Protective casing component and an element for forming a protective casing component

摘要

A protective casing base component adapted to act as a base part of an optical fiber splice enclosure of the type including a generally tubular housing having an open end and a closed end and including means for sealing the enclosure including means for sealing the open end of the housing to the said casing component so that a plurality of optical fiber cables can pass into and out of the enclosure in use through an opening in the said component for the individual optical fibers in the cables to be spliced or connected to other such optical fibers within the enclosure, characterized in that the casing component is formed in such a way that it can be positioned or removed from a cable or plurality of cables at an intermediate point along the length thereof without interrupting the continuity of the cables, and having means for sealing the interior of the enclosure from external agencies.