GEP20001928B - Terminal Block - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Technical Result Simplification of the construction, and increase in stability to environment noxious factors. 2. Essence A telecommunication terminal block employs a housing 10 having a number of separate dielectrically isolated chamber 22 disposed therein. Service wires to be connected to a splice cable are inserted into a chamber through openings 12 in the housing and into a movable wire carrier member 24 disposed within the chamber. An actuator member drives the carrier member from a first position, at which the wires are inserted, to a second position where the wires engage a contact element which electrically couples them to the splice cable. The carrier member moves within the chamber so as to allow an electrically insulating medium within the chamber to flow around the carrier and maintain a constant volume of the medium within the chamber. Loss of insulating medium is thereby avoided during connection and reconnection of the service wires allowing improved protection from environmental factors as moisture, chemicals and other contaminants. 3. Field of Application Electric equipment, in particular, telecommu¬nication. 5 ind. cl. and 15 dep. cl. 4 fig.