Electrical wiring connector
AssigneeSlater Electric Inc.
InventorRichard C. Doyle
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Abstract
An angle cap electrical wiring connector contains a cable clamp which is removably fixedly mounted to the angle cap housing independent of the clamp tightening screws. The clamp includes an arcuate section which completes the circular cavity wall of the angle cap body housing the electrical wiring chamber. An expandable diaphragm extending between the arcuate section and the clamp closes access to the wiring chamber from the environment at all times, regardless of size of the power cable clamped to the angle cap. The clamping member, arcuate section and diaphragm are formed integrally as a single piece.
Claims16
An electrical angle cap wiring connector comprising:
- an angle cap housing member defining a first front-opening cavity adapted to slidably telescopically receive a wiring chamber therein and a second front-opening and open-ended cavity adapted to receive an end portion of an electrical power cable therein,
- said first and second housing cavities communicating interiorly of said housing so as to permit connection between said wiring chamber and said cable,
- said wiring chamber having a front face from which electrical contact elements extend at a right angle to the direction in which said cable extends out of said open end of said second cavity defined by said housing, said wiring chamber front face forming a portion of the front face of said angle cap housing;
- a single clamp member adapted to engage and clamp said cable to said angle cap housing;
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- flexible and easily expandable cover means extending continuously between said clamp member and said first cavity defined by said angle cap housing,
- said flexible cover means and said clamp member forming the remaining portion of the front face of said angle cap housing,
- whereby said angle cap wiring connector is continuously closed along the front face thereof from said wiring chamber to said cable clamp member for all sizes of electrical power cable connected to said connector.
In an electrical wiring connector device housing an end portion of an electrical power cable and a wiring chamber including electrical power contact blades to which the cable is connected, and including clamp means and clamp tightening means for clamping said cable to the connector housing, the improvement therein which comprises:
- means removably fixedly mounting said cable clamp means to said connector housing independent of said clamp tightening means;
- cover means extending continuously between the portion of said connector device housing said wiring chamber and said cable means, said cover means adapted to continuously close access to said wiring chamber from the outside of said connector device for all sizes of electrical power cable connected thereto;
- said connector housing includes an elongated open channel portion comprising an access port for said cable;
- said elongated channel includes opposed first slot means facing the cable channel;
- said clamp means includes a first pair of opposed guide lugs adapted to be telescopically slidably received in said first slot means;
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- said clamp tightening means comprises a pair of screws extending through said connector housing and into threaded engagement with said guide lugs.
A connector device as claimed in clain 9, wherein said connector housing is molded from a polycarbonate resin material.
In an electrical wiring connector device housing an end portion of an electrical power cable and a wiring chamber including electrical power contact blades to which the cable is connected, and including clamp means and clamp tightening means for clamping said cable to the connector housing, the improvement therein which comprises:
- means removably fixedly mounting said cable clamp means to said connector housing independent of said clamp tightening means;
- cover means extending continuously between the portion of said connector device housing said wiring chamber and said cable clamp means, said cover means adapted to continuously close access to said wiring chamber from the outside of said connector device for all sizes of electrical power cable connected thereto;
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- wherein said cover means is expandable so as to close access to said wiring chamber for all clamping positions of said clamp means.
In an electrical wiring connector device housing an end portion of an electrical power cable and a wiring chamber including electrical power contact blades to which the cable is connected, and including clamp means and clamp tightening means for clamping said cable to the connector housing, the improvement therein which comprises:
- means removably fixedly mounting said cable clamp means to said connector housing independent of said clamp tightening means;
- cover means extending continuously between the portion of said connector device housing said wiring chamber and said cable clamp means, said cover means adapted to continuously close access to said wiring chamber from the outside of said connector device for all sizes of electrical power cable connected thereto;
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- said cover means comprises a flexible sheet member adapted to fold up in accordion-like fashion and to stretch out into a relatively flat sheet so as to automaticaly adjust as said clamping means is adjusted to different electrical power cable sizes and thereby continuously close access to said wiring chamber.
In an electrical wiring connector device housing an end portion of an electrical power cable and a wiring chamber including electrical power contact blades to which the cable is connected, and including clamp means and clamp tightening means for clamping said cable to the connector housing, the improvement therein which comprises:
- means removably fixedly mounting said cable clamp means to said connector housing independent of said clamp tightening means;
- cover means extending continuously between the portion of said connector device housing said wiring chamber and said cable clamp means, said cover means adapted to continuously close access to said wiring chamber from the outside of said connector device for all sizes of electrical power cable connected thereto;
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- said cover means, said cable clamp means and said means removably fixedly mounting said cable clamp means to said connector housing are formed as a single, integral member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.