Direct wire connector for thermocouples

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR DIRECT CONNECTION TO A PAIR OF THERMOCOUPLE LEAD WIRES OF DISSIMILAR MATERIALS, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BODY OF INSULATING MATERIAL FORMED IN TWO PARTS, EACH PART INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDE-BY-SIDE RECESSES FORMED IN A FACE THEREOF, SAID PARTS BEING ASSEMBLED TOGETHER IN FACING RELATION WHEREIN THE RECESSES ON ONE PART COOPERATE WITH THE RECESSES ON SAID OTHER PART TO FORM A PAIR OF CONDUCTING MEMBER RECEIVING BORES EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BODY, A PAIR OF CONDUCTING MEMBERS CARRIED IN SAID BORES, EACH MEMBER INCLUDING A TUBULAR WALL PORTION FORMING A SOCKET WITH AN OPEN END FOR RECEIVING ONE OF SAID WIRES, SAID MEMBERS BEING FORMED OF THE SAME MATERIALS AS THE THERMOCOUPLE LEAD WIRES, A PAIR OF LOCKING DOGS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY OUTWARDLY OF SAID CONDUCTING MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID DOGS INCLUDING A WIRE-ENGAGING PORTION MOVABLE WITHIN AN OPENING FORMED IN THE TUBULAR WALL OF THE SOCKET OF ONE CONDUCTING MEMBER BETWEEN A RELEASED POSITION AND A WIRE-ENGAGING POSITION FOR HOLDING THE END OF A WIRE IN SAID SOCKET, AND BIASING MEANS SPACED FROM SAID MEMBERS FOR BIASING SAID DOGS INTO WIRE-ENGAGING POSITION.