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Assembly for connecting a current take-off unit to a plurality of bus bars

  • US 3,884,541 A
  • Filed: 03/08/1974
  • Issued: 05/20/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an electrical distribution system, an assembly for connecting a current take-off unit to a plurality of bus bars;

  • said assembly comprising a housing and pairs of jaw members mounted within said housing and protruding outwardly therefrom;

    each pair of jaw members having corresponding ends for clampingly engaging a bus bar;

    an elongated connector piece secured to the opposite corresponding ends of said jaw members and adapted to be connected to the current take-off unit;

    first means for resiliently retaining said jaw members in a bus bar-clamping relation;

    adjustable second means for tightening said jaw members into said bus bar-clamping relation;

    an insulating element substantially encompassing a portion of said jaw members, said first and second means, and a portion of said connector piece disposed within said housing, and an elongated third means having at least a portion thereof disposed within said housing and engaging said second means, said third means having a segment thereof accessible from the housing exterior whereby manual adjustment of said third means is effected from said housing exterior.

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