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CN101248381B - Sealing and retaining cable attachment for telecommunications closures - Google Patents
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CN101248381B
CN101248381B CN200680031170XA CN200680031170A CN101248381B CN 101248381 B CN101248381 B CN 101248381B CN 200680031170X A CN200680031170X A CN 200680031170XA CN 200680031170 A CN200680031170 A CN 200680031170A CN 101248381 B CN101248381 B CN 101248381B
CN200680031170XA
CN101248381A (en
C.·R·哈里森
D·R.·小克拉普
C·A.·小布莱克韦尔
2005-07-27 Priority to US70296505P priority Critical
2005-07-27 Priority to US60/702,965 priority
2006-07-27 Application filed by 康宁光缆系统有限公司 filed Critical 康宁光缆系统有限公司
2006-07-27 Priority to PCT/US2006/029740 priority patent/WO2007014385A2/en
2008-08-20 Publication of CN101248381A publication Critical patent/CN101248381A/en
2011-02-23 Publication of CN101248381B publication Critical patent/CN101248381B/en
There is provided a cable attachment for sealing and retaining cables entering an opening of a telecommunications closure. The cable attachment includes an adapter body with an opening through which the cable passes; and a grip device and grommet device are also located within the opening of the adapter body for strain relieving and sealing, respectively, the cable passing through the adapter body. The cable attachment further includes a bolt portion that is selectively moveable relative to the adapter body for applying a force to the grommet device for selectively creating a seal about an outer surface of the cable. Alternative designs for sealing and/or strain relieving cables entering a closure are provided.
Be used for the sealing of telecommunications box and keep cable attachment
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The application requires right of priority application on July 27th, 2005, that be entitled as the U.S. Provisional Application 60/702,965 of " the Optisheath cable adds external member " according to 35U.S.C.119 (e).
The present invention relates to the telecommunications box, relate in particular to the apparatus and method that are used at least one cable insertion telecommunications box.
Be used to communication facilities to provide the telecommunications box of outer cover to be deployed in different points along distributed network.The telecommunications box is positioned at different positions as aerial (electric pole), (pedestal) or underground (underground telecommunications box) on the ground.An example of telecommunications box is a connector box, and it is configured to be positioned at underground.Conventional connector box comprises that member such as joint carriage and/or slack hubs are to help to connect one or more optical cable.Described connector box is preferably compartment to prevent that optical fiber and/or joint are owing to entering of water and other thing worn out.
The telecommunications box generally includes the one or more openings that are formed in the telecommunications box and enters and withdraw from described telecommunications box to allow cable, and described cable connects, preserves and/or be presented in the telecommunications box.Preferably, the telecommunications box provides sealed environment with protection connector, cable and leave the infringement that other hardware in the telecommunications box exempts from water, dirt, moisture, insect pest etc. in.Conventional telecommunications box generally includes interchangeable and the retaining ring of a plurality of openings is provided, and one or more cable can enter the telecommunications box by described opening.For making cable enter the telecommunications box, the field technician removes connector device (as there not being the retaining ring of opening) usually, select to have one or more retaining rings that are suitable for the opening that cable passes through, by retaining ring location cable, and retaining ring is put into the opening of telecommunications box.A shortcoming of this method is that grommet openings is not always the best size that can seal cable.In addition, retaining ring does not provide any strain relief to the cable that enters the telecommunications box.Therefore, need a kind of auxiliary equipment that can seal and keep entering the cable of telecommunications box easily.
The present invention satisfies above-mentioned needs and realizes other advantage, the auxiliary equipment that it provides sealing and keeps entering by the opening that forms in the telecommunications box cable of telecommunications box.Cable attachment of the present invention is provided convenience to the cable that enters the telecommunications box and is kept reliably.The cable attachment of different embodiments of the invention comprises the adapter body that is configured to the storing of contiguous telecommunications box opening, in certain embodiments as in opening.Gripping element is also included within the cable attachment and is positioned at the opening of adapter body.Grommet device also is positioned at the opening of adapter body and adjacent with gripping element.In different embodiments of the invention, gripping element such as clamping washer or holding screw provide the hole, and its size is suitable for clamping at least a portion of cable outside surface, and grommet device provides path so that cable can pass grommet device by the axial direction with respect to cable.Cable attachment also comprises and is configured to the bolt part that engages with the opening of adapter body, in some embodiments of the invention as engage, by the turn of the screw thus on grommet device, optionally apply power such as pressure makes grommet device engage with the cable outside surface.Therefore, the cable attachment of some embodiments of the invention seals the cable inlet around grommet device being compressed in cable, and additionally, cable attachment keeps cable with gripping element.Different embodiments of the invention also comprise the telecommunications box, and it comprises one or more cable attachment, for example above-mentioned cable attachment.
