US4380686A
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Cable sleeve liner
Assignee: Commscope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
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Filing: 1979-11-16
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Granted: 1983-04-19
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Expires: 1999-11-16
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to improved liner constructions, and accordingly provides a cable sleeve liner capable in use of being wrapped around a cable splice and preferably having sufficient rigidity to provide an inner support for a heat-recoverable sleeve to be shrunk thereover, the liner comprising a laminate having at least one layer of fibrous sheet material and a metal layer which is substantially impermeable to moisture vapor and has one of its major surfaces facing away from all fibrous sheet layers which may be present. Preferably the fibrous layer(s) is or are arranged between the metal layer and a microperforated first layer of flexible polymeric film material which is permeable to gases or vapors generated within the laminate during recovery of the sleeve.
Inventors
- 👤 Marc F. L. Moisson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 04:48
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B15/00; B32B15/04; B32B15/08; H; H02; H02G; H02G15/00; H02G15/08; H02G15/18; H02G15/1806; B32B15/14; B32B15/20; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B27/32; B32B27/36; B32B3/00; B32B3/26; B32B3/266; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/06; B32B2262/062; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S174/00; Y10S174/08; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1303; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1355; Y10T428/1359; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24298; Y10T428/24314; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/2457; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31681; Y10T428/31703; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/3179; Y10T428/31801; Y10T428/31804; Y10T428/31808; Y10T428/31971; Y10T428/31975; Y10T428/31978; Y10T428/31982; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/654; Y10T442/656
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A cable splice case comprising a cable sleeve liner wrapped around a cable splice and a sleeve surrounding the wrapped liner, said cable sleeve liner comprising a laminate having at least one layer of a fibrous non-woven cellulosic sheet material between a metal layer which is substantially impermeable to moisture vapour, said metal layer having one of its major surfaces facing away from all fibrous sheet layers present in the liner, and a microperforated first layer of flexible polyester film material which is vapour-permeable to permit escape of gases or vapours generated within the laminate during recovery of the sleeve.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A cable splice case comprising a cable sleeve liner wrapped around a cable splice and a sleeve surrounding the wrapped liner, said cable sleeve liner comprising a laminate having at least one layer of a fibrous non-woven cellulosic sheet material between a metal layer which is substantially impermeable to moisture vapour, said metal layer having one of its major surfaces facing away from all fibrous sheet layers present in the liner, and a microperforated first layer of flexible polyester film material which is vapour-permeable to permit escape of gases or vapours generated within the laminate during recovery of the sleeve.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A splice case according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve is made of heat-shrinkable material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A splice case according to claim 2, wherein the sleeve has been heat-shrunk onto the liner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A cable splice case according to claim 1, wherein the laminate has a second layer of flexible polymeric film material between the metal layer and the layer of fibrous non-woven cellulosic sheet material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A cable splice case according to claim 4, wherein there is a second layer of fibrous sheet material between the second flexible polymeric film layer and the metal layer, and the second flexible polymeric film material is a microperforated vapour permeable film material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A cable splice case according to claim 4, wherein there are two layers of fibrous non-woven cellulosic sheet material between the first layer of microperforated flexible polyester film material and the second layer of flexible polymeric film material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A cable splice case according to claim 1, wherein there is a protective layer of flexible polyethylene film material overlying the surface of the metal layer which is remote from the layer of fibrous non-woven cellulosic sheet material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A liner according to claim 7, wherein the said protective layer is at least 20 microns thick.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
A cable splice case according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the flexible polyester film material which is furthest from the metal layer is covered with a wax coating or a film of polyvinyl chloride which becomes substantially more vapour permeable at elevated temperatures.
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