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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Valere Buekers, Zelem-Halen, BE;
Dirk Deroost, Baal-Tremelo, BE;
Thomas E. Mcneal, Hanceville, AL (US);
Dirk Roosen, Tienen, BE;
Els Timmermans, Wilsele Putkapel, BE;
Filip Vandeputte, Linden, BE;
Valere Buekers, Zelem-Halen, BE;
Dirk Deroost, Baal-Tremelo, BE;
Thomas E. McNeal, Hanceville, AL (US);
Dirk Roosen, Tienen, BE;
Els Timmermans, Wilsele Putkapel, BE;
Filip Vandeputte, Linden, BE;
Tyco Electronics Raychem NV, , BE;
Abstract
Methods for providing a cable closure enclosing a cable splice include wrapping a flexible wrap including a gel layer and a flexible support layer around the cable splice with the gel layer adjacent the cable splice. The gel layer may have an adhesion-reducing substance applied on at least part of a surface of the gel layer facing away from the flexible support layer and a removable cover layer may be applied to a surface of the gel layer facing away from the flexible support layer on which the adhesion-reducing substance is not applied. The wrap is gathered into overlapping wrinkles around at least one longitudinal end of the cable splice without applying heat, other external energy source or catalytic agent to allow the gel layer to seal the at least one longitudinal end of the cable splice.