Cable closure

In a cable closure for receiving splices of a cable, said closure having a lower shell and a cover, at least one end face of the lower shell having a fixed part and a removable sealing, with cable lead-in openings being arranged in a separating plane between the fixed part and the sealing element, the improvements comprising the fixed part of the end face being formed by a plurality of rigid lamellae lying one behind the other in the axial direction of the cable lead-ins, the outermost and innermost lamellae forming a chamber for receiving a portion of the sealing element, said sealing element having lamellae facing the cable lead-in plane and corresponding to the lamellae of the lower shell, the sealing element being fixed in a recess of the fixed part of the end face in such a way that, after placing the sealing material in the separating plane between the fixed part and the sealing element, a peripherally stepless sealing plane is formed with respect to the cover, a receiving chamber for fixed cable-clamping means being arranged in the interior of the cable closure adjoining the fixed part of the lower shell, the cover being connected to the lower shell by means forming a hinge along one side of the cover and shell and fastening elements being arranged on an opposite side of the cover and shell.