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EP1519445A1 - Electrical device comprising an insulating housing and an automatic connection terminal placed in said housing - Google Patents

Electrical device comprising an insulating housing and an automatic connection terminal placed in said housing Download PDF

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EP1519445A1
EP1519445A1 EP04292213A EP04292213A EP1519445A1 EP 1519445 A1 EP1519445 A1 EP 1519445A1 EP 04292213 A EP04292213 A EP 04292213A EP 04292213 A EP04292213 A EP 04292213A EP 1519445 A1 EP1519445 A1 EP 1519445A1
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Gaetan Lasmartres
Yves Nicolas
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Legrand France SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4809—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
    • H01R4/48185—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar adapted for axial insertion of a wire end
    • H01R4/4819—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar adapted for axial insertion of a wire end the spring shape allowing insertion of the conductor end when the spring is unbiased
    • H01R4/4821—Single-blade spring
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4809—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
    • H01R4/4828—Spring-activating arrangements mounted on or integrally formed with the spring housing
    • H01R4/483—Pivoting arrangements, e.g. lever pushing on the spring
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
    • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
    • H01R4/4809—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
    • H01R4/4846—Busbar details
    • H01R4/485—Single busbar common to multiple springs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
    • H01R9/24—Terminal blocks
    • H01R9/2416—Means for guiding or retaining wires or cables connected to terminal blocks

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  • the invention relates to electrical apparatus comprising a terminal to automatic connection arranged in an insulating housing.
  • the self-connecting terminal is formed by a rigid member and a flexible member, the rigid member having a seat at the insertion opening, the flexible member having an elastic blade having an end edge facing the seat, the elastic lamella being adapted to deform to leave the driver, when engaged in the housing by the insertion opening, insert between the seat and the end edge of the slat and, if the driver is then asked to be removed from the housing, to trap the driver between the seat and the end edge of the coverslip.
  • the housing an orifice allowing the passage of a tool, for example the shaft of a screwdriver, so that this tool can push the elastic strip away from the seat (see for example DE 199 40 971 A).
  • a tool for example the shaft of a screwdriver
  • the housing is provided with a articulated pusher for acting on the elastic lamella, the pusher being attached on the housing or in one piece with him, the articulation being done in this last case by providing for a very thin connection zone between the pusher and the rest of the housing (see for example some electrical appliances such as a switch or plug) or by articulating the body and the cover, which constitute the housing, in the manner of a compass (see for example EP 1 152 489 A).
  • the invention aims to provide an electrical appliance of the same kind which it is simple, convenient and economical, both in production and use.
  • an electrical device comprising a housing insulation and an automatic connection terminal disposed in said housing, which has an insertion opening of an electrical conductor predetermined direction, said terminal being formed by a rigid member and by a flexible member, the rigid member having a seat at said insertion opening, the flexible member having an elastic lamella having an end edge facing said seat, said elastic strip being adapted to deform to leave said driver, when engaged in said housing by said insertion opening, insert between said seat and said end edge of the slat and, if said conductor is then urged to be removed from said housing, to wedge the conductor between said seat and said ridge end of the coverslip; characterized in that a wall of said housing presents a U-shaped slot oriented in the direction of insertion while a rigid finger protrudes internally from the section of the wall of the housing delimited by said slot, the free end of said finger being opposite said lamella, said wall section being adapted to flex to bring the finger to push said lamella so as to spread its end edge of said seat so that
  • the pusher serving to release a conductor set up in a self-connecting terminal is formed by a section of the wall of the housing, with flexibility, and with a rigid finger, unlike prior devices mentioned above, where the pusher is completely rigid and articulated by one end.
  • an apparatus according to the invention can both be equipped with a disconnection pusher and be particularly compact.
  • the electrical apparatus 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a terminal block of distribution intended to be arranged in a table, cabinet or cabinet electrical connection to connect one or more relatively section conductors important and a plurality of lower section conductors, so that all these conductors are at the same electrical potential.
  • the terminal block 1 comprises an insulating housing 2 and a bar of connection 3 ( Figure 4) disposed in the housing 2.
  • connection strip 3 comprises two copies of a member 4 shown in isolation in Figure 2 and has a rigid member 5 illustrated in isolation, in part, in FIG.
  • the flexible member 4 is made of a spring steel sheet cut and folded having generally a V section so that the member 4 has two wings 6 and 7.
  • the wing 6 that we see at the bottom and back in Figure 2 presents several openings 8 serving, as will be seen below, to immobilize the member 4 opposite member 5.
  • the wing 7 has transverse slots 10, regularly distributed, dividing it into a series of identical elastic strips 11, here twelve in number.
  • each lamella 11 is also subdivided by a slot oriented transversely, in a lug 12 and in a tongue 13.
  • the lug 12 is projecting relative to the general plane of the wing 7 and the 11, on the side facing the wing 6. This is obtained after practicing the slot located at the end of the blade 11, folding towards the wing 6 the portion of material located in relation to this slot on the side that we see on the left on the figure 2.
  • the tongue 13 is formed by the portion of material located on the other side of the end slot, that is to say by the portion that we see on the right on Figure 2. The tongue 13 is thus in the extension of the rest of the lamella 11.
  • the width of the lug 12 is about one-third the width of the 11 and, of course, the width of the tongue 13 is about two third of the width of the lamella 11.
  • each lamella 11 is intended to make part of an automatic connection terminal, with the slice at the end of the tongue 13, and more precisely one of the end edges which delimit this tranche, which is intended to cooperate with the driver engaged in the terminal to which the strip 11 belongs, in order to keep the driver conctact with the member 5 and to prohibit the withdrawal of this driver.
  • the width of the tongue 13 is slightly greater than the diameter maximum of conductors intended to be received in connection terminals automatic.
  • the lug 12 provides, for a finger 39 provided to push the lamella 11, by the free end thereof, so to make it bend towards wing 6, a softer surface of support, and in any case less sharp, than the tip of the tongue 13.
  • the rigid member 5 (FIG. 3) is made of a metallic material relatively thick electricity conductor so much to present a good mechanical rigidity only to offer a low electrical resistance.
  • the member 5 has a U-shaped profile and therefore has three wings, respectively 14, 15 and 16.
  • the wings 14 and 16 are facing each other while the wing 15 is disposed between the wings 14 and 16, one of the longitudinal ends of the wing 15 being connected to one of the longitudinal ends of the wing 14 and the other longitudinal end of the wing 15 being connected to one of the ends longitudinal of the wing 16.
  • the member 5 presents a series openings 17 opening each flush with the inner surface of the wing 14.
  • the latter has, for each opening 17, an opening 18 offset from the opening 17 in the longitudinal direction, on the that we see on the left in figure 3.
  • the wing 16 of the member 5 has, on the inner side, claws projections 19 (FIGS. 4 and 8) each intended to engage in a opening 8 ( Figure 2) of a flexible member 4, to hold it in place.
  • member 5 presents two series twelve openings 17 located respectively on either side of a portion Central.
  • the member 5 is intended to receive a flexible member 4 opposite of each series of openings 17 and 18, with, for each member 4, the face outer wing 6 which is supported on the inner face of the wing 16 of the member 5, with the junction between wings 6 and 7 of limb 4 which is located on the side of the wing 15 of the member 5, and with the wing 7 (and therefore each blade 11) which is disposed obliquely in the member 5, the wing 7 being inclined towards the opposite of the wing 15 and to wing 14.
  • each lamella 11 corresponds a pair formed by an opening 17 and an opening 18, with the tongue 13 of the blade 11 which is in view of the opening 17 of the member 5 and facing the portion of the wing 14 located at the right of the opening 17 while the lug 12 is next to the opening 18.
  • Each strip 11 thus forms with the portion of the member 5 which surrounds it, a terminal with automatic connection.
  • the portion of material of the wing 14 located at the right of the opening 17 serves to provide, for a driver 45 introduced by the opening 17, a seat 46 against which this driver is intended to be plated by the tongue 13 of the lamella 11, while the opening 18 is used for passage of a finger 39 intended to be controlled from the outside, in order to push the lamella 11, at the lug 12, towards the wings 6 and 16, in order to release the driver 45.
  • Member 5 also presents, to be connected to conductors of relatively large section, notches 20 in the wing 14 and in the flange 16, cutouts delimiting a contact tab 21 to the plumb of each notch 20.
  • each lug 21 is engaged in a cage (not shown) cooperating with a screw (not shown) whose barrel passes by the notch 20 located at the base of this leg 21, the cage having the side the wing 14 a threaded hole with which cooperates the barrel of the screw so that, when we tighten the latter, its end comes to bear on the leg 21, the cage is driven to the wing 14 and the relatively large section driver can be clamped between the face of the tongue 21 opposite the wing 14 and the portion of the cage looking at that opposite side.
  • member 5 is intended to be connected to four relatively large section conductors, two of which at the end that we see on the right in Figure 4 (this is the end shown in the figure 3), one in the center and one at the other end.
  • the member 5 thus comprises two notches 20 and two legs 21 corresponding to the end that we see on the right in Figure 4, another notch and corresponding tab at the other end as well as a notch and the corresponding leg in the central portion on either side of which are the respective series of twelve openings 17 each associated with an opening 18.
  • connection strip 3 formed by members 4 and 5 as well as cages and associated screws can therefore be connected to four drivers of relatively large section and twenty-four drivers of smaller section. These different drivers, when connected to the bar 3, are electrically connected to each other by the member 5.
  • the housing 2 in which is arranged the bar 3 is made of molded plastic, which material is electrically insulating and present relative flexibility.
  • the housing 2 is formed of the assembly, by snapping, of a body 50 and a cover 51. It has a generally parallelepiped shape with, side that we see below on the drawings, a boss at the locations where the bar 3 cooperates with a mobile cage to ensure the connection of a driver with relatively large section.
  • Each boss 25 has, on the face that we see in the front on FIGS. 1 and 5, an opening 26 for insertion of a section conductor relatively large in one of the mobile cage terminals.
  • each mobile cage terminal has for each mobile cage terminal a opening 27 giving access to the head of the control screw of the cage, each opening 27 being formed in the center of a stud 28 surrounding the head of such a screw.
  • the housing 2 present, the side that we see in the front in the figures 1 and 5 and to the left in FIGS. 8 to 10, a series of projecting protrusions 29 each located, as seen in Figures 8 and following, to the right of an opening 30 formed in the wall of the housing 2 in alignment with one of openings 17 of the terminal strip 3.
  • Each spout 29 defines a guide channel 31 aligned with the openings 30 and 17 so that the channel 31 and the openings 30 and 17 form together a conduit for inserting a conductor into a connection terminal rapid, this insertion duct being centered on the axis 32 oriented according to the transverse direction.
  • the housing 2 has, in the portion of its generally L-section wall that is seen at the top and back on the Figure 1 and at the top and front in Figure 6, a slot 35 comb-shaped.
  • Each slot 35 has a longitudinal branch 36 and a plurality of transverse branches 37, here thirteen in number, so that each slot 35 disengages twelve sections 38 of the wall of the housing 2 each delimited by a U-shaped portion of the slot 35.
  • Each section 38 has a width corresponding to that of the slats 11 of the member 4. Its relatively constant thickness is such that it forms a flexible bent leg.
  • Each section 38 internally projects a finger 39, as see in particular in Figure 7, each finger 39 passing through a respective opening 18 of the member 5 and having its free end which is in look at the lug 12 of a respective lamella 11, as can be seen in the Figures 8 and 9.
  • the fingers 39 each have dimensions such that they are relatively rigid.
  • Each section 38 has the opposite of the finger 39, that is to say the external side, an imprint 40 own to receive the flat blade of a screwdriver conventional electrician.
  • the inner surface of the wing 14 located at the right of the opening 17 and in view of the tongue 13 forms for the driver 45 a seat 46 against which it is held by the lamella 11 which plates it against the seat 46, the zone by which the blade 11 is in contact with the conductor 45 being formed by the end of the tongue 13.
  • each finger 39 which is arranged laterally with respect to the tongue 13, provides some guidance to the conductor 45 when it is inserted into the self-connecting terminal.
  • the driver such as 45, once installed in a terminal to automatic connection as shown in Figure 10, tends to be removed from the terminal 1, that is to say if it is subjected to a force directed towards the side that we see left in Figure 10, this driver will tend to drive with him the lamella 11, which will be bent and thus wedge against the seat 46, which prohibit the withdrawal of the driver.
  • the openings 18 are notches opening into the edge of the wing 14, the openings 18 illustrated in FIG. 4 are closed on the side of the slice of the wing 14 (they are oblong holes). This is favorable to the stiffness of the limb 5 at the level of the seats 46.
  • the notches 52 carried by the lid at the nipples 28 and, on the body 50, a loop 53 for receiving each notch 52, but with a different conformation.
  • a registration groove 54 ranging from one to the other.
  • connection terminal block 1 the number and location of mobile cage terminals is different or then there is no mobile cage terminal; mobile cage terminals are replaced by a other type of screw terminal; number and location of connection terminals automatic is different, for example with some connection terminals which are not equipped with an unlocking button formed by a section of the insulating housing such as section 38 and a protruding finger on the side such as the finger 39 while other terminals with automatic connection, even one, are equipped with such a key.
  • the mobile cage terminals and / or the insulating housing are arranged differently, for example the opening such as 30 is located on the housing other than the side of the free end of the wall section such as 38, or the free end of the section wall such as 38 and the wall portion in which the opening is formed insertions such that they are not square to each other; the wall with a U-shaped slot rather than being sectioned generally L, has another shape, for example completely flat; and / or there is provided another subdivision between the body and the lid, with example the slot defining the wall sections such as 38 and the openings such as 30 who are in the same element rather than being in distinct elements.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is not a distribution terminal block, but another electrical device, by example a switch, a socket or a lamp provided with at least a quick connect terminal of the same type as those of the terminal block distribution 1.

