Electrical connector for small insulated wires

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AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING SMALL INSULATED WIRES TOGETHER WITHOUT STRIPPING INSULATION THEREFROM COMPRISING A THIN METALLIC MEMBER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MATERIAL BENT UPON ITSELF TO PROVIDE OPPOSING SURFACES THERETO WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO BE FURTHER BENT TOWARD EACH OTHER TO CLAMP SMALL INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING WIRES THEREBETWEEN, SAID OPPOSING SURFACES HAVING SHARP POINTS FACING EACH OTHER PRESSED THEREFROM IN STAGGERED ROWS, SAID SHARP POINTS BEING SPACED APART BY DISTANCES NOT EXCEEDING THE DIAMETER OF THE SMALL INSULATED WIRE CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID SURFACES SO THAT SAID SMALL WIRE CANNOT BE CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID SURFACES WITHOUT AT LEAST SEVERAL OF SAID STAGGERED POINTS PENETRATING THE INSULATION THEREOF TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE WIRE, INSULATING MATERIAL POSITIONED ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID THIN METALLIC MEMBER TO COVER SAID MEMBER WHEN SAID MEMBER IS CLAMPED ON SAID WIRES, SAID INSULATING MATERIAL EXTENDING BEYOND THE SIDES OF SAID THIN METALLIC MEMBER TO PREVENT ADJACENT ONES OF SAID MEMBERS FROM CONTACTING EACH OTHER WHEN A PLURALITY OF SUCH MEMBERS IS EMPLOYED IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION IN A CABLE JOINT, AND A REINFORCING MEMBER CLAMPED AROUND SAID THIN METALLIC MEMBER, SAID REINFORCING MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID THIN METALLIC MEMBER AND SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBER BEING FOLDED OVER EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID THIN METALLIC MEMBER.