Patent ID: 7767908
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: F16L,H02G

Abstract:
1. A sealing element for a cable transit opening provided in a wall of an apparatus housing, wherein: the sealing element has the form of an open-ended gaiter which can be fitted to an outer cable intended for connection to equipment situated in said apparatus housing, said gaiter having a generally cylindrical rear end-part that can be fitted to the cable in sealing abutment with its outer barrel surface, and a generally cylindrical front end-part adapted for sealing abutment with an outer barrel surface tubular socket which projects out from said wall at said cable transit opening, wherein the sealing element includes an elongate, flexible connecting part which movably connects the two end-parts together, wherein said connecting part is adapted to support the front gaiter end-part stably in two mutually different positions in relation to the rear end-part of the gaiter, namely in a forwardly displaced position in which the front end-part is located at a significant axial distance from the rear end-part, and a withdrawn position in which the front end-part is located axially close to the rear end-part, and wherein said front end-part at least partially overlaps the rear end-part when in said withdrawn position.