Cable splice housing

Claim 2

A cable splice housing, comprising: a generally cylindrical hollow body portion made of plastic material; means forming a transverse seal between opposite sides of said hollow body portion at a first end thereof to sealingly close said first end; a cylindrical plug inserted into the opposite end of said hollow body portion, said cylindrical plug having a diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of said one end of said hollow body portion, whereby said plug fits in mating relating into said opposite end of said hollow body portion; means defining a plurality of holes extending through said plug in the axial direction of said cylindrical housing body portion; and clamp means extending around the exterior of said opposite end of said hollow body portion sealingly clamping said opposite end into tight engagement around said plug, and the interior diameter of said opposite end of said hollow body and the diameter of said plug are larger than the interior diameter of the remainder of said hollow body, whereby the extent of insertion of said plug into said hollow body is limited, and said plug is formed with a peripheral recess, whereby said clamp means are tightenable to compress said opposite end of said hollow body into secure gripping engagement with said plug.

Claim 3

A cable splice housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plug is axially split between at least one of said holes and the periphery of said plug and is sufficiently resilient to be manually deformed for insertion of a cable laterally of said plug through the split into said hole.

Claim 4

A cable splice housing, comprising: a generally cylindrical hollow body portion made of plastic material; means forming a transverse seal between opposite sides of said hollow body portion at a first end thereof to sealingly close said first end; a cylindrical plug inserted into the opposite end of said hollow body portion, said cylindrical plug having a diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of said one end of said hollow body portion, whereby said plug fits in mating relating into said opposite end of said hollow body portion; means defining a plurality of holes extending through said plug in the axial direction of said cylindrical housing body portion; clamp means extending around the exterior of said opposite end of said hollow body portion sealingly clamping said opposite end into tight engagement around said plug, and the interior diameter of said opposite end of said hollow body and the diameter of said plug are larger than the interior diameter of the remainder of said hollow body, whereby the extent of insertion of said plug into said hollow body is limited, said sealing means comprise a transverse heat seal between said opposite sides of the wall of said hollow body portion, said transverse heat seal extending across the width of said hollow body portion, and wherein said plug includes means defining a concavity extending around the periphery of said plug between the ends thereof, said clamp means being tightenable to urge a portion of said opposite end of said hollow body portion into said concavity for grippingly retaining said plug.

Claim 5

A cable splice housing, comprising: a generally cylindrical hollow body portion made of plastic material; means forming a transverse seal between opposite sides of said hollow body portion at a first end thereof to sealingly close said first end; a cylindrical plug inserted into the opposite end of said hollow body portion, said cylindrical plug having a diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of said one end of said hollow body portion, whereby said plug fits in mating relating into said opposite end of said hollow body portion; means defining a plurality of holes extending through said plug in the axial direction of said cylindrical housing body portion; clamp means extending around the exterior of said opposite end of said hollow body portion sealingly clamping said opposite end into tight engagement around said plug, and the interior diameter of said opposite end of said hollow body and the diameter of said plug are larger than the interior diameter of the remainder of said hollow body, whereby the extent of insertion of said plug into said hollow body is limited, said sealing means comprise a transverse heat seal between said opposite sides of the wall of said hollow body portion, said transverse heat seal extending across the width of said hollow body portion, and wherein said plug includes means defining a concavity extending around the periphery of said plug between the ends thereof, said clamp means being tightenable to urge a portion of said opposite end of said hollow body portion into said concavity for grippingly retaining said plug.