The present invention also comprises and is used for easily cable being inserted the telecommunications box with sealing with keep the method for cable.One embodiment of the present of invention comprise that inserting cable makes it pass through bolt part, the path of grommet device, the hole of gripping element and the opening of adapter body.In case cable is suitably located at axial direction, bolt device moves with sealing with respect to adapter body and keeps cable.Other embodiments of the invention provide other being used to seal and keep entering the apparatus and method of the cable of telecommunications box.
Invention has been described generally above, and with reference now to accompanying drawing, it is non-must draw in proportion and only mean illustration and unrestricted, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the exploded perspective view according to the cable attachment of first embodiment of the invention, and it shows the optional connector that can insert selectively in the cable attachment.
Fig. 2 is the sectional view of the cable attachment of Fig. 1, and it shows the cable attachment that assembles and keeps optional connector.
Fig. 3 is the exploded perspective view of the cable attachment of Fig. 1, and it shows cable by bolt part, flat gaskets, grommet device, gripping element and adapter body.
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the cable attachment of Fig. 1, and it shows the cable attachment that assembles and keeps having the cable of peeling off sheath.
Fig. 5 is the side view of the cable attachment of Fig. 1, and it shows demonstration and peels off the watch window that sheath does not insert as yet fully.
Fig. 6 is the side view of the cable attachment of Fig. 1, and it shows demonstration and peels off the watch window that sheath has been fully inserted into.
Fig. 7 is the stereographic map of the cable attachment of Fig. 1, and it shows the adapter body of cable attachment.
Fig. 8 is the stereographic map of the cable attachment of Fig. 1, and it further shows the adapter body of cable attachment.
Fig. 9 a and 9b are the partial perspective view according to the cable attachment of second embodiment of the invention that is installed on the different telecommunications boxes, and wherein the teat of adapter body is by the protruding spin locking of telecommunications box.
Figure 10 a and 10b are respectively the top and bottom perspective views according to the gripping element of third embodiment of the invention, and it shows the gripping element that comprises clamping washer.
Figure 11 is the side view that is positioned at the gripping element of Figure 10 a on the cable and 10b, and it illustrates gripping element and clamps cable.
Figure 12 is the stereographic map that is positioned at the gripping element of Figure 10 a on the oval band jacket cables and 10b, and it illustrates the radially extension that gripping element clamps oval band jacket cables.
Figure 13 is the stereographic map that is positioned at the gripping element of Figure 10 a on the oval band jacket cables and 10b, and it illustrates the radially inside part that gripping element does not clamp oval band jacket cables.
Figure 14 a-d is the stereographic map according to the cable attachment of fourth embodiment of the invention, and wherein gripping element comprises that single flat sheath pierces through gripping element.
Figure 15 a-d is the stereographic map according to the cable attachment of fifth embodiment of the invention, and wherein gripping element comprises that two flat sheaths pierce through gripping element.
Figure 16 a-d is the stereographic map according to the cable attachment of sixth embodiment of the invention, and wherein gripping element comprises that the U-shaped sheath pierces through gripping element.
Figure 17 a-d is the stereographic map according to the cable attachment of seventh embodiment of the invention, and wherein gripping element comprises single gib screw.
Figure 18 a-d is the stereographic map according to the cable attachment of eighth embodiment of the invention, and wherein gripping element comprises two gib screws.
Describe the present invention below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, accompanying drawing shows part of the present invention but not all embodiment.In fact, the forms that the present invention is can be many different embody and should not be considered as being limited to embodiment in this proposition; But, provide these embodiment to satisfy the legal requiremnt that is suitable for for the content that exposes.Although being used to seal the device and method that inserts the interior cable of telecommunications box and/or eliminate its strain describes and diagram in conjunction with the cable attachment of particular type in the accompanying drawings, can predict, different device and method functional can be applicable to any now known or cable attachment of design hereinafter, wishes that wherein sealing inserts the cable of telecommunications box and/or eliminate its strain.Identical Reference numeral all refers to identical member in institute's drawings attached.
