Wire retainer for connecting wires in low-voltage circuits of electrical apparatus
AssigneeVossloh-Schwabe GmbH
InventorsDieter Hammer, Bernhard Albeck
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Abstract
A wire retaining for connecting wires in low-voltage circuits of electrical apparatus has a continuous channel (5), formed on a shaped part, for receiving the wires. The channel is designed for the passage through it over its length of a wire placement tool protruding through its lateral wire insertion opening and moving in the longitudinal direction of the wire; legs (3) laterally defining the channel, and/or wire hold-back devices (7), are embodied as predominantly spring-elastically yielding to the tool passing through.
Claims19
A wire retainer for connecting wires (6) of low-voltage circuits of electrical apparatus, to retain said wires (6) in ordered, predetermined position with respect to each other, comprising
- a base (1, 21);
- fasteners (2) secured to the base (1);
- at least two legs (3, 26) joined to the base, between which legs a continuous channel (5, 25) for receiving the wires (6) is defined,
- said channel being open on one side over its length, and having a wire insertion opening (20);
- and
- wire holding means (11, 26, 36) for wires (6) received in the channel, which wires are normally located in the channel,
- elastic wire hold-back means (7;
- 27, 28;
- 270, 280) coupled to the legs (3, 26);
- and
- means for assuring ordered arrangement of the wires in the retaininer including
- wire clamping means (12;
- 34) coupled to the base (1, 21) and positioned for engagement with the wires (6) in the retainer, and
- wherein the channel (5, 25) is dimensioned and arranged to receive a wire placement tool (10) protruding through the insertion opening moving in the longitudinal direction of the wires and passing through said channel over its length;
- and
- wherein at least one of the legs (3;
- 26) defining the channel, the wire holding means (11, 26 36) and the hold-back means (7, 27, 28;
- 270, 280) are formed to yield spring-elastically to the tool.
A wire retainer for retaining connecting wires (6) of low-voltage circuits of electrical apparatus, to retain said wires (6) in ordered predetermined position with respect to each other, comprising
- a base (1);
- fasteners (2) secured to the base;
- at least two legs (3) joined to the base, between which legs a continuous channel (5) receiving the wires is defined, said channel being open on one side over its length and having a wire insertion opening (20), said channel being dimensioned and arranged to receive a wire placement tool (10) protruding through the insertion opening moving in the longitudinal direction of the wires and passing through said channel over its length;
- wire holding means (11) for said wires received in the channel (5) normally located in the channel;
- clamping means (11) located laterally adjacent of said channel on at least one face end, for holding the wires placed in the channel in said ordered position in the retainer.
- said clamping means having at least one spring elastic clamping bow (11) engageable with at least one of the wires, and a counter element, said clamping bow and counter element extending over the height of the channel (5),
- wherein the clamping bow and the counter element define a clamping point,
- said clamping point, at least on one side, being formed by a clamping edge (12) on at least one of the clamping bow (11) and the counter element;
- and
- wherein the clamping bow defines an inwardly directed funnel-like formed portion, said formed portion defining said insertion opening.
A wire retainer for retaining connecting wires (6) of low-voltage circuits of electrical apparatus, to retain said wires (6) in ordered predetermined position with respect to each other, comprising
- a base (21);
- fasteners (2) secured to the base;
- at least two legs (26) joined to the base, between which legs a continuous channel (25) receiving the wires is defined, said channel being open on one side over its length and having a wire insertion opening;
- wire holding means (36) for said wires received in the channel (25) normally located in the channel;
- wherein said wire holding means comprise at least one prong-like extension (36) supported laterally of the wire insertion opening and extending, with spacing, from said base (21);
- and
- elastic wire hold-back means (27, 28) supported laterally of the wire insertion opening formed on at least one of said legs (26);
- and
- wherein said channel is adapted to receive a wire placement tool (10) protruding through the insertion opening, moving in the longitudinal direction of the wires and passing through said channel (25),
- said prong-like extension (36) projecting from one of the legs (26), together with an adjacent portion of said one leg, forming a clamping means (34) for said wires located in the space between the prong-like extension (36) and the the leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.