EP0670614A1 - Electrical connector for cable duct - Google Patents

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EP0670614A1
EP0670614A1 EP95400416A EP95400416A EP0670614A1 EP 0670614 A1 EP0670614 A1 EP 0670614A1 EP 95400416 A EP95400416 A EP 95400416A EP 95400416 A EP95400416 A EP 95400416A EP 0670614 A1 EP0670614 A1 EP 0670614A1
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Gérard Jego
Daniel Nourry
Jean-Pierre Thierry
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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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/16—Rails or bus-bars provided with a plurality of discrete connecting locations for counterparts
    • H01R25/161—Details
    • H01R25/162—Electrical connections between or with rails or bus-bars
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
    • H01R13/6395—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap for wall or panel outlets

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  • the present invention relates to a connector for an electrical distribution pipe of the type comprising several parallel conductors housed in a rigid casing and bypass studs located in the casing opposite openings made in a wall thereof.
  • Such a connector comprising a body provided with plugs for connection to the regions of the conductors housed in the stud and provided with a connection of branch cables connected to the plugs, is known for example from patent EP-77 242.
  • the object of the invention is in particular to ensure a simple mechanical blocking of a connector attached to an electrical distribution pipe. Its other purpose is to avoid untimely unlocking.
  • the body of the connector is associated with a lock which can be moved manually and which is able to cooperate with an element of the stud to implement means for blocking the connector with respect to the stud.
  • the lock has a part arranged as a pusher which, in the locked position, is engaged in a housing of the connector body so as to prevent gripping and manual unlocking of the lock.
  • the prefabricated electrical pipe 10 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a number of sections of the same length assembled end to end along a longitudinal axis XX ′. Only a section is shown here for the sake of simplification.
  • Each pipe section comprises a metal casing 11 of rectangular section, preferably square to ensure optimal rigidity, with four walls 12, 13, 14, 15, housing several bars or cables parallel electrical conductors of distribution 16, here in the form of a sheet 17 of four conductors.
  • In the wall 12 are formed at regular intervals of pitch L openings of generally rectangular shape 18, these openings having the purpose of receiving branch connectors 19 for supplying loads not shown from the conductors 16.
  • the connectors 19 have an insulating body 20, a starting cable 21 and connection plugs, for example in the form of elastic clips 22 which are capable of engaging on stripped parts 16a of the conductors 16 to ensure the electrical connection between them and the starting cable.
  • the conductors 16 are presently flexible cables sheathed and stripped only at the level of the openings 18, but they can also be formed by bare or sheathed metal blades or bars.
  • Each opening 18 is associated with a bypass stud 30 intended to position the parallel conductors 16 inside the envelope opposite the opening and to allow the connector 19 to be put in place.
  • the stud 30 comprises a body 31 , means 32 for holding in position in the envelope and, on the side of the opening 18, a housing 33 provided for receiving a part of the connector and bordered towards the opening 18 by a flange 34 which is roughly flush with the outside level of the plane PP ′ of the external face of the wall 12.
  • the housing 33 comprises wells 35 providing guide surfaces for guide and / or locking tabs 36a-d of the connector and in this housing is placed the sheet of conductors 16.
  • the stripped portions 16a of the parallel conductors 16 are distributed opposite the opening 18 so that the plugs or connection clamps 22 can engage on them when the connector is pushed into the housing 33.
  • the tabs 36 of the connector have, with respect to the plane of a sole 20a of the body which is applied to the wall 12 in the connection position, a height h1 greater than the height h2 of the plugs 22 (FIG. 3); the lugs 36 thus make it possible to slide the connector onto the wall 12 before it engages in the space 33, to protect the plugs laterally and to guide the connector when it is engaged in the space 33; the tabs 36 also have at their free ends 37 hooking heels 38 widened in the direction A ′ (FIG.
  • the body 20 of the connector 19 is associated with a manual lock 40 which comprises a part for gripping and pushing operation 41 linked to a finger 42 which has a cam or ramp 43 intended to cooperate with an edge, a ramp or a shoulder 44 of the stud.