With reference to figure 1-18d, it shows the cable attachment according to different embodiments of the invention.Cable attachment of the present invention can be used with any telecommunications box of any telecommunication system such as copper cable, optical cable or other system.In addition, cable attachment of the present invention can be used with the telecommunications box of any kind, include but not limited to Network Interface Unit, Network Access Point box, pedestal, local convergence cabinets, built on stilts box, connector box, terminal etc., no matter be positioned in the air, on the ground, underground or any alternate manner.Cable attachment can provide separately to be installed in the telecommunications box that is pre-existing in, and perhaps cable attachment can provide together with the telecommunications box, or forever connects or can dismantle selectively.In addition, the big I of cable attachment hold the cable of any size, any material and/or can hold any size, comprising the cable of any amount of independent optical fiber, fiber array, line or other signal vehicle.Another embodiment of the present invention comprises that being designed to use a cable attachment is salable and the cable attachment of maintenance independent cable more than two or two.In addition, although the cable attachment of the embodiment disclosed herein is used to seal and keep entering the cable of telecommunications box, further embodiment of the present invention is suitable for by specific performance requirement sealing cable or keeps cable.
With reference now to the cable attachment of embodiment shown in Fig. 1-8,, cable attachment 10 comprises adapter body 12, gripping element 14, grommet device 16, packing ring 18 and bolt part 20.Also show optional connector 22 among Fig. 1 and 2, thereby it provides selectively the anti-sealing of opening, dirt, moisture, insect pest or other unwanted thing not insert in the cable attachment at cable time plug and fill out cable attachment to enter in the telecommunications box before cable inserts.Connector 22 is configured to insert in the cable attachment 10 predetermined axial distance (it is by the one or more flanged limits shown in Fig. 1-2) and makes connector engage with grommet device 16 but do not engage with gripping element 14, removes the connector complexity that becomes because connector insertion gripping element may damage gripping element and make.
Fig. 3 and 4 illustrates cable attachment 10 and uses with cable 24, described cable 24 comprises sheath 26, thus described sheath be stripped from the separator tube 28 that exposes Len req and the optical fiber (not shown) in the separator tube make that the technician can engage before or after cable has been sealed by cable attachment and kept, optical fiber in the connecting box or it is carried out other operation.As following in detail as described in, other embodiments of the invention comprise the cable attachment that does not need the cable peeling or the cable that can peel off at any axial location of cable with respect to cable attachment are provided.
The adapter body 12 of the cable attachment 10 of Fig. 1-8 comprises the solid memder of being made by thermoplastic; Yet other embodiments of the invention can be made to list other non-limitative example by any amount of member and alternative materials such as metal.The adapter body 12 of Fig. 1-8 comprises first axle head 30 and common second axle head 32 relative with first axle head.Adapter body 12 provides at least one opening 34, and its size makes at least one cable 24 can be axially to pass adapter body.The opening 34 of adapter body 12 can be surrounded fully by adapter body, as has through hole, and perhaps opening can partly be surrounded, as has the opening that cracks, passage etc. to provide the non-limitative example by the opening of adapter body.Adapter body 12 is a cylinder form, and it has truncated cone first axle head 30, male thread portion 36, flange portion 38 and sexangle part 40; Yet other embodiments of the invention comprise alternative and/or other shape and/or the feature that is suitable for specific telecommunications box and/or cable.Truncated cone first axle head 30 parts of adapter body 12 provide produce to introduce surface 42, as shown in Figure 2, thereby help cable 24 to be inserted through adapter body and come out from the opening of first axle head of adapter body.Truncated cone first axle head 30 also is provided for the zone of pawl of gripping element of illustrated embodiment to move, as detailed below during inserting cable 24.The cable part near the sheath of peeling off is also allowed in zones in truncated cone first axle head 30, as the strength member (following) that extends from sheath, expands to have living space when the temperature variation and tightens.Refer again to adapter body 12, as shown in Fig. 1-8, the opening of first axle head 30 of adapter body 12 has littler sectional area with respect to the sectional area of the opening of second axle head 32 of adapter body.
As following described in more detail in conjunction with Fig. 9 a and 9b, the male thread portion 36 of adapter body is configured to keep making by the opening of telecommunications box and by the telecommunications box and is positioned at the telecommunications box in the adapter body inside of adapter body first axial end and is positioned at outside the telecommunications box in the adapter body outside of adapter body second axial end.More specifically, the opening of first axle head 30 of adapter body 12 by the telecommunications box up to the box wall with till flange portion 38 engages.Comprising that maintenance device (not shown) corresponding to the internal thread of the screw thread of male thread portion is inserted on first axle head 30 of adapter body and to second axle head, 32 directions advances till the interior bonds of described maintenance device and telecommunications box, thereby selectively adapter body is remained in the opening of telecommunications box.Other embodiments of the invention are provided for keeping with respect to the telecommunications box alternative construction and/or the device of adapter body and/or cable attachment.In addition, illustrated embodiment of the present invention shows the interior cable attachment of opening that is configured to be arranged in the telecommunications box; Yet, other embodiments of the invention are constructed to the aperture arrangement with the contiguous telecommunications box of other member of adapter body and/or cable attachment, and the part cable attachment is passed through the opening of telecommunications box or partly passed through the opening of telecommunications box without any cable attachment.As used herein, " vicinity " means the close aperture arrangement of adapter body and/or is arranged in the opening of telecommunications box.
