Claims
- 1. A cable closure comprising:a) half shells that together form an enclosed space for housing a cable; b) a sealing strip positioned between a peripheral region of each half shell to seal the enclosed space; at least one of the half shells having a removable portion that, when removed, provides a cable entry port between the two half shells, the sealing strip providing a seal between the removable portion of the at least one of the half shells and the other of the half shells; and wherein at least one of the half shells is shaped to define, adjacent and inwardly of said cable entry port, a chamber for receiving a cable scaling device; and in which the sealing strip runs along opposing longitudinal sides of said chamber such that, when the cable sealing device is received in the chamber, the sealing strip at each said longitudinal side contacts each half shell and the cable sealing device.
- 2. A cable closure according to claim 1 having at least two of said removable portions side-by-side to provide at least two side-by-side of said cable entry ports.
- 3. A cable closure according to claim 1 having at least two side-by-side removable portions, in which at least one of the half shells is shaped to define, adjacent and inwardly of each said removable portion, a chamber for receiving a cable sealing device, one of which is said chamber defined inwardly of said cable entry port; and in which the sealing strip runs along opposing longitudinal sides of each chamber such that, when a cable sealing device is in each chamber, the sealing strip at each said side contacts each half shell and the respective cable sealing device, separate portions of the sealing strip running between the chambers along each of the adjacent longitudinal sides.
- 4. A cable closure according to claim 3, in which the separate portions of the sealing strip running between the chambers along each of the adjacent longitudinal sides are joined together at a position towards an inward end of the chambers, the half shells each having a hole therethrough for receipt of means to hold them together, the holes being positioned between the separate portions and outwardly of the position at which the separate portions are joined.
- 5. The cable closure of claim 1 wherein the sealing strip contacts the cable sealing device at a region intermediate longitudinal ends of the chamber.
- 6. A cable closure comprising:a) half shells that together form an enclosed space for housing a cable; b) a sealing strip positioned between a peripheral region of each half shell to seal the enclosed space; at least one of the half shells having a removable portion that, when removed, provides a cable entry port between the two half shells, the sealing strip providing a seal between the removable portion of the at least one of the half shells and the other of the half shells; and wherein the removable portion is an integral part of the half shell, a border of the removable portion being defined at least in part by at least one of a line of weakness or a visual indication.
- 7. A cable closure comprising:a) half shells that together form an enclosed space for housing a cable; b) a sealing strip positioned between a peripheral region of each half shell to seal the enclosed space; at least one of the half shells having a removable portion that, when removed, provides a cable entry port between the two half shells, the sealing strip providing a seal between the removable portion of the at least one of the half shells and the other of the half shells; and wherein the half shells are shaped to define, adjacent and inwardly of said cable entry port, a chamber for receiving a cable sealing device, the chamber having a cross-section that is substantially wholly concave.
- 8. A cable closure comprising:a) half shells that together form an enclosed space for housing a cable; b) a sealing strip positioned between a peripheral region of each half shell to seal the enclosed space; at least one of the half shells having a removable portion that, when removed, provides a cable entry port between the two half shells, the sealing strip providing a seal between the removable portion of the at least one of the half shells and the other of the half shells; and having, adjacent and inwardly of said cable entry port, a chamber for receiving a cable sealing device; the cable closure additionally comprising said cable sealing device.
- 9. A cable closure according to claim 8, in which the cable sealing device comprises along an axis thereof first and second end parts and a sealing material between them, the first and second end parts and the sealing material each allowing a cable to pass through them; the cable sealing device having means to bring the first and second end parts together thereby putting the sealing material under compression axially, causing the sealing material to be displaced radially to contact a cable therein and the chamber therearound.
- 10. A cable closure according to claim 9, in which the sealing material comprises a gel.
- 11. A cable closure according to claim 9, in which the cable sealing device has means for allowing at least two cables to pass therethrough.
- 12. A method of enclosing a cable, the method comprising:a) providing a cable closure having two half shells positioned adjacent each other to define an enclosed space for housing the cable with a sealing strip postioned between a peripheral region of each of the half shells, at least one of the half shells having a removable portion defining a cable entry port therein when removed, the sealing strip having a portion providing a seal between the removable portion and the other of the half shells when the removable portion is not removed; b) removing said removable portion; c) removing that portion of the sealing strip that provided a seal between said removable portion and said other shell of the half shells; and d) bringing the half shells together around the cable such that a cable passes through the port provided by removal of the removable portion; and wherein the cable closure is shaped to define, adjacently and inwardly of said port, a chamber for receiving a cable sealing device, and in which the sealing strip runs along opposing longitudinal sides of said chamber, wherein the step of bringing the half shells together around the cable further comprises causing the sealing strip running along opposing longitudinal sides of said chamber to contact each half shell and the cable sealing device.
- 13. The method of claim 2 wherein the sealing strip contacts the cable sealing device at a region intermediate longitudinal ends of the chamber.
Priority Claims (2)
Number |
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9824447 |
Jun 1998 |
GB |
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9913441 |
Sep 1999 |
GB |
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RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a National Phase application of PCT/GB99/03454 filed on Oct. 19, 1999 and published in English, which claims priority from Applications GB 9824447.8 filed on Nov. 6, 1998 and GB 9913441.3 filed on Jun. 9, 1999.
PCT Information
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PCT/GB99/03454 |
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00 |
Publishing Document |
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WO00/28634 |
5/18/2000 |
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