초록 ▼

Splice closures can be readily sealed by wrapping the cables with a mastic and then forming an end for a performed closure by placing the halves of a split ring about the mastic and drawing the halves closed by a toggle fastener including an arcuate leg connected at one end to one half and joined in

Splice closures can be readily sealed by wrapping the cables with a mastic and then forming an end for a performed closure by placing the halves of a split ring about the mastic and drawing the halves closed by a toggle fastener including an arcuate leg connected at one end to one half and joined intermediate the fulcrum and handle of a lever supported on the other half to squeeze the mastic about the cables as the halves are drawn together. The closure may be sealed to the ring by a rolling O-ring.

대표청구항 ▼

An end seal for an end of a splice closure formed as a hollow tubular member which is elliptical in cross section and has at least one open end for receiving cables to be spliced together, said seal comprising: collar means adapted to be placed about the cables in a location corresponding to a said

An end seal for an end of a splice closure formed as a hollow tubular member which is elliptical in cross section and has at least one open end for receiving cables to be spliced together, said seal comprising: collar means adapted to be placed about the cables in a location corresponding to a said end of the closure, said collar means having an elliptical shape in transverse cross section and having means defining a peripheral groove about the outside perimeter of said collar means, and an O-ring placed in said groove, said O-ring having an inside diameter to fit snugly against the bottom of said groove and said groove having a width sufficient to accommodate one rotation of said O-ring.