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Device for passing a lengthy object through an opening in a wall

US5950381A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 1997
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L5/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device is positioned for passing a lengthy object through an opening in a wall to which a flat plate made of a stable material is attached. The plate has a hole that corresponds to and is aligned with the opening. A one-piece rubber sleeve that surrounds the lengthy object is provided for its moisture-proof insertion, and has a lengthwise separation which can be closed. A circumferential groove is provided on the inside of the rubber sleeve and is designed to lay against the lengthy object; this groove contains a ring-shaped insert made of a flexible material. In addition, the rubber sleeve has an outwardly open circumferential recess at one outer axial end, to seal the edge that limits the hole in the plate.

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