摘要 |
2084504 9200617 PCTABS00010 A device for forming a solder joint between two or more elongate electrical conductors comprises a dimensionally heat-recoverable sleeve (1) which contains a quantity of solder (2), and at least one dimensionally recoverable hollow insert (3, 4) that is located in the region of the solder, the dimensionally recoverable insert having a lower recovery temperature than that of the sleeve so that, when the device is heated, the insert will begin to recover before the sleeve begins to recover. The recoverable insert will force back any bent strands of an inserted conductor in order to prevent them piercing the heat-shrinkable sleeve during recovery.
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