Cable closure
AssigneeRaychem Corporation
InventorsGerald L. Shimirak, Paul S. Chan, Darcey Messner
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Abstract
A telecommunications cable closure for connecting conductors of a multi-core cable via a terminal block to drop wires. The closure has a rotatable window to allow ready access. Drop wires may leave through grommets having slots therein to avoid the need to thread them through holes.
Claims24
A ready-axis cable closure capable of enclosing a connection to a cable and also providing for a seal for a wire or wires entering the closure apart from the connection to the cable, said closure comprising:
- (a) a closure body that can surround a connection;
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- (b) a seal capable of sealing between the body and the wire/wires leaving the body,
- the closure body having a first part that may be fixed relative to the cable and a second part that is slideably fixed relative to the first part and can be slid from a first position where the first enclosure environmentally is capable of sealing the connection and the wire to a second position where it is supported by the first part and where it allows access to the connection and any wire entering the closure, at least a portion of the closure body is substantially cylindrical and the sliding motion of the second part is rotational about an axis of the cylinder portion of the closure body.
A cable closure an outlet for a conductor, said outlet being slot-shaped and having a portion nearer its opening of narrower width and a portion further from the opening of greater width so that a conductor, substantially rectangular or oval in cross-section, can be laterally inserted into the outlet in the closure and after rotation cannot be laterally removed.
A cable closure body assembly for a cable and a terminal block which comprises:
- (a) a first compartment in the assembly for housing a cable splice;
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- (b) a second compartment in the assembly for housing a terminal block, the first and second compartments within a unitary closure body assembly, the unitary closure body assembly including a first part that may be fixed and a second part that may be slideable relative to the first part and can be slid from a first position which is capable of environmentally sealing the terminal block in the second compartment to a second position where it allows access to the terminal block without opening the first compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.