  • the lock 40 is intended to take an unlocked position (FIG. 5) and a locked position (FIG. 6), passing from the first to the second by manual pressure on the operating part 41 in the direction YY ′ (arrow A) and from the second to the first by introducing a tool into a lateral notch 45 of the member and lifting it in the direction YY '(arrow B).
  • a conductive strip 46 is provided on the external face of one of the guide and hooking fingers 36 to ensure earth continuity by contact with an electrically conductive part located in the stud when the connector is engaged therein.
  • the gripping part 41 is located in the retracted locking position in an external housing 20b of the connector body so as to form a faired volume with the rest of this body. It has a notch 47 intended to engage in a notch 48 in the body 20 of the connector.
  • the finger 42 is guided in a well 49 of the body 20 and further comprises the ramp 43 on the one hand a shoulder 50 which cooperates with a stop 51 of the body 20 to limit the movement of the latch in the direction B, on the other hand a hollow form 52 capable of cooperating in the locked position and / or the unlocked position with a hard point 53 of the connector body 20 to hold the lock in this position.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the connector according to the invention.
  • a lock 61 which can be actuated manually, in the form of a plunger similar to that previously described, but which can however be unlocked by introducing a tool into a front slot 62, that is to say located at the front of the body. , to come to the unlocked position which is indicated in dashes.
  • the body 60 contains fuses on the electrical path connecting the cables 21 to the plugs 22 and windows 62 for viewing the state of the plugs. connection 22.
  • the lock 61 is housed in the locked position like the member 40 in a space 20b of the body such that the profile of the lock pusher is located in continuity with the profile of the body.
  • the connector 19 is approached to the opening 18 of the electrical pipe 10, either from the front (FIG. 3), or by sliding of the tabs 36 on the wall 12, so as to facilitate in the latter case a mounting without visibility.
  • the connector can be inserted according to arrow A in the housing; the downward movement of the connector is guided by holding the tabs 36 against the surfaces delimiting the wells 35, up to the stop of the sole 20a of the connector body on the wall 12.
  • the lock is then assumed to be in its unlocked position illustrated in Figure 5; if this were not the case before introduction, it would have been brought into this unlocked position by the stop of the ramp 43 during the descent against the shoulder 44 of the stud 30.
  • the operator then presses the member 40 according to arrow A.
  • the ramp 43 of finger 42 moves against the shoulder 44 causing the displacement of the whole of the connector according to arrow A 'up to at the engagement of the heels 38 under the stop elements 39, while the fingers 42 descend into the wells 49 until the elements 52,53 are blocked; displacement of the connector is permitted because the tabs 36 have in the direction XX 'a narrower width than that of their heels 38.
  • the operator cannot act manually and must introduce a tool into one of the slots 45 to unlock the member 40; when the ramp 43 has cleared from the well 49, the connector body can be moved in the direction A '' opposite A 'to the position indicated in Figure 5, then extracted from the housing 33 in the direction B opposite A .
  • the tab 36b of the connector of FIG. 7 comprises laterally (see FIGS. 8 and 9) a dovetail housing 63 in which can be accommodated an additive 70 for connection to signal conductors themselves housed laterally in the pipeline.
  • the additive 70 comprises an insulating body 71 and two flat conductors 72, 73 arranged in this body so as to reveal (see FIG. 10) lower contact pads 72a, 73a intended to be connected to the signal conductors via conductors of the pad and upper pads 72b, 73b intended for the welding of respective branch conductors.

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The body (20) of the connector has a bolt which is moved between a locked and unlocked position by a push-slide (41) along the longitudinal axis (x-X'), guided along a well (35). The slide joins with an element (44) of the contact (30) in order to put locking elements (36,39) in place relative to the contact in a pushed-in position in the connector. In the locked position, the bolt engages in a housing (20b) in the body and a finger (42) joined to the slide operates the locking mechanism to prevent the manual gripping and unfixing of the bolt. The bolt moves in a direction (Y-Y') perpendicular to the plane of the openings in the wall (12).

