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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1991
Karl-Heinz Marx, Garbsen, DE;
Kabelmetal Electro GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A sleeve coupling for a branching or connecting point of cables, particularly of communication cables with optical waveguides, which has a sleeve surrounding the branching or connecting point, and end bodies sealing the coupling in a liquid-tight manner at the ends. Each end body contains at least one through opening for leading a cable into the sleeve coupling or for leading the cable out of the sleeve coupling. The sleeve is a stable plastic tube with a longitudinal slot. The end bodies each are provided with a circumferential surface on which the sleeve is supported. The through openings are designed as radial slots adapted to receive the cables. A heat-shrunk collar surrounds the sleeve and the end bodies. In the entrance region of the sleeve coupling, there is provided an extension for the end body coated at least in part with a hot-melt adhesive. The extension is in contact, at least in part, with the inner surface of the heat-shrunk collar.