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On demand plug-in jack card and monitor frame

  • US 5,685,741 A
  • Filed: 06/27/1996
  • Issued: 11/11/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for providing access to a plurality of telecommunications lines, said apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of normally closed contacts, each of said contacts having means for terminating said telecommunications lines on said contacts, said plurality of contacts including a plurality of pairs of first and second contacts biased into electrical connection for a signal flow on said telecommunications lines terminated at said first and second contacts of a pair to pass through said first and second contacts of a pair, said plurality of pairs including an IN pair and an OUT pair;

    a plurality of monitor springs with at least one of said monitor springs electrically connected to one of said first and second contacts of a pair; and

    a frame supporting said plurality of normally closed contacts and said plurality of monitor springs, said frame having a forward end with first and second substantially horizontal panels extending rearwardly therefrom, said forward end having first and second faces with said first and second panels spaced therebetween, said first and second panels defining a chamber with at least one of said panels having a plurality of slots defining horizontally aligned receiving channels for receiving modules therein; and

    a plurality of monitor ports, each of said plurality of monitor ports carried on one of said forward faces and positioned in substantially linear alignment with a corresponding receiving channel, each of said plurality of monitor ports configured for receiving a plug to electrically engage said monitor springs such that a telecommunications signal flowing therethrough can be monitored without interruption of said signal flow;

    wherein each of said modules has circuit interruption means for opening said normally closed contacts against said bias such that said signal flow can be redirected.

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