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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1979
Hans-Herbert Kordt, Osterode, DE;
Paul P Stenz, Detmold, DE;
C. A. Weidmuller KG, Detmold, DE;
Abstract
A clip-on electrical terminal block has an earth terminal which grips one flange of a channel-section support rail with outwardly turned flanges. To prevent the earth terminal from drifting in the case of a flange of tapered cross section, a clamping member of the flange not only engages the underside of the flange but also has an inner arm which engages the internal surface of the channel-section rail. A single clamping screw clamps together the earth conductor, the clamping member of the terminal, and the flange of the support rail, by means of a lower arm of the clamping member. To facilitate access to the clamping screw in the case of a terminal block with stacked terminals, the region of the terminal block housing containing the earth terminal may be laterally offset.