Appeal No. 1996-3350
Application 08/187,114
APPENDIX
13. A storable, tubular element for applying a tubular
elastic sleeve including an electrically insulating layer to
joints between pairs of electrical cables, each cable having
electrical insulation adjacent the joined ends of the cables
to which, when applied to the joint, the elastic sleeve
applies radially inwardly directed pressure, and the
insulation of said pairs of cables having outer diameters in a
predetermined range which includes a first, smaller diameter
and a second, larger diameter whereby the elastic sleeve must
have an inner diameter expansion of at least 120% to fit over
the insulation of the second, large diameter, said element
comprising:
a tubular elastic sleeve having at least an electrically
insulating layer and having an internal bore smaller in the
unstretched condition of said sleeve, than the first, smaller
outer diameter of said insulation;
a tubular support within the internal bore of said sleeve
and with an internal bore larger than said second, larger
diameter and with an outer diameter which expands and
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