Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for connecting and disconnecting subscriber premises line and incoming telephone company line

US5297199A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1992
Grant dateMar 22, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2201/10
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephone jack includes a first pair of contact wires for connection to a subscriber premises line and a second pair of contact wires for connection to an incoming telephone company line, a pair of bridging members are mounted for insertion in the jack and into engagement with the first and second pairs of contact wires to interconnect the subscriber premises line and the incoming telephone company line and are for being withdrawn from the jack and from engagement with the first and second pairs of contact wires to disconnect the subscriber premises line from the incoming telephone company line to provide a demarcation point therebetween.

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