Support means for pivotally mounting a power cable termination housing

Claim 1

A high voltage cable termination having an insulating housing that affords a water-tight, voltage-grading seal with a cable connector to which it is adapted to be operatively coupled, comprising: a. an elongated insulated housing having a pair of contacts mounted therein respectively adjacent opposed ends of the housing but recessed from said ends, said contacts being electrically connected together to form an electrical power circuit through said housing, a recessed portion of said housing extending beyond one of said contacts being provided with means defining a dilatable aperture, said aperture defining means being resiliently expandable to receive a cable having an outer diameter larger than said aperture, thereby to form a resilient water-tight seal between said housing and a cable when the cable is inserted into said aperture, and b. a first support means mounted on said housing intermediate the ends thereof, said first support means being adapted to cooperate with a rigidly positioned second support means to hold said housing in a predetermined position with respect to said second support means such that a relatively inflexible cable can be coupled to said one of said recessed contacts in water-tight relationship without mechanically loading said portion of the housing extending beyond said one contact sufficiently to destroy the water-tight seal formed between it and said cable, said first support means comprising a shaft member having a lip portion thereon adjacent its outer end, said shaft member being mounted on said housing so a predetermined length of the shaft member extends beyond the outer surface of the housing, said lip portion being adapted to cooperate with said second support means to hold said housing in said predetermined position relative to said second support means so that the housing can be rotated in a predetermined plane about said extended shaft member.