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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1994
James S Hower, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Maris A Glass, York, PA (US);
Clyde T Carter, Shermans Dale, PA (US);
James W Robertson, Oberlin, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A cross-connection assembly (10) including a plurality of cross-connection sites (14) provided by housing modules (30) secured to a base frame (12). Each site (14) is defined by a silo (52) containing a first terminal (60) and an actuator (120) secured thereatop rotatable to terminate a first wire (112) to the first terminal. At a selected site, a second terminal (160) is mountable to the actuator (120) thereat to electrically engage the first terminal, and a corresponding cap (190) over the second terminal is initially rotatable with respect to actuator (120) in order to terminate a second wire (220) at the site. Upon the first rotation the cap becomes locked to the actuator, providing that later rotation of the cap also moves the actuator and second terminal and second wire of necessity to permit untermination and retermination of the first wire (112) with respect to the first terminal (60).