Re-enterable service wire splice closure

A re-enterable moisture-resistant closure for conductor splices between service wires having an insulating sheath and grounding shield, said closure comprising

• a shallow cylindrical cup having a circular recessed bottom wall and a cylindrical side wall formed with threads adjacent the open end of the cup and said side wall having a plurality of slots extending from the open end of the cup toward the bottom wall,
• a sealant substantially filling said cup,
• a shallow cylindrical tray having a generally circular bottom wall, having an opening therein and a diameter less than the diameter of the bottom wall of said cup, cylindrical side walls extending from said bottom wall, said side walls having a plurality of slots therein extending from the free edge of said side walls toward said bottom wall, and a plurality of parallel baffles supported from the bottom wall and projecting toward the open side of said tray and positioned adjacent said slots, said baffles having cable-receiving slots therein,
• a spring compression reserve conductive contact element supported on said tray and between pairs of said baffles for receiving the cables to be spliced, said contact element comprising spaced multiple-slotted planar legs providing spaced opposed inner and outer wire-receiving slots, wherein the wire-receiving slots in said outer contact element leg adjacent said side walls are in-line with and greater in width than the corresponding slots of the inner leg, which wire-receiving slots are adapted to receive and resiliently engage said sheath and shield of said service wires, respectively, and
• a cover adapted to matingly and threadly engage the threads on said cup to urge said tray, when inverted, into said cup to enclose a splice within said cup and retain the sheaths of said cables in said tray.

A re-enterable moisture-resistant closure for conductor splices between preconnected wires of a cable, said closure comprising

• a shallow cup having a bottom wall and a cylindrical side wall formed with threads adjacent the open end of the cup and said side wall having a plurality of wire-receiving slots extending from the open end of the cup toward the bottom wall,
• a sealant substantially filling said cup,
• a tray having a size to receive the conductor splices and having a size to fit within said side walls of said cup, said tray having a bottom wall and side walls, said side walls having a plurality of wire-receiving slots therein extending from the free edge of said side walls for alignment with the slots in said cup and having spaced parallel baffles adjacent said wire-receiving slots to impede the flow of sealant through said slots, said tray receiving said spliced wires being inverted into said cup, and
• a cover adapted to matingly and threadably engage the threads on said cup to urge said tray, when inverted, into said cup and sealant to encapsulate a splice within said cup.