The sexangle part 40 of the adapter body 12 of the cable attachment 10 of Fig. 1-8 and the flange portion of male thread portion 36 38 relative positioning.Sexangle part 40 is provided on the ectosome 12 so that the technician can prevent the adapter body rotation during the bolt part 20 of illustrated embodiment is inserted and/or rotated.The opening 34 of adapter body 12 extends certain axial distance from second axle head 32 to first axle head 30, and adapter body has female thread portion 44 along opening 34.Similarly, bolt part 20 has male thread portion 46 along the outside surface of bolt part, and it makes the bolt part can screw in adapter body selectively corresponding to the female thread portion 44 of the opening of adapter body.The sexangle part 40 of adapter body 12 can be clamped with spanner by the technician, and the technician is interior to keep adapter body to avoid being not intended to rotation with the opening 34 that bolt part 20 screws in adapter body 12 simultaneously.Other embodiments of the invention are to the outside and/or the inside of adapter body and/or bolt partly provides alternative devices so that the technician can be with respect to the mobile easily bolt of adapter body.Other embodiment also provides alternative shape and/or feature so that bolt part and breakout box physical efficiency move relative to each other and keep.
With reference now to the gripping element 14 of the cable attachment 10 of Fig. 1-4 and 10a-13,, described gripping element comprises at least one hole 48, at least a portion outside surface of its big I clamping lines cable 24.But hole 48 complete closed of gripping element, as through hole, perhaps partially enclosed as crack opening, passage etc. are with the non-limitative example in the hole that provides gripping element.The gripping element 14 of Fig. 1-4 and 10a-13 comprises clamping washer, and wherein said clamping washer also comprises at least one pawl 50 of engaging with at least a portion outside surface of cable 24 of being used for.The clamping washer of the cable attachment 10 of Fig. 1-10 is configured to clamp automatically the outside surface of cable 24, makes gripping element 14 need can not clamp cable from force of compression or other power of cable attachment remainder.Other embodiment of cable attachment of the present invention comprises the gripping element of automatic or non-automatic clamping cable.As shown in Fig. 1-4 and 10a-13, gripping element 14 comprises and a plurality ofly 48 extends the radial gap of certain distance to the circumference of gripping element from the hole.The pawl 50 of gripping element 14 is formed between the radial gap.Pawl 50 also comprises into angle part 52, makes the radially inner part of pawl with axially angled.Therefore, the one-tenth angle part 52 of pawl 50 is used for easily inserting cable 24 and passes through hole 48; Yet, the one-tenth angle part of pawl clamp cable at least a portion outside surface in case the principal vertical line cable remove from gripping element with the direction opposite with direction of insertion.For the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1-4 and the 10a-13, the size of gripping element 14 enables to insert cable 24 and pass through hole 48 with the axial force of 1-5 pound; Yet, remove about 50 pounds or the bigger power that cable needs opposite shaft orientation from the hole of gripping element.Therefore, gripping element 14 keeps inserting the cable 24 of cable attachment and eliminating strain, in case make cable suitably be installed in the cable attachment and one or more optical fiber has been connected in the telecommunications box, will spread all over cable attachment and distribute and make the infringement that the one or more optical fiber in the telecommunications box are connected minimum and/or prevent described infringement thereby then be applied to axial force on the cable of telecommunications box outside.Other embodiments of the invention provide the alternative design of the clamping washer shown in Fig. 1-4 and the 10a-13, and simultaneously other embodiment also provides alternative gripping element, and the gripping element of Figure 15 a-18d for example is to provide a plurality of non-limitative examples.
Some embodiment of cable attachment of the present invention and telecommunications box are configured to use with ground cable.The cable that inserts cable attachment and telecommunications box can comprise other member of metal armouring, metallic strength members or ground connection.Make on the conductive part electricity of cable attachment to engage and make cable attachment ground connection thereby cable attachment is configured to penetrate the sheath of cable with the armouring of cable or strength member.In addition, the cable attachment of some embodiments of the invention comprises the lead-in wire that can cut off the power supply, and makes box ground connection thereby on its electricity cable ground connection is linked the telecommunications box.A non-limitative example of ground cable auxiliary equipment comprises gripping element, thereby it penetrates the sheath q.s and makes gripping element ground connection with contact armouring and/or strength member on the electricity.Grounded grip device is also connected to electric conductor, as the conductor that radially extends by adapter body so that a non-limitative example to be provided, at least a portion electric connection of itself and telecommunications box.Other embodiments of the invention are included in alternative devices and the structure that makes cable attachment and telecommunications box ground connection when ground cable is provided.
