Ends seals for aerial closure

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1994-06-21

1996-10-01

Kincaid, Kristine L.

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Conduits, cables or conductors

Combined

174 93, H02G 15113

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055612687

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.

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