Patent ID: 7615715

Claim:
Cable bushing device for the passage of electrical cables through in particular two adjacent, explosion or flame-proof housings, said cable bushing device comprising: a sleeve-like external body, which with oppositely situated first and second end sections can be inserted into corresponding bores in the housings, wherein the external body has at least in some places a spacing element which protrudes radially outwards approximately in the middle and which is arranged between the housings when the cable bushing device is in place; at least one insert inserted into an axial opening of the external body for retaining the electrical cables which are passed through the device; and a fixing device for fastening the device to the at least to one housing, wherein the fixing device on the first end section has an external thread formed to match an internal thread of the corresponding housing bore, a mounting nut which can be screwed onto the first end section and a limit-stop element assigned to the second end section and which essentially protrudes radially outwards.