The gripping element 14 of Fig. 1-4 and 10a-13 is configured to insert in the opening 34 of adapter body 12, and makes pawl 52 become the angle to insert (pawl be rightabout insertion gripping element will stop cable to reach by gripping element engage with gripping element) towards the direction of first axle head 30 of the adapter body 12 of Fig. 1-8 embodiment; Yet other embodiment can make gripping element towards other direction.In the opening of the adapter body of contiguous gripping element with first axle head, the 30 relative grommet device 16 that provide of gripping element 14.The grommet device 16 of Fig. 1-8 has the cylinder form of band path, to allow cable axially to pass grommet device.As used herein, " pass " and mean cable by grommet device and/or around grommet device.
The grommet device 16 of Fig. 1-8 comprises resilient material, example includes but not limited to silicone material, chloroprene rubber material and ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM), but it is with respect to adapter body and the thermoplastic of bolt part and the metal easy deformation of gripping element 14; Yet, the grommet device that other embodiment of cable attachment provides another material to make.Grommet device 16 is used for changing the status quo when the pressure of stressed embodiment as shown.For the grommet device among Fig. 1-8 16, because axle pressure is applied on the grommet device when bolt part 20 screws in adapter body 12, the diameter of path 54 is reduced and makes grommet device engage with the outside surface of cable 24.The cable attachment 10 of Fig. 1-8 is preferably configured as the outside surface sealed engagement of grommet device 16 about cable 24, makes water, moisture, dirt, insect pest and/or other unwanted material not to enter in the telecommunications box by cable attachment.Additional embodiments of the present invention provides the alternative grommet device of difformity, material and/or size, make the one or more power on the grommet device of being applied to make grommet device can be partially or completely about the outside surface sealing of cable.
The grommet device of different embodiments of the invention comprises the one or more keyed portions along the retaining ring outer wall, and it engages with the opening of adapter body.The opening of adapter body also comprises one or more interlocking slits that are suitable for receiving keyed portions, makes grommet device to remain in the adapter body with being rotated.In addition, the grommet device of the described embodiment of cable attachment comprises the path with cross section such as elliptic cross-section so that a non-limitative example to be provided, and it is suitable for receiving the cable with respective cross-section.Because retaining ring is fixing rotatably and adapter body is fixing rotatably with respect to the telecommunications box with respect to adapter body in some embodiments of the present invention (description of face Fig. 9 a and 9b as follows), thereby the cable with noncircular cross section can first-selected orientation inserts the stress minimum that makes the part of one or more cable in telecommunications box outside to transmit in the desired direction easily in the cable attachment to make to the infringement minimum of optical fiber or produce when making in bending on cable.Other embodiments of the invention comprise that alternative features and structure transmit so that the convenient of the outer cable of box to be provided.
It is for grommet device 16 being provided protection so that its axial surface protected from wear that engages with bolt part 20 that packing ring 18 is provided in the embodiment of Fig. 1-8.Other embodiments of the invention provide the alternative devices of protection grommet device and/or the grommet device that does not need protection are provided.Other embodiments of the invention can provide the surface of given shape, material or texture so that to the infringement minimum of grommet device on bolt part.Other embodiments of the invention can be omitted packing ring and other member of protection grommet device.
The bolt part 20 of the cable attachment 10 of Fig. 1-4 comprises the solid memder of being made by thermoplastic, and is preferably identical with the material of use in the adapter body 12; Yet other embodiments of the invention can be made by other material, metal for example, and it provides other non-limitative example.Although the bolt part of Fig. 1-4 20 shape with conventional bolt usually is similar, the bolt part branch of other embodiment of the present invention comprises needn't similar bolt shape and feature partly.Bolt of the present invention partly is any member that optionally moves with respect to adapter body, so that how tube shape, size, cable all do not provide power with respect to the position of bolt part or any further feature of orientation or bolt part on grommet device.Get back to the bolt part 20 of Fig. 1-4 once more, the bolt part branch comprises through hole, and it has the axle of aiming at the axle of grommet device generally; Yet other embodiment of bolt part comprises the through hole in Any shape and orientation or does not have through hole at all.In addition, bolt part 20 is configured to engage with adapter body 12, and as by bolt partly being screwed in the opening 34 of adapter body, this describes a non-limitative example of the joint between bolt part and the adapter body.Bolt part 20 preferably has flange 56 at the axle head of male thread portion 46, and it preferably limits the distance that the bolt part can screw in adapter body 12.Thereby other embodiment of cable attachment of the present invention comprises the bolt part with removable spacers or other device and regulates the path increment of bolt part branch with respect to adapter body selectively.
