Power cable joint

In a coupling between two sections of an electric power cable, each section of the power cable having an inner conductor, an insulating sheath about the inner conductor, an armored winding layer comprised of a plurality of wrapped armor rods and an insulating layer about the armored winding layer, the coupling comprising the combination of;

• a. a rigid splice housing partially filled with a hardened electrically insulating material;
• b. two armored winding termination housings lockably attached to the ends of the splice housing;
• c. means for mechanically anchoring the armor rods from each cable section within an armored winding termination housing;
• d. means for electrically connecting the armor rods to the anchoring means (c), the means (c) being electrically insulated from the armored winding termination housing and the inner conductor;
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• e. means for electrically connecting the means (c) in one termination housing to the means (c) in the other termination housing, the means (e) being electrically insulated from the splice housing (a).

In a coupling between two sections of a submarine power cable, each power cable section having a plurality of inner conductors, an insulated lead sheath about the inner conductors, a neoprene layer about the lead sheath, a jute bedding layer about the neoprene layer, an armored winding layer comprising a plurality of insulatingly jacketed conductor rods helically wrapped about the jute bedding layer, and an outer water-proof insulated covering layer about the armored winding layer, the combination comprising:

• a. a rigid splice housing having two threadably engageable ends and a port for the injection of an electrically insulating fill material for transferring the strength and stability of the sheath and the armored winding layer across the coupling;
• b. an oil filled lead sleeve within the splice housing, the lead sleeve connecting in fluid sealing relation to the ends of the lead sheaths of the submarine power cable sections;
• c. two armored winding termination housings each threadably engaged with an end of the splice housing and each having a port for the injection of a non-conducting hardenable material;
• d. an armor bonding and wedge cone mounted on, but electrically insulated from, the lead sheath within each armored winding termination housing for mechanically anchoring and electrically connecting to the conductor rods;
• e. a plurality of the insulatingly jacketed conductor wires electrically connecting the two armor bonding and wedge cones;
• f. two conductor wire centering plates, each centering plate in fluid sealing relation with one end of the splice housing and having a plurality of holes therein for the passage of the conductor wires therethrough, the centering plates also being in fluid sealing relation with the conductor wires passing therethrough;
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• g. two bending restricting members, each engaged with an end of the armor termination housing and reinforcing the power cable sections adjacent the coupling.