Telecommunications cable enclosure
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsWilliam G. Allen, Shirley E. Ball, Sidney J. Berglund, Laszlo Markos, Rutesh D. Parikh
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Abstract
An enclosure for use with a telecommunication cable includes a housing for retaining spliced telecommunication lines. At least one of a plurality of connection devices is connected to one of the spliced telecommunication lines within the housing. A primary entrance in the housing allowing simultaneous access to each of the plurality of connection devices in the housing. An adaptor integrally formed in a wall of the housing allows access and extraction of one of the plurality of connection devices through the wall of the housing from an exterior of the housing.
Claims15
An enclosure for telecommunication lines, the enclosure comprising:
- a splice compartment for retaining splices in telecommunication lines;
- a terminal compartment for retaining telecommunication line connection devices apart from splices retained in the splice compartment;
- at least one port extending through a wall of the enclosure adjacent the terminal compartment, the at least one port configured to receive a connection device and allow extraction of the connection device through the wall from outside the enclosure;
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- a sealing member removably retained in the at least one port, wherein the sealing member includes a receptacle on a first side thereof and a grip on a second side thereof, the receptacle configured to engage the connection device, and the grip configured for grasping by a user for extraction of the sealing member from the port.
A terminal for a telecommunication cable having a plurality of telecommunication lines, the terminal comprising:
- a splice closure for retaining spliced telecommunication lines of a telecommunication cable;
- a terminal closure joined to the splice closure, the terminal closure configured to retain a plurality of connection devices connected to corresponding telecommunication lines in the splice closure;
- at least one closable port extending through an external wall of the terminal closure, the at least one closable port configured for allowing a connection device to be withdrawn from the terminal closure through the at least one closable port from an exterior of the terminal closure;
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- a sealing member configured for insertion into the at least one port, wherein the sealing member includes a receptacle on a first side thereof and a grip on a second side thereof, the receptacle configured to engage the connection device, and the grip configured for grasping by a user for extraction of the sealing member and connection device from an exterior of the terminal closure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.