Optical fiber splice case
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1. A housing assembly for enclosing fiber optic cable splices comprising:
- a pair of housing members having main body portions with peripheral clamping flanges extending outwardly therefrom and cooperatively positioned in opposed relationship to be clamped together;
said clamping flanges having inner end portions adjacent said main body portions and having free outer end portions;
a resilient sealing gasket positioned between the flanges inner end portions; and
,there being rigid rib means at the free outer end portions of the flanges, the total thickness of the rigid rib means between he opposed clamping flanges being greater than the normal uncompressed thickness of the sealing gasket such that when the clamping flanges are clamped together, engagement takes place first on the rigid rib means and subsequent sealing engagement with the gasket requires application of sufficient clamping force to produce deflection of the flanges about the rigid rib means.
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Abstract
A housing assembly for enclosing and storing cable splices comprises axially spaced end plates defining a storage space and joined by a pair of rigid torque bars. A pair of opposed housing members contoured to enclose the end plates and the storage space are releasably and sealing clamped to each other and to the end plates. Carried by one of the bars at axially spaced locations are a pair of spaced rods which support a plurality of splice storage trays in stacked relationship.
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28 Claims
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1. A housing assembly for enclosing fiber optic cable splices comprising:
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a pair of housing members having main body portions with peripheral clamping flanges extending outwardly therefrom and cooperatively positioned in opposed relationship to be clamped together; said clamping flanges having inner end portions adjacent said main body portions and having free outer end portions; a resilient sealing gasket positioned between the flanges inner end portions; and
,there being rigid rib means at the free outer end portions of the flanges, the total thickness of the rigid rib means between he opposed clamping flanges being greater than the normal uncompressed thickness of the sealing gasket such that when the clamping flanges are clamped together, engagement takes place first on the rigid rib means and subsequent sealing engagement with the gasket requires application of sufficient clamping force to produce deflection of the flanges about the rigid rib means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A housing assembly for enclosing and storing cable splices comprising:
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first and second end plates axially spaced from one another and defining a storage space therebetween; a pair of rigid bars extending in spaced apart parallel relationship through the storage space and having their ends rigidly joined to the end plates; a pair of opposed housing members contoured to enclose the end plates and the storage space, said housing members being releasably and sealing clamped to each other and to said end plates; a pair of rods carried by one of the rigid bars at axially spaced locations; and
,a plurality of splice storage trays in stacked relationship and extending between the pair of rods, the trays having end slots which receive and are guided on the rods and connecting means on the rods for releasably clamping the stack of trays together. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A housing assembly for enclosing and storing cable splices comprising:
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first and second end plates of generally circular configuration axially aligned and spaced from one another; a first rigid bar member having opposite terminal ends joined to the first and second end plates to hold them in their axially aligned and spaced relationship; a pair of rod members carried by the first rigid bar member and extending generally parallel to the first and second end plates at locations therebetween and adjacent thereto; an aligned stack of splice storage trays extending between the pair of rod members and carried thereby, said trays having end slots which received and guided on the rods; and a set of housing members releasably clamped to the first and second end plates to sealingly enclose the stack of trays. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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