Abstract: The present invention relates to a twist-type electrical connector having an improved interlock. In the connector, a plug and a receptacle are rotated angularly relative to each other to bring electrical contacts into engagement and to prevent accidental separation of the plug and receptacle. Entrance slots in the receptacle receive the male blades and carry detents which engage with a rear edge of at least one of the male blades and hold the blade in its seated or rotated position. The detents also provide an indication as to when proper connections have been established and also, prevent accidental counterrotation of the contacts.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a high voltage, high power cable for use in an environment of high pressure fluid. The connector is comprised of parts which can be assembled in place in the field with widely available tools, by unskilled operatives. The connector includes a generally cylindrical housing of rigid material, one end of which is designed to tightly enclose an armored cable and the other end of which is provided with a coupling ring for secure attachment to a feedthrough socket, a continuous outer protective sheath of rigid material thus being provided. Within the housing, a generally cylindrical contactor support body, fabricated of resiliently deformable insulating material, seats on the wall of the housing. A contactor for each of the contacts of the feedthrough socket is sealed within the contactor support body.

Abstract: A support for a material being cut in an oxidation cutting operation comprising a stanchion and a tip connected to and projecting above the stanchion to contact and support a material being cut. In cross section the tip is characterized by angled sides which extend upwardly and inwardly from a base to an apex which contacts the underside of the material being cut. Such a configuration minimizes direct impingement of the oxidation stream of the cutter upon the tip and directs molten material flowing from the kerf away from the support.

Abstract: A bifurcated electrical contact having a pair of resiliently deflectable arms having end portions adapted to contact each other. The restorative force of the deflected arms is increased by projections (17) spaced from the end portions (16), which contact each other before the surfaces (19) of the end portions contact each other thereby increasing the restorative force on the arms.

Abstract: A table is shown suitable for use in supporting, manipulating and positioning human bodies or cadavers during examination, diagnosis and experimentation involving the spine. A pelvic support and a thoracic support are separately slidably mounted on a frame base table. Each support is provided with positioning rods which may be placed in predrilled holes in the pelvic and thoracic regions respectively. The positioning rods are pivoted for rotation so that the cadaver's spine may be controllably and adjustably positioned to simulate forward bending motion of the spine. The thoracic support is pivoted along two axes to provide lateral bending and rotation adjustments. Sensitive plates are positioned below and to the side of the cadaver for sequential radiographic analysis of the spinal region between the positioning rods during various postures controlled by adjustment of the rods and supports. Suitable indexing and locking mechanisms are provided so that a series of sequential positions may be examined.

Abstract: A hollow sealing member open at one end for receiving an electrical connector has at its opposite end, a wall formed with a plurality of recesses closed by a frangible base. The shape of the recesses permits a relatively wide flat tab to be passed through the wall without reducing the sealing effect of the wall around the conductor to which the flat tab is crimped.

Abstract: A camera flash socket, adapted to releasably retain the base of a flash unit, has a plurality of resilient fingers for engaging retaining surfaces in the base of the flash unit, a projecting portion for preventing improper insertion of the base of a flash unit in the socket and a plurality of electrical connectors. In a preferred embodiment, the flash socket includes three connectors in the form of spring-biased contacts and further includes two pairs of opposed resilient fingers, the fingers being positioned to retain the base of the flash unit in the socket when the base is presented in a proper orientation with respect to the socket.

Abstract: A saw guide assembly having a straight edge guide means attached to one of a pair of grip levers connected by a bolt and wing nut which latter, when tightened, assures clamping of a work-piece between the guide means and a pressing means such as a spring mounted on the other grip lever.

Abstract: In a quick acting clamping device a pair of pressure levers are mounted in a cylindrical housing for displacement between an unclamped position and a clamped position. In the unclamped position the pressure levers extend obliquely to the cylindrical axis of the housing and in the clamped position they extend parallel to the cylindrical axis. Movement of the pressure levers between the clamped and unclamped positions is provided by mounting one end of each of the levers in a pressure piece. The pressure piece is located in a bore in a piston mounted in another bore within the cylindrical housing. The bore in which the piston is mounted extends transversely of the housing, while the bore in the piston extends in the direction of the cylindrical axis of the housing. The housing includes passageways for introducing pressurized hydraulic fluid into the opposite ends of the bore containing the piston.

