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Splice closure

  • US 4,958,903 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1988
  • Issued: 09/25/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cable splice closure comprising:

  • an upper housing;

    a lower housing having end portions comprising;

    circular cable entrances to the lower housing interior;

    and a plurality of fixed mounting means extending from the surface of said lower housing interior;

    an end-seal assembly for introducing a cable into said lower housing interior and sealing each of said entrances, each said assembly comprising;

    insert means having an axial passage and an exterior surface extending through said lower housing entrance;

    first sealing means disposed on said exterior surface and contacting said lower housing entrance;

    second sealing means for contacting a cable contained in said passage;

    locking means mounted into said passage and having an axial passage and an interior end, for compressing said second sealing means onto a cable; and

    retaining means engaging said insert means exterior surface and said lower housing end portions;

    means secured to said lower housing fixed mounting means for containing in layered relation a plurality of splices; and

    means for anchoring to the interior floor mounting means for housing, respective ends of a cable extending through said insert means axial passage.

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