Robert Daniel Bond

US Patent:

49265385, May 22, 1990

Filed:

Oct 10, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/419301

Inventors:

Robert H. Bond - Ewing NJ
Ivan Pawlenko - Holland PA

Assignee:

American Telephone and Telegraph Company - New York NY

International Classification:

B23Q 700

US Classification:

29559

Abstract:

A universal nest (1)) for accommodating a separate one of a pair of ribbon connectors (12 and 12') of heights h. sub. 1 and h. sub. 2, respectively, comprises an elongated beam (26) along which a first block (28) of a height h. sub. 1 is slidably mounted. A slide (42) is slidably mounted on the upper surface (34) of the first block (28) for movement between a first position at which it overhangs a portion of the block to expose part of its upper surface, and a second position at which it overlies the upper surface (34). When the slide (42) is at its first position, the upper surface (34) will support an end of the first connector (12). The slide, when displaced to its second position, itself supports an end of the second connector (12'). A second block (60), having a pair of opposed shelves (66 and 68) of a height h. sub. 1 and h. sub. 2, respectively, is rotatably mounted to the beam (26) distant from the first block (28).