Patent ID: 8686289

Claim:
A cable splice enclosure, comprising: a base plate and at least one entry hole formed in the base plate for passing a cable to a cable-splicing region in the enclosure above the base plate; a grommet assembly having an unsealed position disposed in the entry hole, the grommet assembly comprising: an upper pressure plate, a lower pressure plate, a compressible grommet positioned between the upper and lower pressure plates, and at least one passageway extending in alignment through the lower pressure plate, the grommet, and the upper pressure plate, the passageway providing access to the cable-splicing region of the enclosure for a cable disposed in the passageway; an elongated adjustment tool engaged with the upper pressure plate and extending depthwise therefrom, through the grommet and through the lower pressure plate, for access thereto from an exterior position below the lower pressure plate; and a grommet locking assembly comprising: a locking tab on an outer edge of at least one of the pressure plates, and a keyway formed along an inside portion of the entry hole, the grommet locking assembly movable from said unsealed position thereof to a locked position in the entry hole in which the locking tab and keyway are interlocked in response to a first rotational adjustment of the adjustment tool; the pressure plates movable axially toward each other to compress the grommet between them in response to a second rotational adjustment of the adjustment tool which holds the grommet in a compressed state sealed to the entry hole and which seals the cable to the passageway while the grommet locking assembly maintains its locked position in the entry hole of the base plate.