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The apparatus has a casing (2) with one wall having a U-shaped slit along the insertion direction of an electrical conductor, and rigid fingers (39) protruding from sections (38) of the wall. The sections bend to allow the fingers to push an elastic blade (11) of an automatic connection terminal for spacing extreme edge of a base (46) of the terminal so that the conductor is withdrawn from the terminal.

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L'invention a trait aux appareils électriques comportant une borne à connexion automatique disposée dans un boítier isolant.The invention relates to electrical apparatus comprising a terminal to automatic connection arranged in an insulating housing.

On sait qu'il existe de nombreux appareils de ce type, tels qu'un interrupteur, une prise de courant ou encore un bornier, c'est-à-dire un organe de liaison électrique et mécanique entre plusieurs conducteurs.We know that there are many devices of this type, such as a switch, a power outlet or a terminal block, that is to say an organ electrical and mechanical connection between several conductors.

On connaít déjà de tels appareils dont le boítier présente une ouverture d'insertion d'un conducteur électrique suivant une direction prédéterminée, appareils dans lesquels la borne à connexion automatique est formée par un membre rigide et par un membre flexible, le membre rigide présentant un siège au niveau de l'ouverture d'insertion, le membre flexible comportant une lamelle élastique ayant une arête d'extrémité en regard du siège, la lamelle élastique étant adaptée à se déformer pour laisser le conducteur, lorsqu'il est engagé dans le boítier par l'ouverture d'insertion, s'insérer entre le siège et l'arête d'extrémité de la lamelle et, si le conducteur est ensuite sollicité à être retiré du boítier, pour coincer le conducteur entre le siège et l'arête d'extrémité de la lamelle.We already know such devices whose housing has a insertion opening of an electrical conductor in one direction predetermined, devices in which the self-connecting terminal is formed by a rigid member and a flexible member, the rigid member having a seat at the insertion opening, the flexible member having an elastic blade having an end edge facing the seat, the elastic lamella being adapted to deform to leave the driver, when engaged in the housing by the insertion opening, insert between the seat and the end edge of the slat and, if the driver is then asked to be removed from the housing, to trap the driver between the seat and the end edge of the coverslip.

Dans certains appareils, aucun moyen n'est prévu pour pousser la lamelle élastique à l'écart du siège afin de permettre l'introduction d'un conducteur souple dans la borne à connexion automatique et/ou de permettre le retrait d'un conducteur préalablement mis en place dans la borne à connexion automatique.In some devices, there is no way to push the elastic strip away from the seat to allow the introduction of a flexible conductor in the self-connecting terminal and / or allow removal of a conductor previously placed in the terminal at automatic connection.

Dans d'autres appareils, il est prévu dans le boítier un orifice permettant le passage d'un outil, par exemple la tige d'un tournevis, pour que cet outil puisse pousser la lamelle élastique à l'écart du siège (voir par exemple DE 199 40 971 A).In other devices, it is provided in the housing an orifice allowing the passage of a tool, for example the shaft of a screwdriver, so that this tool can push the elastic strip away from the seat (see for example DE 199 40 971 A).

Dans encore d'autres appareils électriques, le boítier est muni d'un poussoir articulé pour agir sur la lamelle élastique, le poussoir étant rapporté sur le boítier ou bien d'une seule pièce avec lui, l'articulation se faisant dans ce dernier cas en prévoyant une zone de raccordement très mince entre le poussoir et le reste du boítier (voir par exemple certains appareils électriques tels qu'un interrupteur ou une prise) ou alors en articulant le corps et le couvercle, qui constituent le boítier, à la façon d'un compas (voir par exemple EP 1 152 489 A).In still other electrical devices, the housing is provided with a articulated pusher for acting on the elastic lamella, the pusher being attached on the housing or in one piece with him, the articulation being done in this last case by providing for a very thin connection zone between the pusher and the rest of the housing (see for example some electrical appliances such as a switch or plug) or by articulating the body and the cover, which constitute the housing, in the manner of a compass (see for example EP 1 152 489 A).

L'invention vise à fournir un appareil électrique du même genre qui soit simple, commode et économique, tant à la fabrication qu'à l'utilisation.The invention aims to provide an electrical appliance of the same kind which it is simple, convenient and economical, both in production and use.

