Cable joint with end bodies and a longitudinally slotted sleeve
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsKlaus Pichler, Dieter Kunze, Jan Rost, Wolfgang Haeder
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Abstract
A cable joint comprising a pair of end bodies and a longitudinally slotted sleeve which is secured on the end bodies with a sealing system arranged therebetween characterized by the sealing system having two annular portions and at least one longitudinal portion and an arrangement for clamping the sleeve in sealing engagement on the end bodies. Preferably, the sealing system is reusable and the assembly can be accomplished with ordinary tools such as a screwdriver. In one embodiment, the annular portions are separate from the longitudinal portions. In another embodiment, a single ring-shaped element forms both the annular portions and the two longitudinal portions.
Claims24
In a cable joint having a pair of end bodies with sealing glands for cables extending therethrough and a sleeve having a longitudinally extending slot with two edge portions with flanges, said sleeve being wrapped around the spaced apart end bodies and held there by a closing means engaging said flanges, the improvements comprising a sealing system having annular sealing portions and at least one longitudinal sealing portion, said flanges having a wedge shape and having means for forming a groove for receiving and holding the longitudinal sealing portion between the flanges, said flanges having radial indentations on a radial outer surface, said closing means including a pair of closing bars having a wedge shape for engaging the flanges, said closing bars having cut out portions to enable engaging said indentations with a tool to urge the closing bar into and out of a closing position on said flanges, said sealing portions being of an elastic material constructed to be sufficiently flexible so that the closing bars and flanges can be constructed as simple as possible and can be actuated by utilizing conventional tools for obtaining the necessary closing pressure.
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