Terminal block insert device screw
OwnerPaul Huskainventor
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Abstract
Improved terminal blocks having inserts comprising a spring-loaded stirrup for clamping electrical conductors, together with a screw for adjusting the clamping action of the stirrup and for releasably locking the stirrup in a fully open position to permit insertion of an electrical conductor, a mechanism for quickly and easily releasing the stirrup when the conductor is in a desired position, and an attachment member for releasably securing the block to a mounting rail.
Claims15
A terminal block screw or the like for engaging first inner walls of a first opening in a first surface of a first body while selectively engaging second inner walls of a second opening in a second surface of a second body, comprising an upper portion and a lower portion with different geometries which allow quick and releasable engagement of said screw to the first body by engaging the first inner walls to the first opening of the first surface.
A quick-release/engagement securing device comprising a screw means for rotatively engaging or releasing and a plate means for retaining or releasing said screw means, wherein said screw means comprising an enlarged head, a threaded midsection and a threaded end section, said plate means defining an opening engageable by said threaded midsection and sized to allow said threaded end section to pass therethrough, wherein said enlarged head can be rotated to engage or disengaged said plate means depending upon orientation of said enlarged head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.