US 4,910,770 A · Network interface device and enclosure

Abstract

A network interface device and enclosure adapted to interconnect incoming telephone wiring to subscriber premises wiring. The device, according to one embodiment, comprises first electrical terminals adapted to be connected to the subscriber premises wiring, second electrical terminals adapted to be connected to the incoming telephone wiring, a removable module disposed between the first and second electrical terminals, the module having space for a telephone circuit and the module having electrical connections for connecting the module with the second terminal; a cable coupled to the first terminals, the cable including a plug at an end of the cable distant from the first terminals, and a jack located on the module adapted to receive the plug, the jack being electrically coupled to the electrical connections for connecting the module with the second terminal. The network interface device may be disposed within an enclosure and the enclosure may have individual access panels so that an individual subscriber can access its terminals and not the terminals of other subscribers.

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Dependent claims

A telephone network interface enclosure adapted to interconnect incoming telephone wiring to subscriber premises wiring comprising:

a base having a wall circumscribing a bottom portion of the base;
a first cover covering a first portion of said base;
a second cover covering a second portion of said base not covered by said first cover;
said first cover enclosing a portion of said base accessible to a telephone subscriber and which contains a plurality of sets of first electrical terminals adapted to be connected to the subscriber premises wiring;
said second cover enclosing a portion of said base accessible to telephone company personnel and which contains second electrical terminals adapted to be connected to the incoming telephone wiring;
a removable module disposed between said first and second terminals, said module having internal space for housing a telephone circuit and said module having connecting means for electrically connecting the module with said second terminals;
cable means coupled to said first terminals and located in the portion of the base covered by the first cover, said cable means including a plug means at an end of the cable means distant from said first terminals;
jack means located on the module for removably receiving the plug means, said jack means being electrically connected to said connecting means;
and
each set of said plurality of sets of first electrical terminals associated with a respective subscriber's premises wiring, and said first cover further comprising a plurality of individual access panels associated with respective ones of the sets of first terminals so that an individual subscriber may access the set of first terminals associated with its subscriber premises wiring.

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A telephone network interface enclosure adapted to interconnect incoming telephone wiring to subscriber premises wiring comprising:

a base having a wall circumscribing a bottom portion of the base;
a first cover covering a first portion of said base, said first cover having a plurality of individual access panels;
a second cover covering a second portion of said base not covered by said first cover;
said first cover enclosing a portion of said base accessible to a telephone subscriber and which contains a plurality of sets of first electrical terminals, each set of first electrical terminals adapted to be connected to a respective one of the premises wiring of an individual subscriber;
said second cover enclosing a portion of said base accessible to telephone company personnel and which contains a plurality of sets of second electrical terminals, each set of second terminals adapted to be connected to respective incoming telephone wiring;
individual cable means associated with each of said first terminals and coupled to said first terminals and located in the portion of the base covered by the first cover, said cable means including a plug means at an end of the cable means distant from said first terminals;
and
individual jack means associated with each of said plug means and located in the portion of the base covered by the first cover and adapted to removably receive its associated plug means, said jack means being electrically connected to respective ones of said second terminals;
and
each set of first electrical terminals, its associated plug means and jack means positioned so that the respective subscriber may access only one set of first electrical terminals, its associated plug means and jack means through a respective individual access panel in said first cover.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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