US1200825A

US1200825A - Receptacle wire-lock.

Info

Publication number: US1200825A
Application number: US6684415A
Authority: US
Inventors: Witter William Oswald Fenety
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-12-14
Filing date: 1915-12-14
Publication date: 1916-10-10
Anticipated expiration: 1933-10-10

Description

W. 0. FENETY.

REQEPTYACLE WIRE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED 05014. 1915.

Patentd Oct. 10,1916.

q-wibmggg an we n for I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WITTER WILLIAM OSWALD FENETY, FREDERICT ON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

'- RECEPTACLE WIRE-LOCK.

To all whom it may concern Be -it known that I, \VITTER W. O. FEN- ETY, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Fredericton, in the Province of New Brunswick and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacle VVire-Locks, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacle wi re locks, and has for its object the provision of an inexpensive, practical and efficient attachment, capable of use, for example, in connection with an electric lamp, for securing the latter to and in electrical communication with the usual insulated line wires.

While, as suggested, for the purpose of an adequate disclosure of the invention, I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed December 14, 1915. Serial No. 66,844.

proved details and relations of parts will be apparent.

In the drawings: Figure l is an elevation of an electric lamp and its socket provided with my improved device coupling the same to line wires; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View showing the device as applied to the wire; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the device and wire.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like reference letters designate corresponding parts in the several .views, A represents an ordinary incandescent electric light bulb and B the socket to which the bulb is detachably secured, in the customary manner, the body of the socket member being of insulating material and having an outwardly projectingflange C.

refer to the s )ecific use thereof in con1b nre -T.0.eosite ortio'n's of this base flan 'e m l a t z: y

tion with an electriclamp'whfie the socket would carry the securing means referred to,

it will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that other devices or implements, which I have generally termed a receptacle, may be coupled to the wiring.

It is recognized that either for temporary or emergent use,'it is desirable to tap a line wire at some convenient point to utilize the electrical energy transmitted therethrough, and with this in mind, the preferred embodiment of my invention embraces a securing device, which, as an incident to locking the device on the wire will simultaneously cut into the insulation of the wire to effect electrical contact between the devices and wire and in turn through the lamp or other implement or device carried by the receptacle to which the improved securing means are attached.

I More specifically the invention compreadapted to assume an interlocking relation when the parts are forced together with the line wire therewithin.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, I have illustrated the before mentioned preferred embodiment of the in-' vention and from these drawings, when considered in connection with the specific description hereinafter contained, the im- 'G. The upper member of the device is represented at H, and at the opposite edges 'thereof,-the same carries integrally downwardly bent flanges J, sharpened at their edges j, to constitute cutters adapted to sever the insulation of the wire in effecting contact with the metal strands on the interior of the insulation in securing electrical communication between the device and said metal strands.

-The device is adapted to be forced together .by a pair of pliers or the .like, to cause the knife edges to penetrate the insulation and secure the electrical contact referred to when any resiliency of the parts will be overcome, and said parts locked in position by means of a catch K carried at the free end of the upper portion H of the device adapted to pass through a slot 6. i the securing or lower member E, the catch being adapted to engage the under surface of the member E bordering the slot, as will be readily understood.

It will not be necessary herein to define lamp.

specifically the lines of current transmission through the lamp socket and lamp, these being diagrammatically represented in the drawings and it being obvious that the base or securing portions of my connecting devices are in electrical communication with opposite terminals leading to and from th From the foregoing construction, it will be apparent that in a simple and efiective manner I have provideda device enabling the fastening of any type of receptacle to a wire, useful in many connections, but especlally 1n the servlce herein specifically outlined, namely the securing of an electric lamp to line wires at any accessible portion of the wiring, and as an incident to the fastoning of the device in place and the obtaining of electrical communication between the lamp and the wiring.

While I have herein disclosed a special embodiment of the invention, it will be clear I I to persons skilled in the art that said invention is capable of embodiment in other forms and devices as may be embraced within the scope of the hereto appended claims.

Havin thus described the invention,

7 what is c aimed is:

1. ,,A device of the character described "composed. of sheet metal bent to f orm a securing-v part having awire seat, an opfiisite, part bearing a cutter for insulation adapted part bearing a cutter for insulation adapted to sever said insulation when the parts are forced together, said cutter edge being an integrally offset portion of the opposite part and means for locking the parts in closed position including a latch carried by one of the parts adapted to 'interfit with a complemental portion of the opposite part.

8. A device ,of the character described comprising a securing portion adapted to be connected to a socket and having a wire seat and a contact portion bearing a knife edge opposite to said seat and adapted to be swung toward theseat for placing the contact portion in engagement with the wire, and cooperating latching. means carried by said parts for securing the swinging contact portion in a closed position.

4. A device of the character described,

- comprising a member having a part for connection with a socket, another complemental member secured at one end portion to said first -mentioned member in a manner enabling the same to be forcibly swung toward the latter, one of said members being formed to provide a seat of a size to receive an insulated wire, and one of said members carrying a contact portion relatively fixed thereto to cut the insulation and effect elec- .In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my :Signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WITTER WILLIAM OSWALD FENETY.

Witnesses:

HARRIS G. FENETY, W. J. CARTEN.