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US670363A
US670363A US3012800A US1900030128A US670363A US 670363 A US670363 A US 670363A US 3012800 A US3012800 A US 3012800A US 1900030128 A US1900030128 A US 1900030128A US 670363 A US670363 A US 670363A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/50—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a cam, wedge, cone or ball also combined with a screw
    • H01R4/5016—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a cam, wedge, cone or ball also combined with a screw using a cone
    • H01R4/5025—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a cam, wedge, cone or ball also combined with a screw using a cone combined with a threaded ferrule operating in a direction parallel to the conductor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in electrical couplings and terminals, the said improvements having for their object to dispense with the side binding-screws ordinarily employed in electrical couplings and terminals and to effect a better electrical connection than is obtained in couplings and terminals having side bindingscrews.
  • the said invention is applicable to the spring-plunger terminals of electrical incandescent or glow lamp holders as well as to other electrical terminals.
  • FIG. l represents in longitudinal section an electrical coupling constructed according to my invention for connecting two ends of an electrical conductor.
  • Figs. 2, 3, and 4- representin side elevation, end elevation, and cross-section, respectively, one of the parts of the coupling, Fig. '1, detached.
  • Fig. represents, partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section, a modiiied coupling.
  • Fig. 6 represents the two plunger-terminals, one in elevation and the other in Vertical section, of an electrical incandescent or glow lamp holder to which my invention is applied, the said holder being indicated in dotted lines.
  • the body d of the coupling has its two ends a2 a2 made hollow or tubular and screw-threaded externally.
  • an elastic grip b (shown separately in Figs. 2, 3, and 4) is placed.
  • the elastic gripb consists ofva short metallic tube having one or a series ot' longitudinal slits, (marked c cc c in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.)
  • I prefer t0 employ four equidistant slits, as represented, the said slits extending through the greater part of the length ot the grip Z).
  • rlhe end of the slit part of the elastic grip b is made conoidal or taper.
  • the conoidal or taper ends of the elastic grips l) ZJ project from the tubular ends a2 oi' the body d of the coupling.
  • Onto the externallythreaded ends a2 of the body a of the coupling screw collars or sleeves d take, the outer ends of the said screw collars or sleeves being contracted for engaging with the conoidal or taper end of the elastic grip b.
  • the screw collar or sleeve d is passed onto the end of the electrical conductor, and the said end is passed into the elastic grip b.
  • the screw collar or sleeve d is then engaged or screwed on the screwed end a2 ofthe body d of the coupling.
  • the elastic grip b may be dispensed with; but I prefer to employ the elastic grip h as represented in Figs. l, 2, 3, and Il.
  • Fig. 6 I have indicated in dott-ed lines the holder of an electrical incandescent or glow lamp and have represented in full lines the spring plunger terminals of the said holder, the said terminals being constructed according to my invention.
  • the tubular body of each spring-plunger is marked a, and the parts for gripping the conducting wire e, which resemble one half of the coupling, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, are marked with the same letters of reference as corresponding parts in IOO the said Figs. 1, 2, 3, and
  • An electrical coupling consisting of a body having a bore at one end thereof extending part way into the same, said end being externally threaded, a longitudinally-slitted tapered sleeve fitted in said bore, and a nut having a contracted portion to engage the tapered part of said sleeve in engagement with the threaded end of the body.
  • An electrical coupling consisting of a body having bores at its ends extending part way into the same, said ends being externally threaded, longitudinally-slitted tapered sleeves tted in said bores and their bores being of a uniform diameter throughout their lengths, and nuts having contracted portions t0 engage the tapered parts of said sleeves in engagement respectively with the threaded ends of said body.