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La présente invention concerne un connecteur pour canalisation électrique de distribution du type comprenant plusieurs conducteurs parallèles logés dans une enveloppe rigide et des plots de dérivation situés dans l'enveloppe en regard d'ouvertures ménagées dans une paroi de celle-ci.The present invention relates to a connector for an electrical distribution pipe of the type comprising several parallel conductors housed in a rigid casing and bypass studs located in the casing opposite openings made in a wall thereof.

Un tel connecteur, comportant un corps muni de fiches de connexion aux régions des conducteurs logées dans le plot et muni d'un raccord de câbles de dérivation reliés aux fiches, est connu par exemple d'après le brevet EP-77 242.Such a connector, comprising a body provided with plugs for connection to the regions of the conductors housed in the stud and provided with a connection of branch cables connected to the plugs, is known for example from patent EP-77 242.

Pour établir une dérivation, il est souhaitable qu'un tel connecteur soit logé et bloqué dans un plot respectif de manière à assurer une fixation permanente et fiable à la canalisation. En outre, si le blocage doit pouvoir être effectué par une action manuelle volontaire, il est souhaitable d'éviter toute manoeuvre de déblocage intempestif du connecteur.To establish a derivation, it is desirable that such a connector is housed and blocked in a respective stud so as to ensure permanent and reliable fixing to the pipe. In addition, if the blocking must be able to be effected by voluntary manual action, it is desirable to avoid any inadvertent release of the connector.

L'invention a notamment pour but d'assurer un blocage mécanique simple d'un connecteur rapporté sur une canalisation électrique de distribution. Elle a pour autre but d'en éviter le déblocage intempestif.The object of the invention is in particular to ensure a simple mechanical blocking of a connector attached to an electrical distribution pipe. Its other purpose is to avoid untimely unlocking.

Selon l'invention, on associe au corps du connecteur un verrou déplaçable manuellement et apte à coopérer avec un élément du plot pour mettre en oeuvre des moyens de blocage du connecteur par rapport au plot.According to the invention, the body of the connector is associated with a lock which can be moved manually and which is able to cooperate with an element of the stud to implement means for blocking the connector with respect to the stud.

De préférence, le verrou présente une partie agencée en poussoir qui, dans la position verrouillée, est engagée dans un logement du corps de connecteur de manière à interdire la préhension et le déblocage manuel du verrou.Preferably, the lock has a part arranged as a pusher which, in the locked position, is engaged in a housing of the connector body so as to prevent gripping and manual unlocking of the lock.

Un mode de réalisation non limitatif va à présent être décrit en regard des figures.

  • La figure 1 représente une canalisation électrique préfabriquée munie de connecteurs.
  • La figure 2 est une vue en perpective d'un connecteur conforme à l'invention.
  • Les figures 3 et 4 sont des vues en coupe transversale agrandie selon III-III de la canalisation, le connecteur étant représenté respectivement écarté du plot de dérivation et engagé dans celui-ci.
  • Les figures 5 et 6 sont des vues de côté du connecteur engagé dans le plot, respectivement en position déverrouillée et en position verrouillée.
  • La figure 7 représente en perspective une variante du connecteur.
  • La figure 8 montre une élévation en coupe partielle du connecteur de la figure 7.
  • La figure 9 est une vue en coupe selon C-C d'une patte du connecteur.
  • La figure 10 représente un additif de connexion rapporté à cette patte.
A nonlimiting embodiment will now be described with reference to the figures.
  • Figure 1 shows a prefabricated electrical pipe provided with connectors.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of a connector according to the invention.
  • Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged cross-sectional views along line III-III of the pipe, the connector being shown respectively spaced from the bypass stud and engaged therein.
  • Figures 5 and 6 are side views of the connector engaged in the stud, respectively in the unlocked position and in the locked position.
  • Figure 7 shows in perspective a variant of the connector.
  • FIG. 8 shows an elevation in partial section of the connector of FIG. 7.
  • Figure 9 is a sectional view along CC of a tab of the connector.
  • FIG. 10 represents a connection additive attached to this tab.

