Abstract: A cap shoe system for making electrical connections between a plurality of conductors in one cable and a corresponding plurality of conductors in a connector module of a connector which includes an index strip, the connector module, and a connector-module cap, and/or for making electrical connections between a plurality of conductors in another cable and a corresponding plurality of conductors in a bridge module forming part of the connector and including a bridge-module cap. The connector-module and bridge-module caps have access holes for connector-module and bridge-module contact pins respectively carried by connector-module and bridge-module cap shoe bodies having connector-module and bridge-module slide members which are retractable to provide for entry of the connector-module and bridge-module contact pins through the access holes in the connector-module and bridge-module caps into electrical contact with the respective conductors in the connector and bridge modules.

Abstract: A tap shoe for making electrical connections between a plurality of conductors in a cable and a plurality of conductors in a terminal block, typically used for making interconnections in telephone plant facilities. A body with top, bottom, opposing sides and opposing ends, with a plurality of electrical terminals in the body and accessible at the bottom and with means for connecting a cable to the terminals and feeding the cable from the body, typically through the top. A bar carried along the top with depending arms at each end riding in slots in the body, with the arms having a pin or other arrangement for engaging a J slot or other arrangement in the equipment frame, and a screw or screws for moving the bar away from the body locking the shoe in place on the equipment frame.