Aerial splicebox for fiber optic cables
AssigneeFurukawa Industrial S.A. Produtos Eletricos
InventorMarcos Akinori Massuda
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Abstract
An aerials splicebox for optic fiber cables is provided which includes: a base, the peripheral wall which is provided with bottom windows and top windows and an external flange articulating a cover provided with a surrounding flange; a belt to be fitted on said flanges, when situated against each other; a ring-shaped handle having a closed end, hinged in the first end of the belt and a bipartite opposing end which is moveable between an inoperative position and an operating position which is situated against the base and aligned with the top windows; a fastener mounted on a belt in order to press the ring-shaped handle against the base; and a sealing element fixed against the peripheral wall of the base and provided with through openings for optic cable, aligned with the respective bottom windows of the base.
Claims16
An aerial splicebox for optic fiber cables, comprising:
- a base having a peripheral wall provided with bottom windows and top windows and incorporating an external flange;
- a cover incorporating a surrounding flange and articulated with the base, in a region opposed to the bottom windows and top windows, by a hinge for it to be moved between the closed position, with the surrounding flange and external flange sited against each other, and at least one open position;
- a belt with an U-section, to be fitted over the external flange and surrounding flange, with a closed cover, and having a first end and a second end, positioned in opposing sides of the top windows;
- a ring-shaped handle, having a closed end, with the hinge at the first end of the belt, and a bipartite opposing end, the ring-shaped handle moveable between an inoperative position, away from the top windows, and an operating position sited against the base;
- a fastener mounted on one of the parts of belt and a ring-shaped handle for locking, liberally, the ring-shaped handle against the base;
- and at least one sealing element, provided with at least one through opening aligned with a respective lower window of the base, in order to allow an airtight passing of a optic cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.