Patent · US Expired

Branch-off technique

US4641009A · kind A · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

N.V. Raychem S.A. · BE

Inventors

Jan Vansant · Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
Noel M. M. Overbergh · Rotselaar, BE
Valere Buekers · Halen, BE
Amandus Pieck · Kortenaken, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 8, 1985
Grant date	Feb 3, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29C61/10
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A branch-off region at an end of a sleeve (2), enclosing for example a branch in a telecommunications cable, is sealed by positioning at the end of the sleeve (2) a clip (1) or a filling piece that forms terminal conduits (3), positioning a heat-activatable adhesive (5) in the end, and activating the adhesive by a heater such as an electrical heater.

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