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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1987
Glen W Ragland, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Bobby Simonton, Carrollton, GA (US);
Phillip J Snoke, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kenneth D Timmerman, Smyena, GA (US);
Christian A Debbaut, Cary, NC (US);
Keith Dawes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Whit G Halstead, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lowell Koht, Cary, NC (US);
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a cable closure which includes a central closure body and a pair of end caps preferably made from structural foam situated at each end of the closure body. There is also disclosed a cable block which includes void filling material selectively inserted among the insulated conductors of the cable and a directional control device which consists of a conduit also selectively inserted among the insulated conductors of the cable. Together the cable closure, cable block and directional control device make up the splice closure system. There may also be provided a heat recoverable seal adhesively attached to the cable closure in which case there will also be provided means for preventing milk-off of the seal from the cable closure. finally, there is disclosed a method for forming the cable block.