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Patented Mar. I9, |90I.
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VILLIAM VVALKEBL, JR., OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.
-ELECTRICAL COUPLENG @R TERMINAL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,363, dated March 19, 1901 Application filed September 15,1900. Serial No. 30,128. (No model-'l To a/ZZ whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM WALKER, the younger, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at No. 32 City road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrical Couplings or Terminals, of which the following is a specification.
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in electrical couplings and terminals, the said improvements having for their object to dispense with the side binding-screws ordinarily employed in electrical couplings and terminals and to effect a better electrical connection than is obtained in couplings and terminals having side bindingscrews.
The said invention is applicable to the spring-plunger terminals of electrical incandescent or glow lamp holders as well as to other electrical terminals.
I will describe my invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l represents in longitudinal section an electrical coupling constructed according to my invention for connecting two ends of an electrical conductor. Figs. 2, 3, and 4- representin side elevation, end elevation, and cross-section, respectively, one of the parts of the coupling, Fig. '1, detached. Fig. represents, partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section, a modiiied coupling. Fig. 6 represents the two plunger-terminals, one in elevation and the other in Vertical section, of an electrical incandescent or glow lamp holder to which my invention is applied, the said holder being indicated in dotted lines.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the drawings.
Re'ferring to Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4f, the body d of the coupling has its two ends a2 a2 made hollow or tubular and screw-threaded externally. Into the hollow or tubular ends a2 a2 an elastic grip b (shown separately in Figs. 2, 3, and 4) is placed. The elastic gripb consists ofva short metallic tube having one or a series ot' longitudinal slits, (marked c cc c in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.) I prefer t0 employ four equidistant slits, as represented, the said slits extending through the greater part of the length ot the grip Z). rlhe end of the slit part of the elastic grip b is made conoidal or taper. The conoidal or taper ends of the elastic grips l) ZJ project from the tubular ends a2 oi' the body d of the coupling. Onto the externallythreaded ends a2 of the body a of the coupling screw collars or sleeves d take, the outer ends of the said screw collars or sleeves being contracted for engaging with the conoidal or taper end of the elastic grip b.
In use the screw collar or sleeve d is passed onto the end of the electrical conductor, and the said end is passed into the elastic grip b. The screw collar or sleeve d is then engaged or screwed on the screwed end a2 ofthe body d of the coupling. By the screwing on ofthe screw collar or sleeve d the outer end of the said collar or sleeve, acting on the conoidal or taper end of the elastic grip h, closes the said grip on the electrical conductor e with such tightness that a practically perfect electrical connectionis effected and danger of accidental withdrawal of the conductor from the coupling obviated.
I have represented in Fig. l a coupling for connecting two ends of a single conductor. `Where one, two, or more branch conductors are to be used, I make the body of the coupling of a 'l' shape, as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, or of a cruci'form or other shape, so as to permit of the connecting up of the several conductors.
By making the externally-threaded ends a2 of the body CL of the coupling slightly taper and slit longitudinally after the manner of the elastic grip b, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and with a contracted mouth or end, as is represented in Fig. 5, the elastic grip b may be dispensed with; but I prefer to employ the elastic grip h as represented in Figs. l, 2, 3, and Il.
In Fig. 6 I have indicated in dott-ed lines the holder of an electrical incandescent or glow lamp and have represented in full lines the spring plunger terminals of the said holder, the said terminals being constructed according to my invention. The tubular body of each spring-plunger is marked a, and the parts for gripping the conducting wire e, which resemble one half of the coupling, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, are marked with the same letters of reference as corresponding parts in IOO the said Figs. 1, 2, 3, and The action of the grips in the spring-plu nger terminals,Fig. 6, diiers in no essential respects from the action of the gripping parts in the coupling, Figs. l, 2, 3, and 1i.
rThe application of my invention to terminals other than spring plunger terminals di'll'ers in no essential respect from its application to a spring-plunger terminal, as hereinbefore described.
Having now described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
l. An electrical coupling consisting of a body having a bore at one end thereof extending part way into the same, said end being externally threaded, a longitudinally-slitted tapered sleeve fitted in said bore, and a nut having a contracted portion to engage the tapered part of said sleeve in engagement with the threaded end of the body.
2. An electrical coupling consisting of a body having bores at its ends extending part way into the same, said ends being externally threaded, longitudinally-slitted tapered sleeves tted in said bores and their bores being of a uniform diameter throughout their lengths, and nuts having contracted portions t0 engage the tapered parts of said sleeves in engagement respectively with the threaded ends of said body.
In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.
WILLIAM VALKER, JUNE.
Witn esses:
RICHARD Sxnnnnr'r, WILLIAu Janus BOWKER.
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US2463145A (en) * 1946-11-29 1949-03-01 Buchanan Electrical Prod Corp Automatic line splice and terminal connector
US3010747A (en) * 1958-06-02 1961-11-28 Lewis A Bondon Connectors for rods or tubes

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2463145A (en) * 1946-11-29 1949-03-01 Buchanan Electrical Prod Corp Automatic line splice and terminal connector
US3010747A (en) * 1958-06-02 1961-11-28 Lewis A Bondon Connectors for rods or tubes

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