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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7393425 | Methods for cable sealing Methods for providing a cable closure enclosing a cable splice include wrapping a flexible wrap including a gel layer and a flexible support layer around the cable splice with the gel layer adjacent the cable splice. The gel layer may have an adhesion-reducing subst... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7215865 | Envelope for optical fibres Enclosure and method for sealingly enclosing a space into and/or from which at least one optical fibre is fed to connect to at least one optical component, by providing a flexible protective sheet of substantially moisture resistant material having a pair of sealing... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7177396 | Apparatus for management and remote control of electrical characteristics of wire pairs connected to a telephone exchange An apparatus for the management and the remote and/or automatic control of electric characteristics and signal transmissivity of the metallic line pairs connected to a telephone exchange, including measurement means and means able to connect said measurement means t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7149403 | Optical fibre sealing assembly An assembly for sealingly enclosing a space into which one or more optical fibres and/or optical cables is or are fed includes a container defining the space and a sealing member. The container has an opening therein. The sealing member sealingly encloses the one or... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7116882 | Device for cleaving an optical fibre A device for cleaving an optical fibre includes a fixing mechanism to fix a fixing element to the optical fibre, and a cleaving mechanism to cleave the optical fibre. The fixing element may be a ferrule, and the fixing element may be fixed to the fibre such that the... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113686 | Optical circuit enclosure In one aspect the invention provides an optical circuit enclosure enclosing at least one optical circuit or optical circuit component; the enclosure comprises: a tray type container containing at least one optical circuit or optical circuit component; a tray type cl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7046901 | Optical fibre sealing A method is provided for sealing a container into which optical fibers are fed. A portion of the optical fibers is accommodated between two strips which are sealed together by applying heat and/or pressure. The strips are then placed in an opening of the container a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6968113 | Optical fiber sealing A method is provided for sealing a container into which optical fibers are fed. A portion of the optical fibers is accommodated between two strips which are sealed together by applying heat and/or pressure. The strips are then placed in an opening of the container a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6960380 | Cable sealing A flexible wrap (10) for enclosing a cable splice (20) without external heating includes a gel layer (1) and a support layer (2). The wrap has sufficient flexibility to be manually gathered into wrinkles around the smaller parts of the ca... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6875496 | Gel wrap tape A tape for enclosing and sealing an object, such as a cable splice, includes both a gel layer and a rubber layer. Due to the elastic properties of the rubber layer, the gel can be put under compression, which may result in an excellent sealing action. Advantageously... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6875926 | Longitudinally activated compression sealing device for elongate members and methods for using the same A compression-expandable plug provides lateral expansion of an elastomeric gasket to seal around mini-tubes within an optical fiber duct, the mini-tubes containing optical fibers. The compression-expandable plug includes an elastomeric gasket having longitudinal pas... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6864427 | Enclosing device and method A device for enclosing an elongate object (20), such as a cable splice, including a flexible sheet (2) which can be laid around the elongate object and secured by support members (5, 6) attached to edges (3, 4) of the sheet. The support m... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6797878 | Closure casing A closure casing has two co-operating closure members defining an enclosed space between them when in a juxtaposed closed position. A clamp is provided that holds the closure members together in the closed position, the clamp includes at least one over-center or tog... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6687450 | Break-out device Break-out devices are provided for longitudinally extending elements. The break-out devices include a base member and a pair of ribs extending from the base member that define a longitudinally extending channel configured to receive the longitudinally ext... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6561522 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement is provided including a first housing and a second housing and a sealing member positioned therebetween. In various embodiments, one housing includes a channel shaped portion and the other housing includes a tongue shaped portion mov... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6344615 | Closure having an adjustable volume sealant chamber A closure is provided including a casing part having at least one opening configured to receive an elongate object within the casing part. A sealing chamber defined by the casing part is positioned adjacent the opening so as to receive the elongate object... | 02/05/2002 |
