Entrance terminal for telecommunications cables

Claim 1

An entrance terminal for telephone cables, comprising: a housing, including a cable trough extending down one side of the housing, the housing including a back part and a front part hingedly connected to the back part at a side opposite to that of said trough; said trough comprising a back member extending laterally from the back of the housing, a side member formed by a side of the housing, an end wall at each end of the trough, and a circular aperture in each end wall, the aperture breaking through an edge of the end wall to form a gap; an interconnect block in said back part of said housing, and apertures in said side member of said trough for passage of conductors laterally from said trough to said interconnect block; a plurality of elongate terminal strips mounted in said interconnect block and a plurality of terminal members spaced along each terminal strip and extending through said terminal strip, a back end of each terminal member accessed from the rear of the interconnect block and a front end of each terminal member accessed from the front of the interconnect block, conductors fed from said trough connected to the front ends of said terminal members; the front portion having a protector module block mounted therein; a plurality of terminal pins in said protector module block and extending from a rear surface of the protector module block; means for feeding conductors from the back ends of the terminal members to preselected ones of said terminal pins; means for mounting protector modules on a front surface of the protector module block, said means including terminals connected to said terminal pins and adapted to receive terminals on said protector modules; a cover removably mounted on said trough to form an enclosure for passage of conductors of a cable along said trough; and a hinged front cover on said front part of said housing.