Connection block for connecting electrical conductors to electrical equipment
AssigneeSchneider Electric SA
InventorsJean-Pierre Duchemin, Bruno Jacquet, Regis Perrocheau
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Abstract
Connection block for connecting cables (5, 6) to electrical equipment (2) comprising at least one connector (4) consisting of a cage (42) and a wire clamp slide (43) moved by a clamping screw (44) under a compartment (37, 38) in a box (31) in which said connector is placed, characterized in that the slide (43) is U-shaped with one flange at the same level as the screw head (44), and that this flange has a mobile insulating protective cover (35) on its front which follows slide movements and provides access to the screw head.
Claims8
A connection block for connecting cables to an electrical equipment comprising:
- at least one connector;
- box in which said connector is placed;
- said box having two openings through which said cables may be inserted;
- said connector including two compartments arranged under said openings for receiving said cables;
- said connector including a cage for connecting one of said cables, said connector also including a wire clamp slide for connecting another of said cables, said cage and said slide both being moved by a clamping screw;
- said slide being U-shaped and providing access to said clamping screw;
- said slide having mounted thereon an insulating front cover with a front portion and a top portion, said front portion protecting and insulating the front of the slide, said top portion covering the top of the slide and wherein by rotation of said clamping screw, said top portion forms a cover for one of said compartments when said another of said cables is not present therein,
- said cage has mounted thereon an insulating back cover that protects and insulates a back of said cage and wherein by said rotation of said clamping screw, the back cover forms a cover for another of said compartments when said one of said cables is not present therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.