MAGAZINE FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLIES

摘要

In a magazine for plug-in electrical assemblies, guide bars (4) for the assemblies (1) are supported in openings (8) of horizontally arranged U-shaped carriers (5). The openings (8) are arranged in a continuous row and aligned in pairs in the side walls of the carrier (5). At its end, the carrier (5) is cut off approximately along the centre line of a pair of recesses so as to form projections (13) which project into corresponding openings (10) in a side plate (7) of the magazine. By means of resilient engaging hooks, the guide bars (4) engage into the openings (8) of the carriers (5). Between the assemblies (1) there are arranged individual support plates (18) which engage by means of upper and lower projections (19, 20) into the openings (8) of upper and lower carriers and are secured therein by means of lateral support lugs (21) and additional locking elements (e.g. 23). It was hitherto common to design the openings which accommodate the guide bars as saw-tooth notches in the longitudinal edges. Since these openings are not suitable for accommodating plug-in nuts and for forming lateral projections, the projections and openings for the plug-in nuts had to be produced by a separate punching step.