CN1119053A

CN1119053A - Telecommunications cable sleeve kit

Info

Publication number: CN1119053A
Application number: CN94191449A
Authority: CN
Inventors: D·弗伦根; H·冈特
Original assignee: Walter Rose GmbH and Co KG
Current assignee: Walter Rose GmbH and Co KG
Priority date: 1993-03-15
Filing date: 1994-02-23
Publication date: 1996-03-20
Also published as: DE9303790U1; WO1994022195A1; EP0732000A1; BR9406428A; CA2156616A1; JPH08507915A; KR960701499A

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

Telecommunications cable sleeve kit

The present invention relates to the effective a kind of supporting case of communication cable cover, supporting case has a tank shell and a case lid, and cable inlet and cable outlet hole are arranged on the housing, and enclosure interior has a plurality of contact elements and distribution element.The supporting case that the present invention wants especially to provide that a kind of component number is few, the user can assemble by two or more different modes according to the final use of cable sleeve.

As everybody knows, the shell of cable sleeve has various design, lifts several examples and says that German patent DE 2626510-C, DE24677-A, DE3029848 and DE3320916-A relate to these designs.

In practical application, sometimes want to make that they are needed can to bear the multiple load multi-purpose sleeve pipe of tool again to consumption unit (for example telecommunications company), for example, this sleeve pipe can be used as the what is called butt joint sleeve pipe of the pot head of cable complete outfit, also can be used as the so-called coaxial-type sleeve pipe of the cable that can supply in two ends and the cable of going out turnover.Depend on the use of cable sleeve or application purpose and decide, need to be equipped with at least two kinds of different union bodies in advance.Be not need to be equipped with cable access and outlet the sleeve pipe of both ends of the surface (for the coaxial-type joint with), need exactly to be equipped with cable access and outlet all with the sleeve pipe of one side (for banjo fixing butt jointing with).The corresponding contact element that also needs corresponding in position installing individual applications to use in the sleeve pipe that the past suggestion is adopted.Therefore, the user requires the different sleeve pipe of supply contact structures form according to the purpose purposes of sleeve pipe.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of employed component number few and the sleeve kit case or the sleeve pipe that can use for various uses.Therefore, the consumer can propose a kind of sleeve kit case identical with the present invention or the structure of sleeve pipe according to the hope of oneself, thereby has reduced the quantity in stock of sleeve kit case.

Telecommunications cable sleeve kit provided by the invention comprises:

(i) sleeve pipe casing has the case lid can be with on the Box Cover;

(ii) cable access hole and outlet opening; (iii) a plurality of contact elements and distribution element are in the sleeve pipe; Described supporting case is characterised in that, the sleeve pipe casing has at least three, best four sidewalls, and at least three sidewalls of sleeve pipe tank shell are equipped with (a) a plurality of apertures, for accepting the different a plurality of cables of diameter, (b) a plurality of guides are for fixedly retaining element and seal are used.

The present invention have the sleeve kit case preferably also comprise one or more, the described retaining element of best two (or more than two) and one or more, best two (or more than two) potted components.

Described retaining element is for the cable of fixedly coming in and going out and preferably removes and the stress of the cable of going out is established, and seal is then for stopping up and seal in the inherent special-purpose of casing no those eyelets and establishing.Also can establish seal at the aperture place that retaining element is arranged, so that the inlet seal of the cable of going out is lived.

This design of the present invention (the multiple purposes of single-piece casing tool) makes into or the cable of going out only use usually the sleeve pipe side certain some rather than whole apertures, some aperture is on the shelf, need block.

The sidewall surfaces of casing is preferably straight, preferably flat basically plane.The plane graph of casing preferably is rectilinear basically, for example be rectangle basically or square, and the vertical section of casing and cross section preferably also is rectangle or square basically.

