Seal for sealing an aperture

A seal for sealing an aperture in an object, through which aperture at least one elongate article extends, comprising:

• (a) at least two pressure members, at least one of the at least two pressure members containing at least one slot into which, in use, the at least one elongate article is inserted, the at least one slot being open to, and extending from, an outer lateral periphery of the at least one of the at least two pressure members;
• (b) at least one seal member to seal the aperture, at least part of the at least one seal member being situated, in use, between at said least two pressure members;
• (c) compression means to compress the at least one seal member in use by moving said at least two pressure members closer together;
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• (d) at least one retaining member which is attachable to the outer lateral periphery of said at least one of the at least two pressure members containing the at least one slot, to close the at least one slot and thereby to retain the at least one elongate article inserted into the at least one slot.

A combination of a splice closure container and at least one seal for sealing an aperture of the splice closure container, at least one cable extending through the aperture, the seal comprising:

• (a) at least two pressure members;
• (b) at least two seal members to seal the aperture, at least part of at least one of the at least two seal members being situated, in use, between said at least two pressure members;
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• (c) compression means to compress the at least two seal members in use by moving said at least two pressure members closer together so that the seal is arranged such that, in use, the at least one cable extends in between said at least two seal members, the at least two seal members being situated adjacent to each other in a lateral direction with respect to the direction in which the at least one cable extends, and being arranged to form a sealing contact with each other and with the at least one cable when compressed by the compression means.

A method of sealing an aperture in an object, at least one elongate article extending through the aperture, using a seal comprising at least two pressure members, at least two seal members to seal the aperture, at least part of at least one of the at least two seal members being situated, in use, between said at least two pressure members, and compression means to compress the at least two seal members in use by moving said at least two pressure members closer together, at least one of the at least two pressure members having at least one slot therein, through which, in use, the at least one elongate article extends, and wherein the at least one slot is open to, and extends from, an outer lateral periphery of the at least one of the at least two pressure members, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) inserting the at least one elongate article into the at least one slot in the at least one of the at least two pressure members;
• (b) inserting the at least two seal members in the aperture;
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• (c) compressing the at least two seal members between the at least two pressure members by moving the at least two pressure members closer together via the compression means.