Sealing device for feeding through filaments

Abstract

Sealing device for feeding through at least one filament, the sealing device comprising a housing, having a seal block compartment bounded by a front wall, a back wall, and side walls. The front wall and the back wall each include several correspondingly aligned slots having an open end at an open top face of the seal block compartment. The sealing device additionally comprising a seal block arranged in the seal block compartment. The seal block includes slits being open sided towards the open sided top face of the seal block compartment, each slit being aligned with the correspondingly aligned slots in the front and back walls, so that one can feed through a filament by sliding an intermediate part of the filament from the open end into the slit and the corresponding slots of the front and back wall.

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         21 . A sealing device for feeding through at least one filament, the sealing device comprising:
 a one-piece housing, the one-piece housing including a seal block compartment, having an open top face and being laterally bounded by a front wall and an opposing back wall and by a first side face and an opposing second side face, the front wall including a slot aligned with a corresponding slot on the back wall, wherein the slot of the front face has a first width and wherein the corresponding slot on the back wall has a second width that is wider than the first width; and   a one-piece seal block within the seal block compartment, the seal block including a filament-receiving slit being open-sided towards the open top face of the seal block compartment, the filament-receiving slit being defined by a pair of opposing surfaces and being in alignment with the slot on the front face and the corresponding slot on the back wall.   
     
     
         22 . The sealing device of  claim 21 , wherein the one-piece housing further includes a stabilizing fin that projects outwardly from the back wall in an orientation that is aligned parallel to the slot of the back wall. 
     
     
         23 . The sealing device of  claim 22 , wherein the one-piece housing further includes a nose projecting outward from the back wall in an orientation that is perpendicular to the stabilizing fin that projects outwardly from the back wall. 
     
     
         24 . The sealing device of  claim 21 , wherein each of the front wall, the back wall, first side and second side includes an alignment groove. 
     
     
         25 . The sealing device of  claim 21 , wherein the front face and the back wall each includes at least two slots and wherein the at least two slots in the front face and back wall are parallel. 
     
     
         26 . The sealing device of  claim 21 , wherein the seal block comprises a conformingly sealable material. 
     
     
         27 . The sealing device of  claim 21 , wherein seal block is compressed by the first side face and the opposing second side face bounding the seal block compartment. 
     
     
         28 . The sealing device of  claim 26 , wherein the seal block is compressed only by the first side face and the opposing second side face of the seal block compartment. 
     
     
         29 . A system comprising:
 a box having an housing-receiving slot, the housing-receiving slot being laterally bounded within the box by a front wall and an opposing back wall and by a first side and opposing second side;   a one-piece housing within the housing-receiving slot, the one-piece housing including a seal block compartment, having an open top face and being laterally bounded by a front wall and an opposing back wall and by a first side face and an opposing second side face, the front face including a slot aligned with a corresponding slot on the back wall of the one-piece housing, wherein the corresponding slot on the back wall has a second width that is wider than the first width; and   a one-piece seal block within the seal block compartment, the seal block including a filament-receiving slit being open-sided towards the open top face of the seal block compartment, the filament-receiving slit being defined by a pair of opposing surfaces and being aligned with the slot on the front face of the one-piece housing and the corresponding slot on the back wall of the one-piece housing.   
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the box has a plurality of housing-receiving slots. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the one-piece housing further includes a stabilizing fin that projects outwardly from the back wall in an orientation that is aligned parallel to the slot of the back wall. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 31 , wherein the one-piece housing further includes a nose projecting outward from the back wall in an orientation that is perpendicular to the stabilizing fin that projects outwardly from the back wall. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the nose is securable to the box. 
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein each of the front wall, the back wall, first side face and second side of the on-piece housing includes at an alignment groove that interfaces with a corresponding alignment bar in the box. 
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the front face and the back wall of the one-piece housing each includes at least two slots and wherein the at least two slots in the front face and back wall or the one-piece housing are parallel. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the seal block comprises a conformingly sealable material that is compressed by the first side face and the opposing second side face bounding the seal block compartment.