H - Electricity – 01 – B
Patent
H - Electricity
01
B
337/51
H01B 7/18 (2006.01) H01B 9/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1273072
ABSTRACT The invention relates to a sealed cable article and method for sealing the area between two or more cables and between the cables and an enclosure with a shaped article at a location where the cables exit from the enclosure, the method comprising a) providing a shaped article of a poly- meric gel said gel having i) a cone penetration value of about 30 to about 450 (10-1mm), and ii) an elongation of from about 25% to about 750%; b) positioning the shaped article around the cables; and c) positioning the enclosure such that it surrounds the shaped article. An article aspect of the invention comprises two or more cables, an enclosure surrounding the cables, and a polymeric gel having the properties as described above sealing the area between the cables and the enclosure. This invention also relates to a sealed cable end article and a method of sealing the end of a cable, the method comprising positioning a shaped article of a polymeric gel having the properties as described above to cover the end of a cable and positioning an enclosure around said shaped article and adjacent region of the cable. The article comprises one or more cable ends with a portion of the cable end exposed, a shaped article of a polymeric gel having the properties as described above positioned at the cable end, and an enclosure which surrounds the shaped article and the adjacent region of the cable.
519946
Chang Rong Jong
Midgley John Arthur
Toy Lester Tungnan
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Raychem Corporation
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