Wire connecting device having improved wire trimming means

Claim 3

A device as set forth in claim 1, said stuffing and shearing member being dimensioned to have a force fit in said terminal member.

Claim 4

A device as set forth in claim 1, said terminal member having a second open end and a second wire-receiving slot which is proximate to said second open end and in alignment with said wire-receiving slot, a second wire locating slot extending from the wire-receiving end of said second wire-receiving slot, a third wire-receiving slot which is on the opposite side of said terminal from the side of said second wire-receiving slot, said third wire-receiving slot having a wire-receiving end which communicates with said second wire locating slot, said second and third wire-receiving sloTs being transversely aligned with respect to the axis of said terminal member, and a second insulating cover means having a second integral stuffer member whereby, a through wire can be connected to a tap wire by locating said tap wire on said terminal member in alignment with said wire receiving slot, locating said through wire in alignment with said second and third wire-receiving slots, and moving said cover members over and onto the ends of said terminal member, and said tap wire will be trimmed and said through wire will be moved into said second and third wire-receiving slot without trimming.

Claim 5

A device as set forth in claim 1, said wire-receiving slot extending intermediate the ends of said terminal member, said locating means comprising a wire locating slot extending partially circumferentially around said terminal member from said wire-receiving end of said slot to said shearing edge portions of said terminal member.

Claim 6

A device as set forth in claim 4, said terminal member having a second open end and a second wire-receiving slot which is proximate to said second open end, a second wire locating slot extending from the wire-receiving end of said second wire-receiving slot, and a second cover member having a second stuffer and shearing member projecting therefrom whereby, two wires can be electrically connected to each other by placing one wire in each of said wire locating slots and moving said cover members over said ends of said terminal member.

Claim 7

An electrical connecting device for electrically connecting corresponding wires of two pairs of wires to each, said device comprising: first and second electrical terminal members, said members each comprising a tubular body having an axially extending seam, each terminal member having first and second wire-receiving slots adjacent to each of its ends, said slots coinciding with said seam, each of said slots having a wire-receiving end which is proximate to one end of said terminal member, wire locating means on each of said terminal members for each of said wire-receiving slots, said locating means for each slot being effective to locate a wire with its axis extending transversely of the axis of said terminal member, transversely of, and in alignment with, said wire receiving end of said slot, and across shearing edge portions of said terminal which are on the side of said terminal member which is opposite to the side on which said wire-receiving end of said slot is located, and an insulating cover means for each end of said connecting device, each of said cover means being movable over the ends of said terminal members, each cover means having a depending flange for surrounding both of said terminal members and having integral stuffer and shearing members projecting therefrom, said stuffer members extending in the same direction as said flange, and beyond said flange, said stuffer members being dimensioned to fit snugly within said terminal members whereby, upon locating corresponding wires of said two pairs in the wire-locating means of a common terminal member and thereafter moving said cover members towards each other and over the ends of said terminal members, said wires are moved into said wire-receiving slots whereby said corresponding wires are electrically connected to each other.

Claim 8

An electrical connecting device for electrically connecting corresponding wires of two pairs of wires to each, said device comprising: first and second electrical terminal members, said members each comprising a tubular body having an axially extending seam, each terminal member having first and second wire-receiving slots adjacent to each of its ends, said slots coinciding with said seam, each of said slots having a wire-receiving end which is proximate to one end of said terminal member, wire locating means on each of said terminal members for each of said wire-receiving slots, said locating means for each slot being effective to locate a wire with its axis extending transversely of the axis of said terminal member, transversely of, and in alignment with, said wire receiving end of said slot, and across shearing edge portions of said terminal which are on the side of said terminal member which is opposite to the side on which said wire-receiving end of said slot is located, and an insulating cover means for each end of said connecting device, each of said cover means being movable over the ends of said terminal members, each cover means having a depending flange for surrounding both of said terminal members and having integral stuffer and shearing members projecting therefrom, said stuffer members extending in the same direction as said flange, and beyond said flange, said stuffer members being dimensioned to fit snugly within said terminal members whereby, upon locating corresponding wires of said two pairs in the wire-locating means of a common terminal member and thereafter moving said cover members towards each other and over the ends of said terminal members, said wires are moved into said wire-receiving slots whereby said corresponding wires are electrically connected to each other.