CA2156616A1 - Telecommunications cable sleeve kit - Google Patents

Telecommunications cable sleeve kit

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Publication number
CA2156616A1
CA2156616A1 CA002156616A CA2156616A CA2156616A1 CA 2156616 A1 CA2156616 A1 CA 2156616A1 CA 002156616 A CA002156616 A CA 002156616A CA 2156616 A CA2156616 A CA 2156616A CA 2156616 A1 CA2156616 A1 CA 2156616A1
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Prior art keywords
housing body
elements
sleeve
cable
kit according
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CA002156616A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Dieter Fremgen
Gunter Hill
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Walter Rose GmbH and Co KG
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Individual
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02GINSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G15/00Cable fittings
    • H02G15/08Cable junctions
    • H02G15/18Cable junctions protected by sleeves, e.g. for communication cable
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02GINSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G15/00Cable fittings
    • H02G15/007Devices for relieving mechanical stress
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02GINSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G15/00Cable fittings
    • H02G15/08Cable junctions
    • H02G15/10Cable junctions protected by boxes, e.g. by distribution, connection or junction boxes
    • H02G15/117Cable junctions protected by boxes, e.g. by distribution, connection or junction boxes for multiconductor cables

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  • Cable Accessories (AREA)
  • Installation Of Indoor Wiring (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Insertion, Bundling And Securing Of Wires For Electric Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Communication Cables (AREA)

Abstract

A telecommunications cable sleeve kit is provided with a housing body (2) with apertures (8, 9) to receive cables on at least three sides. Fixing elements (5) are provided to strain relieve entering cables, and sealing bodies (12), and optionally separate cover plates (14) are provided to seal apertures that are not used. The housing body (2) is provided with connecting elements (6) so that the consumer can attach the fixing elements (5) and sealing elements (12) and cover plates (14) in the appropriate position depending on the end use of the cable sleeve kit. The housing body (2) is preferably also provided with electrical contact elements (19) in modular form that can be positioned by the consumer on a mounting plate within the housing body (2) in different orientations according to the desired end use of the cable sleeve kit. Thus the same kit can be used by the consumer to make, for example either an end-to-end cable splice, or a butt splice.

Description

WO g4/~,2195 ~ 6 6 1 &
TFT.FCOMMUNICATIONS CABI.E SLEEVF KIT

This invention relates to a kit for the creation of a telecommunications cable sleeve, the kit comprising a housing body and a lid, cable inlet and outlet apertures in the housing body, and contacting and distributing elPments inside the housing body. The invention is particularly concerned with provi-ling a kit with a minimllm number of parts, which can be assembled by the end user in two or more different ways dep~n(ling on the end use to which the cable sleeve is to be put.

Cable sleeves with various housing designs are know~ To na_e a few ~ les here: DE 26 26 510-C, DE 24 27 677-A, DE 30 29 848, and DE 33 20 916-A.

There are applications where it is desirable to make a sleeve available to the consumer (for ex~mple a teleco!"r"ll-,ications company) which can not only take multiple loads but can also be used for various uses, e.g. it can act either as a so called butt sleeve that is the end sleeve of a cable layout, or as a so-called in-line sleeve which has incoming and outgoing cables entering and exiting on opposite sides of the sleeve. Dep~nlling on the intended purpose or application of the cable sleeve, at least two different sleeve bodies have previously been necessary . Either a sleeve provided with cable inlets and outlets on both end faces (for an in-line splice) was required, or a sleeve provided with both cable inlets and outlets on one face (for a butt splice). In the previously proposed sleeves it was also necessary for the corresponding contacting elements for the individual purpose to be correspontlingly mounted at the appropriate position on the inside of the sleeve. Thus different sleeves with different contact configurations were needed by the end user dep~ntling on the use to which the sleeve was to be put.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sleeve kit or a sleeve which can be used for varying purposes while using a small number of individual elements . The same sleeve kit or sleeve according to the present invention can thus can be configured by the SUBSTITVl~ SI~EET (RULE 26~

WO 94/22195 ~ 6 PCT/GB94100351 end consumer, according to his or her wishes. Inventory is therefore reduced.

The present invention provides a telecommunications cable sleeve kit comprising (i) a sleeve housing body closable by a lid, (ii) cable inlet and outlet apertures and (iii~ contacting and distributing elements inside the sleeve, characterised in that the sleeve housing body has at least three, preferably four side walls, and that at least three of the side walls of the sleeve housing body are provided with (a) apertures for receiving cables of varying diameter and (b) guide pieces for attaching fixing elements and sealing bodies .

The kit according to the invention preferably also comprises one or more, preferably two (or more) of the said fixing elements and one or more, preferably two (or more) of the said seali~lg elements.

