TW201304337A - Cable closure (1) - Google Patents

Abstract

A cable closure, having a housing, which delimits an interior of the cable closure and seals off the cable closure toward the outside, said housing comprising a covering body (13), said covering body (13) comprises shells (11, 12) and provides on mutually opposite sides (15, 16) of the same cable insertion regions (17) for inserting cables into said interior of the cable closure and/or for passing cables out of said interior of the cable closure, wherein compressible and/or deformable sealing elements (24) are positioned at said mutually opposite sides (15, 16) of said covering body (13) in the region of said cable insertion regions (17) of said shells (11, 12), and wherein said shells (11, 12) can be locked together in a closed status of the cable closure by a closing mechanism, whereby said shells (11, 12) are hinged together at first sides (18, 19) so that said shells (11, 12) can be pivoted relative to each other when opening and closing the cable closure, and that the closing mechanism (23) can be used to lock said shells (11, 12) to each other at second sides (21, 22) of the same when said shells (11, 12) are in the closed position.

Description

Cable package (1)

The invention relates to a cable package according to the preamble of claim 1.

The cable package is used in a telecommunications cable network for protecting a spliced joint at a connection point between two telecommunication cables, and a branch point or splitting point for protecting the telecommunication cable. ). In this case, the cable package must ensure the continuity of the telecommunications cable as if the telecommunications cable were undisturbed.

The product catalog "Accessories for Fiber Optic Networks, Edition 1, page 75, Corning Cable Systems, 2001" discloses cable packages that first have the form of inline cable packages, which in turn have dome cables In the form of a package, each of these forms has a housing that defines the interior of the cable package and that isolates the interior of the cable package from the exterior. Conventionally, the assembly for connecting (i.e., for engaging) telecommunications conductors that are guided in a telecommunications cable is disposed in the interior, the interior being defined by the outer casing of the cable package.

In the case of a cable package in the form of a dome cable package, the outer casing is formed by a dome-shaped covering body defining a cable insertion area, and the cable insertion area is sealed to one of the dome-shaped covering bodies. On the side, and with these cable insertion areas, all cables can be inserted Inside the cable package.

In the case of a cable package in the form of a linear cable package, a cable insertion area is formed to insert a cable into the interior of the cable package, the cable insertion areas being sealed to the opposite sides of the cover, resulting in a straight type The cable package can be mounted on a line with the cable.

DE 2020 1000 658 821 U1 discloses a linear cable package having a housing that defines an interior of a cable package, and the housing seals the cable package outwardly, the housing comprising: a cover, the cover comprising a housing, and the cover being in the cover Cable insertion areas are provided on opposite sides for inserting the cable into the interior of the cable package and/or for: threading the cable out of the interior of the cable package. A compressible and/or deformable sealing member is located at the opposite side of the cover, in the region of the cable insertion regions of the housing, wherein each of the sealing members is located in a respective housing Between the barrier walls, that is, between the barrier facing the interior of the cable package and the barrier away from the interior of the cable package.

According to DE 2020 1000 658 821 U1, a linear cable package comprises: a closing mechanism by which the housing can be locked together in a closed state of the cable package, wherein the closing mechanism comprises: a clip-like fastening element and a fastening screw The fastening screws extend across the two housings.

In this context, the present patent application provides a novel cable package, The cable package has an improved closure mechanism.

This is accomplished by the features that the housings are hinged together at the first side edges of the housings such that when the cable package is opened and closed, the housings can be relative to each other Pivoting wherein the closing mechanism is operable to lock the housings to each other at a second side of the housing when the housing is in the closed position.

Preferably, the closing mechanism comprises: at least one knee rod-shaped locking segment, the knee rod locking segment having: an upper locking hook and a locking chain, wherein the locking chain is pivotally attached to the first end to a first half shell, and wherein the locking link is pivotally attached to the first end of the upper locking hook at a second end, wherein the second end of the locking hook when the half shells are in the closed position and locked to each other Engaged at the rear of the edges of the individual second side edges of the second half shell.

The present invention relates to a cable package 10. In the preferred embodiment of the drawings, the cable package 10 is a linear cable package, the linear cable package comprising: a housing formed by the cover 13, the covering The body 13 is composed of two housings 11 and 12.

In the exemplary embodiment of the illustrated embodiment, the housings 11 and 12 are half-shells, and the half-shells 11 are the so-called lower shells of the covering body 13, and the half-shells 12 are the so-called upper shells of the covering body 13, half shells 11 and the half-shell 12 together define the interior 14 of the linear cable package 10.

