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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1990
Edwin R Newell, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Jackie C Sullivan, Wendell, NC (US);
Square D Company, Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
The cable receptacle of the present invention allows for substantially unimpeded insertion of a fiber optic cable and the selective impeding of the withdrawal of the fiber optic cable through retention structure. The retention structure is provided by cooperation among a cover, a housing, a gripper, a pivot support arm and a channel. The cover includes a fiber opening through which the fiber optic cable extends and a gripping adjustment opening allowing access to a positioning portion of the gripper. A housing is attached to the cover and may include either a portion of the channel, or the pivot support arm or both. To the extent that the housing does not provide, or only partially provides, the channel or pivot support arm then the cover makes up the lack. A gripper having a tooth end and a distal end to either side of the pivot point, includes a resilient spring to bias the gripper to the end into engagement with the fiber optic cable. The pivot support arm pivotally supports the gripper for rotation. The channel receives the fiber optic cable and usually includes an opposing surface to fix the cable between the tooth end of the gripper and the opposing surface to prevent axial movement. A channel at least partially surrounds the circumference of the cable to a degree sufficient to prevent movement of the cable in an off axis direction. The receptacle of the present invention generally impedes movement of the cable while the gripper is engaged with the cable which allows easy insertion of the cable.