Wire connector

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR COMPRISING: A BASE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL WIRE-SUPPORTING AND OPPOSED WIRE-RETAINING SURFACES AND BEING NARROWLY DEEPLY RECESSED ACROSS SAID SURFACES INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, THE CLOSELY SPACED SURFACES OF SAID BASE FORMING THE WALLS OF THE RECESS BEING PREPENDICULAR TO SAID SURFACES AND SAID BASE BEING FURTHER PROVIDED WITH A CYLINDERICAL OPENING HAVING A THREADED WALL PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO SAID RECESS; A CONDUCTIVE RESILIENT CONNECTOR MEMBER INCLUDING A THIN PLURALLY DEEPLY SLOOTED CONNECTOR PLATE SLIDABLY FITTING WITHOUT CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN SAID CLOSELY SPACED SURFACES WITH ITS LARGE SURFACE AREA SIDES CLOSELY ADJACENT THE CLOSELY SPACED SURFACES FOR INSERTION PAST SAID SUPPORTING AND RETAINING SURFACES AND WITH THE SLOTS IN SAID PLATE IN LINE WITH WIRES SUPPORTED ON THE CORRESPONDING WIRERETAINING SURFACES, THE NARROW EDGES DEFINING EACH OF SAID SLOTS BEING GENERALLY PARALLEL AND INCLUDING GRADUALLY DIVERGING PORTIONS DEFINING WIRE-ACCEPTING OPENINGS, SAID PLATE BEING FURTHER ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING A WIRE IN EACH OF SAID SLOTS UNDER PRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE RESILIENT