Tyco Electronics Raychem Nv

Johan Legrand

Christiaan Radelet

Dirk Kempeneers

Jean-Marie E Nolf

Valere Buekers

Sam Leeman

Dirk Deroost

Peter Bos

Jos Vandepoel

Philippe Kalmes

Lodewijk Von Noten

Luiz Neves Mendez

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

Break-out devices are provided for longitudinally extending elements. The break-out devices include a base member and a pair of ribs extending from the base member that define a longitudinally extending channel configured to receive the longitudinally extending elements therebetween. The inner sides of each of the pair of the ribs may include one or more longitudinally extending slots defining pairs of slots. A removable partition is inserted into the channel to provide a through-hole dimensioned to receive one or more of the longitudinally extending elements. The removable partition may be inserted in one of the pairs of slots. The partition may include a locking mechanism that retains the partition in the channel. Methods for organizing optical fiber elements using such break-out devices are also provided.

Break-out device

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.

Closure having an adjustable volume sealant chamber

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Nieuwrode, Belgium

Johan Legrand