La canalisation électrique préfabriquée 10 représentée sur la figure 1 comprend un certain nombre de tronçons de même longueur assemblés bout à bout selon un axe longitudinal X-X'. Seul un tronçon est ici représenté dans le souci de simplifier. Chaque tronçon de canalisation comprend une enveloppe métallique 11 de section rectangulaire, de préférence carrée pour assurer une rigidité optimale, à quatre parois 12, 13, 14, 15, logeant plusieurs barres ou câbles conducteurs électriques parallèles de distribution 16, ici sous forme de nappe 17 de quatre conducteurs. Dans la paroi 12 sont ménagées à intervalles réguliers de pas L des ouvertures de forme générale rectangulaire 18, ces ouvertures ayant pour but de recevoir des connecteurs de dérivation 19 pour assurer l'alimentation de charges non représentées à partir des conducteurs 16. Les connecteurs 19 présentent un corps isolant 20, un câble de départ 21 et des fiches de connexion, par exemple sous forme de pinces élastiques 22 qui sont aptes à s'engager sur des parties dénudées 16a des conducteurs 16 pour assurer la liaison électrique entre ceux-ci et le câble de départ. Les conducteurs 16 sont présentement des câbles souples gainés et dénudés seulement au niveau des ouvertures 18, mais ils peuvent aussi bien être constitués par des lames ou barres métalliques nues ou gainées.The prefabricated electrical pipe 10 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a number of sections of the same length assembled end to end along a longitudinal axis XX ′. Only a section is shown here for the sake of simplification. Each pipe section comprises a metal casing 11 of rectangular section, preferably square to ensure optimal rigidity, with four walls 12, 13, 14, 15, housing several bars or cables parallel electrical conductors of distribution 16, here in the form of a sheet 17 of four conductors. In the wall 12 are formed at regular intervals of pitch L openings of generally rectangular shape 18, these openings having the purpose of receiving branch connectors 19 for supplying loads not shown from the conductors 16. The connectors 19 have an insulating body 20, a starting cable 21 and connection plugs, for example in the form of elastic clips 22 which are capable of engaging on stripped parts 16a of the conductors 16 to ensure the electrical connection between them and the starting cable. The conductors 16 are presently flexible cables sheathed and stripped only at the level of the openings 18, but they can also be formed by bare or sheathed metal blades or bars.

