Multiple circuit interrupter for telecommunication system
AssigneeSocieta Italiana Telecomunicazioni Siemens S.p.A.
InventorsGuglielmo Giacoppo, Ercole Tres
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Abstract
A multiple circuit interrupter, designed to facilitate the selective insertion of testers and other ancillary equipment into lines of a telecommunication system, comprises a body of generally rectangular outline which is receivable in a distribution frame and is split longitudinally into a central section and two lateral sections forming two rows of jacks between them. The jacks are arrayed in a plurality of groups accommodated in respective bosses of the split body projecting from a common base, each boss being engageable by a complementary socket containing a corresponding group of plugs. The bosses and the sockets are asymmetrically profiled to insure proper alignment of the jacks and the plugs.
Claims6
A multiple circuit interrupter facilitating the selective insertion of ancillary equipment into a multiplicity of lines of a telecommunication system, comprising:
- a body of generally rectangular outline split into a central section and two lateral sections along surfaces substantially paralleling the major sides of the rectangle, said sections defining between them a multiplicity of jacks arrayed in two rows parallel to said major sides, said body having at least one transverse incision extending across said central and lateral sections whereby a plurality of identical bosses of generally rectangular outline are formed which encompass respective groups of said jacks, each jack including a pair of conductor springs normally in contact with each other;
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- at least one complementary socket fitting around any one of said bosses, said socket carrying a group of plugs insertable between the conductor springs of the group of jacks of the engaged boss with a wall portion of said socket received in said incision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.