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Telecommunications wiring system

  • US 5,272,277 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1990
  • Issued: 12/21/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telecommunications wiring system comprising at least one piping assembly including a cable with a connector of a first gender type on one end and at least two connectors of an opposite gender type in multiple on the other end, the cable carrying multiple user signals by means of multiple available transmission paths intended for a plurality of user communications devices, one end of the piping assembly being configured for interconnection with a local termination facility offering a plurality of available transmission paths, whereby at least some of the available transmission paths are provided by the piping assembly and at least one extractor assembly for permanently providing a continuation of at least one preselected signal path from the plurality of available transmission paths provided by the piping assembly through the extractor assembly to a user telecommunications device, the extractor assembly comprising a cable with an extractor connector of the first gender type on one end and a terminal on the other end for connection of a user telecommunications device corresponding to said preselected signal path, the extractor connector having capability for accessing the plurality of available transmission paths provided by the piping assembly, and wherein the at least two connectors of an opposite gender type in multiple can mate with both the connector of first gender type of the extractor assembly and the connector of first gender type of another such piping assembly.

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