Abstract: An inclinometer subassembly for determining the inclination of a single measurement axis, the subassembly comprising: a first pair of accelerometers comprising a first accelerometer and a second accelerometer; and a second pair of accelerometers comprising a third accelerometer and a fourth accelerometer; wherein each accelerometer comprises at least one sensing axis for sensing acceleration due to gravity relative to its at least one sensing axis; wherein the first and second accelerometers of the first pair are arranged such that the at least one sensing axis of each of the first and second accelerometers is orientated in the same direction as the single measurement axis, wherein the second accelerometer is arranged in an orientation in which it has been rotated about its at least one sensing axis by 180 degrees relative to the first accelerometer; wherein the third and fourth accelerometers of the second pair are arranged such that the at least one sensing axis of each of the third and fourth accelerometer

Abstract: A computer-implemented system to simulate, analyze, and optimize the financial aspects of a banking institution's plan to convert existing depository locations to distributed capture technology.

Abstract: In a device, for example an electrical coupling device, for locating or gripping an elongated member, for example an insulated conductor or cable, there is provided the combination of a pair of jaws and a camming means into which the pair of jaws is insertable for the purpose of urging the jaws towards one another to locate or grip the elongated member. To enable the device to accommodate elongated members of different sizes, the elongated member-engaging face of at least one of the jaws is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart projections, for example pimples and/or ridges, which, when the pair of jaws is inserted into the camming means to bring said faces into confrontation with one another, project towards the elongated member-engaging face of the other jaw.

Abstract: A device for locating or gripping an elongated member, for example an insulated electrical conductor or cable, includes a pair of jaws having first and second opposed ends and made at least partly of resilient plastics material and a camming means into which the pair of jaws is insertable, with said first end first, for the purpose of engaging two opposite, outwardly-facing surfaces of the pair of jaws with a pair of opposed, inwardly-facing surfaces of the camming means so that the jaws are urged towards one another in order to locate or grip an elongated member between confronting faces of the two jaws.

Abstract: An electrical coupling device, for example an electric plug, for effecting electrical connection between an electrically-conducting member of the coupling device and the electrically-conducting material of an insulated electrical conductor, comprises a base member, a cradle provided on the base member and having an internal space for the reception of said conductor, which space is defined between a pair of spaced-apart confronting surfaces of the cradle between which, in use of the coupling device, the conductor is held, and a metallic, conductor-piercing means, forming at least a part of said electrically-conducting member, which projects into said space between said confronting surfaces, whereby when the conductor is introduced into said space, the conductor-piercing means penetrates the electrically-insulating material of the conductor and makes contact with the electrically-conducting material of the conductor while the conductor is held between said confronting surfaces.

Abstract: An electrical coupling device, for example a 3-pin plug, of the kind comprising a housing, for example a plug base (2), means, such as conductor-piercing members (20-22), within the housing for effecting electrical connection to one or more conductors (not shown) of an electrical cable (1) which enters the housing in use of the device and a cable grip for clamping the cable relative to the housing. The cable grip comprises a pair of cooperating jaws (8, 9) adapted to receive the cable (1) therebetween and camming means formed in the housing into which the pair of jaws with the cable therebetween can be pressed.

Abstract: A multi-pin electrical plug of the kind having a base with a first surface from which the current-carrying pins of the plug project, and a cover removably mounted on a second surface of the base, opposite the first surface, in a position of securement on the base. Interengaging means, for example cooperating tongues and grooves, are provided on the base and cover, by means of which the cover can be slid, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axes of the pins of the plug, into its position of securement on the base. A movable locking means is incorporated in the plug for automatically locking the cover to the base, at least when the plug is inserted into a corresponding electrical socket with the cover in its position of securement on the base.

Abstract: An electrical coupling device which can make efficient electrical contact with the electrically conducting part or parts of one or more insulated electrical conductors without the need for baring all the insulation from the conductor or conductors and without the need for actuating with a tool some form of connection member. The coupling device includes a body portion which has an electrically insulating part and electrically conducting means which comprises metallic piercing means. The coupling device also includes a conductor-locating means which has guiding means for guiding the piercing means along a specific path in the locating means when the locating means and the body portion are assembled together in an operative position.