Appeal No. 2004-0053 Page 5
Application No. 09/678,635
Figures 1 to 4 of Kressel show a terminal block 11 having a terminal strip 10
supported thereon. The terminal strip 10 is an elongated, flat, generally rectangular
piece of material which may, in practice, be approximately one-eighth inch thick with a
hole at each end thereof. The holes receive bodies 15 of headed studs 12. The body
15 is relatively slender and the base of the frusto-conical head is substantially larger
than the slender body and defines a shoulder that faces the base 13 and extends
outwardly from the slender body around substantially the entire outside surface thereof.
The studs 12 have heads 14 which have a frusto-conical end 20',which terminates in a
lower flange 21. The flange 21 is of considerably larger diameter than the body 15.
The body 15 is generally cylindrical and integrally fixed to the base 13 at 22. Holes 16
receive screws which hold the device to the terminal block 11. The terminal block 11
has spaced ridge members thereon which define spaces 20 therebetween. Terminal
screws 29 may secure the terminal ends of electrical wires in place. The terminal strip
10 is forced down over the terminal ends after the wires are fastened in position with the
screws 29.
In the embodiment of Kressel's invention shown in Figure 5 molded plastic
terminal strip supports 112 have bodies 115 integrally fixed thereto on a base 113.
These bodies terminate at their upper ends in a frusto-conical head 114. A lateral slot
118 is cut in the body 115 and up through the frusto-conical head 114 so that the side
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