Cylindrically arranged modular main distribution frame

Claim 2

A modular main distribution frame comprised of a plurality of modules, means for interconnecting said plurality of modules in a cylindrical configuration with each module positioned along a radius of said configuration, said interconnection means having a plurality of electric circuit conductor bands included thereon, each of said modules having affixed thereto first terminal strips for terminating outside cable pairs and second terminal strips for terminating equipment cable pairs, each module further including first and second interconnected cable condUits along longitudinal edges of said module, cable guides along said first conduit remote from the center of said main frame for defining paths for cables extending between nonadjacent terminal strips affixed to said module, and cable guides along said second conduit close to the center of said main frame for defining paths for cables extending between said module and said interconnection means.

Claim 3

A modular main distribution frame comprised of a plurality of modules having affixed thereto first terminal strips for terminating outside cable pairs and second terminal strips for terminating equipment cable pairs, each of said modules including a bifurcated support structure each part of which includes said first and second terminal strips, each of said first and second terminal strips having a plurality of terminals extending through opposite sides and accessible from either side thereof, means for electrically connecting said outside cable pairs to specified ones of said terminals on said first terminal strips and said equipment cable pairs to specified ones of said terminals on said second terminal strips, said connections being implemented on a single side of each of said parts enclosed within said bifurcated structure, and means for interconnecting said plurality of modules in a cylindrical configuration with each module positioned along a radius of said configuration, said interconnection means having a plurality of electric circuit conductor bands included thereon.

Claim 4

A modular main distribution frame comprised of a plurality of modules having affixed thereto first terminal strips for terminating outside cable pairs and second terminal strips for terminating equipment cable pairs, each of said modules including a bifurcated support structure each part of which includes said first and second terminal strips, each of said first and second terminal strips having a plurality of terminals extending through opposite sides and accessible from either side thereof, means for electrically connecting said outside cable pairs to specified ones of said terminals on said first terminal strips and said equipment cable pairs to specified ones of said terminals on said second terminal strips, said connections being implemented on a single side of each of said parts enclosed within said bifurcated structure, and means for interconnecting said plurality of modules in a cylindrical configuration with each module positioned along a radius of said configuration, said interconnection means having a plurality of electric circuit conductor bands included thereon.

Claim 5

The modular main distribution frame in accordance with claim 2 wherein said first and second terminal strips further include guide strips affixed to parallel edges of a terminal bearing surface on said first and second terminal strips with said terminal bearing surface being opposite to the corresponding such surface enclosed within said bifurcated structure, said guide strips being parallel to a longitudinal axis of said terminal strips and having a plurality of slots therein for holding jumper wires in alignment as said wires emanate from said plurality of terminals.

Claim 6

A modular main distribution frme comprised of a plurality of modules having affixed thereto first terminal strips for terminating outside cable pairs and second terminal strips for terminating equipment cable pairs, each of said plurality of modules including first and second cable conduits, and means, including said terminal strips, for mechanically connectng said conduits together in spaced relationship, and means for interconnecting said plurality of modules in a cylindrical configuration with each module positioned along a radius of said configuration, said interconnection means having a plurality of electric circuit conductor bands included thereon.

Claim 7

A modular main distribution frme comprised of a plurality of modules having affixed thereto first terminal strips for terminating outside cable pairs and second terminal strips for terminating equipment cable pairs, each of said plurality of modules including first and second cable conduits, and means, including said terminal strips, for mechanically connectng said conduits together in spaced relationship, and means for interconnecting said plurality of modules in a cylindrical configuration with each module positioned along a radius of said configuration, said interconnection means having a plurality of electric circuit conductor bands included thereon.

Claim 8

The modular main distribution frame in accordance with claim 4 wherein said first terminal strips for terminating outside cable pairs include means for attaching a first end of each of said first terminal strips to said first cable conduit, and means for attaching a second end of each of said first terminal strips to said second cable conduit, said attachment to said second cable conduit being at a different elevation than said attachment to said first cable conduit, whereby each of said first terminal strips has a negative slope when viewed from said first cable conduit with all of said first terminal strips being parallel with respect to one another, and said second terminal strips for terminating equipment cable pairs include means for attaching a first end of each of second second terminal strips to said first cable conduit, and means for attaching a second end of each of said second terminal strips to said second cable conduit, said attachment to said second cable conduit being at a different elevation than said attachment to said first cable conduit, whereby each of said second terminal strips has a positive slope when viewed from said first cable conduit with all oF said second terminal strips being parallel with respect to one another and interposed between said first terminal strips in alternating sequence.

Claim 9

The modular main distribution frame in accordance with claim 5 wherein each of said plurality of modules further includes means for guiding cables along one of said conduits said guiding means including a fin member having transverse apertures through a base portion thereof so cables can be passed either over or through said fin member.