Abstract: A sawing location apparatus adapted to be placed on a workpiece has a bearing engagement for the workpiece to one side of a saw guide device and a location device on the other side of the saw guide device for setting the workpiece to a desired position in a direction transverse to the cutting plane defined by the saw guide device. Arrangements are described for making right-angled and oblique transverse cuts in an elongate workpiece as well as longitudinally directed cuts in an end face of such a workpiece.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for splicing two wires together whereby such splice can be disconnected and the device reused. More particularly the invention provides a single elongated housing of insulating material and a one piece contact strip encased therein. The strip contains a spring member and apertured frames which receive the wire conductors. Upon forcing depressed steps on the strip into slots in the housing the apertures are deformed into electrical and mechanical contact with the conductors. The spring member retains the force thereon until release by means of a releasing tool.

Abstract: A holder includes a first clamp and a second clamp, the first clamp having a first extension and the second clamp having a second extension, and gripping means having an opening defined therein for receiving the first and second extensions. The opening within the gripping means is of variable size so as to permit rotation of the first and second clamps when the opening is not constricted and to prevent rotation of either the first or second clamps when the opening is constricted, means also being provided to vary the size of the opening within the gripper means. Frictionless washers are interposed between the gripping means and the clamps and the extensions are spaced from each other, even when assembled, so as to facilitate the angular adjustment of the clamps and the workpieces held thereby, the stable support of the device nevertheless being maintained due to the interaction between the gripping means and the clamp extensions.

Abstract: A plug and socket connector is disclosed having releasable locking means to prevent unintentional disconnection. The locking means comprises spring catches preferably formed from flat resilient material and they are fitted in a recess or respective recesses in a shell which forms part of one of the connector portions. An environmental seal is provided by locating the catches in the recess or recesses. Other catches are disclosed which are formed in a solid tubular member.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coaxial connector having an injection molded dielectric. The preferred embodiment of the invention is an improved insulated-from-ground panel connector having a onepiece molded body of an insulating material. The molded body has a rear portion shaped to coact with a suitable element for mounting the connector (for example a screw thread) and a forward portion shaped to form the mating face dielectric for the connector. An inner contact of a conductive material passes through the center of and is molded into the body. The connector also has an outer contact over which a forward portion of the insulating body is molded. The outer contact extends over and beyond the mating face dielectric and has a conductive lead molded in, extending through, and projecting from the rear of the body.

Abstract: An Edison base fuse receptacle is provided for interchanging with a Push-Push type 11/2 inches wide circuit breaker. In another embodiment the fuse receptacle is constructed to be interchangeable with three narrow plug-in type circuit breakers.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided in which one of the connecting members includes a mating section with a radial face of relatively soft metal disposed around an entry aperture and protected by a shroud member extending axially towards the other member to form an enlarged opening and internally having rotational coupling surfaces such as screw threads for coupling the members, the other other connecting member including a sleeve of harder metal housing at least one insulated contact hermetically mounted in a glass insert with the contact arranged to extend into the aperture of the one connecting member and an integral mating portion facing the second member with a radial flange formed by a circumferential undercut to be outwardly deflectable away from the radial face, the radial flange outwardly forming a deflectable beam section with radially inner and outer frontwardly converging surfaces and an axially extending cutting edge formed thereby, the sleeve outwardly including rotational coupling surfaces such

Abstract: A waterproof connector includes a plug body with conductive blades connected internally to wires extending from an opposite portion of the plug body and a socket body having a channel in its front face. An electrical contact supporting member is arranged to fill the channel in the insulative socket body in such a manner as to define slits between opposite walls of the channel and opposite outside walls of the member. By providing electrical contacts on the opposite outside walls of the member, the plug blades can be urged into the slits to expand the slits and thereby result in a wiping action against the blades in effecting a connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety device in electrical connection devices, especially lamp-holders, comprising a number of contact parts designed to rest against an object arranged to be connected to the connection device, for example a light bulb socket, and a number of elements arranged to be connected to the electric leads of a cable, whereby the contact parts are at a distance from the respective connector elements and are arranged by means of being pushed in by a spring function to achieve contact with these during connection of said object to the device.

Abstract: A terminal block assembly includes a plurality of insulationpiercing type terminals which are interconnected with the contacts of one or more electrical connectors by flat flexible circuits. The terminal block includes upstanding sidewalls having recesses therein, which together with a removable cover, form exit openings for the flat flexible circuits and maintain the flat flexible circuits out of an interference relationship with the cover. An electrical connector is mounted on the terminal block adjacent each opening and includes contacts connected to the individual circuits.

Abstract: An improved roll slitting machine of the type used to slit wide rolls of material into narrow width rolls or ribbons includes an air chuck having gripping jaws which are actuated through multiple fluid logic paths to grip the roll of material for rotation about a changeable stationary mandrel. One end of the mandrel is supported by the machine frame and the opposite end is supported for quick release in the chuck.