The cable insertion area 17 is formed by mutually opposite sides 15 and 16 of the linear cable package 10 (or cover 13), and the cable insertion area 17 allows the cable to be inserted into the interior 14 of the linear cable package 10, or The cable goes through the interior. In the illustrated exemplary embodiment, each of the two cable insertion regions 17 is formed on both opposite sides 15 and 16 of the cover 13, the two cable insertion regions 17 Each is used to insert a cable into the interior 14 of the linear cable package 10.

In the illustrated embodiment, the two half-shells 11 and 12 are hinged to the first side edges 18 and 19 of the two half-shells 11 and 12. In the exemplary embodiment, the first side edges 18 and 19 are longitudinal sides of the housings 11 and 12. The half shells 11 and 12 are pivotable relative to each other about a hinge 20, by means of the hinge 20, on the first longitudinal sides of the two half shells 11 and 12 The sides 18 and 19 are fixed to each other. When the linear cable package 10 is closed, the second side edges 21 and 22 of the two half-shells 11 and 12 can be locked to each other by the closing mechanism 23. In the exemplary embodiment, the second side edges 21 and 22 are the other longitudinal sides of the housings 11 and 12. The closing mechanism 23 will be described in more detail below.

In order to ensure that the cable inserted into the interior 14 of the linear cable package 10 via the cable insertion region 17 is sealed, the compressible and/or deformable sealing member 24 is located in the cover 13 of the linear cable package 10. In the region of the mutually opposite sides 15 and 16, each of the sealing members 24 is disposed between the barriers 25 and 26, and the cable insertion region 17 is formed in the covering 13 of the linear cable package 10. mutual The cable insertion regions 17 are both located in the region of the lower half-shell 11 and in the region of the upper half-shell 12 on both opposite sides 15 and 16.

Each of the first barriers 25 (i.e., in the region of the lower half-shell 11 and the opposite sides 15 and 16 in the region of the upper half-shell 12) is remote from the interior 14 of the linear cable package 10, Each of the second barriers 26 faces the interior 14 of the cable package 10.

The insertion direction of each of the barrier ribs 25 and 26 (i.e., both the barrier rib 25 away from the inner portion 14 and the barrier rib 26 facing the inner portion 14) extends in a cross-sectional direction with respect to the insertion direction of the cable insertion region 17.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the compressible and/or deformable sealing element 24 of the upper half-shell 12 is coupled by a compressible and/or deformable sealing element 27, which is compressible and/or The deformable sealing element 24 is associated with a cable insertion region 17, which is oriented parallel to the longitudinal sides 18 and 22 of the upper half-shell 12. As a result, an annular and closed sealing area is formed by the sealing elements 24 and 27 in the region of the upper half-shell 12. It is also possible to form a similar seal in the region of the lower half-shell 11.

The compressible and/or deformable sealing element 24 (possibly with the compressible and/or deformable sealing element 27) is preferably a gel-like sealing element such as a polyurethane gel or silicone. This type of gel-like sealing element is deformable and can be compressible.

It is also possible to use a sealing element 24 which is partly composed of different materials, such as a sealing element 24 consisting of a deformable gel-like sealing material, and A sealing element 24 of a foam-like compressible sealing material.

As described above, the half shells 11 and 12 of the cover 13 are hinged together at the first longitudinal side edges 18 and 19 such that when the cable package 10 is opened or closed, the two half shells 11 are The 12 are pivotable relative to each other about a shaft or hinge 20 which is oriented parallel to the longitudinal sides 18 and 19.

The closing mechanism 23 can be used to lock the half shells 11 and 12 of the covering body 13 to the second longitudinal side of the covering body 13 when the half shells 11 and 12 of the covering body 13 are in the closed position. Sides 21 and 22.

The closure mechanism 23 includes at least one knee lever-like locking segment 28, each of which has a locking hook 29 and a locking link 30 (see Figure 5). In the illustrated embodiment, the closure mechanism 23 includes three knee-bar-shaped locking segments 28. The three knee rod-shaped locking segments 28 are side by side and the three knee rod-shaped locking segments 28 can be individually locked or unlocked.

The chain link 30 above the individual knee rod-shaped locking segments 28 is pivotally attached to the first half-shell 11 with a first end 31, that is, attached to the lower half in the illustrated embodiment. Shell 11. The upper knee bar lock segment 28 above the chain link 30 is pivotally attached to the first end 33 of the individual upper lock hook 29 with the second end 32, wherein the half shells 11 and 12 are in the closed position and When interlocked with each other, the second end 34 of the locking hook 29 engages behind the edge 35 of the second, second side of the second half-shell 12, i.e., in the upper half of the illustrated embodiment. Edge of 12 35 rear.

