US 12,237,657 B2
Cable glands
Carl Jackson, Manchester (GB)
Assigned to Hubbell Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/776,133
Filed by Hubbell Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052862
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/094742, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1916431 (GB), filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0399705 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 3/22 (2006.01); H02G 3/06 (2006.01); H02G 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/22 (2013.01) [H02G 3/0675 (2013.01); H02G 15/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing apparatus for a cable gland, comprising:
a sleeve arranged to be slidably received within a passage defined in a body of a cable gland, the sleeve arranged to receive a settable sealing material for forming a seal to a cable passing through the sleeve,
wherein the sleeve comprises:
an annular side wall extending along an axial length and having a first end and a second end; and
an end wall capping the first end of the annular side wall,
in which the annular side wall and the end wall define a void within them into which settable sealing material can be received;
a hollow member for delivering settable material into the void; and
a further hollow member for exhausting air from the void.