Spring-wire

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC DUAL CONDUCTOR WIRE GRIPPER COMPRISING AN INSULATING BASE, DUAL, PARALLEL, LATERALLY SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED NOTCHES IN SAID BASE TERMINATING SUBSTANTIALLY AT A SURFACE THEREOF AND HAVING ONE LEG OF EACH V-SHAPED NOTCH SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID SURFACE, A TRANSVERSE CHANNEL CONNECTING SAID LEGS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY THEIR FULL DEPTH AND EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND THEM, A TERMINAL PLATE SECURED IN AND NEARLY FILLING SAID CHANNEL HAVING A WING ON EACH EDGE SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLATE AND EACH DIRECTED GENERALY TOWARD THE OTHER LEG OF EACH V, A CONDUCTOR WIRE GRIPPER COMPRISING A PAIR OF DIVERGENT ARMS OF SPRING WIRE INTEGRATED BY A BEND OF THE ORDER OF 180* AND ARRANGED ONE PAIR IN EACH SAID NOTCH WITH THE FREE END OF EACH OUTERMOST ARM SUBSTANTIALLY ENGAGING SAID PLATE ADJACENT ONE OF SAID WINGS AT A POSITION DEEPER IN ITS NOTCH THAN THE BEND BETWEEN THE ARMS OF THE PAIR, A STRAIGHT TRANSVERSE INTEGRAL PORTION OF SAID SPRING WIRE CONNECTING THE INNER ENDS OF THE OTHER ARMS TOGETHER, AND EXTENDING IN SAID CHANNEL BENEATH THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID TERMINAL PLATE, WHEREBY THE DUAL SPRING WIRE GRIPPER UNIT IS MAINTAINED IN POSITION IN THE V-SHAPED NOTCHES AND CONNECTING CHANNEL.