Cable connection apparatus
AssigneeKoninklijke KPN N.V.
InventorWilhelmus Van Leest
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Abstract
Apparatus for the connection of cables comprises a container into which cables are inserted and a number of nested, hollow-walled cylindrical drums are disposed concentrically relative to a central axis. Each drum is displaceable along the central axis between a first position inside the container and a second position protruding outside the container. Each drum, around its outside circumference, has access apertures behind which connection means have been located, which in the second position are accessible for the connection of inserted cables. Excess cable lengths required for displacement lie wound in hollow-walled spaces of the drums. Drum displacements are preferably accomplished by specific rotations in a direction opposed to the winding direction of the excess cable lengths.
Claims31
Apparatus for the connection of cables the apparatus comprising:
- a container having at least one inlet for the introduction of cables into the container,
- a first cylindrical drum displaceable in a direction parallel to a central axis (x) between a first position in the interior of the container and a second position in which the first drum projects at least partly outside the container, and
- connection means, located in the first drum, for the connection of conductors of at least one of the cables, a cylindrical outer wall of the first drum being provided with one or more access apertures for access to the connection means in said second position, and
- wherein the first drum is double-walled with an inner wall and the cylindrical outer wall, which walls are arranged concentrically relative to the central axis, and that the connection means are located in a hollow interspace between the inner and outer walls of the first drum, cables terminated on the connection means being led from the said one inlet via the hollow interspace to the connection means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.