The chain link 30 above the individual knee rod lock segments 28 is pivotable about the shaft or hinge 36 relative to the first half shell 11, i.e., in the illustrated embodiment relative to the lower half shell 11, A shaft or the hinge 36 is assigned to the first end 31 of the locking link 30.

Further, the chain link 30 above the individual knee-bar-shaped locking segments 28 is pivotable about a shaft or hinge 37 relative to the upper locking hook 29, the shaft or the hinge 37 being assigned to the second end of the locking link 30 32.

The axes or hinges 36 and 37 are oriented such that they are parallel to the longitudinal sides 18, 19, 21 and 22 of the half shells 11 and 12.

In order to lock such a knee-shaped locking segment 28, the locking hook 29 and the locking chain 30 above the knee-shaped locking segment 28 are pivoted in such a manner that the second end 34 of the locking hook 29 is above The rear edge 35 of the half shell 12 engages, and then the upper lock hook 29 and the upper lock chain 30 pivot in a particular direction (clockwise in the illustrated embodiment), while the upper lock hook 29 The second end 34 is still engaged at the rear of the edge 35. To unlock such a knee-shaped locking segment 28, the locking hook 29 and the locking link 30 are pivoted in a reverse direction (counterclockwise in the illustrated embodiment).

In order to allow the second end 34 of the upper locking hook 29 to engage at the rear of the edge 35, it is easy to provide the locking or unlocking force required for such movement of the upper locking hook 29 and the upper locking link 30, individual knees The locking hook 29 above the rod-shaped locking segment 28 comprises: a projection 38 having a perforation 39 for receiving a lever tool 40 (such as a screwdriver) to The knee rod lock segment 28 is locked and/or unlocked.

When the lever tool 40 is inserted into the perforation 39, the locking force can be applied by the lever tool 40 by pushing or pulling the lever tool 40 in a first direction (e.g., clockwise). When the lever tool 40 is inserted into the through hole 39, the unlocking force can be applied by the lever tool 40 by pushing or pulling the lever tool in a second direction (e.g., counterclockwise).

The flange 41 of the protruding formation 38 provides greater mechanical stiffness to the protruding formations 38. The flange 41 is located on both sides of each of the protruding formations 38, and the flange 41 is oriented perpendicular to the direction of the individual perforations 39 and parallel to the longitudinal sides 18, 19, 21 and 22 of the half-shells 11 and 12. .

When it is desired to access the linear cable package 10 installed in the field, the lever tool 40 can be used to remove or eject dust or stones from the perforations 39.

The second half-shell 12 (i.e., the upper half-shell 12 in the illustrated embodiment) includes: ribs 42 that are oriented perpendicular to the second half-shell 12 Two longitudinal side edges 21 on either side of the knee rod lock segment 28 or each knee rod lock segment 28. When the shovel is used to dig out the ground-mounted cable package, the ribs 42 and closure mechanism 23 are designed to protect the closure mechanism 23 from damage and accidental unlocking/opening. Due to the ribs 42, the shovel will slide past the closing mechanism 23.

10‧‧‧Linear cable package

11‧‧‧ half shell / lower half shell

12‧‧‧ half shell / upper half shell

13‧‧‧ Coverage

14‧‧‧Internal

15‧‧‧ side

16‧‧‧ side

17‧‧‧ Cable insertion area

18‧‧‧ longitudinal side

19‧‧‧ longitudinal side

20‧‧‧ Hinges

21‧‧‧ longitudinal side

22‧‧‧ longitudinal side

23‧‧‧Closed institutions

24‧‧‧Sealing components

25‧‧ ‧Baffle

26‧‧ ‧Baffle

27‧‧‧Sealing components

28‧‧‧Knee bar lock segment

29‧‧‧Locked hook

30‧‧‧Lock chain

31‧‧‧ first end

32‧‧‧second end

33‧‧‧ first end

34‧‧‧second end

35‧‧‧ edge

36‧‧‧Hinges

37‧‧‧Hinges

38‧‧‧Outstanding construction

39‧‧‧Perforation

40‧‧‧Leverage tools

41‧‧‧Front

42‧‧‧ Ribs

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been explained in more detail without any limitation, in which: FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a preferred exemplary embodiment of a cable package, the cable The package is in the form of a linear cable package in a state in which the linear cable package is closed and fully locked; and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the linear cable package of FIG. 1 in which the perspective view is The linear cable package is closed and partially unlocked; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the linear cable package of FIG. 1 in a state in which the linear cable package is closed and completely unlocked; FIG. A perspective view of the linear cable package of Fig. 1 in an open state of the linear cable package; Fig. 5 illustrates a perspective view of the linear cable package through Fig. 1, the perspective view being at The linear cable package is closed and partially unlocked; FIG. 6 illustrates another perspective view of the linear cable package through FIG. 1; and FIG. 7 illustrates another through the linear cable package of FIG. a perspective view; 8th Details of the closing mechanism of the straight cable package 1 illustrated in FIG.

