Patent ID: 6107571
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A seal for a cable casing enclosing part of a cable, the seal comprising:(a) at least one wall member including a plurality of substantially coaxial removable portions, each of said substantialy coaxial removable portions comprising an end wall portion extending in a radially inward direction of the seal, and a retaining portion extending in an axially inward direction of the seal from the end wall portion, the axially inward direction being transverse to the radially inward direction, each of the plurality of substantially coaxial removable portions being selectively removable to define a cable aperture of a corresponding required diameter through the at least one wall member; and(b) sealing material retained by the at least one wall member, to seal around the cable when extending through the cable aperture in the at least one wall member, and including removable portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of substantially coaxial removable portions of the at least one wall member, and each of which is also removed when a corresponding one of the plurality of substantially coaxial removable portions of the at least one wall member to which one of the removable portions of the sealing material corresponds is removed, to define the cable aperture of the corresponding required diameter through the sealing material.