Electrical connector

• US 5,816,846 A
• Filed: 06/06/1995
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pestco Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Pestco Incorporated
• Inventors: Zlotnik, Milton, Zlotnik, Arnold H., Austin, John A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TA, THO DAC
• Application Number:
  US08/470,234
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• Field of Search: 439/500, 439/505, 439/506, 439/627, 429/96, 429/97, 429/98, 429/99, 429/100
• US Class Current: 439/500
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/122 comprising a fan
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 7/00 Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F16F, especially F16F15/04

Abstract

A frame for a cabinet for a deodorant particularly for commodes and urinals in public facilities. The frame is composed of separate back plate, top member and bottom member composed of a resilient plastic. The top member and bottom member are snap-locked to the back plate and secured further by projections from the top and bottom members in slots in the back plate. The bottom member is a liquidtight tray capable of processing deodorants in bottles through wicks or can with wicks, absorbent surcotas and wafers. There is a bottle holder snap-locked to the underside of the top member. A battery-blower assembly is snap-locked to the back plate. The battery poles are joined to the wires from the blower-motor by a clip. The tube which drips deodorant into a commode or urinal is secured to the outlet from the tray by ribs and bulkhead fittings are dispensed with.

Claims

1. The combination of a battery having poles and a wire to be connected to apparatus to be energized by said battery, a solderless connector for connecting said wire to said battery;

said connector including a member of electrically insulating material having an aperture for receiving said wire, an electrically conductive elongated strip supported within said member for connecting one side of said wire to said strip physically in electrically conductive relationship, and means on said strip for connecting a pole of said battery to said strip.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the member is channel shaped having overhanging flanges along one dimension of the strip, said flanges of said member engaging the strip to effectuate the physical disposition of said strip in said member.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein the member is composed of acrylic butylene styrene.

4. An electrical connector for connecting first electrical apparatus to second electrical apparatus including a member of insulating material having a slot therein, a strip of electrically conductive material in said slot, said member having an opening affording access to said strip, a wire of electrically conductive material connected to said first apparatus, said wire penetrating through said opening in said member with its penetrating end in electrical contact with said strip, and means connected to said second apparatus for connecting said second apparatus to said strip in electrical contact therewith thereby to connect said second apparatus in an electrical circuit with said first apparatus, the electrical contact between said end of said wire.

5. The electrical connector of claim 4 for connection of the wire to the pole of a battery, said battery constituting the second apparatus, wherein the strip has a projection for connection to the pole of said battery to the opposite face of said strip.

6. The electrical connector of claim 4 wherein the second apparatus is a battery having a pole, and the pole extends into the slot in contact with the electrically conducting strip.

7. A solderless connector including a member composed of electrically insulating material having a slot therein and having an opening extending into said slot, a strip of electrically conductive material in said slot, a wire of electrically conductive material having an electrically conductive end penetrating through said opening with said end in electrical contact with one face of said strip, the opposite face of said strip being adapted to be contacted by an electrical conductor to form electrical contact to said wire.

8. The solderless connector of claim 7 wherein the member of electrically insulating material is composed of acrylic butylene and styrene.

9. The solderless connector of claim 7 wherein the strip is slideably connected to the member.

10. The solderless connector of claim 7 wherein the member is in the shape of a structural channel having opposite flanges along a dimension thereof and the strip is held in said member by engagement under said flanges.

11. A device for use in energizing apparatus from a battery of generally cylindrical structure having a first pole and a second pole, said first pole projecting outwardly from one end of said battery;

the device including a support plate having oppositely disposed first and second members of insulating material, each having the shape of a structural channel having flanges extending therefrom, said flanges of each said member defining a slot, an electrically conductive strip in each slot, the flanges of said first member being spaced a greater distance than the flanges of the second member so as to receive the battery between said first and second members with the first projecting pole extending into the slot defined by the flanges of the first member in contact with the electrically conductive strip in the slot of said first member and with said second pole in contact with the electrically conductive strip of the second member, whereby the battery can be positioned only in the one position defined for effectively energizing said apparatus.

12. The combination of claim 11 wherein each strip has a bulge in the surface contacted by the respective poles of the battery.

13. A device for use in energizing apparatus from a battery of generally cylindrical structure having a first pole and a second pole, said first pole projecting outwardly from one end of said battery;

the device including a support plate having oppositely disposed first and second members of insulating material, each having the shape of a structural channel having flanges extending therefrom, said flanges of each said member defining a slot, an electrically conductive strip in each slot, the flanges of said first member being spaced a greater distance than the flanges of the second member so as to receive the battery between said first and second members with the first projecting pole extending into the slot defined by the flanges of the first member in contact with the electrically conductive strip in the slot of said first member and with second pole in contact with the electrically conductive strip of the second member, whereby the battery can be positioned only in the one position defined for effectively energizing said apparatus, said apparatus to be energized, being energized by wires to be connected to the battery; and

said each member of insulating material having a hole permitting penetration of the corresponding wire into contact with the surface of the corresponding electrically conductive strip which surface is opposite to the surface to be contacted by the poles of said battery.