Module for interconnecting two monopair lines
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1. A module for interconnecting two monopair lines, namely an incoming line and an outgoing line, the monopair lines having electric wires having an insulating sheathing with respective ends, the module comprising:
- insulation-displacing contacts to connect the respective ends of the sheathed electric wires of each of the two pairs, the two sheathed electric wires of one of the two lines defining small wires and the two sheathed electric wires of the other line defining large wires, the small wires having conductive cores with diameters smaller than corresponding conducting cores of the large wires;
a line cut-off device incorporated in the module,wherein the line cut-off device is in the form of a test chamber having disposed therein an end of each of four test blades, each test blade coupled to a respective one of the insulation-displacing contacts, the test chamber being hermetically closed by a lid for line continuity or cut-off by interconnection of the test blades,wherein a first pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the large wires and a second pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the small wires, the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts respectively positioned on opposite sides of the test chamber;
wherein the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts are operatively associated with corresponding first and second devices for receiving and forced introduction of the two large wires and the two small wires, respectively, into respective insulation-displacing slots of the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts, the first device being on the same side of the chamber as the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts and the second device being on the same side of the chamber as the second pair of insulation-displacing contacts; and
wherein the first device comprises a screw for pushing the two large wires into the insulation-displacing slots of the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a module, made in one and the same piece, intended for interconnecting two monopair lines, typically two telephone or computer-related lines. It brings together in one module an alignment of three functional zones: a first functional zone of connection of the two "large wires" by I.D.C. and pusher with screw, a second functional zone comprising a test and possibly protection chamber closed by a cut-off lid, and a third functional zone comprising two I.D.C.'"'"'s for connection of the "small wires" and a connection pusher.
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1. A module for interconnecting two monopair lines, namely an incoming line and an outgoing line, the monopair lines having electric wires having an insulating sheathing with respective ends, the module comprising:
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insulation-displacing contacts to connect the respective ends of the sheathed electric wires of each of the two pairs, the two sheathed electric wires of one of the two lines defining small wires and the two sheathed electric wires of the other line defining large wires, the small wires having conductive cores with diameters smaller than corresponding conducting cores of the large wires; a line cut-off device incorporated in the module, wherein the line cut-off device is in the form of a test chamber having disposed therein an end of each of four test blades, each test blade coupled to a respective one of the insulation-displacing contacts, the test chamber being hermetically closed by a lid for line continuity or cut-off by interconnection of the test blades, wherein a first pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the large wires and a second pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the small wires, the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts respectively positioned on opposite sides of the test chamber; wherein the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts are operatively associated with corresponding first and second devices for receiving and forced introduction of the two large wires and the two small wires, respectively, into respective insulation-displacing slots of the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts, the first device being on the same side of the chamber as the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts and the second device being on the same side of the chamber as the second pair of insulation-displacing contacts; and wherein the first device comprises a screw for pushing the two large wires into the insulation-displacing slots of the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A module for interconnecting a first pair of insulated wires to a second pair of insulated wires, the module comprising:
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a chamber including four terminals; first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts, each insulation-displacing contact coupled to a corresponding one of the four terminals, the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts positioned on a first side of the chamber and the second pair of insulation-displacing contacts positioned on a second side of the chamber substantially opposite the first side; first and second devices each having at least one opening for receiving the first and second pairs of insulated wires, respectively, wherein the first and second devices insert the first and second pairs of insulated wires into the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts, respectively; and a chamber lid having contacts for interconnecting the four terminals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A module for interconnecting two monopair lines, namely an incoming line and an outgoing line, the monopair lines having electric wires having an insulating sheathing with respective ends, the module comprising:
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insulation-displacing contacts to connect the respective ends of the sheathed electric wires of each of the two pairs, the two sheathed electric wires of one of the two lines defining small wires and the two sheathed electric wires of the other line defining large wires, the small wires having conductive cores with diameters smaller than corresponding conducting cores of the large wires; a line cut-off device incorporated in the module, wherein the line cut-off device is in the form of a test chamber having disposed therein an end of each of four test blades, each test blade coupled to a respective one of the insulation-displacing contacts, the test chamber being hermetically closed by a lid for line continuity or cut-off by interconnection of the test blades, wherein a first pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the large wires and a second pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the small wires, the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts positioned on a first side of the test chamber and the second pair of insulation-displacing contacts positioned on a second side of the test chamber opposite the first side; wherein the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts are operatively associated with corresponding first and second devices for receiving and forced introduction of the two large wires and the two small wires, respectively, into respective insulation-displacing slots of the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts, the first device located on the same side of the chamber as the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts and receiving the two large wires in a first direction, the second device located on the same side of the chamber as the second pair of insulation-displacing contacts and receiving the small wires in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A module for interconnecting two monopair lines, namely an incoming line and an outgoing line, the monopair lines having electric wires having an insulating sheathing with respective ends, the module comprising:
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insulation-displacing contacts to connect the respective ends of the sheathed electric wires of each of the two pairs, the two sheathed electric wires of one of the two lines defining small wires and the two sheathed electric wires of the other line defining large wires, the small wires having conductive cores with diameters smaller than corresponding conducting cores of the large wires; a line cut-off device incorporated in the module, wherein the line cut-off device is in the form of a test chamber having disposed therein an end of each of four test blades, each test blade coupled to a respective one of the insulation-displacing contacts, the test chamber being hermetically closed by a chamber lid having contacts for interconnecting the test blades when the chamber lid is in a closed position, wherein a first pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the large wires and a second pair of the insulation-displacing contacts corresponds to the small wires, the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts respectively positioned on opposite sides of the test chamber; wherein the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts are operatively associated with corresponding first and second devices for receiving and forced introduction of the two large wires and the two small wires, respectively, into respective insulation-displacing slots of the first and second pairs of insulation-displacing contacts, the first device located on the same side of the chamber as the first pair of insulation-displacing contacts and the second device located on the same side of the chamber as the second pair of insulation-displacing contacts. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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