The said fixing elements are provided to fix, and preferably to strain relieve entering and exiting cables, and sealing bodies are provided to block and seal apertures in sides of the housing that are not to be used in a particular applicatio~ Sealing bodies may also be provided at the apertures where the fixing elements are, in order to seal around the entering of ~iting cables t is a consequence of the design of the present application (b~ing such that a single housing body can be used for multiple applications) that usually some, but not all the apertures in the sides of the sleeve body housing will be used by entering or exiting cables, and some apertures will not be used, and will need to be blocked The side walls of the housing body are preferably straight sided, preferably substantia~ly flat planar. Preferably the housing body is substantially rectilineAr, for example substantially rect~ngular, or substantially square in plan view, and preferably also substantially rectangular or square in longitudinal and cross section.

An advantage of the invention is that it makes it possible for the end user to assemble the s~me pieces of kit in various ways to make varied assembled cable sleeves according to the desired end SUBStl71JTE SHEET ~RULE 26) WO 94/22195 PCTtGB94/00351 -3- ~ 1S6616 application. Access to the sleeve is possible through cable inlets on different side walls of the sleeve housing body, which are provided with fixing elements, se~ling elements, or cover pieces to accommodate cables, or to seal non-used inlets dep~ntling on what is required. Thus, for example, a butt sleeve can be formed, by arr~nging cable inlet or outlet areas in one side of a rectangular sleeve housing body and blocking the apertures in the other sides of the sleeve housing body. This is achieved by appropriate positioning of the fixing elements in the said one side of the sleeve body, and sealing elements and cover pieces over any apertures on other sides of the housing body As a second example, to form an in-line sleeve, opposite sides of a rectangular sleeve body, for example, can be provided with the appropriate fixing elements to receive cables, while sealing el~ments and cover pieces cover the apertures in the other sides of the sleeve body.

In a preferred embo-linlent the sleeve housing body is subst~nti~lly box shaped being rectangular in plan view, and apertures are provided on three of the four flat sides of the box shaped housing. Preferably each flat side is provided with two apertures to receive two cables.
For an in-line splice ,fixing el~m~nt~ are secured on the two parallel flat sides of the housing body that contain apertures, and se~ling elements are provided on the third side of the housing body that cont~ins apertures. For a butt splice fixing elements are preferably provided on the said third side, and se~ling el~nnents on the parallel aperture-cont~ining sides of the housing body.

Further refinements of the invention can be found in the sub-cl~im~.

The fixing el~ment preferably provide strain relief . The elements are preferably designed as multi-part elements which can lock into the basic body, for exAmple by me~n~ of tongue and groove joints. Such an arrangement makes it possible to insert either a comparatively thick multi-conductor cable or a multiplicity of individual conductors or cables with a small number of conductors. The se~ling elements can take the form of elements which can be inserted into recesses in the housing wall, either as multi-part elements or as individual elements.

SllBSTITllTE SHEET ~RULE 26) ~1$~6~ --In ~ litiQn to the fixing elements or sealing elements which can be inserted or attached to the side walls of the sleeve body, attachable protective covers or clip-on or attachable covers can also be provided.

The housing lid and the elements to be fixed in the sleeve body are preferably provided with bevelled clamping surfaces facing outwards over which fix~ng elements can engage.

An embodiment of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein.

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a kit accor-ling to invention Fig. 2 is a butt sleeve created using the kit of Figure 1, in open configuration Fig. 3 is the butt sleeve of Fig. 2 in closed configuration with incoming and outgoing cables, and Fig. 4 is an exploded view of an in-line sleeve kit The kit numbered 1 in all the diagrams consists of an essentially rectiline~r, (for example essentially box shaped ) housing body 2 which can be closed by a lid 3. In the example shown in Fig. 1, the longitudinal side wall 4 of the housing body is provided with two apertures 8 and 9 that are each fitted with a fixing element 5 for fixing incoming cables or cable conductors (not shown in detail) entering through apertures 8 and 9. The fixing ~l~m~nts 5 can be inserted into notched or ridged guide pieces 6 (e.g. by tongue and groove fittings) in the side wall 4 of the housing body 2.

The side wall 4, like the shorter side walls 7 of the housing body is equipped with an aperture 8 for a large-diameter cable, and with an aperture 9, of different ~lim~n~ion, for a multiplicity of individual conductors or cables with smaller diameters.

SUBS~lTUrE SHEET (RULE 26) ~ -5- 2156616 The fixing elements 5 in the side wall 4 of the housing body are equipped with appropriate pressing bodies, 10 and 11 for pressing down onto the incoming cables or cable conductors entering the fixing elements 5. This advantageously may provide strain relief.

The apertures 8 and 9 in the side walls, are closed by inserted sealing bodies 12 and 13. They may take the form of rubber sealing elements or, for example, they can also be separate insertable pieces with a rubber seal (not shown in detail).

