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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1979
Claire G Crosier, San Marcos, CA (US);
Communications Technology Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A tap shoe for making electrical connections between a plurality of conductors in a cable and a plurality of conductors in a terminal block, typically used for making interconnections in telephone plant facilities. A body with top, bottom, opposing sides and opposing ends, with a plurality of electrical terminals in the body and accessible at the bottom and with means for connecting a cable to the terminals and feeding the cable from the body, typically through the top. A bar carried along the top with depending arms at each end riding in slots in the body, with the arms having a pin or other arrangement for engaging a J slot or other arrangement in the equipment frame, and a screw or screws for moving the bar away from the body locking the shoe in place on the equipment frame.