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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Josef Cardinaels, Wetteren, BE;
Nexans, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A tubular cable adapter for use in jointing and/or terminating a medium voltage medium voltage paper insulated cable is provided. The cable adapter includes an impregnating compound barrier sleeve ( ), a semi-conductive layer ( ) partially covering the impregnating compound barrier sleeve, and a support member ( ) for maintaining the impregnating compound barrier sleeve and the semi-conductive layer in a radial expanded state, the support member being removable from said impregnating compound barrier sleeve. The tubular cable adapter also has a conductive member ( ) covering, at least partially, the impregnating compound barrier sleeve ( ) and the semi-conductive conductive member layer ( ).