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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
R. Carl Tamm, Trussville, AL (US);
Robert G. Hay, Pelham, AL (US);
Stanley R. Siegrist, Leeds, AL (US);
R. Carl Tamm, Trussville, AL (US);
Robert G. Hay, Pelham, AL (US);
Stanley R. Siegrist, Leeds, AL (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
A corrosion resistant automatic splice having a housing with opposed first and second ends, an interior cavity between the ends, and a plurality of drainage openings disposed between an exterior surface of the housing and the interior cavity. The first and second ends are each adjacent a biasing member or spring. A semi frustoconical gripping jaw or clamp is located at each of the first and second ends adapted for receiving a cable. The drainage openings aid in voiding corrosive contaminants from the interior cavity of the splice.