Elle propose à cet effet un appareil électrique comportant un boítier isolant et une borne à connexion automatique disposée dans ledit boítier, lequel présente une ouverture d'insertion d'un conducteur électrique suivant une direction prédéterminée, ladite borne étant formée par un membre rigide et par un membre flexible, le membre rigide présentant un siège au niveau de ladite ouverture d'insertion, le membre flexible comportant une lamelle élastique ayant une arête d'extrémité en regard dudit siège, ladite lamelle élastique étant adaptée à se déformer pour laisser ledit conducteur, lorsqu'il est engagé dans ledit boítier par ladite ouverture d'insertion, s'insérer entre ledit siège et ladite arête d'extrémité de la lamelle et, si ledit conducteur est ensuite sollicité à être retiré dudit boítier, pour coincer le conducteur entre ledit siège et ladite arête d'extrémité de la lamelle ; caractérisé en ce qu'une paroi dudit boítier présente une fente à contour en U orientée suivant la direction d'insertion tandis qu'un doigt rigide saille intérieurement du tronçon de la paroi du boítier délimitée par ladite fente, l'extrémité libre dudit doigt étant en regard de ladite lamelle, ledit tronçon de paroi étant adapté à fléchir pour amener le doigt à pousser ladite lamelle afin d'écarter sa dite arête d'extrémité dudit siège de sorte que ledit conducteur en place dans ladite borne puisse en être retiré.It proposes for this purpose an electrical device comprising a housing insulation and an automatic connection terminal disposed in said housing, which has an insertion opening of an electrical conductor predetermined direction, said terminal being formed by a rigid member and by a flexible member, the rigid member having a seat at said insertion opening, the flexible member having an elastic lamella having an end edge facing said seat, said elastic strip being adapted to deform to leave said driver, when engaged in said housing by said insertion opening, insert between said seat and said end edge of the slat and, if said conductor is then urged to be removed from said housing, to wedge the conductor between said seat and said ridge end of the coverslip; characterized in that a wall of said housing presents a U-shaped slot oriented in the direction of insertion while a rigid finger protrudes internally from the section of the wall of the housing delimited by said slot, the free end of said finger being opposite said lamella, said wall section being adapted to flex to bring the finger to push said lamella so as to spread its end edge of said seat so that said conductor in place in said terminal can be removed.

Ainsi, dans l'appareil selon l'invention, le poussoir servant à libérer un conducteur mis en place dans une borne à connexion automatique, et d'ailleurs à permettre la mise en place d'un conducteur souple dans la borne à connexion automatique, est formé par un tronçon de la paroi du boítier, présentant une certaine flexibilité, et par un doigt rigide, à la différence des appareils antérieurs susmentionnés, où le poussoir est entièrement rigide et articulé par une extrémité.Thus, in the apparatus according to the invention, the pusher serving to release a conductor set up in a self-connecting terminal, and Moreover to allow the installation of a flexible conductor in the terminal to automatic connection, is formed by a section of the wall of the housing, with flexibility, and with a rigid finger, unlike prior devices mentioned above, where the pusher is completely rigid and articulated by one end.

Il en résulte notamment qu'un appareil selon l'invention peut à la fois être muni d'un poussoir de déconnexion et être particulièrement compact. It follows in particular that an apparatus according to the invention can both be equipped with a disconnection pusher and be particularly compact.

Selon des caractéristiques préférées pour des questions de simplicité et de commodité :

  • ladite paroi du boítier présentant une fente à contour en U a une épaisseur relativement constante ; et/ou
  • ladite paroi du boítier présentant une fente à contour en U est à section globalement en L ; et/ou
  • ladite paroi du boítier présentant une fente à contour en U fait partie d'un couvercle que comporte ledit boítier ; et/ou
  • ledit tronçon de paroi délimité par ladite fente à contour en U présente à son extrémité libre, du côté externe, une empreinte propre à recevoir une lame de tournevis ; et/ou
  • ladite ouverture d'insertion est située sur ledit boítier du côté de l'extrémité libre dudit tronçon de paroi délimité par ladite fente à contour en U ; et éventuellement
  • l'extrémité libre dudit tronçon de paroi délimité par ladite fente à contour en U et la portion de la paroi du boítier dans laquelle est ménagée ladite ouverture d'insertion sont en équerre l'une par rapport à l'autre ; et/ou
  • ledit boítier présente un bec au droit de ladite ouverture d'insertion, ledit bec délimitant un canal de guidage aligné avec ladite ouverture d'insertion ; et/ou
  • ladite ouverture d'insertion est ménagée dans un corps que comporte ledit boítier ; et/ou
  • ledit boítier est formé par un corps et par un couvercle assemblés l'un à l'autre par des moyens d'encliquetage.
According to preferred features for simplicity and convenience issues:
  • said housing wall having a U-shaped slot has a relatively constant thickness; and or
  • said casing wall having a U-shaped slot is generally L-section; and or
  • said housing wall having a U-shaped slot is part of a cover that includes said housing; and or
  • said wall portion delimited by said U-shaped slot has at its free end, on the external side, an impression adapted to receive a screwdriver blade; and or
  • said insertion opening is located on said housing on the side of the free end of said wall section delimited by said U-shaped slot; and eventually
  • the free end of said wall section delimited by said U-shaped slot and the portion of the wall of the housing in which is formed said insertion opening are at right angles to one another; and or
  • said housing has a spout in line with said insertion opening, said spout delimiting a guide channel aligned with said insertion opening; and or
  • said insertion opening is formed in a body that includes said housing; and or
  • said housing is formed by a body and a cover assembled to one another by latching means.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques préférées pour les mêmes raisons :

  • ladite lamelle élastique de la borne à connexion automatique présente une extrémité libre subdivisée en une languette à laquelle appartient ladite arête d'extrémité et en un ergot rabattu disposé latéralement par rapport à ladite languette ; et éventuellement
  • ledit membre flexible est à section en V, avec ladite lamelle élastique qui appartient à une première aile dudit membre flexible et avec ledit ergot qui est en saillie par rapport au plan général de ladite lamelle élastique du côté qui regarde la deuxième aile ; et/ou
  • le membre rigide a un profil en U avec une première aile et une deuxième aile qui sont en regard l'une de l'autre tandis qu'une troisième aile est disposée entre la première aile et la deuxième aile, l'une des extrémités longitudinales de la troisième aile étant reliée à l'une des extrémités longitudinales de la première aile et l'autre extrémité longitudinale de la troisième aile étant reliée à l'une des extrémités longitudinales de la deuxième aile ; et éventuellement
  • ledit membre rigide présente, pour l'introduction d'un conducteur dans la borne à connexion rapide, une ouverture située à la jonction entre la première aile et la troisième aile et débouchant à fleur de la surface interne de la première aile, laquelle surface interne forme ledit siège ; et éventuellement
  • ledit membre rigide présente, dans ladite première aile, une ouverture de passage dudit doigt rigide décalée par rapport à ladite ouverture d'introduction, tandis que ladite lamelle élastique est subdivisée en une languette à laquelle appartient ladite arête d'extrémité et en un ergot rabattu disposé latéralement par rapport à ladite languette, avec ladite languette qui est en regard de l'ouverture d'introduction du membre rigide et ledit ergot qui est en regard de ladite ouverture de passage, ledit doigt rigide étant disposé entre ledit ergot et ledit tronçon de la paroi du boítier délimitée par une fente à contour en U ; et éventuellement
  • ladite ouverture de passage est un trou oblong.
According to other preferred features for the same reasons:
  • said elastic blade of the self-connecting terminal has a free end subdivided into a tongue to which said end edge belongs and a folded lug disposed laterally with respect to said tongue; and eventually
  • said flexible member is V-section, with said elastic blade which belongs to a first flange of said flexible member and with said lug which protrudes from the general plane of said elastic blade on the side facing the second wing; and or
  • the rigid member has a U-shaped profile with a first wing and a second wing facing each other while a third wing is disposed between the first wing and the second wing, one of the longitudinal ends the third wing being connected to one of the longitudinal ends of the first wing and the other longitudinal end of the third wing being connected to one of the longitudinal ends of the second wing; and eventually
  • said rigid member has, for the introduction of a conductor into the quick-connect terminal, an opening located at the junction between the first flange and the third flange and opening flush with the inner surface of the first flange, which inner surface form said seat; and eventually
  • said rigid member has, in said first wing, an opening for passage of said rigid finger offset with respect to said insertion opening, while said resilient leaf is subdivided into a tongue to which said end edge belongs and in an ergot folded back disposed laterally with respect to said tongue, with said tongue which is opposite the opening for introducing the rigid member and said pin which is opposite said passage opening, said rigid finger being disposed between said pin and said section of the wall of the housing delimited by a U-shaped slot; and eventually
  • said passage opening is an oblong hole.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques relatives à un mode de réalisation préféré de l'appareil selon l'invention :

  • ledit appareil comporte une série de dites bornes à connexion automatique semblables, disposées côte à côte, ledit membre flexible comportant une pluralité de dites lamelles élastiques semblables tandis que ledit membre rigide comporte une pluralité de dits sièges semblables, le membre flexible et le membre rigide formant ensemble une barrette de connexion disposée dans ledit boítier ; et/ou
  • ledit appareil comporte une série de dites bornes à connexion automatique semblables, disposées côte à côte, pour chacune desquelles ledit boítier comporte un dit doigt rigide et un dit tronçon de paroi délimité par une fente à contour en U, chaque dite fente à contour en U faisant partie d'une fente globalement en forme de peigne ; et/ou
  • ledit appareil est un bornier de répartition comportant une série de dites bornes à connexion automatique semblables et au moins une borne à vis pour un conducteur de plus grande section que ceux prévus pour être reçus dans lesdites bornes à connexion automatique ; et éventuellement
  • ledit boítier présente un bossage à l'emplacement de chaque dite borne à vis ; et éventuellement
  • ledit bornier comporte deux séries de dites bornes à connexion rapide disposées de part et d'autre d'une portion centrale, avec une borne à vis dans ladite portion centrale ; et/ou
  • ledit bornier comporte une borne à vis à chaque extrémité.
According to other features relating to a preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention:
  • said apparatus comprises a series of said similar self-connecting terminals arranged side by side, said flexible member having a plurality of said similar resilient sipes while said rigid member comprises a plurality of said similar seats, the flexible member and the rigid member forming together a terminal strip disposed in said housing; and or
  • said apparatus comprises a series of said similar automatic connection terminals arranged side by side, for each of said housing comprises a said rigid finger and a said wall section defined by a U-shaped slot, each said U-shaped slot forming part of a generally comb-shaped slot; and or
  • said apparatus is a distribution terminal block comprising a series of said similar self-connecting terminals and at least one screw terminal for a conductor of larger section than those intended to be received in said self-connecting terminals; and eventually
  • said housing has a boss at the location of each said screw terminal; and eventually
  • said terminal block comprises two series of said quick-connect terminals disposed on either side of a central portion, with a screw terminal in said central portion; and or
  • said terminal block has a screw terminal at each end.

