Method and apparatus for solder splicing and grounding coaxial cables

A coaxial cable splice and grounding closure comprising:

• a box of non conducting material having a floor, opposite longitudinal and laterally surrounding side walls and first and second longitudinally spaced covers hingedly attached to said side walls;
• a grounding bracket of conductive material having a grounding portion embedded in the floor and an attachment portion extending externally of the box;
• a soldering member integral with the embedded portion and protruding through the floor in an exposed condition into the interior of the box;
• first means integral with the box for defining a coaxial cable receiving location in the box proximate and parallel to a longitudinal side wall, the location being laterally adjacent and spaced from the soldering member;
• second means integral with the box for defining a first insulated wire receiving location in the box parallel to said longitudinal side wall and aligned with the coaxial cable location;
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• third means integral with the box for defining a second insulated wire receiving location in the box parallel to the first insulated wire receiving location but laterally spaced therefrom to line up with the soldering member, wherein the first cover overlies the first location defining means and the second cover overlies the second and third location defining means.

A method of splicing the inner conductor of a coaxial cable to an insulated wire and grounding the braided outer conductor of the coaxial cable comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a closure of non-conducting material having a floor, longitudinal and lateral surrounding side walls and first and second longitudinally spaced covers, said closure further comprising a grounding bracket of conductive material having a grounding portion embedded in the floor of the closure and an attachment bracket extending externally of the closure;
• said closure further comprising a soldering member integral with the embedded portion of the bracket and extending through the floor in an exposed condition into the interior of the closure;
• b. placing an end-stripped coaxial cable in a first location in the closure proximate and parallel to a longitudinal side wall;
• c. stripping a portion of the braided outer conductor of the coaxial cable and placing it in contact with the soldering member;
• d. placing a length of end-stripped insulated wire in a second location in the closure parallel to said longitudinal side wall and in contacting alignment with the inner conductor of the coaxial cable;
• e. closing one of-the covers to clamp the insulated wire in position in the closure;
• f. soldering the end stripped portion of the insulated wire to the inner conductor of the end stripped cable in the closure;
• g. soldering the braided outer conductor of the coaxial cable to the soldering member;
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• h. closing the second cover to clamp the coaxial cable in position in the closure.