10‧‧‧Linear cable package

11‧‧‧ half shell / lower half shell

12‧‧‧ half shell / upper half shell

13‧‧‧ Coverage

15‧‧‧ side

16‧‧‧ side

17‧‧‧ Cable insertion area

18‧‧‧ longitudinal side

19‧‧‧ longitudinal side

21‧‧‧ longitudinal side

22‧‧‧ longitudinal side

23‧‧‧Closed institutions

28‧‧‧Knee bar lock segment

38‧‧‧Outstanding construction

39‧‧‧Perforation

41‧‧‧Front

42‧‧‧ Ribs

Claims (8)

A cable package having a housing defining an interior of the cable package, the housing sealing the cable package outwardly, the housing comprising: a cover (13), the cover (13) comprising: a housing (11, 12), and the covering body (13) provides a cable insertion area (17) on opposite sides (15, 16) of the covering body (13), and the cable insertion areas (17) are used for: a cable is inserted into the interior of the cable package and/or for: passing the cable out of the interior of the cable package, wherein the compressible and/or deformable sealing element (24) is located in the cover (13) The opposite sides (15, 16) are in the region of the cable insertion regions (17) of the housings (11, 12), and wherein the housings (11, 12) are A closing mechanism is interlocked with each other in a closed state of the cable package, characterized in that the housings (11, 12) are hinged together at the first side edges (18, 19) such that when opened Or when the cable package is closed, the housings (11, 12) are pivotable relative to each other, and the closing mechanism (23) is operable to: when the housings (11, 12) are located When the closed position, at the other housing (11, 12) in such housing (11, 12) of the second side (21, 22) locked to each other. The cable package of claim 1, wherein the closing mechanism (23) comprises: at least one knee-shaped locking segment (28), the knee-shaped locking segment (28) having: a locking hook (29) and a locking link (30), wherein the locking link (30) is pivotally attached to a first one of the half shells (11) with a first end (31), and wherein The locking link (30) is pivotally attached to a first end (33) of the upper locking hook (29) with a second end (31), wherein the housings (11, 12) When in the closed position and locked to each other, the second end (34) of one of the locking hooks (29) is on one of the edges of the second side of the second of the second casings (12) (35) ) at the rear of the joint. The cable package of claim 2, wherein the closing mechanism (23) comprises: at least two knee-shaped locking segments (28), the two knee-shaped locking segments (28) are side by side. And the two knee rod-shaped locking segments (28) can be individually locked or unlocked. The cable package according to the requested item 3, wherein: the individual knee lock rod segment (28) of the locking link (30), rotatable about a hinge axis or with respect to the first one of the plurality The housing (11) and the pivoting relative to the locking hook (29), the axis or the hinge is oriented parallel to the sides (18, 19, 21) of the housings (11, 12) twenty two). The cable entry request of the package 4, characterized in that: the individual knee lock rod segment (28) of the locking hook (29) comprising: having a through hole (39) in a projecting configuration (Protrusion) ( 38) to receive a lever tool (40) to lock and/or unlock the individual knee-bar locking segments (28). The cable package of claim 5, wherein when the lever tool (40) is inserted into the through hole (39), the lever tool (40) can be pushed or pulled in a first direction. By applying a locking force by the lever tool (40), and when the lever tool (40) is inserted into the through hole (39), by pushing or pulling the lever tool in a second direction, The lever tool (40) applies an unlocking force. A cable package according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second of the housings (12) comprises: ribs (42), the orientation of the ribs (42) Is: perpendicular to the second side of the second of the housings (12), on the knee-shaped locking segment (28) or the two sides of each knee-shaped locking segment (28) on. The cable package of claim 7, characterized in that the ribs (42) protect the closing mechanism (23) when a shovel is used to dig a cable package installed in the field under the ground. These ribs (42) cause the shovel to slide past the closing mechanism (23) from damage and accidental unlocking/opening.