L'exposé de l'invention sera maintenant poursuivi par la description détaillée d'exemples de réalisation, donnée ci-après à titre illustratif et non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexés. Sur ceux-ci :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective partielle d'un appareil électrique conforme à l'invention, en l'occurrence un bornier de répartition ;
  • les figures 2 et 3 sont des vues en perspective respectivement d'un membre flexible et du membre rigide (ce dernier étant montré partiellement) que comporte ce bornier pour former une barrette de connexion comportant une pluralité de bornes à connexion automatique électriquement reliées les unes aux autres ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en perspective de cette barrette de connexion, et plus précisément d'une barrette de connexion semblable dont le membre rigide présente quelques différences d'exécution minimes ;
  • la figure 5 est une vue en perspective d'un corps que comporte le boítier du bornier illustré sur la figure 1, et plus précisément le corps d'un boítier semblable présentant quelques différences d'exécution minimes ;
  • la figure 6 est une vue en perspective du couvercle de ce boítier ;
  • la figure 7 est une autre vue en perspective de ce couvercle, montrant le côté interne de celui-ci ;
  • la figure 8 est une vue en élévation-coupe, prise comme indiqué en VIII-VIII sur la figure 1 ;
  • la figure 9 est une vue similaire à la figure 8, mais prise dans le bornier comportant la barrette montrée sur la figure 4 et comportant le boítier formé par le corps et le couvercle montrés sur les figures 5 à 7 ;
  • la figure 10 est une vue semblable à la figure 9, mais avec un conducteur en place dans la borne à connexion automatique au niveau de laquelle se situe cette vue ; et
  • la figure 11 est une vue semblable à la figure 10, mais avec la lamelle élastique de la borne qui est à l'écart du siège de cette dernière de sorte que le conducteur peut être retiré de la borne, la lamelle étant maintenue à l'écart du siège grâce à un poussoir formé par un tronçon de la paroi du couvercle et par un doigt rigide saillant de ce tronçon.
The description of the invention will now be continued by the detailed description of exemplary embodiments, given below by way of illustration and without limitation, with reference to the appended drawings. On these:
  • Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of an electrical apparatus according to the invention, in this case a distribution terminal block;
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views respectively of a flexible member and of the rigid member (the latter being partially shown) that this terminal block comprises to form a connection strip comprising a plurality of automatically connected terminals electrically connected to each other; others;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of this connection strip, and more specifically of a similar connection strip whose rigid member has some minor differences in execution;
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of a body that comprises the housing of the terminal block shown in Figure 1, and more specifically the body of a similar housing with some minor implementation differences;
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of the cover of this housing;
  • Figure 7 is another perspective view of this lid, showing the inner side thereof;
  • Figure 8 is an elevational sectional view taken as indicated in VIII-VIII in Figure 1;
  • Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8, but taken in the terminal block having the bar shown in Figure 4 and comprising the housing formed by the body and the lid shown in Figures 5 to 7;
  • Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 9, but with a conductor in place in the self-connecting terminal at which this view is located; and
  • FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 10, but with the elastic lamella of the terminal which is away from the seat of the latter so that the conductor can be removed from the terminal, the lamella being maintained at the seat deviation through a pusher formed by a portion of the wall of the lid and a rigid finger protruding from this section.

L'appareil électrique 1 illustré sur la figure 1 est un bornier de répartition destiné à être disposé dans un tableau, un coffret ou une armoire électrique afin de relier un ou plusieurs conducteurs à section relativement importante et une pluralité de conducteurs à section plus faible, afin que tous ces conducteurs soient au même potentiel électrique.The electrical apparatus 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a terminal block of distribution intended to be arranged in a table, cabinet or cabinet electrical connection to connect one or more relatively section conductors important and a plurality of lower section conductors, so that all these conductors are at the same electrical potential.

Le bornier 1 comporte un boítier isolant 2 et une barrette de connexion 3 (figure 4) disposée dans le boítier 2.The terminal block 1 comprises an insulating housing 2 and a bar of connection 3 (Figure 4) disposed in the housing 2.

La barrette de connexion 3 comporte deux exemplaires d'un membre flexible 4 illustré isolément sur la figure 2 et comporte un membre rigide 5 illustré isolément, en partie, sur la figure 3.The connection strip 3 comprises two copies of a member 4 shown in isolation in Figure 2 and has a rigid member 5 illustrated in isolation, in part, in FIG.

Le membre flexible 4 est fait dans une feuille d'acier à ressort découpée et pliée ayant globalement une section en V de sorte que le membre 4 présente deux ailes 6 et 7.The flexible member 4 is made of a spring steel sheet cut and folded having generally a V section so that the member 4 has two wings 6 and 7.

L'aile 6 que l'on voit en bas et en arrière sur la figure 2 présente plusieurs ouvertures 8 servant, comme on le verra ci-après, à immobiliser le membre 4 vis-à-vis du membre 5. The wing 6 that we see at the bottom and back in Figure 2 presents several openings 8 serving, as will be seen below, to immobilize the member 4 opposite member 5.

L'aile 7 présente des fentes transversales 10, régulièrement réparties, la subdivisant en une série de lamelles élastiques identiques 11, ici au nombre de douze.The wing 7 has transverse slots 10, regularly distributed, dividing it into a series of identical elastic strips 11, here twelve in number.

L'extrémité libre de chaque lamelle 11 est elle aussi subdivisée, par une fente orientée transversalement, en un ergot 12 et en une languette 13.The free end of each lamella 11 is also subdivided by a slot oriented transversely, in a lug 12 and in a tongue 13.

L'ergot 12 est en saillie par rapport au plan général de l'aile 7 et de la lamelle 11, du côté qui regarde l'aile 6. Ceci est obtenu, après avoir pratiqué la fente située à l'extrémité de la lamelle 11, en rabattant vers l'aile 6 la portion de matière située par rapport à cette fente du côté que l'on voit à gauche sur la figure 2.The lug 12 is projecting relative to the general plane of the wing 7 and the 11, on the side facing the wing 6. This is obtained after practicing the slot located at the end of the blade 11, folding towards the wing 6 the portion of material located in relation to this slot on the side that we see on the left on the figure 2.

La languette 13 est formée par la portion de matière située de l'autre côté de la fente d'extrémité, c'est-à-dire par la portion que l'on voit à droite sur la figure 2. La languette 13 est ainsi dans le prolongement du reste de la lamelle 11.The tongue 13 is formed by the portion of material located on the other side of the end slot, that is to say by the portion that we see on the right on Figure 2. The tongue 13 is thus in the extension of the rest of the lamella 11.

La largeur de l'ergot 12 est d'environ un tiers de la largeur de la lamelle 11 et, bien entendu, la largeur de la languette 13 est d'environ deux tiers de la largeur de la lamelle 11.The width of the lug 12 is about one-third the width of the 11 and, of course, the width of the tongue 13 is about two third of the width of the lamella 11.

Comme on le verra ci-après, chaque lamelle 11 est prévue pour faire partie d'une borne à connexion automatique, avec la tranche située au bout de la languette 13, et plus précisément l'une des arêtes d'extrémité qui délimitent cette tranche, qui est prévue pour coopérer avec le conducteur engagé dans la borne à laquelle appartient la lamelle 11, afin de maintenir le conducteur en conctact avec le membre 5 et afin d'interdire le retrait de ce conducteur.As will be seen below, each lamella 11 is intended to make part of an automatic connection terminal, with the slice at the end of the tongue 13, and more precisely one of the end edges which delimit this tranche, which is intended to cooperate with the driver engaged in the terminal to which the strip 11 belongs, in order to keep the driver conctact with the member 5 and to prohibit the withdrawal of this driver.

La largeur de la languette 13 est légèrement supérieure au diamètre maximum des conducteurs destinés à être reçus dans les bornes à connexion automatique.The width of the tongue 13 is slightly greater than the diameter maximum of conductors intended to be received in connection terminals automatic.

Comme on le verra également ci-après, l'ergot 12 procure, pour un doigt 39 prévu pour pousser la lamelle 11, par l'extrémité libre de celle-ci, afin de la faire fléchir vers l'aile 6, une surface d'appui plus douce, et en tout cas moins acérée, que le bout de la languette 13. As will also be seen below, the lug 12 provides, for a finger 39 provided to push the lamella 11, by the free end thereof, so to make it bend towards wing 6, a softer surface of support, and in any case less sharp, than the tip of the tongue 13.

