Electrical connector for tapping power from an insulation covered conductor

Claim 1

AUTOMATIC SPLICING APPARATUS INCLUDING HOUSING MEANS HAVING A PORTION DEFINING A CHAMBER WITH A THROUGH PASSAGE FOR RECEIVING AN INSULATION COVERED CONDUCTOR, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST SECTION HAVING A PIERCING MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID THROUGH PASSAGE, MEANS SECURING SAID FIRST SECTION TO SAID HOUSING MEANS, FIRST MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING INTO SAID CHAMBER, SECOND MEANS OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID FIRST MEANS TOWARD SAID PIERCING MEANS AND IN SO DOING CAUSE PIERCING MEANS TO ELECTRICALLY ENGAGE AN INSULATION COVERED WIRE POSITIONED IN AND EXTENDING BEYOND BOTH ENDS OF SAID THROUGH PASSAGE; SAID PORTION INCLUDING A THREADABLY MOUNTED CAP TO WHICH SAID SECOND MEANS IS MOUNTED; THIRD MEANS HAVING AN APERTURE THROUGH WHICH SAID PIERCING MEANS EXTENDS; SAID THIRD MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND POSITIONED TO ENGAGE INSULATION COVERING OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF WIRE TO MAINTAIN SUCH WIRE ALIGNED WITH SAID PIERCING MEANS AS SAID FIRST MEANS MOVES TOWARD SAID PIERCING MEANS; SAID THIRD MEANS INCLUDING SPACED ARMS EXTENDING TOWARD SAID CAP WITH EACH OF SAID ARMS HAVING A FREE EDGE WITH MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS OF VARYING HEIGHT.