Rotatable terminal block

Claim 1

A rotatable terminal block assembly comprising a block having opposed front and rear faces and a surrounding peripheral edge, said peripheral edge including top and bottom edge portions, and side edge portions, means at said peripheral edge forming a block frame, said block frame having sections at said side edge portions and at said top and bottom edge portions, the sections at said side edge portions including trunions, a plurality of terminals in said block electrically isolated from each other, said terminals projecting beyond both of said opposed faces and providing front and rear terminal portions having means for connections to conductor wires, a fanning strip on said top edge portion and projecting beyond said opposed faces and having means for routing conductor wires, a bracket having a slotted back and spaced apart legs, means for mounting said bracket on a main distribution frame, said trunions projecting through said legs and being rotatably supported thereby for permitting rotational movement of the block between two positions, one of said positions being a position in which the front face of said block and the front portions of said terminals presented away from said bracket back, the other of said positions being a position in which said rear face of the block and the portions of said terminals are presented away from said bracket back, lock lever means on said legs for releasably locking said block in either of said two positions, a cover pivotally mounted on said block frame and spanning the space between said legs, said cover being disposed in front of the front terminal portions when the block is in said one position, and means for releasably locking the cover to said legs so that release of the cover permits the cover to swing downwardly for access to said front terminal portions, said cover being rotatable with said block when the cover is released.