A chaque ouverture 18 est associé un plot de dérivation 30 destiné à positionner les conducteurs parallèles 16 à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe en regard de l'ouverture et à permettre la mise en place du connecteur 19. Le plot 30 comprend un corps 31, des moyens 32 de maintien en position dans l'enveloppe et, du côté de l'ouverture 18, un logement 33 prévu pour recevoir une partie du connecteur et bordé vers l'ouverture 18 par une collerette 34 qui affleure extérieurement à peu près au niveau du plan P-P' de la face extérieure de la paroi 12. Le logement 33 comprend des puits 35 offrant des surfaces de guidage pour des pattes de guidage et/ou de blocage 36a-d du connecteur et dans ce logement est placée la nappe de conducteurs 16. Les parties dénudées 16a des conducteurs parallèles 16 se trouvent réparties en regard de l'ouverture 18 pour que les fiches ou pinces de connexion 22 puissent s'engager sur elles quand on enfonce le connecteur dans le logement 33. Les pattes 36 du connecteur ont, par rapport au plan d'une semelle 20a du corps qui s'applique sur la paroi 12 en position de connexion, une hauteur h1 supérieure à la hauteur h2 des fiches 22 (figure 3) ; les pattes 36 permettent ainsi de faire glisser le connecteur sur la paroi 12 avant son engagement dans l'espace 33, de protéger latéralement les fiches et de guider le connecteur quand on l'engage dans l'espace 33 ; les pattes 36 possèdent de plus à leurs extrémités libres 37 des talons d'accrochage 38 élargis selon la direction A' (figure 5) et destinés à coopérer avec des éléments d'arrêt 39 prévus dans le plot, comme on le verra plus loin, pour empêcher la déconnexion manuelle du connecteur selon la direction Y-Y' perpendiculaire à P-P' ; à leurs extrémités 37, les pattes 36 présentent des faces 37a susceptibles de glisser sur la paroi 12 de l'enveloppe de la canalisation.Each opening 18 is associated with a bypass stud 30 intended to position the parallel conductors 16 inside the envelope opposite the opening and to allow the connector 19 to be put in place. The stud 30 comprises a body 31 , means 32 for holding in position in the envelope and, on the side of the opening 18, a housing 33 provided for receiving a part of the connector and bordered towards the opening 18 by a flange 34 which is roughly flush with the outside level of the plane PP ′ of the external face of the wall 12. The housing 33 comprises wells 35 providing guide surfaces for guide and / or locking tabs 36a-d of the connector and in this housing is placed the sheet of conductors 16. The stripped portions 16a of the parallel conductors 16 are distributed opposite the opening 18 so that the plugs or connection clamps 22 can engage on them when the connector is pushed into the housing 33. The tabs 36 of the connector have, with respect to the plane of a sole 20a of the body which is applied to the wall 12 in the connection position, a height h1 greater than the height h2 of the plugs 22 (FIG. 3); the lugs 36 thus make it possible to slide the connector onto the wall 12 before it engages in the space 33, to protect the plugs laterally and to guide the connector when it is engaged in the space 33; the tabs 36 also have at their free ends 37 hooking heels 38 widened in the direction A ′ (FIG. 5) and intended to cooperate with stop elements 39 provided in the stud, as will be seen below, to prevent manual disconnection of the connector in the direction YY 'perpendicular to PP'; at their ends 37, the tabs 36 have faces 37a capable of sliding on the wall 12 of the envelope of the pipe.

Au corps 20 du connecteur 19 est associé un verrou manuel 40 qui comprend une partie de préhension et de manoeuvre par poussée 41 liée à un doigt 42 qui présente une came ou rampe 43 prévue pour coopérer avec une arête, une rampe ou un épaulement 44 du plot. Le verrou 40 est destiné à prendre une position déverrouillée (figure 5) et une position verrouillée (figure 6), en passant de la première à la seconde par pression manuelle sur la partie de manoeuvre 41 selon la direction Y-Y' (flèche A) et de la seconde à la première par introduction d'un outil dans une encoche latérale 45 de l'organe et levée de celui-ci selon la direction Y-Y' (flèche B). Une lame conductrice 46 est prévue sur la face externe d'un des doigts de guidage et d'accrochage 36 pour assurer une continuité de terre par contact avec une pièce électriquement conductrice située dans le plot lorsque le connecteur est engagé dans celui-ci.The body 20 of the connector 19 is associated with a manual lock 40 which comprises a part for gripping and pushing operation 41 linked to a finger 42 which has a cam or ramp 43 intended to cooperate with an edge, a ramp or a shoulder 44 of the stud. The lock 40 is intended to take an unlocked position (FIG. 5) and a locked position (FIG. 6), passing from the first to the second by manual pressure on the operating part 41 in the direction YY ′ (arrow A) and from the second to the first by introducing a tool into a lateral notch 45 of the member and lifting it in the direction YY '(arrow B). A conductive strip 46 is provided on the external face of one of the guide and hooking fingers 36 to ensure earth continuity by contact with an electrically conductive part located in the stud when the connector is engaged therein.

