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Branch-off technique

US4680065A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1986
Grant dateJul 14, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1328
  • 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 a method which includes positioning at the end of the sleeve (2) some means for example 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 heating means such as an electrical heater.

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