Patent ID: 9512920
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: F16J,G02B,H02G

Claim Text:
1. A cable sealing device for providing a seal around a communications cable, the cable sealing device comprising a cable seal arrangement positioned between first and second compression plates, the cable sealing device also including an actuator for compressing the first and second compression plates together to deform the cable seal arrangement such that the cable seal arrangement is adapted to form a seal about a cable routed through the cable sealing device, the actuator including a cam lever pivotally movable between an actuated position and a non-actuated position, the actuator also including a spring for transferring load between the cam lever and the first and second compression plates wherein the spring is pre-loaded when the cam lever is in the non-actuated position with a pre-load equal to at least 50 percent of a total load applied through the spring when the cam lever is initially in the actuated position.