Le membre rigide 5 (figure 3) est fait en un matériau métallique conducteur de l'électricité relativement épais tant pour présenter une bonne rigidité mécanique que pour offrir une faible résistance électrique.The rigid member 5 (FIG. 3) is made of a metallic material relatively thick electricity conductor so much to present a good mechanical rigidity only to offer a low electrical resistance.

Le membre 5 a un profil en U et présente donc trois ailes, respectivement 14, 15 et 16.The member 5 has a U-shaped profile and therefore has three wings, respectively 14, 15 and 16.

Les ailes 14 et 16 sont en regard l'une de l'autre tandis que l'aile 15 est disposée entre les ailes 14 et 16, l'une des extrémités longitudinales de l'aile 15 étant reliée à l'une des extrémités longitudinales de l'aile 14 et l'autre extrémité longitudinale de l'aile 15 étant reliée à l'une des extrémités longitudinales de l'aile 16.The wings 14 and 16 are facing each other while the wing 15 is disposed between the wings 14 and 16, one of the longitudinal ends of the wing 15 being connected to one of the longitudinal ends of the wing 14 and the other longitudinal end of the wing 15 being connected to one of the ends longitudinal of the wing 16.

A la jonction entre les ailes 14 et 15, le membre 5 présente une série d'ouvertures 17 débouchant chacune à fleur de la surface interne de l'aile 14.At the junction between the wings 14 and 15, the member 5 presents a series openings 17 opening each flush with the inner surface of the wing 14.

Cette dernière présente, pour chaque ouverture 17, une ouverture 18 décalée par rapport à l'ouverture 17 suivant la direction longitudinale, du côté que l'on voit à gauche sur la figure 3.The latter has, for each opening 17, an opening 18 offset from the opening 17 in the longitudinal direction, on the that we see on the left in figure 3.

L'aile 16 du membre 5 présente, du côté interne, des griffes saillantes 19 (figures 4 et 8), chacune prévue pour s'engager dans une ouverture 8 (figure 2) d'un membre flexible 4, afin de le maintenir en place.The wing 16 of the member 5 has, on the inner side, claws projections 19 (FIGS. 4 and 8) each intended to engage in a opening 8 (Figure 2) of a flexible member 4, to hold it in place.

Comme on le voit sur la figure 4, le membre 5 présente deux séries de douze ouvertures 17 situées respectivement de part et d'autre d'une portion centrale.As seen in Figure 4, member 5 presents two series twelve openings 17 located respectively on either side of a portion Central.

Le membre 5 est prévu pour recevoir un membre flexible 4 en regard de chaque série d'ouvertures 17 et 18, avec, pour chaque membre 4, la face externe de l'aile 6 qui est en appui sur la face interne de l'aile 16 du membre 5, avec la jonction entre les ailes 6 et 7 du membre 4 qui est située du côté de l'aile 15 du membre 5, et avec l'aile 7 (et donc chaque lamelle 11) qui est disposée en biais dans le membre 5, l'aile 7 étant inclinée vers l'opposé de l'aile 15 et vers l'aile 14.The member 5 is intended to receive a flexible member 4 opposite of each series of openings 17 and 18, with, for each member 4, the face outer wing 6 which is supported on the inner face of the wing 16 of the member 5, with the junction between wings 6 and 7 of limb 4 which is located on the side of the wing 15 of the member 5, and with the wing 7 (and therefore each blade 11) which is disposed obliquely in the member 5, the wing 7 being inclined towards the opposite of the wing 15 and to wing 14.

A chaque lamelle 11 correspond un couple formé par une ouverture 17 et par une ouverture 18, avec la languette 13 de la lamelle 11 qui est en regard de l'ouverture 17 du membre 5 et en regard de la portion de l'aile 14 située au droit de l'ouverture 17 tandis que l'ergot 12 est en regard de l'ouverture 18.With each lamella 11 corresponds a pair formed by an opening 17 and an opening 18, with the tongue 13 of the blade 11 which is in view of the opening 17 of the member 5 and facing the portion of the wing 14 located at the right of the opening 17 while the lug 12 is next to the opening 18.

Chaque lamelle 11 forme ainsi avec la portion du membre 5 qui l'entoure, une borne à connexion automatique.Each strip 11 thus forms with the portion of the member 5 which surrounds it, a terminal with automatic connection.

Comme on le verra ci-après à l'appui des figures 8 et suivantes, pour chaque borne à connexion automatique, la portion de matière de l'aile 14 située au droit de l'ouverture 17 sert à fournir, pour un conducteur 45 introduit par l'ouverture 17, un siège 46 contre lequel ce conducteur est prévu pour être plaqué par la languette 13 de la lamelle 11, tandis que l'ouverture 18 sert au passage d'un doigt 39 prévu pour être commandé depuis l'extérieur, afin de pousser la lamelle 11, au niveau de l'ergot 12, vers les ailes 6 et 16, en vue de libérer le conducteur 45.As will be seen below in support of FIGS. 8 and following, for each terminal with automatic connection, the portion of material of the wing 14 located at the right of the opening 17 serves to provide, for a driver 45 introduced by the opening 17, a seat 46 against which this driver is intended to be plated by the tongue 13 of the lamella 11, while the opening 18 is used for passage of a finger 39 intended to be controlled from the outside, in order to push the lamella 11, at the lug 12, towards the wings 6 and 16, in order to release the driver 45.

Le membre 5 présente également, pour être connecté à des conducteurs de section relativement importante, des encoches 20 dans l'aile 14 et, dans l'aile 16, des découpes délimitant une languette de contact 21 à l'aplomb de chaque encoche 20.Member 5 also presents, to be connected to conductors of relatively large section, notches 20 in the wing 14 and in the flange 16, cutouts delimiting a contact tab 21 to the plumb of each notch 20.

De façon bien connue, chaque patte 21 est engagée dans une cage (non représentée) coopérant avec une vis (non représentée) dont le fût passe par l'encoche 20 située à l'aplomb de cette patte 21, la cage présentant du côté de l'aile 14 un trou taraudé avec lequel coopère le fût de la vis de sorte que, quand l'on serre cette dernière, son bout vient porter sur la patte 21, la cage est entraínée vers l'aile 14 et le conducteur à section relativement importante peut être serré entre la face de la languette 21 opposée à l'aile 14 et la portion de la cage qui regarde cette face opposée.As is well known, each lug 21 is engaged in a cage (not shown) cooperating with a screw (not shown) whose barrel passes by the notch 20 located at the base of this leg 21, the cage having the side the wing 14 a threaded hole with which cooperates the barrel of the screw so that, when we tighten the latter, its end comes to bear on the leg 21, the cage is driven to the wing 14 and the relatively large section driver can be clamped between the face of the tongue 21 opposite the wing 14 and the portion of the cage looking at that opposite side.

Dans l'exemple illustré, le membre 5 est prévu pour être connecté à quatre conducteurs de section relativement importante, dont deux à l'extrémité que l'on voit à droite sur la figure 4 (il s'agit de l'extrémité illustrée sur la figure 3), un au centre et un à l'autre extrémité.In the example shown, member 5 is intended to be connected to four relatively large section conductors, two of which at the end that we see on the right in Figure 4 (this is the end shown in the figure 3), one in the center and one at the other end.

Le membre 5 comporte donc deux encoches 20 et deux pattes 21 correspondantes à l'extrémité que l'on voit à droite sur la figure 4, une autre encoche et la patte correspondante à l'autre extrémité, ainsi qu'une encoche et la patte correspondante dans la portion centrale de part et d'autre de laquelle se trouvent les séries respectives de douze ouvertures 17 chacune associée à une ouverture 18.The member 5 thus comprises two notches 20 and two legs 21 corresponding to the end that we see on the right in Figure 4, another notch and corresponding tab at the other end as well as a notch and the corresponding leg in the central portion on either side of which are the respective series of twelve openings 17 each associated with an opening 18.

La barrette de connexion 3 formée par les membres 4 et 5 ainsi que par les cages et les vis associées peut donc être connectée à quatre conducteurs de section relativement importante et à vingt-quatre conducteurs de section plus faible. Ces différents conducteurs, lorsqu'ils sont connectés à la barrette 3, sont reliés électriquement les uns aux autres par le membre 5.The connection strip 3 formed by members 4 and 5 as well as cages and associated screws can therefore be connected to four drivers of relatively large section and twenty-four drivers of smaller section. These different drivers, when connected to the bar 3, are electrically connected to each other by the member 5.

Le boítier 2 dans lequel est disposée la barrette 3 est en matière plastique moulée, laquelle matière est isolante sur le plan électrique et présente une relative flexibilité.The housing 2 in which is arranged the bar 3 is made of molded plastic, which material is electrically insulating and present relative flexibility.

Le boítier 2 est formé de l'assemblage, par encliquetage, d'un corps 50 et d'un couvercle 51. Il a une forme globalement parallélépipédique avec, du côté que l'on voit en bas sur les dessins, un bossage 25 aux emplacements où la barrette 3 coopère avec une cage mobile pour assurer la connexion d'un conducteur à section relativement importante.The housing 2 is formed of the assembly, by snapping, of a body 50 and a cover 51. It has a generally parallelepiped shape with, side that we see below on the drawings, a boss at the locations where the bar 3 cooperates with a mobile cage to ensure the connection of a driver with relatively large section.

