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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1991
Albert Ditzig, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Telephone Products, Inc., Wheeling, IL (US);
Abstract
A rotary connector, for preventing the tangling of a telephone cord, comprises a housing carrying within it a female modular connector. Also located within the housing is a sub-assembly comprising a spindle and a connector member which engages a shank of the spindle. The sub-assembly comprises structure for electrically connecting a plurality of peripheral spindle rings to one end of a cable extending from within the connector member outwardly to a male modular connector remote from the housing. The spindle rings are engaged by wipers electrically connected to contact elements on the female modular connector, which carries the wipers. The housing and the female modular connector rotate as a unit relative to the sub-assembly.