Cable termination system with girdle shield

Claim 1

IN A TERMINATION SYSTEM FOR A POWER CABLE, THE COMBINATION WITH A POTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING TELESCOPING RELATION WITH THE TERMINAL END OF THE POWER CABLE, SAID POWER CABLE HAVING AN ENCIRCLING SHEATH COMPRISING A MULTIPLE STRAND LAYER OF METAL WIRES, OF SEALING MEANS FOR SEALING THE ENTRANCE END OF THE POTHEAD ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ENTRANCE PLATE FIXED TO SAID ENTRANCE END AND HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE CABLE EXTENDS, SECURING MEANS RESPECTIVELY ANCHORING THE TERMINAL ENDS OF THE SAID METAL WIRES TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE ENTRANCE PLATE, AN INNER DIAPHRAGM AND AN OUTER DIAPHRAGM LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ENTRANCE PLATE, SAID INNER DIAPHARGM BEING LOCATED OVER THE ENTRANCE PLATE SO AS TO COVER THE MEANS ANCHORING THE METAL WIRES, THE INNER DIAPHRAGM BEING SEALED AROUND ITS PERIPHERY OF THE ENTRANCE PLATE AND HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE CABLE EXTENDS AND WITH THE EDGES OF THE OPENING IN SEALING CONTACT WITH THE CABLE, THE OUTER DIAPHRAGM ALSO HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE CABLE EXTENDS AND WITH THE EDGES OF THE CENTRAL OPENING IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE CABLE, AND A CLAMPING RING FIXED TO THE ENTRANCE PLATE AND CLAMPING THE OUTER DIAPHRAGM BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE RING.