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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1986
Filed:
May. 31, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wallace S Campbell, III, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
American Television & Communications Corporation, Englewood, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H03H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 86 ; 174 59 ; 333136 ;
Abstract
A tap-off unit or signal transmission device for use in a cable TV system having a plurality of such tap-off units, each tap-off unit receiving cable TV signals from a feeder cable and distributing the signals to a plurality of homes. The tap-off unit has a signal coupler which facilitates removal from the tap-off unit of a circuitry unit and which minimizes the interruption of cable TV signals further down the feeder cable in the event of repair or maintenance of the circuitry unit.