Plastic casing provided with coding elements for machine processing
First Claim
1. A plastic casing for receiving electric contact elements to be installed by machine in a corresponding apparatus, said casing comprising:
- coding means readable by the machine for determining number and arrangement of the electric contact elements in said casing to insure matching of said casing with the corresponding apparatus;
said coding means including grooves provided in said casing and pins removably insertable in said grooves to provide a predetermined code determined by presence and non-presence of said pins in said grooves, so that presence of a first pin in a first groove provides one code information and non-presence of a second pin in a second groove provides another different code information;
said grooves having a preselected spacing from each other and from walls of said casing; and
said grooves being provided with wall means to removably secure said pins in said grooves so that said pins can only slide into and out of said grooves.
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Abstract
A plastic casing for reception of electric contact elements which is suited for processing by machine, including coding elements for permitting the machine to recognize the electric contact elements present in the casing so that the casing can be properly assembled with a mating second casing to avoid assembling errors. The coding elements include grooves and coding pins, the grooves being provided in the first-mentioned casing. At least one of the coding pins being extractably inserted in a selected one of the grooves so that the presence and non-presence of the coding pins provides a predetermined code which is read by the machine. The coding arrangement can also be used to prevent incorrect mating of the casing with a plug.
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15 Claims
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1. A plastic casing for receiving electric contact elements to be installed by machine in a corresponding apparatus, said casing comprising:
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coding means readable by the machine for determining number and arrangement of the electric contact elements in said casing to insure matching of said casing with the corresponding apparatus; said coding means including grooves provided in said casing and pins removably insertable in said grooves to provide a predetermined code determined by presence and non-presence of said pins in said grooves, so that presence of a first pin in a first groove provides one code information and non-presence of a second pin in a second groove provides another different code information; said grooves having a preselected spacing from each other and from walls of said casing; and said grooves being provided with wall means to removably secure said pins in said grooves so that said pins can only slide into and out of said grooves. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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