If the cable inlets 8 and 9 in the side walls 7 are not fitted with incoming or outgoing cables or cable inlets, the cable inlets apertures 8 and 9 may be covered by protective covers 14. These protective covers can be inserted i~to the guides 6 on the external faces of the side walls, in a simil~r fashion to the manner in which the fix~g el.om~nts 5 are secured on guides 6 As shown in Figure 1, additional protective covers 15 ca~ be provided on the cover 3. The fixing el.oments 5 may be positioned in the covers 15, and both the protective covers 15 may be positioned on the longitudinal side of the lid 3 covering the housing body.

To secure all the elements of the kit to one another, at least the protective covers 14 covering the apertures 8 and 9 are equipped with sloping or bevelled gripping pieces 16. The cover 3 can also be fitted with contact strips 17 which have gripping slopes 16. Cl~mping elements 18 can be pushed over the gripping slopes to fasten adJacent elements of the kit to one another.

Inside the housing body, the kit 1 comprises contacting or distributing el~m~nts 19 which are provided on divided pivotable molmting plates 20 in a modular fashion. It is possible to move the divided pivotable mounting plates 20 (by me~n.~ of a hinge 21) from the parallel layout of the contact elements 19 shown in Fig. 1 or 2 to the end-to-end layout of Fig. 4. This movement can be carried out by the consumer in order to alter the assembled sleeve from one suitable for a butt splice to one suitable for an end-to-end splice.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET tRULE 26) WO 94122195 ~, ~5 G 6 ~ ~ 6 - PCT/GB94100351 Naturally, the specific exemplified embodiments of the invention described can still be altered in many ways without departing from the basic concept. Thus, in particular, the invention is not restricted to the type of fi~nng bodies 5 or sealing bodies 12 and 13 illustrated, nor to the type of contacting elements 19 shown here on thc divided pivotable mounting plates 20, or the form of grip slopes 16 and suchlike.

SUBSTIME SHEET (RULE 26)

Claims (11)

1. A telecommunications cable sleeve kit comprising (i) a sleeve housing body (2) closable by a lid (3), (ii) cable inlet and outlet apertures (8,9), and (iii) electrical contact elements (19) inside the sleeve, characterised in that the sleeve housing body (2) has at least three, preferably four side walls, and that at least three of the side walls (4, 7) of the sleeve housing body (2) are provided with (a) apertures (8, 9) for receiving cables of varying diameter and (b) guide pieces (6) for attaching fixing elements(5) and sealing bodies (12, 13).
2. A kit according to claim 1, comprising the fixing elements 5, which act to provide strain relief to entering or exiting cables, each fixing element 5 preferably being provided with a cable inlet port (8a) for receiving a multi-conductor cable and with cable inlet ports (8b) for individual conductors or cables with a smaller number of conductors than the said multiconductor cable.
3. A kit according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the housing body (2) is arranged such that at least one fixing element (5) can be fitted to each of the end faces (7) of the housing body (2), and that at least one fixing element (5) can be fitted to at least one longitudinal side (4) of the housing body (2).
4. A kit according to claim 3, characterised in that the housing body (2) is arranged such that one fixing element (5) can be fitted to each of the end faces (7) of the housing body (2), and that two fixing elements (5) can be fitted to one longitudinal side (4) of the housing body (2).
5. A kit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cable inlets are provided with insertable sealing elements (12, 13), preferably positioned on that side of the inlets facing the inside of the housing body.
6. A kit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the kit comprises an attachable protective cover (14) that can be positioned over the apertures (8,9) in the side walls of the housing body if the cable inlet apertures (8, 9) are not used.
7. A kit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the housing body (2) is fitted with a lid (3), which is preferably provided with gripping slopes (16), the protective covers (14) and/or the fixing elements (5) being fitted with cooperating gripping slopes (16), the kit additionally comprising a clamping element (18) to act upon the gripping slopes when the lid is closed onto the housing body to hold the elements together
8. A kit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cable contacting elements (19) are fixed inside the housing body (2) on a pivotable mounting plate (20).
9. A kit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that contacting elements (19) and/or mounting plates (20) are modular and are so arranged that they can be inserted into the housing body by the user either in a parallel layout (Fig. 1) or in an end-to-end configuration (Fig 4).
10. A kit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that additional detachable protective covers (15) are provided on the cover (3) which can engage over the fixing elements (5)
11. A kit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the sleeve body is rectilinear, preferably rectangular or square in plan view.
CA002156616A 1993-03-15 1994-02-23 Telecommunications cable sleeve kit Abandoned CA2156616A1 (en)

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DEG9303790.2U 1993-03-15
DE9303790U DE9303790U1 (en) 1993-03-15 1993-03-15 Kit for producing a telecommunication cable sleeve

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KR (1) KR960701499A (en)
CN (1) CN1119053A (en)
BR (1) BR9406428A (en)
CA (1) CA2156616A1 (en)
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