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US 4,902,856 AGranted
Reusable cable joint cover
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications plc
InventorJohn M. Miller
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Abstract
A cable joint cover for protecting a cable joint consisting of a hollow sleeve, and two endcaps which can be permanently sealed to the cables. One endcap is of smaller diameter than the sleeve so that the sleeve can slide over that endcap to expose the joint.
Claims9
A reusable cable joint cover comprising:
- (a) a hollow sleeve for housing joints between cables;
- (b) a first end cap of smaller external diameter than an internal diameter of said sleeve and sealed to said sleeve by way of a first releasable seal;
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- (c) a second end cap which is sealed by a clamp member to said sleeve by way of a second releasable seal, said sleeve and said second end cap having respective flange members for interacting with said clamp member;
- each of said end caps having a substantially planar inner surface, each said end cap comprising at least one respective cable entry port formed integrally with the cap and terminating coplanar with said substantially planar inner surface, each said cable entry port having an outwardly extending portion for surrounding a respective one of said cables and being permanently sealable to said respective one of said cables at a point longitudinally separated from each respective releasable seal and external of said sleeve.
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A resuable cable joint cover comprising:
- (a) two hollow sleeves butted together and sealed to each other by way of a first releasable seal, for housing joints between cables;
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- (b) two end caps each of smaller external diamter than an internal diameter of said sleeves each sealed one to each of a respective non-abutting end of said hollow sleeve by way of a second releasable seal;
- each of said end caps having a substantially planar inner surfaces, each said end cap comprising at least one respective cable entry port formed integrally with the cap and terminating coplanar with said substantially planar inner surface, each cable entry port having an outwardly extending portion for surrounding a respective one of said cables at a point longitudinally separated from each respective releasable seal an external of said sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.