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WIRE CONNECTOR WITH FRUSTOCONICAL GRIPPING SPRING

  • US 3,614,296 A
  • Filed: 12/24/1969
  • Issued: 10/19/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wire connector comprising a resilient coil spring member composed of a number of convolutions, at least some of said convolutions forming a frustoconical section increasing from a smaller diameter at one end to a larger diameter at the other end, and a rigid member formed with a frustoconical surface having a groove therein providing a sloping surface having a taper corresponding generally to that of said spring section, said frustoconical spring section being within the frustoconical surface of said rigid member so that said sloping surface is juxtaposed in a coacting relationship with said spring section, whereby said spring member may be longitudinally compressed to increase the clearance between said sloping surface and said spring section to receive therebetween a wire to be gripped.

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