Get back to the bolt part 20 of the cable attachment 10 of Fig. 1-4 once more, by bolt partly being screwed in the opening 34 of adapter body 12, bolt part (by packing ring 18) optionally applies power on grommet device 16 makes grommet device engage with the outside surface of cable 24.The bolt part 20 of Fig. 1-4 is exerted pressure on grommet device 16 and is made the internal diameter of grommet device reduce and produce sealing about the cable outside surface; Yet other embodiments of the invention provide alternative bolt part, and it has other and joint adapter body and thinks and grommet device is engaged with the cable outside surface and different power is provided on grommet device.
Be the cable attachment 10 of installation diagram 1-8, if cable attachment does not place in the opening of telecommunications box as yet, the technician preferably enters the telecommunications box to remove any member such as the retaining ring of the opening that may take or hinder box.The technician axially inserts adapter body (it may or not link the other parts of cable attachment as yet) from the outside of telecommunications box, up to flange portion with till the outer box wall of adjacent openings engages.Afterwards, the technician is screwed in screw on the maintenance device (not shown) on the adapter body inside, till adapter body axially is fixed tightly in the opening of telecommunications box.If cable attachment comprises gripping element, grommet device and bolt part, in the time of in being installed in the telecommunications box,, passes through technician's swivel bolt thereby partly making it make the path of grommet device enough open to be used for cable away from adapter body.If connector 22 is provided in the cable attachment 10, can from cable attachment, remove in case path is enough opened it, and connector can be dropped or preserve to be used for use subsequently.Afterwards, the technician presents cable 24 by cable-assembly 10, as shown in Fig. 3 and 4, till cable has required axial location, for example, the cable amount in the feed-in telecommunications box is enough to make the technician can carry out necessary optical fiber attended operation, as engaging and/or connecting.Perhaps, if have only adapter body to be installed in the telecommunications box, the technician can axially present cable by bolt part, packing ring 18 (if desired), grommet device 16, gripping element 14, then gripping element, grommet device, packing ring and bolt are partly inserted in the opening of adapter body by adapter body afterwards, afterwards bolt is partly screwed in the cable attachment that adapter body assembles with formation.Other embodiments of the invention comprise and are used for cable attachment being installed in the telecommunications box and/or making cable pass through the alternative and/or other process of cable attachment.
As previously mentioned, cable attachment 10 can be used with the cable 24 that comprises sheath 26 (and other member such as strength member), described sheath 26 surrounds one or more separator tubes 28, makes sheath optionally to peel off from separator tube at required axial location, as shown in Figure 3.Other embodiments of the invention comprise the cable attachment of using with non-stripped cable.Yet the cable attachment 10 of embodiment shown in Fig. 1-8 is configured to accept stripped cable 24, because the size of the opening of first axle head 30 of adapter body 12 only allows the separator tube 28 of cable to pass through.Because the technician will insert stripped cable 24, the technician should guarantee that gripping element 14 has clamped at least a portion outside surface of the sheath 26 of cable, because separator tube 28 diameters are too little so that can not be peeled off by the pawl 50 of gripping element.For making the technician can verify visually that cable 24 has axially been inserted enough length in the cable attachment 10, one or more windows 60 are provided in first axle head 30, make that the part of at least one opening of adapter body can be from radially seeing with respect to the axle of at least one opening of adapter body.More specifically, window 60 is between the gripping element 14 of the opening of first axle head 30 of adapter body 12 and installation fully, make sheath 26 that the technician can see cable 24 by gripping element, and then make cable sufficiently keep and/or eliminate strain by cable attachment.Fig. 5 shows the installation cable, wherein has only separator tube 28 to see by window 60, thereby shows that to the technician cable 24 should further axially insert in the cable attachment, because gripping element 14 may not engage with the outside surface of cable.Fig. 6 shows the cable 24 of suitable installation, wherein the technician can verify sheath 26 by the enough axial length of gripping element 14 so that required maintenance and/or strain relief to be provided.Other embodiments of the invention provide and make the technician can guarantee that cable suitably is installed in alternative devices and/or the feature in the cable attachment.
