Electrical cable connector means and method of terminating such cable

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ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTOR MEANS COMPRISING A HOUSING OF RESILIENT INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS AND AN OPENING IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH EACH SAID END, SAID OPENING INCLUDING A CONSTRICTED PORTION SPACED FROM EACH END, A FIRST END PORTION HAVING A RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE INTERNAL SURFACE BETWEEN SAID CONSTRICTED PORTION AND SAID FIRST END FOR GRIPPING THE JACKET OF THE CABLE AND A SECOND END PORTION BETWEEN SAID CONSTRICTED PORTION AND SAID SECOND END, SAID HOUSING FURTHER HAVING A WATERSEAL SURFACE IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SECOND END AND AN INTERNAL VENT PASSAGE HAVING A FIRST END IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FIRST END PORTION AND A SECOND END IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SECOND END PORTION OF SAID OPENING, SAID VENT PASSAGE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CONSTRICTED PORTION AND ALONG SAID SECOND END PORTION OF SAID OPENING, A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MASTIC MATERIAL IN SAID FIRST END PORTION OF SAID OPENING, AND AN ELONGATE METALLIC CONNECTOR MEMBER HAVING A CONNECTING PART AT THE FIRST END THEREOF, A SOCKET AT THE SECOND END THEREOF TO RECEIVE FOR ATTACHMENT THERETO THE CONDUCTING MEANS OF THE CABLE AND A SHOULDERED PORTION BETWEEN SAID CONNECTING PART AND SAID SOCKET, SAID OPENING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE ASSEMBLY OF SAID CONNECTOR MEMBER AND SAID CABLE, WITH SAID CONNECTING PART ENTERING SAID FIRST END PORTION OF SAID OPENING, UNTIL SAID SHOULDERED PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR MEMBER ENGAGES SAID CONSTRICTED PORTION OF SAID OPENING AND THE CABLE JACKET ENTERS SAID FIRST END PORTION OF SAID OPENING AND ENGAGES SAID RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE INTERNAL SURFACE OF SAID FIRST END PORTION, SO THAT DURING THE INSERTION OF SAID ASSEMBLY INTO SAID OPENING AIR AND A PART OF SAID MASTIC MATERIAL WILL BE FORCED THROUGH SAID VENT PASSAGE.