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A splice case or vault end closure assembly which includes an inner plate having an inner face, an outer face, and a plurality of apertures arranged in a generally hexagonal array communicating between the faces. An annular recess surrounds each aperture in the outer face and a resilient gasket is p

A splice case or vault end closure assembly which includes an inner plate having an inner face, an outer face, and a plurality of apertures arranged in a generally hexagonal array communicating between the faces. An annular recess surrounds each aperture in the outer face and a resilient gasket is partially received in each of these recesses. An outer plate is also provided having an inner face, an outer face, and a plurality of through apertures adapted to register with the inner plate apertures. The inner and outer plates are positioned such that the inner plate outer face is in an opposed relationship to the outer plate inner face with the outer plate inner face contacting the gaskets disposed in the inner plate recesses. Means are provided for drawing the plates toward each other in a controlled fashion to longitudinally compress and radially expand the gaskets into the apertures.

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A vault end closure assembly adapted to receive a plurality of linear bodies in an environmentally sealed relationship, the end closure assembly comprising: an inner end plate having an inner face, an outer face and a plurality of apertures extending through said inner end plate between the inner an

A vault end closure assembly adapted to receive a plurality of linear bodies in an environmentally sealed relationship, the end closure assembly comprising: an inner end plate having an inner face, an outer face and a plurality of apertures extending through said inner end plate between the inner and outer faces thereof; an outer end plate having an inner face, an outer face and a plurality of apertures extending therethrough between the outer end plate inner and outer faces, the apertures in said inner and outer plates being located for registry with each other; a plurality of annular recesses disposed in at least one of the inner end plate outer face and the outer end plate inner face in a surrounding relationship with said apertures; body means passing through each of said plurality of registered apertures in said inner and outer end plates; compressible gasket means at least partially received in said annular recesses; and, means for drawing the inner and outer end plates axially toward each other in a controlled manner such that said gasket means is compressed longitudinally and expanded radially into the apertures, whereby seals will be formed between the gasket means and said body means which passes through each pair of said registered apertures in the inner and outer plates and between the gasket means and the inner and outer plates to establish the environmentally sealed relationship. A splice case for receiving a plurality of linear bodies to be spliced and for protecting the splice from the environment, said splice case comprising: a first end closure assembly comprising an inner end plate having an inner face, an outer face and a plurality of apertures extending axially therethrough; and outer end plate having an inner face disposed contiguous with the inner end plate outer face, an outer face and a plurality of apertures extending axially therethrough in registry with the inner end plate apertures; a plurality of annular recesses disposed in at least one of the inner end plate outer face and the outer end plate inner face; gasket means at least partially received in the recesses; and, means for drawing the inner and outer end plates axially toward each other such that the gasket means is compressed longitudinally and expanded radially into the inner and outer end plate apertures, whereby said gasket means is adapted to be placed in an environmental sealing relationship with first body means extending through each pair of said registered apertures in said inner and outer end plates; a second end closure assembly having an inner face, an outer face, and at least one aperture extending axially thereof between said inner and outer faces adapted to receive in an environmental sealing relationship second body means adapted for extending axially therethrough; at least a pair of elongated members extending axially of and operatively connected with the first and second end closure assemblies for retaining said inner end plate inner face and said second end closure assembly inner face in a generally predetermined laterally spaced apart relationship; and, cover members closely received circumferentially of said first and second end closure assemblies for defining an enclosed splice chamber therebetween, said cover members being releasably disposed in an environmental sealing relationship with each other and with said end closure assemblies whereby the interior of the splice case is maintained hermetically sealed.