La partie de préhension 41 est située en position rentrée de verrouillage dans un logement externe 20b du corps de connecteur de façon à former un volume caréné avec le reste de ce corps. Elle présente un cran 47 prévu pour s'engager dans une encoche 48 du corps 20 du connecteur. Le doigt 42 est guidé dans un puits 49 du corps 20 et comprend outre la rampe 43 d'une part un épaulement 50 qui coopère avec une butée 51 du corps 20 pour limiter le déplacement du verrou dans la direction B, d'autre part une forme en creux 52 susceptible de coopérer dans la position verrouillée et/ou la position déverrouillée avec un point dur 53 du corps 20 de connecteur pour maintenir le verrou dans cette position.The gripping part 41 is located in the retracted locking position in an external housing 20b of the connector body so as to form a faired volume with the rest of this body. It has a notch 47 intended to engage in a notch 48 in the body 20 of the connector. The finger 42 is guided in a well 49 of the body 20 and further comprises the ramp 43 on the one hand a shoulder 50 which cooperates with a stop 51 of the body 20 to limit the movement of the latch in the direction B, on the other hand a hollow form 52 capable of cooperating in the locked position and / or the unlocked position with a hard point 53 of the connector body 20 to hold the lock in this position.

Sur la figure 7 est illustrée une variante de réalisation du connecteur selon l'invention. Au corps 60 du connecteur est associé un verrou 61 actionnable manuellement, en forme de poussoir similaire à celui précédemment décrit, mais cependant déverrouillable par introduction d'un outil dans une fente 62 frontale, c'est à dire située à l'avant du corps, pour venir dans la position déverrouillée qui est indiquée en tirets. Le corps 60 contient des fusibles sur le chemin électrique reliant les câbles 21 aux fiches 22 et des fenêtres 62 pour visualiser l'état des fiches de connexion 22. On notera que le verrou 61 est logé en position verrouillée comme l'organe 40 dans un espace 20b du corps tel que le profil du poussoir du verrou se situe dans la continuité du profil du corps.FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the connector according to the invention. Associated with the body 60 of the connector is a lock 61 which can be actuated manually, in the form of a plunger similar to that previously described, but which can however be unlocked by introducing a tool into a front slot 62, that is to say located at the front of the body. , to come to the unlocked position which is indicated in dashes. The body 60 contains fuses on the electrical path connecting the cables 21 to the plugs 22 and windows 62 for viewing the state of the plugs. connection 22. It will be noted that the lock 61 is housed in the locked position like the member 40 in a space 20b of the body such that the profile of the lock pusher is located in continuity with the profile of the body.

Le fonctionnement du connecteur selon l'invention va à présent être décrit à propos du mode de réalisation des figures 2 à 6.The operation of the connector according to the invention will now be described with reference to the embodiment of FIGS. 2 to 6.

Le connecteur 19 est approché de l'ouverture 18 de la canalisation électrique 10, soit par devant (figure 3), soit par glissement des pattes 36 sur la paroi 12, de manière à faciliter dans ce dernier cas un montage sans visibilité. Lorsque les extrémités 37 des pattes 36a-d sont situées devant les puits correspondants 35 du logement 33 (en tirets sur la figure 5), le connecteur peut être enfoncé selon la flèche A dans le logement ; le mouvement de descente du connecteur est guidé par le maintien des pattes 36 contre les surfaces délimitant les puits 35, jusqu'à la butée de la semelle 20a du corps de connecteur sur la paroi 12. Le verrou est alors supposé être dans sa position déverrouillée illustrée figure 5 ; si ce n'était pas le cas avant l'introduction, il aurait été amené dans cette position déverrouillée par butée de la rampe 43 au cours de la descente contre l'épaulement 44 du plot 30.The connector 19 is approached to the opening 18 of the electrical pipe 10, either from the front (FIG. 3), or by sliding of the tabs 36 on the wall 12, so as to facilitate in the latter case a mounting without visibility. When the ends 37 of the legs 36a-d are located in front of the corresponding wells 35 of the housing 33 (in dashed lines in FIG. 5), the connector can be inserted according to arrow A in the housing; the downward movement of the connector is guided by holding the tabs 36 against the surfaces delimiting the wells 35, up to the stop of the sole 20a of the connector body on the wall 12. The lock is then assumed to be in its unlocked position illustrated in Figure 5; if this were not the case before introduction, it would have been brought into this unlocked position by the stop of the ramp 43 during the descent against the shoulder 44 of the stud 30.

