Patent ID: 6869296

Claim:
Apparatus for the connection of cables the apparatus comprising: a container having at least one inlet for the introduction of cables into the container, a first cylindrical drum displaceable in a direction parallel to a central axis (x) between a first position in the interior of the container and a second position in which the first drum projects at least partly outside the container, and connection means, located in the first drum, for the connection of conductors of at least one of the cables, a cylindrical outer wall of the first drum being provided with one or more access apertures for access to the connection means in said second position, and wherein the first drum is double-walled with an inner wall and the cylindrical outer wall, which walls are arranged concentrically relative to the central axis, and that the connection means are located in a hollow interspace between the inner and outer walls of the first drum, cables terminated on the connection means being led from the said one inlet via the hollow interspace to the connection means.