Indoor telephone network interface device
AssigneeGTE Products Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Crane, David H. Dowler
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Abstract
A telephone network interface device adapted to be placed within a standard receptacle box including a face plate and a housing containing terminal posts disposed on the rear of the housing. A cover is detachably arranged over an array of terminal posts that are adapted to be connected to the telephone company's portion of the telephone network and terminal posts are exposed for subscriber access to the portion of the posts that are connected to the subscriber's portion of the telephone system.
Claims16
A telephone network interface device comprising:
- a housing to be fixedly disposed in a standard electrical receptacle box to be fitted on the interior of a building;
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- a decorative face plate arranged to be the surface viewed from the interior of the building and jack and plug means disposed on said housing, said housing being of smaller length and width than said face plate, whereby said housing will fit in said standard electrical receptacle box;
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- a first array of terminal posts and a second array of terminal posts disposed on said housing;
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- wire means connecting said first array of terminal posts to said jack and wire means connecting said second array of terminal posts to said plug;
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- cover means detachably secured to said housing, said cover means enclosing the first array of terminal posts, but allowing access to said second array of terminal posts by a telephone subscriber.
A telephone network interface device for disposition within a standard electrical receptacle box within a building, said device comprising:
- a housing to be fixedly disposed in the receptacle box, said housing including side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall;
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- a decorative face plate arranged to be the surface viewed from within the building and jack and plug means disposed on said housing, said housing being of smaller length and width than said face plate, whereby said housing will fit in said standard receptacle box;
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- a first array of terminal posts disposed in said housing and a second array of terminal posts disposed on said bottom wall;
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- means electrically connecting said first array of terminal posts to said jack and means electrically connecting said second array of terminal posts to said plug;
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- cover means detachably secured to said housing, said cover means enclosing the first array of terminal posts, but allowing access to said second array of terminal posts by a telephone subscriber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.