With reference now to Fig. 7 and 8, adapter body 12, adapter body 12 comprises the teat 62 that is formed on the adapter body outside surface, make teat with respect to telecommunications box fixed transfer body rotatably, this twists to connect the technician and keeps the device (not shown) particularly useful when adapter body being locked axially on the telecommunications box, as shown in Fig. 9 a and 9b, and also particularly useful when optionally on grommet device 16, applying power or removing power on it the technician with respect to adapter body swivel bolt part 20.The teat 62 of illustrated embodiment comprises slit, and the projection on the telecommunications box and its engagement are in case spline connects body rotates with respect to the telecommunications box.Other embodiments of the invention comprise and being configured to respect to the telecommunications box different teats of fixed transfer body rotatably.
Two kinds of telecommunications boxes 64 of slightly different design are as shown in Fig. 9 a and 9b, and wherein each telecommunications box has 8 openings, and cable attachment 10 contiguous described openings are put, and perhaps more specifically, are seated in the opening.Shown in cable attachment 10 do not have cable 24 or connector 22 to insert wherein.The cable attachment of Fig. 9 a and 9b is installed fully, makes the teat 62 of each adapter body 12 engage with the projection 66 of telecommunications box 64, and then makes each adapter body fixing rotatably with respect to the telecommunications box.Other embodiments of the invention comprise the telecommunications box that has at least one opening and/or form other projection, and described bumps formation becomes the adapter body of fixing contiguous its installation rotatably.
With reference now to Figure 10 a-13,, the clip that provides with the pawl 50 that illustrates by gripping element from a plurality of vantage points diagram gripping elements 14.Because the sheath 26 of cable 24 has elliptic cross-section, have only 4 outside surfaces that clamp cable in 8 pawls 50 of gripping element 14; Yet 4 pawls of gripping element provide enough clamping to provide required maintenance and/or strain relief to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1-13.Other embodiments of the invention comprise the design that the alternative gripping element that is suitable for the particular cable cross section and/or other being used to clamp cable.
Additional embodiments of the present invention provides in Figure 14 a-18d, wherein shows alternative cable auxiliary equipment 110-510.The cable attachment 110 of Figure 14 a-14d comprises that sheath pierces through gripping element 114, and it is also referred to as independent position contact (IDC).Grommet device 116, it can also can not provide the sealed engagement with the cable outside surface, and cable 124 along the line is axially put.The grommet device 116 of Figure 14 a-14d embodiment is guard ring plug-in units, and the sealed engagement with the outside surface of cable 124 is not provided; Yet as described below, sealing is provided by the cable attachment 110 with pyrocondensation part.One or more sheaths pierce through in the slit that gripping element 114 inserts one or more radial directed, till the sheath of gripping element pierce cable 124 and preferably engage maintenance and/or strain relief with raising cable attachment 110 with the strength member of cable.Thereby the technician may need to use pliers or miscellaneous equipment to clamp cable so that gripping element 114 engages fully with cable 124.Afterwards, bolt part 120, it comprises the guard ring body in the embodiment of Figure 14 a-14d, axial advancement is with sealing grommet device 116.The bolt part 120 of Figure 14 a-14d preferably includes the pyrocondensation part, and it promptly shrinks to provide sealing to cable attachment 110 in case the bolt part branch is in the appropriate location.Afterwards, the cable attachment 110 of Figure 14 c is inserted the adapter body 112 that preferably contiguous telecommunications box opening is put.Bolt part 120 can comprise that threaded portion is to engage with adapter body or to comprise that further feature is optionally to engage with adapter body.A non-limitative example that is used for the feature of part of draw bolt optionally and adapter body comprises that be configured to duplicate can be from the OPTITAP of the healthy and free from worry fiberoptic cable system company acquisition of North Carolina state Hickory TMThe bolt part and the adapter body of connector.
With reference now to the cable attachment 210 of Figure 15 a-15d,, cable attachment 210 is similar with the cable attachment 110 of Figure 14 a-14d, pierces through gripping element 214 but increased by one group of extra sheath.Similarly, the cable attachment 310 of Figure 16 a-16d is similar to the cable attachment 110 of Figure 14 a-14d, but cable attachment 310 comprises sheath and pierces through gripping element 314 that it has the U-shaped design makes single gripping element 314 can clamp the outside surface of cable at least two positions.The cable attachment 410 of Figure 17 a-17d also cable attachment 110 with Figure 14 a-14d is similar, yet gripping element 414 comprises single holding screw, and it screws in the grommet device 416 to clamp the outside surface of cable 424.Equally, the cable attachment 510 of Figure 18 a-18d comprises the gripping element 514 of the holding screw of two outside surfaces that are used to clamp cable 524.Other embodiments of the invention comprise alternative gripping element and other member of cable attachment and telecommunications box.
