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A connector for one or more wires includes a casing, a cavity within the casing, an opening in the casing providing a path leading into the cavity for the insertion of a wire, a wire gripping member secured to one side of the casing within the cavity for automatically engaging a wire inserted into the cavity through the opening. The wire gripping member is normally inwardly inclined away from the cavity opening across the path of a wire being inserted through the opening, and is resiliently yieldable to swing toward and away from the opening across the path of the inserted wire. The gripping member has a free end and a secured end about which the gripping member swings. A V-shaped slot having converging sharp edge portions for cutting the insulation of an insulated wire extends inwardly from the free end of the gripping member. A narrow slot having blunt edges for gripping the bare wire forms an extension of the V-shaped slot toward the secured end of the gripping member and terminates short thereof. A cam surface terminating in a ridge inward of the gripping member projects across the cavity opposite the gripping member for forcing a wire into the V-shaped slot as the wire is inserted into the cavity. An outward tug upon the wire after it is inserted into the cavity against the cam surface and into engagement with the gripping member swings the gripping member toward the opposite side of the cavity from the secured end. The cam surface cooperating with the transversely swinging gripping member forces the wire into the narrow gripping slot of the gripping member where the wire is securely held. A lock is provided within the casing to hold the gripping member in a position extending transversely of the cavity.
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