Patent ID: 7046901

Claim:
A kit of components for sealingly enclosing a space into which one or more optical fibres and/or optical cables is or are fed, the kit comprising: a container that defines the space, the container having an opening; two sealing strips distinct from, and positionable together separately from, the container, with the one or more optical fibres and/or cables extending between the sealing strips, which sealing strips are thereafter placeable in the opening and are heat and/or pressure sealable together before or after placing in the opening; and instructions for: (i) assembling the sealing strips together with the one or more optical fibres and/or cables separately from the container and optionally heat and/or pressure sealing the sealing strips around the one or more optical fibres and/or cables, (ii) then placing the sealing strips in the opening with the one or more optical fibres and/or cables extending through the opening into the space defined by the container, and (iii) heat and/or pressure sealing the sealing strips in the opening to form a sealing member sealingly enclosing the one or more optical fibres and/or cables and sealed to the container to seal the opening.