conductors...     

An arrangement for forming a joint between electrical cables comprises a connector arrangement, e.g. a crimp connector, a fusible block capable of being positioned to enclose the connector and a heat-shrinkable sleeve having a recovery temperature at least 10.degree. C. above the melting point of the...     

To increase strength of a branch wire protector including a T-shaped semicylindrical member with a trunk portion and a branch portion; a trunk semicylindrical member with a semicylindrical base portion; a branch semicylindrical member; and locking member for locking the trunk and branch semicylindrical...     

A splice closure for environmental protection of aerial cable splices is provided. The splice closure includes a double-wall construction facilitating closure strength, construction and operation. A preferred construction is provided which facilitates extension of an intact closure, by means of a one-half...     

A cable closure end cap arrangement is provided, to achieve a sealing between a cable splice closure, and a cable end in communication therewith. The arrangements according to the invention may be adapted to accommodate more than one cable extending into an end of a cable closure. Preferred arrangements...     

A flame-resistant cable sleeve for power and communication, transmission cables which has a metallic multilayer non-inflammable, flexible metallic enclosure. Preferably, the inner layer of the metallic enclosure is a metal foil and the outer layer is a metal wire fabric.

Seals particularly for cable splice closures having two diametrically opposed sealing members. The sealing members are of soft material with a maximum Shore hardness of 15 and preferably a Shore hardness of 10. A sealing rib of each sealing member extends into a cavity to be occupied by the cable with...     

A cable closure end cap arrangement is provided, to achieve a sealing between a cable splice closure, and a cable end in communication therewith. The arrangements according to the invention may be adapted to accommodate more than one cable extending into an end of a cable closure. Preferred arrangements...     

A splice case for a telecommunications cable splice comprises first and second parts that are held together by springs that function also to deform surfaces of the parts to put a sealing material therein under compression. The splice case may contain a conductor organizer.

A sleeve suitable for making a cable splice case comprises a matrix material and a recoverable fabric by virtue of which the sleeve is recoverable. The sleeve comprises recoverable weft fibres in bundles of 2-6 running circumferentially, and longitudinal heat-stable warp fibres.

A closure structure for a telecommunications splice having two housing halves which, when joined together, provide a splice chamber surrounded by a space which is sealed with moisture blocking material. For this purpose, each housing half has two spaced-apart walls with the walls of the two halves coacting...     

A cable splice case comprises end seals that surround the cables either side of the splice and a housing that extends from one to the other around the splice. The end seals comprise gel having a convoluted outer surface and having internal non-planar ribs.

A splice case for telecommunications cables is provided which is completely wraparound. Two rigid half shells (6) surround a wraparound impermeable sheet (4) to cover the central part of the splice. The impermeable sheet (4) provides sealing, and the half-shells (6) mechanical restraint. Wraparound end...     

Environmental sealing may be achieved by means of a flexible envelope having therein a sealing material having a cone penetration value preferably from 100-350 (10.sup.-1 mm) and an ultimate elongation of at least 100%. The material is preferably mechanically deformed preferably by shear and preferably...     

A telecommunications cable closure for connecting conductors of a multi-core cable via a terminal block to drop wires. The closure has a rotatable window to allow ready access. Drop wires may leave through grommets having slots therein to avoid the need to thread them through holes.

A cable connecting box for accommodating and protecting the connecting portion of cables in narrow spaces while allowing any branch cables to be led out in a free direction from the cable conecting box. The structural arrangement of the cable connecting box has the following features: (1) an opening...     

A spigot and socket housing consists of a lower section (9) and an upper section (11) with cable inlet apertures for the jointing and/or branching of e.g. telecommunications cables situated in the separation face. For gas-pressure-tight and water-pressure-tight closure of such housings, cable end assemblies...     

To reduce the number of parts, assembly work time and cost of a cable closure including a two-splittable cylindrical sleeve for covering the cable junction point, and a pair of two-dividable annular end plates fitted to both inner ends of the sleeve to close spaces between the cables and the sleeve,...     

An enclosure for sealing, insulating and strain relieving a conductor splice of insulated electrical wires. The enclosure (34) has a molded housing (26) with a plurality of mirror-imaged cavities (38) for receiving and restraining spliced conductors (10) and the adjacent insulated portions of the electrical...     

A telecommunications splice case comprises a flexible sheet that can be wrapped around the splice and optionally further surrounded by a rigid casing. The sheet has a heat-activatable sealing material at its edge and an electrical heater for activation.

A closure for use in providing an environmental seal about a wire junction. The closure comprises a closable shell defining, when closed, an internal wire junction receiving chamber having first and second opposite open ends, for receipt of wires therethrough. The shell comprises first and second shell...     

An electric noise absorber for absorbing electric noise on an electronic device, comprising a piece or pieces of ferrite and an openable case composed of a pair of case members for containing the piece or pieces of ferrite, keeps the electric cable in position by means of two pairs of holding members,...     

Disclosed is a cable seal for use primarily in aerial closures and terminals. The seal includes a pair of compliant elements with their major surfaces in contact. Each element includes a series of rings attached by a thin web of material so that rings can be removed to accommodate different cable sizes....     

A closure for an electric cable splice includes first and second generally rectangular shell segments having side walls and end walls constructed and arranged to be telescopically secured together. A threaded fastener is connectable to extend through the first and second shell segments and is adapted...     

A cable connector jacket formed of flexible, electrically insulating plastic is of unitary, one-piece construction, including two cavity-defining bodies hingedly interconnected in a clamshell-type configuration for movement between open and closed conditions. Each body has two pairs of channel-like tapered...     

A connector is provided for the conductors running between the electrode-containing ends of a neon tube and the high voltage power supply. Two half-shells composed of rigid insulating plastic are joined together to form a housing after the electrical connection is made between a power supply lead wire...     

A connector for corrugated tubes comprises a lower shell (100) and an upper cover (150) having lateral walls (110, 160) with several corresponding semi-circular openings (50) that define, when the cover has been closed on the shell, circular openings for receiving corrugated tubes. The openings (50)...     

An apparatus for splicing and sealing plural conductive wires comprising a support member and a flexible sealant held in the interior of the support member and a method for splicing and sealing plural conductive wires employing the apparatus are provided.

A splice case for a telecommunications cable splice comprises first and second parts that are held together by springs that function also to deform surfaces of the parts to put a sealing material therein under compression. The splice case may contain a conductor organizer.