Patent ID: 6100472
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G02B,H01R,H02G

Abstract:
A device for sealing and locking a cable within an elongate entry port of a cable splice enclosure or of a housing of electrical equipment, said device comprising:an elongate tubular body of elastomeric material for receiving said cable therethrough, said elongate tubular body having(i) a first end,(ii) an opposite tail end having an outer diameter,(iii) a first annular external projection intermediate said first end and said tail end,(iv) an elongate first portion extending from said first end to said first annular external projection and having a tubular wall provided with a plurality of radially-inward projecting annular ridges, said tubular wall tapering in thickness from said first end to said annular external projection, said annular ridges being adapted to frictionally engage the cable so as to substantially prevent movement of the cable through said device when said device and the cable are installed in the splice enclosure or the electrical equipment housing, and(v) an elongate tail portion having an outer diameter and a length at least twice said outer diameter of said tail portion and being capable of flexing through an angle of at least 30.degree. relative to said elongate first portion.