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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4871599 | Support helix for a radially expanded resilient sleeve A support helix for a radially expanded sleeve of resilient material which may be used as an enclosure of an elongate object such as an electrical cable, comprising a tubular base body having a constant wall thickness through which circumferentially space... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4839473 | Waterproof electrical splice enclosure A waterproof electrical splice enclosure for receiving an electrical connector connecting the ends of a plurality of insulated electrical conductors extending out of the connector in the same direction and parallel to one another. The enclosure comprises ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4776488 | Device for dispensing flowable material from a bag A device for dispensing flowable material through a flexible wall of a bag, comprising a sealing part provided in the bag, and a dispensing part provided outside of the bag, the dispensing part being adapted to be mated with the sealing part as it penetra... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4767893 | Cable closing A cable closing method and the resultant cable closing constructed by enclosing the cable area to be closed with a flexible waterproof enclosure, wrapping the cable with a water-activatable urethane resin impregnated cloth to span the area enclosed by the... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4740653 | Electrical cable splice enclosure An electrical medium voltage cable connection enclosure for an oil-filled, paper-insulated cable has a spacer body arranged between a core connection area and a shielding enclosure. The spacer body is a prefabricated, resilient, open-pore foam material bo... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4712773 | Multiple panel play area A multiple panel unit for creating a play area for young children in which each panel has a rigid rectangular frame and is connected to an adjacent panel by a hinge structure at the top and bottom of the panels permitting the panels to be pivoted with res... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4692122 | Electrical terminal An electrical conductor interconnection terminal with a double wall barrel joined across a seam therein.... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4657321 | Telecommunication service wire connector A telecommunication service wire shield connector stamped and formed from a sheet of metal and having a generally planar elongate base, a ground stud connection tongue extending from one end of the base, a strain relief adjacent the opposite end of the ba... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4624518 | Electrical connector An electrical connector having a hollow cylindrical contact element with two circumferential wire connecting slots. A cap rotatable about the contact element and has a transverse channel for receiving an insulated wire end to carry it into a first of the ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4609208 | Wire identification label pad A pad of wire identification labels comprising a relatively stiff rectangular pad backing and a multiplicity of layers of a pressure sensitive adhesive tape on the pad backing. A narrow band of a release liner is similarly adhered to the pressure sensitiv... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4594755 | Cable branch-off sealing member A cable branch-off sealing member for use with a heat shrinkable material that is wrapped around two closely spaced parallel cables and pinched together between the cables to one side of the cables to create a loop of heat shrink material between the cabl... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4581805 | Wire-marking clip applicator A wire-marking clip applicator includes a holder which carries a number of wands, each carrying a unique set of marked C-shaped clips that can be individually dispensed onto a wire from a flared shoe at the end of each wand. Such clip-dispensing wands hav... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4578121 | Method for the cleaning of cable ends A method for cleaning an exposed bundle of cable ends of multi conductor transmission cable, especially grease filled telephone cables, in which one places the bundle of cable ends, preferably after separation and/or rough cleaning, into a cleaning fluid-... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4569431 | Dual hand control A dual hand control actuation mechanism for a manually actuated device has a pair of opposed actuating rods that have wedge shaped ends defining forward and rearward camming surfaces to interact with forward and rearward cam surfaces on a cam member posit... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4554401 | Buried cable splice closure A buried cable splice closure comprising a rigid plastic outer shell having an opening at least at one end through which cables may extend into the closure has a lower chamber adjacent each end opening for support of portions of cables extending into the ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4533192 | Integrated circuit test socket A test socket for integrated circuits in rectangular packages having contact pads or leads. The test socket has an insulating body with a top opening into which a package may be inserted and latched in place by electrical contact elements that also make e... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4533129 | Electrical connector locator plate A locator plate for positioning a plurality of different length multi-contact insulation displacement connectors for connection to multi-conductor flat cables has movable end guides for the connectors and a plurality of shims individually slidable along a... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4526348 | Fence connector A fence connector and a method for connecting round wooden posts to round wooden rails to make a fence. The connector is a unitary sheet metal connector having a central bridge portion and a pair of connection flanges, one at each end of the bridge portio... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4503105 | Plastic core for an elastically shrinkable tubular cover A hollow tubular core for supporting an elastic tubular cover member in a highly radially stretched condition comprises a cylindrical plastic tube having a plurality of circumferentially spaced, axially extending lugs on the inner wall of the tube and a c... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4498507 | Cable tie A cable tie system for simultaneously assembling and applying cable ties from a continuous length of strap material and a plurality of individual cable tie heads. The cable tie heads are molded of plastic with a pair of parallel cable tie strap passages a... