Improved terminal block for small appliances
CA 2133035 C · Owner: Kaney, Howard W. · Inventors: Kaney, Howard W.
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Disclosed is a terminal block especially suited for rapidly wiring small appliances. The block has an insulating housing holding a plurality of electricallyconductive connectors and in the improvement at least a, first connector is bifurcated to define a pair of jaw-like wire-grasping structures for electrically connecting a pair of wires to one another. The structures are separated by a tongue-like barrier for easy guided insertion of a single wire into each structure. The block is also disclosed in combination with an appliance enclosure having a platform supporting the terminal block. The platform has at least one block retention stud, the terminal block includes at least one surface …
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- Filed September 27, 1994 and granted January 11, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 27, 2014.
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