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The present invention provides a sealed enclosure which houses fiber optic cable in a manner accepted in the field. The sealed enclosure for a cable includes a floor surface, the floor surface having a discontinuous periphery defining at least one opening in the floor surface, the at least one openi

The present invention provides a sealed enclosure which houses fiber optic cable in a manner accepted in the field. The sealed enclosure for a cable includes a floor surface, the floor surface having a discontinuous periphery defining at least one opening in the floor surface, the at least one opening defining a pass through in the floor surface. Upstanding side and back walls extend from the floor surface, and a ceiling surface joins with the side and back walls opposite to the floor surface. At least one door is mounted to a front of the enclosure and against corresponding edges of the floor surface, side walls, and ceiling surface. A sealing assembly is positioned over the at least one opening in the floor surface to seal the enclosure from the external environment upon insertion of the cable within the enclosure.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [21.] A sealed enclosure for a cable comprising:a floor surface, said floor surface having a discontinuous periphery defining at least one opening in the floor surface, said at least one opening defining a pass through in said floor surface;side and back walls upstanding from said floor

[ We claim:] [21.] A sealed enclosure for a cable comprising:a floor surface, said floor surface having a discontinuous periphery defining at least one opening in the floor surface, said at least one opening defining a pass through in said floor surface;side and back walls upstanding from said floor surface;a ceiling surface joined with said side and back walls and opposite said floor surface;at least one door mounted to a front of said enclosure against corresponding edges of said floor surface, said side walls, and said ceiling surface;a dividing wall positioned intermediate said side walls and extending from said floor surface to said ceiling surface and from said back wall to said at least one door; anda sealing assembly positioned over said at least one opening in said floor surface, said sealing assembly includinga base plate of a predetermined outer perimeter, said base plate being of a length less than a length of said pass through,a malleable sealing material positioned over said base plate,a pair of clamping plates of a predetermined outer perimeter, each of said clamping plates having a planar surface opposite a cutout portion formed at an edge thereof, and a skirt portion depending from edges of the planar surface which are free of said cutout portion, andclamping members for securing said clamping plates against said base plate, and compressing said sealing material therebetween; wherein said cutout portions of said clamping plates are aligned and positioned over at least a portion of said at least one opening in said floor surface, and wherein the combined closing of said at least one door and installation of said sealing assembly seals said enclosure from an external environment.