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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1987
Thomas J Collins, Wall, NJ (US);
Anthony L Nieves, Bradley Beach, NJ (US);
Thomas G Graham, Ocean, NJ (US);
Keptel, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Abstract
A multiline telephone test receptacle for allowing testing of more than one telephone line connected to the receptacle in a convenient manner, for example, with a single line telephone set, without requiring special connections. In one embodiment, a movable member having an opening which is positionable in two positions over a telephone jack cavity allows contacts of a telephone plug to engage different ones of the telephone lines connected to the jack in the two positions, thus providing a convenient means for testing the two lines. In another embodiment, the contacts of the telephone jack cavity are disposed on a movable member and the opening is fixed. The telephone test receptacle can be expanded to allow testing of more than two lines.