Il y a ainsi un bossage 25 à chacune des deux extrémités du boítier 2 ainsi qu'au centre de celui-ci.There is thus a boss 25 at each of the two ends of the housing 2 as well as in the center of it.

Chaque bossage 25 présente, sur la face que l'on voit à l'avant sur les figures 1 et 5, une ouverture 26 d'insertion d'un conducteur à section relativement importante dans l'une des bornes à cage mobile.Each boss 25 has, on the face that we see in the front on FIGS. 1 and 5, an opening 26 for insertion of a section conductor relatively large in one of the mobile cage terminals.

A l'aplomb de chaque bossage 25, sur la face que l'on voit en haut sur les dessins, le boítier 2 présente pour chaque borne à cage mobile une ouverture 27 donnant accès à la tête de la vis de commande de la cage, chaque ouverture 27 étant ménagée au centre d'un téton 28 entourant la tête d'une telle vis.At the base of each boss 25, on the face that we see at the top in the drawings, the housing 2 has for each mobile cage terminal a opening 27 giving access to the head of the control screw of the cage, each opening 27 being formed in the center of a stud 28 surrounding the head of such a screw.

Entre les bossages 25, c'est-à-dire à chacun des deux emplacements où la barrette 3 forme une série de bornes à connexion automatique, le boítier 2 présente, du côté que l'on voit à l'avant sur les figures 1 et 5 et à gauche sur les figures 8 à 10, une série de becs saillants 29 chacun situé, comme on le voit sur les figures 8 et suivantes, au droit d'une ouverture 30 ménagée dans la paroi du boítier 2 dans l'alignement de l'une des ouvertures 17 de la barrette de connexion 3. Between the bosses 25, that is to say at each of the two locations where the bar 3 forms a series of connection terminals automatic, the housing 2 present, the side that we see in the front in the figures 1 and 5 and to the left in FIGS. 8 to 10, a series of projecting protrusions 29 each located, as seen in Figures 8 and following, to the right of an opening 30 formed in the wall of the housing 2 in alignment with one of openings 17 of the terminal strip 3.

Chaque bec 29 délimite un canal de guidage 31 aligné avec les ouvertures 30 et 17 de sorte que le canal 31 et les ouvertures 30 et 17 forment ensemble un conduit d'insertion d'un conducteur dans une borne à connexion rapide, ce conduit d'insertion étant centré sur l'axe 32 orienté suivant la direction transversale.Each spout 29 defines a guide channel 31 aligned with the openings 30 and 17 so that the channel 31 and the openings 30 and 17 form together a conduit for inserting a conductor into a connection terminal rapid, this insertion duct being centered on the axis 32 oriented according to the transverse direction.

Toujours à chaque emplacement où la barrette de connexion 3 forme une série de bornes à connexion rapide, le boítier 2 présente, dans la portion de sa paroi à section globalement en L que l'on voit en haut et à l'arrière sur la figure 1 et en haut et à l'avant sur la figure 6, une fente 35 en forme de peigne.Always at each location where the terminal strip 3 forms a series of quick-connect terminals, the housing 2 has, in the portion of its generally L-section wall that is seen at the top and back on the Figure 1 and at the top and front in Figure 6, a slot 35 comb-shaped.

Chaque fente 35 présente une branche longitudinale 36 et une pluralité de branches transversales 37, ici au nombre de treize, de sorte que chaque fente 35 dégage douze tronçons 38 de la paroi du boítier 2 chacun délimité par une portion à contour en U de la fente 35.Each slot 35 has a longitudinal branch 36 and a plurality of transverse branches 37, here thirteen in number, so that each slot 35 disengages twelve sections 38 of the wall of the housing 2 each delimited by a U-shaped portion of the slot 35.

Chaque tronçon 38 a une largeur correspondant à celle des lamelles 11 du membre 4. Son épaisseur relativement constante est telle qu'il forme une patte coudée flexible.Each section 38 has a width corresponding to that of the slats 11 of the member 4. Its relatively constant thickness is such that it forms a flexible bent leg.

De chaque tronçon 38 saille intérieurement un doigt 39, ainsi qu'on le voit en particulier sur la figure 7, chaque doigt 39 passant au travers d'une ouverture 18 respective du membre 5 et ayant son extrémité libre qui est en regard de l'ergot 12 d'une lamelle 11 respective, ainsi qu'on le voit sur les figures 8 et 9.Each section 38 internally projects a finger 39, as see in particular in Figure 7, each finger 39 passing through a respective opening 18 of the member 5 and having its free end which is in look at the lug 12 of a respective lamella 11, as can be seen in the Figures 8 and 9.

Les doigts 39 ont chacun des dimensions telles qu'ils sont relativement rigides.The fingers 39 each have dimensions such that they are relatively rigid.

Chaque tronçon 38 présente à l'opposé du doigt 39, c'est-à-dire du côté externe, une empreinte 40 propre à recevoir la lame plate d'un tournevis d'électricien conventionnel.Each section 38 has the opposite of the finger 39, that is to say the external side, an imprint 40 own to receive the flat blade of a screwdriver conventional electrician.

On va maintenant expliquer comment l'on met place dans l'une des bornes de connexion automatique un conducteur tel que 45 (figure 10), et plus précisément l'extrémité dénudée de celui-ci, ce conducteur étant du type rigide.We will now explain how we put ourselves in one of the automatic connection terminals a conductor such as 45 (Figure 10), and more precisely the stripped end thereof, this conductor being rigid type.

Cette extrémité est introduite dans le bornier 1 suivant la direction transversale par l'un des becs 29, elle passe au travers des ouvertures 30 et 17 correspondantes puis rencontre la languette 13 de la lamelle 11 correspondante et l'entraíne à fléchir vers l'aile 6 de sorte qu'elle laisse l'extrémité du conducteur s'insérer entre la languette 13 de cette lamelle et l'aile 14 du membre 5, le mouvement d'enfoncement du conducteur 45 se poursuivant par exemple jusqu'à ce que le bout du conducteur vienne en butée contre la paroi du boítier 2 à l'opposé de l'ouverture 30, ainsi que montré sur la figure 10.This end is inserted into the terminal block 1 in the direction crosswise through one of the nozzles 29, it passes through the openings 30 and 17 corresponding then meets the tongue 13 of the corresponding lamella 11 and causes it to flex toward the wing 6 so that it leaves the end of the conductor inserted between the tongue 13 of this strip and the wing 14 of the Member 5, the driving movement of driver 45 continuing example until the end of the driver comes into abutment against the wall housing 2 opposite the opening 30, as shown in Figure 10.

La surface interne de l'aile 14 située au droit de l'ouverture 17 et en regard de la languette 13 forme pour le conducteur 45 un siège 46 contre lequel il est maintenu par la lamelle 11 qui le plaque contre le siège 46, la zone par laquelle la lamelle 11 est en contact avec le conducteur 45 étant formée par le bout de la languette 13.The inner surface of the wing 14 located at the right of the opening 17 and in view of the tongue 13 forms for the driver 45 a seat 46 against which it is held by the lamella 11 which plates it against the seat 46, the zone by which the blade 11 is in contact with the conductor 45 being formed by the end of the tongue 13.

On observa que l'extrémité de chaque doigt 39, qui est disposée latéralement par rapport à la languette 13, procure un certain guidage au conducteur 45 lors de son introduction dans la borne à connexion automatique.It was observed that the end of each finger 39, which is arranged laterally with respect to the tongue 13, provides some guidance to the conductor 45 when it is inserted into the self-connecting terminal.

Si le conducteur tel que 45, une fois installé dans une borne à connexion automatique ainsi que montré sur la figure 10, tend à être retiré du bornier 1, c'est-à-dire s'il est soumis à un effort dirigé vers le côté que l'on voit à gauche sur la figure 10, ce conducteur aura tendance à entraíner avec lui la lamelle 11, qui va s'arc-bouter et donc le coincer contre le siège 46, ce qui interdira le retrait du conducteur.If the driver such as 45, once installed in a terminal to automatic connection as shown in Figure 10, tends to be removed from the terminal 1, that is to say if it is subjected to a force directed towards the side that we see left in Figure 10, this driver will tend to drive with him the lamella 11, which will be bent and thus wedge against the seat 46, which prohibit the withdrawal of the driver.

Il est néanmoins possible de procéder au retrait du conducteur, grâce à la touche formée par le tronçon de paroi 38 et le doigt 39, en exerçant sur cette touche une sollicitation dirigée vers l'intérieur, par exemple à l'aide d'un tournevis d'électricien dont la lame est engagée dans l'empreinte 40, cette sollicitation ayant pour effet de faire fléchir le tronçon 38 de sorte que le doigt 39 pousse, par l'intermédiaire de l'ergot 12, la lamelle 11 vers l'aile 6, c'est-à-dire à l'écart du siège 46, jusqu'à ce que le bout de la languette 13 ne soit plus en contact avec le conducteur 45, ainsi que montré sur la figure 11, grâce à quoi le conducteur 45 peut être retiré de la borne à connexion automatique dans laquelle il était engagé.Nevertheless, it is possible to withdraw the driver, thanks to the key formed by the wall section 38 and the finger 39, by exerting on this key an inward directed solicitation, for example using of an electrician's screwdriver whose blade is engaged in the impression 40, this solicitation having the effect of bending the section 38 so that the finger 39 pushes, via the lug 12, the blade 11 to the wing 6, that is to say away from the seat 46, until the tip of the tongue 13 is no longer in contact with the conductor 45, as shown in FIG. 11, thanks to what driver 45 can be removed from the auto-connect terminal in which he was engaged.