Benefit of the present invention is that the user can be assembled into various multi-form cable sleeves in various mode with same auxiliary component according to desired final use.Cable inlet on the socket case different lateral all is equipped with retaining element, potted component or cover piece so that the various requirement of cable satisfy to be installed, or on demand, no those inlets of sealing, utilize these cable inlets can produce multi-form sleeve pipe.For example, a side that the inlet or the outlet area of cable can be arranged in rectangular sleeve pipe shell body in the time of producing the dock sleeve pipe, and the eyelet of sleeve shell body opposite side is blocked up.To do like this, retaining element suitably will be configured in described that side of union body, the cover piece of potted component and any eyelet suitably is configured in the opposite side of housing.Give one example again: can be equipped with suitable retaining element at for example rectangular sleeve body two ends in the time of producing the coaxial-type sleeve pipe,, with potted component and cover piece the eyelet of other each side of union body be blocked simultaneously for receiving cable usefulness.

In a most preferred embodiment, the plane graph of sleeve shell body is box-shaped basically, and four flat limits of box-shaped enclosure have three to have the aperture.Preferably open two apertures on each flat limit, use for receiving two cables.When joint was the coaxial-type joint, retaining element is fixed on shell body to be had on the two parallel flat limits in aperture, and potted component then is located at shell body to be had on the 3rd limit in aperture.When joint was the dock joint, retaining element preferably was located on described the 3rd limit, and potted component then is located at shell body to be had on the parallel edges in aperture.

Of the present invention other seen attached claim through improved design.

Retaining element preferably plays a part to eliminate stress, and the preferred design precedent is as going into the multi-part element in the main casing with tongue piece and plough groove type joint lockable.This design can be inserted in the housing the few cable of thicker multicore cable or multiple conducting wires or heart yearn number.Potted component can be got the sort of form of inserting in the shell wall recess, no matter is that multi-part element or discrete component are all right.

Except the retaining element or potted component that can insert or be fixed to the union body sidewall, can also be equipped with the clipping or fixed lid of the over cap that to be fixed.

Be fixed on casing cover and element in the socket case, its clamping face outwardly preferably tilts, and retaining element can be engaged.

Referring now to accompanying drawing, illustrates one embodiment of the present of invention.In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the exploded view of the supporting case of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the dock sleeve pipe of opening with the supporting case formation of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the dock sleeve pipe that Fig. 2 is closing, together with the cable of coming in and going out;

Fig. 4 is the exploded view of coaxial-type sleeve kit case.

The shell 2 of the supporting case 1 in each accompanying drawing is that the available lid of linear (for example being box-shaped basically) 3 covers it basically.In example shown in Figure 1, the longitudinal side wall 4 of shell body is equipped with two

apertures

8 and 9, and retaining element 5 all is equipped with in each aperture, for fixing cable or the cable core (not being shown specifically among the figure) that enters by aperture 8 and 9.Retaining element 5 can (for example be used tongue piece and plough groove type annex) and inserts in the recess formula or carinate guide 6 in shell body 2 sidewalls 4.

Sidewall 4, the sidewall 7 short with shell body is the same, is equipped with aperture 8, for the bigger cable usefulness of diameter, also is equipped with the aperture 9 that varies in size, and uses for multiple conducting wires or electrical cables that diameter is less.

Retaining element 5 on the shell body sidewall 4 is equipped with suitable compressing member 10 and 11, and voltage supply is tightened on the cable of coming in or cable core that enters in the retaining element.The benefit of doing like this is to make cable not be subjected to the effect of pulling force.

Aperture 8 on the sidewall and 9 is by filling in seal 12 sealings.These seals can be got the form of rubber packing element, also can be for example with the plug-in type discrete seals (not being shown specifically among the figure) of rubber packing.

If cable or cable inlet that the cable inlet 8 and 9 on the sidewall 7 is not put into or gone out, then available over cap 14 covers cable inlet hole 8 and 9.Same mode was inserted in the gathering sill 6 of sidewall outer surface when these over caps can be fixed to gathering sill 6 by retaining element 5.

As shown in fig. 1, can also mix other over cap 15 on the lid 3.Retaining element 5 can be placed in and cover in 15, and two over caps 15 can be placed in and cover vertical limit of 3, and shell is covered.