Pour verrouiller le connecteur, I'opérateur appuie alors sur l'organe 40 selon la flèche A. La rampe 43 du doigt 42 se déplace contre l'épaulement 44 en entraînant le déplacement de l'ensemble du connecteur selon la flèche A' jusqu'à l'engagement des talons 38 sous les éléments d'arrêt 39, tandis que les doigts 42 descendent dans les puits 49 jusqu'au blocage des éléments 52,53 ; le déplacement du connecteur est permis du fait que les pattes 36 ont dans la direction X-X' une largeur plus faible que celle de leurs talons 38.To lock the connector, the operator then presses the member 40 according to arrow A. The ramp 43 of finger 42 moves against the shoulder 44 causing the displacement of the whole of the connector according to arrow A 'up to at the engagement of the heels 38 under the stop elements 39, while the fingers 42 descend into the wells 49 until the elements 52,53 are blocked; displacement of the connector is permitted because the tabs 36 have in the direction XX 'a narrower width than that of their heels 38.

Pour déverrouiller le connecteur, I'opérateur ne peut pas agir manuellement et doit introduire un outil dans l'une des fentes 45 pour débloquer l'organe 40 ; quand la rampe 43 s'est dégagée du puits 49, le corps du connecteur peut être déplacé dans la direction A'' opposée à A' jusqu'à la position indiquée figure 5, puis extrait du logement 33 dans la direction B opposée à A.To unlock the connector, the operator cannot act manually and must introduce a tool into one of the slots 45 to unlock the member 40; when the ramp 43 has cleared from the well 49, the connector body can be moved in the direction A '' opposite A 'to the position indicated in Figure 5, then extracted from the housing 33 in the direction B opposite A .

La patte 36b du connecteur de la figure 7 comprend latéralement (voir figures 8 et 9) un logement en queue d'aronde 63 dans lequel peut se loger un additif 70 de connexion à des conducteurs de signaux eux-mêmes logés latéralement dans la canalisation. L'additif 70 comporte un corps isolant 71 et deux conducteurs plats 72,73 disposés dans ce corps de manière à laisser apparaître (voir figure 10) des plages de contact inférieures 72a,73a destinées à être reliées aux conducteurs de signaux via des conducteurs du plot et des plages supérieures 72b,73b destinées au soudage de conducteurs respectifs de dérivation.The tab 36b of the connector of FIG. 7 comprises laterally (see FIGS. 8 and 9) a dovetail housing 63 in which can be accommodated an additive 70 for connection to signal conductors themselves housed laterally in the pipeline. The additive 70 comprises an insulating body 71 and two flat conductors 72, 73 arranged in this body so as to reveal (see FIG. 10) lower contact pads 72a, 73a intended to be connected to the signal conductors via conductors of the pad and upper pads 72b, 73b intended for the welding of respective branch conductors.