On notera qu'il est également possible, au cas où l'on souhaite raccorder au bornier 1 un conducteur souple, d'engager l'extrémité dénudée de celui-ci dans une borne à connexion automatique en même temps qu'on agit sur la touche formée par le tronçon 38 et le doigt 39 correspondant afin d'écarter la languette 13 du siège 46 pour permettre à l'extrémité dénudée de se placer entre eux.Note that it is also possible, in case one wishes connect to the terminal block 1 a flexible conductor, engage the stripped end of this one in a terminal with automatic connection at the same time on the key formed by the section 38 and the corresponding finger 39 so to remove the tongue 13 of the seat 46 to allow the bare end of to stand between them.

Comme indiqué ci-dessus, il existe quelques différences d'exécution minimes entre le bornier illustré sur les figures 1 à 3 et 8 et celui illustré sur les autres figures.As noted above, there are some differences in execution between the terminal block illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 and 8 and that illustrated on the other figures.

En particulier, alors que dans le membre rigide 5 illustré sur la figure 3 les ouvertures 18 sont des encoches débouchant dans la tranche de l'aile 14, les ouvertures 18 illustrées sur la figure 4 sont fermées du côté de la tranche de l'aile 14 (ce sont des trous oblongs). Cela est favorable à la rigidité du membre 5 au niveau des sièges 46.In particular, while in the rigid member 5 illustrated in the figure 3 the openings 18 are notches opening into the edge of the wing 14, the openings 18 illustrated in FIG. 4 are closed on the side of the slice of the wing 14 (they are oblong holes). This is favorable to the stiffness of the limb 5 at the level of the seats 46.

Pour ce qui est du boítier 2, il est dans les deux cas formé par un corps 50 auquel appartiennent les bossages 25 et les becs 29 et par un couvercle 51 auquel appartiennent les tétons 28 et les touches formées chacune par un tronçon 38 et par un doigt 39, mais les zones de raccordement entre le corps 50 et le couvercle 51 sont situées à des emplacement différents, ainsi qu'on le voit en comparant les figures 8 et 9.As for the case 2, it is in both cases formed by a body 50 to which belong the bosses 25 and the beaks 29 and by a cover 51 to which belong the nipples 28 and the keys formed each by a section 38 and a finger 39, but the connection areas between the body 50 and the cover 51 are located at different locations, as can be seen by comparing Figures 8 and 9.

Pour l'assemblage par encliquetage du corps 50 et du couvercle 51, il est prévu dans les deux cas des crans 52 portés par le couvercle au niveau des tétons 28 et, sur le corps 50, une anse 53 de réception de chaque cran 52, mais avec une conformation différente.For snap-fitting assembly of body 50 and cover 51, in both cases, the notches 52 carried by the lid at the nipples 28 and, on the body 50, a loop 53 for receiving each notch 52, but with a different conformation.

Dans le boítier 2 montré notamment sur les figures 5 à 7, il est prévu, pour faciliter le repérage, par l'utilisateur, du tronçon 38 et du bec 29 en correspondance l'un avec l'autre, une rainure de repérage 54 allant de l'un à l'autre.In the housing 2 shown in particular in Figures 5 to 7, it is provided, to facilitate the identification, by the user, of the section 38 and the spout 29 in correspondence with each other, a registration groove 54 ranging from one to the other.

D'une façon générale, c'est le bornier de répartition illustré sur les figures 4 à 7 et 9 à 11 qui est aujourd'hui le mode d'exécution qui paraít le meilleur.In general, it is the distribution terminal block shown on the figures 4 to 7 and 9 to 11 which is today the mode of execution which appears the better.

Dans des variantes non représentées du bornier de connexion 1, le nombre et l'emplacement des bornes à cage mobile est différent ou alors il n'y a aucune borne à cage mobile ; les bornes à cage mobile sont remplacées par un autre type de borne à vis ; le nombre et l'emplacement des bornes à connexion automatique est différent, avec par exemple certaines bornes à connexion automatique qui ne sont pas munies d'une touche de déverrouillage formée par un tronçon du boítier isolant tel que le tronçon 38 et par un doigt saillant du côté interne tel que le doigt 39 tandis que d'autres bornes à connexion automatique, voire une seule, sont munies d'une telle touche.In variants not shown of the connection terminal block 1, the number and location of mobile cage terminals is different or then there is no mobile cage terminal; mobile cage terminals are replaced by a other type of screw terminal; number and location of connection terminals automatic is different, for example with some connection terminals which are not equipped with an unlocking button formed by a section of the insulating housing such as section 38 and a protruding finger on the side such as the finger 39 while other terminals with automatic connection, even one, are equipped with such a key.

Dans d'autres variantes non représentées, les bornes à cage mobile et/ou le boítier isolant sont agencés différemment, par exemple l'ouverture d'insertion telle que 30 est située sur le boítier ailleurs que du côté de l'extrémité libre du tronçon de paroi tel que 38, voire l'extrémité libre du tronçon de paroi tel que 38 et la portion de paroi dans laquelle est ménagée l'ouverture d'insertion telle que 30 ne sont pas en équerre l'une par rapport à l'autre ; la paroi présentant une fente à contour en U, plutôt que d'être à section globalement en L, présente une autre forme, par exemple entièrement plate ; et/ou il est prévu une autre subdivision entre le corps et le couvercle, avec par exemple la fente délimitant les tronçons de paroi tels que 38 et les ouvertures d'insertion telles que 30 qui sont dans un même élément plutôt que d'être dans des éléments distincts.In other variants not shown, the mobile cage terminals and / or the insulating housing are arranged differently, for example the opening such as 30 is located on the housing other than the side of the free end of the wall section such as 38, or the free end of the section wall such as 38 and the wall portion in which the opening is formed insertions such that they are not square to each other; the wall with a U-shaped slot rather than being sectioned generally L, has another shape, for example completely flat; and / or there is provided another subdivision between the body and the lid, with example the slot defining the wall sections such as 38 and the openings such as 30 who are in the same element rather than being in distinct elements.

Dans d'autres variantes non représentées, l'appareil selon l'invention n'est pas un bornier de répartition, mais un autre appareil électrique, par exemple un interrupteur, une prise de courant ou une lampe munie d'au moins une borne à connexion rapide du même genre que celles du bornier de répartition 1.In other variants not shown, the apparatus according to the invention is not a distribution terminal block, but another electrical device, by example a switch, a socket or a lamp provided with at least a quick connect terminal of the same type as those of the terminal block distribution 1.

De nombreuses autres variantes sont possibles en fonction des circonstances et on rappelle à cet égard que l'invention ne se limite pas aux exemples décrits et représentés.Many other variants are possible depending on the circumstances and it is recalled in this respect that the invention is not limited to examples described and represented.