All parts of supporting case are fixed to one another good, and the over cap 14 that covers

aperture

8 and 9 at least should be equipped with the holder 16 of band hypotenuse.Lid 3 also can be equiped with the bow strip 17 of clamping hypotenuse 16.Will supporting case to adjoin each element secured to one another, as long as clamping element 18 is pushed on the clamping hypotenuse.

In the shell body 1, supporting case 1 has a plurality of contacts or distribution element 19 to be arranged on the mounting panel that sets up separately 20 that can swing with the form of module.Mounting panel 20 (by means of hinge 21) can move into the sort of mode that Fig. 4 head to head is connected from side by side contact element 19 shown in Fig. 1 or 2.Sleeve pipe be changed over when being fit to head to head be connected the mode of joint from the mode that is fit to banjo fixing butt jointing, the user can carry out this move operation.

Certainly, under the prerequisite that does not break away from basic principle of the present invention, remain and to change above-mentioned specific embodiment that the present invention lifts by variety of way.Therefore, specifically, the present invention is not limited to the sort of type of above-mentioned fixing piece 5 or seal 12 and 13, also be not limited to here can swing set up separately on the mounting panel 20 shown in the type of contact element 19, or the form of clamping hypotenuse 16 etc.

Claims

1. telecommunications cable sleeve kit comprises: (i) sleeve pipe casing (2) has the lid (3) can be with on the Box Cover; (ii) cable access hole (8) and cable outlet hole (9); (iii) a plurality of electric contacts (19) are in the sleeve pipe; Described supporting case is characterised in that sleeve pipe casing (2) has at least three, best four sidewalls, and at least three sidewalls (4,7) of sleeve pipe casing (2) are equipped with (a) a plurality of apertures (8,9), for the usefulness of accepting the different a plurality of cables of diameter; (b) a plurality of guides (6) are for fixedly retaining element (5) and seal (12,13) are used.

2. supporting case according to claim 1, described retaining element 5 play that elimination is come in or the cable of going out on stress, each retaining element 5 preferably is equipped with cable inlet port (8a) and cable inlet port (8b), the former is in order to receive multicore cable, and the latter is in order to receive the individual conductors lacked or the cable of heart yearn number than described multicore cable.

3. supporting case according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, casing (2) designs to such an extent that make its each end face (7) can load onto at least one retaining element (5), and at least one retaining element (5) can be loaded onto in its at least one vertical limit (4).

4. supporting case according to claim 3 is characterized in that, casing (2) designs to such an extent that make its each end face (7) can load onto a retaining element (5), and two retaining elements (5) can be loaded onto in an one vertical limit (4).

5. according to the described supporting case of above arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that cable inlet all is equipped with plug-in type potted component (12,13), these elements preferably are configured in the side of inlet face to box house.

6. according to the described supporting case of above arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that it has an over cap that can add (14), the time spent not can be placed on the aperture (8,9) of wall box in cable inlet aperture (8,9).

7. according to the described supporting case of above arbitrary claim; it is characterized in that; casing (2) 4 is equipped with lid (3); lid (3) preferably has clamping hypotenuse (16); over cap (14) and/or retaining element (5) promptly whereby the mating reaction of clamping hypotenuse (16) load onto, described supporting case also has clamping element (18), when case lid is incorporated on the casing; clamping element (18) just affacts on the clamping hypotenuse, and each element is fixed together.

8. according to through the described supporting case of last arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that cable contact element (19) is fixed on the mounting panel (20) that can swing in the casing (2).

9. according to the described supporting case of above arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that contact element (19) and/or mounting panel (20) are all made module, design to such an extent that the user can be inserted it in casing with mode (Fig. 1) side by side or the mode (Fig. 4) that head to head is connected.

10. according to the described supporting case of above arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, be equipped with other detachable protective lid (15) on the lid (3), can join on the retaining element (5).

11., it is characterized in that union body is linear shape according to the described supporting case of above arbitrary claim, its plane graph is preferably rectangular or square.