Protective sleeve and a method for protecting cable splices

Claim 1

A sleeve for protecting cable splices in particular for telephone cables, comprising at least two half-shells (3, 4) to be assembled together along their longitudinal edges (3a, 4a) around at least one cable splice (2), opposite ends of the sleeve being provided with separate jaws (5, 6, 7, 8) held together by the half-shells for radially clamping and axially retaining two cable ends (1a, 1b) which are to be connected by means of the splice (2), means for forming a tight seal between the at least two half-shells (3, 4), between the cable ends (1a, 1b) and the jaws and between the at least two half-shells and the jaws, one of the half-shells (3) being formed in one piece, the second half-shell (4) having two end elements (9, 10) for covering the clamping jaws (5, 6, 7, 8), thereby to realize a tight seal between the cable ends (1a, 1b) and the jaws (5, 6, 7, 8) and between the jaws, the respective end elements (9, 10) and the lower half-shell, and a central element (11) separate from said end elements (9, 10), which is adapted to be placed between the at least two end elements and oovers the edges (9a, 10 a) of said end elements which are adjacent to it, thereby to realize a tight seal between the half shells (3, 4).

Claim 14

A method for protecting a cable splice in particular for a telephone cable by means of a sleeve comprising at least two half-shells (3, 4) to be assembled together along their longitudinal edges (3a, 4a) around at least one cable splice (2), opposite ends of the sleeve having separate jaws (5, 6, 7, 8) held together by the half-shells for radially clamping and axially retaining two cable ends (1a, 1b) which are connected by means of the splice (2), means being provided for forming a tight seal between the at least two half-shells (3, 4), between the cable ends (1a, 1b) and the jaws, and between the at least two half-shells and the jaws, one of the half-shells (3) being formed in one piece, wherein the second half-shell (4) is provided with two end elements (9, 10) for covering the clamping jaws (5, 6, 7, 8), thereby to realize a tight seal between the cable ends (1a, 1b) and the jaws (5, 6, 7, 8) and between the jaws, the respective end elements (9, 10) and the lower half-shell and a central element (11), separate from said end elements (9, 10), which is to be placed between the at least two end elements, thereby to realize tight seal between the half-shells (3, 4), wherein said method comprises the following steps: placing a first series of jaw elements (5a, 6a, 7a, 8a) at the opposite ends of the first half-shell (3); placing two cable ends (1a, 1b) which have not yet been joined together on the corresponding jaw elements located at each end of the half-shell (3); placing a second series of jaw elements (5b, 6b, 7b, 8b) on the cable ends (1a, 1b) opposite to the first series of jaw elements; covering said second series of jaw elements by the two end elements (9, 10) of the second half-shell and fixing said end elements on said first half-shell (3); forming a splice (2) between the two cable ends; placing the central element (11) of the second half-shell between the two end elements (9, 10) aforesaid and on the first half-shell (3), and then fastening together these components.

Claim 15

A method for protecting a cable splice in particular for a telephone cable by means of a sleeve comprising at least two half-shells (3, 4) to be assembled together along their longitudinal edges (3a, 4a) around at least one cable splice (2), opposite ends of the sleeve having separate jaws (5, 6, 7, 8) held together by the half-shells for radially clamping and axially retaining two cable ends (1a, 1b) which are connected by means of the splice (2), means being provided for forming a tight seal between the at least two half-shells (3, 4), between the cable ends (1a, 1b) and the jaws, and between the at least two half-shells and the jaws, one of the half-shells (3) being formed in one piece, wherein the second half-shell (4) is provided with two end elements (9, 10) for covering the clamping jaws (5, 6, 7, 8), thereby to realize a tight seal between the cable ends (1a, 1b) and the jaws (5, 6, 7, 8) and between the jaws, the respective end elements (9, 10) and the lower half-shell and a central element (11), separate from said end elements (9, 10), which is to be placed between the at least two end elements, thereby to realize tight seal between the half-shells (3, 4), wherein said method comprises the following steps: placing a first series of jaw elements (5a, 6a, 7a, 8a) at the opposite ends of the first half-shell (3); placing two cable ends (1a, 1b) which have not yet been joined together on the corresponding jaw elements located at each end of the half-shell (3); placing a second series of jaw elements (5b, 6b, 7b, 8b) on the cable ends (1a, 1b) opposite to the first series of jaw elements; covering said second series of jaw elements by the two end elements (9, 10) of the second half-shell and fixing said end elements on said first half-shell (3); forming a splice (2) between the two cable ends; placing the central element (11) of the second half-shell between the two end elements (9, 10) aforesaid and on the first half-shell (3), and then fastening together these components.