Tyco Electronics Raychem Nv

Christiaan Radelet

Valere Buekers

Dirk Deroost

Johan Legrand

Jean-Marie E Nolf

Peter Bos

David Arthur Wittmeier

A device for enclosing an elongate object (), such as a cable splice, including a flexible sheet () which can be laid around the elongate object and secured by support members () attached to edges () of the sheet. The support members () may be hinged half-shells. The flexible sheet () may be a gel layer and/or a rubber layer which is stretched when the device is applied.

Enclosing device and method

A closure casing has two co-operating closure members defining an enclosed space between them when in a juxtaposed closed position. A clamp is provided that holds the closure members together in the closed position, the clamp includes at least one over-center or toggle clamp mechanism, one part of which passes through openings in the closure members which are aligned when the closure members are in the closed position, to engage a face of the closure member remote from a second part of the toggle clamp mechanism. The second part is turnable between a clamped position and a release position. At least one of the closure members has a resilient element engageable by a third part of the toggle clamp mechanism and operable to apply a resilient resistance to the clamping movement to hold the clamp mechanism in the clamped position.

Closure casing

Cable closures and methods are provided for enclosing a cable. The cable closure includes two half shells together forming an enclosed space for housing a cable, and a sealing strip positioned between peripheral regions of the half shells, at least one of the shells having a removable portion to provide a cable entry port. A cable sealing device may be positioned at the cable entry port such that a seal is provided between the sealing strip and each half shell and a cable entering through the port.

Cable closure

A sealing arrangement is provided including a first housing and a second housing and a sealing member positioned therebetween. In various embodiments, one housing includes a channel shaped portion and the other housing includes a tongue shaped portion movable in an axial direction into the channel shaped portion to compress the sealing member therebetween in a transverse direction relative to the axial direction. In further embodiments, both housings include a channel shaped portion and the sealing member extends into each channel shaped portion and is compressed within each channel shaped portion in a transverse direction.

Sealing arrangement

A closure is provided including a casing part having at least one opening configured to receive an elongate object within the casing part. A sealing chamber defined by the casing part is positioned adjacent the opening so as to receive the elongate object in the sealing chamber and a sealant material is positioned in the sealing chamber. A relatively displaceable wall part of the casing part in provided in various embodiments which communicatively contacts the sealant material and is coupled to another part of the casing part by a flexible hinge part so as to allow movement of the relatively displaceable wall part relative to the other part of the casing. A compression means may be provided for applying a compressive force to the sealant material through the relatively displaceable wall part. In further embodiments a displaceable plunger is provided defining a wall of the sealing chamber and an externally operable shaft threadably engages the plunger so as to displace the plunger to adjust a volume of the sealant chamber.

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Scherpenheuvel, Belgium

Christiaan Radelet