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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1996
Raymond Charles Foss, Plymouth, GB;
Andrew Stephen Cammack, Plymouth, GB;
Bowthorpe PLC, West Sussex, GB;
Abstract
A cable locking and sealing device has an elongate body of elastomeric material formed with at least one through-passage for receiving a cable and at least one longitudinal slit extending down at least a portion of its length. The interior of the through passage is formed with a series of annular ribs which each taper in depth towards a point adjacent the longitudinal slit. When the device is pulled into an entry port, its elongate body becomes radially compressed thereby holding the cable firmly in place: however, the sealing effect of the ribs against the cable is not compromised by any relative longitudinal displacement of the portions of the body either side of the slit.