To those skilled in the art, the advantage that has the religious doctrine that in aforementioned description and relevant drawings, presents at of the present invention many modifications and other embodiment of this proposition.Therefore, should be appreciated that to the invention is not restricted to specific embodiment disclosed herein, and revise with other embodiment and all should comprise within the scope of the appended claims.The present invention is intended to cover the modifications and variations of the present invention that provided, and they are all in the scope of claims and equivalents thereof.Although adopt concrete term at this, they all only use with general and describing significance, and are not used in the restriction purpose.
1. be used for sealing and keeping entering the cable attachment of the cable of telecommunications box, comprise by the opening that the telecommunications box forms:
Be configured to the adapter body that contiguous telecommunications box opening is put, wherein adapter body provides the opening that at least one size can allow at least one cable to pass through;
Be provided at the interior gripping element of at least one opening of adapter body, wherein said gripping element has the hole that size can clamp at least a portion outside surface of cable, and wherein said gripping element need can not clamp at least a portion outside surface of cable from the power of cable attachment remainder;
Be provided at least one opening of adapter body and the grommet device of contiguous gripping element, wherein grommet device has and makes the cable can be by the path that axially passes grommet device with respect to cable; And
Be configured to the bolt part that engages with adapter body, wherein bolt partly is suitable for optionally applying power and makes grommet device engage with the outside surface of cable on grommet device.
2. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein the size of at least one opening of adapter body can allow by at least one optical cable.
3. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein adapter body has in the inside of first axle head and in the outside of second axle head relative with first axle head, and wherein adapter body is configured to the opening by the telecommunications box and is positioned at the outside of telecommunications box by the outside that the telecommunications box keeps making the inside of adapter body to be positioned at telecommunications box and adapter body.
4. according to the cable attachment of claim 3, wherein at least one opening of adapter body is little at its sectional area in second axial end of sectional area ratio of first axial end.
5. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein adapter body has first axle head and second axle head relative with first axle head, and wherein first axle head comprises at least one window, makes that the part of at least one opening of adapter body can be from radially seeing with respect to the axle of at least one opening of adapter body.
6. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein gripping element comprises clamping washer.
7. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein gripping element comprises at least one holding screw.
8. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein gripping element comprises at least one pawl of engaging with at least a portion outside surface of cable of being used for.
9. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein the path of grommet device comprises through hole, and the axle of described through hole is aimed at the axle of adapter body.
10. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein the path of grommet device has noncircular cross section, and wherein grommet device comprises that keyed portions makes grommet device to position with respect to adapter body.
11. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, also comprise connector, it is kept sealing cable attachment before entering the telecommunications box at cable by at least one grommet device.
12. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein adapter body comprises at least one teat on the outside surface that is formed on adapter body, makes described teat with respect to telecommunications box fixed transfer body rotatably.
13. according to the cable attachment of claim 1, wherein adapter body has female thread portion, reaches bolt and partly has male thread portion, makes the bolt part can screw in adapter body.
14. telecommunication installation comprises:
Telecommunications box with at least one opening;
Cable attachment, it comprises:
Be configured to the bolt part that engages with adapter body, wherein bolt partly is suitable for optionally applying power and makes grommet device engage with the outside surface of cable on grommet device;
Wherein cable attachment is suitable for sealing and keeping entering by at least one opening that forms in the telecommunications box cable of telecommunications box.
15. according to the telecommunication installation of claim 14, wherein gripping element comprises clamping washer.
16. according to the telecommunication installation of claim 14, also comprise connector, it is kept sealing cable attachment before entering the telecommunications box at cable by at least one grommet device.
17. according to the telecommunication installation of claim 14, wherein adapter body has female thread portion, reaches bolt and partly has male thread portion, makes the bolt part can screw in adapter body.
18. cable by the method in the cable attachment insertion telecommunications box, being comprised:
Inserting cable makes it pass through bolt part, the path of grommet device, the hole of gripping element and the opening of adapter body; And
Move the bolt part of cable attachment with respect to the adapter body of cable attachment.
At least the exterior portion of stripped cable is not shelled part to form cable released part and cable before inserting cable, makes to have only the released part of cable can insert the opening that passes adapter body when cable inserts the opening of the hole of the path that passes bolt part, grommet device, gripping element and adapter body.
20. the method according to claim 18 also comprises:
Before inserting cable, remove connector from cable attachment.
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