Cable end cap
AssigneeHuber+Suhner AG
InventorsJurgen Merkel, Erich Wickli
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Abstract
A cable end cap including a tubular sleeve (3), which is closed at a front end and is made of a thermoplastic material, and an elastomer sealing element (4) with sealing lips (41). Sleeve (3) and sealing element (4) are connected sealingly together by a mounting ring (10). Thus, cut off cable ends can be sealed reliably with little complexity.
Claims17
Cable end cap for sealing a cut off end of a cable (9), comprising a tubular sleeve (3) having a first end closed by a front wall (2), a sealing element (4) coupled to said sleeve, and sealing means (7, 41) provided on an inner circumferential surface of said sealing element for sealingly engaging a cylindrical external circumference (8) of the cable (9), wherein
- a strap (6) is disposed in a groove (5) formed in an external circumference of the sealing element (4), and wherein
- said strap (6) comprises a band (20) having a radially protecting gripping body (21), a tongue (22) with externally saw-toothed grooves (23), and a pusher (24) which is secured to said band at an end of said band opposite said tongue, said pusher having an opening (25) through which said tongue (22) is inserted and at least one tooth (26) which mates with one of the grooves (23) in said tongue, wherein said gripping body and said pusher are squeezed together to tighten said strap in said groove around said sealing element.
Cable end cap for sealing a cut off end of a cable (9), comprising a tubular sleeve (3) having a first end closed by a front wall (2), an elastomer sealing element (4) coupled to said sleeve, and sealing means (7, 41) provided on an inner circumferential surface of said sealing element for sealingly engaging a cylindrical external circumference (8) of the cable (9), said cable end cap further comprising
- a mounting ring (10) for connecting said sealing element (4) and said sleeve (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.