Abstract: An improved fiber distribution panel including fiber connecting and splicing modules which are slidable into and out of a housing which is formed to support a plurality of said modules. Each module is provided with means for supporting a fiber connector at an angle with respect to the front edge thereof allowing access to the connectors and supports a booklet for storing slack fiber and for supporting permanent fiber connectors within said module.

Abstract: An EMI/ESD shielded D cable-connector assembly wherein the shielding between the cable shield and metal shell of the connector is afforded by a length of wire mesh surrounding the conductors and joining said shield to said shell. A shielding plate contacting said mesh and positioned for contact to the mating D connector assures a continuous ground.

Abstract: Making a branch connection with a flat cable and affording shielding is afforded by removing insulation at three longitudinally spaced locations transversely of the cable, folding the cable at the intermediate location, making connection to the signal leads at the intermediate location, cutting ground leads, folding ground leads at other two locations, and joining a portion of a conductive member to the ground leads on each side of the cable and by straps at the fold joining the portions of the conductive member affording ground contacts.

Abstract: A method of replacing a portion of an old telephone cable by a new cable portion without interrupting service to the line is handled by forming parallel circuits, redundant circuits and then disconnecting the old cable.

Abstract: A splice connector for making butt splices in optical fibers include an element formed of a deformable material and formed to define three surfaces for contacting the fibers to be spliced. The surfaces are formed between two levers of the element such that when the levers are moved toward each other the surfaces defining a fiber receiving passageway are closed onto a pair of fiber ends and the surfaces center the fiber ends and the levers afford a resilient spring compression reserve force on the aligned fiber ends to maintain them in contact. The element is placed in a plastic base and a cover, that fits onto the base, is placed over the element to close the levers of the element when the cover is closed.

Abstract: A single dual in-line package integrated circuit component carrier adapted to provide mechanical and static shielding protection is box like with spaced pairs of walls to minimize the size of the carrier but accommodate the 300, 400 or 600 mil DIP component.

Abstract: An electrical terminal having a supporting body, a tubular contact member having a bifurcate contact element and an elongated perforation generally diametrically aligned therewith, a cap enclosing the contact member with a wire receiving opening aligned with the contact element and an exit opening aligned with the perforation opposite the contact element. Contact is established by twisting the cap in relation to the contact member from a first position to an intermediate position and the wire extending from the exit opening is severed by further twisting of the cap in the same direction until a stop member is engaged.

Abstract: A shoe ground strap which has a static dissipative exposed surface and offers protection against static charges building on the wearer and offers protection against electrical hazards if contacting a source of electrical power. The strap comprises a band comprising a conductive metal ribbon, a static dissipative material and an adhesive layer to aid in holding the strap to the shoe, with at least the surface and the two edges of the band covered by said static dissipative material to expose only the static dissipative material.

Abstract: A fiber optic splice closure for protecting the splice made into a transmission cable, containing a plurality of fibers which are to remain unsevered, comprises a base to which the cable is anchored and in which slack fibers in the uncut cable are looped and stored free of transverse barriers. The seal is made with the cables and the base by a mating cover provided with a second area to receive splice trays and slack fibers selected from the cable for splicing.

Abstract: A desk type dispenser for dispensing note sheets which are adhered together along opposite alternate edges by a narrow band of adhesive coated on one surface of the sheets comprises a base member and a body member. The body is preferably weighted and sits on the uppermost sheets in the stack and is provided with a dispensing opening therein which communicates with arcuate wall members communicating with the bottom surface thereof. Recesses in one of the body and base and projections in the other member cooperate to afford a nesting of the base and the body. A platform on one of the members and a recess on the other affords a positioning of the stack of sheets with respect to the two members and stability for the stack of sheets.

Abstract: An electrical terminal having a supporting body, a tubular contact member having a bifurcate contact element and a cap enclosing the contact member with a wire receiving opening aligned with the contact element and a slotted opening aligned with a hole opposite the contact element. Contact is established by twisting the cap in relation to the contact member but only an inline connection is made as the wire is not severed simultaneously.

Abstract: A cover for the machine-less binding of pages into a booklet comprises a cover having a longitudinal edge of a strip of pressure sensitive tape adhered inside the cover along the central fold line to accept shingled edges of the pages.

Abstract: A connector for communication wire pairs has an insulating body formed with sinuous channels for capturing the insulated wire, U-slot contact elements for making contact with the wires and said contacts having spring elements formed by U-shaped cuts in the periphery of the element for contact with an external circuit to connect the same in series or parallel with said spliced wires.

Abstract: A stack of flexible sheet material for use in a dispensing device for dispensing individual sheets. The sheets are stacked with alternately opposite edges of successive sheets coated along one edge with a narrow band of readily releasable repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive. The dispenser comprises a container having a pair of sidewalls connected by a top wall which is formed with a transversely extending rectangular opening extending in the direction parallel to the sidewalls. The stack of sheets are placed within the dispenser such that upon removing the uppermost sheet in the stack the adhesive coating along one edge of the sheet parallel to the opening and adhered to the free edge of the next sheet in the stack will cause the next sheet in the stack to be withdrawn at that free edge through the dispensing opening upon withdrawal of the adhesive coated edge of the uppermost sheet.

Abstract: A taping head for applying a film of pressure sensitive adhesive to a receptor surface has a drive means for driving the adhesive to the applicating roller by driving a liner supporting the adhesive, and a dancing roll positioned between the apparatus for stripping the liner from the adhesive and the applicating roller adjusts the speed of movement of the film of adhesive to match the same with the application of the adhesive. The applicator is pressed against the receptor surface under the control of a compression device and a cutting device for adhesive severs the adhesive below the applicating roller and an air nozzle maintains the cut end of the adhesive in a position for subsequent application.

Abstract: A high density electrical connector comprising a connector body containing insulation displacement contact elements and a cover assembly having a first cover portion and a second cover portion between which electrical wires are retained. The first cover portion has contact insertion holes for receiving the ends of the contact elements. The second cover portion has a longitudinal slit extending from one end throughout a majority of its length for receiving the wires to be connected, has recesses on both sides of the slit for receiving the ends of the contact elements and has wire receiving grooves passing from the slit across the recesses to the edge of the second cover portion.

Abstract: A writing tablet is formed from a substantially continuous, fanfolded web of uniform width having transverse paths of weakness, along which the web can be torn evenly into individual sheets of uniform size. One face of the web bears a series of pressure-sensitive adhesive patterns, one pattern on each sheet, which pattern contacts the adhesive-bearing face of an adjacent sheet only in nonadhesive areas. The pressure-sensitive adhesive and nonadhesive areas are so prepared that each sheet can be cleanly peeled from the adjacent sheet without adhesive transfer, even after prolonged storage. After the tablet has been formed, its sheets can be conveniently and efficiently imprinted in a printer or copier and then returned to tablet form.

Abstract: A cable termination assembly, and a mold and method of molding the same, includes an electrical cable including at least one conductor, at least one electrical contact, a support body for at least preliminarily supporting the electrical contact, the electrical contact having an insulation displacement connection portion, a contacting portion, and an offset between said portions, and the support body having a land for cooperating with the offset to support the electrical contact during insulation displacement connection connecting of the insulation displacement connection portion to such conductor. Part of the electrical contact and the support body cooperate during the mentioned molding to effect a shut off function blocking flow of molding material of the strain relief into an area of the support body where the contacting portion is located.