Wire terminal clamp
AssigneePittway Corporation
InventorsKenneth J. Leff, Charles Lacarrubba
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Abstract
Wire terminal clamp having a wire receiving means situated in a surface, a wire clamping member and a means for moving the wire clamping member across the surface, so that when the wire clamping member is moved in one direction a wire end can be clamped and when the wire clamping member is moved in an opposite direction any wire end that is clamped can be released.
Claims36
A wire terminal clamp comprising a wire receiving means situated in a surface, a wire clamping plate having a recess at one edge dimensioned to accommodate a wire end and a means for moving said wire clamping plate across said surface in a first direction and in a second opposite direction, such that when the wire clamping plate is moved in the first direction a wire end received in said wire receiving means can be engaged by said recess and clamped and when the wire clamping plate is moved in the second opposite direction the wire end that is engaged and clamped can be released.
A wire terminal clamp comprising a carriage and a wire terminal bracket;
- said wire terminal bracket having first and second limbs, said limbs being at approximately 90.degree. to each other and having on one limb a surface with an aperture for receiving a wire end;
- said carriage having a wire clamping plate having a recess at one edge dimensioned to accommodate a wire end, said wire clamping plate is movable in one direction across the surface to engage and clamp a wire end received in the aperture and is moveable in a second direction to release said clamped wire end.
A wire terminal receptacle comprising at least one wire terminal clamp, a base and a housing, wherein the wire terminal clamp comprises a surface, a wire receiving means in said surface and a wire clamping plate having a recess at one edge dimensioned to accommodate a wire end, said wire clamping plate movable across said surface in a first direction and in a second opposite direction, such that when the wire clamping plate is moved in the first direction a wire end received in said wire receiving means can be engaged and clamped and when the wire clamping member is moved in the second opposite direction the wire end is released.
A wire terminal clamp comprising a carriage and a wire terminal bracket;
- said wire terminal bracket having first and second limbs, said limbs being at approximately 90.degree. to each other and having on one limb a surface with an aperture for receiving a wire end;
- wherein an end of the limb having the aperture for receiving a wire end is overturned on itself to form an overlying surface and an opposing underlying surface such that a channel is formed between the underlying and overlying surfaces, said carriage having a wire clamping plate that is moveable in one direction in said channel to engage and clamp a wire end received in the aperture and is moveable in a second direction to release said wire end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.