Adaptive seal for cable glands
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorLawrence Murray LONERGAN
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Abstract
An adaptive seal for a cable gland including a body including a compression portion defining a distal surface and an insertion portion defining a proximal surface, the compression portion having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the insertion portion, a plurality of insertion apertures in the proximal surface, a plurality of tubes extending from the distal surface, each having a closed end and each at least partially tapering in diameter from the distal end of the body to the closed end, and a plurality of channels, each defined between one of the insertion apertures of the body and one of the closed ends of a respective one of the tubes, wherein the body and the plurality of tubes are integrally formed a single piece of elastic material.
Claims20
An adaptive seal for a cable gland, comprising:
- a body having a proximal surface and a distal surface;
- an insertion aperture in the proximal surface of the body;
- a tube formed integrally with and extending from the distal surface of the body, the tube having a distal end;
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- a channel defined between the insertion aperture of the body and the distal end of the tube, the channel having a proximal inner diameter at the insertion aperture and a distal inner diameter at the distal end, the proximal inner diameter being greater than the distal inner diameter.
An adaptive seal for a cable gland, comprising:
- a body including a compression portion defining a distal surface and an insertion portion defining a proximal surface, the compression portion having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the insertion portion;
- a plurality of insertion apertures in the proximal surface;
- a plurality of tubes extending from the distal surface, each having a closed end and each at least partially tapering in diameter from the distal end of the body to the closed end;
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- a plurality of channels, each defined between one of the insertion apertures of the body and one of the closed ends of a respective one of the tubes;
- wherein the body and the plurality of tubes are integrally formed a single piece of elastic material.
A cable gland, comprising:
- an entry component;
- a backnut threadably engaged to the entry component;
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- a seal at least partially within the entry component, the seal including a body having a proximal surface and a distal surface, an insertion aperture in the proximal surface of the body, a tube extending from the distal surface of the body and having a closed end, and a channel defined between the insertion aperture of the body and the closed end of the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.