Cable splice closures
OwnerTrygve E. Hvidsteninventor
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Abstract
A closure for a cable splice is disclosed which comprises a main sleeve and two end structures. One end structure is secured to the sleeve by means of a locking ring screwed onto a cap of the end structure. The sleeve has an internal flange and the cap has an external flange which lies adjacent the flange of the sleeve. Engagement between the flanges prevents the end structure being withdrawn from the sleeve. The end structure is connected to the sleeve by means of a split clamping ring which is held in place by a tightening ring. Once the ring has been loosened and slid back, and the clamping ring and tightening ring removed, the sleeve can be slid back over the cable to provide access to the splice.
Claims9
A cable splice closure, comprising:
- an open-ended sleeve;
- a first end structure at one end of said sleeve, through which, in use, a cable passes from externally of the splice closure to internally thereof;
- removable fastening means encircling said first end structure and said one end of said sleeve for releasably connecting said first end structure to said one end of said sleeve, said first end structure and said sleeve being separable by only translational movement in the direction of the axis of said sleeve after said fastening means has been removed;
- an inwardly-protruding, circumferentially-extending flange on the other end of said sleeve;
- a second end structure at said other end of said sleeve, through which, in use, a cable passes from externally of the splice closure to internally thereof, said second end structure having an outwardly-protruding, peripherally-extending flange inside said sleeve, the outside diameter of said flange of said second end structure being greater than the inside diameter of said flange of said sleeve for preventing withdrawal of said second end structure from said sleeve through said other end of said sleeve with engagement between said flanges and sliding of said one end of said sleeve toward said second end structure, whereby to slide said sleeve off a splice between the cables therein.
A cable splice closure comprising an open ended sleeve consisting of first and second co-axial end-to-end parts, each sleeve part having an inwardly protruding circumferentially extending flange at one end thereof, and the other ends of the sleeve parts abutting one another, a first end structure through which, in use, a cable passes from externally of the splice closure to internally thereof, said first end structure being at said one end of said first sleeve part and having an outwardly protruding peripherally extending flange the outside diameter of which is greater than the inside diameter of said flange of said first sleeve part, said flange of said first end structure being within said first sleeve part and engagement between the flanges of the first end structure and first sleeve part preventing withdrawal of said first end structure from said first sleeve part through said one end of the first sleeve part, a second end structure through which, in use a cable passes from externally of the splice closure to internally thereof, said second end structure being at said one end of said second sleeve part and having an outwardly protruding peripherally extending flange the outside diameter of which is greater than the inside diameter of said flange of said second sleeve part, said flange of said second end structure being within said second sleeve part and engagement between the flanges of the second end structure and second sleeve part preventing withdrawal of said second end structure from said second sleeve part through said one end of the second sleeve part, and removable fastening means encircling said other ends of the sleeve parts for releasably connecting said other ends of the sleeve parts to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.