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Appareil électrique comportant un boítier isolant (2) et une borne à connexion automatique (11, 46) disposée dans ledit boítier (2), lequel présente une ouverture (30) d'insertion d'un conducteur électrique (45) suivant une direction prédéterminée, ladite borne étant formée par un membre rigide (5) et par un membre flexible (4), le membre rigide (5) présentant un siège (46) au niveau de ladite ouverture d'insertion (30), le membre flexible (4) comportant une lamelle élastique (11) ayant une arête d'extrémité en regard dudit siège (46), ladite lamelle élastique (11) étant adaptée à se déformer pour laisser ledit conducteur (45), lorsqu'il est engagé dans ledit boítier (2) par ladite ouverture d'insertion (30), s'insérer entre ledit siège (46) et ladite arête d'extrémité de la lamelle (11) et, si ledit conducteur (45) est ensuite sollicité à être retiré dudit boítier (2), pour coincer le conducteur (45) entre ledit siège (46) et ladite arête d'extrémité de la lamelle (11) ; caractérisé en ce qu'une paroi dudit boítier (2) présente une fente (36, 37) à contour en U orientée suivant la direction d'insertion tandis qu'un doigt rigide (39) saille intérieurement du tronçon (38) de la paroi du boítier (2) délimitée par ladite fente (36, 37), l'extrémité libre dudit doigt (39) étant en regard de ladite lamelle (11 ), ledit tronçon de paroi (38) étant adapté à fléchir pour amener le doigt (39) à pousser ladite lamelle (11) afin d'écarter sa dite arête d'extrémité dudit siège (46) de sorte que ledit conducteur (45) en place dans ladite borne (11, 46) puisse en être retiré.Electrical apparatus comprising an insulating housing (2) and an automatic connection terminal (11, 46) disposed in said housing (2), which has an opening (30) for insertion of an electrical conductor (45) in a predetermined direction said terminal being formed by a rigid member (5) and a flexible member (4), the rigid member (5) having a seat (46) at said insertion opening (30), the flexible member (4) ) comprising a resilient lamella (11) having an end edge facing said seat (46), said elastic lamella (11) being adapted to deform to leave said conductor (45), when engaged in said housing ( 2) by said insertion opening (30), inserted between said seat (46) and said end edge of the lamella (11) and, if said conductor (45) is then urged to be removed from said housing ( 2), to wedge the conductor (45) between said seat (46) and said end edge mite of the lamella (11); characterized in that a wall of said housing (2) has a U-shaped slot (36, 37) oriented in the direction of insertion while a rigid finger (39) protrudes internally from the wall portion (38). housing (2) delimited by said slot (36, 37), the free end of said finger (39) being opposite said lamella (11), said wall section (38) being adapted to flex to bring the finger ( 39) pushing said slat (11) to move said end edge away from said seat (46) so that said conductor (45) in place in said terminal (11, 46) can be removed therefrom. Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite paroi du boítier (2) présentant une fente (36, 37) à contour en U a une épaisseur relativement constante.Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said housing wall (2) having a U-shaped slot (36, 37) has a relatively constant thickness. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite paroi du boítier (2) présentant une fente (36, 37) à contour en U est à section globalement en L.Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that said housing wall (2) having a slot (36, 37) U-shaped outline is generally L-section. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite paroi du boítier (2) présentant une fente (36, 37) à contour en U fait partie d'un couvercle (51) que comporte ledit boítier (2). Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said housing wall (2) having a slot (36, 37) U-shaped contour is part of a cover (51) that comprises said housing (2 ). Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit tronçon de paroi (38) délimité par ladite fente (36, 37) à contour en U présente à son extrémité libre, du côté externe, une empreinte (40) propre à recevoir une lame de tournevis.Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said wall section (38) delimited by said U-shaped slot (36, 37) has at its free end, on the external side, an impression (40). ) suitable for receiving a screwdriver blade. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que ladite ouverture d'insertion (30) est située sur ledit boítier (2) du côté de l'extrémité libre dudit tronçon de paroi (38) délimité par ladite fente (36, 37) à contour en U .Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said insertion opening (30) is located on said housing (2) on the free end side of said wall section (38) delimited by said slot (36, 37) with a U-shaped contour. Appareil selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité libre dudit tronçon de paroi (38) délimité par ladite fente (36, 37) à contour en U et la portion de la paroi du boítier (2) dans laquelle est ménagée ladite ouverture d'insertion (30) sont en équerre l'une par rapport à l'autre.Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the free end of said wall section (38) delimited by said U-shaped slot (36, 37) and the portion of the wall of the housing (2) in which is formed said insertion opening (30) are square to each other. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit boítier (2) présente un bec (29) au droit de ladite ouverture d'insertion (30), ledit bec (29) délimitant un canal de guidage (31) aligné avec ladite ouverture d'insertion (30).Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that said housing (2) has a spout (29) in line with said insertion opening (30), said spout (29) delimiting a guide channel ( 31) aligned with said insertion opening (30). Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que ladite ouverture d'insertion (30) est ménagée dans un corps (50) que comporte ledit boítier (2).Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that said insertion opening (30) is formed in a body (50) that comprises said housing (2). Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit boítier (2) est formé par un corps (50) et par un couvercle (51) assemblés l'un à l'autre par des moyens d'encliquetage (52, 53).Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that said housing (2) is formed by a body (50) and a cover (51) assembled to one another by latching means (52, 53). Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que ladite lamelle élastique (11) de la borne à connexion automatique présente une extrémité libre subdivisée en une languette (13) à laquelle appartient ladite arête d'extrémité et en un ergot rabattu (12) disposé latéralement par rapport à ladite languette (13).Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that said elastic blade (11) of the automatically connected terminal has a free end subdivided into a tongue (13) to which said end edge belongs and in one folded lug (12) arranged laterally with respect to said tongue (13). Appareil selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que ledit membre flexible (4) est à section en V, avec ladite lamelle élastique (11) qui appartient à une première aile (7) dudit membre flexible (4) et avec ledit ergot (12) qui est en saillie par rapport au plan général de ladite lamelle élastique (11) du côté qui regarde la deuxième aile (6). Apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that said flexible member (4) is V-section, with said elastic blade (11) which belongs to a first wing (7) of said flexible member (4) and with said pin (12). ) which protrudes from the general plane of said elastic strip (11) on the side facing the second wing (6). Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé en ce que ledit membre rigide (5) a un profil en U avec une première aile (14) et une deuxième aile (16) qui sont en regard l'une de l'autre tandis qu'une troisième aile (15) est disposée entre la première aile (14) et la deuxième aile (16), l'une des extrémités longitudinales de la troisième aile (15) étant reliée à l'une des extrémités longitudinales de la première aile (14) et l'autre extrémité longitudinale de la troisième aile (15) étant reliée à l'une des extrémités longitudinales de la deuxième aile (16).Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that said rigid member (5) has a U-shaped profile with a first flange (14) and a second flange (16) facing each other. while a third flange (15) is disposed between the first flange (14) and the second flange (16), one of the longitudinal ends of the third flange (15) being connected to one of the longitudinal ends of the first wing (14) and the other longitudinal end of the third wing (15) being connected to one of the longitudinal ends of the second wing (16). Appareil selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que ledit membre rigide (5) présente, pour l'introduction d'un conducteur (45) dans la borne à connexion rapide (11, 46), une ouverture (17) située à la jonction entre la première aile (14) et la troisième aile (15) et débouchant à fleur de la surface interne de la première aile (14), laquelle surface interne forme ledit siège (46).Apparatus according to claim 13, characterized in that said rigid member (5) has, for the introduction of a conductor (45) into the quick-connect terminal (11, 46), an opening (17) at the junction between the first flange (14) and the third flange (15) and opening flush with the inner surface of the first flange (14), which inner surface forms said seat (46). Appareil selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que ledit membre rigide (5) présente, dans ladite première aile (14), une ouverture de passage (18) dudit doigt rigide (39) décalée par rapport à ladite ouverture d'introduction (17), tandis que ladite lamelle élastique (11) est subdivisée en une languette (13) à laquelle appartient ladite arête d'extrémité et en un ergot rabattu (12) disposé latéralement par rapport à ladite languette (13), avec ladite languette qui est en regard de l'ouverture d'introduction (17) du membre rigide (5) et ledit ergot (12) qui est en regard de ladite ouverture de passage (18), ledit doigt rigide (39) étant disposé entre ledit ergot (12) et ledit tronçon (38) de la paroi du boítier délimitée par une fente (36, 37) à contour en U.Apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that said rigid member (5) has, in said first flange (14), a passage opening (18) of said rigid finger (39) offset from said insertion opening (17). ), while said elastic strip (11) is subdivided into a tongue (13) to which said end edge belongs and in a folded lug (12) arranged laterally with respect to said tongue (13), with said tongue which is opposite the insertion opening (17) of the rigid member (5) and said lug (12) which is opposite said passage opening (18), said rigid finger (39) being arranged between said lug (12) ) and said section (38) of the wall of the housing delimited by a slot (36, 37) U-shaped contour. Appareil selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que ladite ouverture de passage (18) est un trou oblong.Apparatus according to claim 15, characterized in that said passage opening (18) is an oblong hole. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 16, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une série de dites bornes à connexion automatique (11, 46) semblables, disposées côte à côte, ledit membre flexible (4) comportant une pluralité de dites lamelles élastiques (11) semblables tandis que ledit membre rigide (5) comporte une pluralité de dits sièges (46) semblables, le membre flexible (4) et le membre rigide (5) formant ensemble une barrette de connexion (3) disposée dans ledit boítier (2). Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that it comprises a series of said self-connecting terminals (11, 46) which are similar, arranged side by side, said flexible member (4) comprising a plurality of said resilient sipes (11) similar while said rigid member (5) has a plurality of said seats (46) similar, the flexible member (4) and the rigid member (5) together forming a connecting bar (3) disposed in said housing (2). Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 17, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une série de dites bornes à connexion automatique (11, 46) semblables, disposées côte à côte, pour chacune desquelles ledit boítier (2) comporte un dit doigt rigide (39) et un dit tronçon de paroi (38) délimité par une fente (36, 37) à contour en U, chaque dite fente à contour en U faisant partie d'une fente (35) globalement en forme de peigne.Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that it comprises a series of said automatic connection terminals (11, 46), arranged side by side, for each of said housing (2) comprises a said rigid finger (39) and a said wall section (38) delimited by a slot (36, 37) with a U-shaped contour, each said U-shaped slot forming part of a slot (35) generally in the form of a comb. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 18, caractérisé en ce qu'il constitue un bornier de répartition comportant une série de dites bornes à connexion automatique (11, 46) semblables et au moins une borne à vis (21) pour un conducteur de plus grande section que ceux prévus pour être reçus dans lesdites bornes à connexion automatique (11, 46).Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that it constitutes a distribution terminal block comprising a series of said self-connecting terminals (11, 46) and at least one screw terminal (21) for a conductor of larger section than those intended to be received in said terminals with automatic connection (11, 46). Appareil selon la revendication 19, caractérisé en ce que ledit boítier (2) présente un bossage (25) à l'emplacement de chaque dite borne à vis (21 ).Apparatus according to claim 19, characterized in that said housing (2) has a boss (25) at the location of each said screw terminal (21). Appareil selon la revendication 20, caractérisé en ce que ledit bornier comporte deux séries de dites bornes à connexion rapide (11, 46) disposées de part et d'autre d'une portion centrale, avec une borne à vis (21) dans ladite portion centrale.Apparatus according to claim 20, characterized in that said terminal block comprises two series of said quick-connect terminals (11, 46) disposed on either side of a central portion, with a screw terminal (21) in said portion Central. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 ou 21, caractérisé en ce que ledit bornier comporte une borne à vis (21) à chaque extrémité.Apparatus according to any one of claims 20 or 21, characterized in that said terminal block comprises a screw terminal (21) at each end.
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