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Connecteur de dérivation pour canalisation électrique du type comprenant plusieurs conducteurs parallèles logés dans une enveloppe rigide et des plots de dérivation placés dans l'enveloppe en regard d'ouvertures ménagées dans une paroi de celle-ci, le connecteur comportant un corps muni de fiches de connexion à enfoncer dans le plot pour être connectées aux conducteurs de la canalisation et d'un raccordement de câbles de dérivation,
   caractérisé par le fait qu'au corps (20) du connecteur (19) est associé un verrou (40) déplaçable manuellement d'une position de déverrouillage vers une position de verrouillage et apte à coopérer avec un élément (44) du plot (30) pour mettre en oeuvre des moyens (36, 39) de blocage du corps de connecteur par rapport au plot dans la position enfoncée du connecteur.Bypass connector for electrical ducting of the type comprising several parallel conductors housed in a rigid casing and bypass studs placed in the casing opposite openings formed in a wall thereof, the connector comprising a body provided with plugs connection to be pushed into the block to be connected to the conductors of the pipeline and a connection of branch cables,
characterized in that the body (20) of the connector (19) is associated with a lock (40) manually movable from an unlocking position to a locking position and able to cooperate with an element (44) of the stud (30 ) to implement means (36, 39) for locking the connector body relative to the stud in the depressed position of the connector. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le verrou (40) présente une partie agencée en poussoir (41) qui, dans la position de verrouillage, est engagé dans un espace (20b) du corps de connecteur empêchant la préhension et le déblocage manuels du verrou.Connector according to Claim 1, characterized in that the latch (40) has a push-fit part (41) which, in the locking position, is engaged in a space (20b) in the connector body preventing it from being grasped and manual release of the lock. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le verrou (40) présente une partie agencée en poussoir (41) de manière à passer de la position de déverrouillage à la position de verrouillage par poussée et apte à s'engager dans un logement (20b) du corps de connecteur et un doigt (42) lié au poussoir et apte à mettre en oeuvre les moyens de blocage, le verrou étant déplaçable selon une direction transversale (Y-Y') perpendiculaire au plan (P-P') de la paroi (12) de l'enveloppe qui comprend les ouvertures.Connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the latch (40) has a part arranged as a pusher (41) so as to pass from the unlocking position to the latching position by pushing and capable of engaging in a housing (20b) of the connector body and a finger (42) linked to the pusher and capable of implementing the locking means, the lock being movable in a transverse direction (Y-Y ') perpendicular to the plane (P-P') of the wall (12) of the envelope which includes the openings. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le verrou (40) est guidé dans son déplacement par des surfaces de puits de guidage (35) du connecteur et présente une surface applicable contre le plot (30) pour coopérer avec celui-ci par rampe ou came (43) de manière que le déplacement du verrou vers sa position de verrouillage engendre un effort de déplacement du connecteur selon un direction longitudinale (A') parallèle à la direction (X-X') des conducteurs.Connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the latch (40) is guided in its displacement by surfaces of guide wells (35) of the connector and has a surface applicable against the stud (30) to cooperate with it by ramp or cam (43) so that the displacement of the lock towards its locking position generates a force for displacement of the connector in a longitudinal direction (A ') parallel to the direction (X-X') of the conductors. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le verrou (40) présente des pattes de guidage et de blocage (36) coopérant avec les puits (35) et avec des éléments d'arrêt (39) prévus dans le plot, pour s'engager contre ceux-ci ou s'en dégager selon la direction longitudinale (A').Connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the latch (40) has guide and blocking tabs (36) cooperating with the wells (35) and with stop elements (39) provided in the stud, for engage against or disengage from them in the longitudinal direction (A '). Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il présente des pattes de guidage (36) munies de faces de glissement (37a) et présentant par rapport à une semelle (20a) du corps une hauteur (h1) supérieure à celle (h2) des fiches de connexion.Connector according to Claim 1, characterized in that it has guide tabs (36) provided with sliding faces (37a) and having, relative to a sole (20a) of the body, a height (h1) greater than that ( h2) connection plugs. Connecteur selon la revendication 6, caractérisé par le fait que les pattes de guidage (36) coopèrent avec des éléments d'arrêt (39) prévus dans le plot.Connector according to claim 6, characterized in that the guide tabs (36) cooperate with stop elements (39) provided in the stud. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il présente une patte (36a) munie extérieurement d'une lame conductrice (46) prévue pour coopérer avec une partie conductrice du plot (30) susceptible d'être mise à la terre.Connector according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a tab (36a) provided externally with a conductive strip (46) intended to cooperate with a conductive part of the stud (30) capable of being earthed. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il présente une patte (36b) munie d'un logement (63) pour recevoir un additif (70) de connexion à des conducteurs de signaux.Connector according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a tab (36b) provided with a housing (63) for receiving an additive (70) for connection to signal conductors. Connecteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le verrou (40) présente une fente (45,46) de déblocage.Connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the latch (40) has a release slot (45,46).
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