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4497760 | Cable sheath repair method A method of repairing damage to the sheath of a communications cable in which a heat shrinkable material is wrapped around the communications cable to bridge across the damaged area of the sheath. A flexible strip heater having a base with a heating eleme... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4496206 | Side entry electrical wire connector An electrical wire connector having a hollow, open-topped insulating body, an insulating cover formed to telescope with the body, the body and cover having complementary latches to retain them in an open position for insertion of wires into wire receiving... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4487471 | Socket connector A socket connector having an insulating body containing a plurality of contact elements in which each of the contact elements is stamped from sheet metal and has a connecting end and a pin contacting end. The pin contacting end of each contact element has... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4478477 | Electrical wire connector holder A unitary molded plastic holder for a multiplicity of wire connectors of the type wherein a body and cover are crimped together after insertion of the wires between them. The holder has an elongate body with a multiplicity of electrical wire connector rec... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4470655 | Transition connector A transition connector in which all contact elements are identical has opposing teminals connected by a foldable strap to permit keeping all the terminals of each set at the same extended length. The contact elements are anchored to the insulative carrier... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4459165 | Communication cable installation A communication cable applicator and method in which a communication cable component supply including two rolls of pressure sensitive adhesive tape and a plurality of lengths of communication conductors supported and guided on a frame across a resilient a... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4449777 | Drop wire connector An electrical drop wire connector for facilitating the connection of drop wires to overhead communication cables has spring compression reserve connection to both drop wire and cable wire. Test ports permit electrical testing of the installation. Easy acc... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4444448 | Wire cutting electrical connector An electrical wire connector having an insulating body and cover, a conductive contact element and a wire cut-off blade. The cap and body telescope together to force wires into the contact element and to force the wires against the cut-off blade to sever ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4444449 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for non-prestripped wires has a lower housing part (1) with wire guides, each comprising a double channel consisting of an upper introduction channel (47) having a cross-section suited for the introduction of a wire (7) and therebe... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4444447 | Electrical wire connector An electrical wire connector having a hollow, open-topped insulating body and an insulating cover formed to telescope with the body, the body and cover having complementary latches to retain them in an open position for insertion of wires and also to reta... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4442316 | Crimp connector for electrical wires A crimp connector for electrical wires has two chambers formed from a unitary piece of sheet metal, one chamber for magnet wires and one chamber for connecting wires. Each chamber is formed by a bridge part and a row of a plurality of fingers which depend... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4441017 | Flexible strip heater A strip heater for wrapping around and applying heat to elongate generally cylindrical objects has a thin, flexible, elongate fiber reinforced base with a uniform width along the majority of its length, resistance wire insulated within the base across a u... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4436015 | Stringed instrument bridge A bridge for a stringed instrument has a base plate, an elongate end wall extending perpendicularly from the base plate and having a plurality of laterally spaced string grooves, and an elongate bridge bar parallel to the end wall and having string suppor... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4431247 | Insulated terminal and module An electrical terminal having a supporting body, a transversely perforate cap, and an enclosed tubular contact member having a bifurcate contact element in line with a wire cutting edge. Contact is established and excess wire removed by a twisting motion ... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4431248 | Flat cable connector A connector for making interconnection between the conductors in a flat cable and a terminal post grid on a printed circuit board has a molded plastic contact carrier in which the wire connection ends of the contacts exit from one surface of the carrier a... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4429455 | Connector application machine A machine for application of two-part electrical connectors to multiconductor flat cables has connector magazines for feeding connector bodies and covers to a pre-application station seriatim, and a connector pusher bar for moving a body and a cover from ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4429940 | Tap connector A tap connector for tapping branch conductors to conductors of a bus cable has an insulating base, a plurality of tap contacts retained in the base and an insulating cover. Each contact is a flat metal plate having three parallel, closely spaced legs exte... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4407411 | Storage box A storage box which can be easily modified to store flat, rectangular objects with a plurality of different widths and thicknesses is disclosed. The storage box consists of a rectangular housing member which has a plurality of straight tracks mounted on t... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4401965 | Thermal switch A single use thermal switch having a tubular casing within which a mechanical isolation cage is axially movable. The cage is normally urged by a helical compression spring against a fusible pellet which melts at a temperature at which it is desired to dis... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4381424 | Multi-core cable connection for medium voltage cable A multi-core cable connection for medium voltage cables in which each core connection includes a pair of prefabricated permanently elastic stress control elements, each of which has a sleeve-like main body of insulating material and a conductive sleeve-li... | 04/26/1983 |
