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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1994
Gideon B Dagan, Venice, CA (US);
Antoon M Hurkmans, Cumming, GA (US);
Communications Technology Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An end seal assembly for an aerial closure for protecting an electrical or optical cable splice. The end seal assembly includes a pair of end seal shell segments connectable to an end of the housing of the aerial closure. An elastomeric end seal has a unitary body including a pair of end seal elements hingedly secured together and provided with cutting guides to aid a lineman in forming cuts in the respective seal elements extending in opposite directions. Each seal element is deformable for mounting on a cable and pins adjacent each side of a cut formed in each seal element are received in sockets on the adjacent seal element to prevent deformation of the end seal after it has been secured to a cable and positioned in the end seal shells in the aerial closure housing. When an opening is formed in the end seal a corrugated portion of the body urges elongated sealing surfaces into engagement with a cable extending through the opening to permit movement of the cable relative to the aerial closure housing without destroying the integrity of the seal.