Accession Number:

AD0656258

Title:

MECHANICAL SPLICE CLOSURES FOR TELEPHONE CABLES,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BELL TELEPHONE LABS INC MURRAY HILL N J

Personal Author(s):

• Koliss,P. P.

Report Date:

1954-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

During the post-war shortage of lead, new alpeth and stalpeth cable, sheathed in polyethylene, have proved excellent substitutes for traditional lead-sheathed cable in meeting urgent demands for new voiceways. But their use has been limited by the difficulty in closing a sheath that cannot be soldered and sealed by the long-established techniques used with lead sheath. This article tells how this difficulty was overcome by using an entirely new procedure, in which a die cast aluminum casing is conveniently bolted to the cable and sealed gas-tight with a special compound. Author

Descriptors:

• *TELEPHONE LINES
• ELECTRIC TERMINALS
• RUBBER SEALS
• ALUMINUM
• CASTINGS
• SEALS(STOPPERS)
• JOINING
• WEATHERPROOFING

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE