Method for splicing cables and hot pack for use therein
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1. A portable heat source, including:
- a first sealed container;
a second container disposed in the first container;
first chemical means disposed within the first container exteriorly of the second container;
second chemical means disposed within the first container interiorly of the second container, the second chemical means including a small amount of water as an intrinsic impurity, the second chemical means having properties when mixed with the first chemical means of reacting exothermically with the first chemical means to produce by-products and to generate heat as a result of such chemical reactions and the by-products and the first chemical means having properties of reacting exothermically at increased temperatures resulting from such generation of heat to produce further by-products and to generate additional heat as a result of such exothermic reactions, the small amount of water having properties of reacting with the first chemical means to facilitate the initiation of the reaction of the first chemical means with the second chemical means;
the second container having properties for being ruptured to release the second chemical means into contact with the first chemical means to permit the mixing of the first chemical means with the second chemical means and the exothermic reaction of the first and second chemical means and the subsequent exothermal reaction of the by-products and the first chemical means.
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Abstract
In a method for splicing cables, a first cable is connected to a second cable to form a junction and a heat shrinkable sleeve is positioned over the junction. A portable hot pack having properties for developing a temperature in excess of 250° C. is conformed around the sleeve to shrink the sleeve around the junction and thereby seal and insulate the junction. The hot pack can include first and second chemicals which react to initiate a series of heat producing reactions which occur at different temperatures to incrementally elevate the temperature of the hot pack.
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1. A portable heat source, including:
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a first sealed container; a second container disposed in the first container; first chemical means disposed within the first container exteriorly of the second container; second chemical means disposed within the first container interiorly of the second container, the second chemical means including a small amount of water as an intrinsic impurity, the second chemical means having properties when mixed with the first chemical means of reacting exothermically with the first chemical means to produce by-products and to generate heat as a result of such chemical reactions and the by-products and the first chemical means having properties of reacting exothermically at increased temperatures resulting from such generation of heat to produce further by-products and to generate additional heat as a result of such exothermic reactions, the small amount of water having properties of reacting with the first chemical means to facilitate the initiation of the reaction of the first chemical means with the second chemical means; the second container having properties for being ruptured to release the second chemical means into contact with the first chemical means to permit the mixing of the first chemical means with the second chemical means and the exothermic reaction of the first and second chemical means and the subsequent exothermal reaction of the by-products and the first chemical means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A combination, including:
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first chemical means having generally fluid properties; first retaining means; second chemical means disposed in the first retaining means with the first chemical means and having properties for reacting chemically with the first chemical means in a flameless, non-explosive sequence of first exothermic reactions involving the first and second chemical means to produce first non-toxic by-products and the generation of heat as a result of such chemical reactions to produce first increases in temperature and to produce subsequent exothermic chemical reactions involving the non-toxic by-products and the first chemical means at elevated temperatures resulting from the first increases in temperature to produce further generations of heat and further increases in temperature and to produce further non-toxic by-products; and second means for maintaining the first chemical means in the first retaining means in chemically isolated relationship to the second chemical means until a chemical reaction is to be produced between the first and second chemical means and for thereafter providing for a controlled introduction of the second chemical means to the first chemical means to initiate the sequence of chemical reactions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A hot pack, including:
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a first container; a second container disposed in the first container; a first chemical disposed in the first container exteriorly of the second container; a second chemical disposed in the second container and having properties for reacting chemically with the first chemical to initiate a plurality of heat producing chemical reactions, some of the reactions occurring in sequence and at incrementally elevated temperatures and involving by-products of previous chemical reactions, the second chemical including an intrinsic impurity of a small amount of water capable of reacting chemically with the first chemical to generate heat for facilitating the initiation of the plurality of chemical reactions; the second container having properties for being ruptured to permit the mixing and chemical reacting of the first chemical and the second chemical;
wherebyeach of the plurality of reactions provides a quantity of heat which tends to increase the temperature of the hot pack. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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