Connector for printed circuit plates

Claim 1

IN A CONNECTOR FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT PLATES INCLUDING A STRIP MEMBER HOUSING SPRING CLAMPS ADAPTED TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTRIC CONTACT WITH CONDUCTING LINES ON SAID PRINTED PLATES, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (A) SUCH A STRIP MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL SLOT FOR THE INSERTION OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT PLATE AND A A PLURALITY OF DORSAL TRANSVERSE SLOTS; SAID STRIP MEMBER HAVING UPWARD EXTENSIONS AT EACH END THEREOF, NORMAL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL SLOT, ADAPTED FOR GUIDING SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT PLATE IN THE SAID LONGITUDINAL SLOT; (B) A RETAINING RESILIENT LEAF MOUNTED AT ONE END OF SAID STRIP MEMBER TO EXTEND ABOVE THE ADJACENT GUIDING EXTENSION AND HAVNG A BENT EXTREMITY ADAPTED TO BE HOUSED IN A NOTCH FORMED ALONG ONE EDGE OF THE PRINTED PLATE; (C) SPRING CLAMPS INSERTED IN SAID SLOTS IN SPACED ALIGNMENT ALONG SAID STRIP MEMBER; SAID CLAMPS EACH HAVING A FIN PROJECTING OUT OF SAID STRIP MEMBER AND SLOTS; (D) A BASE PLATE OVER WHICH SAID STRIP MEMBER AND CLAMPS ARE SECURED WITH SAID CLAMPS HOUSED IN SAID SLOTS, SAID BASE PLATE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS SPACED THEREALONG SO AS TO CONTAIN SAID FINS TO FORM ELECTRICAL TERMINALS.