FORMING A HERMETIC SEAL ABOUT A CABLE

摘要

An housing for protecting a device from water damage, which is capable of being repeatedly opened and then hermetically sealed even when the device has a wire that must be extended outside of the apparatus. The housing has at least two members that, when juxtaposed and clamped, form a dry interior region. Each member includes a pair of gaskets that together define the dry interior region and substantially form a hermetic seal about a pouch or container. A portal is included through which the wire may extend from a device inside the pouch or container to the outside and a slide mechanism that adjust a gasket around the wire to maintain the dry interior region. The slide mechanism forms a hermetic seal around the wire so that the opening in the pouch from which the wire extends is hermetically sealed. If no wire is present, the slide mechanism may be adjusted to maintain the hermetic seal.