Mineral insulated cable connector

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AN ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTION COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR SURROUNDED BY COMPACTED FINELY DIVIDED ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL; A JACKET MATERIAL COVERING SAID COMPACTED INSULATION MATERIAL; SAID CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FOR A PREDETERMINED LENGTH BEYOND THE INSULATION MATERIAL AND THE JACKET MATERIAL INTO A CONNECTION ZONE; AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CONNECTING SAID CONDUCTOR TO A PRESELECTED CIRCUIT POINT IN SAID CONNECTION ZONE; A HOLLOW GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SPLICING SLEEVE OVER SAID CABLE AND SAID CONNECTION ZONE ARRANGED TO DEFINE SAID CONNECTION ZONE AND AN ANNULAR SPACE BOUNDED BY AN INNER CYLINDRICAL WALL PORTION OF SAID SPLICING SLEEVE AND A PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID JACKET MATERIAL; LOOSE FINELY DIVIDED ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL IN SAID CONNECTION ZONE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY FILLING SAID CONNECTION ZONE, SAID LOOSE FINELY DIVIDED ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL HAVING WHEN COMPACTED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF SAID COMPACTED FINELY DIVIDED INSULATION MATERIAL; AND A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL TAMPING SLEEVE ARRANGED IN SAID ANNULAR SPACE AND EXTENDING INTO SAID CONNECTION ZONE TO AN EXTENT SUFFICIENT TO COMPACT SAID LOOSE FINELY DIVIDED ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL TO A STATE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE COMPACTED FINELY DIVIDED ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL OF SAID ELECTRICAL CABLE.